Melting Ice Experiment Overview This surprising experiment—featured on Good Eats with Alton Brown—reveals how heat transfer, insulation, and moving water affect how quickly ice melts. Students often predict that boiling water melts ice fastest, but the results challenge their expectations. Objectives Students will: Make predictions and test a hypothesis Compare the effects of still hot…
Lesson 213 – Based on ideas by: Randi Austin, Kindergarten Teacher Overview This activity gives children a delicious hands-on way to explore color mixing using white icing as paint and pretzel sticks as “brushes.” Students experiment with primary colors and discover how new colors are created. Objectives Students will: Explore and identify the three…
Lesson 214 – Based on Ideas by Debbie Haren, Preschool Teacher Grade Level: Preschool Objectives Children will: Identify and name common feelings Recognize facial expressions that match emotions Express their own feelings through art Build vocabulary for social–emotional learning Practice sharing and discussion Materials Small paper plates (4 per child) Popsicle sticks Markers or crayons Glue Optional:…
“Active Reading” Lesson 4944 • By Elizabeth Thompson (Expanded Version) Grade Levels: Preschool, K, 1–2 A full menu of outdoor literacy activities to reinforce alphabet knowledge through play, movement, and sensory exploration. Learning Objectives Students will: Reinforce letter recognition through multi-sensory, kinesthetic activities. Connect letters to environmental print and real-world objects. Strengthen gross motor coordination…
Learning Objectives Students will: Understand what overrun is in ice cream (the amount of air mixed into it). Compare volume vs. mass by weighing ice cream containers of the same size. Observe how melting separates air from liquid in ice cream. Explore how air affects texture, weight, melting, and even the price of ice cream….
Learning Objectives Students will: Observe how condensation forms on the outside of cold containers. Compare condensation on two different liquids (water vs. soda). Learn how carbonation and insulating bubbles affect temperature transfer. Practice scientific skills: predicting, observing, recording data, and explaining results. Understand how temperature differences create condensation. Materials 2 regular drinking glasses (not insulated)…
Lesson 224 • By Debbie Haren (Expanded Version) Grade Level: Preschool, Kindergarten Learning Objectives Students will: Recognize their own name in print. Identify the letters in their name and the order they appear in. Build independence in morning routines. Strengthen letter–sound awareness when discussing names. Develop a sense of classroom belonging and identity. Materials…
Lesson 223 • By Debbie Haren (Expanded Version) Grade Level: Preschool Learning Objectives Students will: Learn to recognize the letters in their own name. Build early name-writing awareness through tracing and letter formation. Strengthen fine-motor skills using hole-punch dots and glue. Practice color recognition, sorting, and simple pattern-making. Gain confidence seeing their name displayed in…
Lesson 423 • By Christopher Murray (Expanded Version) Grade Levels: K–2 (adaptable for 3–5) Learning Objectives Students will: Learn and correctly pronounce the Spanish names of the days of the week. Use Spanish question/response patterns to identify today, yesterday, and tomorrow. Learn Spanish number words while counting the dates on the calendar. Build daily listening,…
Exploring Addition & Subtraction With Manipulatives Lesson 366 • By Amy (Expanded Version) Grade Level: Kindergarten Learning Objectives Students will: Build, model, and explain addition and subtraction equations. Use concrete objects (candy, cereal, bingo chips) to show number combinations. Practice decomposing a number into two parts. Write or verbalize equations using proper math language. Recognize…