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Science
Lesson Plans 3-5
Resources |
Professional
Lesson Plans: PreK-2
| 3 - 5 | 6 - 8 | 9 -
12
Lesson
Plans
- Body
Length Experiment: Students will make graphs that compare the
length of your students' bones to the length of their bodies.
- Ecosystem:
Students will know that there are many different plants and animals
living in many different kinds of environments by observing similarities
and differences within several different environments within their
community.
- Fetal Pig
Make a video to demonstrate how to dissect a fetal pig.
- Food
Chain: Students will know that animals eat plants or other animals
to acquire the energy they need for survival by creating a food chain.
- Got Bugs
Make a public service announcement to assist people with understanding
the importance of frogs and toads.
- Hermit
Crab Races: Students will measure the length of a hermit crab
and a human.
- Human
Body Parts: Students will locate and label body parts.
- Interactive
Journeys: Students will use technology to enhance their field
trip.
- Pulse
Rates: Students will know that the human body is made of systems
with structures and functions that are related by studying the relationship
between the pulmonary and cardiovascular systems.
- Rainforest
Make a presentation to convince government officials to let your group
use the Rainforest.
- Roger Recycle
Make a movie which highlights the benefits of recycling aluminum.
- Weather:
Students will watch the weather each day of the school year and compare
weather from each season using Appleworks Spreadsheet.
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Internet Resources
- Animal
Information Database

http://www.seaworld.org/infobook.html
These are resources from the Sea World/Busch Gardens Education Series,
which provide many useful links to facts and information about animals.
- 50states.com
http://www.50states.com/
A great geography site with information on each of the 50 states including
the capital of each state and the state bird.
- NWF's Nature Quest
http://www.nwf.org/naturequest/
Interactive environmental activities for kids of all ages with a focus
on endangered species. These interdisciplinary activities are designed
to introduce students to wildlife they can find right in their own
backyard.
- Optics
for Kids
http://www.opticalres.com/kidoptx.html
Some fun and interesting things about OPTICS - the science of LIGHT.
Elementary school children might enjoy this quick look at some optical
basics.
- Science Education
Company
http://www.krampf.com
FPL is providing the presentations to public Elementary and Middle
Schools in Florida. In addition, an email service provides teachers
with a free science experiment each week
- Space
Life Science
http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/docs/justforfun/forfun.cfm
One of the best ways to learn about space life sciences is to make
a game of it. That is what this site has done. Click on the links
to learn about space flight and what happens to the human body in
space.
- UM
Weather:
http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/
Easy access to dozens of weather products--conditions, forecasts,
warnings, radar, climate information, satellite photos, weather cams,
etc.
- Yucky
Roach World

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/roaches/
A great site for children to discover all they could ever want to
know about the roach!
Suggest
a site.
Last Updated
August 4, 2005
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