Finding Example Lesson Plans
- Science and ChildrenA journal for teachers of science at the elementary level. Search for example lesson plans by standard, topic, disciplinary core idea, and more. Filter to 5E lesson plans.
Search by Standard
- Click the link to access Science and Children above.
- From the new page, select the option to "Search Within this Publication"
- Make sure to keep JN "Science and Children" in the first search box. In the second search box, type the standard or standards you are interested in. If you are searching multiple standards:
- Add "OR" between different standards if only one of a few possibilities needs to be present in the lesson.
- Add "AND" between different standards if you want to see a lesson plan addressing multiple standards.
- Change the drop down in the second line to "TX Al Text Fields"
- Explore your search results to find a lesson plan that works for you.
Other Starting Points
- NSTA Lesson PlansSearch for lesson plans by keyword and then filter by grade or explore featured resources.
- ACHIEVE Lesson PlansBrowse some limited example lesson plans created and approved for NGSS.