What are the five senses and how do we use them everyday? Students get a chance to practice using sensory language as they think about the world around them. Can be used as a stand alone or support for the Writing a Five Senses Poem lesson.

Sink or float? This simple lesson has students guess the densities of different objects and place them into water to test their predictions.

Students will learn their place in our solar system with this lesson that teaches them about different celestial bodies and their movement within the solar system.

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 to create a simple algorithm using block code. The platform used for this activity is a website created by Google that provides free educational games that teach students to program using block code.

In this fun forest animal inspired lesson plan, students will learn all about the forest using a nonfiction text before creating their very own forest animal page!

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!

Give your students the opportunity to explore the perspectives of different characters by using the "See Think Wonder" Visible Thinking Routine from Harvard's Project Zero.

In this fun mystery bag lesson, students will practice using their five senses to describe objects to their peers. This can be used as a stand-alone lesson or as support for the Spring Senses Poem lesson plan.

Spring is here! You can feel it, hear it, smell it, taste it, and see it! In this spring lesson plan, students will create a spring poem using their five senses.

Use this lesson to show your students the different types of solids, liquids, and gases. Show them how a solid turns into a liquid and how a liquid turns into a gas by using real life examples.

What do a bicycle and a car have in common? They both move using the simple machine wheel and axle. In this lesson, students learn about how this simple machine works, and will identify objects that use a wheel and axle.

Embark on a classroom safari! In this hands-on lesson, students will create a scrapbook using their own observations of animal behavior during a field trip to the zoo.

Introduce students to the term algorithm using the familiar story of The Three Little Pigs. In this lesson, students will develop an algorithm, or a step-by-step sequence of instructions, for building a house made out of bricks.

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.

Scientists observe and classify the world around them! In this lesson, your students will practice their processing skills by observing a group of objects and grouping the objects based on their attributes.

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

This five senses art and writing lesson will give your students an up close and personal look at the five senses and themselves.

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

In this lesson, students will explore the life cycle of a pumpkin plant. Then they will have the chance to grow their own!

Students will go wild for this hands-on habitat lesson. Who can help the animals find their homes?

Teach your students about living and nonliving things with this interactive lesson that keeps your class engaged as they learn!

Have your students get energized while they learn about animal locomotion and move around like various animals!

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.

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

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.

Every experiment begins with a hypothesis. In this hands-on science lesson, young botanists will learn about making educated guesses by planting and observing the growth of their very own lima bean seeds.

In this fun animal-themed lesson plan, students will get a chance to learn all about animals and their homes!

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.