Grades K-5: Spring Programs from MVESC


Even though most of us are still dealing with the cold weather, spring is just around the corner. Take a look at the “Spring Specials” from the MVESC. If you have a class interested, please register online for the connection. Student connections are available between 7:30am EST-4:30pm EST upon classroom request, and are $75.00 per site. If you have any questions, please call or email me for assistance.

Egg-Citing Animals and Egg Activities (available upon request)

Grades K-2

No “yolk’s” about it folks, this video conference will keep your students engaged for an entire 60 minutes! This lesson is packed full of “dozens” of egg facts, fun, experiments, and literature.


Topics explored include:
1. Dr. Seuss (author discussion, and shared reading of “Green Eggs and Ham”)
2. Rhyming Words
3. Reader’s Theater (Shared student reading of poetry selection)
4. Identification of main ideas, characters, and supporting details
5. Science Link: Oviparous Animals
6. Math Link: Group Graphing, prediction, and observation

This lesson is perfect for celebrating Dr. Seuss’s March birthday or incorporating it into Spring or Easter classroom activities.

It’s Not Easy Being Green! The Metamorphosis of a Frog (available upon request)

Grades K-5
This distance learning event looks at the life cycle of an amphibian. From egg to frog, many life cycle aspects will be explored in this lesson. Topics introduced include (vertebrate, invertebrate, carnivore, metamorphosis, adaptation) Students will conclude the lesson by teaming up to play “Froggywood Squares”! *Modified for grade level attending

From Egg to Butterfly (available upon request)

Grades K-2

This distance learning event looks at the life cycle of the magical butterfly. The life cycle stages and butterfly development will be explored in this interactive lesson. Topics discussed include: habitat, metamorphosis, migration, adaptation. The kids will wrap up this lesson with an interactive game titled: “Who Wants to be a Butterfly”


Bloom Where You Are Planted (available upon request)

Grades 4-6

This interactive distance learning event explores various Science concepts including photosynthesis, producers, and consumers. Additional concepts include investigating parts of a plant and a seed. Students will wrap up this event by participating in a game of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire!”


Down on the Farm (available upon request)

Grades K-3

Students will finally get the answers to those brain burning questions like…”Why do pigs roll in the mud?”, and “Why are some eggs white, and others are brown?”. Experiments and farm artifacts will take kids on a virtual field trip to the farm! Don’t miss the opportunity for your students to find the answers to these questions and more! It is definitely a connection that they will not soon forget!




Leslie Charles
Distance Learning Coordinator
I bleed scarlet and gray!!!!

Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center
205 North 7th Street
Zanesville, Ohio 43701
740.452.4518 ext 133
lcharles@mvesc.k12.oh.us
www.mvesc.k12.oh.us/tap/