Objective: Think like a scientist. Observe and honor the world around you.

The AM science session should be the most fun had all week. This is when we are in our element, all senses activated. This session is primarily student-led. with the teacher providing materials, ideas, and questions as needed. The teacher should cycle the discussion through the following steps.:
1. Observe
2. Question
3. Hypothesize
4. Predict
5. Test
6. Interpret
7. Share
Almost anything goes today. Keep it simple and simply explore or start the session from an imaginative perspective.:

• Assemble a Science Team.
• Appoint roles. (Example: Student: Science Officer/Captain; Teacher: Science Secretary)
• Assemble a headquarters (tent/fort).
• Gather materials:
  • Clipboard
  • writing utensils (multicolored)
  • science notebook
  • science books
  • science kit: compass, binoculars, measuring tool, magnifying glass, science tray, nature collection, string, glue, tweezers, gloves, bucket
  • Freestyle explore and discover.

Science Websites, Articles, Printable, and Activities

Printable: Human Skeleton

Weekly Lesson Schedule: Introduction to Zoology

Website: Universe

Article: Where does Interstellar space begin?

Website: Gallery of space images

Interactive: Mindy’s Constellation Exploration | Ready Jet Go!

Printable: Space Coloring pages

Article: The Search at Edge of the Solar System

Interactive: SkyMap; Night Sky

Website: Dark Site Finder

Interactive: Earth’s Moon

Activity: Why are there craters on the moon?

Website: Moon Phases

Website: Moonrise and moonset

Website: NASA Space Place: The Sun

Website: Clouds and Weather (PBS)

Article (Teacher/Student): Rainbows Are Circular

Activity: Rainbow (Dot) Painting

Printable: Rainbow and Rain

Activity: The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Its Life Cycle

Website: Ocean Through Time

Article: Ideas for exploring growth/change with preschooler.

Interactive: Google Earth

Website: Google Earth Voyager

Website: Night Sky Planner (Map)

Activity/article: nature tray

Interactive: Seed Racer

Activity: seed book

Definition: Seedling

Article: What is Photosynthesis

Website: Vegetable Seedling Identification

Definition: Sapling

Article: Plant a tree

Definition: Sapling

Activity: Plant a tree

Interactive: What Tree Is That?

Activity: Nature Journal

Article: How to Identify a Tree by Its Bark

Activity: NATURE At-Home Activities: Super Senses

Interactive: PlantSnap

Article: Simple Machines

Article: Earth Sciences: Types of Landforms

Printout: The Layers of the Earth

Article (Teacher): Intro to biogeochemical cycles

Article (Student): Ocean Energy

Activities: Ocean Ecology

Activity: Salt Water Experiment

Video: Earthquakes

Video: Reading Rainbow (Magic School bus: Inside the Earth)

Website: National Weather Service

Website: World weather

Website: The daily weather

Interactive: Comets (NASA)

Article: Where do animals live?

Interactive: Earth’s Structure

Interactive: American Museum of Natural History

Interactive: Marine biology

Article: Endemic Animals Around the World

Printable: Zoological Society of Milwaukee Coloring Sheets

Printable: Vertebrates and Invertebrates

Interactive: What is a vertebrate?

Article: Animal Anatomy

Article: Basic Types of Animals and Their Characteristics

Interactive: food chain

Article: Food chains & food webs

Printable: Dinosaurs

Article: Chemical Elements in the Human Body

Article: Fire Facts for Kids