Elementary School Lesson Plans
Force and Motion
Force and Motion
(K-1)
Newton's Third Law
(K-2)
The Incredible Lever
(K-3)
The Pulley
(K-3)
Working Wings
(K-3)
Falling Paper
(K-3)
Levers
(K-6)
"Maple Seed" Helicopters
(K-9)
Paper Rockets
(K-9)
Floating
(K-9)
Rocket Pinwheel
(K-12)
Momentum
(1-6)
Tops
(1-6)
Inertia
(1-6)
Aviation
(1-8)
Simple Machines
(1-12)
Airplances
(2-3)
Simple Machines
(2-4)
Sink or Swim?
(3)
Movement
(3-4)
Momentum
(3-5)
Sinking and Floating
(3-6)
Projectiles
(3-8)
Air ...What Gives?
(3-12)
Vectors
(3-12)
The Ringer
(3-12)
Flying Objects
(3-)
Simple Machines
(4)
Simple Harmonic Motion
(4-6)
Paperplane Flying Circus
(4-6)
A Proper Propeller
(4-6)
Rocket to Success
(4-6)
Flight
(4-6)
What a Drag
(4-6)
Newton's Third Law of Motion
(4-6)
Buoyancy: What Will Float and What Will Sink
(4-6)
Simple Machines
(4-8)
A Satellite's Centrifugal Force
(4-8)
Displacement
(4-8)
Buoyant Force
(4-8)
Bubble-ology and Bernoulli
(4-9)
Finger Boomerangs
(4-9)
Flying Tube
(4-12)
Flying Wing
(4-12)
Four-Wing Paper Boomerang
(4-12)
Hot Air Balloon
(4-12)
Match Stick Rocket
(4-12)
McEagle Styrofoam Glider
(4-12)
Newton Car
(4-12)
Ping Pong Ball Curves
(4-12)
Rocket Car
(4-12)
Soda Pop Can Hero Engine
(4-12)
Wooden Helicopter
(4-12)
To Bounce or Not to Bounce -- That Is the Question
(5-6)
Air Pressure
(6)
Forces
(6)
Torque
(6)
The Flight Platform
(6-8)
Properties of Matter
Exploring the Properties of Matter in the Preschool
(K)
Properties of Objects
(K-1)
Properties of Matter
(K-1)
Molecules and Temperature
(Primary)
Bubbles
(?)
Temperature
(K-3)
Gilbert's Versorium
(K-6)
Soap
(K-6)
Paper Clip Sailing
(K-6)
Rock Candy
(K-9)
Bubbles
(K-9 )
Diamonds
(K-9)
Bumps in the Night
(K-9)
Bernoulli Theorem Aeronautics
(K-12)
Air: You Can't See It, But It's There!
(1)
Matter and Heat
(1-3)
The Air Out There
(1-6)
States of Matter
(1-3)
Crystal Growing
(1-12)
Radioactive Decay Curve
(1-12)
Backpack Science "Sink or Float"
(2)
Properties of Matter
(2-3)
Gases Lighter and Heavier than Air
(2-4)
Diffusion of Molecules
(3-4)
Slippery Substances - Lubricants
(3-4)
Mixtures
(3-5)
Does AIR Really Exist?
(3-5)
Heat
(3-6)
Polystyrene Containers
(3-12)
Building a Psychrometer
(3-12)
Radioactive Decay/Half-Life
(3-12)
Crystals
(4)
What Crushed the Can?
(4)
Could Air Be Matter?
(4)
Water
(4)
Needle Through a Balloon
(4-6)
Non-Compressibility of Water
(4-6)
Highs and Lows
(4-6)
Water Displacement
(4-6)
Robotic Butterflies: Thermochromic Liquid Crystals
(4-6)
How Many Materials Does It Take?
(4-6)
Clear as Crystal
(4-6)
Superballs
(4-6)
Air on the Move
(4-6)
Guess What?! (a lesson about atoms)
(4-6)
The Motion of Molecules in Water
(4-7)
Air and Its Characteristics
(4-7)
Comparing Densities of Different Liquids
(4-8)
Playing with Polymers
(4-9)
Hot Air Tissue Paper Balloon
(4-12)
Temperature Variant Liquid Crystal Road Warning Sign
(4-12)
Structure of Matter
(5)
Materials in our World
(5)
Air Movement
(5-8)
Surface Tension
(5-8)
Discovering Liquid Crystals
(6-8)
Understanding Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals
(6-8)
Density
(6-8)
Density in Relation to Float and Sink
(6-8)
The Ranque-Hilsch Tube: Thermodynamics Displayed in a Vortex
(6-12)
Movement of Substances Across the Plasma Membrane
(6-12)
Air: Demonstrating Its Presence and Effects
(6-12)
Changes
Three States of Matter
(Primary)
Changes
(K-1)
Why Is the Sea Salty?
(K-3)
Water: Visible and Invisible
(K-3)
Water Magic
(K-4)
Frozen Erosion
(K-6)
Balloon Blow Up
(K-6)
Ice Energy
(K-6)
It's Eating Away at You
(K-8)
Bouncing Eggs in Science
(K-8)
Creating Water in the Desert
(K-12)
The Water Cycle
(2-4)
Ice Cream Social
(3-7)
Same Material, More Fun
(4-6)
Liquid Nitrogen Fun!
(4-12)
Phasing Out
(6)
Chemical and Physical Change
(6)
Chemical Changes
(6-8)
Magnetism
Magnetosphere
(K-6)
Magnetic Lines of Force
(K-8)
Static on TV
(K-9)
Introduction to Magnets
(K-12)
Magnet
(2)
Magnetism
(2-3)
Magnets
(2-3)
Electromagnets
(3-4)
Magnets
(3-6)
Radiation Belts
(5-6)
Energy
Can You Dig It?
(K-6)
Materials That Absorb Solar Energy
(K-6)
Solar Ovens Made from Pizza Boxes
(K-6)
Making Cold
(K-9)
The Effects of Solar Energy
(1-6)
Energy in our Lives
(2-3)
Weenie on a Wire
(3-5)
Light the Bulb
(3-6)
Solar Energy Experiment
(3-8)
Using Solar Energy: The Solar Apple Baker
(4-6)
Roller Coasters in the Classroom
(4-8)
Science Safari: Energy Resources
(4-9)
Antacid Tablet Race
(4-12)
Solar Hot Box
(5-6)
Potential & Kinetic Energy
(5-6)
Downhill Discoveries
(5-8)
Measuring Calories
(5-8)
Kinetic Energy and Work
(5-12)
Waves in Motion
(6)
Let's Make Waves
(6-8)
Sound
Making a Shoe-Box Guitar
(K-3)
Sound
(K-3)
Sounds like Science - Bottle Organ
(K-6)
Sounds like Science - Drums
(K-6)
Sounds like Science - Gitars
(K-6)
Sounds like Science - Jamboree
(K-6)
Sounds like Science - Kazoo
(K-6)
Hearing My Own Voice
(K-6)
Sound
(1-3)
Wave Motion
(1-12)
Sound
(2-3)
Whale Echolocation
(2-4)
Bells'N'Scales
(2-5)
Understanding Waves
(3-5)
Car Horns
(4-9)
Speed of Sound
(4-12)
Musical Tube
(4-12)
Make Waves
(6)
Electricity
Static Electricity - A Hair Raising PHenomenon
(K-6)
The Bouncing Ball
(K-6)
Thunder
(K-9)
Electricity
(1-2)
Brown Bag Science
(1-5)
Electrostatics
(1-6)
Taking Apart Electrical Appliances
(1-12)
How Smart Are You About Electricity, Batteries and Conductors?
(3-8)
Inventions, Puppets, and Commercials
(4)
Electricity
(4)
Cheap-o Electricity Unit
(4-5)
Attracting Balloons
(4-6)
Make Your Own Burglar Alarm
(4-9)
Electricity
(5-12)
The Peltier Effect: Reversible Electromagnetic Thermodynamics
(6-8)
Light, Color, & Optics
Colormakers
(K-1)
Color Mixing
(K-3)
Bubble-ology
(K-3)
Light and Color
(K-3)
Light
(K-4)
Magnifying Glasses
(K-6)
Making a Prism
(K-6)
Making a Water Lens
(K-6)
Mixing Colors with Light Beams
(K-6)
Color
(K-6)
Fish Tank Optics: Learning How Light Travels
(K-9)
Making Paint
(K-9)
Mystery of the Mirrors
(1-3)
Light
(1-6)
One Color or Two?
(2)
Color My World
(2)
Color
(2-3)
Making a Pinhole Camera
(2-4)
Adding Colors
(4-6)
The Color of Light
(4-6)
Light
(4-6)
Three D
(4-9)
Illusions
(4-9)
Compact Disks
(4-9)
The Light Tour
(4-10)
Magic Mirror Box
(4-12)
Using Bubbles to Learn About Light Interference
(4-12)
Polarized Light
(4-12)
Light and Color
(5)
Lenses
(5-8)
Mirror Symmetry/Mirror Images
(6)
Liquid Crystal - Colorful Calibration
(6-8)
What's the Frequency, Roy G. Biv?
(6-9)
Making a Pinhole Coffee Can Camera
(6-12)
Properties of Light
(6-12)
Auroras: Paintings in the Sky
(6-12)
Earth
Earth's Surface
(K-1)
The Earth Bowl
(K-3)
The Way Down
(K-3)
Land Mass Formation Demonstration
(K-6)
Clay Crash
(K-6)
Earth's Composition
(2-3)
Planet Earth
(2-6)
Layers of the Earth
(2-6)
The Changing Earth
(3-4)
Visual Model of the Planet Earth
(3-9)
Earth Changes
(4-6)
As the World Turns
(4-9)
Understanding Time Zones
(4-12)
Discovering the Earth's Journey Around the Sun
(5)
Spaceship Earth
(5-7)
Sky & Atmosphere
Weather and Seasons
(K-1)
The Greenhouse Effect in a Jar
(K-8)
Weather Data
(1)
Sky Above Us
(2-3)
Examination of Weather
(3-6)
Weather Facts
(3-9)
Understanding Weather
(4)
How Does a Cloud Form?
(4)
Learning About Weather with Telecommunications
(4-6)
Clouds
(4-6)
People Changing the Atmosphere
(4-6)
Submarines and Air Pressure
(4-6)
Model of the Greenhouse Effect
(4-9)
The Cloud in the Bottle
(4-12)
Altering Climate in the Classroom
(4-12)
Atmosphere and Weather
(5)
Space Exploration
Space Station Lesson Plans
(K-5)
How Satellites See
(3-8)
Rockets
(3-8)
Space Shuttle
(4-6)
Satellite Simulation
(4-6)
Spinning Satellites
(4-8)
The Satellite Delay Relay
(4-8)
Flight Paths of Orbiting Satellites
(4-9)
NASA's Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) Satellite Dataflow Demonstration
(4-12)
Altitude Tracking
(4-12)
Balloon Staging
(4-12)
Liquid Bottle Rocket
(4-12)
Pencil Rockets
(4-12)
Assignment Spacelab
(5-8)
Newton in Space
(5-8)
Fixing the Galileo Spacecraft's Communications Antenna
(5-8)
Choosing a Landing Site on Prehistoric Earth
(5-8)
Space Exploration
(6)
Eyes in the Sky
(6-12)
Solar System
Bringing the Solar System to Life
(2-3)
Solar Wind
(3-6)
The Solar System
(4-6)
Solar System Adventure
(4-6)
Our Solar System
(6)
Solar System
(6)
The Best of the Solar System
(6-8)
Relative Distances of Planets Within the Solar System
(6-12)
Exploring the Planets
(6-12)
Astronomy
Once in a Blue Moon
(1-2)
The Mystery Constellation
(2-4)
Surface of the Moon
(3)
Models of the Earth and the Moon
(3)
Cosmic Wheels - Measuring the Orbits of Planets
(3-4)
Jeopardy Review
(3-6)
Constellations
(3-6)
Answering Machine Science
(3-6)
Third from the Sun
(3-6)
Online Discovery - Astronomy
(Intermediate Elementary)
Glowing Glimpses of Our Universe
(4-6)
Phases of the Moon
(4-6)
Mapping Constellations
(4-8)
Sunrise - Sunset
(4-12)
Luna and Io - A Comparison Study
(4-12)
Ice on Venus?
(4-12)
The Earth, Sun Mood and Stars Unit (Planets too!)
(5)
Astronomy
(5-6)
Types of Stars - Is Our Sun Unique?
(5-6)
Space Astronomy Teachers Guide
(5-8)
Exploring Earth from Space
(5-8)
Comets of the Past - Threatening Omens and Celestial Spectacles
(5-8)
Interplanetary Distance and Travel Time
(5-9)
Classifying Galaxies
(5-9)
Making a Simple Sextant to Find Latitude
(5-10)
Galaxies and the Galactic Time Scale
(5-12)
Observational Astronomy with Binoculars and Astrolabes
(5-12)
Astronomy-Binoculars and Astrolabes
(5-12)
Moon Calendar
(6-8)
Simulating the Moon's Surface
(6-8)
The Guest Investigator Puzzle
(6-9)
Time That Period
(6-9)
How Big Is That Star?
(6-9)
What's Your Sign? The Science Behind the Zodiac
(6-12)
Misc.
Measuring Time-Standard Unit of Time-One Minute
(K-2)
Water Pollution
(K-6)
The Hidden Jewels of Geometry
(K-6)
Dichotomous Key
(K-8)
Cause and Effect
(K-12)
Toys in Space 2
(K-12)
The Pythagorean Puzzle
(K-12)
Cooperation Blocks
(K-12)
Creative Activities for the Sciences
(K-12)
How Many "Yous" Does It Take???
(1)
The Woods and Pond
(1-2)
Environmental Fair
(1-3)
Sensational Slime
(1-4)
Learning Science Skills Through Use of Productivity Tools
(2)
Our Environment
(2-3)
Trees, Trees, Trees!!!!
(2-5)
Paper Airplane Science
(2-6)
Beans and Baleen
(2-8)
Where Is My Peanut?
(2-8)
Studying the ABC's of the Environment
(3)
I'm Warm Now
(3)
The History of Flight Timeline
(3-6)
Using Microscopes
(3-6)
The Great Soup Race or Having Fun with a Discrepant Event
(3-6)
Sludge Fleas
(3-9)
Science and Technology Timeline
(3-12)
Circles Minilab
(3-12)
Donut Sort
(3-)
Probability
(4-5)
Looking at Variables
(4-6)
Air Pollution
(4-6)
Outdoor Education
(4-6)
All I Want for Christmas Is a Nice, Clean Earth
(4-6)
Sighting Angular Size
(4-6)
Probability
(3-6)
Science Safari: Art & Music
(4-9)
Consumer Testing in the Classroom
(4-12)
Metric Measurement with Centimeters and Millimeters
(5-6)
Statistical Concepts: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
(5-6)
Stories in the Sky
(5-7)
Taking Apart Owl Pellets
(5-8)
Potato Chip Classification
(5-8)
Science Role Plays
(5-8)
Monitoring at What Temperature Seeds Will Germinate Using Liquid Crystal
(5-8)
How Science Affects Our Lives
(5-10)
Teaching the Periodic Table with Database Software
(6-7)
Can Heat Energy from Incandescent Light Bulbs Be Measured Using Cholesteric Liquid Crystals?
(6-7)
History of Science and Mathematics
(6-8)
Science and Writing
(6-8)
Body Temperature of Cold-Blooded Animals and Liquid Crystals
(6-8)
Mulch and Temperature
(6-8)
Exothermic Reactions Used in Hot Packs
(6-8)
Detective Digit and the Slap Happy Computer Caper
(6-9)
Connect the (Bio)Dots
(6-12)