Are your students eager to do more science?
That's the goal of this collection...
Young children are natural scientists.
They're eager to explore and examine...
But finding age-appropriate labs can be challenging...
That’s where Engaging Science Labs come in!
Each unit is bursting with fascinating labs and hands-on activities
Written instructions include:
• super simple instructions for students
• minimal reading
• questions to focus observations
• explanations and setup support for teachers
These Labs Are:
• Easy to do
• Written to students
• Authentically scientific.
Subject Area:
Life Science, plus Earth & Space Science
Target Age:
Grades 2 & 3
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Who is this course for?
This course is designed for teachers to give them hands-on resources to teach science in their classroom.
When does the course start?
This course is a collection of written resources to use in your classroom. You can start as soon as you sign up!
Do I have to go in order?
You can use the lessons in any order. Within a section, lessons progress from concrete to abstract and from fundamental concepts to more tangential ones. Feel free to rearrange them to suit your needs.
What if I'm uncertain about the science behind a concept?
The written instructions should answer your questions. And, the Teacher Notes sections in each activity will give you plenty of background information. You won’t have to do any outside research unless you want to.
Will this work for homeschoolers?
I think so, though my background is classroom teaching. It’s a collection of activities that will help you teach the content.
Course Curriculum
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Hello! I'm Carolyn Balch, the author of Engaging Science Labs.
I started my career as a high school physics teacher. Then, I entered the field of museum education at the National Air and Space Museum, which is part of the Smithsonian Institution. There I wrote science education materials and ran teacher workshops.
When my children were born, I left the workforce and when they were little, our family got involved with a school start up. My children grew and with them, the school. I ran science experiments for different classes and joined the faculty as the middle school science teacher when the school grew.
Now I teach part-time and during the rest of the week I work on the curriculum I use during my teaching. Each online course is a unit of study from a hands-on, laboratory-experience perspective. I write instructions for each activity and create video for many of them. I want you to feel thoroughly prepared to teach these lessons.
