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General science resources for GATE
Create-ure Spring STEM Challenge Activity with Life Science Extensions
If you’re looking to apply learning in adaptations, habitats, food chains and food webs, life cycles, genetics & heredity, evolution, and/or human body systems, this STEM or STEAM challenge is a perfectly engaging way to get the job done joyfully! It’s the perfect Halloween or spring STEM activity, but it works any time of the year to connect to your life science standards! The basic idea: Students work in individually or in partners or groups against a list of criteria and constraints to c
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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
, 4-LS1-1
...
Forces and Motion Unit | Newton's Cradle Science And STEM | Grade 6 7 8
Discover the Law of Conservation Energy and the Law of Conservation of Momentum with a fun marble collision science investigation. Simple supplies and EASY PREP. Expands to introduce The Laws of Motion. Explore further with an added exploration. Engage students in a STEM Challenge to create a Newton's Cradle. Includes extensive background information to guide the teacher and students to success. This is a printable PDF. Please read more about Easel below.Students will expand their knowledge
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-PS2-2
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-PS3-5
...
Fun Early Finishers - Science 3rd, 4th, 5th grade
Science Activities: Science Activities for Early Finishers can be cut and pasted into a spiral notebook or journal. Students may skip around from task to task and even revisit a task to generate more ideas. Finding meaningful work for all students is one of the biggest challenges teachers face. This assortment of creative and critical thinking tasks, created by Dazzle on a Dime, will keep those hands, minds, and bodies busy in the short moments of time which occur regularly throughout the day o
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3rd - 5th
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STEM Bell Ringers Discussion Questions Warm-Ups Middle School High School
Science bell ringer discussion questions, technology bell ringers, as well as some engineering and math topics. This resource includes 70 editable slides with questions to get your students thinking about STEM topics. Display these at the start of class one day a week so that as students walk into your classroom they can begin forming opinions and ideas about these thought-provoking questions! CONTENTS70 Slides (each with a main question and some with a follow-up question) Questions range in top
Grades:
5th - 12th
Plants STEM Challenge Activity
Looking for a plant activity to apply learning in plant needs, parts/functions, adaptations, life cycles, cells, photosynthesis, and/or genetics & heredity? This STEM challenge / STEAM challenge is a perfectly engaging way to get the job done joyfully! The challenge is great any time of the year, but works especially well as a spring activity! The completed designs and extension projects make beautiful displays for Back to School Night or Open House as well!The basic premise: Students work
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2nd - 8th
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Brain Activities Thinking Activities Brain Health
Learn about your most important school tool...your brain. Learn how the brain functions, ways to help your brain, and all about neurons.These lessons are taught using vocabulary cards, My Great Big Beautiful Brain booklet, interactive notebook activities, games, hands on crafts, and through the text Your Fantastic Elastic Brain. #summersalebrationIncluded in this unit are the following:28 Vocabulary CardsNeurosurgeon "Costume"My Great Big Beautiful Brain BookletInteractive Notebook ActivitiesYou
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
30 Minute Science Labs | Bundle of Hands-On Experiments with Reading Passages
Enjoy performing 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. Each Lab IncludesBackground Information and VocabularyHands-on Experiment PageReading Passage with QuestionsAnswer KeyStudents will engage in a hands-on exploration where they conduct the lab 2 different ways. This helps them bet
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Earth Day STEM Challenge Activity - New Earth City
This is the perfect Earth Day STEM activity!The basic idea: It is Earth Day, and the year 2035. Earth has become overcrowded. The students are part of a pioneering crew tasked with setting up the first city (New Earth City) on Planetopia, a fictional name for a recently discovered Earth-like planet in a distant solar system. Part of the mission is to set up the city to prevent or address the problems we are having on Earth so we don’t repeat our errors on our new home planet. This challenge is b
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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
...
MAP SKILLS BUNDLE - CLASSROOM, BEDROOM, HOUSE, ZOO, TEST, AND CENTER
These are engaging and fun projects to teach basic mapping skills. The students learn how to use a compass, place objects using the four cardinal directions, and follow multi-step directions. Describe the location of objects relative to other locations in the classroom. (Over, near, far, left, right, north, south, east, west).- Students create an interactive house map placing pictures of the house furniture on the assigned spots. Or/and they create their own house!- Blank map for your own additi
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1st - 4th
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Bundled! Science Project Choice Board: 26 Earth Science Topics
Get ready for student engagement!
Project choice boards put learning into students’ hands with a customized learning path based on a student’s strengths and interests.
This project choice board is a collection of 26 choice boards over earth science topics. Each choice board contains 10 project choices- each based on one of the following learning paths:
-Verbal/Linguistic Writing
-Verbal/Linguistic Reading
-Spatial/Visual
-Musical/Naturalist
-Kinesthetic
-Technological
-Logical/Mathem
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Planetopia Project STEM Challenge Bundle - PAPERLESS VERSION
Planetopia Project STEM Challenges engage your students in brain-busting work disguised as fun! The basic premise: Students work in partners or groups against criteria & constraints lists to design and build various items for the fictional planet, Planetopia. Challenges include extension opportunities on topics including: landforms, plate tectonics, the water cycle, weather, natural disasters, plant parts, plant cells, animal cells, life cycles, heredity, genetics and more!Modification sugg
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Inertia And Gravity Experiment | The Laws Of Motion | Grade 4 5 Print or Digital
Investigate inertia and gravity in this hands-on experiment for 4th and 5th grade. Aligned with *Next Generation Science Standards. Teachers will love its' ease of use, simple materials, and meeting the science and engineering practices. Students will love uncovering the magic of the laws of motion. The science journal will help students learn to use their evidence to write conclusions.Digital and Distance Learning Approved. This is a great way to get students to use the scientific method at ho
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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NGSS:
5-PS2-1
, 4-PS3-2
Science Choice Boards Choice Menus Fast Finishers Early Finishers Activities
Having choice is something our students crave, especially during times when they are learning at home, independently or through distance learning. If you're looking for low prep and easy to implement resources to offer your students choice, try choice boards. If you already own my other science choice menus, these offer more choices and some new topics. These choice boards cover fifteen science topics:-Insects-Sharks-Candy-Plants-Weather-Matter-Dinosaurs-Simple Machines-Butterflies-Rocks-Force
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Solar System Planets Activity Menu Choice Board
Looking for engaging solar system activities that also allow for student choice? This solar system menu choice board activity lets students choose how they will extend their learning and present their learning.What students are doing:➡️ Investigating big idea questions and reporting their knowledge using the CER format➡️ Demonstrating their knowledge using a variety of ways like comic strips, journals, presentations, and more➡️ Taking ownership of their learning as they decide what they would li
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Christmas Science Activity | Borax Crystal Growth Experiment | GR 6 7 8
Discover the properties of mixtures and solutions by growing borax crystals. You'll get a comprehensive teacher guide, a hands-on investigation gear for middle school, and a borax ornament STEAM challenge. This unit uses inexpensive materials and gives results in 24 hours, a wonderful way to reinforce the scientific method and journal writing. This hands-on Investigation and Teacher Guide IncludesTeacher Guide and Background Information and TipsAlignment to Standards6 Page Student Investigatio
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS1-4
, MS-PS1-2
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Borax Crystal STEAM Experiment | Multi Grade Bundle | Christmas Activity
Digital Research Project Seven Natural Wonders of the World
Looking for a distance learning or 100% digital project? This is an independent digital research project in Google Slides that is perfect for distance learning.Students will independently research and present information about the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. You can easily assign one, some, or all of the natural wonders for this project. Simply delete any unwanted slides prior to sharing or assigning the project. You can also make this project appropriate for multiple grade levels by s
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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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Space Unit-Timeline, Space Life, Spinoffs, Dream Mission, Extension Activities
This unit contains four lessons that are full of space-related learning and activities. The length of each lesson is about 90 minutes, so lessons can be broken down into shorter lessons spanning more days, if needed for your students. Every lesson includes:Materials ListGifted Standards"I can" StatementEssential UnderstandingGuiding QuestionsBeforeDuringAfterExtensionAll printable materials included (such as, information cards, direction sheets, and papers for students to record their learning)T
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3rd - 8th
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Nonfiction Earthworm Articles Differentiated with Common Core Assessment
In second grade we focus so much of our time on the life cycle of different animals. In my class we use a unit that includes this fundamental science concept with an everyday creature. The superheroes of soil, earthworms! This unit can completely stand alone and needs no other connection. However, if you liked the style and approach of the Komodo dragon unit, this is more of the same. :)
The main article is written in 2 differentiated forms. One article measures at a Lexile of 600 and the othe
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Ecosystems and Adaptations Depth and Complexity Activity Bundle
This bundle includes Depth and Complexity frames, games, and activities on ecosystems as well as frames about adaptations! Students will read, write, communicate orally, draw, play games, research, support answers with details, and even do a little acting and presenting in front of the class! You only pay 75 cents more for the adaptations lesson, which is a savings of $1.75!
Although these lessons use GATE (Gifted and Talented) icons and frames, all activities can be used with students at a
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
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Solar System Logic Puzzle for Developing Critical Thinking Skills
Enrich Your Solar System Unit with This Planetary Logic Puzzle!Astronomical Fun for Young Astronomers: Dive into the wonders of our solar system with this enthralling brain teaser. Perfect for students in grades 6-8, this puzzle combines learning with logic, tasking students with solving a mystery using clues about the planets and their order from the sun, and distinguishing between gas giants and terrestrial planets.What’s Included in the Puzzle:Ready-to-Use Easel Activity: With all answer boxe
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Forces and Motion Unit | Grade 4 And 5 Newton's Cradle Science And STEM
Discover energy and momentum with a fun marble run science investigation. Simple supplies and EASY PREP. Explore deeper with a further exploration. Engage students in a STEM Challenge to create a Newton's Cradle. Includes extensive background information to guide the teacher and students to success. This is a printable PDF. Please read more about Easel below.Students will expand their knowledge of forces and motions by observing the transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy. Through han
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 4-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
States of Matter Science Menus - Choice Boards and Activities- 4th - 5th Grade
Are you looking for your enrichment or exemplary tasks to be done for the year? These 3 States of Matter choice boards are perfect for your early finishers or students that need a challenge.You can use this by telling students to complete 3 boxes or as a tic-tac-toe challenge. Each box comes with a matching work page.Print at the beginning of the unit and give to each student so they can work on it throughout the unit.Science Choice Boards Includes:Topic: 3 States of MatterDraw It OutPicture Boo
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Choice Boards *BUNDLE* - Science Menus and Activities & Centers
STEM Construction Site Stations
As we build engineers that are critical thinkers and problem solvers, this STEM construction site pack includes everything you will need to differentiate STEM stations in your classroom. Three construction site pack includes
This pack contains three engineering activities:
1. Sky Scraper Building Station
2. Construction Site Vehicle Station
3. Bridge Building Station
This pack includes directions, station cards for all three stations as well as record sheets and materials lists/cards and dif
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Grades:
K - 5th
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