Lessons Plans Materials & Prep

1 1. Read through glossary - Plastic bag & box

2. Mystery Bag activity - Collect worksheet

- Complete worksheet, page 1 (Master #1)

3. Read "What is air" (page 2) & copy the
following notes (Slide 2)- page 6:
- Is air empty space?
- What is the difference between oxygen
and air?

2 Air is Everywhere Activity - Beakers,

plasticine, funnel,
- Page 3 (Master #2)
straw
- Discuss questions on slide 3
- Collect worksheet

3 Huff & Puff activity (Slide 4) - 2L pop bottle

- Lab & notes on page 4 - Balloon
Aerodynamics Vocab page
4 A-Weigh we go activity (Slide 5) - 2 balloons
- Lab & notes on page 5 - String
- Wooden dowel
5 Draw Straws, Tube in a cup activity (Slide 6) - Straws, cups, tack
- Write notes on page 6 or 7 - Ice cream pail,
beaker, plastic
tube, tape
6 Taking the plunge (Slide 7) - Plungers
- Activity: page 8-10
- Read/ Highlight the notes: page 10
7 Hovercraft (Slide 8) - Blow dryer &
showbox lid (with
- Demo
hole cut out)
- Watch videos
- Write notes on page 12
8 Adjust the Volume (Slide 9) - Beakers (tube
flask), balloon,
- Demo
bucket of ice water,
- Fill in worksheet on page 11 (Master #5) bucket of boiled
water
- Notes page 12 or 13
- Collect worksheet

Contract & Expand Vocab page

Quiz #1 (Slide 10)
9 Crushing Air (Slide 11) - Empty 4L milk jug,
kettle, oven Mitts,
- Demo
Ice Cream Pail
Raise up your books
- Balloons &
- Mini lab textbooks

Write notes on page 12 and 13: Crushing Air &

Raise up your books

10 Air powered rocket- Balloon Rockets lab (Slide 12) - String, balloons,
straws, masking
- Demo
tape
- Students create their own
- Collect worksheet
- Complete worksheet- pages 14-16

11 Medicine Dropper Submarine (Slide 13 &14) - 2L pop bottle & lid,

medicine dropper
- Demo
- Notes on page 13 or 17: Medicine
Dropper Submarine & What is pressure
12 Bernoulli’s Principle & Lift Off Lab (Slide 15 & 16) - Strips of paper,
book for each
1. Draw Bernoulli’s Principle on the board.
student
- Read & Highlight page 18
- Draw the picture as a group
2. Do Lift off activity
- Complete top of worksheet page 20
- Write notes on page 23
- Video

Bernoulli’s Principle Vocab page

13 Balloon & Hairdryer experiment (Slide 17 & 18) - Hair dryer &
Balloon
- Demo
- Write notes on page 17 or 19: Balloon &
Hairdryer experiment & What is Gravity?
Quiz- Slide 20
14 Is there a difference in the rate of falling between - Plasticine, different
light and heavy objects (Slide 21) weighted balls
(golf, wiffle,
- Demo
baseball, etc.)
- Write notes on page 21

15 1. Flying Things - Collect pages 24-

30
- Discussion
- Complete as a group page 24 (Master 8)
2. What holds an airplane up- Page 26
(Master 7)
3. Fly like a bird- page 28 (Master 9)
4. Fly like an insect- page 31(Master 10)
5. Read & highlight notes on page 29
6. Why can’t they fly- write notes on page 36
16 Birds wings and airplanes (Slides 21-23) - Collect page 34-35
- Read & highlight page 34 (Master 15)
- Work thought page 35 (Master 16)
- Complete page 36-37
- Slide 24 notes on page 32

Quiz #2 (Slide 25)

17 Paper Drag & Parachute Drag (Slide 26) - Paper
- Parachute supplies

18 Rust (Slide 28) - Test Tubes, steel

wool, clear
- Lab- Gone to Rust- page 39
containers, tape
- Notes (Slide 28) on page 19
- Collect worksheet

Oxidation Vocab page

19 Fruity Oxidation (Slide 27)
- Videos
- Notes on page 19
20 Adaptations - Chromebooks
- Read and highlight notes on page 38-39
- Research in groups and complete page
36
21 Why Can’t they fly
- Notes as a class: on page 39

Optional The Great Squirt Challenge Lab