ALEX Lesson Plan Resources

ALEX Lesson Plans  
Subject: Science (5)
Title: How Does your Garden Grow?
Description: In this lesson, the students will learn that plants need water, air, nutrients, and sunlight to grow. This lesson results from a collaboration between the Alabama State Department of Education and ASTA. **This lesson can be taught over a three to five day period. Simply repeat the steps as the students will become more knowledgeable of the target.


Subject: Science (5)
Title: Hydroponics: Can Plants Grow without Soil?
Description: In this hands-on investigation, students will utilize the hydroponic method to grow a bean plant from  a bean seed. Over the course of a 2 week time period, students will make detailed observations and sketches of the actual bean growth and make predictions about growth patterns over the weekend time periods. Students will create a cartoon to defend the position that plants obtain materials needed for growth primarily from air and water. This lesson results from a collaboration between the Alabama State Department of Education and ASTA.


Subject: Science (5)
Title: What Does Life Require?
Description: By growing organisms in a variety of environments, students will explore different materials that living things need to survive.   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.