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Sprinkles 5
In this environment worksheet, students read the information and complete the survey about their own local habitats and some of the others in Florida.
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Food Chains
Students describe food cahins and the role of organisms. Using a set of organism cards, they color code the organisms on their cards by their role in the food chain. Once a complete chain is identified, they glue it on a sheet of paper.
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Munching on Mixtures
Third graders view the food Power Tower and discuss the food groups. In this food activity, 3rd graders cut out favorite foods from magazines. Students read Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and record the foods they would...
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Dietary Fiber
Students examine the different types of fiber and their benefits. In this investigative lesson students find good sources of fiber in different foods.
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Reading: Climbing Mount Everest
In this reading: Climbing Mount Everest worksheet, students read an interview and assess comprehension. Students choose one or more answers to complete eight sentences.
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Reading: Climbing Mount Everest
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read an interview based on an actual interview with Edmund Hillary and answer comprehension questions. Students answer 8 multiple choice questions.
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Food Chain: what's for dinner?
Fourth graders identify where foods came from and sequence a food chain. In this food chain lesson, 4th graders define vocabulary related to food chains and order a food chain. Students follow the energy of a food chain. Students...
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Friction
Students explore friction as a force that slows moving objects, explain conclusions in terms of the roughness or smoothness of surfaces, relate results to predictions, and begin to know how to plan a fair test.
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Earth, Sun, and Moon
Students participate in a demonstration and complete an online activity that illustrates the earth orbits the sun once a year, and that the moon takes approximately 28 days to orbit the earth.
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Rocks and Soils
Young scholars compare the properties of rocks and relate these properties to their use. They perform a virtual experiment to describe and group rocks on the basis of their characteristics.
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Ourselves
Students identify the main parts of the human body. They point to various parts of their own body, cut out pictures of humans and animals and sort them into the two categories, discuss the differences between animals and humans, and...
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Habitats
Students complete food chains for organisms in three environments. They use copies of the Habitat worksheet. Students review the food chain terms with the teacher. They research related food chains, and interlink these to form a food...
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Micro-Organisms
Learners investigate micro-organisms with an on line activity. In this micro-organism on line lesson plan, students identify bacteria, viruses and fungi projected onto a white board. Learners work in groups and use a computer and an on...
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Forces in Action
Young scholars investigate questions centered around force and motion by going through the scientific process and creating fair tests and experimentation. In this lesson about forces-in-action, students diagram their findings and explore...
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Reversible and irreversible changes
Students experiment with solids and liquids to find which solids will dissolve in water. This dissolution and mixtures lesson can be completed online or in class as all materials are connected to the lesson plan for both settings.
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Using Electricity
Students read The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch to become familiar with the way a lighthouse works.In this using electricity lesson, student create lighthouses with plasticine clay and a working circuit. Students complete a worksheet on...
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Sorting and Using Materials
Students explore materials and their properties. For this matter lesson, students identify objects and describe their properties. Students test and sort materials using an interactive whiteboard, followed by a group discussion of what...
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Friction
Students compare and contrast the movement of objects on different surfaces, experimenting with friction and forces of motion. This friction instructional activity has numerous online tools including worksheets and virtual activities;...
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Vocabulary Practice: Cross Out the Incorrect Word
In this editing worksheet, students read ten sentences and look for the error. Students cross out the incorrect word and replace it with the logical word from the word list.
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The Chain Gang
Pupils perform a food chain simulation to determine what happens when a food chain is broken.
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Wiggley Worms
Students investigate how worms affect plant growth. In this biology lesson, students construct a worm ecosystem in a plastic 2 liter bottle and plant a seed in the soil. They later compare the ecosystems with worms to ones...
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Using Technology in Science
You can spice up your science content by incorporating technology into your lesson plans.
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A Field of Beans
Beans, or legumes as they are sometimes called, are the topic for an integrated multi-subject lesson. Youngsters will read, write, observe, and research everything there is to know about beans. They read a bean story, conduct a bean...
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Fitting In-Animals' Adaptations to Their Environment
In this animals' adaptation to their environment activity, students read for comprehension and ability to apply knowledge. In this T-Chart and creative activities activity, students answer three questions.