Below you will find classroom-tested lesson plans that use Panelcraft as a wonderfully useful tool for teaching young children. Each lesson is linked to learning standards. Enjoy! 

Panelcraft

Preschool

       NAEYC and HighScope KDI Lesson Plans

Building Communities - Video

Making Books

Alternating Patterns

Exploring Habitats

Busy Town

Stability and Toppling

Bean Bag Toss #1

Bean Bag Toss #2

Bean Bag Toss #3

Hot and Cold - Video

Reflection of Light

Exploring Outer Space

Life Cycle of Plants

Kindergarten

NAEYC and HighScop KDI Lesson Plans

Play-Doh Circuits

Common Core Lesson Plans:

Operations and Algebraic Thinking I   K.OAA.1 & K.OAA.2

Operations and Algebraic Thinking II  K.OAA.3 & K.OAA.4

Compare, Create and Compose Shapes K.G.B.5

Next Generation Science Standards Lesson Plans:

Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes K-LS1

Energy K-PS3-2

Engineering Design 1  K-2-ETS1

Forces and Motion  K-PS2-1

Force, Motion and Stability  K-PS-2

First Grade

Common Core Lesson Plans:

First Grade Operations and Algebraic Thinking  1.OAA.1 & K.OAA

Reasoning with Shapes and their Attributes  1.G.A.2

Measuring Lengths  1.MD.A.1(2)

Resources:

Does Your Block Center Promote 21st Century Skills? A Checklist for Teachers

 STEM, STREAM and 21st Century presentation

STEM, STREAM Presentation Handout

Links to Learning Standards:

NAEYC Program Standards

HighScope Key Developmental Indicators (KDIs)

Common Core Standards

Next Generation Science Standards

Early Childhood Standards for Quality

         

Lesson 1 Power Control and Action

Lesson 2 Resistors in Series and Parallel

Magcircuits Block Guide Video