Science Lesson Plans

Collaborate with another class to work on a project with peers using Edublogs.com. These activities promote autonomy, choice, and collaboration as young scholars research and write about their chosen science topic. By communicating via blog about the progress of their project, each learner will create and refine their science project to present via the blog. Great online lesson!

Discuss personal ideas about science and how a filmmaker can employ the arts to promote science. After reading an article, young scientists will discover how James Cameron is trying to interest people in the oceans. In groups, they will create a public service annoucement promoting science and present them to the class. Tip: This could evolve into a great community service project.

Live Strong! High schoolers will discuss some of the reasons behind Lance Armstrong's success in cycling and chart those reasons into four categories: Physiology, Psychology, Equipment, Training/Strategy. They will then choose one sport and research three examples of sports science that an athlete might use and summarize their research in a letter as a coach giving advice to an athlete. Very engaging lesson that ties science to athletes!

Looking for ninth grade science lessons? There are 4 seperate lessons included with this set: Antibiotic action, energy resources, Ohm's Law, and Waves. Ninth graders will investigate antibiotics action against bacteria, identify the different renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy, and calculate current, voltage and resistance of a circuit.

Generate ideas about the most scientifically sound ways to prepare foods safely and efficiently during the summer season. Learners will use the GED Connection Science Workbook, so they can practice the skills needed to prepare for the GED Science test with a series of real-life problems to study scientific concepts. They will also identify acids and bases and practice safe food preparation.

Conduct a survey about the nature of science with your high schoolers. They will record their responses in a table and then discuss the implications of scientific theory. Note: There are activity sheets, and forms included with this lesson.

Explore science through problem solving and learning how to solve the problem of the story "The Three Billy Goats Gruff." Young investigators will learn how to construct a model and design a solution. They will also keep records of their scientific investigations while learning engineering vocabulary. Note: Assessment rubric is included.

Fourth graders will participate in a variety of activities using a pumpkin in a hands-on science lab environment. They measure pumpkins, hypothesize whether pumpkins will sink or float, describe the inside of a pumpkin, record pumpkin data, and characteristics. Throughout the activity predictiona and experimentations skills will be practiced. Note: Rubric is included.

A jelly bean taste-testing will surely be a hit science lesson with your class. Test their taste and smell senses, while also helping them develop skills, such as problem solving, critical thinking, observing, and drawing conclusions. Your young scientists will work with partners to complete this fun activity!

Get the low-down by having your students examine the process of conducting a science experiment. They will discuss what makes a good science experiment, then examine pull-back cars and incline planes to determine what experiment they can conduct. They design an experiment for the cars and then critique a classmate's experiment. In the end, they should gain a comprehensive understanding of how to conduct a scientific experiment.