Unit Offerings

Units are developed at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Academy of Sciences.

The eight-week hands-on science units contain enough materials for an entire class. As units are returned to The Einstein Project's Science Resource Center, they are restocked and refined through a teacher-student evaluation process. Currently, 41 units are available!

Grade	Life & Earth Sciences				Physical Science & Technology
Pre-K	All About Me			Fur, Feathers, Skin & Scales
K	Wood and Paper	Fabric	The Sky		Balls and Ramps
1	Organisms	Weather	The Sun		Solids and Liquids	Comparing and Measuring	Insects
2	Life Cycles of Butterflies	Soils	The Moon		Changes	Balancing and Weighing
3	Plant Growth & Development	Rocks and Minerals	Science of Flight	The Solar System	Chemical Tests	Sound
4	Animal Studies		Land and Water		Electric Circuits	Motion and Design
5	Microworlds		Ecosystems		Food Chemistry	Floating and Sinking
6	Experiment with Plants		Measuring Time		Magnets and Motors	Technology of Paper
Middle School Units
6-8	Human Body Systems		Catastrophic Events		Properties of Matter	Energy Machines and Motion
6-8	Organisms: Macro to Micro		Earth in Space		Electrical Energy and Circuit Design

Glossaries for STC Units

Achieving Literacy Through Science: The STC Glossaries
Staying in step with the needs of educators who wish to integrate science with literacy, the National Science Resources Center has added a brief glossary of vocabulary to each ©2002 STC student book. (The same glossary is also found in the ©2002 Teacher's Guide.) Access these glossaries, in either English or Spanish.

Each unit's glossary is provided as an additional resource for both teachers and students, to facilitate discussion and perhaps enhance other unit activities. The definitions are not unit specific, but are intended to apply across the STC curriculum. Under no circumstances should students be required to memorize the terms or definitions presented in the glossary. Each glossary is available (in English or Spanish) for downloading in Adobe® Acrobat® format.

STC glossaries may be copied, as necessary, by the teacher in quantities sufficient for the students in his or her classroom. Also for purposes of classroom use only, the teacher may make an overhead transparency of any glossary page. Otherwise, no part of an STC student book or Teacher's Guide may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording, nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise copied for public or private use without permission in writing from the National Science Resources Center, except for the purposes of official use by the U.S. government.

General Science Content Knowledge Websites

The Education Advisory Committee of The Einstein Project has, as part of its purpose, to facilitate the use of hands-on science experiences in K-8 classrooms.  Paramount to this facilitation is gathering, organizing, and disseminating curriculum materials to save teachers time and provide resources. The EAC is working to identify and distribute valuable resources that teachers can use to enhance their work with Einstein kits. Thus, the committee is recommending select additional resource links through our website in the area of science background knowledge, teaching strategies, extensions, and applications. (This list will be updated as resources are identified by the EAC.)

1. General science search engines
   http://www.ask.com/#subject:ask|pg:1
   http://www.askforkids.com/
   http://www.eduref.org/
   http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/
   http://www.pbs.org/teachers/sciencetech/
2. Science behind the news
3. Marco Polo (informational site)
4. Discovery School
5. Assessment Rubrics
6. K-2 http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/k2/k2_science.html (short videos on science topics)
7. 3-5 http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/35newsbreaks.cfm (short videos on science topics)

 

"Student participation and interest is superb!"
-- Sister Carolyn Zahringer, 2nd grade teacher, Holy Cross Elementary School, Green Bay

"The amount of material is perfect. Concepts are just right for the kids. There are great extensions."
-- Molly Brotski, 4th grade teacher, Sunnyside Elementary, Pulaski School District