Resources

These resources were developed for use in elementary school classrooms by GeoKids LINKS. LINKS is a collaboration involving the School District of Philadelphia, The Wagner Free Institute of Science and Saint Joseph’s University. If you use these, please acknowledge GeoKids LINKS, whose major funding institutions are:

• The Wagner Free Institute of Science and its supporters
• The National Science Foundation, through NSF# 0139303 and #0440506
• Saint Joseph’s University
• The Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Mini-unit Resources: These units were designed to be completed in about six weeks.

Semester-long unit resources: These year long units include a 90 minute lesson for each week, as well as follow-up activities. The lessons are delivered by a team that includes Wagner educators and Fellows. Follow-up activities may involve additional classroom activities such as writing, field trips, etc.

The full second grade fall unit is available here: Second Grade Fall Unit

Additional sample lessons are available below.

Grade 1: Rocks and Soil

Grade 2: Cycles and Systems in Science

Grade 3: Rocks and Minerals

Grade 4: Wetland Ecosystems

Grade 5: Investigating Our World

Beginning in 2013, the Saint Joseph’s University Department of Biology developed a high school outreach program (High School LINKS). In this new program, undergraduate student fellows implement a hands-on curriculum, Genes, Mutations, and Diseases, which introduces high school students to genetic diseases.  Undergraduate fellows receive training and then bring the interactive laboratory exercises to the high school classroom.  The program ends with a field trip to the Saint Joseph's Biology & GEP Natural Science Instructional Laboratories on campus.

High School LINKS has received funding from both the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (HOPES grant) and American Society for Cell Biology (Compass Outreach Grant).

Partner High School Contact Information

Bishop McDevitt High School
125 Royal Ave.
Wyncote, PA 19095