Science: Elementary

Kindergarten

• Hike for Counters
• Rock Scavenger Hunt
• Plant Critters
• Camouflage - Nature's Hide & Seek
• Touch Hike
• Color Hike
• The Beach, by Vicki Burtchell

Grade One

• Bark Rubbing
• Leaf Skeletons
• Alphabet Hike
• Number Hike
• Density of Wood
• Sun Watch
• The Beach, by Vicki Burtchell

Grade Two

• Leaf Splatter Prints
• Leaf Sorting
• Stop, Look, and Leaf
• Seed Dispersal
• Do Plants Give Off Water Vapor?
• How Strong is the Wind?
• Shape Hike
• Learning About Trees
• Hopper Circus
• Insect Hunt
• How to Collect Animal Tracks
• Environmental Scavenger Hunt
• The Beach, by Vicki Burtchell
• Wetlands, by Kimberly A. Becker
• Solar Energy, by Vicki Burtchell

Grade Three

• How Many Leaves on a Tree?
• How Much do the Leaves on the Tree Weigh?
• Sound Hike
• Stake Out
• Lost & Found
• Compass Square-Off
• Estimating Tree Height
• Bank to Bank
• Measuring the Percent of Slope
• Measuring the Amount of Sunlight in an Area
• Temperature Variations
• Transparency of Water
• Water in Soil
• Separating soil Particles
• How do Soils Differ?
• Wonderful Wetlands, by Bernadette Pate Holt
• Exciting Energy, by Bernadette Pate Holt
• A Clean Drink, by Bernadette Pate Holt
• Wetlands, by Kimberly A. Becker
• Solar Energy, by Vicki Burtchell
• There's a Fungus Among Us, by Bernadette Pate Holt - Spring 98

Grade Four

• Pace and Space
• Going Around in Circles
• Making a Half Acre Come to Life
• Isosceles Option, On Two
• The Shadow Knows
• Stepping Out
• Out of Sight
• Looking Back
• The Only Way is Up
• Investigate the Behavior of Ants
• Rock Key

Grade Five

• Miller Springs Ecosystem Study
• Testing Water for Acidity and Alkalinity
• Making Weather Instruments- Nephoscope
• The Inside Story of Rings
• Reading the Rings
• Blaze a Trail
• Archaeology for Elementary Students, by Rebecca Collier - Spring 98
• Travelin' the Trails at Miller Springs Nature Center, by Rebecca Collier - Fall 97
• Wetlands: wonders not Wastewater, by Rebecca Collier - Fall 97
• Tides, by Rebecca Collier - Fall 97
• Natural Factors Affecting Estuaries, by Rebecca Collier - Fall 97
• Rain Forest Link, by Tanya Lange
• Solar Still, by Wayne Cooper - Fall 97

General

• Land Grants and Cemetery Site Connections, by Connie F. Hicks
• Death As A Natural Process, by Judy Johnson
• Historical Maps Study Relationship to Cemeteries, by Linda McClure
• Religion, culture, and local history, by Lisa Hairston
• New Horizons; Pilot Program Southwest Elementary Belton ISD, by Joyce Bateman Jones, Ed.D.SLP
• Hummingbirds, by Melinda Wright
• Ozone Puppet Show, by Melinda Wright
• A Horse of Course, by Melinda Wright