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Science Common Core RI.5.1 projects
The Solar System and Planets Activities Unit - Outer Space - Solar Eclipse 2024
This 130+ page complete solar system unit for elementary contains everything you need to complete an engaging space interactive notebook. It contains a variety of solar system activities for your upcoming space unit, including solar system reading comprehension passages and questions, solar system worksheets, planet and solar system projects, and more! It includes information on astronauts, planets, phases of the moon, eclipses, tides, and more.⭐⭐⭐Makes a great addition to your Solar Eclipse 202
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3rd - 6th
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Types of Volcanoes Activity
Students will erupt with excitement when they work on this fun and flashy circlebook activity that examines three types of volcanoes! Fifteen mix-n-match templates feature ready-to-color illustrations of a Cinder Cone, a Composite Cone, and a Shield Volcano, complete with keys. For longer circle books, students can fill in additional templates with vocabulary words, create pages of volcano facts, research types of lava or the formation of volcanoes, or write a creative story about exploring a vo
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3rd - 8th
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Intro to STEM: Think Like a Scientist & Engineer!
A great way to introduce STEM into your classroom! Updated to include editable versions of all student handouts! How does a scientist explore the world? How can you think like an engineer? Students will explore these questions and more through a series of critical thinking STEM exercises. The packet includes 4 critical thinking challenges centered on STEM learning (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). These activities expose students to the real world of science and engineering with chal
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3rd - 10th
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Also included in: Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
Ecosystems Complete Unit
Complete NGSS-aligned unit covering 5-ELS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics! Print and go packet includes everything you need with very little prep or materials! Just print and begin! Complete lesson plans included with clickable links!⭐⭐IN PRINT OR DIGITAL! ⭐⭐The unit includes three chapters:• What is an ecosystem?• Energy roles in ecosystems• Changes in ecosystemsThis product includes a variety of learning strategies including:• Daily warm-ups with • Guided notes for each of the
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5th - 7th
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5-LS2-1
Also included in: Earth and Life Science Bundle {Covers 3 NGSS Units!}
Animal Research Packet | Animal Magazine Project
Animal research projects can be so exciting!! Are your students looking for a way to research their favorite animal and present the information back to their classmates in a way that gives them creative freedom? This project has everything you need and more to help your students provide the best information about any kind of animal they choose!This packet includes:Research Packet: 2 cover page choices, table of contents, 4 pages for recording notes, sketching an animal, words to know, works ci
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3rd - 5th
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4-LS1-1
, MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, 5-LS2-1
, 3-LS2-1
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Natural Disaster Research and Poster Project
Students will love the chance to research natural disasters and then creatively display what they learned with this Natural Disaster Poster Project! Included are unique research packets that will help students organize information they gather from books or online resources on 10 natural disasters. Packets will contain questions that ask disaster definitions, cause/effects, locations, ways to measure, safety precautions, interesting facts, and a famous disaster. Packets are divided into 4 section
Parts of a Map Geography Map Skills Freebie Sample
Try out two free sample pages from my Geography Map Skills Unit & Lapbook with informational text, test, & more!}! This freebie has one page of informational text about the parts of a map. It also includes a one page foldable piece for students to use in their interactive social studies notebook.
These two samples are part of my Geography Map Skills Unit & Lapbook with informational text, test, & more!} for teaching about basic map skills. Over 70 pages in the whole unit!
The
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3rd - 5th
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Animal Research: Animal, Ecology, Biome & Habitat Activity for Big Kids
Animal Research Activities for big kids tied to life science/ecology units! Includes 70 pages of guided notes to help support student understanding of ecology concepts through an animal of interest! Meets NGSS standards and ELA CCSS! This document includes the following:- Comprehensive Animal Research Note Sheets- Circle Schema Builder- KWL Chart- Can/Have/Are/Eat/Live Graphic Organizer- Informational Fact Graphic Organizers (Flower, Web, List)- Basic Biome Vocabulary (Words/Definitions)- Empty
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4th - 9th
Earth and Human Activity Complete NGSS Unit covering 5-ESS3!
⭐⭐ Now in print or Google Slides! ⭐⭐Complete NGSS aligned unit covering 5-ESS23! Print and go packet OR Google slides includes everything you need with very little prep and materials! Save yourself time while engaging your students in NGSS! Unit includes everything from daily warm-ups to differentiated unit tests and everything in between! Google Slides includes terminology, beautiful color pictures, and engaging daily warm-ups. Also included is a station activity in which students form small
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4th - 6th
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5-ESS3-1
Also included in: Earth Science Bundle Two Complete NGSS Units
Planet Research Packet | Pop Up Book Presentation Project
Planet research projects can be so exciting!! Are your students looking for a way to research their favorite planet or dwarf planet and present the information with facts about planets back to their classmates in a way that gives them creative freedom? This project has everything you need and more to help your students provide the best information about any planet they choose!This packet includes:Research Packet: 2 cover page choices, table of contents, 4 pages for recording notes, sketch a plan
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3rd - 5th
Dream Vacation - Travel Projects & PBL
Driving Question:How can you plan the perfect dream vacation?Description:Using a budget of $15,000, students create their dream vacation in this real world cross-curricular project. This project will require them to do internet research, allocate resources, calculate the cost of the trip, convert currencies, and learn the geography and climate of a new area. Core areas of reading, writing, and speaking and listening are covered, as well as calculations and presenting information in graphs and ma
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: PBL Bundle (Grade 5) - In Collaboration with A.J. Juliani - 26 Projects!
Simple Machines STEM Project Compound NGSS 3-5-ETS1 MS-ETS1
Newly updated as a digital PDF for home or distance learning, this FUN and ENGAGING NGSS Simple and Compound Machines STEM Engineering Project includes worksheets and challenges elementary or even middle school students to design and build a solution to a problem at school, at home, or anywhere else and adheres to the NGSS strand 3-5-ETS1 Engineering using simple machines. Simply print and assign or attach to Google Classroom (or whatever platform you use!) Be sure to check out my Home and Dista
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4th - 8th
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3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
Hello Universe Nonfiction Astronomy Readings & Activities
The materials in this resource will engage your students in an interdisciplinary study of the history of Astronomy and the constellations. The resources will help develop their background knowledge about these rich and complex subjects, which will allow them to thoughtfully engage with Hello, Universe. As they complete the readings and activities, they will also develop critical skills aligned to the Common Core State Standards. PLEASE NOTE: This SAME RESOURCE WITHOUT Hello, Universe novel conne
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Hello Universe Novel Study
Bird Adaptations Activity Bundle – Beak Lab + Animal Structures Reading Passages
Explore animal structures and functions with a project and a lab. Kids read about bird adaptations, answer questions, and create posters. They also experiment with beaks in a simulated environment. Your third, fourth, or fifth grade students will love these engaging interdisciplinary activities.Open the preview to take a closer look at the bundle.Bird Structures Reading Passages - Each student explores one of 27 bird structures. Kids access information on a corresponding website (or printable P
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 3-LS4-3
, 3-LS4-2
, 3-LS4-4
What Plants Need to Grow Complete Unit {Covers 5-LS1}
Complete NGSS aligned unit covering 5-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes. Print and go packet includes everything you need! Complete lesson plans included with clickable links!Now with Google Slides for Daily Warm-ups and Plant Needs student pages. This complete unit includes a variety of learning strategies, including:• Daily warm-ups with student work pages• Whole group plant growth investigation• Several activities and reading passages to support learning goals• Intere
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4th - 6th
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5-LS1-1
Also included in: 5th Grade Science Bundle
Rube Goldberg Machines - 11 day Cross-Curricular Unit
Rube Goldberg was an engineer-turned-cartoonist who is best known for his comics with ridiculous inventions. This action-packed, engaging, and rigorous unit includes 11 days worth of lessons where students learn about Rube Goldberg, create a comic, design and build a machine, and then create a video summary of their learning. These lessons are great for gifted/talented students!This download includes: 11 detailed lessonsDifferentiated student worksheetsDesign Brief TemplateAn video alternative f
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2nd - 5th
STEM & Bridges| The Narrows Bridge Failure
Explore a Real-World STEM Investigation with your students!Fix the Failure – The Tacoma Narrows Bridge*A fantastic STEM lesson for Grade 5-8* Combine reading, research, and engineering in a hands-on real-world investigation of an actual engineering failure. Provide a real-world investigation that explores the importance of perseverance and learning from failure. Your upper elementary and middle school students will:· Read and answer questions about an actual engineering event that was a failure
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5th - 8th
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MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Also included in: STEM & Real World Failures Bundle
Exploring Space Project Menu – Distance Learning
Exploring Space Choice Board – This culminating project can be used with any study of the Space. This is an easy and effective way to differentiate to meet the needs for ALL students in your class. (especially gifted and talented learners).
Students are asked to choose one out of eight possible project choices about Space. Each project requires students to do research using online and print sources, take notes using the provided graphic organizers, and create a well-made project. Students
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3rd - 6th
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Dog Research Packet | Book Cover Project
Research projects can be so exciting, especially when they are about Human's Best Friend - DOGS!! Are your students looking for a way to research their favorite dog and present the information back to their classmates in a way that gives them creative freedom? This project has everything you need and more to help your students provide the best information about any kind of dog they choose! This packet includes:Research Packet: 2 cover page choices, table of contents, 5 pages for recording note
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3rd - 6th
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4-LS1-1
, MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, 5-LS2-1
, 3-LS2-1
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Wonderful Worm Day!
This is one day your students will really remember! Wonderful Worm Day is a full day of wormy activities that teach your students all about earthworms, while meeting standards across the curriculum. Your students will enjoy reading about worms in both reading activities and research, doing a worm investigation, making and evaluating a poster and completing math activities. Students even get to make and eat dirt! Leveled activities are included for reading and math to meet differentiation needs.
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3rd - 5th
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4-LS1-1
, 5-LS2-1
, 3-LS1-1
Story Mapping with STEM: Integrating Science & SEL with Readers Theater
Engage your students with a unique lesson plan that combines storytelling, science concepts, and social-emotional learning (SEL). This comprehensive resource is designed for educators seeking creative ways to integrate science and SEL into their curriculum.The lesson features Readers Theater scripts and comic strips that focus on story elements and story mapping, with a special emphasis on diversity and acceptance. Based on the book Adam Baum: The Autistic Engineer, this resource explores themes
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Adam Baum: The Autistic Engineer Classroom Bundle
THOMAS EDISON ACTIVITIES: 3 Hands-On Biography Projects / Bulletin Board
EUREKA! YOU FOUND IT! A ready-to-go, time-saving discovery! Students will love researching and reporting on the life of Thomas Edison as they construct one of three different hands-on projects—an agamograph, a circle book, or a big galoot. Students can create all three projects, or you can add variety to the class’s reports by assigning different projects to different students. These projects make it easy to include art and hands-on learning in your classroom, and they make a vibrant bulletin bo
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3rd - 7th
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Dinosaur Unit | Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Engage your students with this fun, comprehensive, 127 page Dinosaur Unit. It contains passages, questions, and a wide variety of resources needed to teach a rigorous unit on dinosaurs. It includes CLOSE Reading nonfiction passages to help teach your students about dinosaurs (not familiar with CLOSE reading? It’s okay, we have instructions and anchor charts to help you incorporate it into your teaching).There are text dependent questions aligned with each passage, a set of vocabulary cards with
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Dinosaurs Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Report Bundle
A Complete Science Fair Project Workbook - Common Core Aligned!
I have used this packet in 4th and 6th grade. It is easily adaptable to grade levels 3rd - 6th.
This will take students step by step through the scientific process. The project is broken up into several checkpoints to ensure no child falls behind!
This is completely Common Core Aligned hitting standards in English Language Arts.
***This is zip file containing a word document and pdf file. The formatting on the word document most likely will not transfer to other computers but is included for
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3rd - 7th
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