These activities will help students understand where the sun is in the solar system and how big the earth, moon, and sun are.

Students will conduct three related investigation concerning magnetic attraction and the relative strength of magnets. The three investigations can be completed in any order, so can be set up as centers or for small group sessions. Students will record their observations on the provided data sheet.

The "I Grow" activities in this lesson will help students understand the abstract concept of time passing. Students will listen as the book When I Was Little by Jamie Lee Curtis is read aloud. They will then write and illustrate a book about themselves using a predictable pattern of text such as, "When I was little, I ____________. Now I ____________."

Using nursery rhymes and a finger play, students will learn about spatial relationships and commonly used position words. Curriculum extension activities/adaptations/integration include common objects in the classroom.

This resource is an article, with images, about the layers of the Earth.

In this lesson, students test a variety of insulators and relate their knowledge to energy conservation. With teacher guidance, students design their own investigation. After all experiments are completed, the class looks across the data and draws evidence-based conclusions.

In this investigation students will look at various items to see if they can correctly identify fossils. After discussion, students will make inferences as to what the environments were like for these organisms to exist.

In this activity, students understand the effect of the forces of push and pull on motion. Students will take turns acting out a push or a pull.

In this activity students will learn how to measure the direction and speed of wind.

In this lesson, students make observations that things in direct sunlight are warmer than things that are not in as much sunlight. Also, they may notice that there may be more heat near asphalt, brick, or cement because heat can be stored and radiated from these, also.

In this lesson, students will read various books about the seasons. Students will discuss the behaviors of people and animals during a given season. Students will create a mural depicting themselves participating in an activity appropriate for the season they are studying.

In this activity, students will use common household items to build landforms and simulate weathering and erosion.

In this lesson, students will observe the differences between solids, liquids and gases. They sort different liquids as to their physical properties. Finally, they observe how food coloring mixes in water, club soda, and salt water.

In this lesson, students must listen and follow directions. They will perform locomotor movements based upon those directions.

Students will learn about heat transfer by designing a refrigerator and investigating winter clothing.

In this lesson, students will complete several classroom activities to improve basic map skills.

Your challenge in this activity will be to create a "diver" which will float, but can be made to sink as well. Remember that floating occurs because the air in your "diver" is less dense than water. When you compress air (put the same amount of air in a smaller area) you can increase the density of the air. Air compression will cause your floating "diver" to sink.

This resource breaks down the concept of matter and provide interative questions to test students knowledge.