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Leaves and Trees - Science for Little Learners (preschool, pre-k, & kinder)
Make learning about Trees and Leaves FUN and hands on in your classroom using this science unit made just for little learners! Use a small table or a small bookshelf to create an engaging science center full of hands on materials for students to explore and investigate using the included printables, vocabulary cards, book, anchor charts, and discovery pages (science journal pages)! Included is a read aloud book for circle time, anchor charts, and a suggested book list. There is even a half page
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten Complete Curriculum BUNDLE
Water Cycle Experiments Activities Craft Project Worksheets Vocabulary Cards
Save time planning for your water cycle unit with these hands-on experiments, craft project, vocabulary cards, and activities.You receive:• step by step instructions for 3 water cycle experiments• coordinating pages for each experiment that test students' understanding• links to digital Seesaw recording pages for easy tech integration• 2 sets of vocabulary cards (hand-drawn pictures & real photographs) for the following water cycle words - evaporation, collection, precipitation, condensation
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K - 3rd
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Plant Investigation Unit: All About Plants, Life Cycle and Needs
Come explore the world of plants with this investigative science unit! Your students will have the opportunity to explore this topic using: arts and crafts, printables, mini books, science explorations and so much more! This non-fiction pack includes:1. Recommended Book List2. Life Cycle of a Plant Poster3. Life Cycle Cards (clipart set and real photo set)4. Plant Life Cycle Mini Flip Book5. Finish the Plant Life Cycle Student Worksheet6. KWL Chart7. "Can, Have, Are" Graphic Organizer 8. Venn D
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Plants: Plant Life Cycle Print & Digital Activities BUNDLE
Category Sorting by Attributes, Size, Texture, Color, Shape, Weight Worksheets
Sorting by properties is a blast with these hands-on activities! This is a great resource to supplement your lessons in a fun and meaningful way. Your students will love to sort objects by categories such as size, weight, color, texture, thickness, and shape. Through sorting, color codes, cut-and-paste pages, and detailed graphics, students will have a blast identifying the various properties of objects. *You can grab this resource at a discount here: Bundle of Science ActivitiesIncluded in this
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PreK - 1st
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Plants Unit, Plant Life Cycle, Parts of a Plant, and Needs - Science Worksheets
This Plants unit is a perfect supplemental resource to use for teaching parts of a plant and plant needs. These science worksheets and reading passages cover topics such as parts of a plant, plant life cycle, plant needs, and more. There are different types of resources, too. There are reading comprehension passages about plants, graphic organizers, writing pages, cut and glue activities, and even a few fold-and-go mini books!Plant Topics covered include:General Plant InformationPlant PartsPlant
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1st - 3rd
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STEM Bins® Speed Builds STEM Activities (Morning Work, Early Finishers, Centers)
STEM Bins Speed Builds Activities are ideal for hands-on morning work, early finishers, enrichment, and team building. They are designed to supplement my original STEM Bins pack. Two different difficulty levels are provided: “Build it Flat” and “Build it Up” to accommodate a range of learning levels. "Build it Flat” cards are recommended for Pre-K-2nd Grade and "Build it Up” cards are recommended for advanced 1st Grade-5th Grade. There are 12 cards provided per difficulty level and 6 different
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PreK - 6th
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Force and Motion Pushes and Pulls (Books, Experiments, Activities, & Printables)
I created this set of resources and activities to use while I teach the Next Generation Science Standard Pushes & Pulls. This set was created with my kindergarten students in mind, but would definitely work for grades 1, 2, & 3 also. Here is what is included in the set.What Can I Push Activity ReaderWhat Can I pull Activity ReaderPush Bubble MapPull Bubble MapPush and Pull Bubble MapPush and Pull Picture SortPush and Pull Scavenger Hunt Recording SheetPush or Pull Venn DiagramCar Speed
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K - 1st
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Colors & Color Mixing - Science for Little Learners (preschool, pre-k, & kinder)
Make learning all about COLORS and CHANGE fun and hands on in your classroom! Use a small table or a small bookshelf to create an engaging science center full of hands on color and color mixing materials for students to explore and investigate using the included printables, vocabulary cards, book, anchor charts, and discovery pages (science journal pages)! Included is a read aloud book, Colors Change! for circle time, anchor charts, and a suggested book list. There is even a half page note you c
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten Complete Curriculum BUNDLE
STATES OF MATTER SCIENCE ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIMENTS, KINDER AND FIRST GRADE
Look no further for states of matter activities! This resource includes easy to follow lessons, exciting hands on experiments, and science notebook printables to guarantee a stress-free unit!Teaching learners about solids, liquids, and gases helps them develop a basic understanding of how matter behaves and interacts with its environment. Through engaging and interactive experiences, they can observe and manipulate different materials through each activity.Use the States of Matter song to intro
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K - 1st
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2-PS1-4
, 2-PS1-1
, 2-PS1-2
Ocean Animals | Crafts, Books, Pictures, Songs & More | Ocean Animals Theme
This ocean animals nonfiction mega unit, is a perfect addition to your ocean study. This ocean unit includes activities for 7 popular ocean animals. The animals included are sharks, whales, dolphins, crabs, sea turtles, jellyfish, and octopuses. You get 7 crafts (one for each animal), 7 emergent readers (one for each animal), bubble maps, can/have/are charts, flip books, fact writing, animal labeling, games, graphs, and so much more. You also get several real photographs with facts about the oce
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K - 2nd
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Halloween STEM Challenges & Activities BUNDLE - Pumpkin Catapult, Candy Towers
These Halloween themed STEM/STEAM activities are perfect to engage your elementary engineers in October! Three STEM challenges and one Bonus Brainbuilder are provided and can be completed as stations or in isolation.Check out my Video Tour and Demo of all components on YouTube below!LOW PREP HALLOWEEN STEM CHALLENGES VIDEOIncludes the following LOW PREP Halloween STEM Activities and Challenges:Pumpkin Catapult and 6 Pumpkin Catapult Games (Stations)Candy TowerSpider Web BridgeBonus Brainbuilder:
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K - 5th
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Plant Life Cycle
Plant Life Cycle This fun little interactive craftivity allows your students to reinforce their knowledge of the life cycle of a plant. Three different options are included: Version 1 has the students tracing a sentence and coloring the pictures. Version 2 has blank lines for students to write their own sentence and color the pictures. Version 3 has lines for writing their own sentence and space for them to draw their own picture. I’ve included some pictures and tips as well. This would look c
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Flip Book BUNDLE
End of the Year and Summer STEM Challenges & Activities - Roller Coaster BUNDLE
These End of the Year, Spring, and Summer themed STEM & STEAM activities are perfect to engage your elementary engineers in May and June! Three STEM activities and one Bonus Brainbuilder are provided and can be completed as stations or in isolation.Includes the following LOW PREP STEM Challenges and Activities:Roller CoasterStraw RocketWaterproof Critter HouseBonus Brainbuilder: Pool Noodle PartyIncludes the following components for EACH CHALLENGE:Detailed Lesson Plan with Standards, Supply
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K - 5th
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Solar System: Space Unit for Grades 1-3!
Take your students on a space adventure they will never forget! This solar system packet contains printables, crafts, hands-on activities and so much more! Included in this unit you will find:1. Recommended book list2. Word wall (3 pages)3. "Our Solar System" class book (in color; full pages) 4. "Our Solar System" mini book in black & white for students (Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)5. KWL Chart 6. "Describe a Planet" poster7. Fascinating Facts (Sun, Ear
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Solar System: Space Print & Digital Activities BUNDLE
Presidents Day and American Symbols Activities and Craft, US National Symbols
Are you looking for an engaging unit to teach American Symbols or President's Day? This unit is packed with social studies, math, literacy activities and crafts for a one or two-week unit on United States Symbols and US Presidents in your Kindergarten or first grade classroom.Over 100 pages of resources and activities. Included in this unit are: Nonfiction text with a page for each symbolEmergent reader of the symbols for kids to read and colorAmerican symbols book to label and write about th
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K - 1st
Weather Worksheets and Passages - Weather and Climate Activities, Tools, Severe
This weather worksheets and reading passages set is a perfect resource to use for your science lessons. It covers topics about weather, such as types of weather, climate, tools, disaster weather, and more. There are different types of resources, too. There are reading comprehension passages about weather, graphic organizers, writing pages, cut and glue activities, and even a few fold-and-go mini books! Weather Topics covered include:Weather (pleasant weather vs. disaster weather)Weather Instrume
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1st - 3rd
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Zoo Animal Unit with Informational Texts, Crafts, Close Reading Passages & More!
Looking for a comprehensive zoo animal unit for your kindergarten or first grade classroom? Check out this engaging standards based unit on zoo animals. Your students will love researching each animal and completing the done for you response pages and crafts. This unit is packed full of learning! This resource can be used with a Zoo/African Animals theme or as stand alone Reading & Writing lessons and activities. Included in this zoo unit are:What is a ZOO?Who takes care of the animals?
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K - 2nd
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Solar Eclipse 2024 Activities - Great American Total Solar Eclipse Lessons
Are you looking for a fun way to celebrate the 2024 Great American Solar Eclipse with your students? Look no further! This solar eclipse mini unit includes a variety of activities for you to use to teach your students about the Great American Total Solar Eclipse happening on April 8, 2024. What's Included in This Solar Eclipse Unit:Link (simulation of the eclipse where you live)Eclipse themed writing paperKWL ChartUpper Grades Vocabulary Cards with Definitions (for pocket chart or matching)Lower
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1st - 4th
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Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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K - 5th
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Creativity Challenges and Activities Morning Work, Brain Breaks, STEM Warm Up
Unlock creativity in your classroom! Finish the Picture!The goal of creativity challenges is to help students think in different ways. The ability to generate unique thoughts and ideas is known as divergent thinking. When students are thinking outside the box it results in creative solutions. In a creativity challenge, students are presented with a problem that they have to solve using their creativity. Typically these challenges are short lasting anywhere from 3-10 minutes. By implementing thes
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1st - 5th
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My Body & Teeth - Science for Little Learners (preschool, pre-k, & kinder)
Learn all about the body and teeth (aka dental health) through hands on explorations in your classroom! Use a small table or a small bookshelf to create an engaging science center full of hands on materials for students to explore and investigate using the included printables, vocabulary cards, book, anchor charts, and discovery pages (science journal pages)! Included are two read aloud books, Me and My Body and All About Teeth for circle time, anchor charts, and a suggested book list. There is
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten Complete Curriculum BUNDLE
Force and Motion Worksheets and Reading Passages - 2nd and 3rd Grade Activities
This force and motion unit comes with worksheets and reading passages to help your 2nd and 3rd grade students master the topic. They cover a variety of topics about force and motion, such as types of force, types of motions, cause and effects, and more. There are different types of resources, too. There are reading comprehension passages about force and motion, graphic organizers, writing pages, cut and glue activities, and even a few fold-and-go mini books!Topics covered include:Force and Motio
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1st - 3rd
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Human Body Systems Flip Book
My Human Body Systems Flip Book is the perfect place for students to record information they learn about the human body. There are three flip book options to best meet your students' needs. Option 1: Each page contains a labeled diagram of a body system, along with short text about the system with blanks for students to fill in. Option 2: Each page contains an unlabeled diagram for students to complete, as well short text about the system with blanks for students to fill in. Option 3: Each pag
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Human Body Systems Book Bundle
Space and Solar System Activities, Worksheets and Passages, Outer Space, Planets
This space unit is a perfect worksheet set to use for 2nd and 3rd grade activities for the solar system and outer space. Topics in the worksheets and passages cover space, solar system, lunar and solar eclipses, the planets, the inner and outer solar systems, the sun, moon, and stars, asteroids, astronauts, and more. There are different types of resources, too. There are reading comprehension passages about space, graphic organizers, writing pages, cut and glue activities, and even a few fold-an
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1st - 3rd
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