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Lesson Planning K-12

Science Lesson Plans

BC Curriculum: Instructional Samples

Air Quality Health Index Learning Stations

All About Apples: A Foods and Nutrition Unit for Middle School (Gr. 6-9)

Arbor Scientific: Education Center

Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre: K-12 Educators

BC Agriculture in the Classroom: Educational Resources

British Columbia Science Teachers Association (BCsCTA) Resources

Canadian Museum of Nature - Activities

Climate Change

Climate Change: Greenhouse effect pop bottle experiment (Gr. 5-7)

Climate Justice in BC: Lessons for Transformation (Gr. 4-12)

Connecting with Nature (Gr. 4-6)

Create a Sleep Advertising Campaign

Critical Thinking Consortium: Shining a Light on Solar Energy: Developing energy literacy through critical inquiry

Demonstrating photosynthesis (Gr. 1)

Environmental Educators Provincial Specialist Association (EEPSA):

Farm Folk City Folk School Seed Stewardship Project

First Nations Education Steering Committee:

FortisBC: Learning resources for students

Get Real on Climate (Gr. 9-12)

H.R. Macmillan Space Centre: Blogs

  • includes articles & activities

Instant Snow (Gr. 3-6)

Learning About Acid Rain (Gr. 6-8)

Metro Vancouver: K-12 Resources - covers water, wastewater, solid waste, climate change, and air quality

National Science Teaching Association (NSTA): Free Resources

Open School BC:

Rebuilding a Damaged Earth (Gr. 4)

Science Fair Foundation: Resources for Teachers

Science World: Educator Resources - Filter offerings by Grade level

Share My Lessons: Science Lesson Plans & Resources (Gr. 9)

Sound = Vibration, Vibration, Vibration

Space: The moon and stars (Gr. 1-3)

Sustainable Schools Best Practices Guide

TeachBC

Weather Wise: A Virtual Exploration Guide to Weather and Climate (Gr.4-7)

Related Magazines

There are a number of professional journals and magazines for teachers in which you can find lesson and activity ideas and other information to inform lesson design:

Scholastic Science World magazine cover

Science World - A publication by and for students published by Scholastic Inc. Includes feature articles, interviews, science in the news, fiction, puzzles and cartoons. There is also an accompanying Teacher's Edition.

Science and Children cover

Science & Children - Feature articles selected through peer review, commentary, software reviews, product reviews, on preschool through middle school science teaching