Lesson Plan: Let’s Discover – S.T.E.

Mtastic Inventions
Cradle to Crayons Learning Center Sessions 1 to 8
Pre-Kinder June 8-July 6, 2023
This week:
 We will talk about the famous inventors or scientists and their inventions/works.
 We will read stories about the popular inventions of the famous scientists we learned.
 We will pretend to be inventors/scientists in class by doing experiments and observations to our work.
 We will answer questions leading to discovering things from our work.

Time June 8, DAY 1 June 13, DAY 2 June 15, DAY 3 June 20, DAY 4
8:30 - Circle Time Circle Time Circle Time Circle Time
9:40
“What is Science” by Rebecca “Be a Maker” by Katey Howes “Gary and the Great “The Secret Science Project
Kai Dotlich  We will talk about the Inventors” by Akura Marshall that Almost Ate the School”
 We will discuss what is different things the little  We will talk about what an by Jusy Sierra
Science. girl was able to make in engineer is.  We will talk about the
 We will share what we can the story.  We will discuss the story.
study and do with science.  We will share what we like difference of dry-cleaning  We will discuss the
8:40 –  We will know the to make today or in the machine to the normal ingredients the child put
9:15 importance of science in future. washing machine we use in her experiment.
the things we do. at home.  We will recall what
Read- Mat Activity 1 – Telephone happened to the science
Aloud Mat Activity 1 – Liquid Soap Cups Table Activity 1 – Invisible project of the child in the
and and Black Pepper Experiment Name story.
Theme The class will learn about
Teaching We will learn about William Alexander Graham Bell and his We will talk about the machine Mat Activity 1 – Elephant
/ Activity Shepphard and his invention, the invention, the telephone. that Johannes Gutenberg Toothpaste
1 liquid soap. invented, the printing press.
We will learn about the functions
We will learn about the safety
of telephones to people and its We will learn how to use a gears and precautions when
We will discuss where we can
importance for communication. printing press and learn what it is doing a science experiment.
use the liquid soap.
Then, the teacher will teach the for. We will compare it to the
Then, we will do the black children how to make a cup modern printer we use Then, we will do the elephant
 pepper and liquid soap phone using paper cups and a nowadays. toothpaste experiment in class
experiment to show the children string of yarn. We will use it by while wearing our goggles and
how proper hand washing can pair to check if it works. Then, we will print out our gloves.
help them clean their hands from names by coloring our papers
germs. with paint to reveal the invisible We will share our observations
letters on it. about our elephant toothpaste
experiment.

9:15 – Water Break Water Break Water Break Water Break

9:25
We will know that liquid soaps After listening to our partners After learning how to print on We will recall how the mixture
can be used to make bubbles for using the phone cups, we will do papers, the teacher will teach the blew up from the plastic bottle.
play. a sound hunt activity in class. children how to make sheets of
paper using recycled papers. Then, we will learn that a rocket
Then, we will learn about Edwin Mat Activity 2 – Sound Hunt ship moves like it, too.
E. Mayer who invented bubble Table Activity 2 – Making
wands to allow people create ♪: Guess the Sound Papers We will also learn about
larger bubbles by blowing Leonardo Da Vinci’s concepts
The teacher will place cue cards We will crumple and shred
through the wand. for flying machines.
on the mat and each child will scratch papers with our hands.
shake an egg with objects inside. Then, we will mash it in a bin
Table Activity 1 – Bouncing Table Activity 1 – Straw
Bubbles with water. Rockets
The children will listen to the
sounds that each eggs make and We will remove and squeeze the
9:25 – The children will create their guess the object inside by placing excess water from the paper by We will learn what a rocket is.
9:55 own bubble wands using a fuzzy it on top of a cue card. filtering it with a cotton cloth.
wire and decorate it with beads. We will decorate a rocket ship.
Activity 2 The student who gets to guess We will form it with our desired Then, we will place it at the end
The teacher will teach the the most correct answer will win shape and let it dry for a couple of our straw and blow with our
children how to make bouncing the game. of days. mouth to make it fly.
bubbles using water, liquid soap,
and sugar. Then, we will use the recycled
 paper when we draw in class and
Then, we will use Edwin color in class.
Mayer’s invention, bubble wand, .
to blow bubbles.

10:00 Dismissal (out-of-the-door) Dismissal (out-of-the-door) Dismissal (out-of-the-door) Dismissal (out-of-the-door)

Time June 22, DAY 5 June 27, DAY 6 June 29/July 4, DAY 7 July 4/July 8, DAY 8
8:30 - Circle Time Circle Time Circle Time Circle Time
9:40
“Pete the Cat and the “If I Built a House” by Chris “Ada Twist, Scientist” by “Have You Thanked an
Supercool Science Fair” by Van Dusen Andrea Beaty Inventor Today?” by Patrice
Kimberly and James Dean  We will talk about how the  We will talk recall the McLaurin
 We will recall what boy planned his house. questions Ada asked to her  We will recall the
happened to the story.  We will discuss the things parents in the story. inventors and their
 We will discuss what Pete the boy put in his house.  We will discuss the things inventions in the story.
and his group did in their  We will share about our we have to learn to  We will share how we use
science fair. favorite part in the little become like the other the inventions we saw in
 We will talk about the boy’s house. scientists/inventors. the book to our daily
different science projects  We will learn the activities.
8:40 – that the other groups did. Table Activity 1 – importance of asking  We will discuss the
9:15 Marshmallow Structure questions and thinking importance of the things
Mat Activity 1 – Hot and Cold first before doing around us and how they
Read- Air Experiment We will learn what an architect something. make our lives easy
Aloud and engineer are. today.
and We will review that if something Table Activity 1 – Twirling
Theme gets hot, the temperature goes up. We will learn about the first Copper Wire Table Activity 1 – Thank You,
Teaching known architect in the world, Inventors
/ Activity We will learn about Joseph- Imhotep, from Egypt who We will learn who Alessandro
1 Michel and Jacques-Etienne designed the first Egyptian Volta is and his greatest We will make a letter card to
Montgolfie’s invention about hot pyramid complex. invention, the battery. show appreciation to our dear
air balloons. scientists/inventors in the world.
Then, the teacher will let the We will learn what a battery is
Then, we will do hot and cold air children design and built their and safety precautions when We will use the recycled paper
experiment to discover how hot own building or structure using using/holding batteries. we made to make a card for
air can inflate a balloon. toothpicks and marshmallows. them.
We will twist and shape our
The children will describe and copper wire to our desired shape. We will draw our favorite
explain their work in front of the invented object and decorate our
class. Then, we will use batteries with work as well.
our copper wire to make it move
or twirl on its own. The teacher
will share the explanation behind
this experiment with the class.

9:15 – Water Break Water Break Water Break Water Break

9:25
We will learn that static energy We will review the materials We will review what a battery is The teacher will share that there
can also make something move used to build the boy’s house in and its function. are toys invented as well for
like when we rub a balloon on the story. entertainment.
our hair. We will recall where batteries
Then, the teacher will teach the can be used like lighting up a We will learn about Saint
The teacher will explain what children what plastic is. bulb. Gyandev who invented the game
static energy is. “snakes and ladders.”
The teacher will give examples Table Activity 2 – Light Bulb
Table Activity 1 – Static of the things we can see in the Experiment Mat Activity 1 – Snakes and
 Jellyfish house that are made up of plastic. Ladders
We will learn about Thomas
The children will make their own Table Activity 2 – Milk to Edison who invented the We will learn what the game
9:25 – coffee filter jellyfish by putting Plastic incandescent light bulb. “snakes and ladders” is.
9:55 thin strips of paper at the bottom
as the tentacles. We will make “milk to plastic” Then, we will use the batteries We will also learn how to play
Activity 2 experiment by using fresh milk, invented by Alessandro Volta to the game using markers and a
Then, we will rub the balloon on vinegar, and strainer. light up a bulb. die.
our hair to make a static energy.
We will mix the vinegar to the The teacher will explain the Each player will take turns and
We will throw the jellyfish going milk and stir it until clumps of Science behind the battery and whoever gets to finish the game
up then we will use the balloon milk are visible. light bulb. Then, we will share will win.
to let it float in the air. our observation about this
We will strain it and drain the experiment in class.
excess liquid with a tissue.

We will use cookie cutters or our

hands to form our desired shape
to our plastic experiment.

10:00 Dismissal (out-of-the-door) Dismissal (out-of-the-door) Dismissal (out-of-the-door) Dismissal (out-of-the-door)