Evaluating Internet Sources
These days it’s more important than ever to know who the source of your information is, because not all are…
Category: General Science Lessons
Ants Observations
In this lesson, an outside experience coupled with an essay from one of America’s greatest writer’s (Henry David Thoreau) helps…
How Tall Is That Building
In science we do sometimes run into terms that are close in meaning that we often get mixed up. In…
Birthday Candle Mystery
Something very “mysterious” and unexpected happens when you pour a little water into a pan, set a birthday candle in…
Laws And Theories
Confused about the difference between laws and theories? Inside each of the 2 open/close doors on this graphic organizer students…
Scientific Explanations-Theories, Models, And Laws
Inside each of the 3 open/close doors on this graphic organizer students will write a definition, some key statements, and…
Empirical and Non-Empirical Evidence
Use this graphic organizer when you want your students to do more than read and barely think about what ’empirical’…
Scientific Method
This graphic organizer is meant to be a general introduction to the scientific method, and not an exhaustive way to…
Metric Estimation Domination
Problem- you say that something has a mass of 20 grams, and no one knows what you’re talking about. This…
Potato Observation Game
A great way to teach and emphasize good observations. In Part I of the lesson, students measure and record the…
Exactly How Many
Students are given rice and 20 minutes to solve the problem- ‘exactly how many grains do you have?’. Inquiry style,…
Pasta Stress Test
A fun and engaging inquiry lesson that will cause your students to notice all the little things that need to…
Facts Versus Opinion
Help students better recognize true from sensational information with these 17 statements. Handout, Notes, and PPT
Converting Between Units
Exactly how many seconds are there until Christmas? It sounds hard, but after a warm-up problem or two, it’ll be…
Fact Versus Opinion
Help students better recognize true from sensational information with these 17 statements. Handout, Notes, and PPT
My New Science Classroom
A great way to get students familiar with their new science classroom at the beginning of the school year. Doesn’t…
Predictions & Hypotheses
Finally- a complete untangling of the terms “Prediction” and “Hypothesis”. Notes and PPT
How Many On The Penny?
Like simple and engaging lessons? Learn about how science is supposed to work with this fun inquiry lab. Notes, Student…
Cycles – Never Ending Science
Students create a flapbook that shows how matter moves in and out of organisms endlessly. Fun? Yes. Gross? Very. Handout,…
Cost Of My Classroom Lights
A practical lesson that begins with the hourly cost of one fluorescent light tube and ends with the yearly cost…
Pendulums
Use simple pendulums, in this case nothing more than a string with a washer on the end, to show how…
