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Science Lesson Plans - Grades 4-5

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Astronomy:

This lesson focuses on why we explore space
Students learn about and create constellations and their myths in this dual subject lesson
Here's a huge, fun, well-developed thematic unit on the Colonization of Mars (Solar System - all subjects):

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Physics:

A Science lesson on Density
A lesson on sound that incorporates music and literature (The Magic School Bus)
This lesson plan is on Liquids and their different Densities and Weights
In this lesson, students can Build a Car (an Index Card Car)
Force, Motion, and Velocity are the subject of this lesson using Balloon Rockets
This lesson is on objects that conduct and contain heat
This lesson looks at the Structure of Atoms
Here's a well-written full unit on the 6 Simple Machines
Here's a Simple Machines lesson on Pulleys
This Simple Machines lesson focuses on Wheels and Axles
Here's an idea for predicting and comparing the bounce of various sports balls
Read this lesson and then "Go Fly a Kite"
This lesson asks the question "Will the boat sink or float?"
Here is another lesson that answers the question "Which ball bounces the highest?"
Students examine simple machines and predict their use here
In this aerodynamics lesson, an airplane is made with just a straw, an index card, and some tape
This is a Kidspiration lesson on levers
This book-based thematic unit examines architectural, virtual and personal Walls That Tell a Story and asks the question, "If these walls could talk, what would they say?" (MD)

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In "All the Fish in the Sea," students cross the ocean while avoiding obstacles

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