Strong science instruction encourages curiosity, critical thinking, and hands-on exploration. In elementary classrooms, effective science teaching combines inquiry-based learning, structured instructional models, and meaningful connections across content areas. Whether you’re teaching Earth systems, life science concepts, or physical science topics, these resources are designed to support both conceptual understanding and classroom implementation.
Do you teach science in Texas and wonder how to successfully teach science lessons that are aligned with the next generation science standards? We created an NGSS and TEKS alignment tool for second, third and fourth grade teachers in Texas who want to use our science stations and 5E units.
17 fun ideas and resources for teaching force and motion. Includes demonstrations, experiments, science stations, and lessons that will engage students in learning about balanced and unbalanced forces and patterns in motion. These teaching ideas will help you teach the NGSS standards.
Learn how to read the Next Generation Science Standards and figure out what to teach during your elementary science lessons. The NGSS are three-dimensional standards and complicated to understand and implement in your classroom. We’re here to help!
Every spring, I raise butterflies with my students using a butterfly habitat, and the butterfly life cycle quickly becomes one of the most talked-about science topics of the year. In…
The invisible forces of magnetism are at work all around us, even as you read this sentence. To understand this concept, and how magnets work, can be difficult for students….
One way to engage students in teaching about difficult science concepts like Force and Motion is to help them relate the new concepts to the world around them. Books are…
These 5E Unit Plans for Third Grade are exactly the science resources teachers need to plan and implement inquiry-based science instruction. The 5E lesson plan provides the right amount of scaffolding…
The Engage phase of the 5E instructional model is where students become curious about a new science concept. Instead of starting with direct instruction, teachers introduce an interesting question, demonstration,…
During the Extension phase of the 5E instructional model, students apply what they learned in earlier phases to new situations. After developing an understanding of the scientific concept during the…
The 5E Model of Science Instruction is an inquiry-based teaching framework that guides students through five phases of learning: Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend, and Evaluate. Instead of beginning with a…
Teachers using the 5E instructional model know that the Explore phase is where students begin investigating a new science concept. Instead of listening to explanations, students work with materials, ask…
During the Evaluation phase of the 5E instructional model, teachers and students assess how well the scientific concepts have been learned. Students reflect on their understanding of the topic, while…
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