Teaching Elementary School Science

Learning Cycle Activities Fall 2015

Title
(student author)
*What Lives? (Bailey)
*Living and Nonliving (Carly)
* Pondering Pushing & Pulling
(Whitney)
*Scales, Skin, Feathers & Fur
(Alyssa)
*UV and Me (Katlyn)
*Sink or Float (Sarah T)
*Who Eats Who? (Liz G)
*Magnificent Magnets (Katie G)
*Things are Heating Up in Science

Topic

Grade
Level

Living or Nonliving
Living vs Nonliving
Force & Motion:
Push-Pull
Animal Needs

K
K
K

Sunlight
Properties of Matter
Food Webs
Magnets
States of Matter

K-2
2nd
2nd
2nd
2nd

Plants
Properties of Solids &

2nd
2nd

(Rachel H)

*Plant Power (Melissa)

*Whats the Matter (Emily H)

Liquids
*What Does It Take To Stay Afloat?
(Lacie)
*From Hungry Caterpillar to Butterfly

Matter Properties - Sink

or Float

2nd

Butterfly Life Cycle

2nd-3rd

Magnets
Habitats
Magnets
Plant Cycle
Speed & Friction
Static Electricity
Life Cycles
Erosion
Batteries & Bulbs
Motion & Forces

3rd
3rd
3rd
3rd
3rd
3rd
3rd
4th
4th
4th

Living or Nonliving?

4th
4th

(Lindsay)

*Magnet Madness (Grace)

*Wonderful Worms (Katie B)
*Magnetic Mysteries (Sarah L)
*What is Germination? (Alesha)
*Ramping Up for Speed (David K)
*Ecstatic for Static (Kenz S)
*The Cycle of Life (Rachel W)
*Damage Control (Sarah P)
*Connecting Circuits (Nicole H)
*Rollercoaster Mania: Energy & Speed
(Haley R)

*Is It Alive? (Haley Dr)

*Engaging Energy (Allie)

Forms of
Energy/Energy
Conversions

*Pumping It Up (Kate S)

Human Body -

4th

Information Processing

*Best Beaks (Heather M)

*Heat Energy (Erica)
*Ramping Up for Speed (David)
*We Will Rock You (Alex G)
*Its Getting Hot in Here (Jessi-Sue)
*Mineral Masterminds (Dustin)
*I Want to Rock (Hannah W)
*Got Hops? (Al)

Animal Adaptations
Heat
Motion & Forces
Rocks
Heat Energy
Minerals
Rocks
Properties - Bouncing
Balls

4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
5th