Here are some lesson plans that have been submitted by past QuikSCience teams.
High School
Global Warming: Local and Global Effects by Francis Parker School, San Diego, CA
Marine Pollution by Amino Leadership Charter High School, Inglewood, CA
Ocean Integration by Ventura High School, Ventura CA
Middle School
Wave Erosion Lab by John Adams Middle School, Santa Monica, CA
Elementary School
Over-consumption of the Earth’s Materials by Francis Parker School, San Diego, CA
HIGH SCHOOL
Global Warming Local and Global Effects
by Francis Parker School, San Diego, CA
Subject: science
Grade: secondary
Lesson topic: greenhouse gasses and global warming
Lesson objective: To facilitate students’ understanding of global warming on a global and local scale, including its causes, effects and ways by which to reduce it or cope with it.
State standards:
Download the entire lesson plan:
Global Warming: Local and Global Effects (PDF)
Download component activities:
Activity: Investigating Sea-level rise (45 minutes) (PDF)
Activity: Survey of personal use of resources (45-60 minutes) (PDF)
Activity: Day After Tomorrow: Fact or Fiction? (two class periods) (PDF)
Activity: Design a Pizza Box Solar Cooker (PDF)
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Marine Pollution
by Amino Leadership Charter High School, Inglewood, CA
Subject: science
Grade: 9-12
Lesson topic: Land originated marine pollution, consuming healthy fish
Lesson objective: To educate the Animo and Lennox community about the effects of storm drain runoff into the ocean. To organize students at Animo Leadership Charter High School to conduct a community-based service project based on identifying and educating community practices that contribute to marine pollution. To educate students, parents and the community in healthy fish consumption, species and quantity.
State standards: California standards for Life Science, ecology & biology, grades 9-12: 6a-c
Click here for lesson plan: Marine Pollution (PDF)
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Ocean Integration
by Ventura High School, Ventura, CA
Subject: science
Grade: 9-12
Lesson topic: Maritime history, human interactions with the oceans
Lesson objective: To educate students on early ocean navigation and how ocean conditions can affect ocean transportation.
State standards: California standards for Earth Science, grades 9-12: 6a-d
Click here for lesson plan: Ocean Integration (PDF)
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Wave Erosion Lab
by John Adams Middle School, Santa Monica, CA
Subject: science
Grade: 6
Lesson topic: Beach and sand erosion by ocean waves
Lesson objective: Students will be able to describe how the density of the sand on the beach affects the erosion, how erosion occurs, what happens to the shoreline when water comes for each density, and to describe how the steepness of the sand affects how it erodes.
State standards: California standards for Earth Science, grade 6: 2c-d, 3a, 7a-e
Click here for lesson plan: Wave Erosion Lab (PDF)
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Over-consumption of the Earth’s Materials
by Francis Parker School, San Diego, CA
Subject: science
Grade: primary
Lesson topic: resource management and recycling
Lesson objective: To improve students understanding of the over consumption of materials in the world and differentiate ways to help conserve these materials.
State standards:
Download the entire lesson plan:
Over-consumption of the Earth’s Materials (PDF)
Download component activities:
Activity: Water Demonstration (PDF)
Activity: Script: Over-consumption of Resources (PDF)
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