October Science Lessons

Week 1 – Mummies, Zombies, & the ‘UnDead’
9-12: Make a Mummy, & Mummy Activity

Week 2 -More of Mummies, Zombies, & the ‘UnDead
9-12: VAMPIRES, ZOMBIE Walk, and the Zombie Apolcalypse & Fake it (Fake Blood) and Make it (Zombie Brain)

Week 3 -Creepy Crawly Insects
9-12: Should We Eat Bugs?, The Bug that Poops Candy & LOTS of Insect Activities

Week 4 -Happy Halloween!!
9-12: Taxonomy of Candy & Erupting Pumpkins

Week 1 – Flying machines: Rockets, Planes, Gliders, Balloons and more!
9-12: Are You Down? & Aerodynamics in Paper Airplanes & Paper Airplanes- The World Record Breaker Paper Airplane & How to Steer

Week 2 – In the Clouds: Weather in the Sky & WORLD SCIENCE DAY, Wednesday November 10

9-12: How do Tornados Form? + Glitter Tornado in a Bottle

Week 3 –  Animal Flight: Insects, Birds, Bats and other creatures of the sky!

9-12:  How do Birds Fly? + Origami flying cranes (video + Step-by-Step Folds) + Flap to the Future part 1: Game Play

Week 4 – Animal Flight: Insects, Birds, Bats and other creatures of the sky!

9-12: Can Humans Fly? If Superpowers Were Real + Flap to the Future part 2: Create Your Own Bird!

December Science Lessons

Week 1 – Our Senses and the Tiny World!

Bonus Lesson: The SCIENCE of SNOWFLAKES!

9-12 Video: Atoms & Molecules & DIY Activity: Nails for Breakfast?

Week 2 – Waves in Motion

9-12 VIDEO: Waves in Motion DIY Activity: Build a Wave

Week 3 – Vision & the Tiny ‘Tings We See

9-12 Video: The Spectrum & DIY Activity:  PrisMagic!

Week 4 – Light & Shadow

9-12 Video: Electric & Magnetic Fields & DIY Activity: Motorized

January Science Lessons

Week 1 – My Place in Space

9-12 – Video: https://youtu.be/P6cw5Yv-zqU Activity: My Cosmic Address 

Week 2 – Solar System

BONUS LESSON: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/skytellers/solar-system/

9-12 – Video: https://youtu.be/zR3Igc3Rhfg  Activity:  https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/make-a-scale-solar-system/  More Info: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/skytellers/solar-system/

 Week 3 – Staying Alive In Space

9-12 – Video 1:  https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-it-s-like-to-live-on-the-international-space-station-cady-coleman Video 2: https://youtu.be/dAlJAeIqxZ8  Activity: Design A Space Station

 Week 4 – Is There Life In Outer Space?

9-12 – Video: https://youtu.be/SgLO10cUC1M  Activity: https://www.pbs.org/deepspace/classroom/Activity8.html

February Science Lessons

Week 1 – Light up your life with NEON!

9-12 – Video: What Makes Neon Signs Glow? & How Japanese Neon Signs are Made Activity: Neon Signs

Week 2 – OH SAY Can you SEE?

9-12 – Video: How Do We See Color? & Which Animal Has the Best Eyesight? & Bioluminescence   Activity:  Optical Illusion

 Week 3 – All the colors of the RAINBOW! Getting down with ROY-G-BIV

9-12– Video: What is a RAINBOW? Activity: Paper Rainbow

 Week 4 – Colors in ACTION: The Rare Colors of Nature, Skin Color, Dangerous Colors

9-12– Video: Deadly Colors & Science of Skin Color Activity: Color Me Human

March Science Lessons

Week 1 – Earthquakes, Continental Drift- Movement on the earth’s crust

9-12 – What is Pangaea? & Why Are Earthquakes Hard to Predict? Activity: Day 1 Crystal Chemisty Kiwi Kits!   & Activity Booklet

Week 2 – Crystals & Gemstones

9-12 – Video: How Do Crystals Work? &  The Most Colorful Gemstones on Earth Activity: Day 2 Crystal Chemisty Kiwi Kits!   & Activity Booklet  

SPRING BREAK!

Week 3 – The Mountains & the Valleys

9-12 – Video: Why is Mount Everest So Tall? & What Happens when NATURE goes VIRAL? Activity:  National Geographic Earth Science Kit  

Week 4 – Volcanos, Magma, Eruptions and What’s Happening Under the Crust

9-12 – Video: Iceland’s Superpowered Underground Volcanoes & What Makes Volcanoes Erupt? Activity:  National Geographic Kit VOLCANO TIME!

April Science Lessons

Week 1 – Living on Planet Earth

9-12 – Video: Why is Biodiversity So Important? Activity: BioDiversity & Human Health: Infectious Diseases

Week 2 – Food Webs and Rewilding

9-12 – Video: What is Rewilding?? Activity: Draw a FOOD WEB based on THIS INFO

Week 3 – Evolution & Adaptation of Life on Planet Earth

9-12 – Video: How Life Came to Land &  Can Wildlife Adapt to Climate Change? Activity: Animal Camouflage

Week 4 – Habitats and the Animals Who Live There!

9-12 – Video:  Why Are Sloths so Slow? &  Why Elephants Never Forget, Activity: Habitat in a Shoebox

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