Topic: Photosynthesis
Groups of two
video:Photosynthesis
poster: Plant Chemistry
(3 Yellow 12 Blue 18 White 6 Black 1 Quart-sized sandwich bag) per group
review atoms molecules oxygen hydrogen water carbon dioxide glucose/sugar
2. Topic: Food Chains
Class activity
webcam: Sea Otters
webcam: Sea Otters
webcam: Sea Otters
video: Coastal Food Webs
Collect LEGOs and plastic bags
Print food chain game directions for each participant
3. Topic: Food Webs
Groups of two
video: Food Chains
markers/crayons, string, hole punch, index cards, construction paper, scissors, straws
students choose a favorite food
draw the food web for it in a journal
make a food mobile, label and draw on index cards
e.g. sun - grain - chicken - egg
4. Topic: Ecosystem Food Webs
Class activity
video: Biomes
video: Ecosystem
print teacher directions
create index cards with neck loop
ball of yarn
5. Topics: Changes in Regions
Groups of two
video: Dam Removal
activity: Flow of Matter and Energy
pass around predator/prey skulls & claws and discuss
video: Ecosystems
print/review producer/consumer triangle
hand out organism lists, have students fill in triangles
6. Topic: Ozobot Robot Introduction
Groups of two or three
How to use Your Evo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbf4OdeqWjE&t=22s
How does a color sensor work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReHGkxWDkFQ
The Mars Curiosity Rover: http://goo.gl/1mjUrb
Color control codes are available at ozobot.com
7. Topic: Fossils
Groups of two
Presentation: Fossils Made Elementary
Look up fossils for the school's location, state fossil?
Explore lab’s fossil collection
9. Topics: Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources
Groups of three or four
video: Resource Types
activity: Pizza Box Solar Oven
cook smores and measure temperature increase
10. Topic: Composting
Class Activity
video: Composting
Collect lunchroom excess for a week, compost, observe effects
activities: composting
poster: composting
worksheet: composting
11. Topic: Biofuel
Class activity
video: BioFuels
carbon cycle handout co2 flux in gigatons
activity: Edible Algae
12. Topics: Humans use the Environment, Bricks
Class activity
Video: mud hut
video: making adobe bricks
brick activity
must be heated to cure
13. Topic: Changing Land (2 lessons)
Groups of two or three
video: Weathering and Erosion
activity: weathering
activity: erosion
14. Topics: Rock Types and Rock Cycle
Groups of three
video: Rock Types
game: Rock Cycle
15. Topic: Erosion on Mars
Groups of two or three
video: Grand Canyon
video: Valles Marineris
(students build landscape of Mars models)
16. Topic: Geometric Shapes
Groups of two or three
17. Topic: Light Waves
Groups of two
brainpop: Waves
brainpop: Electromagnetic Spectrum
video: EM Spectrum
poster: ROY G BIV
activity: Light
18. Topic: Color
Groups of two or three
video: What Color is this Dress?
video: What is color?
brainpop: Lasers
phenomena: Blue in Nature
worksheet
question: Waveform
activity: Secret message
19. Topics: Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
Groups of two or three
brainpop: Sound
animation: Wave Types
image: Wave Types
phenomena: amazing slinky, rope, tuning forks
20. Topics: Wave Interactions (bring computers)
Groups of two or three
nye video: Sound Waves
animation: Interference
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments sound waves 2 tone generators
worksheet interference worksheet
nodes where destructive interference occurs. ... Antinodes, where constructive interference occurs
21. Topics: Potential and Kinetic Energy
Groups of two or three
brainpop: Potential Energy
brainpop: Kinetic Energy
video: Trebuchet
activity: Rubber Bands
activity: Ball Drop
22. Topics: Speed, Velocity, Acceleration
Groups of three
phenomena: drag-racing video start at 1:00, show mph calculation from time/distance
brainpop: Acceleration
brainpop: Newton’s Laws
activity: Car speed and gravity lesson
hot wheels, ramps, measuring tape
23. Topic: Electricity
Groups of two
brainpop: Electricity
worksheet: Static
activity: Static
use energy sticks and energy wands, show water bending
24. Topic: Circuits
Groups of two
video: Circuits
video: SnapCircuit introduction
use SnapCircuit kits, kids like spinning color disc
25. Topic: PI Day
Use a roll of paper and compasses, have students mark center, then draw different size circles, measure circumference with string, divide by diameter. Award a prize to closest to pi.
Which ruler measure is more precise for the circumference? centimeters or inches
26. Topic: Earth’s Layers
Groups of two
video: Could I dig a hole through the earth?
image: Earth’s Layers
question: Crust
LEGO LAYERS OF THE EARTH ACTIVITY with a color key in the journal
assign different groups to fill charts
29. Topic: Day and Night
Groups of two
brainpop: Moon Phases
image: moon phases
brainpopjr: Moon
activity: Phase calculator
gibbous means hump-backed
earth/moon orbit/rotate counter-clockwise
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