Science Whiteboards and Lesson Plans

This is a link to an interactive community site. The site is complete with lesson plans and activities that center around the use of an interactive white board.

Learn the structure of an atom. SmartBoard lesson.

This lesson builds upon student understandings of the important gases in our atmosphere.

This lesson introduces students to the idea of green house gases and explores how they work on the molecular level.

Purposes: Help students become acquainted with their new teacher; begin establishing a class expectation of learning through student observation and discovery.

Students explore James Lovelock's Theory of the Earth as a living superorganism.

Students explore the current types of energy available and Lovelock's controversial views on nuclear energy.

This lesson is meant as an introduction to ideas of how stars and their planets are formed. It utilizes visual, kinesthetic and audio modes of interaction in small group or partner settings.

This is a SMARTboard lesson for 4th graders learning the parts of a flower.

A lesson using the SMARTboard for 4th grade students.

This lesson is geared to third grade students. It addresses the following standards. MA: Science and Technology/Engineering, MA: Grades 3 - 5 , Technology/Engineering Materials and Tools 1.2 Identify and explain the appropriate materials and tools (e.g., hammer, screwdriver, pliers, tape measure, screws, nails, and other mechanical fasteners) to construct a given prototype safely. 1.3 Identify and explain the difference between simple and complex machines, e.g., hand can opener that includes multiple gears, wheel, wedge gear, and lever. Other Standards 3 TE 2. Identify and explain the appropriate materials and tools (e.g., hammer, screwdriver, pliers, tape measure, screws, nails and other mechanical fasteners) to construct a given prototype safely. 3 TE 3. Identify and explain the difference between simple and complex machines, e.g., hand can opener that includes multiple gears, wheel, wedge gear, and lever. The lesson includes a writtne introduction, exercises for students to do, video links, lesson plans with links and other teacher resources.