A 45-minute ESL lesson for grade 4 students at the Developing (Level 3) proficiency level. Students will explore life cycles, practice gathering information from texts, and learn to take notes and categorize data using graphic organizers.

A 45-minute ESL lesson focused on identifying and using precise domain-specific vocabulary to describe the solar system and its planets, culminating in a scaffolded writing task.

A vocabulary-focused lesson exploring 6 narrative words (hastily, wandering, absentmindedly, persisted, gravely, reproved) to understand character behavior and emotion for 4th graders.

A foundational toolkit for setting up a physical engineering and maker space, covering physical layout, collaborative roles, and essential classroom routines.

A high-stakes engineering challenge where students use the 4Cs and Computational Thinking to design, build, and document the ultimate cup tower structure.

A comprehensive lesson on invasive species prevention, featuring visual slides, a modified reading task for accessibility, and assessment tools. Students learn to identify pathways and implement global prevention strategies.

An investigation into exothermic reactions using hand warmers. Students observe and record temperature changes to understand how chemical energy transforms into heat energy.

A foundational lesson on the three main stages of the water cycle: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. Includes a visual anchor chart and a hands-on labeling activity.

A guided reading lesson for 3rd graders exploring the fundamental differences between stars and planets, focusing on light production, composition, and movement.

A fascinating look at decomposers for 3rd graders, explaining how fungi, bacteria, and worms break down dead matter to recycle nutrients back into the food chain.

An engaging lesson for 3rd graders on consumers in a food chain, exploring herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores, and how they get their energy from eating other living things.

A foundational lesson on food chains for 3rd graders, focusing on producers as the start of energy flow and the correct use of arrows to represent that energy movement.

A 3rd-grade integrated science and literacy lesson exploring inheritance and variation in traits. Using 'Plants and Animals' by Rose Padilla, students analyze how animals are like their parents yet different from each other, gathering explicit text evidence to support scientific explanations.

Students explore the flow of energy in a grassland ecosystem by identifying producers, consumers, and decomposers. They will construct their own food chains through a hands-on sorting and linking activity.

Students explore the various ways life from the past became preserved in stone, distinguishing between body and trace fossils while identifying specific preservation methods like amber, casts, and carbon films.

A lesson exploring the fundamental structures of plant and animal cells, focusing on the nucleus, cell wall, and cell membrane, and how these parts differ between cell types.

A relative dating investigation set in Jellystone Park, where students use geologic principles to solve picnic basket heists and uncover the history of the park's rock formations.

A hands-on STEM lesson for 6th-grade students where they learn the physics and technology of stop-motion animation, from frame rates and persistence of vision to storyboarding and filming their own creative shorts.

A project-based lesson where 3rd-grade students explore the physical characteristics of mountains, wetlands, plains, and deserts through a variety of creative choices.

A 20-minute outdoor investigation where students compare the diversity of life in two different micro-habitats to understand patterns of biodiversity. This lesson integrates art through scientific sketching and a nature color hunt.