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Butterflies ELA

ELA Companion kit to the Life Cycle of Butterflies unit.

Suggested Grade Placement: 2-3

Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

Changes

Students investigate change in state of matter. Freezing, melting, evaporation and condensation of water are explored. Students work with mixtures by sieving, filtration, evaporation and chromatography.

Suggested Grade Placement: 2-3

Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

Changes ELA

ELA Companion kit to the Changes unit. Students apply comprehension strategies of visualizing, questioning, inferring, making connections, determining importance, synthesizing, retelling both orally and written and using context clues.

Suggested Grade Placement: Grade 2-3

Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

CSI

Using science to solve a mystery.

Suggested Grade Placement: 2-6

Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

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Forces and Motion

Students are introduced to force, motion and friction through the six simple machines. Students build and test all six simple machines through a series of hands on lessons.

Suggested Grade Placement: 2-3

Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

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• Standard Alignment Documents

Forces and Motion ELA

ELA Companion kit to the Forces & Motion unit. Brainstorming a simple machine or invention that would solve a problem. Understanding the vocabulary words resistance, force and friction.

Suggested Grade Placement: 2-3

Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

• Order Kit (eForm)

Fraction Hero!

Video Conference—Trilogy

1. Sharing—Student Heros
2. Number Lines—Captain Irrational
3. Comparing—Pizza Pirate

Suggested Grade Placement: 3

Scheduling: 1, 2 or all 3 sessions

For cost and scheduling a video conference, please call 585-249-7063.

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• Standard Alignment Documents

Generations of Butterflies

BOCES4Science

In this unit of study, students explore the phenomenon of monarch migration to Mexico. Lessons within the unit help students figure out that a special generation of monarchs migrate to Mexico over several months even though their adult life span is typically two to three weeks. Additionally, students determine that the butterflies making the trip south do not come back north. A main topic in this unit is life cycles. Students watch butterflies go through their life cycle right in their classroom and collect data on the four stages of their life cycle — birth, growth, reproduction, and death. Another main topic in the unit is inheritance of traits. Variations of these traits provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.

Suggested Grade Placement: 3

Scheduling: 9 weeks

Investigating Weather & Climate

BOCES4Science

In this unit of study, students investigate the phenomenon of weather, the water cycle, weather-related hazards, and climates in different regions of the world. The class collaborates to plan and conduct an investigation on the weather using weather tools. Students develop a presentation about the weather and climate at a specific global location.

Suggested Grade Placement: 3

Scheduling: 9 weeks

Invisible Forces

BOCES4Science

In this unit of study, students explore balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object and how data collected about an object’s motion can predict future motion. Cause and effect relationships of electric (static electricity) and magnetic interactions are explored through questioning strategies. Students use the engineering design process to create their own Rube Goldberg machine that incorporates the various “invisible” forces learned throughout the unit.

Suggested Grade Placement: 3

Scheduling: 7 weeks

Life Cycle of Butterflies

Students learn the concept of animal development by exploring the life cycle of the Painted Lady butterfly. Live materials included in this unit.

Suggested Grade Placement: 2-3

Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

Life Cycle of Butterflies ELA

Companion kit to the Life Cycle of Butterflies unit.

Suggested Grade Placement: 2-3

Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

Magnets and Magnetism

A revised version of the original magnets unit takes a more in depth look at magnetism. Students explore polarity, magnetic fields, and the earth's magnetic field in detail.

Suggested Grade Placement: 2-3

Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

Magnets ELA

ELA Companion to the Magnets & Magnetism unit.

Suggested Grade Placement: 2-3
Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

Motion and Design

Students analyze the motion of the vehicles they build.

Suggested Grade Placement: 3-5

Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

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Plant Growth and Development

Students learn about germination, growth and development, pollination and seed production by observing their own plants through an entire life cycle.

Suggested Grade Placement: 3

Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

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Plant Growth ELA

ELA Companion kit to the Plant Growth & Development unit.

Suggested Grade Placement: 3

Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

Reasons for the Seasons - Rotation & Revolution of the Earth (Cycles in the Sky)

Students will understand, demonstrate and explain the concepts of revolution and rotation and how they affect the condition of the planet earth.

For cost and scheduling video conferences, please call 585-249-7063.

Suggested Grade Placement: 3-6

Scheduling: 1 week (kit) - 60 Minutes

Rocks and Minerals

Students investigate the properties and uses of a variety of rocks and explore a set of mineral specimens using basic techniques of field geology.

Suggested Grade Placement: 3-5

Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

• Order Kit (eForm)
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Rocks and Minerals ELA

ELA Companion kit to the Rocks & Minerals unit.

Suggested Grade Placement: 3-5

Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

Soils

Through observations and various tests, students will discover and identify the different properties of sand, clay, humus and garden soil. Live materials are included with this unit.

Suggested Grade Placement: 2-3

Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

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Soils ELA

ELA Companion kit to the Soils unit.

Suggested Grade Placement: 2-3

Scheduling: 6-8 weeks

Transfer of Energy Video Conference

The Challenger Learning Center is proud to present a new and exciting way to bring state-of-the-art technology into your classroom, and into the hands of your students. Students video conference with our science expert as they work through 8 energy transfer experiments.

To schedule a kit and video conference, please call 585-249-7063 for more information.

Suggested Grade Placement: 3-5

Scheduling: 90 minutes Kit - 1 week

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Where Are the Wolves?

BOCES4Science

In this unit of study, students learn about how bringing wolves back to Yellowstone National Park changed that park’s ecosystem. Students discover that wolves no longer live in New York State and are posed with the question, “Should wolves be brought back to Adirondack Park in New York State?” To help students make a claim and argue from evidence, students learn about animal adaptations, group vs. solitary animals, and why some organisms survive well in a particular habitat while others survive less well or not at all.

Suggested Grade Placement: 3

Scheduling: 9 weeks