Get a complete five-hour course guide, called Power for Life, containing activities and instructions for a five-hour course on electricity for upper elementary (grades 3-5) and middle school (grades 6-8).
Power For Life PDF files
- Introduction (179KB)
- Session One (451KB)
- Session Two (309KB)
- Session Three (294KB)
- Session Four (385KB)
- Session Five (227KB)
- Entire Book (1159KB)
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Use these powerful lesson plans to energize your classroom activities. The plans work for a variety of grade levels and fit National Science Standards and Alabama Course of Study guidelines.
Science for Life Lesson Plans
- Magnet Races - Grades K-2 (87 KB)
- Trees are Terrific - Grades K-2 (139 KB)
- Fruit Juice - Grades 3-5 (110 KB)
- Get Ready, Set, Charge! - Grades 3-5 (228 KB)
- How to See Radiation - Grades 3-5 (316 KB)
- Lifedrops: A Pond Water Study - Grades 3-5 (176 KB)
- Magical Magnets Make Electricity - Grades 3-5 (81 KB)
- The Living Cell - Grades 3-5 (129 KB)
- Planting a Crystal Garden - Grades 3-5 (182 KB)
- Piece de Resistance - Grades 6-8 (171 KB)
- Geiger "Counting" - Grades 9-12 (149 KB)
- Introduction to Fission and Fusion - Grades 9-12 (62 KB)
-MS PowerPoint Presentation (296 KB) - Life in a Bottle - Grades 9-12 (119 KB)
- Radiation: What Is It? - Grades 9-12 (62 KB)
-MS PowerPoint Presentation (966 KB) - Shine Bright, Make Some Light - Grades 9-12 (87 KB)