Complete Lesson Plans
These lessons are complete with background information (video or a nearpod presentation), at least one main activity, a test, and extension activities. All student handouts and quizzes are provided in google docs for you to save to your own classroom.
1st Grade: Basic Needs
Students will be introduced to a plants basic needs, then draw tree ring for the age and describe how they grew
3rd Grade: Soils
In this lesson students will be introduced to soils, what they are made of, and why they are important. Include bonus soil layers video in the extensions)
4th Grade: Topo Map Skills- Understanding landforms
In this lesson students will be introduced to topographic maps that show the 3D world in 2D. They will create mini maps to help them further understand these maps.
5th Grade: Ecosystem Roles - Beavers
In this lesson students will be introduced to beavers; experiment with the way they change the environment; learn about keystone species and learn why they are important.
6th Grade: Rock Cycle
In this lesson students will introduced to rocks and minerals, then they will participate in an activity where they explore the rock cycle
6th Grade: Soil & Technology
Soil and technology (using the web soil survey)
After being introduced to the Web Soil Survey, groups of students will assess the school property from various perspectives looking at potential land uses.
7th Grade: Sustainable Water Use
• Discover that some foods
have a lower water footprint
compared to others.
• Determine how each
individual food choice
affects the water availability.
2nd Grade: Changes
Changes: Living things cause changes
Students will understand changes made by both humans and animals, by watching a video about a model.
3rd Grade: Survival and Adaptations
In this lesson students will be introduced to beavers; learn about their life cycle, and find out how they are adapted to their environment.
4th Grade: Landforms- Erosion & deposition
In this lesson students will watch a streams table video, to learn the background, then investigate erosion through experiments.
5th Grade: Invasive Species
Coming soon
Students will learn about invasive species in Ohio, characteristics that make species good invaders, factors that can influence plant community assembly, and the role that people play in causing and proliferating invasions.
6th Grade: Soil Texture
Students will investigate the different soil textures and their importance.
7th Grade: Groundwater
In this lesson students will be introduced to groundwater, its importance, and the issue of contamination.
Lynn White, Education & Volunteer Specialist
Please contact me if you have any questions. If you are a Butler County, Ohio educator, you can also contact me to schedule a virtual or in-person program
