ELs will gain valuable practice learning about text features as they practice close reading and communication skills during a nonfiction picture walk. Use on its own or as a support for the Classifying Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Your students will enjoy this hands on lesson where they make simple solutions and mixtures. They will have an opportunity to predict and observe solids that dissolve in water.

Without natural resources, our world would be a very different place. Help your class understand the importance of water, plants, and soil with this exploratory science lesson.

In this lesson, students will learn the term "troubleshooting" and practice solving problems using both tangible and virtual tools.

This five senses inspired lesson will get your students excited about using their observation skills as they go on a classroom scavenger hunt!

This lesson will make your students realize that even though they take their heart for granted, the heart is working hard to pump blood to different parts of the body to keep them healthy and running!

This lesson will provide students with an opportunity to become more comfortable with identifying and defining academic vocabulary words in a nonfiction text about a chicken's life cycle to support comprehension.

If you are studying the different types of rocks then this is the lesson for your class. This lesson will take your students beyond the textbook and into the environment.

Students connect dots to find stars used to navigate north and create a constellation of their own in this creative game format.

The science of matter becomes as fun as it is educational when George gets in the mix! After watching Curious George work with his 'floppafication' pot, students will learn about matter and force.

Get your students excited about art with this cute fingerprinting activity. It utilizes color to help kids learn about the different fingers on a hand.

Help your students learn about earth with this lesson that teaches them about the most basic component-dirt!

After this lesson you will have a group of prospective farmers in your class. They plant seeds and learn what seeds need to grow.

Through visual and auditory activities, students will get to learn about characteristics of living and nonliving things and be able to classify them on their own.

Our senses help us explore the world around us! In this lesson, students tackle silly questions like "Can you taste with your eye?" and "Can you smell with your ear?" to expand their knowledge of the five senses.

This lesson engages students in activity to help them understand the phases of the Moon, and why they occur. Students read literature, analyze it, and then apply it to the small group performance of one cycle of the Moon’s phases.

Don't you love when the leaves turn reddish orange and fall off the trees? This lesson provides a great way to clean up some of those leaves all while helping your students learn to classify different types of leaves.

Transform the traditional egg drop experiment as you help students to engage in design thinking and develop empathy.

What's so great about a tree? With this lesson, your students will be able to find out by exploring the benefits of trees through a beautiful story, catchy song and fun drawing activity.

Your students will be able to sequence the events in a story after this fun-filled lesson about insects!

Teach your kids about the different parts of a tree with this neat lesson plan. Young scientists will love examining trees and sharing their opinions about them.

Can you hear me? In this lesson, your students will learn about their sense of hearing. Show them how frustrating it is to not understand sounds by lip-reading a paragraph.

Combine the power of poetry and storytelling to teach your first graders about sensory language in this exciting lesson.

In this lesson, your students will explore the properties of solids and learn to describe them in various ways.

Use hands-on activities involving play dough to show your students the layers of the Earth!

From seed to flower, students will learn all about the life cycle of a plant in this science lesson. Your class will discover what living things need to grow, and learn the various stages of a plant’s life span, with new vocabulary words.

This lesson will make your students aware of their sense of sight. They will learn to not just look but to actually see the things around them.

In this fun lesson plan, students will get to think about what kinds of clothing is needed for all kinds of weather! Kindergarten students will love choosing their favorite weather and deciding what to wear!

This fun and interactive lesson will teach your students the scientific method to find out if something sinks or floats with a little help from Cookie Monster.

In this lesson, your students will have the chance to see how rain falls from clouds by creating their own miniature rainy day! This hands-on lesson gets students excited about science!