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2nd grade earth sciences grant proposals for GATE
Weather STEM Activity | Spring STEM | Natural Disasters STEM Challenge Activity
If you’re looking to apply learning in weather, climate, natural disasters, natural resources & more, this STEM / STEAM challenge is a perfectly engaging way to get the job done joyfully!The basic idea: Students work individually or in partners/groups against a list of criteria and constraints to create a shelter to defend against 3+ types of weather and/or disasters.This challenge was developed as part of the Planetopia Project, but it can be used as a stand-alone challenge as well.Note: Th
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Weather Hazard STEM
Natural Disaster STEM - Oh no! The weather is forecasting high winds! The family needs a safe place to stay. Build a shelter for the family that will withstand the wind. It will be tested with a hairdryer, so make it strong! Students must stick to a budget and use the available materials to build a shelter. The family must fit inside.
This STEM focuses on lessening the impact of natural disasters on humans with engineering. It meets NGSS Standards.
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Also included in: Natural Disasters STEM
Cloud Types Worksheets with STEM / STEAM Activities Weather Science
Are you learning about weather systems and types of clouds? Explore cirrus, cumulus, and stratus clouds, then create a cumulus zoo with a fun STEM or STEAM project.Materials needed for the STEM challenge:Cotton balls and pipe cleaners✅ What You'll Get ✅Informational text (The Water Cycle, Introduction to Clouds, Types of Clouds)Follow up activity (3 options)STEM activity (Cumulus Zoo) - includes samples, recording page, and display pageInstructions on using the digital resource, with examples (1
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Activities and Challenges for K-2 - Whole Year Bundle
Weather Hazard STEM: Flooding
Flood Barrier STEM - Oh no! The weather forecast is for heavy flooding in the area. You need to build a flood barrier or flood resistant shelter to keep the family safe! This STEM challenge is designed to encourage creative problem solving. Students must design a shelter with the available supplies that is resistant to flooding while sticking to a budget. The shelter will be tested with water in a pan to see if the design was effective as a flood barrier. This STEM is perfect for areas aff
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Also included in: Natural Disasters STEM
Bird Feeder STEM
This engineering STEM challenge will encourage creative problem solving while developing math skills and teaching students about the needs of birds in the environment. It would be perfect for a winter STEM, Earth Day STEM, Animals in Winter STEM, or a Recycling STEM. This STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards.
Oh no! The birds in the area have lost some plants and trees due to development. They need help with their food supply! Your student engineers need to design a bird feeder fro
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Grades:
K - 6th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Geography Lessons and Activities | Critical and Creative Thinking BUNDLE
If you're looking for fabulous lesson plans about many aspects of geography, this bundle is for you! They're the perfect way to build geography skills, critical thinking skills, and creativity skills, all at once! You'll love the super high quality graphics, original articles, and the super clear teacher instructions for every single lesson.Ten different lessons/activities are included, and all of them align with National Geography Standards. Every resource has more than one activity, so this is
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Grades:
2nd - 9th
Fossils STEM Challenge | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities
Engage your students like never before with this Fossils STEM Challenge! Your students will use real-life math, reading, and writing skills in this earth and space science STEM activity. Your students will plan and perform a fossil dig while following the steps of the Engineering Design Process. PLEASE CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED!The work is done for you. Simply print the NO PREP pages and let your students’ imaginations run wild! This resource includes:STEM Challenge Guide for
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities Bundle
Bottle Ecosystem Design Project
Engage your students with this step-by-step Bottle Ecosystem Design Project.
Teach it!
Lesson plans will guide you through scaffolding students with classroom friendly fact sheets that will motivate students to infer as they decide what type of habitat will meet the needs of the insect they select.
Plan it!
Students will now begin the design process and draft samples of their bottle ecosystem. Collaboration with peers will ensure students are familiar with giving and receiving feedback to re
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2nd - 5th
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Slime STEM
Slime STEM Challenge- Oh no! The Ocean Slime (algae blooms) are growing too fast! All of that ocean slime is harmful to the marine life. We need the help of your students to build an ocean slime scoop that can successfully scoop up the slime. This slime stem challenge combines the love of playing with slime with solving a real-life science problem. Included are a variety of recipes for making slime with your students (or you can choose to just purchase some slime in advance). The students w
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Types of Rocks STEM Challenge | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities
Engage your students like never before with this Rock Designer STEM Challenge! Your students will use real-life math, reading, and writing skills in this earth and space science STEM activity. Your students will plan and design an igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary rock while following the steps of the Engineering Design Process.PLEASE CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED!The work is done for you. Simply print the NO PREP pages and let your students’ imaginations run wild! This resourc
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities Bundle
Night Lights, Bright Lights: Aurora Borealis
Brighten up your curriculum with this nonfiction Common Core aligned science and literacy unit involving the aurora borealis. The nonfiction reader gives an in depth explanation of how and why auroras form. Students are challenged to apply, infer, and compare/contrast their knowledge of auroras. The science experiment included is sure to "light up" the smiles on your students' faces! Your students can also apply creative processes as they write a legend about how auroras developed (correlated
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Logic Puzzles Outer Space Science
Extend your outer space - astronomy lesson plans with these three (3) table logic puzzles.Geared for 3rd and 4th grade students with an interest in outer space, these logic puzzle brainteasers are a fun way to boost learning and explore more about:Lunar LandingSpace ProbesEarly Rocketry DevelopmentWe've taken critical thinking activities to a whole new level by integrating content-area facts with fun brain teasers. Whether you need a time filler, a homework assignment, an activity for an early f
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2nd - 5th
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Landforms, Bodies of Water, Natural Resources and How People Use Them
EXPLORING PLACES!! This PowerPoint presentation shows 42 slides with very descriptive pictures of Landforms: canyon, volcano, mountains, cave, desert, plateau, valley, plain, hill, and island. Bodies of Water: River, Lake, pond, ocean, coast, waterfall, and glacierNatural Resources: Oil, water, trees, mines, wind, and soil. Uses of natural resources: to build highways, buildings, airports, stadiums, bridges, amusement parks, swimming pools, gardens, etc.At the end of the presentation, the pict
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Grades:
K - 4th
Also included in: BODIES OF WATER, LANDFORMS, AND, NATURAL RESOURCES BUNDLE
Building STEM Challenge | Earthquake | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities
Engage your students like never before with this Earthquake STEM Challenge! Your students will use real-life math, reading, and writing skills in this earth and space science STEM activity. Students will work together to plan and design a tall building that can withstand an “earthquake,” while following the steps of the Engineering Design Process.PLEASE CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED!The work is done for you. Simply print the NO PREP pages and let your students’ imaginations run wi
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities Bundle
RESOURCES, HOW PEOPLE MODIFY THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - PROS and CONS
This PowerPoint presentation shows 36 slides with very descriptive photographs of Natural Resources and how people modify the environment and use them.The presentation begins by introducing natural resources and gradually shows how people modify the environment, clearing land, building roads and houses, using land for agriculture irrigating crops, drilling for oil, mining, building dams, airports, shopping malls, highways, dams, stadiums, bridges, amusement parks, aquariums, among others.The sl
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Paper Rocket STEM Challenge | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities
Engage your students like never before with this Paper Rocket STEM Challenge! Your students will use real-life math, reading, and writing skills in this earth and space science STEM activity. Students will work together to plan and design a paper rocket while following the steps of the engineering design process.PLEASE CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED!The work is done for you. Simply print the NO PREP pages and let your students’ imaginations run wild! This resource includes:STEM Cha
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities Bundle
Extreme Weather Activities | Coloring Pages and Posters - Safety Tips
Engaging educational resource designed to help teachers educate their students about different types of extreme weather while promoting safety awareness.Informative and Fun: This resource includes a variety of coloring pages and posters that depict various extreme weather conditions such as blizzards, floods, hurricanes, and more. These visually appealing activities will captivate students' interest while providing valuable knowledge.Safety First: Each page and poster is accompanied by age-appro
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Solar Power Suncatcher STEM Challenge | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities
Engage your students like never before with this Suncatcher STEM Challenge! Your students will use real-life math, reading, and writing skills in this earth and space science STEM activity. Your students will plan and design a suncatcher that can control a beam of light while following the steps of the Engineering Design Process. A DIGITAL version of this activity is also included! PLEASE CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED!The work is done for you. Simply print the NO PREP pages and le
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities Bundle
2nd Grade Into Science Unit 3 Earth's Surface BUNDLE
This product is aligned to the 2nd grade Into Science Curriculum Unit 3 Earth's Surface. The set includes true and false, fill in the blanks, short answer, multiple choice and vocabulary worksheets. This product includes all lessons and concepts uncovered in Unit 3 Earth's Surface. It is intended for classroom use to help scaffold the content and provide more practice and assessment on material covered in the Into Science content. The answer key for each sheet is included.
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Grades:
2nd
STEM Challenges | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities Bundle
Engage your students like never before with this Earth and Space Science STEM Challenge Bundle! Your students will use real-life math, reading, and writing skills in this earth and space science STEM activities. Your students will follow the steps of the engineering design process to create a rocket, night-light, tall building, a rock, a compass, a windsock, an art print, a sun catcher, and so much more. → SAVE 20% BY PURCHASING THE BUNDLE! PLEASE CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED!The
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Dinosaur Google Slides Virtual Bitmoji Classroom Editable Choice Board Menu
Dinosaur Paleontology Google Slides Virtual Bitmoji Classroom with Choice Board Menu is a perfect resource to engage your students. An excellent resource for Elementary Gifted Classrooms (2nd-5th) or Regular Classrooms (2nd-8th).Fully editable, low prep Google Slide template with clickable picture links serves as a Choice Board Menu for to students to easily find interactive resources and lessons. Works seamlessly with Canvas for Virtual Learning, Distance Learning, or as an Early Finisher Activ
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Rock Investigations Graphic Organizers Freebie
Have your students bring a rock to class to investigate. They will draw their rock and describe its properties. Then introduce then to the rock cycle with the Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic foldable. They will write descriptions of the different types of rocks and draw examples. Great first introduction to rocks.
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K - 2nd
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Summer Tropical Bright Google Slides Virtual Bitmoji Classroom Choice Board Menu
Summer Tropical Bright Google Slides Virtual Bitmoji Classroom with Choice Board Menu is a perfect resource to engage your students. An excellent resource for Elementary Gifted Classrooms (2nd-5th) or Regular Classrooms (2nd-8th).Fully editable, low prep Google Slide template with clickable picture links serves as a Choice Board Menu for to students to easily find interactive resources and lessons. Works seamlessly with Canvas for Virtual Learning, Distance Learning, or as an Early Finisher Acti
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Grant Proposal
Grant Proposal: Grant Proposal for Earth Science - "Down to Earth: Using a GPS to Explore Earth Science"-
Would you love to write a grant for your elementary classroom but just can’t seem to get started? This winning proposal may be just what you need to jumpstart your ability to plan, write, and carry-out an innovative teaching grant. All types of learners in grades 2-5 will get excited about observing, discovering, and understanding key concepts related to Earth Science when they engage in
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Grades:
2nd - 5th, Staff
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