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6th grade physical science outlines 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
Also included in:Â STEM Challenge Projects Desert Island Winter Pioneer 15 Science Activities
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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Also included in:Â STEM Challenge Projects Desert Island Winter Pioneer 15 Science Activities
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
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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
Also included in:Â STEM Challenge Projects Desert Island Winter Pioneer 15 Science Activities
Force and Motion STEM project Egg Drop Challenge Engineering Design Process
Looking for a fun way for students to use their knowledge of force, Newton's laws, and practice their engineering skills? This egg drop STEM engineering design process challenge will get your students designing, testing, investigating, thinking like a disciplinarian, and acting as engineers as they improve their egg structures to mimic the Mars rover landing. ✎Print and digital versions This engineering design STEM project includes:✅ Teacher guide for doing the activity✅ Student handouts for t
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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:Â Force & Motion STEM Activity BUNDLE 15 Projects + STEM Rubric Space Rome
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:Â STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Energy, Work & Simple Machines Interactive Notebook
The Physical Science Interactive Notebook – Energy, Work and Simple Machines chapter showcase student's ability to:Distinguish between kinetic and potential energyDescribe different forms of potential energy – gravitational, chemical, and elasticDescribe Law of Conservation of EnergyExplain how work and energy are relatedCalculate work and powerExplain how machines make work easier and describe six simple machinesEach activity enables students to process the information given by the teacher then
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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Also included in:Â CORE PHYSICAL SCIENCE LESSONS (No Labs or Stations)
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:Â Force & Motion STEM Activity BUNDLE 15 Projects + STEM Rubric Space Rome
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
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Changes in States of Matter Interactive Notebook Pages
In this resource there are two different Interactive Notebook pages. The first page has Part One of the notes which includes an overview of changes in states of matter along with melting and freezing. The second page has Part Two of the notes which goes over vaporization, condensation, and sublimation. In the overview, the notes cover what causes the changes in states of matter. For each change in state the notes go over what the change is, how it occurs (gaining or losing energy), an example, a
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-PS1-4
NGSS Science Warm Ups Bundle, Physical Science Life Science Earth Science
NGSS 6-8 Science Warm Ups & Bell Ringers, NGSS Science BUNDLE, Digital, Life Science Warm Ups & Bell Ringers, Earth Science Warm Ups & Bell Ringers, Physical Science Warm Ups & Bell Ringers These warm-ups are great for daily reviews, science content checks, homework pages, or tickets out at the end of the lesson. Each question can be answered from the provided slide information. Also part of NGSS 6-8 SCIENCE MEGA BUNDLE AND EARTH SCIENCE MEGA BUNDLE AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE MEGA B
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Grades:
4th - 10th
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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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 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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Newtons Laws of Motion interactive NOTES with demonstrations and activities
This document contains NOTES for students to take on Newtons Laws of Motion. They include several example activities and demonstrations for the teacher and/or the students to do! This makes note-taking more interactive and helps kids 'get' it!The notes are simplified for easy understanding!Pair this activity with a real world example Newton's Laws card sort!Newton's Laws of Motion Task Card Sort -Real World ExamplesNow part of an awesome bundle of force lessons for only $4.50Newtons Force and Mo
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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Types of Waves and Wave Properties Worksheet
A worksheet to help review and remember types of electromagnetic and mechanical waves and their properties. Answer key included, can be used with most textbooks to correlate with material presented.
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6th - 8th
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Australian Curriculum Version 8.4 and 9.0 Year 5 Science Unit Light
Help your students understand what light is and how we see it with this unit plan and activity pack. Bring physical sciences alive as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the ACSSU080 (version 8.4) and AC9S5U03 (version 9.0) element of the Australian Science Year 5 curriculum. Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help young minds explore the properties of light!PLEASE NOTE: this unit has been updated to comply with the new Aust
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate Australian Curriculum 9.0 Year 5 Units Bundle
Arctic Dogsled Racing Design Challenge - STEAM for Upper Elementary
Here’s an applied engineering challenge in which—just like in the real world of engineering—a poor design means limited success or even failure.
In the Iditarod Sled Challenge, students apply their background knowledge of physical science and use logic and imagination to construct a miniature sled that will deliver “serum” to Nome, Alaska, just like Balto once did.
Use this challenge in conjunction with your study of the arctic or the Iditarod--or as a stand-alone engineering challenge for the
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
Australian Curriculum Version 8.4 and 9.0 Year 6 Science Unit Electricity
Help your students understand the basics of how electricity works with this unit plan and activity pack. Bring physical sciences alive as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the ACSSU097 (version 8.4) and AC9S6U03 (version 9.0) element of the Australian Science Year 6 curriculum. Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help young minds explore how energy is transferred through electrical circuits and how it can be generated from
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5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate Australian Curriculum 9.0 Year 6 Units Bundle
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
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:Â Force & Motion STEM Activity BUNDLE 15 Projects + STEM Rubric Space Rome
AIR -- An Incredibly Cool STEAM Unit for Upper Elementary!
Balloon cars, hovercrafts, gliders, prototypes, zip-lines and air rockets, helicopters and more . . .
Here is a full unit with more than 20 hours of critical thinking and hands-on activities designed specifically for all 21st Century Learners and nonverbally gifted learners. STEM teachers: this unit guides students through the engineering process time and time again—elementary style!
Not only is this unit packed with critical thinking opportunities and rich in deeper understanding of physica
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
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