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Environment Common Core RI.4.7 resources
Food Chains and Food Webs Worksheets Reading Passages Nonfiction Close Read
Looking for close reading materials to help your students understand food webs and food chains? With this print-and-go set, your students will learn and think critically about how ecosystems and food chains, and webs are related, along with learning about the ins and outs of a pond ecosystem and desert habitat.Included are 3, two-page articles to help your students understand food chains.Your students will practice gathering important information as they read science content in informational tex
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3rd - 5th
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Photosynthesis Activities Reading Passage & Worksheets Label The Diagram
This pack includes reading passages about Photosynthesis and lots of activities including diagrams, a cloze passage, vocabulary posters and more! This pack is perfect for science centers!In this pack you will find:✔Two reading passages✔Cloze Passage ✔Constructed Response Questions✔Summarizing Activity ✔Vocabulary Posters - great for student handouts, interactive notebooks, and bulletin boards!✔Spotlight on Vocabulary✔Answer Keys✔Sequencing Activity✔For Elementary Grades – Second grade, Third gra
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2nd - 5th
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Biomes Unit Differentiated Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
Explore the world’s 5 major biomes with these biomes reading passages that include everything you need to work on vocabulary and comprehension skills with your students! These printables work great to send home for at home learning or distance learning for both Science or ELA. Differentiated reading passages (3 levels) allow you to meet the needs of all students to ensure complete understanding of the content! Take a look at the product preview for a closer look at each biome. All follow-up ac
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3rd - 6th
National Parks Virtual Field Trip & Web Scavenger Hunt Conservation End of Year
Looking for an activity about National Parks? Let your students take a Virtual Field Trip using technology! It's a great way to expose your students to the natural beauty and wonder of the United States National Parks. Your students will "travel" and explore Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon and other amazing National Parks. They'll learn about the importance of the National Park Service, take virtual tours and hikes, "meet" the park rangers, and learn about important conservation efforts
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3rd - 7th
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Monarch Butterfly Research, Project Based Learning Science - Butterfly Lifecycle
How can we take action to save the monarch butterfly population from the threat of extinction? This resource is a project-based learning science unit focused on saving the endangered monarch butterfly. This resource is a comprehensive guide for teaching students about the monarch butterfly and empowering them to take action to protect this beautiful migrating species. After students gather information for their research about the monarch, they can voice their own ideas for SAVING THE MONARCHS. W
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle - Science - Earth Day, Environment
Natural Selection and Adaptations: Complete Unit with Reading Passages
A highly engaging NGSS aligned unit covering natural selection and adaptations. Students will enjoy the interesting reading passages based on scientific phenomena that are given as a central theme to each lesson. Reading comprehension questions are aligned with ELA standards. Also included are several fun, engaging activities that students will enjoy while gaining a deeper understanding of the content. Students sharpen their math skills by graphing data and analyzing results. Students also u
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-LS4-3
, 3-LS4-2
, 3-LS4-4
Also included in: 3rd and 4th Grade Science Bundle (NGSS Aligned)
STEM Novel Activity: The One and Only Ivan
This project combines all four aspects of STEM.S: Animal HabitatsT: Zoo ResearchE: Planning a ZooM: Area and Perimeter Calculations for ZooDirections This project combines all 4 parts of STEM. It is separated into 2 lessons. Lesson 1 combines science and technology. Lesson 2 combines engineering and math. I like to do both lessons over the course of a day. I use Lesson 1 during my language arts block and then Lesson 2 during math. SuppliesLesson 1: letter to class (can be copied off or
Florida's Geography Paired Passages, Reading Comprehension Questions & Writing
Florida's Geography: How do people affect Florida's environment? Paired Passages & Informative/Explanatory Writing - Digital & PDFThis is a set of three leveled paired passages or texts with multiple choice and short answer or response comprehension questions, as well as an extended writing prompt. The included texts are non-fiction. These texts can be used as:close readingsocial studies lessonsreading comprehensionpaired passages with an extended writing piece.The extended writing promp
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4th - 6th
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Solar Energy Activity Types of Energy Reading Comprehension Passages
Looking for different forms of energy activities for Earth Day this April? Your students will love to read about solar energy and complete activities that have them thinking about different ways to harness the Sun's energy...just like scientists!Students will learn and think critically about the different forms of energy. Included are 2 two-page articles to help your students understand the forms of energy, solar energy, and how solar panels work.Your students will practice gathering important i
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Nonfiction Reading Passages Comprehension Questions Science Solar Energy
American Bison Informational Text Reading Unit Summer Reading Passages
Are you looking for summer reading passages with comprehension questions? Would you like your students to learn about American bison? This informational text unit will have your students reading about bison and the adaptations that help them to survive. They will learn about how bison were once almost hunted to extinction but have now made a substantial recovery due to conservation efforts. Student pages in printable PDF and Google Slides.Bison Reading Unit Includes:PhenomenaSuggested ScheduleTh
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Animal Adaptations Science Summer Reading Passages Ecosystem and Nature
Smoke Jumpers Diagrams Illustrations Task Card RI.3.7 RI.3.8 Distance Learning
Do your students need targeted practice with using information from illustrations and diagrams? Do they struggle with describing the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in an informational text? Integration of Knowledge and Ideas is the hardest strand for students. This short, informational text with a diagram and photographs will make the perfect literacy center activity, guided reading group lesson, or whole class close read. You can also use the Google Forms version
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Diagrams Illustrations Task Card Bundle RI.3.7 RI.3.8 Distance Learning
Bees: The Great Pollinators
Where would we be without bees? This engaging informational text explains the importance of bees in our world by continuing the cycle of pollination. Students first read the informational text before conducting a fun activity where they pollinate their own worksheets! Next, students answer comprehension questions about the text. Finally, students show their creative side by completing a graphic organizer with sketches of each step of the pollination process. This resource is part of the comp
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2nd - 5th
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3-LS1-1
STEM: Plants and Food Waste
In this HUGE project based learning unit, you will receive lessons on composting, plants, gardening, food waste, pollution, and community service. The first unit is on the effects of food waste, the largest contributor to our landfills, then your students will grow their own garden using food scraps for the second unit. If you'd like to see these activities in action, check us out on Instagram @thebrainybee. With this bundle you will receive the following activities and more!
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2nd - 5th
Survival Traits of Plants and Animals - Structure and Function - Grade 4 NGSS
This bundle includes 17 age-appropriate resources about Structure and Function of Plants and Animals including: Reading, Color Diagrams, Activities, Performance Tasks and Assessment (36 pages total):Resources included in this Next Generation Science Standards Bundle include:• Structure and Function of Organisms and Next Generation Science Standards - Primer for Educators • Rubric Building Resource 1) Structure and Function of Porcupines - Reading, Short Answer Quiz and Answer Sheet (3 pages)2)
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3rd - 4th
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4-LS1-1
Green City by Allan Drummond Lesson Plan and Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the STEM / environmental science mentor text book Green City by Allan Drummond. A great read for Earth Day, sustainability, renewable and nonrenewable resources or problem-solving! Lessons and activities focus on:communitySummarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)close reading nonfiction text featuresauthor's message / lessonMain idea and detailsComparing and contra
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1st - 5th
Also included in: 5th Grade Earth Day Read Alouds and Activities Mega Bundle
Life Cycles (Animals) Bundle - Grade 3-5
This bundle includes 19 Resources about Life Cycles, including: Reading, Color Diagrams, Activities and Testing (25 pages total). Copyright © 2018 Sheri Amsel • www.exploringnature.org • All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to classroom use only. Included in the Life Cycles Activity Bundle:1. Life Cycles Primer for Educators with NGSS2. Life Cycle Reading3. Life Cycle Short Answer Quiz and Answer Sheet (2 pages - Copy Ready)
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3rd - 5th
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Natural Resources/Close Read
What’s inside?
**Three posters to display in your room
**Ideas to teach the resources as a close read- if you’d like (doesn’t have to be a close read)
**Two page passage with pictures describing:
-Natural Resources
-Renewable Resources
-Non-Renewable Resources
-Climate Change
**Vocabulary partner worksheet for unknown words
**Clean Energy Worksheet- Renewable Energy with pictures describing:
-Solar Power
-Wind Power
-Water Power
-Questions
-Detailed pictures with descriptions
**TWO Non-renewab
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3rd - 6th
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Ecosystems, Food Chains and Food Webs Science Project (PBL)
This product is a Project Based Learning resource on ecosystems, food chains and food webs. Descriptions of forest, grassland, savanna, tundra, desert, freshwater and marine ecosystems are included, along with an example of one food chain and one food web for each ecosystem. There are 10 options for student recording sheets, 2 versions of student directions and 5 project cover options. All ecosystem information comes in color versions and black and white versions for printing. This project can a
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3rd - 6th
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MS-PS3-4
, 3-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS1-1
, MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
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What do Animals Need to Survive? Lesson plan, presentation, activity and BINGO
What do animals need to survive? This is a real deal lesson plan and presentation that will entertain and teach young learners about our natural world. Plus BONUS bingo game with 8 cards. Fits well with units on informational text. The lesson describes patterns of what animals (including humans) need to survive and the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals and the places they live (covering several Next Generation Science Standards). We discuss how plants, animals, and th
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PreK - 4th
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4-LS1-1
, K-ESS3-1
, 3-LS4-3
, 2-LS4-1
, 4-LS1-2
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Shark Tracking
What kid doesn't love sharks?!? In this 1 hour (modifiable) activity students will learn the basics behind shark tracking and tagging. They will then track a shark on their own using Ocearch's digital tracking website. After selecting a shark students will complete the "My Shark Summer Road Trip" activity which allows them to display their shark's journey and create a "Twitter" account for their shark! Who doesn't love sharing their travels on social media for the world to see! This activity con
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1st - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-5
, 2-LS4-1
, MS-LS2-1
, 3-LS4-4
Fall Garden Lesson Plans and Activities - Third and Fourth Grade - Ten Weeks
Kids will love these FALL Garden-based Science, Nature, and Nutrition Lessons written for Third and Fourth Grade children (activities are also appropriate to use with older kids as well). The Third and Fourth Grade Fall Lessons explore planting and harvesting what is seasonally appropriate, and children explore the history of growing food worldwide. Life Science is also a key theme in examining how all components work together to create a healthy garden ecosystem. Resource Highlights:10 scaffol
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3rd - 6th
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4-LS1-1
, 3-LS2-1
, 3-LS4-3
, 3-ESS2-2
, 3-LS4-2
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Photosynthesis handouts
Twelve handouts showing aspects of photosynthesis, including picture identification, crossword puzzle, true or false, fill-in-blanks, steps in process, etc. Words and pictures include oxygen, carbon dioxide, O2, CO2, green plants, animals, sunlight, breathe in, breathe out, respiration, sugar, photosynthesis, energy.
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3rd - 5th
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Energy Island by Allan Drummond Lesson Plan and Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction STEM mentor text book Energy Island by Allan Drummond. Great for Earth Day, conservation, environmental science, social studies, renewable vs. nonrenewable energy, and community! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)Close reading for describing cha
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1st - 5th
Also included in: Fifth Grade Earth Day Read Alouds and Google Activities Bundle
STEM Engineering for Elementary GATE - Wind Power, Windmills, and Wind
Two challenging but age-appropriate engineering projects highlight this unit. If you’ve taught my other STEM units, however, you know they’re not simply building projects. We’re thinking, learning science concepts, developing explanations, applying math and non-fiction reading skills, and bringing a wide variety of areas into a unit. But let’s not take lightly how cool it is to build and experiment with a cool mini glider and a working windmill!
As usual, we have ready-to-print activity shee
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3rd - 6th
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