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Afterschool Lesson Plan Database

List of Science Lesson Plans

Don't miss our other resources in the Science subject area.
In addition to lesson plans, the Center has other resources in the Science subject area, including: the Afterschool Training Toolkit: Science and a Consumer's Guide to Afterschool Science Resources.

Browse Science Lesson Plans

Displaying 14 Science lesson plans sorted by Grade, then by Lesson Title.

Subject Grade Span Lesson Title
Science K to 2 Physical Science: Family Science Night
Science K to 2 Life Science: Learning About Tadpoles
Science K to 2 Physical Science: Sink or Float?
Science 2 to 5 Tutoring 1: Interpreting Data from Birdfeeders
(Part 1 of the series: Graphs.)
Science 3 to 10 Tutoring 3: Learning to Make Bar Graphs
(Part 3 of the series: Graphs.)
Science 3 to 10 Tutoring 2: Learning to Make Data Tables
(Part 2 of the series: Graphs.)
Science 3 to 5 Physical Science: Festival of Bubbles
Science 3 to 8 Earth and Space Science: Exploring Earthquakes
Science 3 to 5 Physical Science: The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Science 5 to 10 Tutoring 4: Learning to Make Line Graphs
(Part 4 of the series: Graphs.)
Science 5 to 12 Life Science: Creek Restoration Project
Science 6 to 8 Life Science: What Happened to Mya?
Science 9 to 12 Life Science: My Pyramid
Science 9 to 12 Life Science: Heavy Weight


Online Training for Afterschool Staff
The Afterschool Training Toolkit is available online free of charge.

The following resources can be used with the online Afterschool Training Toolkit to give you the resources you need to build fun, innovative, and academically enriching afterschool activities.