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How Lessons Are Structured Scope and Sequence PACING & SCHEDULING Optional Spines Recommended Books Hands-On Activity Materials Workbook Coordinating Literature Component: Mythology I About the ELA Activities

Lesson 1

Balloon Hands-on Demonstration Optional Books and Videos Big Bang Optional Activities

Lesson 2

Play Dough Stars Rabbit Holes: Star Formation Play Based Activities

Lesson 3

My Cosmic Address Rabbit Holes: Our Galaxy Play Based Activities: Galaxy

Lesson 4

Gravity Demonstration Rabbit Holes: Gravity Gravity in a Bottle Activity

Lesson 5

Hands On Demonstration: Playdough Earth Layers Rabbit Holes: Formation of Earth Other Activities: Lesson 5

Lesson 6

Hands On: Candy Rock Cycle Rabbit Holes: Story of Rocks Other Activities Lesson 6

Lesson 7

Hands-On: Graham Cracker Tectonics Rabbit Holes: Plate Tectonics Other Activities Lesson 7

Lesson 8

Hands On: Water Cycle in a Bag Rabbit Holes: Liquid Water Optional Activities LEsson 8

Lesson 9

Hands-On: Is It Alive? Rabbit Holes: Definition of Life Optional Activities

Lesson 10

Rabbit Holes: First Life A Billion Tiny Things

Lesson 11

HANDS-ON ACTIVITY: THE YEAST BREATHING MACHINE Rabbit Holes: Oxygen Optional Activities

Lesson 12

Hands-On Activity: Build a Eukaryote Cell Rabbit Holes: Eukaryotes Optional Activities

Lesson 13

Hands-On Activitiy: Symmetry Sorting Rabbit Holes: Multicellular Life Cnidarian Ancestors

Lesson 14

Hands-On Activity: Make a Fossil Rabbit Holes: Cambrian Optional Activities

Lesson 15

Hands-On Activities: The Reef City Experiment Sil Optional Books and Videos Optional Activities Ordo

Lesson 16

Hands-On Activity: "The Great Crawl" Optional Books and Videos Dev Optional Activities

Lesson 17

Hands On: Play Dough Insects Rabbit Holes: Carboniferous Other Activities: Life on Land

Lesson 18

Hands-On: Playdough Creatures Rabbit Holes: Permian Other Activties Permian

Lesson 19

Hands-On: Making Carbon Dioxide Rabbit Holes: The Great Dying Other Activities: The Great Dying

Lesson 20

Hands On: Moving Like Reptiles vs. Dinosaurs Rabbit Holes: Triassic Other Activities: Triassic

Lesson 21

Hands On: Measuring Jurassic Giants Rabbit Holes: Jurassic Other Activities: Jurassic

Lesson 22

Hands-On: Fruit Dissection Rabbit Holes: Cretaceous Other Activities: Cretaceous

Lesson 23

Hands On: Impact Crater Simulation D Optional Books and Videos Other Activities: End of the Dinosaur

Lesson 24

Hands-On Activity: Mammal Survival Simulation Rabbit Holes: Mammals Other Activities: Mammals

Lesson 25

Hands-On Activity: Bird Beak Exploration Rabbit Holes: Dinosaur Descendants Other Activities: Birds

Lesson 26

Hands-On Activity: Blubber & Fur Insulation Experiment Rabbit Holes: Mega Mammals Other Activities: Ice Age

Lesson 27

Hands-On Activity: Glacier Movement Demo Rabbit Holes: Glaciers Other Activities: Glaciers

Lesson 28

Hands-On Activity: Thumb Power Test Rabbit Holes: Primates Other Activities: Primates

Lesson 29

Hands-On Activity: Dexterity & Bipedalism Challenge Rabbit Holes: Humans Other Activities: Humans

Lesson 30

Hands-On Activity: Soap Stone Tool Knapping Rabbit Holes: Tools Other Activities: Tools

Lesson 31

Hands-On: Migration Map Rabbit Holes: Human Migration Other Activities: Migration

Lesson 32

Hands On: Cave Art Paintings! Rabbit Holes: Before History Other Activities

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Optional Books and Videos

Optional Books and Videos
Books

We Go Way Back by Idan Ben-Barak (top pick!)
Thirty Trillion Cells: How Your Body Really Works by Isabel Thomas
Cells: An Owner's Handbook by Carolyn Fisher
Enjoy Your Cells by Frances Balkwill
An Anthology of Micro Life: Discover the Stories of the Miniature World (DK Children's Anthologies) by Jess French (not released till 9/15/26, but the others have been wonderful)

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13: Multicellular Life Begins
Hands-On Activitiy: Symmetry Sorting
Optional Books and Videos
Optional Activities