This resource contains the materials and documents previously accessed in the face-to-face Science Academies for Grades 5–8, Part 2 training. All resources provided here are intended for instructional use in your classroom. Please download the files and save them to your computer so you can print or project them at your convenience.

 

 

 

Every participant who attends the Science Academy for Grades 5–8, Part 2 face-to-face training receives a printed Participant Guide. However, sometimes it's more convenient to access the files digitally. Click the link below to access the file in a .pdf format.

5–8, Part 2 Participant Guide

Lesson Readers are available in two formats, a web file for display or printing for classroom use and a print file appropriate for mass production in a district's or ESC's print center. Classroom teachers may find the web files more user-friendly; however, both are available to you here. Click the links to download the Lesson Readers.

Web Files

   Grade 5: Designing Experimental Investigations

   Grade 6: Speed Reading

   Grade 7: What Is Work?

   Grade 8, Lesson 1: Changing Velocity

   Grade 8, Lesson 2: Force, Mass, and Acceleration

Print Files

   Grade 5: Designing Experimental Investigations

   Grade 6: Speed Reading

   Grade 7: What Is Work?

   Grade 8, Lesson 1: Changing Velocity

   Grade 8, Lesson 2: Force, Mass, and Acceleration

In your training, there is an interactive that is linked to a Powerpoint slide that looks similar to the one pictured here. Download the hyperlinked slide in Related Items if you would like to include the interactive when you implement the lesson in your classroom.

To make the interactive available to students who have their own devices, click Fan Cart Simulation, copy the url, and create a QR code or shortened link for easy access.

This section includes links to materials lists for each grade-level lesson. Please click and download the appropriate list for use.

Grade 5

Grade 6

Grade 7

Grade 8, Lesson 1

Grade 8, Lesson 2

You might have everything you need to support the investigations within the lessons. However, if you need additional materials, you can click the image below for a materials price list from Ward's Science.