Grades:
3rd Grade
In this lesson, students will design a game to practice multiplication and division facts through 100. They will only be allowed to use the following materials: popsicle sticks, small stones, sidewalk
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
In this lesson, students will show how heat transfers into an egg during the hard-boiling process, and additionally, different methods of how heat can transfer out of an egg during the cooling process
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade
This lesson is 3 of 4 of a unit about habitats and animal adaptations. In this project, students will build a model of a habitat and an animal they created in lesson 2. The animal will need to have
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Parachutes - Air Resistance
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This middle school lesson covers the concept of air resistance. Students work in teams of 3 with a list of materials to design, build, and test 3 parachutes that will maximize the air resistance of a
Grades:
2nd Grade
In this food-related lesson, students use the engineering design process to create solar ovens and cook s'mores. They engage in critical thinking as they construct their design and test out the oven
Grades:
3rd Grade
Students will describe the role of pollinators and explain their effects. They will be able to identify how the life cycle of a plant and a pollinator are connected. Students will also get to explore
Grades:
5th Grade
Students will be learning about honey bees, what they need to survive, and how amazing they are! They will learn about the structure of the honeycomb and then they will engineer their own!
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade
Students will be working with creating series and parallel circuits. Students will gain an understanding of the components used to create circuits and how circuits function in our everyday lives.
Grades:
8th Grade
In this lesson, students will explore how biomes differ in different parts of the globe. They will identify differences between biomes and collaborate with peers to gather environmental science data
Grades:
8th Grade
In this lesson students analyze the relationship between rainfall and tree growth from a sample. They will then graphically model that relationship. This is the 4th lesson in a series of 4. Links to
Grades:
10th Grade
The lesson plan is about energy transfer in an ecosystem using beads. Students will participate in an interactive simulation about energy transfer. They will collect data and ultimately create a class
Spanish Retell of The Three Little Pigs -Los tres cerditos: y el lobo feroz using Beebots for Coding
Grades:
Kindergarten
• Student teams will work together in small groups to identify important story elements in a familiar story, then develop a plot diagram using Bee-Bots. • In a small group, students will use code to
Grades:
6th Grade
In this engaging lesson, students create simple paper models of water sheds in class and explore hazards to waterways through an online interactive. They make connections between water stewardship and
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will create their own cookie cutters to fill a custom order in their bakery. They will need access to 3D design software like Tinkercad and access to a 3D printer. It's even more fun when you
Grades:
2nd Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 8th Grade
This can be taught at different grade levels, diving deeper when possible. Just delete what you don’t need. Students will be creating their own crystal by following the scientific method, collecting
Grades:
2nd Grade
In this engaging lesson, students discover what a volcano is and what causes it to erupt. There is a literacy integration, video resources, and other helpful information included.
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Tide Pools Ecosystem: Human Impact
Grades:
6th Grade
This lesson plan includes ideas and materials to last for 5 days. The students will be learning about human impact on tide pools and engineering their own solution. On the first day will be about
Grades:
3rd Grade
Summary: This lesson is geared towards 3rd graders but can be modified for upper and lower grades. Throughout the next 4 lessons they will describe the role of pollinators and explain their effects
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Environmental Masters of Disaster Team (groups of 3-5 students) will choose an man-made environmental disaster, analyze its effects, then engineer a method or prototype to solve the problem.
Grades:
7th Grade
This lesson plan will help students appreciate the concept of volume. Students will measure the dimensions of the real-life prisms given to them then calculate its volume using the formula given
Grades:
5th Grade
Students will begin designing a container to keep and egg safe when dropped from various heights. As they begin the lesson, students will watch a video and discuss science and engineering practices
Grades:
6th Grade
A mixture of 5E lessons on Nearpod and an accompanying hands-on activity to help students see that gravity works at a distance and is affected by mass. Students will be writing a conclusion based on
Grades:
6th Grade
To demonstrate their understanding of how energy is passed throughout an ecosystem and the symbiotic relationships of organisms within an ecosystem, students construct a food web marble run. This
Grades:
6th Grade
In this 1st lesson in a series of 3, students learn about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. They create a model and write and defend a claim about humanity's ability to mitigate the problem. This
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Grades:
2nd Grade
This lesson plan has three main objectives. The first is that students will be able to recreate a map of the canal with 3D structures along the way. The largest structure being Casa Grande, or the
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Makey Makey with The Bionic Kid
Grades:
4th Grade
Imagine how cool it would be to build a video game controller out of bananas! In this engineering design challenge, you will learn how to use everyday items and a Makey Makey kit to design a
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
This lesson combines ELA (reading and discussing the story), engineering (design a balloon with materials given and attach the balloon to an EdBot), and technology (code an EdBot to run the parade