Body Basics: The Human Body	Lesson Plan
A series of experiments about the human body http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/body/ Grade Level(s): 3-5, 6-8 • Rating: 7  Votes: 27   Rate It

Creative Chemistry Egg Races	Lesson Plan
Three egg race activities: Balloon Rockets, Build a Lighthouse, and Firewriting. http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/activities/eggraces_main.htm Grade Level(s): 3-5, 6-8   Rate It

Dinosaur Detectives	Lesson Plan
Learn about paleontologists, their discoveries, and theories. Includes discussion questions, extensions, printables, links, vocabulary. http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/dinosaurdetectives/in... Grade Level(s): 6-8 • Rating: 6  Votes: 8   Rate It

Dissecting Owl Pellets	Lesson Plan
Students will examine owl pellets and what their diet consisted of, specifically rodents. This will further their understanding of simple food chains as well as bone structure and identification. http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/life8.html Grade Level(s): 3-5, 6-8 • Rating: 6  Votes: 11   Rate It

Electricity & Magnetism	Lesson Plan
A series of experiments about electricity and magnetism http://web.archive.org/web/20040603203002/www.galaxy.net/~k12/electric... Grade Level(s): 3-5, 6-8 • Rating: 7  Votes: 26   Rate It

Lesson Plans for Forest-Minded Teachers	Lesson Plan
More than 30 tree-related lesson plans in PDF format. http://www.idahoforests.org/plans.htm Grade Level(s): Preschool, K, 1-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 • Rating: 5  Votes: 8   Rate It

Measuring Rain with a Rain Catcher	Lesson Plan
Students will make a rain catcher and examine and graph rain levels within one month to calculate the average percipitation at their home. http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/earthspace6.html Grade Level(s): 6-8   Rate It

Mummies: Mummify an Apple	Lesson Plan
Newton's Apple - Experiment with different salt compounds to mummify an apple. http://www.ktca.org/newtons/13/mummy.html Grade Level(s): 1-2, 3-5, 6-8 • Rating: 7  Votes: 11   Rate It

Ocean Oasis Teacher's Guide Activity 8	Lesson Plan
Activities for classes demonstrating how desert plants conserve water--a supplement to the film Ocean Oasis. http://www.oceanoasis.org/teachersguide/activity8.html Grade Level(s): 3-5, 6-8 • Rating: 8  Votes: 7   Rate It

Rain Forest Museum and Menagerie	Lesson Plan
As part of a Rain Forest Action Club, students choose an area to research, become experts on a topic or area of study, and create a mini-museum of their findings to present to the community. http://www.earthwatch.org/ed/pm/lessons/hornmuseum.html Grade Level(s): 6-8   Rate It

Rock to Rock: A Fantasy Journey	Lesson Plan
Understand the rock cycle, three main kinds of rocks: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous, and the process of weathering. http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/resources/misc/rock.htm Grade Level(s): 6-8 • Rating: 7  Votes: 6   Rate It

T-Rex	Lesson Plan
Learn about the Tyrannosaurus rex, predators and scavengers. Includes discussion questions, extensions, printables, links, vocabulary. http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/trex/ Grade Level(s): 6-8   Rate It

The Ocean Floor - Science	Lesson Plan
Students make a model of the ocean floor with this hands-on science activity. http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/492.shtml Grade Level(s): 6-8   Rate It

The Science of Sound	Lesson Plan
A series of experiments about sound and its application to animals, musical instruments and communications. http://web.archive.org/web/20041010041521/www.galaxy.net/~k12/sound/ Grade Level(s): 1-2, 3-5, 6-8   Rate It

Waste Not, Want Not!!	Lesson Plan
Natural resources - focuses on trees http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/class/edis/590s4/Hughes/wastenot.ht... Grade Level(s): 6-8   Rate It

Weather Around the World	Lesson Plan
Students will learn a few key weather terminology and a variety of climates through examining and recording weather characteristics in a variety of communities around the world. http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/earthspace4.html Grade Level(s): 3-5, 6-8 • Rating: 6  Votes: 9   Rate It

What's the Matter? - Intro to Chemistry	Lesson Plan
A series of experiments and modeling exercises in elementary chemistry. It provides an introduction to atoms and molecules, the phases of matter, and chemical reactions and touches on the chemistry of the human body, photosynthesis and nuclear energy. http://web.archive.org/web/20041019002056/www.galaxy.net/~k12/matter/i... Grade Level(s): 3-5, 6-8 • Rating: 8  Votes: 33   Rate It

When Dinosaurs Ruled	Lesson Plan
Students will learn about the plants and animals of the Mesozoic age. Includes discussion questions, extensions, printables, links, vocabulary. http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/dinosaursruled/index.... Grade Level(s): 6-8 • Rating: 5  Votes: 7   Rate It

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