Studying the Fibonacci Sequence is our entry point for studying Heredity: Inheritance and variation of traits.
Students construct a pollinator out of a spoon and pom pom balls that when dipped in the pollen powder will be able to carry the pollen to the other flower, and students could shake the pollen off on the other flower as it moves by it.
This brief video describes the five ways that evolutionary change can occur. Assessments for the student to complete after viewing the video are also included.
Flowering plants keep the world cooler and wetter than it would be otherwise.
This lesson is designed to meet standards from NC 2nd grade life science and ISTE Digital learning standards. It shows hoe digital prints cannot be erased, but animal prints can. It discusses how tracks can be used to find an animal or a person, and reviews the type of information we can share online.
This resource contains three parts to use with the fourth grade science molecular biology unit on classifying substances as food or non-food items based on their ability to provide energy and materials for survival, growth, and repair of the body.
This document is intended to be an activating activity for a study of food and nutrition in 4th grade science. This could be done at the beginning of the unit as a formative assessment to see that students know the difference between food and non-food. It could also be used after some information has been taught to have students classify based on whether the items provide energy for the body to survive, grow, and repair. The document is a Word document and can be used with a Smart Board to allow students to manipulate the pieces.
This document is intended to be an activating activity for a study of food and nutrition in 4th grade science. This could be done at the beginning of the unit as a formative assessment to see that students know the difference between food and non-food. It could also be used after some information has been taught to have students classify based on whether the items provide energy for the body to survive, grow, and repair. The document is a Word document and can be used with a Smart Board to allow students to manipulate the pieces.
This document is intended to be an activating activity for a study of food and nutrition in 4th grade science. This could be done at the beginning of the unit as a formative assessment to see that students know the difference between food and non-food. It could also be used after some information has been taught to have students classify based on whether the items provide energy for the body to survive, grow, and repair. There are two options for use:
1) A Word document and can be used with a Smart Board to allow students to manipulate the pieces.
2) A Google slide deck that offers both a text and picture option for the words used in the sort.
Students participate in a simulation of a Shark Bay food web to view the relationships between members of that ecosystem.
Allow students maximum choice while applying their punnett square skills.
Students will be able to design and defend a salmon rearing tank for the highest survival rate. They will measure temperature, ph and ammonia on daily basis and make needed adjustments. Given unit ending data students will be able to determine the optimal design for a salmon rearing tank using patterns between water conditions and survival rates.
Students will learn about spiders; naming the different parts of the spiders, how they get food, water and what they eat by coding the Spider (Dash) to get through the web.
This scientific article describes various aspects of bees. It starts with specialized functions within the bee population. It then elaborates how bees manage to survive the winter and keep the bee hive warm. The next section discusses the tasks of bee keepers. Finally, current threats to bees are mentioned. Three embedded audio files provide additional information to some of the sections. The text is child-friendly and created for children 8 years and up.
This scientific article gives a detailed overview over the structure and function of leaves. It explains which nutrients are being exchanged with the help of chlorophyll through process of photosynthesis. It also visualizes with picture support how, during fall, the green component is eventually being extracted from the leaves resulting in yellow, brown, and red color components becoming visible. The text is written for German native speakers age 10 and up.
This scientific article provides anatomical features and the adaptive advantages of those features of owls and giraffes. The text is written for native speakers 9 years and up.
This article provides a detailed flowchart of the processes that help trees to survive the winter: 1 dropping leaves, 2. create anti-freeze, 3. produce buds. Photos and photo series support the scientific elaborations. The text is in scientific, child-friendly language for children 10 and up.
A lesson about Global Warming for students in a 5th grade class. Students will be researching the causes and affects of Global Warming and will show their findings to the class in a presentation and discussion.
Through this mini research lesson, students will choose a plant to research and write about. Using Pink is for Blobfish by Jess Keating as a model book, students will create a class book titled 'Green is For...' with their final drafts.
This lesson will incorporate the classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are, student research on habitats, student-created artwork of a habitat, and green screen technology.