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
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Lesson Plan |
SOL |
Busted Bubbles: Variables |
SOL 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1 & 5.4 |
20 Questions |
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Busted Bubbles: Variables |
SOL 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1 & 5.4 |
Bubbles |
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Biology
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Lesson Plan |
SOL |
Biomes |
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Butterfly Center |
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Camouflage: Critter Hide n’ Seek |
SOL K.6, 1.5 |
Camouflage: Polar Bears |
SOL K.6, 1.5 |
Cells |
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Fireflies and Cold Light: Investigating bioluminescence |
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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? |
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Limp Lettuce: An experiment illustrating osmosis |
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Melanin, Skin Color, and the effects of light |
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Observing Details |
SOL 6.1 |
Photosynthesis |
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Planting a Seed: Understanding the anatomy of a seed |
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Reversing Raisins: An experiment illustrating osmosis |
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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
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Lesson Plan |
SOL |
A Chemical Reaction with Sugar and Yeast: Observing Gas |
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Chemistry & Nutrition: How’s Your Diet? |
SOL 4.1 |
Desalination |
SOL 5.6 |
Egg and Saltwater Experiment: Density of Water |
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The Fireproof Balloon: Energy and Water Absorption |
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Matter: Alice’s Magic Cake |
SOL 2.3 & 3.3 |
Matter: Glitter Bottles & Oobleck |
SOL 2.1 & 2.3 |
Polymers: Diapers |
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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 |
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Earth Science
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Lesson Plan |
SOL |
Cloud in a Bottle |
SOL 2.6 |
Creating Fog in a Bottle |
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The Earth’s Atmosphere |
SOL 6.10 |
Earthquakes |
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Erosion |
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Geology: The Environment “ROCKS”! |
SOL 2.3, 2.7, 3.3, 3.8, 4.8 & 5.7 |
Food: Fishing in the Ocean |
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Ice Cube Racing: Observing Heat Conduction |
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Inertia: Investigating Forces |
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High and Low: column length effects on pitch |
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Higher: Differences in pitch |
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Hurricanes (no lesson plan) |
SOL 4.6 |
Metric Units |
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Moon, Earth and Sun |
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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) |
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Weather Changes: Cloud Types |
SOL 2.6 |
Physics
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Lesson Plan |
SOL |
Conductors or Insulators (no lesson plan) |
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Description of displacement (no lesson plan) |
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Egg Car – Will your egg survive this car collision? |
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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 |
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Electric Motor |
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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? |
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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 |