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Direct linkMcDonald, Judith Richards – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2012
This activity is designed to teach prekindergarten to second grade students about the concept of sink or float through an inquiry activity. Students will use familiar objects to predict and test the properties of sink and float. Background information is offered to teachers to assist them with this activity. This lesson begins with an engaging…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Primary Education, Preschool Education, Elementary School Science
Wolf, Maya; Laferriere, Alix – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2009
There is a particular need for inquiry-based lessons in the early elementary grades, when students are starting to develop their analytical skills. In this article, the authors present a 2-tiered inquiry-based lesson plan for 1st and 2nd grades that has been successfully used by graduate teaching fellows involved in the National Science Foundation…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Ecology, Marine Biology
Nesbit, Catherine R.; Hargrove, Tracy Y.; Harrelson, Linda; Maxey, Bob – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2004
In this article, the author details the process teachers can use to teach primary-age children how to use science notebooks. To lay the foundation for using notebooks, the author describes important elements of science notebooks and makes a distinction between science note-books and journals. In addition, the article highlights the benefits…
Descriptors: Student Journals, Content Area Writing, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
Matthews, Catherine E.; Cook, Helen M. – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2004
A partnership between a university and a science and technology magnet school brings a renowned herpetologist. Dr. Meg Stewart, to involve third-graders in her studies of coqui frogs. These students prepared to meet this scientist with a series of lesson plans (eight activities and four lab lessons) to learn the anatomy, behavior, and diversity of…
Descriptors: Zoology, Grade 3, Partnerships in Education, Anatomy
