10 Lessons

Wind Cars
- I really liked this lesson because of how actively engaging it is. I would implement this lesson by dedicating a few days periodically for the children to work on building their cars. I would remind them to think carefully about how they assemble the cars because we would eventually be racing them! This would be a perfect activity for building and also when talking about wind in science. We could talk about the wind MPH that day and have a discussion on how this would affect our cars, then go back and reflect afterwards.


Why Do We Recycle?
- This lesson teaches children WHY we recycle. It gives them a first hand look on what some garbage does to the earth. For this lesson, children will be burying garbage and going back weeks later to see what happened to the garbage that they buried. Children will be journaling this experiment along the way, jotting down their experiences. I like this lesson because, as all of us know, what we are uneducated on does not matter to us. If we educate children first hand on the affects of not recycling, we could encourage them to recycle.
The Five Senses
- This is a smart board lesson on the five senses. I like this lesson because it gives me an opportunity to engage my students and get them involved. I would obviously also do some hands on activities as well to go along with this, but this is definitely a good guide. I could also print these pages out and use them as assessments after we do all of the activities as a whole group.
Pollution
- I really like this lesson. I like the idea of incorporating the experiment over multiple days of the lesson. As you talked about an issue, you added it to the pollution bottle. This allows children to see first hand what pollution does and what it actually is. Instead of them just visualizing something in their head that they've never really been educated on or seen before.
Sink or Float?
- I love this lesson for preschool! I think that it is very engaging for a child to get to choose everything they're putting in the egg. It is exciting for them as they wait to see, as well. I also love the idea of charting the information. This gives the child a sense of charting data, something that they will learn a lot more about as they get older.
Raisin Experiment 
- This is the first experiment on the page. I think that this experiment would be so engaging for children! I think they would love this. It would teach children a lot about carbonation. I could definitely see myself using the worksheet as well because it follows the activity and allows children to make hypotheses.
What does our heart do for us?
- Scroll down to the second lesson on this page. I love this lesson. This experiment gives children a chance to visually see their heartbeat. I would absolutely use this in my classroom. I also love how at the end of the lesson it provides us with information to extend the lesson to teach children how we can take care of our hearts.
Does the light shine through?
- Scroll down to the third lesson on this page. I really like this activity, especially because I could easily see myself using this as a center in my classroom. I also like how there is a recording sheet included in the lesson that children can record their information on.
The Toothy Eggsperiment
- I love this experiment! We actually did this in my Kindergarten placement- and the kids loved it! It is so cool for them to be able to observe this all day. We left the eggs over on the side of the room, where children could go to take a quick peek whenever they had a minute. We then talked about what we thought was going to happen, compared to what did happen, and how the eggs resemble our teeth.


How Snowshoes Work
- I thought that this lesson was extremely interesting and creative! Being in an area where we do get a lot of snow, it would help to show young children what the purpose of snow shoes are. A lot of them don't know, they just know that they're parents make them where them. Even if you were in an area that doesn't get much snow, this lesson would still be helpful, because the children would be even less knowledgeable about snow shoes and their purpose.