ALEX Lesson Plan Resources

ALEX Lesson Plans  
Subject: Science (4)
Title: Investigating Erosion
Description: In this inquiry-based lesson, students will investigate how rainfall changes the land and causes runoff.  The students will simulate a stream table to show how rainfall erodes the land. This lesson results from a collaboration between the Alabama State Department of Education and ASTA.


Subject: Science (4)
Title: Lava Layering: Constructive Forces
Description: The goal of this activity is for students to simulate the constructive forces of a volcanic eruption, observe how lava flows build up layers of a landform, study the stratigraphy of the new landform, and connect the simulation to events in the natural world. This lesson was created as part of the 2016 NASA STEM Standards of Practice Project, a collaboration between the Alabama State Department of Education and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.