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5th grade Back to School physical science simulations
Marshmallow Team Building: A Back to School Activity for First Day of School
Whether you’re headed back to school or starting a new unit, this team building exercise will get kids engaged and excited about being in your classroom. The Marshmallow Team Building exercise helps teachers establish a classroom atmosphere of teamwork and sets the tone for a fun, high energy class!Here's what you need: a whole lotta marshmallows, a box of toothpicks, and some Clorox wipes! :-) Set your classroom up for the first day so that students are working in teams to build eight differ
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5th - 12th, Staff
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PhET States of Matter Basics Activity Guide / Distance Learning
PhET States of Matter: Basics ACTIVITY GUIDE Now includes both printable PDF and Google Slides versions! The PhET: States of Matter Basics Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation on States of Matter. Students will examine the motion of atoms and molecules of various substances in their solid, liquid, and gas state. Your students will hit the ground running without the need for a lengthy introduction from you. Just print the activity guide or share from your G
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5th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-PS1-4
, MS-PS1-2
, MS-PS1-3
, MS-PS1-1
Also included in: PhET Activity Guides Chemistry BUNDLE / Distance Learning
Middle School Escape Room | Middle School Transition Lesson
Are your kids nervous about starting middle school? Do they have questions about what's going to be different, how hard it is or how they can make new friends? This Escape To Middle School is a fun transition activity for students starting middle school that will help them feel more at ease with the transition headed their way. Students will explore the differences between elementary school and middle school and look at ways to find success as a student in their new building.●●● To begin the
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Middle School Transition Bundle | Transition to Middle School
Desert Island Team Building, Cooperative Learning Challenge
Your students will love this game! They are required to work together in teams and make important decisions to help them survive on and escape from a Desert Island.Perfect for developing Critical Thinking, Cooperative Learning and Team Building.Students earn points based on the decisions they make and one team will leave the island as the victors. This resources comes with a comprehensive teacher guide, a full lesson on PowerPoint and an island map. You don't need to do a thing!!This would be g
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4th - 9th
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Scientific Processes: Case of the Missing Cookie Forensic Science Unit
The Case of the Missing Cookie walks students through the steps of the scientific process in order to solve a mystery! This resource is a 1-2 week mystery simulation, which can be used to teach science process skills, review the nature of science and practice team building skills. Students will help you find the thief through fingerprint analysis, handwriting analysis, and more!This resource is low prep, just print and copy; and minimal set-up (just a few materials). You can use this resource tw
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3rd - 5th
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PhET Build an Atom activity guide
Now includes both printable PDF and Google Slides versions!The PhET:Building an Atom Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation on Building an Atom. Students will experiment with adding protons, neutrons, and electrons to an atomic model to create atoms of different elements. Your students will hit the ground running without the need for a lengthy introduction from you. Just print the activity guide or share from your Google Drive. Students can watch the intro
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5th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-PS1-1
Also included in: PhET Activity Guides Chemistry BUNDLE / Distance Learning
GRAPES Design a Civilization Activity | Ancient History Social Studies Project
Teach the GRAPES of Civilization in your classroom with this creative activity that tasks students with designing their very own unique civilization! This resource contains printable project worksheets in color and black and white versions. Organizer worksheets feature each of the G.R.A.P.E.S. of Civilization: Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economics, and Social Structure. Civilizations can be rooted in the real world, or fantasy! Will your students declare themselves emperor of th
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: GRAPES Ancient Civilizations Resource Activities Value Unit Bundle
PhET Reactants, Products, and Leftovers Activity Guide / Distance Learning
Now includes both printable PDF and Google Slides versions!The PhET: Reactants, Products, and Leftovers Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation on Reactants, Products, and Leftovers. First, students will experiment with building sandwiches to see how the number of ingredients determines the number of sandwiches they can make. Then, students use the same concept to predict Reactants, Products, and Leftovers and to identify Limiting Reactants in chemical reactio
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5th - 11th
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NGSS:
MS-PS1-2
, MS-PS1-1
Also included in: PhET Activity Guides Chemistry BUNDLE / Distance Learning
PhET Build a Molecule activity guide
Now in both printable PDF and Google Slides formats! The PhET: Build a Molecule Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation on Build a Molecule. Students will experiment with combining atoms of different elements to discover new molecules. Your students will hit the ground running without the need for a lengthy introduction from you. Just print the activity guide or share from your Google Drive. Students can watch the intro video and away they go. The best p
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-PS1-1
Also included in: PhET Activity Guides Chemistry BUNDLE / Distance Learning
PhET Projectile Motion activity guide
The PhET:Projectile Motion Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation on Projectile Motion. Students learn how the motion of a projectile is affected by changes in the initial height, initial speed, cannon angle, and other variables with or without the affects of wind resistance. This activity guide follows closely with the newest (HTML5) version of the PhET Projectile Motion simulation. Your students will hit the ground running without the need for a lengthy in
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5th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-PS2-2
Also included in: PhET Activity Guide Physics Bundle
Ancient History Reader's Theater Skit Bundle
Engage your students in opportunities to actively engage with the content you're teaching through skits related to Ancient History! Topics include Early Humans, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient China and the Mayans of Mesoamerica.This bundle includes all of the Ancient History skits available in my shop. Each skit includes parts for multiple students and five discussion questions that you can use to foster class discussions or use as writing promp
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5th - 8th
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4th Grade Science Light and Sound (NGSS Aligned)
This comprehensive unit introduces students to wave energy in the form of light and sound. The unit begins with lessons relating to waves. Many hands on opportunities help students develop a strong understanding of necessary concepts. This unit was designed to address several standards in the NGSS fourth grade curriculum: 4-PS3-2, 4-PS4-1, 4-PS4-2, and 4-LS1-2. This unit is appropriate for grades 3-5If you are looking for a digital version of this product click here.Here's a list of all th
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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4-PS4-2
, 4-LS1-2
, 4-PS4-1
, 4-PS4-3
Also included in: Custom Bundle: Ohio 5th Grade Science
PhET Energy Skate Park Basics Activity Guide
The PhET: Energy Skate Park Basics Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation “Energy Skate Park Basics”. Students will discover the relationship between Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy, and Speed and how a skater’s motion is effected by changes in Mass and Friction. Then, students can apply what they have learned by designing their own track that will perform in a predictable way. The activity guide takes students through the 3 parts of the simulation: Intro,
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5th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-3
, MS-PS3-1
Also included in: PhET Activity Guide Physics Bundle
Force and Motion Science Lab Activities: NASCAR Class Transformation
Are you looking for a fun way to teach about force and motion? Do your students struggle expressing the relationship between force, mass, and motion? This set of science activities will have your students understating the relationship through fun racing science activities. These fun simulation brings real life experience into the classroom making students immediately vested and ready to learn about force and motion. I have designed the lab activities in this classroom transformation to engage st
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Math and Science Lab Classroom Transformations
PhET Activity Guides Chemistry BUNDLE / Distance Learning
Now includes printable PDF, Google Slides, and TPT Easel versions!The PhET Chemistry Activity Guides are used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulations. All activity guides are in PDF and Google Slides formats and include an answer key and a Getting Started Guide for teachers.Your students will hit the ground running without the need for a lengthy introduction from you. Just print the activity guide or share from your Google Drive. Students can watch the intro videos and away they go
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5th - 10th
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Investigate Newton's 2nd Law of Motion with PHET Collision virtual lab model
Students investigate Newton's Second Law of Motion using a computer model from the University of Colorado PHET. This simulation allows students to change the mass of objects that collide. This activity can be used as an activator to build knowledge for concepts in physics, physical science, momentum, forces, and F=MA. Students write an open response, using a claim - evidence - reasoning (CER) template. This is an editable .rtf file. You can upload it to Google Docs and share it through Google Cl
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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PhET Energy Forms and Changes Activity Guide
The PhET: Energy Forms and Changes Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation “Energy Forms and Changes”. Students will discover the different forms of energy and how they can change from one form into another within a system, specifically:how energy will flow when objects are heated or cooledhow energy can change from one form of energy into anotherhow energy is conserved within a systemto predict how energy will change as it moves from one part of a system to a
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5th - 10th
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HS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-3
, HS-PS3-3
Also included in: PhET Activity Guide Physics Bundle
Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Stations Student Workbook
*This workbook is designed to go along with the "Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Stations" that's FREE!Dowloading my FREE "Weatering, Erosion, and Deposition Stations" will keep your students MOVING! Designed to fit in one class period, your students will build on what they have been taught in the classroom concerning weathering, erosion, and deposition. This is a great way to reinforce material in your Earth Science classroom, or a great way to review for state standards assessments. You ca
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4th - 9th
Back to School REVERSE Escape Room: Candy Land-Inspired Break IN to ANY Class!
The only thing sweeter than summer break? Knowing that you’ve got a game-changing activity in store for the first days back. Kick your new school year off with a REVERSE escape room -- which is *SO. MUCH. BETTER.* than the traditional approach of “hi! Now let’s waste 40 minutes reading the syllabus" and “Let’s Do Some Super Awkward Icebreakers!” approach to a traditional course introduction. Introduce course routines, cool tech tools, and classroom procedures to start your class year off with a
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5th - 12th
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Force & Motion- Marshmallow Shooters Experiment
This is a very fun experiment your students will love when learning about force and motion!
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3rd - 8th
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Stranded: Island survival icebreaker/team-building
Thieving monkeys. Angry ghosts. And there's SOMETHING in the jungle. Can YOU survive the island until help arrives?Many students have played the classic critical thinking game in which they prioritize a list of items to survive on a remote tropical island. But there's two major drawbacks of this original version. First, most of these games reward a clear preference for certain items ("What do you mean you didn't take the compass?"). Second, the game basically ends as soon as the students m
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Virtual Circuits Inquiry Lab - Phet resource
This inquiry lab takes students through the process of building different types of circuits in the Phet Circuit Construction Kit: DC only. Students will build series and parallel circuits and explore the differences between them. They will also be able to explore their own circuits and there is an extension for building a series-parallel circuit as well.UPDATE FEB 1, 2022 - NOW WITH ANSWER KEY! If you have previously purchased this resource, I have finally gotten around to adding the answer key.
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Grades:
5th - 10th
NGSS:
HS-PS2-5
, 3-PS2-3
, MS-PS2-3
, MS-PS2-5
PhET Balancing Chemical Equations Activity Guide
Now includes both printable PDF and Google Slides versions!The PhET: Balancing Chemical Equations Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation on Balancing Chemical Equations. First, students will view a short introductory video. Then, they will use the simulator to balance three basic chemical equations; Make Ammonia, Separate Water, and Combust Methane.Your students will hit the ground running without the need for a lengthy introduction from you. Just print the a
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Grades:
5th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-PS1-5
Also included in: PhET Activity Guides Chemistry BUNDLE / Distance Learning
PhET Forces and Motion Webquest
Access a free PhET simulation and allow students to work independently in discovering the effects of forces on objects.
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5th - 8th
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