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Biology resources for GATE
Human Body Systems STEAM Project - Giant 3D Body Model
Explore the wonders of the human body through this immersive and educational resource - Human Body Systems STEAM Project - Giant 3D Body Model. This captivating STEAM project not only engages students in hands-on exploration, but also provides an in-depth understanding of human anatomy and body systems. Perfect for science classrooms and anatomy lessons, this project seamlessly integrates Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) principles for a well-rounded and enriching learning
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-3
, HS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-4
, MS-LS4-2
, HS-LS1-3
Also included in: Human Body Models Bundle
Animal Facts Comprehension and Close Read Passages
Looking for non-fiction passages for your kids to read? These passages are just what you are looking for! They are filled with interesting facts about each animal.
Use them as close reading passages or as reading comprehension activities- or both!
The animals covered are:
Elephants
Giraffes
Gorillas
Giant Pandas
Cheetahs
Rhinoceros
Octopus
Orcas
Tigers
Hammerhead Sharks
Kangaroos
Each reading passage contains a real photo of the animal along with facts about the animal. There are two diffe
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Grades:
1st - 6th
DNA Extraction from Strawberries
This Power Point slide show provides a visual for my 5th grade gifted students as they follow the procedures for extracting DNA from strawberries. The entire DNA Extraction lesson, created by Irene Salter, is available at My Science Box: http://www.mysciencebox.org/DNAextraction. I took photographs of each step and have found that it has greatly helped my students and me as we work through each step of the experiment. Every year, I am amazed by the results!If you're looking for resources to u
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Grades:
5th - 8th
May Independent Work Packet - Spring Early or Fast Finishers, Sub Plans
Eight no-prep spring activities provide hours of engaging independent work. They're great for early or fast finishers, including gifted and talented students. You can even use them as your May sub plans! Fourth or fifth grade students engage in content on a themed website and respond in their packets, which may be printed, accessed as forced Google Slides, or shared as Easel Activities. What’s Included in the Website & Packet:This month's theme is plants and growing things.Informational Text
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Grades:
4th - 5th
DNA Bracelets
This lesson takes two class periods of around 50 minutes. I use this in my gifted and talented class to teach about DNA base pairs in through hands on learning. Students learn about the 4 bases of DNA and will make a 3D model, which can be worn as a bracelet. They will pick a living organism and develop a key (bead colors to represent bases) in order to make their bracelet. Once they make the first part of the bracelet from the DNA code they are given they will then match the bases with the pair
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
Human Body Systems STEM Project
Learn the systems of the human body while building a 3D human body model with lift-the-flap organs! This human body systems project teaches students where organs are located within the human body. The finished model sits up by itself on the edge of a table or chair—super cute! Students enjoy coloring their model, inside and out.Included in this resource:ready-to-print template for a 15in. tall human body model with 15 internal organsfully-illustrated, step-by-step instructions PLUS a link to a v
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-LS1-7
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-4
Also included in: Human Body Models Bundle
BIG Eyeball Model + Dissection (with Eye Anatomy Diagrams & Vocabulary Key)
BIG Eyeball Model + Dissection features large parts that are easy to cut out and assemble. With easy to read labels (and vocabulary sheet with simple definitions) this is a great learning tool to study the anatomy of the eye and how it works. More importantly the BIG Eyeball Model is just FUN!!!The paper dissection serves as an alternative or complement to traditional dissections. Additionally, two versions (with templates for making transparent cornea and lenses) allows for easy differentiation
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Types:
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, MS-LS1-3
, HS-LS1-2
, 4-LS1-2
ACT Science Practice Chromosomes and Inheritability Worksheet
I wrote this practice passage as like the ACT practice passages are for Science Section. I catered it towards my current unit in Biology on Genetics- specifically chromosomes, inheritability and meiosis. The answer key and some ACT Science tricks are included on the last pages. The blue star is only on the preview file. The original download file you get with purchase is simply the document without any stars on it.
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Grades:
8th - 12th
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CAMOUFLAGE: How Do I Hide Myself?
This PowerPoint presentation shows 33 slides in which the animals are camouflaged. After the class has guessed where the animal is, you click to display a line around the animal. The photographs are awesome, very descriptive, provoke questions and encourage some great discussions.The 40 photographs are very descriptive, provoke questions and encourage some great discussions.By using this PowerPoint you will enjoy no prep and no printing.After the presentation you can do the following activities:
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Grades:
K - 4th
Parts of a Plant Foldable
The parts of a plant foldable can be used with your favorite textbook, article, or video on the parts of a plant. This foldable is used as a place to consolidate and keep the information. There are sections identifying each part of the plant, explaining the function of the leaf, stem, root, and flower, explaining the life cycle of a plant, describing how a plant makes its own food, and drawing a picture of photosynthesis. Included are detailed pictures which show what each area says or has drawn
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
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Halloween Creature Adaptation STEAM Activity
In this engaging STEM lesson, students will explore the fascinating world of animal adaptations by creating their own fictional Halloween creatures. They will design unique creatures, place them in Halloween environments with specific challenges, and develop adaptations to help their creatures survive. This project will encourage critical thinking, creativity, and a deeper understanding of how animals adapt to their surroundings. To make this activity even more festive, included is a fictional s
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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The Eye & Vision
This unit explores eye anatomy and physiology. Students begin by building a foundation of basic eye structures, building a clay model to visualize and engage with the anatomy. This is followed by interactive, discovery-based lessons that demonstrate the functions of the human eye and gain an understanding of how they are able to see the world around them.
What is included:
- "Terms to Know" vocabulary sheet
- "Anatomy of Eye" worksheet
- Step-by-step teacher guide for building a clay eye (with
Grades:
1st - 5th
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How Does Your Garden Grow? Long Term Plant Observation Booklet
To fulfill our NGSS requirement of sustaining a long-term observation within the classroom, our fifth grade team is using plant observations!
Students were able to design their own experiment, choosing from a variety of seeds, containers, soil types, watering methods, growing locations and light sources. The trick? They could only pick ONE of these to be their variable!
I created this booklet to help them visualize their experiment-they had to outline exactly how they were going to grow Plant
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Penguin Depth and Complexity Low-Prep Activities with writing 4th - 6th Grades
Who doesn't love penguins? If your students have been reading "Mr. Popper's Penguins" or if you just love penguins, this set of Penguin Depth and Complexity activities offers low-prep and no-prep printables perfect for 4th - 6th grade students. Five different types of activities offer a range of opportunities to learn while about penguins.✨✨This Depth and Complexity penguin print-and-go set of activities can be done on one day or spaced out over time. The activities are geared to fourth through
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Primary Gifted and Talented Social Emotional MARSHMALLOW Respecting Differences
We all share common hopes, dreams, feelings, and abilities no matter what ethnicity, nationality, gender, or group we belong to. That message is the key take-away from this primary GATE unit. As such, this unit is a social-emotional unit with NACG standards . . . but much more:Primary GATE best Practices with a Social-Emotional Emphasis· Critical Thinking· Language and Reading· Creativity· Science We use Clare Turlay Newberry’s Caldecott Honor book, Marshmallow, as our vehicle. We also use Lisa
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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Ectomy: a brain parts board game
Nine major brain regions, one set of forceps: how long will it take your students to put their brain together and win?Each student gets a blank brain map, but all of its parts are in a pool in the middle. Draw a card and answer the question correctly to win that brain part. What if you win two of the same lobes? Trade with other players to get a complete set as fast as you can! Watch out for the hazard cards, mixed into the pile, that force you to "-ectomy" a part and win it all over again.Sampl
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Body Systems Bundle
North American Animals Clip Art
This 20 piece set includes a variety of North American wildlife from buffalo to coyote to California condor.The set includes 10 PNG color illustrations, and 10 PNG blackline versions. These are high resolution (300 dpi) transparent background graphics. No watermarks will appear on the files that you download. The clip art measures approximately 6 inches to preserve image quality when re-sizing. Included are the following:● Buffalo● Bald Eagle● California Condor● Coyote● Grizzly Bear● Lynx●
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Grades:
PreK - 5th
Internet Scavenger Hunt: Microorganisms
Thank you for your interest in this product! Internet Scavenger Hunts are a great way to extend students’ knowledge, develop technological research skills, practice skimming for information, and working within word processing documents.
Each Internet Scavenger Hunt has approximately 10-12 tasks. It should take between 1-2 hours to complete. A partial answer key is provided, but many of the tasks are open-ended and individualized to a student's interests and preferences.
Internet Scavenger H
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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STAAR SCIENCE REVIEW, Grade 5. Odd One OUT. Science terms and concepts
Twenty-eight cards that highlight vocabulary and science standards that are key to the fifth grade STAAR science test, however, it definitely works for NGSS also. Copy, cut out the cards, or simply copy them and use them from your document camers. They work in a science center, as a small group or whole group activity, but can also be used as a science warmup. There are four terms on each card. One does not fit with the others Students must decide which does not fit and tell why Students m
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Germs Everywhere Petri Dish Sampling Lab & Hand-washing Germs Simulant
Students learn how to conduct a good experiment using petri dishes, and real lab techniques such as sterile sampling and consideration of sample sizes. Also contains a hand-washing activity I have done using GloGerm available online- shows students how well they wash their hands (or don't!). They love this part!Student worksheets available for this lab with pre-lab questions, data collect, analysis, and post-lab questions in English and Spanish within the powerpoints via Google Drive links.
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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Diatom crafts: box or ornaments
Oceanography for Christmas? Decorate your holiday tree with diatoms! Diatoms are algae that make their own glass shells from silicon they take from the water. They build shells in snowflake-like geometric designs, fitting a top valve onto a bottom valve, like tiny clams.This download includes a diatom identification page (with 17 types of diatoms) and patterns to make two different crafts. One is a triangle-shaped box that students can color, cut and tape. The other is a set of colored diatom or
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Types:
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 5-LS2-1
, 2-LS4-1
, 3-LS4-2
Invent an alien: learning about the solar system & systems of the body
This project gives students the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of the solar system, systems of the human body, and adaptations. Students will be given the opportunity to research a planet (it's atmosphere, weather, composition, etc.), then invent an alien that would be able to survive on the planet. While inventing their alien, students need to create systems of the alien's body that will allow it to survive on the assigned planet. Students also need to ensure that the alien's bod
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
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Endangered Species: A Differentiated Unit
This is a unit built for 3-6th grader gifted students (could be used for regular education, as well) on Endangered Species. It works through the vocabulary, environmental issues, what students can do to help, and student initiated animal projects. Much of the unit is differentiated with the exception one lesson.
Lesson Plan Overview
Lesson 1: Preserving Biodiversity Mission
In this introductory activity, students will work to identify and locate endangered and critically endangered animals.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Sea Creatures Inquiry-Based Research Bundle
This bundle of Inquiry-Based project packets about Sea Creatures/Ocean Animals guides students in developing their skills in writing and answering Inquiry Based Questions. The included materials also help students organize and cite their work using the Cornell Notes format. The packets include sample questions, as well as links to reliable sources for information. In this project, students will learn about sea creatures by activating prior knowledge, writing questions, conducting inquiry-bas
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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