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Lesson Plan

Cause and Effect: If You Take a Mouse to School

In this lesson, students will listen to a story and begin learning the concept of cause and effect. They will make predictions and conduct an experiment of their own!
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Learning Objectives

Students will understand the concept of cause and effect.

Introduction

(5 minutes)
  • Ask students what might happen if they ate an entire cake all by themselves. Some students may say they would feel happy, while others may predict they could get a bad bellyache.
  • Explain to the students that today they will begin learning about cause and effect.