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First Grade Curriculum

By admin On September 18, 2009 Under Education

First Grade Curriculum
Where can I purchase or find a summer science curriculum for grades 8th-12th.?

I am putting together a summer program for students grades 8th-12th. The program has been around for 10 years but with the same boring curriculum. Last year was my first year involved and the students hated it. I need to find curriculum for each grade level that encompasses mostly science but also math. The sciences I’m specifically looking for are human and animal biology, physics, and chemistry. The program is only 4 weeks long and we have about 15 hours each week where they have class time. HELP!!!

I don’t think it is really necessary for you to go out and buy anything. There are tons of websites with lesson plans you can use.

Below is a small sampling of what is available online. I’ve specifically focused on science lesson plans, but a lot of the sites have some math stuff, too. You will just have to click around to find them. There is probably enough to get you through the four weeks :)

Also, if you have a science centre near by, see if they have some programs running during the summer that can be used to enhance your curriculum.

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/9-12.html

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceJH.htm

http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/science/

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edsci.htm (not pretty, but there are lots of links)

http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Science

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/science.html (high school @ bottom)

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Materials_Search/Lesson_Plans/Science.html

http://biology.about.com/cs/lessonplans912/

http://www.actionbioscience.org/lessondirectory.html

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