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Elementary physical science rubrics for Gifted and Talented
SCIENCE Interactive Notebook Cover, Grading Rubric, and Table of Contents
If you're like me, you LOVE using interactive notebooks with your students! They're a fantastic way to actively involve students in the learning process. But...if you're like me, you also want your interactive notebooks to be organized! Students should be able to access information quickly and accurately, making it easy to review previously-studied material and create new entries when needed. This is the perfect tool to help you and your students get, and STAY, organized! Included in this resou
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4th - 10th
Digital Independent Research Project - Topic of Choice
Want a fun, creative, independently paced project for your students? Looking for something to challenge your students who have already mastered your skills?Need an activity that will allow your students to practice research skills, questioning strategies, and higher level thinking?With this independent project, students will be able to choose any topic they wish to research and follow through at a completely independent level. Product includes basic research steps, such as brainstorming, backgro
Grades:
2nd - 7th
CCSS:
5th Grade Math Leveled Assessment for Differentiation Proficiency Scale Editable
Learning Goals and Scales are the ultimate Standards Based Grading tool! They don't just motivate a Growth Mindset, they define how students can demonstrate mastery. Every learning standard is broken down into 4 levels of Differentiation. Also known as a scaffolding for learning. These Assessments lead students up a progressive learning path that mirrors the way they develop concepts. Aligned to Bloom’s or Marzano’s Taxonomy of cognitive skills. From easiest-hardest: (Recall/Retrieval, Comprehen
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5th
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Physical and Chemical Changes Poster Project
There are two different options of poster projects in this resource. In the first poster project, students make a poster about either physical changes or chemical changes. In the second poster project, students make a poster about both physical and chemical changes. Both poster options have similar requirements and are worth 50 points. The teacher or students can choose to focus on physical changes, chemical changes, or both. Posters can be created on regular printer paper or on poster boards. T
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-PS1-2
Also included in: Physical and Chemical Changes BIG BUNDLE
Rube Goldberg STRUCTURED STEM PROJECT with ASSESSMENT Rubrics Energy Transfer
Add structure and assessment to your fun Rube Goldberg, critical thinking engineering project during a forces/motion and simple machines unit discussing the change in kinetic energy as it is transferred from one object to another. Low prep and super fun end of year project based learning! During all of the designing excitement it can be easy for the students to lose their focus so I have created a more structured approach to the engineering process. The students start out with a brainstorming s
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-PS2-2
, MS-PS3-2
, 4-PS3-3
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Also included in: 10 STEM PROJECTS For Middle School- Physics, Life, Environmental Science
Egg Drop STEM Lab
Engineering challenge for students - How can we protect an egg from a fall from a great height? Great for STEM!
The product includes:
*Laboratory Information Sheet - includes project description, objective, procedure, supplies, rules
*Rubric - a color copy and a blackline copy
*Lab Reflection Questions
*Lab Worksheet for Drawing
This lab is geared toward middle school but could easily be adapted for students of other ages, This project is great for STEM, end of the year activity, physics uni
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5th - 8th
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NGSS: YEAR-LONG Kindergarten Bundle
In this YEAR-LONG kindergarten NGSS bundle, your students will become researchers, scientists, and engineers. This bundle includes lesson plans, hands-on investigations, STEM and literacy activities to explore Earth and Space Science, Physical Science, Life Science, and Engineering. It is fully aligned to kindergarten NGSS and integrates science and engineering practices, cross-cutting concepts, disciplinary core ideas, and performance expectations.Just gather a few materials and you are ready
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Grades:
K
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, K-ESS3-1
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Simple Machines Project {Science, Writing, and Art}
Time Travel Adventure: This differentiated science and writing project is a fun and meaningful way to assess student understanding of simple machines. In this project, students will create a time travel machine with at least three simple machines. Students will draw the machine, label the parts, and write about a time they would like to travel back (or forward) to. Some students may write about a personal experience they’d like to return to, while others may decide to travel to the future! This
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2nd - 4th
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RUBE GOLDBERG AND SIMPLE MACHINES UNIT-Rubric, Digital Scavenger Hunt, Task Card
Here are three resources introducing simple machines and then having the students create Rube Goldberg machines as part of a force and motion unit. Please look closely at the descriptions of each of the three products. There is a digital or printable simple machine scavenger hunt that the students can use around their home or at school. There is a task card simple machine set and then a structured layout on how to have the students build their own Rube Goldberg machines with rubrics included. Ar
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4th - 7th
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RAFT Rubric (Role, Audience, Format, Topic)
RAFT Rubric (Role, Audience, Format, Topic)
R.A.F.T, which stands for Role, Audience, Format, and Topic, is a unique, highly engaging way for students to apply what they have learned. RAFTs encourage students to write creatively, to consider a topic from different points of view, and to gain practice writing for different audiences.
This rubric can be used with any RAFT assignment. This rubric is designed to support your students before, during, and after the RAFT writing process. With de
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4th - 6th
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Forms of Energy Robot Project l Science, Writing, and Art
This fun and engaging robot project is a meaningful way to assess understanding of the different forms of energy. Students will design and draw a robot that produces at least three forms of energy and then write about it! The project starts with a quick review of the different forms of energy. Then students are introduced to the assignment and work on sketching their robot using at least three forms of energy. For the final part of the project, they redraw the robot and color it, labeling the fo
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Science Notebook Rubric- Editable & Standards Based
Description:Do you need an easy way to grade interactive science notebooks? These rubrics are my favorite way to grade and provide feedback to my students on the skill of science notebooking! These rubrics are extremely helpful with implementing standards-based grading, providing clear expectations, and teaching students the skill of keeping an organized interactive science notebook. These rubrics are editable and the resource includes lots of picture examples. What's Included:PDF file with two
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Science Classroom Essentials- GROWING Bundle
Animal Research Poster or Diorama Project: Perfect for Gifted Enrichment!
Animal Research Poster or Diorama Project: Perfect for Gifted Enrichment or for your whole class.
Can be used as a homework or in class project. The student is asked to pick an animal to research. It allows for the student to choose either a poster or diorama to present facts learned.
This pack includes complete directions to give to students(one page with points added and one page without), a page with some helpful guidelines for student research, teacher score sheet, a complete r
Grades:
1st - 3rd
L'Air et le Vol (Air and Flight Unit grade 6 French Immersion)
L'AIR ET LE VOL -Science unit in French on Air and Flight
Index of the Unit:
C’est quoi l’air? .……………………………....... p. 3
Tableau S-V-A ………………………….....…… p. 4
Les propriétés de l’air ………………….....…… p. 5
L’air a une masse …………....……….....…….. p. 6
L’air a de la pression ……….………….....…… p. 7
L’air a de la température …….....………...…... p. 9
Les objets qui utilisent les propriétés de l’air... p. 11
Les forces agissant sur le vol ………………… p. 12
La portance …………………………………….. p. 13
Le poids ……………..……………
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4th - 8th
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Magnet Maze STRUCTURED STEM PROJECT with ASSESSMENT Rubrics, Daily Journal
Low, easy prep! Add structure and assessment to your MAGNETIC MAZES critical thinking, engineering project! (MS-PS2-3, MS-PS2-5). Building a magnet maze game can be so much fun and students demonstrate their knowledge of the strength of magnetic fields as they create. In all of the excitement it can be easy for the students to lose their focus so I have created a more structured approach to the engineering process.The students start out with a brainstorming session, that includes a rubric, and p
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-PS2-3
, MS-PS2-5
Also included in: 10 STEM PROJECTS For Middle School- Physics, Life, Environmental Science
Digital: Hashtag Writing Project (Digital AND Paper Version!)
This is Hashtag Writing Project is perfect for Back to School time since it allows students to introduce themselves through writing and developing their own hashtags based on their experiences! This is a GREAT way to get to know your students at the beginning of the year AND a terrific bulletin board for Back to School Night! This product includes BOTH digital and paper versions. This product includes:*Introductory passage, "What are Hashtags?" with a chance for students to practice developing
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Digital Growing Bundle
Simple Machines - PowerPoint, Interactive Notes & Assessment - 4th Grade Science
Simple Machines: PowerPointInteractive Notes with KeyAssessment Task CardsWork, simple machines, inclined plane, wedge, lever, fulcrum, screw, pulley, wheel and axle. *Some Powerpoints may have links to Brain Pop or other external websites. You or your school must have an account to access the BrainPop Videos. These are just extra supplemental resources. See Below Other 4th Grade Science Bundles4th Grade Science lessons for ENTIRE YEAR PART 1 click here4th Grade Science lessons for ENTIRE YEAR P
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4th
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Magnets Unit from Teacher's Clubhouse
The Magnet Unit is an entire unit filled with magnet experiments, writing activities, and assessment. (Includes 11 files below)
1) Magnet Portfolio Cover: A cover to create student portfolios of magnet activities and journal writings.
2) Marvelous Magnets: Portfolio Activity #1 - Students explore the classroom to find out what magnets will stick to.
3) Exploring Magnetic Attraction: Portfolio Activity #2 - Students explore various objects to determine the kinds of objects magnets will attract
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1st - 3rd
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Sound Unit: Making an Instrument Project Guide
This project guide is the perfect starter kit for teaching all about Sound! Your class will be making instruments out of recycled materials to learn about how pitch and volume is made. This kit includes:
• Letter home to the parents requesting used materials to gather for your projects.
• A planning guide to use on a SmartBoard or DocCam with the whole class to determine which materials you have and which instruments are realistic to make with those materials.
• Sample planning guide.
• Cut-out
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2nd
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Taking Flight with Paper Airplanes
In this lesson students learn about the motion and design of paper airplanes. They learn about the following science topics: force, aerodynamics, drag, thrust, gravity, and lift. As an introduction to flight students learn about the Wright Brothers and discuss how airplanes have changed over time and the impact the invention of the airplane had on society as a whole. Then students begin to explore with paper airplanes, leading to many questions about how to build them to get the longest flight p
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4th - 7th
Paper Roller Coasters
Paper roller coasters is sure to be a project students will love! It is an engineering project that requires collaboration, problem solving, exact measurement, and a knowledge of physics. Students will explore and put to test Newton's Laws of motion while building their vertical paper roller coaster made out of card stock, tape, and a foam board for the base. You will be amazed at your students creativity in designing and problem solving. I love how cost efficient this STEM project is, using onl
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5th - 9th
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Asteroid, meteor, meteorite, and comet poster activity with rubric
Asteroid, meteor, meteorite, and comet poster activity with rubric Includes all the basic requirements for a poster.Students must draw the Earth, the atmosphere, and space. Then correctly place, label, and define each of the 4 on the poster. Grading point system is premade for easy expectations and grading. On a word document so you can edit any parts you would like to. Simple easy activity that most students enjoy Used in my middle school classroom, see thumbnail previews for some of my 6th g
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5th - 10th
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A Monumental Architecture Project
This is one of my favorite all time projects I have assigned to my Gifted and Talented students. Not only does it cover many of the research expectations of common core, but it also teaches them about architecture and cultures around the world. I use this project during my Green Architecture unit as an at home project. I give students 1 1/2 - 2 months to complete this project at home. Students research a monument of choice and design a presentation and a creative element to teach present in fron
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4th - 7th
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Roller Coaster Physics Project - Forces and Motion
This is an exciting culminating project I use after completing our unit on Forces and Motion. With this project, students research the design of a roller coaster, design their own roller coaster, and make it come to life in class! For the construction, all you need is gray pipe insulation - cut in half, duct tape, and marbles. A rubric is included to help guide students so they'll know what is expected of them. There are guided steps to ensure students are including (and labeling) the forces
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5th - 9th
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