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Science Lesson Plans - Graded - Elementary (K-5)
SCIENCE Mini-Lessons (K-5) - 130 "mini" science lessons. Grade suitability shown.
Earth Science lessons - These lessons are geared toward and tested by 5-8 grade students.
BIG LITTLE SCIENCE CENTRE
Here are some experiments here that are great for primary science classes.
http://www.biglittlesciencecentre.org/Science%20Adventure.htm
Physical Science Activity Manual
a great repository of science lessons put together by a group in Tennessee. The Physical Science Activity Manual contains 34 hands-on activities to bring excitement to your classroom.
You can download the Mac (MS Word) version of the entire manual or the entire Windows (Wordperfect) version, or even a PDF version. Individual chapters may be downloaded by clicking the appropriate version beside the title.
http://www.utm.edu/departments/cece/cesme/PSAM/PSAM.shtml
Science Netlinks
Detailed K-12 classroom explorations that use reviewed Internet resources to help teach and reinforce science.Lessons are organized by grade level and by the 12 science content areas.
Planet Slayer
http://www.abc.net.au/science/planetslayer/
Planet Slayer is an easy to read, science friendly site to answer questions about greenhouse gases. Planet Slayer is from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Film Victoria, and is 'the world's first irreverent environmental website'. The website is interactive and aims to educate students about the way the environment is affected by the way we live and what we buy.
TIC TAC FLASHLIGHT
Got an empty Tic Tac box hanging around? Don't toss it out - make an LED flashlight out of it! This is a great project for teaching circuitry in the classroom.
The URL: http://www.grynx.com/projects/tictac-flashlight
Explore Newton's Castle to learn about his discoveries and secret life.
http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC051308/index.htm
Learn about color, optical illusions, observations from nature and fascinating facts about how cars roll up hill and why dogs chase cars.
Science 4 Kids - Colourful science site for younger students.
The Butterfly Life Cycle
This is a web resourced-based, integrated unit of work, which has been developed to increase the understandings of young students about the life cycle of butterflies.
The Human Body
The seven systems of the human body explained briefly. Basic facts plus excellent diagrams make this a great site to support Stage Two Science and Technology.
My First Garden
This garden site deals with the planning of the garden, such as where it will be placed, what will be planted, and when planting will happen. One great area for younger students deals with students using parts of their body to measure the depth of plantings, or the distance between plantings. There is a great area where students can look at pictures of things to plant and get pertinent information.
Grade Level: Early Childhood, Elementary
The Space Place
The Space Place is an excellent site for teachers and parents that brings Space Science and technology to the classroom. There are printable images of Earth and space, fun crafts to do and space-related classroom activity articles.
NASA Quest - great teaching resource!
http://quest.nasa.gov/index.html
NASA Quest includes a full suite of online resources such as profiles of NASA experts; stories about their work days; live interactions with NASA experts; streamed programs; Lesson plans and student activities; collaborative activities; photo sections; a place where teachers can meet; searchable QNA area with over 3,000 previously asked questions; and an e-mail service in which individual questions get answered. Find lessons using the topical menu: Aerospace technology and design, Solar System, Deep Space Science (beyond the planets), or Human Space Exploration.
What Animals Eat
Here's a primary science site that talks about what animals eat. This KidPort site offers many other areas you might want to explore as well.
Kids Gardening Guide
This site last week that has worksheets to download suitable for K-1 grade kids. It's about gardens and earthworms and stuff like that. Great for stage one units.
Pest World for Kids
http://www.pestworldforkids.org/home.asp
Pest World for Kids explores pest ecology as the intersection between human-created habitats and animal needs for food and shelter. The site is designed for elementary teachers and students and offers information resources, interactive learning games, and lesson plans
that support National Science Standards
Grade Level: Elementary
Deep Jungle
What do Earth's great jungles look like. Click here to follow intrepid explorers and scientists as they go deep into jungles around the world.
EXZOOBERANCE
This site that claims to be the largest virtual zoo in the world with hundreds of your favorite animals.
The animal pictures and animal facts are interesting and helpful for research projects.
The URL: /http://www.exzooberance.com/