Equipment
K-3 Math

Box for a Ball

Coin Bingo

What to Measure With

Compare Masses

Measurable Attributes

  • Standards K.MD.A.1, K.MD.A.2, 1.MD.A.2, 1.G.A.1, 2.MD.A.1
  • Lesson Plan (Word Document)
  • Notes

Dry-Erase Fraction Fundamentals

Building Equivalent Fractions

Fraction Pizza Party

Math Stacks Fraction Equivalence Game

K-3 Science

Peppermint Particle Motion (Energy)

  • Standards: 3.PS.1
  • Lesson Plan (Word Document)
  • Worksheets
  • Materials Needed: 3 Plastic Cups; 1 250-mL beaker; Cold, Hot, and Room Temperature Water; Food Coloring (any color); Flipchart or Whiteboard, Markers, Science Notebooks, Serving Tray, Marbles

Beak of the Finch

  • Standards: 2.LS2.1, 3.LS4.1, 3.LS4.2
  • Lesson Plan (Word Document)
  • Worksheets
  • Materials Needed: Computer/Projector/Screen, OpenSciEd 8.5 Lesson 7 Slides, Multiple Styrofoam Balls, Rice, Toothpicks, Marbles, A Box Lid/Serving Tray
K-4 Spreadsheets

Instructions Grades K-4 (Word Document)

Grade K (Excel Spreadsheet)

Grade 1 (Excel Spreadsheet)

Grade 2 (Excel Spreadsheet)

Grade 3 (Excel Spreadsheet)

Grade 4 (Excel Spreadsheet)

K-8 Computer Science
4th Grade Math

Equivalent Fractions

Comparing Fractions

Decomposing Fractions

Building Equivalent Fractions

Fraction Pizza Party

Recipes for Success

Math Stacks Fraction Equivalence Game

Kool-Aid Oobleck

4th Grade Science

Peppermint Particle Motion (Energy)

  • Standards: 4.PS3.1
  • Lesson Plan (Word Document)
  • Worksheets
  • Materials Needed: 3 Plastic Cups; 1 250-mL beaker; Cold, Hot, and Room Temperature Water; Food Coloring (any color); Flipchart or Whiteboard, Markers, Science Notebooks, Serving Tray, Marbles
5th Grade Math

Multiply a Fraction by a Whole Number

Multiply a Fraction by a Fraction

Scaling Fractionss

Dividing Fractions

  • Standards: 5.NF.B.7a & 5.NF.B.7c
  • Lesson Plan (Word Document)

Recipes for Success

Kool-Aid Oobleck

  • Standards: 5.NF.A.1, 5.NF.A.2
  • Lesson Plan (Word Document)

Adding and Subtracting Paper Fraction Bars

5th Grade Science

Beak of the Finch

  • Standards: 5.LS4.1
  • Lesson Plan (Word Document)
  • Worksheets
  • Materials Needed: Computer/Projector/Screen, OpenSciEd 8.5 Lesson 7 Slides, Multiple Styrofoam Balls, Rice, Toothpicks, Marbles, A Box Lid/Serving Tray
6th Grade Math

Math Bingo

Fractions with Power Solids

Discovery Park Sign

Bean Counting for a Bike

Nuts for Nuts

Quick Proportions

Straw Drop

Timing a Tube with Torricelli

Uneven Balance

“You” Rulers

How Should You Spin a Spinner?

  • Standards: 6.SP.B.4, SMP3, SMP5, SMP6
  • Files: Lesson Plan (Word Document), Materials (Word Document)
  • STEM Center kit includes: Spinners

Making Spinners

Gram Cube Boxes

2000 Calories

Geometry Bingo

What Numbers Go on the Signs

6th Grade Science

Roller Coaster

Collision

Thermal Energy

Epidemiology

Peppermint Particle Motion (Energy)

  • Standards: 6.PS3.4
  • Lesson Plan (Word Document)
  • Worksheets
  • Materials Needed: 3 Plastic Cups; 1 250-mL beaker; Cold, Hot, and Room Temperature Water; Food Coloring (any color); Flipchart or Whiteboard, Markers, Science Notebooks, Serving Tray, Marbles
7th Grade Math

Add and/or subtract linear expressions

Solve Linear Equations

Why is the area of a circle given by A=πr^2?

The circumference of a circle

Math Bingo

Bug Race

  • Standards: 7.RP.A.2, SMP1, SMP3, SMP4, Math Literacy Skill 4
  • Files: Lesson Plan (Word Document), Materials

Fractions with Power Solids

Discovery Park Sign

Pythagorean Theorem Boxes

Bean Counting for a Bike

Nuts for Nuts

Quick Proportions

Straw Drop

Timing a Tube with Torricelli

Uneven Balance

“You” Rulers

Crooked Die

Cut It, Graph It, Sort It

Gravity Wheels

How Should You Spin a Spinner?

Making Spinners

7th Grade Science

Kinetic Theory of Gas

Osmosis

Photosynthesis

8th Grade Math

Solving a linear equation in two variables

Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature scales

Probabilities for Compound Events

The lateral surface area of a cone

Bug Race

  • Standards: 7.RP.A.2, SMP1, SMP3, SMP4, Math Literacy Skill 4
  • Files: Lesson Plan (Word Document), Materials

Fractions with Power Solids

Pythagorean Theorem Boxes

Bouncy Balls

8th Grade Science

Modeling an Expanding Universe

Evidence for the Expanding Universe

Investigating Magnetism

Spectrometer

Acceleration and Constant Motion

8th Grade Spreadsheets

Instructions Grade 8 (Word Document)

Grade 8 (Excel Spreadsheet)

Weakley County Budget (Word Document)

County Budget (Excel Spreadsheet)

Algebra

Domains

  • Standards: A1.F.IF.B.4
  • Files: Lesson Plan (Word Document)

Intersections

  • Standards: A1.A.REI.D.6, A2.A.REI.D.6, SMP1, SMP3, SMP5
  • Files: Lesson Plan (Word Document), Materials

Trigonometry Lesson and Decoder

Working with radicals

Factoring and multiplying polynomials

Factoring Quadratic Polynomials

Racing for the Answer

Zeros and graphs of polynomial functions

Penny Carpet

Geometry

Three Nests

To Incenter and Beyond

Lines

Triangles

  • Standards: G.CO.C.10
  • Files: Lesson Plan (Word Document)
  • Materials: graph paper, dimes, 12-inch rulers

Leaning Tower of PISA

Probability and Statistics

Bouncy Balls

Crooked Die

Cut It, Graph It, Sort It

Gravity Wheels

How Should You Spin a Spinner?

Making Spinners

Robot
Biology

KNEX DNA Model

Dough DNA Model

Paper tRNA Model

KNEX DNA to RNA Tanscription

Egg Carton Translation

Meiosis

Inheritance

Aquatic Macroinvertebrates and Water Quality

Chemistry

Airbag

Alpha Beta Gamma

Balance Eq Escape

  • Files: Lesson Plan (Word Document), Procedure (Word Document)
  • Contact Dr. Elliott at the STEM Center for more information about the breakout activity and associated equipment.

Battery Lab

Polarity Building Model

Excape Room: Chemistry and Physics Properties

Build a Battery

  • Link from NISE
  • Materials: Copper Washers, Zinc Washers, Water, Salt, Felt Washers or Paper to Soak the Salt Water
  • Note: Pennies and Dimes/Nickels/Quarters can be used instead of Copper and Zinc Washers. If used, Pennies act as the Copper and the Dimes/Nickels/Quarters act as Nickel (functioning in the same manner as Zinc).

Strawberry DNA Extraction

Gum and Chocolate

Limiting Reactant -- Chalk

  • Lesson (Word Document)
  • Materials: 0.5 M CaCl2, 1.5 M Na2CO3, 25 mL (or Larger) Graduated Cylinders, Erlenmeyer Flasks (or Beakers), Watch Glasses, Filter Paper, Funnels

Molecules in Motion

  • Link from NISE
  • Materials: Bell Jar, Vacuum Pump, Marshmellows, Small Beaker or Cup, Water

Nature of Dye

  • Link from NISE
  • Materials: Dried Cochineal Bugs, Soda Ash, Water, Vinegar, Well Plate or Petri Dish

Six Bottle Experiment

  • Lesson and Procedure (Word Doc)
  • Teacher's Guide (Word Doc)
  • Materials: AgNO3, HCl, Na2CO3, Pb(NO3)2, KI, NaCl solutions (all 0.2 M); 1 Well Plate Per Group, Waste Beaker/Container
  • Note: All MSDS Sheets for these chemicals are available online. Please Look these over before performing this lab with your students.
  • Contact Dr. Elliott at the STEM Center to obtain all chemicals for this experiment if needed. The Unknown Key for checked-out chemicals is linked here.