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PAGE ACSE - Data and Analysis- Block, Drop, Spin and Roll Graphing (1-3 Day Lesson)

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In this lesson, students will travel to different stations while participating in various graphing activities.  The students will also be creating a whole class survey in one of the stations, where they will be documenting their results and sharing with the whole class when the lesson is complete.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Game, Interactive, Lecture, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Michelle Garber

PAGE ACSE - Find that Continent!

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This activity will get your students out of their seats! They will be actively engaged with their classmates to solve the puzzle as well as navigate the sphero mini robot around on the rug! This lesson will have everyone singing about the continents way after the unit is complete!

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive

Author: Mary Longanecker

PAGE ACSE - Recess Weather

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This lesson will track the weather for a week.  It will get students actively engaged in checking the weather.  This will help teach responsibility as a child can prepare how to dress for the weather as well.  Students will learn great science vocabulary as well as spark an interest that may lead to further weather investigations.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Data Set, Interactive, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading

Author: Mary Longanecker

ACSE - Food Chains

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How many food chains are there within this ecosystem? Let’s create some to find out! You will have 5 minutes to create as many food chains as you can with your partner. Please record your food chains on a sheet of paper as you go.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Visual Media

Author: Savannah Fariss

Cybersecurity and The Constitution

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In this lesson, students will review the development of the Constitution.  To experience what this might be like,  students will work together to create a set of rules, procedures, rights, and responsibilities needed to safely use computing devices and networks in our school. When they have finished they will compare their list to the school’s Acceptable Use Policy.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan

Author: Kristin Vaughn

Impossible Password Hack

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Impossible Password Hack Challenge!!  Students will dive into the mid-year review with a new outlook on their vocabulary words. As they go back through old information they have the challenge to turn vocabulary words into the strongest password.  What group will be able to create the most complex passwords.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Whitney Banks

Explore the Water Cycle

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Students will be able to explore the water cycle, by getting hands-on experience making the water cycle !  Using the examples, the students will be able to use various materials to practice creating a water cycle.  Dive into water cycles and allow your students access to expand their knowledge using creativity!

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan, Textbook

Author: Brooke Atwood

PAGE ACSE - Building Stronger Passwords Image

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Looking for a fun way to teach both scientific method and cybersecurity? Well great job, you found it. Students will not only learn 5 characteristics to making a good password but they will also be using all of their 2.1, 3.1, and 4.1 strands to build and rebuild a structure using different materials that are probably inside your classroom right now.  Need a STEM activity for a club day? Need a “Friday and I can’t teach anymore content” lesson? This is for you. Roll up your sleeves and let the students do the work and problem solve in a simple and fun way.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Lesson Plan

Author: Nichole Brumfield

PAGE ACSE - Create a strong password pathway using motion

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Watch and explore the different ways the mouse can move (back- and- forth, circular, straight, spinning), try to remember the password pattern to guess the correct password. The stronger and more difficult the code, the harder the password pattern will be to crack. Create a strong pattern so your classmates don’t crack your code!

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive, Lesson

Author: Amanda Dofflemyer

PAGE ACSE - Modeling and Graphing Storms

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This gives students two different things to do with what they have learned and read about Storms and precipitation. Not only will students have a good time using stamps but they can also take what they read and interpret it into a graph. This is a very vital skill throughout school all the way up until 12 grade.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan, Reading

Author: Nichole Brumfield

PAGE ACSE - Cybersecurity

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This lesson will help teach students the importance of internet safety and ways that students can stay safe online.  The students will also play various games to learn this concept.  The students will play a game with magnets that teaches the concept of pushing/pulling (attract/repel) while learning internet safety.  

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive, Lecture, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Michelle Garber

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