Aurelia will introduce students to biological adaptation using fish as the model organism. Organisms have adaptations that help them survive in their environment, including fish. Fish live in a variety of habitats thus leading to their diversity in body form and shape. To better understand how adaptations are tailored for various environments, students will explore the coral reef enviroment. Coral reef fish are fish which live amongst or in close relation to the complex coral ecosystems with tremendous biodiversity.

Estimated time required: 1-2 class periods.

Technology required for this lesson: Smartphone.

This informational text explains the colorful phenomenon known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) and the southern lights (aurora australis). Students explore the cause of the aurora. The text is written at a grade four through five reading level. This is a PDF containing the informational text and a glossary.

Noah lives near the Great Barrier Reef. Go explore this diverse habitat with him.

The engineering design process involves many steps. Not only must an engineer be able to devise a solution to a problem, he or she must also be ready to test and evaluate that solution to reach the best result. To successfully complete the design process, an engineer must be able to identify design flaws and learn from his or her mistakes. In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, learn about the design process as cast members create automatic door openers that enable them to open their bedroom doors while lying on their beds. For grades 3-8.

The impact of natural disasters is made vivid in this video segment adapted from NOVA. A small town in Iceland, prepared for recurrent avalanches, is devastated when one takes a new and damaging path.

Awesome Library's searchable database is full of resources in all subject areas. It also provides information to parents, students, teachers, principal, family, and community.

Use this site to review information about forces, concentrating on balanced and unbalanced forces. The information is provided in an interactive activity. There is also a factsheet presenting information on balanced and unbalanced forces, and a practice test.

Investigate the changing states of water as you help Steve stay alive while in the Arctic. Includes background information about changing states of matter and about the water cycle, as well as a quiz.

Save Earth from the evil villain who is draining all the life from it. Following the activity, read more about rocks and soil, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.

Use your knowledge about friction to help Carrie get to the Invigatron before someone steals it. Following the activity, read more about friction and resistance, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.

This landing page includes learning modules on the following topics of: animals, plants, microorganisms, life cycles and reproductions, food chains, habits, humans and the environment, adaptation, inheritance, and evolution.

Videos of science classrooms provide opportunities for a rich analysis of classroom instruction, teacher moves, and student thinking. BSCS Videoverse takes you inside classrooms with a growing collection of 2-20 minute video clips spanning a variety of topics. Many videos also come with associated resources, including transcripts with context for the video content, lesson plans, student handouts, and other teaching materials.

In this video segment from Nature, researchers study pandas in an effort to halt their decline in population. [5:37]

In this lesson students will use the Makecode.microbit.org site to create block coding projects. In addition, they will think critically about what their coding products do. Finally, they will create a combination Light & Temperature Meter.

Estimated time required: 1-2 class periods.

Technology required for this lesson: Code Editor, Electronics Kit, Laptop/Desktop, Tablet.

In Lesson 2, students will complete three tutorials to learn about Random Numbers, Variables, and If/Then Statements using MakeCode code blocks and Micro:bits. Then they will dissect a pre-made program by writing Pseudo-code before using it as the basis for a Board Game which the student designs.

Estimated time required: 2-3 class periods.

Technology required for this lesson: Code Editor, Electronics Kit, Laptop/Desktop, Tablet.

In this lesson, students will use the same Block Coding techniques from Lesson 2 to make a Platform / Side-scrolling Arcade game in MakeCode Arcade.

Estimated time required: 1-2 class periods.

Technology required for this lesson: Code Editor, Laptop/Desktop, Tablet.

In this lesson, students will incorporate Functions, Arrays and Iteration into their arcade game started in previous lesson.

Estimated time required: 1-2 class periods.

Technology required for this lesson: Code Editor, Laptop/Desktop, Tablet.

In this video from DragonflyTV, Jai and Jonathan track, graph, and analyze the motion of basketball shots as they investigate what factors influence the accuracy of their game.

This video segment from the Nevada Department of Wildlife looks at various species of bats and how they impact the environment.

This Nature video segment focuses on the four foods most important to the grizzly bears' survival, and it describes the threats to the supply of each of them.