About this Product

This is the complete First Look with Junior Scientist Jack Elkowitz Series. It is a bundle of self-guided digital science lessons designed to give students a "First Look" at scientific inquiry and engineering design. Skills are aligned with the NGSS science and engineering practices. Lessons are geared for students in grades 1 through 5.

Download two self-guided digital science lessons in this series for FREE:

• Science Inquiry Lesson #1: What is a scientist?

• Engineering Design Lesson #1: Engineering vs Science

Each lesson includes:

• One reading passage with text-dependent comprehension questions

• Embedded video with a graphic organizer activity

• Supplemental videos for enrichment (hosted on SafeShare.TV)

• One higher-order thinking activity

• One reflection and review activity

Some lessons include:

• Suggested BrainPOP Jr Video (subscription to BrainPOP Jr required)

• Additional activities to build science and problem-solving skills

The following lessons are included in this download:

SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY LESSONS

Lesson #1: What is a scientist?

Lesson #2: Making Observations

Lesson #3: Asking Scientific Questions

Lesson #4: Scientific Ideas (Predictions, Theories and Laws)

Lesson #5: The Scientific Method

Lesson #6: Scientific Research (Credible Sources)

Lesson #7: Making Measurements

Lesson #8: Tables and Graphs

ENGINEERING DESIGN LESSONS

Lesson #1: Engineering vs. Science

Lesson #2: What is an engineer?

Lesson #3: Engineering Design Process

Lesson #4: Understanding a Problem

Lesson #5: Brainstorming Solutions

Lesson #6: Comparing Solutions

Lesson #7: How to Test a Solution

Lesson #8: Developing and Using Models

First Look at Scientific Inquiry and Engineering Individual Lessons

Self-guided digital science lessons are sold individually at $3.00 per lesson. You can find individual lessons by clicking on the hyperlinks above. If you plan to purchase more than half of the lessons from this resource, it is more economical to purchase the entire bundle rather than lessons individually.

Each lesson is designed to be completed in 30 minutes.

This bundle includes guides to help students conduct primary investigations and scientific research:

Student Guide to Performing Science Experiments

Student Guide to Conducting Scientific Research

Important Considerations

• Self-guided lessons can be completed with minimal parent/teacher support

• Students work directly in a fillable slide to complete each lesson.

• This download includes PPTX files designed for Microsoft PowerPoint

• This download includes force-copy links for files designed for Google Slides

• Internet access is required

• This resource is NOT editable.

• Directions and Answer Key included

How can this resource be used?

• Assign as independent work as part of a distance learning plan

• Introduce science and engineering practices in a homeschool curriculum

• Used by parents and caregivers to build students' science and engineering skills

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS

This resource introduces essential science and engineering practices to students in elementary school. These practices are essential to the three-dimensional design and implementation of Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). NGSS guides a robust science education that introduces higher-order thinking skills to learners in the very first years of their education. Introducing these skills in primary grades is necessary to develop young students into strong, proficient and competent scientific thinkers and problem-solvers.

IMMERSIVE READER

This resource includes versions of the reading passages that can be read to a student with Immersive Reader. These read-only word documents are accessed in a web browser. Immersive reader is a FREE Microsoft educational tool. You do not need a Microsoft account to access this tool in a web browser. Learn more about Immersive Reader HERE.

Immersive Reader can:

• Read an entire passage to a student

• Help pronounce individual words in a passage as a student reads

• Translate the entire passage or individual words in the passage for ESL students

• Change the font, text color and background color for students with visual impairments

To preview the benefits of immersive reader, access the OneDrive hosted reading passage from my FREE lesson HERE. Click ••• in the upper right corner. Select Immersive Reader. Alter the reading speed, language, font or other features of the text if needed.

MOTIVATION

The First Look with Junior Scientist Jack Elkowitz Series is inspired by my son Jack and his desire to learn how to learn about the universe. The series was created after homeschooling him during the Coronavirus pandemic. I used these lessons to supplement my to-be-third-grade son's public school education over summer 2020.

SHARING FILES for Distance Learning, Homeschooling or At-Home Tutoring

Teachers can share all files in this download with students via email, password-protected websites (ex. Google Classrooms or Microsoft Teams) or secure file sharing platforms (ex. Google Drive, OneDrive or DropBox). You CAN share this digital resource with your students as long as the general public cannot access the files.

TERMS OF USE

• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.

• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.

• Intended for classroom and personal use only.

• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.

• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.

• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).