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Elementary critical thinking spelling laboratories for special education
CSI - Crime Scene Forensics Escape Room
Students use forensic evidence, teamwork, and critical thinking to solve this CSI Crime scene escape room. In the activities, students analyze 4 different pieces of forensic evidence (fingerprints, shoe prints, unknown powder, and pen samples) and keep track of evidence and suspects. They use their power of observations to “crack the case” and prove their innocence by figuring out who really committed the crime. Great for a science class, forensics class, or just for fun!!**CLICK HERE for a t
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5th - 7th
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STEM Activity Challenges for the Whole Year! (Elementary)
When students enjoy what they are doing, our jobs are so much easier! This collection of my favorite elementary STEM Challenges does just that. Students are engaged and have no problem getting started! Low prep-time, inexpensive materials, and easy-to-edit worksheets make setup simple. A solid grading rubric takes the guess-work out of evaluating group projects. Combine these with a video that explains everything you need to successfully run these STEM Activities and it’s easy to feel confident
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K - 2nd
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CSI Forensics 2 Escape Room
In this hands on escape room activity, students solve a forensic mystery using science, teamwork, and critical thinking. In the crime scene activities, students analyze 4 different pieces of evidence and keep track of evidence and suspects. They use their power of observations to “crack the case” and determine which suspect is guilty.This activity can be done all at once in the format of an escape room to try to “beat the clock” – about 45 minutes to complete or it can be broken up into differ
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4th - 8th
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Contraction Surgery | Contraction Activities
An interactive way to teach your students about contractions. Learning about contractions with the idea of surgery will cement the idea into your student's minds. They won't forget this activity! Included in this unitDetailed step by step lesson plansContraction Doctor Booklet (You can differentiate to meet your class needs)Sample table set up picturesSurgery Signs includedAnchor Chart DesignDifferentiated contraction pagesAdditional Contraction ActivitiesContraction GamesVarious Contraction Wor
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1st - 2nd
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Physical and Chemical Changes Lab: Potions Classroom Transformation
Your physical and chemical changes lab just got elevated to potions class! In this Professor Snape inspired lesson students will conduct lab experiments in which they will discern the outcome as a mixture, solution, physical change or chemical change. Definitions for physical and chemical changes are included in the resource for students to reference. This lab includes 3 student stations and 1 teacher-led station. The teacher-led station is a demonstration that will blow them away as a mixture s
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Math and Science Lab Classroom Transformations
STATES OF MATTER UNIT: MAKING THE 3 STATES REALLY MATTER!
THIS UNIT HAS EVERYTHING, BUT THE KITCHEN SINK ITSELF!
It's Packed FULL of Simple Experiment Station Cards and Student Recording Sheets. There are loads of things to add to your interactive notebooks, a file folder game, study cards, and some posters for your bulletin board.
Page 4 - 3 States Of Matter examples …. Glue in student notebook
Page 5 - Can You Find 10 Solids and Liquids In Your Classroom … partner or group activity
Page 6 - Can You Find 10 Solids and Liquids In Your House … Home
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2nd - 4th
Harry Potter Potions Class - Making Scientific Observations
Compliment your book study by doing this hands-on activity. Use "muggle materials" to make "magical" reactions. Make connections to the story, observe reactions, and think creatively!
Please note:
- "Muggle" ingredients will need to be purchased in order to effectively complete this activity.
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3rd - 5th
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Engineering Design Process Worksheets for 10 Simple STEM Challenge Activities
Use engineering design challenges to get kids thinking! This STEM set offers graphic organizers that guide kids through the steps of the process. Worksheets support 10 specific projects. A blank template, review material, and a test are also included.Open the preview to take a closer look.Each engineering design activity uses simple materials and requires minimal set up.Tasks are open-ended and student-driven.Few limits are established on the student sheets. Instead, you may impose limits (amoun
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
STEM Activity Challenge Spaghetti Tower (Upper Elementary)
STEM Project for Third, Fourth and Fifth grades.In this activity, students will work in groups to build the tallest structure possible from mini-marshmallows and uncooked spaghetti noodles. Not only will the students learn the importance of working together as a team, but they will discover what shapes they need to make their tower strong.***If you are interested in a differentiated version of this resource for grades K-8, please click here.For a list of materials, please click here! This link w
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Activity Challenges 16 Pack #2 (Upper Elementary)
Evidence and Investigation Forensics Unit
It's time to think like CSI! Turn your students into a bunch of top-notch crime scene investigators with this ENTIRE UNIT on forensics! Featuring eight different investigative topics and chalk full of labs and activities, this packet is all you need to start teaching. Keep on reading below to see what’s included! (Note: This is a comprehensive unit for Evidence and Investigation, and lines up with the Alberta Program of Studies.) ===============================WHAT YOU GET======================
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Evidence and Investigation Forensics Bundle
Plate Tectonics LAB: Yummy! Eat Your Boundaries (Graham Crackers and Fluff)
EAT YOUR PLATES AND YOUR ASTHENOSPHERE! Graham cracker based plate tectonic boundaries lab. A dynamic tutorial on plate boundaries and model manipulation that kids LOVE! You can eat it too!
Loaded with COLOR and IMAGES!
This is a can’t miss lab! You can use the images provided OR use actual lab materials to mimic the lab procedure provided!
This lab includes the following:
-Terminology-asthenosphere, lithosphere, plate boundaries, convergent, divergent, transform, oceanic crust, contin
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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STEM Hands On Science Investigation: Tower Teamwork
This science task is geared toward helping the intermediate level student develop key STEM science/engineering “thinking skills” that will help build the foundation for more complicated scientific learning. As new science standards are implemented, “engineering” plays a prominent role—even at the elementary level!This lesson can be done in one class period or stretched out over 2 if you wish to allow the students to go back and revisit their towers. If you do, use the “extension” page to recor
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4th - 6th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Plate Tectonics, Pangaea, and Continental Drift LAB (Lots of FUN!!!)
Meet the ULTIMATE Super Continent! PANGAEA! Come experience an in depth tutorial and analysis of Pangaea, its before, and its after. A variety of fun and engaging pedagogical strategies (some you have probably never seen before) including:
-Puzzle construction: colorful with differentiated symbols to denote: cynognathus fossils, mesosaurus fossils, glossopteris fossils, lystrosaurus fossils, young rock formations, and old rock formations. Using a color/symbol coded key students assemble a
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5th - 9th, Adult Education
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Moon Phases and OREO COOKIE LAB. A TRUE HIT! (Yummy for ALL Ages!)
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Understanding moon phases can be difficult for a student or adult of any age. According to the NSF (National Science Foundation), the conceptual process of the moon phases is "misunderstood by adults just as much as children." Well, it's time to fix that! And you can use OREO cookies to help you.
This is a comprehensive activity and mini-lab in which students investigate the dynamic yet pr
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3rd - 8th
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Stars STEM: Types of Stars
This STEM project explores how STARS can appear different in the night sky based on how far they are from the Earth! You provide materials for students to design and try their own stars in a 1/2 hour time limit. This STEM's goal is to explore properties of stars, their brilliance, and how this is affected by their distance from the Earth. All the materials you need for documenting student progress are found inside! Look What's Inside the Types of Stars STEM! For the Teacher• Notes for the Tea
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3rd - 6th
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Hands On Science STEM Investigations: Help Harry!
Interested in finding a fun way to work some cooperative learning AND science and engineering into your day? This 30 minute lesson is a great way to do just that--and it's free! Everything you need to get started is included in this one page freebie--with the added bonus of a link to a blog post with full color photos and details about how to do it.When students work through the process of planning, building, testing, and revising--they really are acting like engineers. It's a fun way to get
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4th - 6th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Mealworm Activity Pack
Teaching about life cycles?
Mealworms allow students to observe complete metamorphosis - little set-up, easy to do and minimal care required. You will need a few months to complete - but checking once a week on these little guys would be effective.
Mealworms go through stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Your students will love watching the worms change to pupas and then into adults (beetles).
TWO FORMATS
1. designed for students with significant cognitive disabilities - icons for observations
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1st - 5th
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Scientific Method Sequence Display Cards
Scientific Method Display Cards are a great resource to reinforce the steps to the scientific method as well a supporting science fair project work. This product includes two levels of differentiation, one with picture supported text and the second level using sight word sentences. It is recommended that the two levels are attached to the front and back of sentence strips to create an instructional activity that can be used to address diverse literacy skills within the same activity.Scientific
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K - 12th
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Scientific Method: SAVING SAM THE GUMMY WORM! Kids say, "So much FUN!"
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-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-
SAVING SAM (GUMMY WORM) is a VERY POPULAR lab introducing the scientific method commonly found anywhere between 4th and 8th grade. Check out the preview! This lab is also used in pedagogy classes for science education in undergraduate and graduate school. This is a modified lab geared towards lower ability levels and/or students that do not ha
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3rd - 8th
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STEM Activity Challenge Swinging Pendulum (Upper Elementary)
STEM Project for Third, Fourth and Fifth grades.In this activity, students will work in groups to determine which factors (angle, length, or mass) affect the period of a pendulum. Through several different experiments, they will discover that only changes in length affect the period. Near the end of this project, the challenge will be for each group to create a pendulum of period 1 second by using the knowledge they’ve gained through prior experiments.For a list of materials, please click here!
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Activity Challenges 16 Pack #2 (Upper Elementary)
Measurement: VOLUME LAB (Water Displacement Method / Irregular Objects)
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-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-
Volume - WATER DISPLACEMENT METHOD LAB (Irregular Objects)
Great scientific method and physical science lab!
Volume measurement of irregular objects. A dynamic 3-part lab/activity that DOES NOT require lab materials. Using the water displacement method students will calculate the volume of the following objects: ring, aluminum cylinder, glas
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3rd - 8th
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Rock Cycle CRAYON LAB (A MUST HAVE! Unique and So Much Fun!)
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-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-
CRAYON LAB! So much fun!!!
Kids LOVE THIS LAB! Instead of using crayons to color, use crayons to demonstrate the rock cycle! 2 separate activities for differentiated levels.
Pairs great with the DICE GAME found at the link below:
ROCK CYCLE DICE GAME
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3rd - 10th
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Force, Motion and Work Unit
In this download you will find:- Introduction Power Point for terminology (can be printed as a word wall)- Introduction Power Point for Newton's Laws- Note sheet to go with the two power points- Force practice Sheet - Force do now - Work guided practice sheet- Work independent practice sheet- Work homework- Force and work quiz- how does this ball move lab*** for the set up of the lab, you need two pencils and rubber band between them and a ball that you can flick with the rubber band. Set up a r
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: BUNDLE: FORCE, MOTION & WORK - Digital and Printable
STEM Activity Challenge Musical Straws (Upper Elementary)
STEM Project for Third, Fourth and Fifth grades.Working in groups, students will explore sound. They will cut a normal straw and turn it into a musical instrument. They will then cut the straw to different lengths and analyze how the length changes the pitch. In the process, they will make a lot of noise (I mean music:) and have a ton of fun!***If you are interested in a differentiated version of this resource for grades K-8, please click here.For a list of materials, please click here! This li
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Activity Challenges 16 Pack #1 (Upper Elementary)
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