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In-Class Field Trip Activity Catalog:
| Pre-K | Mystery Matter Early Elementary | Students will explore matter using water, alka seltzer, test tubes and droppers to see how solids and liquids can make a chemical reaction producing a gas. | |
| Kindergarten | SKE1.a,b | Little Owls Night & Day | Students will develop a model to show day and night and include things seen in the day or night sky. Includes an illuminated sun with earth and moon model for teacher use. |
| Kindergarten | SKP1.a,b | Kite Day! | Students will compare materials to determine the best ones for designing their own kite. (EDP) |
| Kindergarten | SKL1. a,b | Living/Non-living | Students will classify objects according to living or non-living and develop models. |
| Kindergarten | SKP1.c | Will it Float? | Students will classify objects according to their physical attributes- buoyancy. |
| 1st Grade | S1L1.a | Parts of a Plant | Students will identify and label the parts of a plant. |
| 1st Grade | S1P1.a,b,c | Secret Signals: Light & Sound | Lights and sounds can not only be used for seeing and hearing, but also as a way to communicate directions, warning signals, etc. |
| 2nd Grade | S2L1.a | Lot's of Life Cycles | Students will create a life cycle model of an organism of their choice. |
| 2nd Grade | S2L1.c | Bee A Pollinator | Students will design a honey bee and pollinate two flowers with their honeybee. |
| 2nd Grade | S2P2. A | Toy Inventor | Students will design and create a toy and describe the pushing and/or pulling motion needed to move the toy. (EDP) |
| 2nd Grade | S2P2. b,c | Rosie Revere's Flying Machine | Students will listen to the story Rosie Revere Engineer by Andrea Beaty read by a NASA astronaut. Students will then work through the Engineering Design Process to design a flying machine for Rosie Revere. Students will build a simply "flying" machine to fly on a zip line as they investigate aspects of force and motion. |
| 2nd Grade | S2P1 a | Mystery Matter | Students will classify objects into solids, liquids and gases depending on their properities. |
| 3rd Grade | S3E2. a,b | Fossils & Extinction | Students will observe and classify fossils while exploring the process of fossilization. |
| 3rd Grade | S3L1.b | Hiding In Plain Sight | Deign, hide, and hunt organisms using camoflauge. |
| 3rd Grade | S3L1 a,b,c | Bird Beak Adaptations | Students will investigate how the structure of beaks helps the animal live and survive and how we as engineers can use those designs to solve everyday problems. |
| 3rd Grade | S3L2. a,b | Pollution Solution | Students will explore the life cycle of sea turtules and discuss ways to solve ocean pollution. |
| 3rd Grade | S3P1 a,b | Thermometers | Students will use thermometers to test and analyze the temperature on various colors. |
| 4th Grade | S4P1. b | Light Investigation | Students can use mirrors, lights, and prisms to explore the nature of light and how it interacts with objects. |
| 4th Grade | S4P2.a | Sound Investigation | Students will use various items to investigate sound and vibrations (palm pipes, tuning forks, boom whackers, etc.) |
| 4th Grade | S4P2.b | Secret Signals: Light & Sound | Students will use light and/or sound to develop a way to communicate. |
| 4th Grade | S4P3.a,c | Robotic Hand STEM Challenge | Students will learn the important qualities of prosthetic lims and build a simple model robotic hand. |
| 4th Grade | S4P3 | Exploring Force and Motion: Inclined Planes /Friction | Students will investigate inclined planes and how various heights/friction affect motion. |
| 4th Grade | S4L1. A, b | Food Chain Pyramid | Students will use their knowledge of producers and consumers to create a food chain pyramid. |
| 4th Grade | S4L1. C,d | Oh Deer! Project Wild | Students will participate in a Project Wild simulation to see what happens to deer populations when certain things are changed. |
| 5th Grade | S5E1. A,b, c | Constructive or Destructive? | Students use mini stream tables to demonstrate constructive and destructive forces on landforms. Weathering, erosion and deposition will be the focus. |
| 5th Grade | S5L3. a | The Unseen World: Structure & Function of Cells | Students will view plant and animal cells while learning how to use the microscope. |
| 5th Grade | S5L4.a,b | Glo Germs | Students will use “Glo Germs” to investigate microorganisms. |
| 5th Grade | S5P2.b | Simple Circuits | Students will explore circuits. (Motors, batteries, lights, and wires) |
| 6th Grade | S6E1. a,b,c,d, | Earth's Place In The Universe | Students will create a model to demonstrate the seasons as well as complete a scavenger hunt using Stellarium. |
| 6th Grade | S6E2. A | Phases of the Moon | Students will make a model of the phases of the moon and learn why we see the different phases using the moon phase inquiry set. |
| 6th Grade | S6E5.b | Be A Mineralogist | Students will do simple tests to identify minerals. |
| 6th Grade | S6E5. c | Rock Kits | Students can investigate different types of rocks and classify by their formation. |
| 6th Grade | S6E5. d | Earth's Surface | Students use mini stream tables to demonstrate constructive and destructive forces on landforms. Weathering, erosion & deposition will be the focus. |
| 6th Grade | S6E6. b | Pollution Solution | Students will look at the life cycle of a sea turtle and create a solution to ocean pollution. |
| 7th Grade | S7L1.a | The Key To It All | Students will use a Dichotomous Key to identify organisms. |
| 7th Grade | S7L2.a | Cell Structure & Processes: Cell Toy Model | Students will review the organelles and processes while designing a cell toy for children to use to learn about cells. |
| 7th Grade | S7L2 c. | Body Systems In Space | Students will review body systems, their functions, how they work together and the effedts on zero gravity. Students will use the EDP to create a prototype fo a prodect that will help an anstonaut live in zero gravity. |
| 7th Grade | S7L3 | DNA Extraction | Students will complete a DNA Extraction Lab using fruits while exploring the roles of genes and chromosomes. Students will discuss acquired and inherited physical traits. |
| 7th Grade | S7L4 c | Taking A Lesson From Nature | Students will explore animal adaptation and biomimicry. Students will create an invention that uses biomimicry from an animal or plant adaptation. |
| 8th Grade | S8P1. a | Separate Iron From Cereal | Students will discover the differences in compounds, mixtures, and elements while extrating iron from iron fortified cereal. |
| 8th Grade | S8P2. b | Bounce | Students will discover potential and kenetic energy while measuring the bounce of two different types of balls. |
| 8th Grade | S8P2. d | Flow Of Heat Exploration | Students will explore the flow of heat between hands, ice and hand warmers while discussing conduction, convection,and radiation. |
| 8th Grade | S8P3 a | Balloon Racers | Students will explore the relationship between speed & distance and velocity & acceleration while testing Balloon Racers on a Zip Line. |
| CSS.IDC.K-2.4 | Glow In The Dark Binary Code Bracelets | Students will design bracelets with their initials using binary coding. | |
| Coding Critters | Students will learn basic block code with various early elementary bots. | ||
| Straw Designs | Students will use the straw kits to design and build a model to illustrate various grade specific content such as a ramp for force and motion or a cell for life science. |
