Lesson Plans

Click on the titles for the accompanying lesson plans and on the SOL number for a description. The video links are to our YouTube site. Click here for particular lessons used at our camps

General Science

Lesson Plan SOL
Busted Bubbles: Variables SOL 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1 & 5.4
20 Questions
Busted Bubbles: Variables SOL 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1 & 5.4
Bubbles

Biology

Lesson Plan SOL
Biomes
Butterfly Center
Camouflage: Critter Hide n’ Seek SOL K.6, 1.5
Camouflage: Polar Bears SOL K.6, 1.5
Cells
Fireflies and Cold Light: Investigating bioluminescence
Goldfish Lab SOL 4.5, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2
Habitats: Pond Science SOL 1.1, 3.5
Investigating Stomata: Which side of a leaf takes in gases?
Limp Lettuce: An experiment illustrating osmosis
Melanin, Skin Color, and the effects of light
Observing Details SOL 6.1
Photosynthesis
Planting a Seed: Understanding the anatomy of a seed
Reversing Raisins: An experiment illustrating osmosis
Reviving Celery: Turgor pressure and plant study SOL 5.5
Wonderful World of Slugs SOL 2.5, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.5 & 5.5

Chemistry

Lesson Plan SOL
A Chemical Reaction with Sugar and Yeast: Observing Gas
Chemistry & Nutrition: How’s Your Diet? SOL 4.1
Desalination SOL 5.6
Egg and Saltwater Experiment: Density of Water
The Fireproof Balloon: Energy and Water Absorption
Matter: Alice’s Magic Cake SOL 2.3 & 3.3
Matter: Glitter Bottles & Oobleck SOL 2.1 & 2.3
Polymers: Diapers
Popcorn: Chemical Changes SOL 2.1, 2.3, 3.1, 3.3
Senses: Flavor Detectives SOL 1.1, 2.1, 3.1 & 4.1
Solutions: Does 1+1 Always = 2? SOL 4.1, 5.1 & 5.4
TIC-TAC-TOE Matter SOL 3.1, 3.3
Timing a Chemical Reaction with Alka-Seltzer SOL 5.1
Yellow and Blue Make Green: Molecular Behavior

Earth Science

Lesson Plan SOL
Cloud in a Bottle SOL 2.6
Creating Fog in a Bottle
The Earth’s Atmosphere SOL 6.10
Earthquakes
Erosion
Geology: The Environment “ROCKS”! SOL 2.3, 2.7, 3.3, 3.8, 4.8 & 5.7
Food: Fishing in the Ocean
Ice Cube Racing: Observing Heat Conduction
Inertia: Investigating Forces
High and Low: column length effects on pitch
Higher: Differences in pitch
Hurricanes (no lesson plan) SOL 4.6
Metric Units
Moon, Earth and Sun
The Ocean SOL 5.6
Phases of the Moon: Review SOL 3.8
The Power of Wind SOL 2.1, 3.2 & 3.11
Rock Sort and Edible Rocks SOL 5.7
The Solar System SOL 6.10
Volcanoes (Rock Star)
Weather Changes: Cloud Types SOL 2.6

Physics

Lesson Plan SOL
Conductors or Insulators (no lesson plan)
Description   of displacement (no lesson plan)
Egg Car – Will your egg survive this car collision?
Electric Circuits 1 (light a bulb) Electric Circuits 2 (buzzer and switch) Simple Circuit 3: More with Bulbs Series and Parallel Circuits Series and Parallel longer version
Electric Motor
Exploration with Light SOL 5.3
Friction: Friend or Foe? SOL 4.2
Gravity: The Science of Art SOL 4.1, 5.1 & 6.10
How Do Boats Float?
Mickey’s Magnets SOL 2.1, 2.2
Morse Code and Electric Circuits SOL 4.1, 4.3
Our Eyes and Color SOL 5.3
Paper Airplane Science SOL 2.1-5.1
The Physics of Sports SOL 2.1, 3.1, 4.2 & 6.1
Scientific Investigation: Bubbles SOL K.1 – 3.1
Sound SOL 5.2
The Solar System SOL 6.10
Sound & Frequency SOL 5.2
Sound and Light Study Guide SOL 5.2 & 5.3
Sound Waves SOL 5.2