Pre-K - Grade 2 Activities

Target Audience: Grade 1-3
by Alexa Lee
SWHS 120: Fieldwork/Practicum in Social Work and Human Service
Professor: Taylor Tirona

“Students will fill cups with water and food coloring, then put those cups in a circle connecting them with paper towels. I want students to learn how colors mix and how water can move against gravity through capillary action.”

Target Audience: Grade 1-3
by Avery Osman
Sociology 120: Women's Studies
Professor: Edwina Williams

“Students will learn about Amelia Earhart's accomplishments while creating their own airplane with cotton ball clouds. I want the children to learn about Amelia Earhart's accomplishments and feel inspired. I also want the completion of the activity to help them feel productive and excited about school activities.”

Target Audience: Pre-K - Grade 2
by Kiya Pasley
CSUSM
Community Partner: Project LIKE

“Children are going to use finger painting to create a picture. The children will make their finger prints on the paper then they can draw around it to make a picture. I want students to know that using their imagination is important for their cognitive development and that art can be created without a ton of supplies.”

Target Audience: Grade 1-3
by Michaela Reynaud
Sociology 120: Women's Studies
Professor: Edwina Williams

“Children are going to use finger painting to create a picture. The children will make their finger prints on the paper then they can draw around it to make a picture. I want students to know that using their imagination is important for their cognitive development and that art can be created without a ton of supplies.”

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Target Audience: Pre-K - Grade 2
by Benjamin Binford
CSUSM
Community Partner: Project LIKE

“They will use pastels to create depth, texture, and space within their composition. Children will use their creative mind to come up with a mountain range of their liking. This will show children that creativity is in the eyes of the beholder and their end product is special to the individual who came up with it. This lesson plan shows students that mountain ranges may look different. Using different colored pastels, the students will create images that are subject to their own way of thinking.”

Target Audience: Grade 1-4
by Amanda Haagenson
Sociology 120: Women's Studies
Professor: Edwina Williams

“Children will be introduced to the basic concept of aerodynamics by building a paper rocket and launcher. I want children to learn about the achievements of Sally Ride and to be introduced to the science of aerodynamics.”

Target Audience: Pre-K - Grade 2
by Kenda Rauscher
STREAM Campus Aide
Fall 2019-Spring 2020

"Making a paper airplane that’s fast, flies far, or does tricks is an engineering challenge! I’ll demonstrate how to make a simple paper airplane that can be experimented with and compared to
other designs."

Target Audience: Pre-K - Grade 2
by Kenda Rauscher
STREAM Campus Aide
Fall 2019-Spring 2020

"Let’s combine science and art as we use chlorophyll and leaf rubbings to make beautiful foliage-themed pieces of art!

Target Audience: Pre-K - Grade 2
by Kenda Rauscher
STREAM Campus Aide
Fall 2019-Spring 2020

"Let’s make binoculars that let us see like an owl!"

To learn more about owls, check out this link: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/birds-eye-view-wbt/

Target Audience: Pre-K - Grade 2
by Kenda Rauscher
STREAM Campus Aide
Fall 2019-Spring 2020

"We’ll make puffy foam paint together and use it to express our imaginations through painting."

Target Audience: Pre-K - Grade 2
by Kenda Rauscher
STREAM Campus Aide
Fall 2019-Spring 2020

"Color theory is super important for art and design!"

Target Audience: Pre-K - Grade 2
by Kenda Rauscher
STREAM Campus Aide
Fall 2019-Spring 2020

"Let’s test the effects of salt on the properties of water! Can you pick up an ice cube with a string?"

Target Audience: Grade 1-2
by Kaitlyn Simmons
Chemistry 150: General Chemistry
Professor: Dr. Christina Johnson

“Students will be experimenting with colored water and oil to create a lava lamp. Children will learn about the concept of density.”

Target Audience: Pre-K - Grade 2
by Vianey Vilchis Sanchez & Maria Lopez
MiraCosta College
Child Development Center

“The sink or float experiment is a simple physics experiment that will encourage children to make observations and make predictions about buoyancy and density.”

Target Audience: Grade 1-6
by Carly Simpson & Teresa De Jose
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker

“Children will learn how slime can be related to fibers/tissues found in the human body.”

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Target Audience: Kindergarten- Grade 8
by Mirella Quon
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker

“Children will create slime out of glue and liquid starch. Children will learn that slime is similar to matrix in our bodies- it's a gooey substance that helps support cells. I also want children to develop an interest in biology."

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Target Audience: Grade 1-8+
by Lesley Gonzalez
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker

“Children learn all parts of a femur bone and will be able to follow along on how to make a femur out of clay.”

Click here for Clay Femur Activity Instructions

Target Audience: Grade 1-8+
by Christopher Siat & Stephen Forcum
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker

“We want children to understand the specific muscles and their actions when performing certain exercises."

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Target Audience: Grade 1-5
by Cindy Brown, Keola Ragudo, Amber Gain, & Luna Chacon
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker

“Children will do a slime activity that will represent dense tissue. We want children to learn about what dense tissue does and where it is found.”

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Target Audience: Grade 1-5
by Cindy Brown, Keola Ragudo, Amber Gain, & Luna Chacon
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker

“Children will do a slime activity that will represent dense tissue. We want children to learn about what dense tissue does and where it is found.”

Click here for Slime Activity Instructions

Target Audience: Grade 2-3
by Walter Lopez
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker

“Children will learn about the largest bone in the body, where it’s located, the reason for its shape, and some basic functions of the femur.”

Click here for Clay Femur Activity Instructions

Target Audience: Grade 2-3
by Walter Lopez
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker

“Children will learn about the largest bone in the body, where it’s located, the reason for its shape, and some basic functions of the femur.”

Click here for Clay Femur Activity Instructions