No-prep lessons for a substitute teacher

Senior Infants to Second Class

• First Class to Third Class Do baby animals look like their parents? Science · 40–50 min
• First Class to Third Class Why don't puppies from the same litter look the same? Science · 45–60 min
• First Class to Third Class Can where you live change how you look? Science · 45–60 min
• Senior Infants to Second Class What do animals and plants need to live? Science · 40–50 min
• Senior Infants to Second Class Who eats who? Science · 45 min
• Senior Infants to Second Class How do bees help flowers? Science · 45–55 min

Third Class to Fifth Class

• Third Class What can fossils tell us about long ago? Science · 45–60 min
• Third Class Why do some animals live in groups? Science · 45–60 min
• Third Class Why do some animals in a family survive better? Science · 45–60 min
• Third Class What happens when a habitat changes? Science · 45–60 min
• Third Class to Sixth Class Why do stars come out at night? Science · 45–60 min
• Third Class to Sixth Class Why do the stars seem to move across the sky? Science · 45–60 min
• Third Class to Sixth Class Why do we see different stars in different seasons? Science · 45–60 min
• Third Class to Sixth Class What makes a good science question? Science · 45–60 min
• Third Class to Sixth Class What is a fair test? Science · 45–60 min
• Third Class to Sixth Class How do scientists turn results into answers? Science · 45–60 min
• Third Class to Sixth Class What did Ignaz Semmelweis discover? Science · 45–60 min
• Third Class to Sixth Class Where has the water in your glass been? Science · 45–60 min
• Third Class to Sixth Class Where is all of Earth's water? Science · 45–60 min
• Fifth Class to Second Year Where does your stuff come from? Science · 50–60 min
• Fifth Class to Second Year Will our energy ever run out? Science · 50–60 min
• Fifth Class to Second Year Do more people always use more resources? Science · 50–60 min
• Fifth Class to Second Year How can a town use less and waste less? Science · 50–60 min
• Fifth Class to Second Year Is summer when Earth is closest to the Sun? Science · 45–60 min
• Fifth Class to Second Year Why are summer days longer? Science · 45–60 min
• Fifth Class to Second Year Why is sunlight stronger in summer? Science · 45–60 min
• Fifth Class to Second Year How big is the solar system, really? Science · 50–60 min
• Fifth Class to Second Year Why do planets go around the Sun and not fly away? Science · 50–60 min
• Fifth Class to Second Year What is each world like? Science · 50–60 min

Sixth Class to Second Year

• Sixth Class to First Year Are we in the red? Math · 50–60 min
• Sixth Class to Second Year What happens to a population when food runs out? Science · 50–60 min
• Sixth Class to Second Year Are living things competitors, predators or partners? Science · 50–60 min
• Sixth Class to Second Year What makes a biome? Science · 50–60 min
• Sixth Class to Second Year How can we protect an ecosystem's services? Science · 55–60 min
• Sixth Class to First Year Which is the better deal? Math · 45–60 min
• First Year to Second Year Why do you look like your family, but not exactly? Science · 45–60 min
• First Year to Second Year How can two purple-flowered pea plants have a white-flowered one? Science · 45–60 min
• First Year to Second Year What did Mendel count? Science · 45–60 min
• First Year to Second Year What happens when a gene changes? Science · 45–60 min
• Sixth Class to Second Year Why do some animals survive and others don't? Science · 50–60 min
• Sixth Class to Second Year What did the Grants find on the Galápagos? Science · 50–60 min
• Sixth Class to Second Year How do fossils show life has changed? Science · 50–60 min
• Sixth Class to Second Year How fast can people change a species? Science · 50–60 min
• Sixth Class to Second Year Where does a tree's mass come from? Science · 50–60 min
• Sixth Class to Second Year What happens to the food a plant makes? Science · 50–60 min
• Sixth Class to Second Year How does energy from the Sun move through a whole ecosystem? Science · 50–60 min

Practice packs for a quiet period

Worksheets with answer keys. Each has a free sample to try.

• Fourth Class Grade 4 Rocks and Minerals · free sample
• Fourth Class Grade 4 Sound: Vibrations, Pitch and Echoes · free sample
• Fourth Class Grade 4 Light and Colour · free sample
• Third Class Grade 3 Word Problems: 100 Canadian Situations · free sample
• Fourth Class Grade 4 Time and Measurement Problems · free sample
• Fourth Class Grade 4 Time and Measurement Word Problems (Common Core) · free sample
• Fourth Class Grade 4 Word Problems: 100 Canadian Situations · free sample
• Fifth Class Grade 5 Money Problems: Shopping in Canada · free sample
• Fifth Class Grade 5 Word Problems: 100 Canadian Situations · free sample
• First Class to Third Class Canadian Money: Counting Coins and Bills · free sample
• Fifth Class to First Year Mean, Median, Mode and Range · free sample