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General science resources for parents
Science Fair - Everything you need to Sponsor Science Fair Projects
Science Fair Guide, Contracts, and Rubrics - I have sponsored over a thousand science fair projects and taken middle school students as far as the National Level in Science Fair (Broadcom Masters, Lemelson Award, 2019). THIS is the guide I give my students and their parents. Directions on how to complete a science fair project - accurate and to the point, written at a middle school level. What to expect, things to think about, tips, hints, and pep talks.Rather than answering a bagillion question
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Life Science Bundle
Send Home Family Project STEM Activities - Take Home STEM Challenges in a Baggie
Looking for a fun way to engage families at home? Send home these STEM challenges in a baggie to keep your students entertained with their families. Each challenge starts with a cleverly written riddle that doubles as the directions for the STEM challenge. Simply copy the poem and add the easy-to-find supplies into a small baggie. You can send home one baggie a month OR use these activities in your classroom, too! With easy-to-find supplies like toothpicks, marshmallows, sticky notes, alumin
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K - 5th
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Playdough mat, Actions
This colourful placemat has realistic playdough images that will inspire, teach and encourage children to learn and discover actions and shapes.
Print this colourful playdough mat and laminate it.
Simply add some playdough and let your children copy, make and identify different shapes and actions.
This playdough mat will help children develop fine motor skills, learn the names of shapes and actions.
This playdough mat will promote curiosity, imagination and provide opportunities for children to
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PreK - 1st
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Animal Fact Sheets
When I first began work on these I wanted to an informative and comprehensive document with easy to read facts that could reach younger children. These are great if you can laminate them. Put them up in your science section, or combine them when you read some books (Brown Bear by Eric Carle would be a great combo!)Included: Bear, Whale, Giraffe, Gorilla,Lion, Elephant,Cheetah, Tiger,Gray Wolf, Harp Seal, Sloth, Zebra, Chipmunk, Beaver and Howler MonkeyUpdate: I have added in some charts:1. Compa
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PreK - 2nd
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1-LS1-2
, 2-LS4-1
, K-ESS3-2
Virginia Fourth Grade Science SOL Parent Guides
Want to help your students' parents and guardians better understand the Virginia science standards? These child- and parent-friendly guides break down the big ideas in each Virginia fourth grade science SOL and offer options to extend student learning. These also serve as a handy quick-reference guide for teachers!8 parent guides are included for the 4th grade 2018 Science SOLs. (Need this for the 2010 standards? Please leave me a Q&A.)For each SOL, I've included:a short blurb about the stan
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4th - 5th
Also included in: Mega 4th and 5th Grade Science SOL Review Bundle
Science, Stem and Technology Fair Certificates
Enclosed is a set of certificates for participants of the Science, Stem and Science & Technology Fair. The set includes a participant certificate and honorable mention as well as certificates for 1st through 6th place winners. You get certificates for: Stem Fair, Science Fair, and Science & Technology Fair for each. They are fillable, just click to type in the included text boxes. Fill, print and present! It's that simple...you will be able to use again and again. Make sure you hav
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Not Grade Specific
NGSS Back to School Open House or Curriculum Night Google Slides Editable
If you're looking for the perfect way to explain the Next Generation Science Standards NGSS to parents on Back to School Night, Meet the Teacher, or during Open House or Curriculum Night, then this is the Google Slides/PowerPoint slideshow presentation for you! It is composed of 15 completely EDITABLE slides with a gray themed background and images relevant to the topics discussed. There are links embedded into the slides for smooth and professional transitions between slides! A link is provided
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
First Day Back to School Science Welcome Letter and EDITABLE Syllabus
This is a Back to School EDITABLE Science Welcome Letter and Syllabus I made for the first day of school for my upper elementary and middle school students and parents. It can be edited to fit your needs, rules, procedures, and even subject! It includes cute clip art and a student information page that the parents fill out and return for the teacher! It’s a huge time saver especially for new teachers!Also, check out my editable NGSS Back to School or Open House Slideshow which is sure to impres
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4th - 9th
Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
Creative Curriculum "Learning at Home" Work Journal: PETS
Do your students love to draw and color and be creative?? As a prekindergarten teacher, I always want my students to write, draw, or color every day so that their hand muscles can continue to develop! I created this work journal as a way to do that while supporting the daily Creative Curriculum lessons. Each of the 28 pages was designed to support the 28 days of instruction for the "Pets" study. The pages tie into the books that are read each day or the small group activity. They may even connec
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PreK - K
Virginia Fifth Grade Science SOL Parent Guides
Want to help your students' parents and guardians better understand the Virginia science standards? These child- and parent-friendly guides break down the big ideas in each Virginia fifth grade science SOL and offer options to extend student learning. These also serve as a handy quick-reference guide for teachers!9 parent guides are included for the 5th grade 2018 Science SOLs.For each SOL, I've included:a short blurb about the standardkey questionskey vocabularyrecommended resources (including
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5th
Also included in: Mega 4th and 5th Grade Science SOL Review Bundle
Animals in winter. Hibernation, migration, adaptation montessori materials
Winter months are cold. There is snow everywhere. What do animals do, while people reside in warm houses?Some animals sleep all winter. This sleep is called hibernation. So do frogs, snakes, bears and even some bugs.Other animals stay active in winter. They have to adopt to live and find food.Some birds, animals and insects migrate south for the wintertime. We call this migration.Try this sorting animals in winter game to teach your kids and students about hibernation, adaptation and migration.P
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Sorting activities and games BUNDLE
At Home STEM Challenges Homeschool - Activities Google Classroom - 50% off
At Home STEM Challenges | Remote Learning STEM | Distance Learning {Print & Digital}**Now includes Google Slides Version! There are 6 At-Home STEM Challenges in this pack. Each STEM Challenge has photo examples, a list of materials needed, prediction section, brainstorming section, trials 1, 2, & 3, final results section with drawings, and a reflection section.This resource has science, technology, engineering, and measurement activities to do with upper elementary kids that will reall
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3rd - 8th
SCIENCE: Jack & the Beanstalk Science Fair Experiment (Plants)
This is an absolute blast to do!
My 9 year old daughter and I designed it for her science fair and it was a huge hit, but at the same time, I was teaching fairytales, so I used it as a class experiment and wow! We had SO MUCH FUN with this! There's lots of choice involved, as far as bean planting goes. There is a learning journal, a line graph to show growth and a table/bar graph to show rate of growth. You can not go wrong with this project- I even include a mock up of the tri-fold board!
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1st - 6th
Wind Vane
Use this template to have your students make their own wind vane. They will have a blast putting the wind vane together and learning about wind measuring.
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2nd - 6th
Cladograms Worksheet Using Common Ancestors and Evolutionary Traits
Directions: Use the cladogram below to answer the questions on the backside of this worksheet
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5th - 10th
Science Fair Parent Handbook
This Parent Handbook is a great resource to assist families at your school with their child's Science Fair project. This parent guide is especially helpful for the lower elementary grade parents who may be unfamiliar with the different elements required. There is an editable cover for you to include your school or class name and the parent letter has an editable dates.
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K - 4th
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Magnetic tiles buildings plans. STEM hands-on activity. Spatial thinking.
Engaging STEM activity for children 5 to 10 years old.- 10 buildings in total - 3 projections for each building: front, back and top!- Different levels of difficultySpatial thinking involves visualizing, interpreting, and reasoning using object located in space. Ability to visualize and imagine 3D objects is one of the important features of full-brain thinking. This set of visual tasks is called to develop and improve spatial thinking.Try to build a magnetic tiles building following the Front, B
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K - 5th
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Biology Syllabus Brochure Editable Template | High School Science Back To School
Perfect for high school teachers, get this professional and eye-catching biology syllabus brochure template to impress your parents and students.This Biology syllabus brochure template with Meet the Teacher is great for back to school and providing your students with clear classroom policies in a fun and refreshing manner. This is an editable PowerPoint document with pre-filled text that you can easily edit to reflect your teacher profile. Instructions for editing are included in the document. T
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7th - 12th
STEM Baggies Marshmallow and Toothpick Towers - September Family Project
Encourage a love of STEM by using these fun poems with your marshmallow and toothpick STEM challenge! Send these take home science baggies with students and motivate families to complete the challenge. Looking for an entire year worth of STEM challenges in a bag? Find them HERE! I place these STEM baggies on each student desk during Meet the Teacher. I encourage my new students to go home and practice with their family before we do the challenge in class. You could also send them home at Open Ho
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K - 6th
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Make A...Mat
If you LOVED the Actions Mat, here is the next mat you need!!This colourful placemat has realistic playdough images that will inspire, teach and encourage children to identify different concepts.Print this colourful playdough mat and laminate it.Simply add some playdough and let your children get creative. Copy, make and play.This playdough mat will help children learn a variety of different concepts. It will promote curiosity, imagination and provide opportunities for children to learn throu
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PreK - 1st
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Editable Science Fair Parent Letter
Science Fair Letter to Parents - Set the right expectations with parents with a letter introducing the Science Fair / STEM Fair. A sample letter is included that you can edit and make your own or just use as stationery. Let them know how much support you would like them to give their child. Let them know what your students may be doing at school and what they may need to do at home. Letter created in PowerPoint.
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Complete Science Fair *Growing Bundle*
5th Grade Georgia Milestones & Standards booklet
5th Grade Science Georgia Milestones BookletQuick and fun review for 5th grade! This resource is an all in one review of every science standard in Georgia for 5th grade. Depth of knowledge questions, open ended questions and application skills all included. Task cards are spilt up by content area (bold below) and a set of mixed review is included as well! I personally use as a resource for parents. Before the content is taught, I send the booklet home to give parents/guardians information on con
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5th
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Also included in: Georgia 5th Grade Milestones BUNDLE
All About Snails PowerPoint Presentation
Children love to learn about animals and insects!
This PowerPoint slide show is all about snails. The slideshow includes many photographs, the life cycle of snails, their appearance, habitat, diet and other interesting facts. The slideshow is created to meet students' on their level so they can explore on their own. But, that doesn't mean you can't teach from it. Your students will love to see all the vivid photographs of snails. They will be fascinated with the facts. Also, if you have visitor
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PreK - 2nd
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Science and Kids Yoga Curriculum Bundle
Kids love to learn about the world around them. Topics like plants, space, weather, and the elements tie so well into yoga themes. How can we plant seeds in our lives? How does our internal weather (moods) change the world around us? When and where can we find space in our bodies and lives?Each week presents a theme with a science focus along with a social-emotional component.
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K - 7th
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