We've compiled a selection of grade-appropriate offerings to make it easy for you to browse Academy opportunities and classroom resources.
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Strategies for Investigations
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Learn how science notebooks can help your students plan and carry out hands-on investigations.
Strategies for Notetaking
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Taking notes in science doesn't mean just copying what's on the board.
Strategies for Reflection
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Setting aside time for reflection allows your students to recognize their own learning.
Selected Science Lesson Plans
Sensational Seaweed
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© Clinton Bauder
Explore seaweed and learn about this important producer in this hands-on, culinary activity!
Rock Cycle Roundabout
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© U.S. Geological Survey
Want to play a board game to learn about rock formation? Explore geologic processes, fast and slow.
Fossil Fuels: Chocolate Chip Mining
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© April
What are the consequences of mining for fossil fuels?
Kinesthetic Astronomy: Earth's Rotation
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"Blue Marble" © 2002 NASA Earth Observatory
Students will practice being Earth to learn about how our orbit affects what we see.
Stomata Printing: Microscope Investigation
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"Backlit Leaf" © 2011 Threthny
Discover the part of the leaf that allows for gas exchange!
Science Lesson Plans for 4th and 5th Grade
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Look through the collection of Academy-designed science lesson plans for 4th and 5th grade.
Featured Videos from the Science Video Vault
Take a Virtual Dive in a Kelp Forest
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Plunge into a California kelp forest and learn about the complex, colorful ecosystems right off our coast.
Plate Tectonics: Shaping the Continents
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Billions of years ago, Earth had supercontinents—land masses made of multiple continents merged together.
Why Do We Have Different Seasons?
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In this video, learn how Earth’s rotation and the angle of sunlight interact to create different seasons.
Professional Learning for You
Setting Up Your Science Notebooks
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Explore this section to learn the basics of setting up science notebooks with your students.
NGSS Demystified
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Need help with planning professional development around the Next Generation Science Standards? Look no further.
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