Students in Grades 3-5 will enjoy these standards-based, hands-on lessons.
ELECTRIFYING EXPERIENCES
Explore both current and static electricity
Create circuits to show the transfer of energy through current electricity
Investigate the transfer of energy to create an electromagnet
ENERGY IS EVERYWHERE
Recognize that energy is present when objects move and the relationship between kinetic and potential energy
Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts electrical energy to another form of energy, using open or closed simple circuits
Recognize that the sun is the ultimate source of energy on Earth
ENGINEERING
Design solutions to real-world problems that include specified criteria and constraints
Explore how engineers improve technologies to increase their benefits, to decrease known risks, and to meet societal demands
Evaluate the results of an experiment to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in a change of properties
THE IMPORTANCE OF POLLINATORS
Analyze the internal and external structures that land animals and plants have to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction
Infer that plant and animal adaptations help them survive in land biomes
Use evidence to construct an explanation for how variations in characteristics among pollinators within the same species may provide advantages to those individuals in their survival and the survival of the plants they pollinate
IT'S A PLANT'S WORLD
Analyze and label the internal and external structures of plants to determine their purpose
Develop models of terrestrial and aquatic food chains to describe the movement of energy among producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers
Investigate the role of carbon in photosynthesis
MAGNETIC FORCES
Investigate the cause-and-effect relationship between magnets
Solve problems through the interaction of magnets
Investigate and create an electromagnet
INVESTIGATING WEATHER AND CLIMATE
Explore and explain the cycle of water on Earth
Use tables, graphs, and tools to describe weather and climate
Investigate natural hazards and their impact on humans and the environment
ROAMING THE BIOMES
Develop models of terrestrial and aquatic food chains to describe the movement of energy among producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers
Develop adaptations for animals in changing environments that help animals survive
Investigate an owl’s diet through the dissection of an owl pellet
SIMPLE MACHINES
Explore cause and effect relationships of energy and force in relationship to the direction and motion of materials
Identify and demonstrate how the 6 different simple machines can be used for different purposes
Determine the effectiveness of multiple solutions to a design problem given the criteria and the constraints
UNEARTHED
Use fossils to provide information about the past
Observe how mechanical weathering and transportation change the landscape
Analyze and interpret data and maps representing landforms and the layers of the Earth
A limited number of lessons are available at no cost through a partnership with Vulcan Materials Company.
WHAT’S UP WITH MATTER
Describe the properties of solids, liquids, and gasses and identify that matter is made up of particles too small to be seen
Describe physical characteristics while comparing physical change and chemical change
Analyze and interpret data to show that the amount of matter is conserved even when it changes form, even when matter seems to vanish
PRICING
$150 per lesson + round-trip travel fee
FULL PAYMENT IS DUE AT TIME OF PRESENTATION
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