Visual mission posters for five in-class review stations. Each poster includes a 'Master Task' and an 'Intel Check' question covering waves, particle theory, the water cycle, conservation of mass, and thermal energy flow.
A multi-grade collection of scientific reading comprehension and response booklets designed to build disciplinary literacy in Earth, Life, and Physical sciences across elementary and middle school levels.
An interactive STEM lesson where students apply concepts of force, motion, gravity, and energy to design their own safe, high-thrill playground. Students analyze playground equipment physics and present their engineered blueprints.
A 1-page structured assessment rubric grading physics concepts, engineering blueprint accuracy, and team pitches.
A hands-on science and engineering lesson where students investigate system failures in electrical grids and water networks, tracing inputs, outputs, and points of failure to analyze system interdependence and cause-and-effect relationships.
A 2-page hands-on student activity worksheet. Page 1 guides students through calculating forces and energy of swings, slides, and see-saws. Page 2 provides a blueprint drafting grid for sketching their ultimate playground.
A rigorous, NGSS-aligned lesson focusing on feedback loops, glucose regulation, carbon dioxide exchange, and graph analysis of diabetes. Students tackle multi-format questions modeled after ILEARN state assessments, while teachers utilize detailed exemplars to guide instructional debriefs.
A visually striking engineering blueprint themed presentation deck mapping out playground physics, potential/kinetic energy, sliding friction, torque, and instructions for the group activity.
This lesson guides students through the biophysics of head impacts. Through kinetic energy concepts and a hands-on modeling activity, students learn how helmets absorb impact forces and protect the brain from acceleration-deceleration injuries.
A comprehensive teacher lesson guide outlining objectives, NGSS standards, materials, a timeline, common misconceptions, questioning strategies, and scaffolding tips for the Playground Power lesson.
