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Science independent work packets for GATE under $5
STEM Bins® Seasonal Task Cards - STEM Activities (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer)
The following task cards are designed to accompany my STEM Bins® , found at the following link:★STEM BINSNOW INCLUDES A SPANISH AND FRENCH VERSION!!!This is a HUGE pack of 162 additional task cards for STEM Bins®! Students can use a STEM Bin® with a building material of their choice to construct as many seasonal structures as possible.Includes the following themes:Pages 3-8: Task Card Box Covers (recommended for 4x6 photo cases)Pages 9-10: Back to School StructuresPages 11-12: Fall/Halloween/Tha
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PreK - 5th
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Halloween STEM Activity - Bone Bridge® - Halloween STEM Challenge
The Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM activity is collaborative, brain-busting work disguised as fun! This STEM challenge goes beyond Halloween. Connect it to your science lessons on skeletal system, bridges/transportation, and/or forces (specific ideas provided in the resource). The basic idea: Students work in partners or groups against a list of criteria and constraints to build a bridge for length, strength, or capacity using simple materials. This is the first resource from Bone Bridge® STEM Ch
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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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Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless
Earth Day ELA Activities Word Search Crossword Environmental Science Worksheets
You will download an Earth Day ELA activities packet for your 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, and 7th grade students to practice environmental science vocabulary words. The fun Earth Day ELA activities include a word search, crossword puzzle, word scramble, writing definitions and matching, and crack the code worksheets. You will also receive a bonus crossword puzzle with a different word bank for easy differentiation. These Earth Day ELA activities work well for your environmental science earl
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4th - 6th
If I Built a House READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge End of the Year Activity 3D Shapes
Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom at the End of the School Year!Teach students everything they need to build a house using 2D Shapes and 3D Shapes! Your students will love designing, building, testing, and writing about their very own house!Connect to a Read Aloud: If I Built a House by Chris Van DusenThis STEM Project is a companion activity to If I Built A House by Chris Van Dusen. The book explores all the elements needed for an amazing house!Take students through the ST
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Grades:
1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Punnett Square Practice Worksheets - Digital or Print
Scaffold students understanding of Punnett squares with these three worksheets that build off of one another. Each new page adds another layer of understanding and critical thinking. These three worksheets will help your students practice Punnett squares in the classroom or in a distance learning setting. Each page is separated in PDF and Google format and ready for you to distribute to your students! Keys are included! Need help teaching Punnett squares before your students practice? Check out
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Grades:
6th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-LS3-2
Also included in: Genetics Unit & Heredity Bundle For Middle School - Digital and Print
Goldilocks STEM Activity - Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM Design a Bed
Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM: Design a New Bed for Goldilocks! What do you get when you combine fairy tales and STEM? A fun, hands-on STEM tale! This fairy tale with a twist guides students through the engineering design process to create a new bed for Goldilocks. The storybook can be read aloud together. Students will complete it as they work through the STEM activity.⚙️ The STEM Activity ⚙️Your students will help Baby Bear build Goldilocks a new bed of her own! In this story, there is a
Grades:
K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Back to School STEM Activities Team Builders and Icebreakers Elementary & Up
Team building activities and icebreakers are perfect for the first week of school in STEM! Not only will your students instantly engage in these hands-on challenges, they will begin to build your classroom community. Your students will need to work in teams throughout the year, and the best way to set the foundation for that is with fun, engaging, and brain-stretching STEM challenges.✅ What You'll Get ✅This resource includes ice breaker challenges / activities: ✨✨✨ 3 STEM team building activitie
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2nd - 7th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Activities and Challenges for K-2 - Whole Year Bundle
Classification Lab on Dichotomous Keys - Classification of Living Things
In this dichotomous key classification lab activity, students will rotate through stations using 3 different dichotomous keys in order to classify 27 different invertebrates and vertebrates. As students become masters of classification keys, they will have fun exploring the classification of living things. All pictures and diagrams needed for the activity are included.Both printable and digital versions of this resource are included. The student handouts can be printed or used in the paperless d
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Grades:
7th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-LS4-2
Also included in: Classification of Living Things Unit Bundle Kingdoms Cladograms
Protein Synthesis Translation Activity
This activity is designed to help our students master the concepts of transcription and translation. The details of these concepts are very difficult for many of our students. This activity provides a visual method of teaching students how the information stored in DNA produces traits and characteristics in living organisms. Using a DNA template, students will transcribe mRNA, and translate the information to create a “mystery organism.” Choose to use the traditional printable version, or the p
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Grades:
9th - 12th
CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-LS3-1
, MS-LS3-1
Also included in: DNA, RNA, Protein Synthesis Bundle
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel End of the Year READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge
Integrate STEM in your classroom at the End of the School Year!Learn about the World's Fair and how Mr. Ferris built the first Ferris Wheel! Your students will love designing, building, testing, and writing about their very own Ferris Wheel!Connect to a Read Aloud: Mr. Ferris and His WheelThis STEM Project is a companion activity to Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Davis. The book explores the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and how Ferris built his first wheel.Take students through the STEM Proces
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Fossils Reading Comprehension Passages Paired 3rd 4th 5th Grade ELA Test Prep
Reading comprehension passages and questions about fossils like these will engage and help build comprehension skills and help them learn science content, too! Each reading comprehension passage includes close reading activities that require students to return to the text to find the answers.Close reading anchor charts are also included to help your students understand the text more deeply.Included are 3, high-interest two-page articles on the same topic to help your students understand how diff
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
3-LS4-1
Fairy Tale and Nursery Rhyme STEM Activities
Students will be delighted and challenged to complete these 8 different Fairy Tale and Nursery Rhyme themed STEM activities! These are perfect for students to work on whole group, in a small group, or even as a fun and engaging move on activity! This pack includes STEAM activities from:♦ The Three Pigs - House Building Challenge♦ The Three Pigs - Huff and Puff Challenge ♦ The Three Billy Goats Gruff - Bridge Building Challenge ♦ Little Miss Muffet - Spider Web Building Challenge♦ Jack Be Nimbl
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PreK - 1st
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Population Ecology Lab Simulation - Modeling Population Growth
This guided inquiry graphing activity (both printable and digital) involves the student in a study of the growth rate of a rabbit population. The student assumes the role of a scientist to determine the birth rate, mortality rate, growth rate, and total population size of the rabbit population over a 20 year period. The data is plotted on a graph where the student will clearly see the initial exponential growth of the population followed by logistic growth. The activity will reinforce the conce
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Grades:
8th - 12th
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
, HS-LS2-1
, HS-LS2-2
Also included in: Population Ecology Bundle
Scientific Method Homework Worksheets
This printable or digital worksheet on the steps of the scientific method is packed with problem solving and critical thinking examples and problems. Questions cover hypothesis, control and experimental groups, independent and dependent variables. In given scenarios, students will identify the independent and dependent variables. There are questions of varying difficulty levels, ranging from simple to complex. The student will do more than just list the steps of the scientific method. Student w
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Science Skills Bundle: Metrics, Measurement, Scientific Method, Graphing
Project Based Learning: To the Rainforest! (PBL) For Print & Google Classroom
Project Based Learning: Discovery in the Rainforest! This project based learning (PBL) activity joins together Science, Math, ELA, Social Studies, and Technology.This project integrates elements of science, math, ELA, social studies, ELA, and technology into a student-made product. It will combine student imagination, creativity, and problem solving skills as they travel through a rainforest.There are 15 activities (1 page for each) for students to complete. Each page involves a problem or id
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2nd - 6th
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Halloween STEM Activity - Bat Wings Wanted Halloween STEM Challenge
This Halloween STEM activity will keep your kids engaged & learning! Not doing Halloween activities this year? No problem! Just add this to a science unit on bats, life science, the physics of flight, or as a supplement to Stellaluna.Basic Premise:In this Halloween STEM challenge activity, students design and engineer a new set of bat wings, with the goal being to achieve maximum flight distance and/or accuracy. You can even throw in style points, if you like! It's a paper airplane challenge
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless
STEM Challenges for use with LEGO® or Building Blocks:120 Task Cards/Journal
Hands-on activities with building blocks challenges for the win! Engage and motivate kids on the daily basis! Use for morning tubs, recess bins, STEAM/STEM time, and at-home or distance learning! Your students will be begging for more!Enjoy 120 engaging and motivating building blocks STEAM/STEM challenge task cards that promote critical thinking skills! There are 120 exciting challenges, each on their own card, in black and white for easy printing. Pick and choose the challenges you and your stu
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2nd - 5th
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STEM Bins® Pool Noodle Speed Builds: End of the Year and Summer STEM Activities
These End of the Year and Summer STEM Bins Activity cards are compatible with Pool Noodle pieces and toothpicks. Prior to completing these challenges, the teacher will need to use a serrated knife to cut pool noodles into circular slices, halves, and fourths. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE POOL NOODLESWith Pool Noodle STEM Bins Speed Builds, 1-2 students complete leveled puzzle STEM challenges!These STEM Activities are ideal for hands-on morning work, early finishers, enrichment, and team building at
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PreK - 6th
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Leap Year 2024 STEM Activities | Leap Day Jumping Paper Frog STEM Challenge
It is Leap Year once again and your teacher life just got a little busier with Leap Day activities you need to plan. Use Leap Day STEM activities to cover standards and give your students super fun Leap Year activities they will love. This ready to go Leap Year 2024 STEM Activities Leap Day Jumping Paper Frog STEM Challenge is just what you need to keep your 2nd through 5th grade students engaged and excited for learning during Leap Day.Challenge your students with an exciting Leap Year STEM cha
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Leap Year 2024 | Leap Day Activities BUNDLE
Roller Coaster STEM Challenge (End of the Year STEM Activity) - Summer
***SAVE BIG WITH THE END OF THE YEAR STEM BUNDLE!***This low prep, End of the Year and Summer themed STEM/STEAM activity is perfect to engage your elementary engineers in May! With a focus on force and motion, this activity is always a fun way to end the school year.Includes the following components for ROLLER COASTER STEM ACTIVITY:Detailed Lesson Plan with Standards, Supply Checklist, and Suggested Read AloudsDigital Google Slides Notebook for Paperless Recording and Interactive DisplaysKey Vis
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Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Dichotomous Classification Key Activity
This printable or digital resource is a classification key to a "crazy" animal kingdom of cartoon animals and is perfect for the younger scientists! The simple pictures and key are designed for students learning to use a dichotomous key for the first time. Students are given pictures of some mixed up "animals" and will use the key to find out the name of the animal. There are follow up and analysis questions. Finally, students will write and construct their own classification key to classify
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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Also included in: Classification of Living Things Unit Bundle Kingdoms Cladograms
Cladogram Activity - Classification of Living things
This printable or digital problem solving activity teaches students how to build a cladogram and reinforces the important concepts of cladistics to your biology or life science students in grades 8-12. I use this activity when teaching my unit on classification and taxonomy, but it would also be appropriate to use during your lessons on evolution and natural selection. Both printable and digital versions of this resource are included. The student handouts can be printed or used in the paperless
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Grades:
8th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-2
Also included in: Classification of Living Things Unit Bundle Kingdoms Cladograms
Human Body Systems Science Crossword Puzzle Skeletal Digestive Nervous 5th Grade
You will receive one human body systems crossword puzzle packet for your 5th grade, 6th grade, or 7th grade science students to research and review the muscular, skeletal, digestive, respiratory, immune, lymphatic, integumentary, circulatory, nervous, endocrine, urinary, and reproductive system. This human body systems worksheets packet includes:vocabulary word bankword scramblematching definitionscrack the codeword searchcrossword 1A on one pagecrossword 1B on two pagescrossword 2 on one pagean
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Everything You Need for a Treehouse READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your 1st Grade through 5th Grade classroom, makerspace, STEM Club, and library!Learn everything you need to build a treehouse! Your students will love designing, building, testing, and writing about their very own treehouse!Connect to a Read Aloud: Everything You Need for a TreehouseThis STEM Project is a companion activity to Everything You Need for a Treehouse by Carter Higgins. The book explores all the elements needed for an amazing treehouse!Take stu
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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