Science Lesson Plans
GENERAL SCIENCES
K-Grade 5 General Science Lesson Plans
BBC Schools - Science Lesson Plans
BrainPop - Lesson Plans
Science Kids - Lesson Plans
Discovery Education - Science Lesson Plans
Share my Lesson
Bill Nye, The Science Guy:
EcoKids for Teachers:
Teachers Pay Teachers:
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, OUTDOOR EDUCATION AND OCEANS
Earth Rangers - Bring Back the Wild Curriculum Resources
Environmental Science Teaching Resources - BC Sierra Club
NOAA- Ocean Service - Education
B.C. Ocean and Fisheries: Sea to Stream Program
SPACE, SOLAR SYSTEM, PLANETS
Channel 4 Learning
N.A.S.A. Space Place
Mars Lesson Plans
K-Grade 5 General Science Lesson Plans
- Access 130 science based lesson plans and supporting activities
for Kindergarten to Grade 5.
BBC Schools - Science Lesson Plans
- Lesson plans incorporate short videos or interactive activities to teach science concepts from the UK curriculum.
- Most of the concepts are the same as in the B.C. curriculum and are classified under living things, materials and physical processes.
BrainPop - Lesson Plans
- Browse through the Educators section that offers lesson plans linked to curriculum (mostly US Core Standards but also a few BC ones. You can easily adapt the US lessons to BC learning outcomes).
Science Kids - Lesson Plans
- Links to multiple lesson plans but lessons are not very detailed. Topics include: Earth, Technology, Water, Animals, Biology, Chemistry, Flight & Air and Space.
Discovery Education - Science Lesson Plans
- Organized in three ranges of grade level (K-5, 6-8, 9-12), the lessons include every detail from materials and procedures to assessment.
- Provides detailed lesson plans with multiple activities.
- Select your grade level to access relevant lesson plans.
Share my Lesson
- K-Grade 5 lesson plans that have been rated by educators. Requires sign-up and login to access plans.
- Useful site to help find resources and formulate lesson plans for all subject areas.
- Includes: Earth Science, Life Science, Physical Science and Scientific Thinking/ Inquiry lesson plans, which then break down further into specific concepts for easy online searching.
Bill Nye, The Science Guy:
- Printable lesson
ideas and activity resource sheets to use in the classroom, from Bill Nye the
Science Guy.
EcoKids for Teachers:
- Free sign-up is required to access lesson plans, puzzles and games, and activities from Earth Day Canada website re: environmental awareness and stewardship.
- Resources available in both French and English.
Teachers Pay Teachers:
- Free Sign-up is required to access all lesson plans made available by educators for K-Grade 12.
- Free downloadable worksheets, etc. However, some may only be accessed by paying anywhere from $1 to $25
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, OUTDOOR EDUCATION AND OCEANS
Earth Rangers - Bring Back the Wild Curriculum Resources
- Earth Rangers has compiled science curriculum resources for teachers to foster children’s passion for animals and better integrate environmental messaging in the classroom.
- These lesson plans and articles have been designed with a multidisciplinary approach, giving you ways to embed connections to the natural world beyond the Science and Technology curriculum, offering curricular benefits in Health and Physical Education, Language, Mathematics, and the Arts.
- The resources include suggested grade levels and implement outdoor education as well as inquiry-based learning.
Environmental Science Teaching Resources - BC Sierra Club
- Resources relevant to the BC Sierra Club's classroom programs as well as lesson plans and activities in Environmental Science that are relevant to British Columbia curriculum, including: B.C. Interior Ecology, Boreal Forest Ecology, Climate Change, Environmental Education,Temperate Rainforest Ecology, Water, Wild Products and Sustainable Harvesting.
NOAA- Ocean Service - Education
- This website relates to the U.S. curriculum but a lot of the comprehensive lesson plans will be relevant to the B.C. science curriculum for middle and high school levels in the following subjects: chemistry, geography, earth science, life science, physical science and math.
- Lessons tie into the Ocean and Coastal theme and many have an environmental focus. They are especially relevant to B.C. coastal communities.
B.C. Ocean and Fisheries: Sea to Stream Program
- Teacher lesson plans based on Stream to Sea program, stewardship and sustainability that cover BC Ed PLO’s.
- Stream to Sea (K-12) education plans and learning resources provided by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
SPACE, SOLAR SYSTEM, PLANETS
Channel 4 Learning
- Classroom appropriate activities, lesson ideas, and linked videos that teach students about the Cosmos, space, scientists and their discoveries, chemistry and physics, as well as a few lessons on the human body, elements, life sciences, biological systems, etc.
N.A.S.A. Space Place
- Great resource for lesson plans and activities about Space, the Sun, the Earth and the Solar System.
- 'Explore, Do or Play' icons make it easy to find fun-facts, pictures, videos, activities, downloadable books, coloring sheets, games, puzzles and quizzes.
Mars Lesson Plans
- A lot of lesson plans for different grade levels, all related to the solar system and especially Mars.