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Elementary physical science guided reading books for GATE
5 STEM Activities Desert Island STEM Challenge Bridge Catapult Raft Hut STEAM
If your students enjoy doing STEM or STEAM activities, they will LOVE this set of 5 fully-planned out challenges! All five themed STEM challenges center around the story of a shipwrecked traveler stranded on a deserted island. After watching an introductory “movie trailer” and hearing the story of the shipwreck, students will read five of the traveler's diary entries. Each entry will challenge them to design and build something to help him survive and get back to civilization!These STEM challeng
Grades:
4th - 7th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
STEM Activities Pioneer Challenge Science Bundle Set of 5 STEM Projects
This is a set of 5 STEM challenges centered around the story of a pioneer family. After hearing about their travels west during the Land Rush of 1889, students will read about different parts of the journey. Each one will challenge them to design something to help the family build their new life.Includes 5 different STEM projects:Thirsty Travelers: Design A Water FilterHome Sweet Home: Construct A CabinWhose Territory?: Build A TowerBath Time: Solar Water HeaterDigging A Well: Design A Rock Move
Grades:
4th - 7th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-PS3-4
, 4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
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Fun Winter STEM Activities Projects Science Parachute Tower Snowball Shooter
This set of winter STEM challenges are centered around the story of a group of stranded arctic explorers who need your students' help to survive!Begin by showing students the "movie trailer" (preview video) to build interest. After hearing the story of the failed expedition, students will read 5 diary entries. Each one presents a problem to solve and will challenge them to design something to help the group make it back to base camp.Includes 5 separate winter STEM challenges:Arctic Architect: Co
Grades:
4th - 7th
Space STEM STEAM Activities 5 Challenges Straw Balloon Rocket Parachute Bridge
This is a set of 5 space-themed STEM challenges centered around the story of a group of scientists who must travel to Jupiter to save mankind. After watching the introductory “movie trailer” and hearing the opening storyline, students will read 5 of the team's travel log entries. Each one will challenge them to design something to help them survive and save the humans back on Earth.STEM Challenges in this set:• 3-2-1 Blastoff: Design a Rocket• Touchdown: Build an Orbiter Landing Device• Don’t Lo
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Force & Motion STEM Activity BUNDLE 15 Projects + STEM Rubric Space Rome
States of Matter Game Show Properties of Matter, Solids Liquids and Gases Review
This NO PREP States of Matter Jeopardy™ Style PowerPoint Game Show is a fun and engaging way for students in 1st grade and 2nd grade review their understanding of solids, liquids, and gasses. It's perfect for test prep and pre-assessment both in person and on ZOOM. The categories for questions include Vocabulary, States of Matter, Properties of Matter, Name That State of Matter, and Which One Doesn't Belong?⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS GAME WILL WORK ON YOUR COMPUTER BEFORE YOU BUY? Downloa
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
What's the Matter Root Beer Float Experiment Science Reader Kindergarten & First
Want a fun way to teach your scientists about matter? Try this memorable science experiment with your class and make root beer floats!You are receiving a reader to help facilitate talks & discussions about matter….specifically the forms of liquid, solid and gas!Simply bring in some ice cream (solid) and root beer (liquid) and watch the "reaction" of the two when put together in a cup. Your students are sure to love this!This resource is for a 10 page reader which contains key vocabulary:soli
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Grades:
K - 1st
Table-top Mini Golf: STEAM Engineering and Design for Elementary GATE
In From Putt-putt to Pebble Beach--Table-top Mini Golf, students will design and construct a playable table-top sized miniature golf course using the engineering design process. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning. The result is a classroom filled
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Natural Disasters STEM
Weather Hazard STEM Bundle - Oh no! The family bought property near a fault line and needs an earthquake resistant home. The weather forecast is for dangerously high winds. The family needs a safe place to go. The city is building an observation tower that will be susceptible to lightning and needs a lightning rod. A heavy flood is coming and the house needs a flood barrier. All of these problems need your young student engineers to solve them! This STEM bundle meets many different NGSS s
Grades:
1st - 5th
Force and Motion: Push & Pull Science Interactive Reader Kindergarten & First
Teaching push and pull forces to Kindergarten or First Grade students? Need a little reader to help facilitate talks? Grab this interactive reader to help teach this concept.This resource includes two versions of the same reader: A black & white version, so students can color it. A colored version for teachers to project and read aloud. ...use both readers or just one! Students will interact with the book by identifying the force on each page and writing in the word push or pull to complete
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Grades:
K - 1st
Ancient Rome STEM Team Building Activities Set of 5 STEM Projects
This is a set of 5 different activities centered around the story of a slave living in ancient Rome. After hearing the opening storyline, students will read 5 of the slave's diary entries. Each one will challenge them to design something that will help him earn his freedom and become a Roman citizen.STEM Challenges in this pack:Road Trip: Design a TrunkFood for Thought: Create a Fishing NetCatch a Breeze: Windmill ChallengeNow We're Cooking: Construct a Solar OvenWater, Water Everywhere: Build a
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Force & Motion STEM Activity BUNDLE 15 Projects + STEM Rubric Space Rome
What is Matter? Mini Book (States of Matter/Water Cycle)
Text in this book:
Matter is all around us.
Everything on Earth is made of matter.
Matter can be a solid, liquid, or a gas.
A solid has its very own shape.
The particles are close together.
A liquid takes the shape of what it is in.
The tiny particles are spread out.
A gas takes the shape of what it is in and moves freely.
The tiny particles are spread out.
Water is a solid when it is frozen.
Water is a liquid when it is at the right temperature.
When water is heated, it turns into water vapor
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Grades:
K - 2nd
STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
115+ hours of class time, 374 pages. This collection is big and includes big savings--42% off individual purchases of some. Pretty much everything in the Portable Gifted and Talented store is rated 4.0, but take a couple minutes to peruse the comments for these individual units. I think you’ll like what you see.Designed for two purposes:A curriculum for Middle School STEAM classes with an engineering focus. Or . . .Upper Elementary GATE – Very Challenging!These units are big, fairly comprehe
Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
Halloween Science Activity Experiment Dissolving Candy Corn
Which liquids will dissolve candy corn? Try it and find out! This science experiment has been provided with differentiated and editable options so that you can use the experiment that works best for your students.There are two ways to do this experiment: find out which liquids will dissolve candy corn, or which dissolve candy corn the fastest. This requires students to record data from a stopwatch or timer, which is a great way to practice those measurement skills.✅ What You'll Get ✅Teacher inst
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Grades:
K - 5th
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NGSS:
2-PS1-2
Also included in: Candy Corn Science and Fall STEM Activities
Da Vinci Parachute Prototypes -- Hands-on STEM
In this lesson, students solve geometry problems and learn background physics concepts as they build a working model of Leonardo Da Vinci’s parachute. Logic, critical thinking, a bit of Renaissance history, writing and supporting conclusions with details from a source—it’s all here too!
Make this extended lesson a cross-curricular, standards-based mini-unit, or just make it a cool building activity. Pick and choose the level of commitment right for you and your students. With the suggested e
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 8th
Egg Drop STEM PBL Engineering Science Lab - 3rd - 6th Grade
"You all know the story of Humpty Dumpty and his epic fall. What you don’t know is that even though the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty back together, the FBI was able to. That is how Humpty Dumpty became a secret agent..."
Engage your students with this STEM/PBL engineering science lab to help design a device that will assist Agent Dumpty in surviving a jump from a second story window on his next case. Working in collaborative groups students will assess the problem, design a plan, crea
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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A Whole Lot of Shaking Going On! STEM Engineering Earthquake Lab (Marshmallows)
Dear Educator,
It’s time to bring some fun to your classroom during your unit on earthquakes! Your students will love this STEM project where they have to build an earthquake resistant building. There are many ways you can use this project – group lab, individual projects, or a culminating unit activity.
This product contains the student lab manual and teacher materials to conduct this experiment in your classroom. Students must design a structure, test their design, note their observations of
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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30 Minute Science Lab Activities | Hands-On Experiment Bundle | Reading Passages
Enjoy hands-on lab activities designed to be conducted in 30 minutes. Save time and money with simple supplies and low prep set-up. Included reading passages tie it all together after the lab. Bundle and Save and get all new additions at no extra cost. This is the perfect start for Back-To-School Science and for all year.Each Lab IncludesBackground Information and VocabularyHands-on Experiment PageReading Passage with QuestionsAnswer KeyStudents will engage in a hands-on exploration, conducting
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Physical Changes in Matter States of Matter 2nd Grade Chaning States of Matter
Solids, Liquids, Gases, and Temperature: Physical Changes in Matter reader for second grade explains the impact of temperature on states of matter. Children often hear terms that don't have meaning for them. Giving them a better understanding of what causes physical changes in matter will help them to understand the concept better. Optional extension activities were created for vocabulary focus and asking and answering questions about nonfiction text. These pages can be eliminated, and the flue
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Living And Nonliving Things Game Show Grades 1 And 2
This INTERACTIVE Living and Nonliving Things PowerPoint Game Show has 1st and 2nd graders review and classify Living and Nonliving Things. The categories for questions include Characteristics, Living or Nonliving? Which One Doesn't Belong? Once Living? and Mixed Bag. Featuring sound effects, a self-scoring scoreboard and 25 questions plus an optional challenge question, this Living and Nonliving Things game show is perfect for test prep and review. It can also be used at the beginning of a study
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
Science Nonfiction Decodable Readers & Reading Comprehension Passages K-2 BUNDLE
Finding good nonfiction decodable readers and science passages that align with the Next Gen Science Standards AND include reading comprehension questions is hard! These nonfiction decodable texts make it easier. Have K-2 students learn about science while practicing decoding skills and answering comprehension questions with this set of nonfiction decodable texts and readers.WHAT ARE DECODABLE SCIENCE READERS?These science passages and booklets are not only written on a kindergarten decoding lev
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Types:
NGSS:
K-PS3-1
, 1-ESS1-1
, 1-LS1-2
, K-ESS2-1
, 2-LS4-1
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States of Matter - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Do your students struggle with scientific literacy? Do you find yourself at a loss for how to promote vocabulary retention? Are waning attention spans becoming a larger and larger problem in your classroom from year to year? If you answered yes to any of those questions then this resource is for you. I believe that teaching literacy is the job of every teacher, not just the heroes in English and Language Arts. And the only way we can help our students improve is by modeling and giving them chanc
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-PS1-2
Also included in: Physical Science Reading Comprehension Bundle
K-1st Science : How Objects Move
This K-1st Science Unit about how objects move is a wonderful and easy way to reinforce ELA skills into your distance learning, and science time, and contains:❶ A 6 page predictable reader about how objects move.❷ A video of the book with text being read aloud, so your students can do a shared reading of the book before buddy reading or independently reading it.❸ Vocabulary cards with real life pictures to include in your science word bank during this unit of study❹ An interactive notebook activ
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Grades:
K - 1st
Also included in: Kindergarten Science Lessons for the Year
Force and Motion: Push & Pull Science Reader Force & Motion Kindergarten & First
Teaching about force and motion during science time? Need a reader to help facilitate talks with your students about push and pull? This reader includes things that are pushed and pulled "all around town!"You receive both the backline & color version. The reader is 10 pages long.Students will look at the example (illustration) and identify whether it is a pull or a push force. Students will then write in the word to compete the sentence.If you like this, please check my TPT store for other "
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 1st
STEM Activities The Great Stone Age STEM Challenge 5 Themed Projects
This is a set of 5 different STEM challenges centered around the story of a clan of prehistoric humans living during the stone age. After hearing the opening storyline, students will read 5 diary entries, each written from the perspective of a different clan member. Each one will challenge them to design something that will help the clan survive on their journey to find a new cave.STEM challenges included in this pack:The Medicine Woman: Design a Digging ToolThe Gatherer: Weave a BasketThe Hunte
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Force & Motion STEM Activity BUNDLE 15 Projects + STEM Rubric Space Rome
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