Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is Sand?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners complete a sand analysis project.  In this sand grains lesson, students learn background information on how sand is formed and what sand grains are made of.  Learners are given bags of sand and use them to complete a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sand Collection and Identification

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners collect small amounts of sand from a favorite beach. They note the texture of the sand as fine or coarse and hypothesize why this might be. They research different kinds of sand grains and the conditions that produce them.