Activities and Resources for the Classroom
Includes Space Science, Light, Sun&Earth, Weather and the Solar System
Aeronautics
An educator guide in .pdf format from NASA for grades K-4. The activities are divided into three chapters: Air, Flight, and We Can Fly, You and I. They are designed to be uncomplicated and fun and have been tested in countless classrooms and workshops.
Alphabetical List of Biology Lessons
AskERIC Lesson Plans
Bb is for Birds
A webquest for K-2 from Region 20, Education Service Center
The Butterfly Life Cycle
A Web Resourced Unit of Work Created by Jackie Miers
Cloud Poems NASA's S'COOL Project
Day and Night Lesson Plan
Dinosaur unit Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
Early Childhood Technology Literacy Project
Montgomery County Public Schools
Early Elementary Science Lessons
Earth Science Lessons
Elementary School (K-5) Science Lessons
From OFCN's Academy Curricular Exchange
Elementary Science Program Unit Resources
Elementary Science Teacher Resource Book
Developed by and for the Teachers of Utah
Explorer SCR-TEC
A collection of educational resources (instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, student created materials ...) for K-12 mathematics and science education. Great Lakes Collaborative and the University of Kansas UNITE group
For Primary Teachers
A links lists for: Insect and Butterfly Information; Earth Day Related Information; Weather Related Information; Animal Homes; Penguins; Fairy Tales; General Teacher and Lesson Plan Sites; Free School Related Clipart; and Free Awards and Worksheets to Print
Frank Potter's Science Gems UCI
Growing Crystals
A lesson plan by Danica Nuccitelli
Helping Your Child Learn Science
Includes many simple activities
How do animals spend the winter? Science Made Simple
I Read It on the Internet: Teaching About Web Literacy
By Linda Starr in Education World
Insects in the Classroom
Internet Lessons and Learning Projects
K-3 Science Unit Planning Sheet Sunrise Sunset
Kites as an Educational Tool
Photosynthesis: How do plants make food?
A lesson plan from Newton's Apple
Natural Disaster Lesson Plans and Units
Plants Unit
by Suzanne McGuire for PreK-1st grades. A cross-curricular unit on plant parts, seeds, growth, and making a paper garden, with centers for poetry, dramatic play and discovery. From TeachWeb
Primary Investigations .PDF Australian Academy of Science
Science ERIC
Science Virtual Teacher Centre UK
Science Lesson Plans for Junior Students
A links list from Deb Russell at About.com
Science Lesson Plans that Teach Literacy K-2
Includes plants, magnets, pollination, colors, crickets, oceans, rocks and weather.
Science Lesson Plans
Offers teachers access to several hundred categorized lesson plans which are divided into K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 grade levels, and cover all areas of science. Provided by Columbia Education Center.
Science Lessons from teachervision
Science Lessons by Age Groups
Science Lessons by Subject
Search for lessons by subject, age group or alphabetically. From the Southeastern Michigan Math-Science Learning Coalition
Science Mini Lessons Elementary (K-5) from Youth Net
Science NetLinks
K-12 science lessons and resources organised by benchmarks for science literacy. From the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the WorldCom Foundation.
Seasons
Collaborative Thematic Unit for K-3 by Molly Campbell and Christina Stewart. Includes literature, videos and out of date web links
The Shadow Knows...
The shadow of an object in sunlight can be used to determine the position of the sun. Changes in the length of the shadow relate to important changes in the day and in the seasons of the year.
Simple Machine Parts
Students dismantle and examine different parts of toys, and gain a better understand the concept of cause and effect in simple machines. A lesson plan from CanTeach
Smithsonian Education Lesson Plans
Space Lessons
Bicycle of the Solar System
A Solar System size and scale activity from Museum of Science
Build a Bubble-Powered Rocket Space Place
Center for Educational Resources
Through funding from NASA, faculty at Montana State University and classroom teachers from US have developed a library of on-line and interactive K-12 science education materials for teaching astronomy.
Classifying Galaxies
Interactive lesson on the Hubble System of Classifying Galaxies
Coloring Pages
Many Space topics from NASA Kids
Earth, Sun and Moon
The Standards Site UK
Exploring the Mysteries of the Solar System
Several Galileo Education Modules targeting 6-9 graders
Galileo K-12 Educational Activities For Middle Schools
Here comes the sun
Board of Cooperative Educational Services No. 2
How Satellites Work Gulf of Maine Aquarium
Make 2D Scale Models of The Planets
For Grades 4-12 from NASA's Mars Exploration Curriculum
Mission to Explore the Solar System
by Mary Jo Knight Lincoln Elementary School, Ottumwa, Iowa
NASA Educational Products
These may be printed and copied as needed. They include: Educator's Guides, Educational Briefs, Programs, Topics, Wallsheets, Slide Sets, Videotapes, and Lithographs
NASA Explores
Each week two new articles are published about a current NASA Aerospace Technology or Human
Exploration and Development of Space Enterprise project. The articles are adapted for three
grade levels: K-4, 5-8, and 9-12. Lesson plans/activities support the concepts raised by the
articles. These materials incorporate and support national educational standards in math,
science, geography, and technology.
NASA Themes
The Sun-Earth connections; The Search for Origins; Structure and Evolution of the Universe; and Exploration of the Solar System
NASA Why Files Educators pages
Contains printable project blueprints, problem-based learning implementation strategies, relevant national (US) standards, and online activities. The Activities/Worksheets include in-class activities, worksheets and at-home activities. Resources are arranged by topic, episode, and media type and include books, web sites, videos, CD-ROMS and kits. The Tools area has three components: Evaluation which includes printable rubrics and lists of indicators; Problem-based Learning with printable tools and strategies to support student learning; and Web Technology with printable web site evaluation sheets. Educator's Guides (in .pdf format) for each episode can be downloaded.
Our Mission to Planet Earth
A teacher's guide in .pdf format from NASA for grades K-4. Includes activities such as setting up a terrarium as an Earth System model to demonstrate the water cycle, the greenhouse effect, and the difference between global warming and cooling. Students can also create their own models of instruments and satellites and learn about careers in Earth System Science.
Outer Orbit Lesson Plans
Many Science of Space lessons for grades K-3, 4-6, 5-8, and 9-12
Phases of the Moon PBS
Rockets
A Teacher's Guide in .pdf format from NASA for Rocketry. Learn about the history, scientific principles and mathematics of Rockets through exciting problem-solving and cooperative learning activities.
The Solar System
Activities including Modeling Planetary Sizes; A Classroom Solar SystemPlanetary Distances on the Playground; Why is the Sky Blue? and Watching Meteor Showers
Solar System Unit
An Argot Library original unit for Years 5 and 6
Space Food and Nutrition
An Educator's Guide With Activities in Science and Mathematics From NASA for Grades K-8. Contains information and classroom activities.
Space Lessons Tennessee Education Association
StarDate Online
Sample lessons and activities for teaching astronomy to students from grades K-12
Teacher-Developed Earth and Space Science Lessons and Classroom Activities University of California
Thursday's Classroom
Provides a connection between NASA's latest research and the classroom. Includes news and lessons
What stores solar energy best?
Word Finds from NASA
Spider Unit
Spiders Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
Sound Unit from the Virtual Museum of Musical Inventions
Stellar
A "hands-on" science training program for K-12 teachers interested in improving their knowledge and skills in science, math and technology. Contains lessons, units, projects and free CD-ROMs. From NASA Ames Research Center
Under the Sea: A unit on Marine Biology
A thematic study for younger children which includes comprehensive lesson plans with information, pictures, activities, work sheets and puzzles, and suggestions for reading. By Mrs. Seagraves' QUEST Classroom
Weather
Bureau of Meterology Curriculum Materials
Contains subject-specific experiments and activities, including
interactive animated models, a cloud quiz, teacher lesson plans and student worksheets. From Bureau of Meterology, Australia
Make Your Own Weather Station
Contains instructs for making a Barometer, Hygrometer, Rain Gauge, Weather Vane and Compass. From the Franklin Institute Online
Making a Weather Station
Contains illustrated instructions on how to build basic weather forecasting and measuring instruments, and experiments to demonstrate and observe the properties ofmoisture, air pressure, temperature, and wind. From the Miami Museum of Science
The Weather Unit
Whale Net Curriculum Resources
Why is the sky blue? Science Made Simple
A Year of Trees
- 18 Activities. A unit on trees for grades 3-6 from Minnetonka Public Schools District 276
YES I Can! Science
Database contains classroom lesson plans; labs, demonstrations and activities; assessment tools, performance indicators, and background information for teachers
