Shoebox Shelters

A complete project bundle where students research an animal's habitat and design a detailed shoebox diorama. This lesson includes interactive presentation slides, scaffolded research sheets with visual choice boards, a blueprint planner, and a comprehensive teacher guide with a rubric.

JDJames Dill

Shoebox Shelters

JDJames Dill

EcoEngineers Wild Wetlands

An inquiry-based life science and persuasive writing unit for grades 3-5. Students investigate beavers as ecosystem engineers, build model dams, and advocate for wildlife in a civic-writing performance task.

Lenny

Unit Roadmaps

Foundational unit planning resources, teacher guides, and high-level scope and sequence documents for the Eco-Engineers unit.

Lenny

Teacher Guide and Rubric

A comprehensive teacher's guide and rubric. Page 1 contains a structured 5-session pacing plan, essential facilitation tips, and prep instructions. Page 2 is a detailed, printable diorama rubric scoring 4 core categories from exceptional to beginning.

James Dill

Leaf Chefs

A whimsical, botanical-themed elementary science unit that explores photosynthesis, casting leaves as microscopic kitchens and plants as nature's solar-powered chefs.

Lenny

Sandy Shores Exploration

An engaging, beach-themed lesson for 2nd graders to explore the sandy shore habitat through vocabulary review, a reading comprehension passage, and a timed fluency reading tracker.

James Dill

Diorama Blueprint Planner

A student-facing 1-page design guide. It includes a large, clean grid sketch block for drawing their diorama layout, a multi-category materials checklist, and a step-by-step assembly checklist to guide their physical construction.

James Dill

Cyber Defenders Academy

A three-lesson cybersecurity sequence designed for 4th-grade students to learn the fundamentals of protecting personal information online. Through highly visual slides and hands-on, unplugged group activities, students learn to build uncrackable passwords, spot phishing scams, protect private information, and navigate public networks safely.

Becky Krug

The Golden Recipe

Students combine all ingredients (carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight) to discover the outputs of photosynthesis: oxygen and sweet sugar (glucose).

Lenny

Habitat Detective Research Worksheet

A scaffolded 2-page student worksheet. Page 1 helps students research their chosen animal using supportive sentence frames and structured prompts. Page 2 provides a visual choice board filled with material and design ideas to support non-writers and inspire diorama crafting.

James Dill

Lego Builders League

A structured 7-week engineering curriculum for 12 builders, featuring rotating theme-based challenges, team collaborations, and progressive skill challenges for both Elementary and Middle school students.

Courtney Stewart

Sunlight Power

Students investigate chlorophyll, the magical green pigment, and discover how plants capture solar energy to fuel their kitchen.

Lenny

Bakehouse Academy

A premium 3rd-grade summer math, reading, and writing sequence themed around managing a successful bakery, complete with recipe conversions, flour science reading, and custom teacher data ledgers.

Shoebox Shelters