About MAIS SMART

Project Overview

Project Summary

Goals of the Project

Project Purpose

Operational Definitions

Target Population / Region to be Served

Standards

Project AERO Standards

USA National Science Education Standards

USA National Mathematics Standards

USA National English Language Arts Standards

SMART Leadership for Teachers

K-3 Estoril, Portugal

3-6 Paris, France

1-6 Portugal Inquiry

Activities

SmartPLAN Models

Activity / Lesson Links

Family Activities in
Science and Technology (FAST Pacs)

Reference

Science / Math School Resource Suppliers

SMART References

Contact Us

Contact Information

SmartPLAN Models

There are two components to this section. The first is a group of several SmartPLAN Models that exemplify integrative science/math lessons for elementary school use. Note that the plans are keyed to both science and mathematics standards and include science and math skills and content.

All of the SmartPLANS include children's literature components, providing a unique opportunity to link science and math with reading, thereby enhancing all.

The second component is a list of Instruction Links including hundreds more good lessons that either are now usable for helping to teach integrative science and mathematics or which can easily be adapted.



SmartPLANS

Camouflage
Experimental Flight
Fingerprints
Grandma's Button Box
Little Lumpty's Egg Drop
Magnets are Attractive!!!
Parachutes
Solar Relatives
Taking a Census of Ants


Instruction Links

The following Instruction Links are intended to provide ideas, information, and guidance for teaching inquiry science from early Primary Grades through Grade 6. Most include lesson plans that are teacher friendly and applicable to elementary school classrooms. Many already include science process or investigative skills, inquiry, and/or design technology. Those that do not may be modified to achieve those characteristics. So, if you are looking for ideas for teaching active, hands-on, minds-on science about a myriad of topics from magnets to microscopes or seeds to stars or owls to oobleck, you'll find them here...along with "how-to-do-it" plans plus hundreds of other neat ideas on a wide range of topics. We think you'll enjoy exploring these links.
 
Elementary (K-5) Science Lesson Plans
Columbia Education Center elementary (K-5) science lesson plans.

Science Mini-Lessons Elementary (K-5)
Youth Net science lessons.

K-6 Lesson Plans
Discovery Channel K-6 lesson plans.

Lesson Plans for Elementary School Teachers
ProTeacher science and technology lesson plans for elementary school teachers.

The Franklin Institute Online Science Activities
The Franklin Institute science activities.

Elementary Science Olympiad Event Archive
Elementary science activities.

Science Lessons by Subject and Grade Level
Teachervision.com science lesson plans.

Science Lesson Plans
Lessonplanspage.com science lesson plans, science ideas, and science activities.

The Lesson Plans Page
Ask ERIC science lesson plans.

Science Lesson Plans
Teachers Helping Teachers science lesson plans.

Science Literature Links QuickPlans
Scilitlinks.org science plans.

Science Netlinks Lessons
Science Netlinks science lessons.

Science Activites
Exploratorium instructions, advice, and helpful hints.

Science Lesson Plan Links
Teachnology science lesson plan links.

Science Lesson Plans
Lesson Plan Central science lesson plans.

Science & Technology
PBS TeacherSource science & technology.

Curriculum Resources
Utah Education Network curriculum resources.

Science Lesson Plans and Resources
Edmund J. Sass, Ed.D. science lesson plans and resources.

Science WebQuests
Edhelper.com Science WebQuests.

Science Lessons
Teachers.net science lessons.

Primary Science
Jftschoolzone primary science.

Lesson Plans
Lessonplansearch.com lesson plans.

Science Gems
Frank Potter's Science Gems.

Science and Nature Links
Yahooligans science and nature links.

HowStuffWorks
Technology explanations.

Curriculum Links for Science Teachers
Neligh, Nebraska Educational Service Unit #8 curriculum links for science teachers.

Science Links for Children
Kids Excellent Web Links science links for children.

Science Activities Manual K-8
Tennessee science activities arranged by grade level.

ProTeacher! Science Experiments lesson plans
A site with lots of links with ideas for investigation, inquiry, and design technology.

LessonPlanz.com Lesson Search
Several hundred lesson plans from pre-school and beyond.

MCAS Science Information
Many links from a wide variety of sites, many with lesson suggestions on investigation and inquiry.

Starbase Atlantis Pittsburgh
Starbase Atlantis Pittsburgh is an excellent web site for inquiry, investigation, and design technology. Extensive, eclectic, and a bit eccentric like its developer, Uncle Earl, the site is a goldmine of outstanding resources for teachers. Be sure to explore the boxes for Resources for Teachers, Parents, and Kids and the Big, Big Categorized Resource Collection. See especially the references on science resources including (1) Lesson Plan and Lab Activities, (2) Science, Technology, and Society including inventions and design challenges for kids, (3) Life and Environmental Science, and many, many more.
 

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School Science Services, Inc.
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Reina O'Hale
Executive Director, MAIS
Madrid, Spain

Dr. Ken Mechling - Project Director 
1305 Robinwood Drive 
Clarion, PA 16214 USA