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Early Elementary |
| 1. |
21st Century Afterschool Project (CASP)
(Supports , grades 3 to 8)
Though developed for New Jersey afterschool providers, and aligned to the NJ science-and-technology standards' core curriculum, ... |
| 2. |
4-H Wildlife Stewards
(Supports , grades K to 8)
4-H Wildlife Stewards develops students' scientific perspectives through interaction with the natural world. The program is a ... |
| 3. |
After-School Science PLUS —Activity Guide and Planning Guide
(Supports , grades K to 8)
With features like bilingual materials and biographies of diverse scientists, this program builds the science skills of girls and ... |
| 4. |
Afterschool Explorations in Science (AXIS)
(Supports , grades 3 to 8)
This workbook-supported set of materials designed for use after school covers six themes, is available in English and Spanish, ... |
| 5. |
APEX Science
(Supports , grades K to 6)
These materials include activities that give students the chance to explore eight separate topics through (at least) four ... |
| 6. |
Astrobiology: Science Learning Activities for Afterschool
(Supports , grades K to 6)
Astrobiology is a highly engaging eight-part set of activities created by the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and NASA. ... |
| 7. |
Bottle Biology: The TerraAqua Column
(Supports , grades K to 8)
Bottle Biology's year's worth of activities, designed to be built and carried out inside 2 liter soda bottles, use easy-to-find ... |
| 8. |
Bubble Festival
(Supports , grades K to 6)
In this Bubble Festival set of eight core (and four extension) activities the unmistakable focus is on “fun” as a vehicle to ... |
| 9. |
Camp in a Can Insect Adventures
(Supports grades K to 8)
Camp in a Can provides a pre-packaged kit with materials, activity and instructors guides and a DVD (with comprehensive ... |
| 10. |
Celebrate Urban Birds/Project Pigeon Watch
(Supports , all)
At the Celebrate Urban Birds website at the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology, you will find a flexible set of materials, ... |
| 11. |
Club Invention
(Supports grades 1 to 6)
This research-based curriculum immerses groups of students in a series of realistic problem-solving scenarios in which they must ... |
| 12. |
Design It! Engineering in After School Programs
(Supports , grades 2 to 6)
Design It! is a field-tested, engineering-focused afterschool curriculum in which students build simple models of familiar ... |
| 13. |
DragonflyTV
(Supports , grades K to 5, grade 6)
DragonflyTV is a science education program produced by Twin Cities Public Television for children aged 9-12. It is both a ... |
| 14. |
EarthBox
(Supports , all)
The EarthBox materials are available with several options, but the basic product is a kit with a self-contained growing system ... |
| 15. |
Exploratorium Afterschool Activities
(Supports , grades K to 8)
San Francisco's Exploratorium museum has accumulated much recognition since its creation in 1969. Its niche is to bolster science ... |
| 16. |
Explore It! Science Investigations in Out-of-School Programs
(Supports , grades 2 to 6)
Explore It! was developed by the Education Development Center with funding from the National Science Foundation. It is highly ... |
| 17. |
Family ASTRO
(Supports grades 2 to 12)
Students become scientists with these kits' innovative, conceptual activities that teach astronomy without the factoids or ... |
| 18. |
Family Math
(Supports grades K to 8)
Designed to foster a home-school connection, Family Math involves students in activities that are cross-disciplinary and creative ... |
| 19. |
Family Science
(Supports , grades K to 8)
Family Science facilitates cooperative, hands-on activities and discussions that give students a chance to interact with science ... |
| 20. |
Field Trip to the Moon
(Supports , grades 3 to 12)
As you'd expect, this collaboration between the American Museum of Natural History and NASA includes great content. A user can ... |
| 21. |
Kinetic City
(Supports grades 3 to 5)
Kinetic City: Mission to Vearth: Kinetic City provides an interesting and coherent set of science activities structured within ... |
| 22. |
NASA Educators Guides
(Supports grades K to 12)
This web-based set of educator's guides varies widely in style and quality. The guides masterfully incorporate exposure to the ... |
| 23. |
Science Court Explorations - Tom Snyder Productions (Scholastic)
(Supports , grades 2 to 4)
Science Court Explorations: Pendulum: In this curriculum, which combines a multimedia CD-ROM with hands-on activities, students ... |
| 24. |
Science is Cool
(Supports , all)
This guide was designed to support educators as they strive to develop an afterschool science program. Offering a positive ... |
| 25. |
Science Sensors Activity Kit: Hot or Not
(Supports grades K to 5)
This well-designed set of experiments lets kids 'see' changes in temperature through the use of liquid crystal thermometers. ... |
| 26. |
Science Sensors Activity Kit: Tune Up
(Supports grades K to 3)
These activities use tuning forks to teach kids (and adults) about the relationship between vibration, energy, and waves. ... |
| 27. |
Sunflower/Girasol
(Supports grades 2 to 5)
Sunflower/Girasol is a set of activity-based bilingual (Spanish/English) materials that focus on students in grades two to five. ... |
| 28. |
The Exploratorium Guide to Scale and Structure—Activities for the Elementary Classroom
(Supports grades K to 5)
Students use simple building materials to learn big ideas in physics in this program that stresses exploration and links ... |
| 29. |
The Private Eye®: (5X) Looking/Thinking by Analogy
(Supports , grades K to 12)
Private Eye encourages students and teachers to work side-by-side as they investigate the world with a jeweler's loupe. Students ... |
| 30. |
The Science Explorer —Family Science Experiments from the World's Favorite Hands-On Museum
(Supports grades K to 5)
Designed for use by parents and young children, this book has been extensively tested to make it easy to use and highly ... |
| 31. |
The Youth Experiences in Science Project (YES) from 4-H
(Supports , grades K to 3)
The YES binder includes a series of activities that are interesting and offer younger students a chance to experiment with ... |
| 32. |
ZOOMsci
(Supports , grades 3 to 6)
Designed to support instructors implementing the (150) science experiments presented on the PBS youth-run, hands-on television ... |
