Parent Resources
“The LabLearner makes me feel smart. I love to get into my group and discuss the lab.”
Francis, Grade 7
Dear Parent,
Welcome to LabLearner! LabLearner is a hands-on approach to learning science. Simply put, LabLearner is teaching science by doing science. LabLearner has developed into its current form in classrooms across the country over the past dozen years. Practicing scientists working alongside educators designed LabLearner, incorporating research about how children learn science. Over the next several years, your child will become immersed in the process of science; thinking the way scientists think and doing experiments the way scientists would. Every experiment your child performs will lead to the discovery of a science concept. Kids find it’s easy to learn science when they’re working with real science equipment and investigating interesting questions. The leader in this discovery process is your child’s teacher, a LabLearner Teacher. LabLearner Teachers receive special on-site, comprehensive teacher professional development to learn how to use scientific equipment and facilitate the inquiry process for students. Your child’s teacher may have even received graduate-level university credits for online LabLearner courses or for participating in LabLearner Summer Institutes.
Below you will find resources for grade K-8 CELLs within the LabLearner program.
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Kindergarten Links
Beginning Explorations
Making & Recording Observations
Making Measurements
Using & Making Models
Exploring Time & Sequence
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Grade 1 Links
Staying Safe
Properties of Solids & Liquids
Discovering Life
GAP: Plants & Animals
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Grade 2 Links
Weight & Volume
The Earth’s Surface
GAP: Earth’s Changing Surface
Water Cycle & Its Phases
Health & Hygiene
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Grade 3 Links
Properties of Matter
GAP: Magnets
Exploring Electricity
The Human Body
Our Solar System
The Sun and Your Skin
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Grade 4 Links
Microscopes & Magnification
Chemistry, Matter & Interactions
Forms of Energy
Ecosystems & Adaptations
GAP: Biomes
Light & Optics
Examining Nutrition
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Grade 5 Links
Work & Simple Machines
Investigating Heat
Microscopic Explorations
GAP: Eukaryotes
Inheritance & Adaptation
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Grade 6 Links
Properties of Matter
Weathering & Erosion
Kinetic & Potential Energy
Atmosphere
Space
Simple Machines
Solutes & Solubility
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Grade 7 Links
Atomic Structure
Chemical Reactions
Acids & Bases
Cellular Organization
Genes & Proteins
Cell Cycle & Cancer
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Grade 8 Links
Heat & Heat Transfer
Electricity & Magnetism
Sound Waves & Pressure
Photosynthesis
Ecosystems