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Categories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan
This unit focuses on students’ approach to earth elements (sand, soil, rocks, minerals, and fossils) with various materials. Teachers can observe students with earth elements and manipulatives to scaffold their knowledge. Students will be able to explore earth... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan
This unit focuses on students’ approach to water and how it is a part of people’s lives. Teachers can observe students’ construction with manipulatives and scaffold their knowledge by posing problem-based learning opportunities. Students will be able... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan
This unit focuses on students’ approach to building with various materials. Teachers can observe students’ construction with manipulatives and scaffold their knowledge by posing problem-based learning opportunities. Students will be able to build various... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
This inquiry resource package on space for ELKP is designed to assist teachers in planning for an inquiry-based learning opportunity. This resource outline is – sublimated with learning objects that your own class has presented in their interest of space and... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
This inquiry resource package on the environment for ELKP is designed to assist teachers in planning an inquiry-based learning opportunity. This resource outline is to be supplemented with learning objects that your own class has presented in their discovery learning... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
This inquiry resource package on sound for ELKP is designed to assist teachers in planning for an inquiry-based learning opportunity. This resource outline is to be sublimated with learning objects that your own class has presented in their interest of sound: where... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
This inquiry resource package on animals for ELKP is designed to assist teachers in planning an inquiry-based learning opportunity. The outline is infused with learning objects that your own class has presented in their discovery learning around the topic of animals,... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Students will engage in inquiry-based learning as they explore and determine different properties of artificial vs. natural light. The learners will have the opportunity to collaborate together as they investigate. To access this content, you must purchase School... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
Everyday boats and ships around the world navigate through narrow channels on their journey to deliver cargo and freight or to take people to different locations. The Panama Canal is an example of one such narrow waterway. Boats must enter these narrow passages with... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
This activity is intended as an introductory exploration of simple machines. The teacher will engage students by reading Stuck by Oliver Jeffers. Students will be asked to consider what specific problem the protagonist of the story is facing. As a class, students will... read more