Astronomy

Section 1 — Favorites  

Sunshine Songs (Song Parodies) 

A Play About Planets (Reader’s Theater)

Section 2 — Information Overload

Objects in the Solar System

The Sun & Its Impact on Earth

Orbits & Rotations

The Force of Gravity

Our Galaxy & Tools to Study It

Section 3 — Pocket Activities 

Space Tours

The Current State of the Earth

A Little Humor (Jokes)

Section 4 — Language Arts Integration   

Don’t Forget to Check Your Calendar

A Great Quote: Buzz Aldrin

The Space Race Begins

A Fact is a Fact

Section 5 — Printouts, Puzzles, & Games   

Our Solar System (Word Search & Scramble)

The Moon (Crossword & Missing Numbers)

Section 6 — 3-D Templates   

The Seasons (Hands-on Study Sheet)

Weather

 Section 1 — Favorites 

The Water Cycle (Song Parody)

The Weather Cheer (Call & Response)

Severe Weather (Poem Parody)

Atmospheric Layers (Classroom Game)

Section 2 — Information Overload

The Water Cycle

Clouds & Weather Conditions

Measuring & Predicting Weather

Solar Energy & Weather

Convection & Wind Patterns

Atmospheric Layers

Section 3 — Pocket Activities

“A Natural Disaster”

“How’s the Weather”

The Weatherman

A Little Humor (Jokes)

Section 4 — Language Arts Integration

A Lightning Storm: Ben Franklin

Section 5 — Printouts, Puzzles, & Games

Weather Tools (Scramble & Matching)

Clouds (Fallen Message)

Section 6 — 3-D Templates

Weather Conditions (Hands-on Study Sheet)

Earth's Materials and Processes

Section 1 — Favorites

Rock Types (Original Poem)

Classifying Minerals (Song Parody)

Earth’s Surface Cheer (Call & Response)

Earth’s Processes (Classroom Game)

Section 2 — Information Overload

Earth Layers & Seismic Waves

Earthquakes

Rocks, Minerals, & Fossil Fuels

Plates, Boundaries, & Faults

Imagery & Geology

Section 3 — Pocket Activities 

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Playing With Dirt

How is the Earth’s Surface Moving?

A Little Humor (Jokes)

Section 4 — Language Arts Integration  

Let’s Build Something

The Lost City: Pompeii

Rapidly Changed Surfaces

Section 5 — Printouts, Puzzles, & Games

Properties of Minerals (Cryptoquote)

Rocks & Soil (Reverse Crossword)

Section 6 — 3-D Templates

The Rock Cycle (Hands-on Study Sheet)

Earth's Biological History

Section 1 — Favorites  

Geological Time Scale (Original Poem) 

Fossils (Riddles) 

Extinction (Classroom Game)

Section 2 — Information Overload

Biological Adaptations

Fossils

Extinctions of Species

Geological Time Scale

Rock Layers & Index Fossils

Section 3 — Pocket Activities 

Predicting the Future From the Past

The History of the Earth

A Little Humor (Jokes)

Section 4 — Language Arts Integration  

“I’ll be a monkey’s uncle!"

The Geological Time Scale in Pop Culture

Dino-Discoveries

Section 5 — Printouts, Puzzles, & Games  

Extinction (Word Search)

Fossils (Tiles & Cryptoquote)

Section 6 — 3-D Templates

Geological Time Scale (Hands-on Study Sheet)

Landforms and Oceans

Section 1 — Favorites

Landforms “Zip-Around” Game (Classroom Game)

Landforms Chart (Review Matrix)

Landforms & Oceans (Classroom Game)

Waves, Currents, & Tides (Song Parody)

Section 2 — Information Overload

Landforms

Oceans

Natural Processes

Human Influence

Section 3 — Pocket Activities

Landforms & Water Features

A Day at the Beach

Landform Concentration

Choose a Landform

A Little Humor (Jokes)

Section 4 — Language Arts Integration

“He’s blown his top!”

“Because it’s there."

Need a Landform? Just Build One!

Man-Made Landforms

Section 5 — Printouts, Puzzles, & Games

Ocean Shore Zone (Cryptoquote)

Continental & Oceanic Landforms (Crossword)

Natural Processes (Word Search)

Section 6 — 3-D Templates

Landforms (Hands-on Study Sheet)