A Google Drive folder with instructional presentations, discussion questions, student activities, and assessments for the text, Surviving Hurricanes.

This Science Fairs website is a resource for a wide variety of science fair starter ideas. Use an idea from here and build your own project.

This is a performance task for Grade Four students where they observe two different pendulums and compare the two types of motion. The activity is designed for a lab setting where students work at individual stations. A rubric and...

A 4-page section of the Grade 7 Nelson Science and Technology Perspectives textbook. It looks at what organisms need to survive, specifically sunlight, air, water, and food. This is a visually-rich text with tips to help students'...

At this site from the Center for Distance Learning and Innovation there's a monstrous listing of possible science fair projects. You can choose from primary (grades 1-4), elementary (grades 4-6), intermediate (grades 7-9), or senior...

Students will observe water evaporation in this performance task, and investigate the water cycle. The task is designed for Grade Two.

As they examine two variations of a can opener, learners will discuss what the purpose is of each of its sub-parts, and which of the can openers is the better machine. They will also suggest improvements to the can opener. This is a...

Inquiry-based lesson plans are usually referred to as "facilitation plans," to help teachers remember their role as facilitator of learning, rather than fount of all wisdom. The notion also helps teachers structure lessons more loosely...

For this lesson, students learn about the specialization of cells to perform different functions, and how they are organized into tissues and organs in the human body.

In this lesson, students match a substance with its state of matter, identify what state something is, and learn about temporary and permanent changes in matter.

Students will look at what happens to different types of matter when they have a change of state.

Students learn the difference between heat and temperature, how temperature is measured, and about the Celsius scale.

Learn about the properties of magnets, what metals are attracted to them, what magnetic poles do, and about repulsion and attraction.

In this lesson, students learn about sound vibrations, pitch, how frequency is measured, and about the recommended upper decibel limit of noise.

This lesson teaches students about how sound vibrations are transmitted through solids, liquids, and gases, and about how materials may absorb sound.

Explore the autumn scene while learning math, literacy, and science at the same time! These fall-themed resources highlight ways to make traditional fall activities -- like visiting the apple orchard, going on nature hikes, and...

The NOVA collection on PBS LearningMedia contains over 1500 resources from NOVA's broadcast and digital productions that educators can use in their lessons to spark and enrich student knowledge of STEM (Science Technology Engineering...

The differences between solids, liquids, and gases and the properties of each are presented in this lesson.

This site offers the ebook The Adventures of Amelia the Pigeon chapter by chapter. It also provides six lesson plans for grades K-2 and three lesson plans for grades 3-4.

For this fourth grade performance assessment task, students sort candies according to their properties and demonstrate their understanding of binary classification principles.

For this fourth grade performance task, students measure tree leaves using metric units and make predictions about the length of other leaves on the tree. They also suggest other good questions they might ask about trees in the school...

This resource from Science Fairs is a wonderful resource for a wide variety of science fair starter ideas. Use an idea from here and build your own project.

A 4-minute video showing a teacher explaining what Universal Design for Learning looks like in the context of her Grade 8 Science classroom. She discusses how it is promoting independence with students. The interviewer talks with some...

An animated adventure story, developed by NASA, that helps children understand earth science concepts by using satellite photography and other types of aerial photographs to identify physical features on the surface of the earth. Teaches...