Physical science outlines for GATE

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Also included in: STEM Challenge Projects Desert Island Winter Pioneer 15 Science Activities

STEM Activities Pioneer Challenge Science Bundle Set of 5 STEM Projects

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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

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

NGSS:

MS-ETS1-2

, MS-PS3-4

, 4-PS3-4

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-4

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Also included in: STEM Challenge Projects Desert Island Winter Pioneer 15 Science Activities

Fun Winter STEM Activities Projects Science Parachute Tower Snowball Shooter

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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

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Physical Science, Physics, Science

Also included in: STEM Challenge Projects Desert Island Winter Pioneer 15 Science Activities

Force and Motion STEM project Egg Drop Challenge Engineering Design Process

Created by

Adventures in ISTEM

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

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Projects, GATE

Also included in: Physical Science Curriculum Middle School Science Full Year for NGSS using 5E sc

States of Matter Game Show Properties of Matter, Solids Liquids and Gases Review

Created by

Keep 'em Thinking with Susan Morrow

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

Subjects:

GATE, Interactive Whiteboard, Games

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Space STEM STEAM Activities 5 Challenges Straw Balloon Rocket Parachute Bridge

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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

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Portable Gifted and Talented

Also included in: Force & Motion STEM Activity BUNDLE 15 Projects + STEM Rubric Space Rome

Table-top Mini Golf: STEAM Engineering and Design for Elementary GATE

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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

Subjects:

Projects, Unit Plans, GATE

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE

Natural Disasters STEM

Created by

Classroom Base Camp

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

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Physical Science

Grades:

1st - 5th

Types:

Projects, GATE, Centers

Mini-Golf Vector Activity - Adding Multiple Vectors

Created by

Dunigan Science

This fun 50 minute activity is designed to simplify resolving vectors into components and determining the magnitude and direction of the resultant when multiple vectors are added. It is appropriate for on-level up to AP Physics and for a pre-calculus class.Presented as a 9 hole round of mini-golf, students use colored pencils to resolve vectors into x and y components using a grid, add those components to create a resultant and then calculate the magnitude and direction of the resulting vector.

Subjects:

Physical Science, Physics

Grades:

10th - 12th

Types:

Activities, GATE

Ancient Rome STEM Team Building Activities Set of 5 STEM Projects

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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

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Also included in: Force & Motion STEM Activity BUNDLE 15 Projects + STEM Rubric Space Rome

Energy, Work & Simple Machines Interactive Notebook

Created by

Nitty Gritty Science

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

Subjects:

Activities, Outlines, Printables

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Also included in: CORE PHYSICAL SCIENCE LESSONS (No Labs or Stations)

4th Grade Science BUNDLE TOPICS 1 - 8 Vocabulary Study Sets

Created by

Motivated By RESULTS

***** HUGE SAVINGS! Included in this BUNDLE are Topics 1 through 8. This BUNDLE was designed to help students focus on the most important information in each of the 8 Topics. The simplicity of this resource is easy for students to manage and use, especially when reviewing before an assessment or test. Be sure to use the vocabulary cards that best suits your students' learning style. There are endless ways to use the vocab cards, allowing vocabulary mastery attainable for all students. Vocabula

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Physical Science, Science

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Study Guides, Outlines

STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

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

Subjects:

Meredith Anderson - Momgineer STEM Activities

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Unit Plans, GATE, Lesson

Halloween Science Activity Experiment Dissolving Candy Corn

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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

Subjects:

Activities, GATE, Printables

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

NGSS:

2-PS1-2

Also included in: Candy Corn Science and Fall STEM Activities

NGSS Science Warm Ups Bundle, Physical Science Life Science Earth Science

Created by

Learned Lessons LLC

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

Subjects:

Biology, Earth Sciences, Physical Science

Grades:

4th - 10th

Types:

Outlines, Printables, Graphic Organizers

Changes in States of Matter Interactive Notebook Pages

Created by

Elly Thorsen

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

Subjects:

Chemistry, Physical Science, Science

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Outlines, Scaffolded Notes, Interactive Notebooks

NGSS:

MS-PS1-4

Also included in: Changes in States of Matter BUNDLE: Phase Changes Unit for Middle School Science

Australian Curriculum Version 8.4 and 9.0 Year 3 Science Unit Heat Transfer

Created by

Ridgy Didge Resources

Help your students explore how heat flows between objects with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring physical sciences alive as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the ACSSU049 (version 8.4) and AC9S3U03 (version 9.0) element of the Australian Science Year 3 curriculum. Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help young minds explore sources of heat and the concept of conduction!PLEASE NOTE: this unit has been updated to comp

Subjects:

Physical Science, Physics, Science

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Activities, Outlines, Printables

Also included in: Ultimate Australian Curriculum 9.0 Year 3 Units Bundle

Australian Curriculum Version 8.4 and 9.0 Year 4 Science Unit Forces

Created by

Ridgy Didge Resources

Help your students investigate how forces can be exerted by one object on another with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring physical sciences alive as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the ACSSU076 (version 8.4) and AC9S4U03 (version 9.0) element of the Australian Science Year 4 curriculum. Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help young minds explore how frictional, gravitational and magnetic forces can affect the moti

Subjects:

Physical Science, Physics, Science

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Outlines, Printables

Also included in: Ultimate Australian Curriculum 9.0 Year 4 Units Bundle

Da Vinci Parachute Prototypes -- Hands-on STEM

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

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:

Engineering, Geometry, Physical Science

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Projects, GATE, Lesson

A Whole Lot of Shaking Going On! STEM Engineering Earthquake Lab (Marshmallows)

Created by

Get Your CRAY ON

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

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Engineering, Physical Science

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Laboratory, GATE

Science Interactive Notebook │Year Long │5th Grade Georgia Standards Note Taking

Created by

H and Em Resources

I created this fifth Grade Interactive Science Notebook for my own Georgia fifth graders to provide them with a reference place for all the science standards we learn throughout the year. Some interactive notebooks take too much time to cut, fold, and glue. This notebook is so simple to use! Students simply cut out each page and glue it into their notebooks. This simple, effective format will help your students to take valuable notes that will become their biggest science resource!⭐Included in

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Physical Science, Science

Grades:

5th

Types:

Activities, Outlines, Interactive Notebooks

Types of Waves and Wave Properties Worksheet

Created by

The Science Station

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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