Hillside Runoff Lab Worksheet

A four-day 3rd-grade science sequence aligned to Arizona standards 3.L2U1.7 and 3.E1U1.4. Across four 20-minute blocks, students explore how the Sun's energy flows through food chains, the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers, how chains connect into webs, and how ecosystem changes affect living things.

Students in Grades 4–5 investigate how the steepness of a slope changes how fast water moves (runoff) and how much soil it carries away (erosion). Using a hands-on stream-table model, students collect time and erosion data, analyze patterns, and apply their findings to real-world landforms.

A two-page 5th-grade science fact sheet explaining how water filtration works, Earth's natural filters, the four classic filter layers, and key vocabulary. Includes a safe hands-on bottle filter mini-lab with a blank observation box for students.

A four-day astronomy sequence exploring Galileo Galilei's 1610 *Sidereus Nuncius* (Starry Messenger). Students learn who Galileo was, how he improved the telescope, and how his observations of the Moon and Jupiter's moons transformed science.

A multi-day hands-on investigation comparing how fast seeds sprout in soil versus a damp paper towel bag. Includes an accessible student lab worksheet, visual presentation slides, and a teacher facilitation guide.

A 3-page 5th grade science fair planning, data collection, and analysis packet centered on testing which household treatment best prevents apple slices from browning. Includes multiple testable research questions, variable breakdown, hypothesis builder, fair-test procedure, observation log, and post-lab analysis questions.

A year-long fifth-grade STEAM project-based learning sequence fully aligned with the Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE: S5E1, S5L4, S5P1, VA5, GM5, CSS.5, 5.MDR, ELAGSE5). Addressing severe storm erosion and runoff contamination, students synthesize earth science, digital sensor technology, hydro-acoustic music composition, biophilic landscape art, and engineering design to protect local Georgia watersheds.

Day 4 investigates how changes in an environment—like drought or losing one species—create ripple effects across a food web, connecting 3.L2U1.7 and 3.E1U1.4. Students analyze cause-and-effect scenarios and predict ecosystem outcomes.

A 1-page teacher answer key covering both the Stream Table Activity analysis questions and the Runoff Erosion Assessment, including sample data expectations and grading guidance.

A two-day third-grade science sequence where students explore how human bodies turn food into usable energy and trace that energy back to sunlight.

Day 3 shows how separate food chains overlap to form a food web and how predators and prey help control populations. Students read about desert connections and model a simple food web.

A 2-page Grades 4–5 assessment on slope, runoff, and erosion featuring four multiple-choice questions, a data-table interpretation section, and a real-world constructed-response prompt.