Grade 1, 2 and 3
Matter and Materials Lessons and Experiments Grades 1-3
$25.99 CAD
What is the world made of? Through hands-on activities and experiments, students will enjoy exploring the world around them as they practice science skills like observing and concluding. Games like "Simon Says" bring the realm of atoms and particles to...
Centripetal Force Experiments Grades 1-3
$4.95 CAD
Use these four worksheets with experiments to help your students understand centripetal force. 5 pages
Echoes and Traveling Sound Gr. 1-3 (eLesson Plan)
$6.95 CAD
Use these four activities to learn about the speed of sound, how sound travels, blocking sound and echoes. 12 pages, answer key included.
Gravity Experiments Grades 1-3
$5.25 CAD
Have your students discover how the weight of an object affects the pull of gravity upon it with these experiments and worksheets. 6 pages
Humans and Sound Gr. 1-3 Lesson and Activities
$5.95 CAD
Humans use sound to communicate, and in this section, the students explore how we produce and hear sounds. Through these activities, students will learn about vocal cords and the eardrum, which, respectively, allow us to talk and hear. 8 pages,...
Introduction to Light Lesson Gr. 1-3
$6.45 CAD
Can you see in the dark? What is the speed of light? Does light travel straight. Use this lesson plan to answer these questions. 9 pages, answer key included
Invention Fair with Energy Gr. 1-3 (eLesson Plan)
$5.45 CAD
This is a multi-week project in which students synthesize what they have learned about energy to create an invention that uses, gives, or conserves energy. Includes an award certificate. 7 pages, with answer key.
Inventions with Magnets Lesson Plan Grades 1-3
$6.95 CAD
In this lesson plan students will recognize how magnets are used in everyday life. Teacher notes and answer key included.
Lemon Clock - How to make a Gr. 1-3 (eLesson Plan)
$4.95 CAD
In this activity, students explore how chemical energy can be used to power a clock. 5 pages, with answer key.
Light and Society Lesson Gr. 1-3
$6.95 CAD
How we use light. What is a light bulb? Do light bulbs waste energy? What are light detecting plants? Encourage students to think about light sources in this lesson plan. 11 pages, answer key included.
Magnet Strength Gr. 1-3 eLesson Plan
$5.25 CAD
Your class will calculate the strength of a magnet by using paper clips. A word search is also included in this lesson plan. Teacher notes and answer key included.
Magnetic Fields Gr. 1-3 eLesson Plan
$6.95 CAD
Discover how far a magnet reacts. Do fun artwork with a magnet, iron filings and spray on glue and uncover a magnetic field. Find out if magnets can be blocked. Teacher notes and answer key included.
Magnetic Force Experiments Grades 1-3
$5.45 CAD
Can we see magnetic forces? What materials will a magnet pick up? Have your students do these activities and observe filings that move to form an arrangement around a magnet and then have them fish for objects that can be...
Magnetic Poles Gr. 1-3 eLesson Plan
$6.95 CAD
All magnets have a north pole and a south pole. Your students will discover what is important about poles and how they react. Teacher notes and answer key included.
Magnets and Compasses Lesson Plan Grades 1-3
$7.45 CAD
A compass is made of a needle floating in a liquid inside a closed container. The needle is a magnet. This lesson plan will help your students understand how a compass works and how the earth is like a big...
Magnets and Magnetic Material Gr. 1-3 eLesson Plan
$7.45 CAD
Magnets are made of a material in which the electrons are aligned in one common direction, instead of randomly. Students will discover that magnets attract certain types of materials with the activities in this lesson plan. Teacher notes and answer...
Materials Gr. 1-3 (eLesson Plan)
$6.95 CAD
Materials are the physical substances from which objects are made. Students will learn about materials that are natural, man-made and that materials are everywhere. At the end of the lesson plan they will play a "Tic Tac Toe" game that...
Objects Have Parts Lesson Plan (Matter and Materials) Grades 1-3
$5.25 CAD
In this lesson plan students are introduced to the idea that complex objects have parts, and that understanding these parts helps us understand the object. Teacher notes, with 4 experiments and worksheets, plus an answer key complete the lesson.
Pitch and Intensity Lesson Grades 1-3
$6.45 CAD
Sounds can be characterized by two different attributes: pitch and intensity. Students will build their own musical instruments with baby food jars and also learn how to use a decibel meter. 9 pages, answer key included.
Rock Science Experiments Gr. 2-3
$4.45 CAD
Each experiment includes a list of materials and step-by-step procedures. 7 experiments on these topics: How to Make a Fossil Making an Erupting Volcano How to Make a Supersaturated Solution Crystals on a Stick Growing Salt Crystals Making Rock Candy...
Shadows Gr. 1-3 (eLesson Plan)
$5.25 CAD
These activities explore the nature of shadows. Students will learn that the shape of a shadow is determined by the shape of an objects surfaces turned toward the light. 6 pages, answer key included.
Soil Science Experiments Gr. 2-3
$18.99 CAD
Each soil experiment includes a list of materials and step-by-step procedures. 5 experiments on these topics: Looking at Soil Soil Textures Are Grains of Soil All the Same Size Kinds of Soil Is Soil Porous?
Solar Energy Race Lesson Plan Grades 1-3
$4.45 CAD
In this experiment, students will explore how solar energy can power objects such as motorized toys. Materials needed for experiment:• solar racing cars (These come in kits; making the cars is an additional activitythat is not covered here. One source...
Solids, Liquids, and Gases Gr. 1-3 Lesson and Experiments
$7.45 CAD
Matter can take several physical forms, known as states of matter. Solid, liquid, and gas are the three states that are dealt with at this stage. Molecules will be introduced to the students in a simple way at this point....
Sound Machines Lesson Gr. 1-3
$6.95 CAD
This lesson plan provides an excellent way to integrate the sound material that has been learned and introduce a technology component to the curriculum. 10 pages, answer key included.
Spreading and Fading Light Gr. 1-3 (eLesson Plan)
$6.45 CAD
How we use light. What is a light bulb? Do light bulbs waste energy? What are light detecting plants? Encourage students to think about light sources in this lesson plan. 11 pages, answer key included.
Static Electricity Experiments Grades 1-3
$3.45 CAD
Students will use their senses to describe what static electricity looks like in certain situations. 2 pages.
Temporary and Permanent Magnets Lesson Gr. 1-3
$6.45 CAD
Some materials containing iron can be made into temporary or permanent magnets by using an existing magnet. Your students will learn how to make a magnet. Teacher notes and answer key included.
What is Sound? Gr. 1-3 Lesson
$6.95 CAD
Use these activities to help your students understand the different ways sound is produced and how sound travels through the air. 12 pages, answer key included.
Wind in the Windmills Experiments Grades 1-3
$5.45 CAD
Your students will find out if wind energy can create movement, how to make a windmill and how the speed that a windmill turns relates to the speed of wind acting upon it. 7 pages.
Working with Forces Activity Grades 1-3
$3.45 CAD
Have your students discover what kinds of forces they can make with their hands. 2 pages
Working With Matter Gr. 1-3 (eLesson Plan)
$7.95 CAD
Your class will learn how matter can change from one state to another, and what happens when you combine substances. Fun activities include crayon soup, lets make candy, lets make a gas powered rocket, can we change it back and...