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3rd grade science Common Core 5.MD.C.3 resources
STEM Oil Spill Challenge - Earth Day STEM Activity
Oil Spill STEM Activity - Great for Earth Day! Learn about the effects of an oil spill on the environment through a hands-on engineering challenge! The goal of this challenge is to clean up all of the oil from the feathers and from the water in the time provided. Students will work in teams to devise a plan to get the oil spill cleaned up in a specified time of work. Distance learning update: Activity has been updated to accommodate distance learning including instructions on creating a material
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Grades:
2nd - 9th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ESS3-3
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Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Back to School STEM Activities and Challenges
Back to School STEM Challenges Bundle is a packet of activities your students will love as they problem solve and think critically! These activities will engage your students as they unleash their imagination. Connecting important skills such as collecting data, making observations, and measurement skills will help you seamlessly add STEM to your current curriculum. These activities can also be used for STEM Fridays, STEAM Activities, Maker Spaces, Tinkering Labs, or After School Clubs. These
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Build a Model House STEAM Activity-Measure Area, Perimeter, Volume and More!
Turn your classroom into a construction zone with this fun STEM measurement project! Measure length, width, height, area, perimeter, and volume using both standard and metric units. Video tutorials are included for self-directed or teacher-directed learning!This product includes the following:Teacher Materials:• 3rd Grade Common Core State Standards (those used in project) Overview with "I CAN" Statements• 4th Grade Common Core State Standards (those used in project) Overview with "I CAN" Statem
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3rd - 5th
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Pumpkin Investigation - Math & Science Activities
Make celebrating fall and Halloween season in your classroom meaningful and engaging while incorporating math and science skills with a Pumpkin Investigation with math and science activities. This Pumpkin Investigation resource provides all that you’ll need to have a Pumpkin Math & Science Day in your classroom! All you need to add are the pumpkins. Your students will have fun while getting hands-on with a pumpkin to measure volume, weight, and height, observe and compare physical properti
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 3-LS1-1
Volume Zoo - Math Activity and Animal Research Project
With this activity, your students will be able to combine their creativity with their Math and research skills! Challenge your students to create their own animal out of boxes and find the total volume of their creations. My students were engaged the entire time, and they learned so much about math, teamwork, and problem solving!_____________________________________________________________________________________________________Included in this product:-Volume Zoo Planning Page-Calculation pag
STEM Spring Challenges! (Spring Break & Easter Activities)
Keep students motivated with the One Week Spring STEM Challenge! This activity is perfect to keep students learning during Spring Break or Easter holidays. This calendar is based on our popular Summer and Winter Break Activity Calendars. Activities are straightforward and accessible to students of all levels with little or no supplies needed. Activities provide hands-on learning that will ignite students’ curiosity in exploring the world around us. The daily activities will incorporate math conc
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Calendar Bundle
Science Safety, Measurement, & Tools 5-E Google Slides Lesson
Science Safety, Measurement, & Tools 5-E Slides Lesson is a digital 5-E style lesson via Google Slides. It includes videos, teaching content, questioning, a drag and drop activity, matching activity, a measurement activity, and link to a quizlet study resource. Teacher SuggestionsRemote Learning:Can be uploaded and completed independently be students via any online platform. Students should be assigned the slide as an individual copy, or instructed to create their own copy (like how you will
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Safety, Tools, & Measurement Interactive Slides Lesson & Test
Science Vocabulary 5th Grade
This Science Vocabulary TEKS product includes 10 Interactive Technology Based Vocabulary Reviews, 5 sets of digital vocabulary flashcards, PLUS the entire year SCIENCE review, which can be used throughout yearly instruction. The product is linked to highly engaging games that I created. The vocabulary is the most challenging of the science curriculum, especially the metric measurement and physical science. Click here for a snippet of the first review. I have taught science for twenty-five years
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: STAAR Science Vocabulary Grade 5 Bundle
One Stop Shop Science Stations- Science Tools
Lesson Plans are based on the Constructivist Theory (students construct their own understanding of the world through hands-on experiences and reflecting. The teacher serves as a facilitator and creates new understandings through coaching, moderating, suggesting and questioning. These lessons will enable students to:
• be active participants in the learning process
• construct knowledge from experience
• learn through personal interpretation of the world
• problem solve
• use authentic tasks, ex
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Pumpkin Investigation Worksheet and Process - Science and Math
This pumpkin investigation aligns with science, math, and writing opportunities for grades three through five, if students are prepped accordingly. Students need to be in the mindset of scientists and serious observers or mathematicians. If you are in an are where pumpkins are a main crop, it is beneficial to connect it to your local economics, as well. This cross curricular, hands-on opportunity allows for parent or other staff volunteers and a small group setting for investigation. Included in
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
STEM Activities - Forces STEM Challenge for Creating and Designing a Boat
This STEM Challenge can be used to cover a wide range of objectives. Students will research boat designs and use prior knowledge on sinking/floating to guide their learning. Using aluminum foil, students will design and build a boat that must hold at least 0.5 pounds! Use this STEM activity resource in the classroom or for distance or online learning. Included:- Teaching Slides- Teacher guidelines - Student Workbook The student workbook lays out the design process and guides your students thr
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Grades:
1st - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: STEM Activities & STEM Challenge Bundle with 5 Challenges!!
Math STEM Activities | Math Tub
This STEM tub provides extensions to the upper elementary math standards. Students will be asked to build models of items that demonstrate math concepts such as perimeter, area, fractions, polygons, measurement, and time. You can extend students' learning by using the written reflection pages that are included. Watch students' engagement soar as they build models to demonstrate their understanding of their math standards!What's Included?*6 different STEM Tub Labels (6 in color, 6 in black &am
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Weather Predicting Predicting Snow Winter Snowfall - Digital Distance Learning
Includes both Digital & Printable versions. Make every snowfall fun with this Snowfall Predictions activity. Lessons combine science, math, writing, and a friendly class competition EVERY time it snows for the 2022-2023 season! Students will become meteorologists by predicting snowfall for the city they live in (nearest big city, or choose a city if you live in an area that does not receive snow). Living in the mid-west we get our fair share of snow and I created these activities to make eve
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Computer Technology Curriculum Complete Unit Google Lessons 4th Grade
STEAM Tales: Stories, Lessons & Provocations: Elementary Grade
STEAMTales: Stories & Provocations offers jumpstarts for media center maker stations or short investigations for elementary and middle grades. S.T.E.A.M. Tales stands alone, but the activities are best used with the S.T.E.A.M. Tales: Collected Stories to Inspire Elementary Engineering DesignIncludes:Digital Download PDF File46 Activity ProvocationsPrintable Student Logbook Design PagesTeacher IntroductionStation Signs
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Grades:
K - 5th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 5-ESS3-1
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Science - Quantitative and Qualitative Observation Worksheet
This worksheet is designed to help students differentiate between qualitative and quantitative observations. There is a place to record the qualitative observations that students make using the five senses as well as a place to record the quantitative observations using more formal data. Students are also asked to record what tool was used to gather the quantitative data. This is a great activity for students first learning about scientific inquiry and practicing how to make observations and gat
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Hot Chocolate Science Labs Student lesson plan and data sheet
This lesson helps celebrate the winter season with cups of hot chocolate as the many experiment. Students will be able to observe, taste, and collect data as they work with this season's favorite drink. Students will be discussing, timing, measuring, observing, and writing about hot chocolate in 2 labs.
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
4-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-1
, 4-PS3-2
Inquiry Lava Lamp Experiment
Inquiry learning is the best way to teach Math and Science! In this lesson students will go through the 5 E's of inquiry learning all while practicing math skills of Volume, Mass, and Density. They will have so much fun making a Lava Lamp to help explain why certain liquids are more or less dense than others!This product includes Student work pages, detailed Teacher lesson plan outline, Materials List, and Extension links.
STEM Ship a Chip!
This is a STEM oriented activity called Ship a Chip where students get to be engineers and think about product design, packaging design, and customer support. This activity can be extended or reduced based on time and group needs. Typically it takes around 2 class periods for 2nd-5th grades but would also be great for older grades. This has a short teacher guide and also a double sided student worksheet. With older students I like to add in more math but with younger grades we focus on the measu
Christmas Design Challenge: Gingerbread House
Looking for an engaging project to keep your students with you until the very last minute before Christmas break?!? Try this design challenge! Using a digital newsletter, students work through 5 phases, including research, design testing, and building a cardboard gingerbread house. They are required to use NGSS science and engineering practices as well as a volume. After purchasing this project, the digital newsletter file you will need is linked on page 2 of the PDF file. I share the activity w
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
Conversion Charts Colored Copy
Colorful Customary/Metric Unit Conversion Charts
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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GRANDMA'S KITCHEN MEASUREMENT CHEAT SHEETS
THIS IS A DIGITAL PRODUCT!YOU MAY PRINT THIS ITEM AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT.www.teatimetutoring63.com**LIKE & FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM & ETSY FOR MORE EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS!!**@teatimetutoring63--->DROP A REVIEW; WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! Digital MEASUREMENT CHEAT SHEETS:Our unique Grandma's Kitchen cheat sheet will be the help your student needs to complete homework, classwork, and study "Measurement Units" lessons. (The cheat sheets are awesome to post on the wall and a
Grades:
1st - 5th
NASA's OSIRIS-REx Models - STEAM Guide (Free)
ACCESS WITH OUR HANDY ONLINE LEADER PORTAL! Enjoy this engaging program with our easy-to-use online tools. Learners experience what it means to be part of a NASA mission team while designing a kinetic scale model of the OSIRIS-REx mission. Launched in 2016, OSIRIS-REx will travel to the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, take a sample of its surface and return it home! During this exciting activity, teams make an origami-type spacecraft model, including a movable lever arm, solar arrays and sample retur
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Alternate Measurement Scavenger Hunt Activity
Students locate objects around their home or in the classroom and record the measurements of the object in two different ways. Can be used as a homework assignment or a group activity in the classroom. Completely editable to fit your students needs.
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
intooba construction kits for Engineering/STEM/Math - K-6
intooba construction kits are designed for hands-on collaborative group work by students in K-6. Our large kits are supported by a common core linked K-6 Math curriculum, and two Engineering student manuals (K-3) and (4-6). Our Engineering manuals have over 24 challenging building exercises, each with several levels of complexity. Please contact us to buy our 372 piece classroom manipulative kits for Math/Engineering/STEM K-6. Each large kit good for 12-15 students working in groups of 3 or 4:
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Grades:
K - 6th
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