Science Lab Lesson Plan Template: Safety, Roles, and Data

Pre-lab (10 min): Safety review, procedure overview, and role assignments. Students should know what they're doing, why, and what data they're collecting before they touch any materials.

Lab work (25–30 min): Students follow the procedure with assigned roles (materials manager, data recorder, safety monitor, presenter). Circulate and check that data is being recorded accurately.

Post-lab (10–15 min): Data analysis, discussion, and clean-up. The analysis is where the learning happens — don't cut it short. Have students answer one CER question before clean-up begins.

List specific safety requirements for each lab. 'Goggles required' is not enough — note when goggles go on and off. Include clean-up steps in the timing. A lab that needs 5 minutes of clean-up but has 0 minutes planned will run over every time.

Assign student roles in advance and post them. When every student has a job, idle hands (and idle mischief) disappear.

Generate science lessons with lab-specific structure, safety reminders, role assignments, and data collection formats built into the plan.