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Looking for ways to re-energize your students and excite them about science? The lessons below are designed to enrich your science curriculum with fun ways of looking at science happening all around us.
NEW! Young Scientist Challenge Project Template
Download this electronic template to help students work through the scientific process.
Download PDFLesson 1: Innovation of our Generation
In this lesson, students will learn about the process of innovation and how a simple problem can lead to an idea that is revolutionary! Students can nominate and write a speech for the innovation they feel has had the greatest impact on their generation.
Download PDFLesson 2: Make it All Better
Innovations can make a real difference in people's lives, especially in times of need. In this lesson, students will identify innovations at their school that have been created to help people or solve specific problems. They then will create a prototype of an innovation that could be designed to "make it better."
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Lesson 1: Keep It Clean… Or Pass It Around
Germs can get into your system without you noticing. To stay healthy, it helps to give some thought to germs and how they are passed from people and objects.
Download PDFLesson 2: Funky Food Farm
Food Safety is more than being careful not to cut yourself with a knife; it is about how to protect yourself from harmful bacteria that may be growing on food.
Download PDFLesson 3: Sun Smarts
While some exposure to sunlight can be enjoyable and healthy, too much can be dangerous.
Download PDFLesson 4: Swing and Sway
Mother Nature often offers up some severe weather. Having structures that can sustain high winds is both important and challenging.
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