Dr. Michael Kester-Haynes

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Grade 3 Science Units

Unit Plan 14 (Grade 3 Science): Environmental Influences on Traits

Explore how environment shapes traits and behaviors as students analyze real examples, compare conditions, and use evidence to explain changes in plants and animals.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 3 Science): Inherited Traits

Analyze inherited traits and variations as students compare parent–offspring patterns, collect class data, interpret graphs, and explain how traits are shared yet diverse.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 3 Science): Group Behaviors & Survival

Explore how animal groups improve survival as students analyze herds, flocks, packs, and schools, gather evidence, and construct clear CER arguments about group behaviors.

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade 3 Science): Diverse Life Cycles

Compare amphibian, insect, bird, mammal, and plant life cycles to reveal shared stages—birth, growth, reproduction, death—while highlighting unique patterns like metamorphosis.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 3 Science): Life Cycles Overview

Model plant and animal life cycles as students explore birth, growth, reproduction, and death, compare organisms, and create clear, evidence-based life cycle models.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 3 Science): Forces & Motion — Quarter Synthesis

Synthesize forces, motion patterns, and magnetic interactions as students investigate, predict, and engineer a magnet-based solution in a hands-on showcase.

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 3 Science): Magnet Engineering Challenge

Design magnetic tools that move, retrieve, or sort objects as students apply force ideas, test prototypes, collect data, and improve solutions using cause-and-effect.

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 3 Science): Magnetic Forces & Materials

Investigate which materials are magnetic and how force strength changes with distance and orientation as students test, graph patterns, and explain cause-and-effect.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 3 Science): Magnet Interactions

Explore how magnets attract and repel at a distance as students ask questions, test objects, and explain magnetic forces that change motion without touching.

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 3 Science): Speed & Direction

Investigate how changes in force affect speed and direction as students measure motion, find patterns, and predict future movement in hands-on science activities.

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade 3 Science): Patterns of Motion

Predict motion by observing patterns as students measure how objects move, identify repeating motion, and use data to explain and forecast future motion.

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade 3 Science): Balanced & Unbalanced Forces

Explore how balanced and unbalanced forces combine to change motion as students investigate pushes and pulls, collect data, and explain real-world force effects.

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade 3 Science): Force Basics

Explore pushes and pulls in everyday motion as students investigate balanced vs. unbalanced forces, gather data, and explain how force changes speed and direction.

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Unit Plan 1 (Grade 3 Science): Science Skills & Safety

Build Grade 3 science skills with safety routines, measurement practice, data tables, and simple design challenges to think and work like real scientists.

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6-8 Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan (Grades 6–8): Fractal Forest Art

Explore self-similarity through geometry and art as students design, measure, and paint recursive fractal trees while analyzing ratios, perimeter, and natural patterns.

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K-2 Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan (Grades K-2): Shape Safari - A Comprehensive K–2 Geometry Adventure

Explore and identify 2D and 3D shapes through movement, counting, graphing, and hands-on discovery in a fun, data-rich K–2 Shape Safari adventure.

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Grade 4 Science Units

Unit Plan 36 (Grade 4 Science): Cumulative Synthesis & Exhibition

Showcase Grade 4 mastery with a cumulative science exhibition connecting energy, waves, structures, Earth systems, and engineering design through models and demos.

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Unit Plan 35 (Grade 4 Science): Earth Systems Project

Create models that show how weathering, erosion, deposition, natural resources, and human actions shape landscapes and impact Earth systems in Grade 4 science.

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Unit Plan 34 (Grade 4 Science): Hazard-Reduction Engineering

Engineer and compare solutions like flood barriers and quake-safe buildings to reduce natural hazard impacts on communities in this Grade 4 STEM unit.

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Unit Plan 33 (Grade 4 Science): Natural Hazards

Investigate natural hazards like earthquakes and floods, then compare real-world solutions to reduce their impact on people and communities in Grade 4 science.

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Unit Plan 32 (Grade 4 Science): Natural Resources & Fuels

Energy and fuels come from natural resources like coal, oil, wind, and sun—this Grade 4 unit explores how using them helps people and impacts the environment.

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Unit Plan 31 (Grade 4 Science): Earth Materials & Processes

Connect weathering, erosion, deposition, rock layers, and Earth features to explain how landscapes form and change over time through observable Earth processes.

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Unit Plan 30 (Grade 4 Science): Mapping Earth Features

Interpret maps of landforms, faults, volcanoes, and water to identify patterns of Earth features and explain how they reveal changes to our planet’s surface.

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Unit Plan 29 (Grade 4 Science): Weathering & Erosion

Observe and measure how water, ice, wind, and plants cause weathering and erosion, shaping landforms over time in this hands-on Grade 4 science unit.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade 4 Science): Rock Layers & Fossils

Use rock and fossil patterns to identify older and younger layers, reveal past environments, and explain how Earth’s landscapes change over long periods.