Pollution Patrol Lesson Plan

A comprehensive teacher guide for a Kindergarten Earth Day lesson on water pollution. It includes step-by-step instructions for the coffee filter runoff experiment, discussion prompts, and NGSS alignment. Updated for a 15-minute duration.

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Sound Safari Alphabet Adventures

A comprehensive series of take-home practice worksheets for Kindergarten students following the UFLI Foundations scope for Alphabet Knowledge. Each worksheet focuses on a single letter-sound correspondence with activities for letter formation, decoding, encoding, and simple sentence reading.

Lenny

Elephant Island STEM Rescue

An interactive STEM challenge and read-aloud experience based on Leo Timmers' 'Elephant Island'. Students design and build floating island rafts to rescue Arnold and his friends.

Shannon Mueller

Raft Challenge Slides

A 5-slide visual presentation for projection in the classroom to guide the read-aloud, introduce the STEM raft challenge, show materials, and lead the final reflection.

Shannon Mueller

Mega Blast Mysteries

A high-energy exploration of the most powerful explosions in history and the cosmos, designed for advanced kindergarten learners. This sequence investigates the physics of energy release through volcanoes, asteroids, and stars.

Lenny

Swarm Showdown

An engaging lesson on insect collective nouns and terminology, featuring a word search, crossword, and hands-on matching and writing activities exploring how bugs gather in groups.

amy_oshea

Read Aloud Facilitation Guide

A 2-page teacher facilitation guide containing preparation tips, key vocabulary, interactive prompts for during/after reading 'Elephant Island', and a step-by-step STEM challenge plan.

Shannon Mueller

Junior Scientist Journeys

A comprehensive collection of introductory science modules for first-grade emergent readers, covering biology, meteorology, physics, and earth science through simple, repetitive text and engaging activities.

Janette Sullivan

Sensing Summer

A comprehensive kindergarten science lesson where students explore summer using their five senses. The lesson includes a teacher guide, interactive slides, an outdoor sensory walk checklist, and a reflective sensory journal.

kristan.king

Raft Builders Notebook

A 2-page student worksheet for K-3 students to plan, sketch, test, and reflect on their mini-island raft design. Includes custom icons, clear checkboxes, and spacious drawing boxes.

Shannon Mueller

Phonics Power Path

A comprehensive 36-week phonics and comprehension curriculum for small groups. Each week focuses on a specific phonetic target integrated with a reading comprehension strategy, following a systematic, multisensory approach.

Samantha Kelly

Sensing Summer

An interactive sensory science lesson where kindergarteners explore the seasonal changes of summer using their five senses through classroom discovery, an outdoor sensory walk, and journal reflections.

kristan.king

Swarm Showdown Practice Key

The teacher answer key for the Swarm Showdown Practice Worksheet, featuring correct matching answers, filled-in entries, and an exemplar student response for the creative writing prompt.

Pollution Patrol Lesson Plan