Teaching Science at Home
Check out our collection of fun and easy activities to practice science at home.
Nature Walks
Explore the outdoors this summer with EIS as we go around San Diego to show you the exciting habitats in our city!
Date Posted: TUE/June 30, 2020
Investigate the marine life that call tide pools home and learn how these organisms survive in this ever changing environment.
Learning Objective: By going tide pooling, students will be able to:
- Observe biotic and abiotic factors in their natural environment.
- Identify adaptations organisms in the rocky intertidal zone, and in tide pools specifically, must have in order to survive in this environment.
Earth & Space Science
Date Posted: WED/June 3, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will explore the planets in our solar system and create a model of the solar system.
Date Posted: TUE/March 24, 2020
Learning Objective: Students learn about environments that make a planet habitable and explore the concept of terraforming Mars.
Date Posted: TUE/May 26, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to make a model of a mountain and a topographic map using a 3D object and project it onto a 2D surface, and analyze and interpret data from their topographic map.
Date Posted: MON/May 4, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to discover how volcanoes are formed, identify the 3 different types of volcanoes, and create a model of a volcano.
Date Posted: WED/April 29, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to make a model of a fossil, identify the characteristics of a fossil and how they are formed, and analyze and interpret data about fossils to describe their habitats.
Date Posted: TUE/April 14, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features, such as continents and oceans. They will also examine some evidence that show that continents have moved.
Date Posted: THU/May 14, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to
- Identify greenhouse gases and describe their function on Earth’s temperature,
- Identify human impacts on Earth and find solutions to reduce our impact, and
- Model greenhouse gases and compare and contrast their molecular structures.
Date Posted: TUE/April 21, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to distinguish the difference between weather and climate, define climate change, model greenhouse gases, identify climate change effects on weather and climate patterns, and discuss solutions to reduce human impacts on the environment.
Date Posted: TUE/May 19, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to distinguish the difference between arctic land and sea ice, and model the effect of warming ocean and air temperatures on sea ice and explore the effects on marine life.
Date Posted: THU/April 30, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to
- Test and observe the effects of acidification in calcium shelled organisms
- Explain what ocean acidification is, and
- Identify solutions to reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Date Posted: MON/April 6, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to observe differences in salinity and its relation to water density, and discuss how density and salinity changes can affect marine organisms.
Date Posted: FRI/April 24, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to explore how the Earth generates currents, model ocean currents created by wind and temperature/salt content, define and identify marine debris and garbage patches, and find solutions to plastic pollution.
Date Posted: THU/April 23, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to
- Identify natural and human-based pollution sources,
- Discuss pollution effects on marine and human life,
- Model ocean pollution and ocean cleanup, and
- Discuss solutions to minimize negative impacts.
Date Posted: TUE/April 28, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will build a wormery to make observations about the role of decomposers in an ecosystem.
Date Posted: MON/April 20, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be to identify what items can be compost and communicate solutions to reduce the impact of humans on Earth.
Date Posted: MON/April 13, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will learn about recycling and the correct way to prepare items for recycling.
Engineering, Technology and the Application of Science
Date Posted: TUE/June 2, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to describe how a rocket works and identify its parts, and build a model of a rocket.
Date Posted: WED/April 15, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will develop various models of airplane designs and compare their speed and aerodynamic properties.
Date Posted: MON/May 18, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will build their own stethoscopes and explore bioengineering inventions and careers.
Date Posted: TUE/May 12, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to define, identify, and demonstrate the projectile motion of an object, as well as build and launch a catapult device.
Date Posted: FRI/May 8, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to design a blueprint of a building, a section of a building, or an object they want to construct.
Date Posted: WED/April 22, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will build a model of a waterwheel to explore the use of renewable energy sources.
Date Posted: TUE/April 7, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will learn how to harness air to power their own homemade cars!
Date Posted: TUE/March 31, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will explore the real applications of solar energy. Students will harness the energy of the sun by creating solar lamps.
Date Posted: FRI/March 27, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will practice engineering concepts about bridges construction.
Date Posted: MON/June 1, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to design a coding maze that a toy must get through by following “programmer” instructions, and explore the basics of coding, including algorithms and debugging.
Date Posted: MON/April 27, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to identify the parts of a computer and its function, describe and model how the computer communicates, and represent information using numbers.
Date Posted: FRI/May 22, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to explore the real applications of 3D printing, identify basic design-criteria about 3D design and 3D printing, and practice techniques and skills used in the field of rapid-prototyping.
Date Posted: FRI/May 29, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to explore the real applications of 3D printing, identify basic design-criteria about 3D design and 3D printing, and practice techniques and skills used in the field of rapid-prototyping.
Date Posted: FRI/June 5, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to explore the real applications of 3D printing, identify basic design-criteria about 3D design and 3D printing, and practice techniques and skills used in the field of rapid-prototyping.
Life Science
Date Posted: THU/June 4, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to develop a model of our hands and identify the muscles and tendons involved in movements of the hand.
Date Posted: WED/April 8, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will learn where DNA is stored and how to extract it from strawberries.
Date Posted: WED/May 6, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to modify the process of diffusion and identify the function of a semipermeable membrane in a cell.
Date Posted: MON/March 30, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to explain how pollination works and why it is essential to our survival. They will also discover that there are more pollinators than they think.
Date Posted: WED/May 27, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to explore how camouflage offers animals a special advantage when it comes to hiding, and demonstrate camouflage in an interactive activity that can be played with family and friends.
Date Posted: THU/May 21, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will demonstrate an animal adaptation that can help you survive in a cold habitat.
Date Posted: FRI/April 3, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will learn how different animals have different adaptations and can use more resources in an environment. Students will explore this idea in an activity that demonstrates how birds have varying beak shapes to eat different foods.
Date Posted: MON/March 23, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will learn the plant life cycle and what it needs to survive. Students will use a simple model to create a greenhouse and grow their own plant.
Date Posted: TUE/May 5, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to identify food chains in ecosystems and how each trophic level is linked in the transfer of energy, and develop a model of a food chain and describe how organisms are connected.
Date Posted: MON/May 11, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to re-grow vegetables without planting seeds or using soil, and find solutions to reduce food waste.
Date Posted: WED/March 25, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will learn how to use scientific evidence to explain the functions of the different parts of a plant. This activity will focus on the role of the stem in transporting water up through a plant.
Physical Science
Date Posted: FRI/April 10, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will learn what sound is and how it is modified. Students will use a simple model to create a musical instrument and experiment with various sounds.
Date Posted: WED/May 20, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to demonstrate how vibrations create sound and how the pitch of the sound can be manipulated.
Date Posted: FRI/May 1, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will learn about the relationship between mass and volume, called density, and determine when and which objects will sink or float.
Date Posted: THU/May 28, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will explore different points of view by changing the position of their camera phone.
Date Posted: FRI/May 15, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to identify what a camera obscura is and create their own.
Date Posted: THU/May 7, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will practice photography techniques, make observations of their environment (home or outdoor), and produce a cyanotype print.
Date Posted: WED/April 1, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will photograph a subject or object under different light conditions. Students will describe how light interacts with different subjects or objects at different times of the day
Date Posted: FRI/April 17, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to tell a story using photography to describe an experience or event, and practice different photography techniques with a phone camera.
Date Posted: THU/April 2, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to gain understanding of scale and proportion of an atom.
Date Posted: WED/May 13, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to develop a model to describe solubility, and collect data to provide evidence of saturation.
Date Posted: THU/April 16, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to explain some chemical properties of water and sugar. Students will also be able to compare the solubility of sucrose in different liquids.
Date Posted: THU/April 9, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will develop a model of a crystal and describe what are they made of.
Date Posted: THU/March 26, 2020
Learning Objective: Students will be able to explain the freezing point of water (and make homemade ice cream!). Students will create a solution that will freeze an ice cream mixture.