Life Science

Students use a GIS story map and hands on investigation to analyze the urban heat island effect in Phoenix.

Students will research a biome around the world, including 3 animals, 3 plants, and 3 nonliving parts of the ecosystem. Students will construct a diorama of the biome and illustrate a natural disaster

In this fifth grade lesson plan, students extract DNA after reading about a young girl who is persistent in showing her parents she can be responsible. Students engage in identifying character traits

In this first grade set of lessons, students will participate in science, math, experiments, and literature questions. Read Apples by Gail Gibbons and learn about the importance of washing your hands.

This lesson includes several activities for students to complete hands-on and with peers. Students will learn how to reduce food waste by composting with worms in the classroom. This lesson inlcudes

This is a lesson plan for an activity that is used to teach meiosis. Students learn about various stages of meiosis and how it leads to variation.

This multi-day lesson requires students to collect data on cellular respiration and photosynthesis. This data-intensive exercise involves the use of CO2 sensors and biochambers. The experiments

This lesson is part 2 of a lesson based off of the Artemis Roads II developed by NASA. It moves from the research of the project to the engineering aspect.

This lesson is based off of the Artemis Roads II lesson developed by NASA. Students will be researching and developing a biome/lunar greenhouse. This is part 1 of 2 of the lesson plan.