3rd - 5th Curricular Materials
Blue Sky in a Cup
Grade Level: 3rd - 5th
Subject Area: Data Analysis & Probability, Earth/Space, Physics, and Reasoning & Proof
Teacher: Arianna Dial
School: Bagdad Elementary
Color through Coding
Grade Level: 4th - 8th
Subject Area: Chemistry, Computer Science, and Science & Technology
Teacher: Ariel Kay and Cecilia Osornio
School: Govalle Elementary and Wilhelmina Delco Elementary School
Colors of Nature
Grade Level: 3rd - 5th, extension to 6th
Subject Area: Chemistry, Measurement, Problem Solving, Science & Technology
Teacher: Chelsie Sakaria & Sonia Gonzales
School: Presidential Meadows Elementary & Rodriguez Elementary
Chromaful Art
Teacher: Stephanie Valenzuela
School: PhD Graduate Student, Chemistry Department at UT Austin
Crystallization of Sugar - Creation of homemade rock sugar candy
Grade Level: 3rd - 5th
Subject Area: Chemistry, Physical Science, Physics, Problem Solving, Reasoning & Proof, and Science & Technology
Teacher: Patricia González-Villaseñor
School: Bernice Hart Elementary
CSI: Messy Classroom and Modeling Mass Spectrometry
Grade Level: 3rd - 8th
Subject Area: Science
Teacher: Amanda Lengnick-Hall
School: Cunningham Elementary
Density Solutions
Grade Level: 5th Grade
Subject: Properties of Matter
Teacher: Elizabeth Schuster
School: Spicewood Elementary
Design and Build a House
Grade Level: 2nd - 4th
Subject Area: Data Analysis and Probability, Geometry, Physical Science, Problem Solving, Reasoning and Proof, Science & Technology
Teacher: Olivia Barrow
School: Bernice Hart ECP Elementary
Elastic LEGO Car Crash Simulation
Grade Level: 5th
Subject Area: Data Analysis & Probability, Measurement, Physical Science, Physics, Problem Solving, Reasoning & Proof, Science & Technology
Teacher: Ryan Nittinger
School: Rodriguez Elementary
Exploring Deposition through Art
Grade Level: 3rd - 5th
Subject Area: Earth/Space and Science & Technology
Teacher: Irene Hidalgo and Jennifer Sladek
School: Casey Elementary and Boone Elementary
Fashionable Metals
Grade Level: 5th - 8th
Subject Area: Data Analysis and Probability, Measurement, Physical Science, Problem Solving, Reasoning and Proof, Science & Technology
Teacher: Monica Sanchez
School: Bernice Hart ECP Elementary
Fizzy Water
Teacher: Stephanie Valenzuela
School: PhD Graduate Student, Chemistry Department at UT Austin
Gel Engineering
Grade Level: 4th - 6th
Subject: Physical Science
Teacher: Elizabeth Schuster
School: Caldwell Elementary School
How to Survive the Huff and Puff: The 3 Little Pigs Dilemma
Grade Level: 3rd - 5th
Subject Area: Geometry, Physical Science, Problem Solving, Reasoning & Proof, Science & Technology
Teacher: Rolando Anchia
School: Neysa Callison Elementary
I’m at the end of my (aluminum) rope!
Grade Level: 5th
Subject: Material Science
Teacher: Danielle Woods & Yvette Dodd
School: Deep Wood Elementary & Northwest Elementary School
Inflation Creation
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Subject: Matter and energy, conservation of natural resources
Teacher: Amber Rivera
School: Dearing Elementary
Intermolecular forces behind the “swelling effect” of hydrogels
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Subject Area: Data Analysis and Probability, Numbers and Operation, Problem Solving, Reasoning and Proof, Measurement, Science & Technology
Teacher: Patricia González-Villaseñor
School: Bernice Hart Elementary
Is Your Tool up to the Task
Grade Level: 3rd - 8th
Subject Area: Science
Teacher: Becky Spillers
School: Purple Sage Elementary
Kaleidoscopes and Refraction
Grade Level: 5th Grade
Subject Area: Science
Teacher: Dara Reeder
School: Callison Elementary School
Launching Into Learning: A Force Engineering Activity
Grade Level: 2nd - 5th
Subject Area: Geometry, Physical Science, Physics
Teacher: Nicole Hershey & Annie Porterfield
School: University of Texas Elementary
Leaf Chromatography
Grade Level: 4th Grade
Subject Area: Science
Teacher: Melissa Saldana
School: Caldwell Heights Elementary School
Lens to Equality: DIY Microscope Challenge
Grade Level: 4th - 5th with an extension to 6th
Subject Area: Biology, Measurement, Numbers & Operations, Physical Science, Physics, Problem-Solving, Science & Technology
Teacher: Masen Huddleston & Larry McKenzie
School: Henry Middle School & Harmony School of Innovation - Austin
Lights! Camera! Action!
Grade Level: 3rd - 5th
Subject Area: Physical Science
Teacher: Zachary Wilborn
School: Ruth Barron Elementary
Like Sand through the Hourglass
Grade Level: 3rd - 8th
Subject Area: Science
Teacher: Becky Spillers
School: Purple Sage Elementary
Liquid Crystal and Nanotechnology
Grade Level: 5th
Subject Area: Science
Teacher: Amanda Lengnick-Hall
School: Cunningham Elementary
Liquid Density
Grade Level: 3rd - 5th
Subject Area: Data Analysis & Probability, Chemistry, Physical Science, Problem Solving, and Reasoning & Proof
Teacher: Marianella Garza and Monica Sanchez
School: Mendez Elementary and Bernice Hart ECP Elementary
Living in a Metric World
Grade Level: 3rd - 8th
Subject Area: Science
Teacher: Becky Spillers
School: Purple Sage Elementar
Nature-Inspired Soap
Grade Level: 3rd-8th
Subject Area: Science
Teacher: Olivia Barrow
School: Bernice Hart ECP Elementary
“Nothing Else Matters”...or does it?
Grade Level: 1st - 3rd
Subject: Physical Science and Problem Solving
Librarian: Catherine Jones
School: Purple Sage Elementary
Optical Obstacle Course
Grade Level: 4th - 6th
Subject Area: Physics
Teacher: Kathy Rogers
School: Wooldridge Elementary
The Power of Produce: Powering Up with Fruits and Veggies
Grade Level: 4th
Subject: Forms of Energy
Teacher: Yvonne Rodriguez
School: Bowie Elementary
Red Light, Green Light with Gummy Bears
Grade Level: 5th Grade
Subject: light energy, light characteristics
Teacher: Stephanie Escalante
School: Northwest Elementary
Real World Ratios: Viscosity Investigation
Grade: 4th - 8th
Subject: Science
Teacher: Ashika Ganguly
School: Mathews Elementary
Ready, Set, Solar
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Subject Area: Data Analysis and Probability, Measurement, Physical Science, Physics, Problem Solving, Reasoning and Proof, Science & Technology
Teacher: Catherine Jones
School: Purple Sage Elementary
Scanning Probe Microscopy Design Challenge
Grade Level: 3rd - 8th
Subject Area: Science
Teacher: Becky Spillers
School: Purple Sage Elementary
Starlight, Star Bright, Which Light Will Turn My Paper White?
Grade Level: 3rd - 5th
Subject Area: Science & Technology
Teacher: Arianna Dial
School: Bagdad Elementary
Suminagashi, Surface Tension, and Solvents, Oh My!
Grade Level: 3rd - 5th
Subject Area: Data Analysis & Probability, Measurement, Physical Science, Problem Solving
Teacher: Ruben Ramirez
School: Purple Sage Elementary
What causes materials to break differently?
Grade Level: 1st - 3rd
Subject Area: Data Analysis and Probability, Geometry, Measurement, Physical Science, Problem Solving, Reasoning and Proof
Teacher: Connie Rodriguez
School: Ruth Barron Elementary
Unraveling Rising Sea Levels: Exploring Density Through Mixtures and Solutions for Young Ocean Engineers!
Grade Level: 3rd
Subject Area: Biology, Chemistry, Earth/Space, Problem Solving
Teacher: Yvette Dodd
School: Northwest Elementary