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Elementary earth sciences unit plan pdfs
Rocks and Minerals Unit, Types of Rocks, Weathering and Erosion, Rock Cycle
Is your science textbook outdated and lacking? Make learning about rocks and minerals engaging! This unit contains reading passages with comprehension questions, activities, science labs, task cards, and vocabulary reference posters that you can use to enhance your unit on rocks and minerals.These reading passages with comprehension questions are the perfect way to quickly check for understanding while providing the students with background information on each topic. It is also the perfect wa
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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NGSS:
4-ESS1-1
Also included in: Science Bundle
Landforms Activities, Map Skills, and Writing Project
Make your science lessons come alive with these landforms activities that include a landforms building and narrative writing project! Students explore 20 different landforms, build landform islands, practice map skills, and much more! Combining science, writing, and literacy activities, this highly engaging, hands-on unit includes ready-to-use lesson plans, mini-lessons, 20 full-page landforms posters, and a variety of printable landforms activities and assessments. Your students will love the
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1st - 3rd
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Second Grade Science Units NGSS Bundle
Teaching second grade science aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards is quite challenging without quality resources to guide you. These in-depth units address all 2nd grade NGSS topics and enable you to plan and teach high-engagement, three-dimensional science lessons. The six units in this bundle blend three important aspects of science and engineering education: the content, the skills, and the big-picture ideas. These units incorporate phenomena, integrate Crosscutting Concepts, a
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Grades:
2nd
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 2-PS1-4
, 2-LS4-1
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Weather Unit
Your meteorologists will have so much fun with this jam-packed weather unit for science ! There are 12 learning posters and over 15 weather activities included. Your students will study the weather, seasons, changes, clouds, weather tools, temperature, forecasts and weather maps, meteorology, and more! There are plenty of engaging activities packed into this unit to teach the concepts of weather to your students. It also includes engaging, hands-on science experiments!
This learning pack includ
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Science Unit MEGA BUNDLE!
Butterfly Life Cycle Lapbook, Reading Passages, Worksheets, and Posters
Have your students dig deeper into the butterfly life cycle with this butterfly mini-unit. They will read about each stage of a butterfly's life cycle in the reading passages and answer comprehension questions. In addition to other butterfly activities, students will create a butterfly flip book and lapbook to demonstrate their learning. ACTIVITY PAGES INCLUDEDButterfly Life Cycle - Overview - Reading and short answerStage One - Eggs - Reading and short answerStage Two - Larva - Reading and s
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Science Bundle
Frog Life Cycle Science Unit - Reading Passages and Worksheets!
Have your students dig deeper into the frog life cycle with this frog mini-unit. They will read about each stage of a frog's life cycle in the reading passages and answer comprehension questions. In addition to other butterfly activities, students will create a frog flip book and lapbook to demonstrate their learning.Pages included:Frog Life Cycle - Overview - Reading and short answerStage One - Eggs - Reading and short answerStage Two - Tadpoles - Reading and short answer Stage Three - Froglets
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Science Bundle
Growing a Kinder-Garden: A Unit About Plants
Have fun learning about plants! This science mini-unit includes songs, experiments, crafts, worksheets, read aloud ideas, anchor charts, and more. I also included a sample unit outline so you can see how I implemented this unit in my classroom. Enjoy!
What's included:
-Schema chart idea
-Parts of a plant chart
-Parts of a plant craft
-Plant parts song
-Plant parts cut and paste
-What Do Plants Need flapbook
-What Do Plants Need song
-Plant life cycle cut and paste
-Differentiated plant life c
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
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Ocean Unit for Kindergarten and First Grade
Why is the ocean salty? How do fish breathe underwater? Learn the answers to these questions and MORE during this ocean unit for kindergarten and first grade! The week-long comprehensive unit includes detailed daily lesson plans with literature suggestions. It incorporates science, reading, writing, math, handwriting and art. It also includes QR codes and links to videos that complement the unit study.Click on the PREVIEW to read each lesson plan, see the Week-at-a-Glance planning sheet, as well
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 1st
NGSS:
K-LS1-1
, K-ESS3-3
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition Science Centers | 4th Grade Reading Passage Sort
Slow Changes to Earth's Surface Science Weekly Five™ Stations help students learn about weathering, erosion, and deposition by wind, water, and ice.Updated for 2022. Stations are improved, an answer key was added, and everything you need is included in one easy PDF. Look out for more updated units!5 Quick and Simple Centers1. Read: How Does Earth's Surface Slowly Change?2. Explore: Mini-lab on sand dune formation3. Organize: Classify events as weathering, erosion, or deposition4. Extend: Draw a
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
4-ESS2-1
Science Focus #1: The Needs & Characteristics of Living Things
This Science Focus is all about living things and the environment. I have been using this unit for a few years now and every year it is one of my students' favourite, and I'm so happy to finally share it with you. From anchor charts to activity pages, craftivities and more, your students will be engaged from start to finish!
*download the PREVIEW to get a glimpse at some of the resources included in this product*
This product is organized into 6 "Learning Topics"...
INCLUDED:
* introduction
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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Also included in: Science Focus: The BUNDLE!!!
Weather Activities Reading Passages Tools Weathering & Erosion Worksheet Science
This best-selling Weather and Erosion unit is filled with fun and hands-on activities! This complete unit includes information about Weathering, Erosion, Types of Clouds, Weather Maps, and Weather Instruments. It has leveled Reading Passages with three difficulty levels, build a weather tool science labs, and lots of hands-on activities.In this unit students will learn all about:WeatherWeathering & ErosionTypes of CloudsMeteorologists & ForecastingWeather MapsWater CycleWeather Vocabul
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
The Great Volcano Pack- No Prep
Dig into earth science with this everything you need, no prep volcano, unit. Discover how and where volcanoes form, why they erupt, and what kind of blasts they can have! Students will read, write, and create with this science unit. They will love the interactive writing foldable craft activities as well as getting to take home their very own single piece of paper foldable book! Print and teach!What's included:»Vocabulary word cards with definition»Graphic organizers»Volcano careers»Parts of a v
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K - 3rd
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Desert Habitat for the Common Core Classroom
The Desert Habitat is ready to be explored! Crawl into the Common Core Standards as you quench your students' thirst for knowledge. This set is packed with essential Desert Vocabulary Cards, definitions, pre-made Desert Bingo cards and template, vocabulary worksheets, Desert Mini Book, writing activities, Desert art project and more! Your class will be slithering with excitement Dynamic Desert Activities.
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Habitats of the World
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Habitats of the World for the Common Core Classroom - THE BUNDLE
Weather and Climate Third Grade Science NGSS BUNDLE | Print + Digital
This third grade weather and climate bundle is a comprehensive science resource carefully designed with literally everything you need to teach NGSS, TEKS, and many state science standards for weather and climate. Each ready-to-teach lesson comes with an instructional PowerPoint, detailed, scripted lesson plans, response journal activities, differentiated quizzes, hands-on investigations, and simple lab activities that are actually do-able in your classroom. The lessons also include vocabulary po
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd
Types:
NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-ESS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-ESS2-2
...
Soils in the Environment Unit (Grade 3 Ontario Science NEW 2022)
This full unit contains everything you need for teaching the Grade 3 Soils in the Environment unit in the NEW 2022 Ontario Science Curriculum! This unit includes a FULL unit plan (with suggestions for 21 daily lessons), a workbook, slideshow, experiments/investigations, a final project, and posters/word wall. This resource includes options for in-person, digital, and hybrid classrooms. Google Slides™ and TPT Easel activities are included for virtual learning.This resource includes:FULL Unit Pla
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Grades:
3rd
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Weather Unit for Kindergarten and First Grade
The forecast calls for lots of fun and learning with this weather unit for kindergarten and first grade! The week-long comprehensive unit includes detailed daily lesson plans with literature suggestions. It incorporates science, reading, writing, math, experiments, handwriting, and art. It also includes QR codes and links to videos that complement the unit study.Click on the PREVIEW to read each lesson plan, see the Week-at-a-Glance planning sheet, as well as examples of printables and art proje
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 1st
NGSS:
K-ESS2-1
, 1-ESS1-2
Weather Unit and Reading Passages | Print and Digital
Looking for hands-on activities to teach your students about weather? This cross curricular unit will keep your students ENGAGED while teaching them all they need to know about weather. There are multiple interactive activities that allow you to make lapbooks or to use in interactive notebooks. Along with reading passages, there are also graphing activities, chart activities, and even a map activity. NOTE: This resource now has Google Classroom activities, making it ideal for digital distance l
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Grades:
1st - 4th
Weather Unit - Types of Precipitation - Climate Zones - Clouds - Weather Tools
This weather unit covers weather tools, types of clouds, climate zones, and types of precipitation. It includes foldable notes, hands-on investigations, games, and assessments to keep your students engaged throughout the entire unit! Every activity comes with a teacher direction page. This engaging weather unit includes:22 Hands-On and Interactive Weather ActivitiesFoldables, Crafts, Games, Assessments and MoreDIY Build Your Own Weather Tools Discussion CardsCulminating project and assessmentTop
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4th - 6th
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Design a Sustainable Eco-House (Environmental Science)
In the Eco-House Extravaganza project, students work in teams to complete the ultimate project-based learning STEM experience: planning and designing an energy-efficient, eco-friendly house in the U.S. city of their choice. This product includes planning sheets and suggested resources for lessons as well as an interactive game-like planning tool that can help students “research” and develop ideas for design solutions while working within constraints such as budgeting. Project-based learningReal-
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ESS3-3
, 3-5-ETS1-2
...
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Polar Bears Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions 1st 2nd Grade
This polar bears themed main idea and details resource includes 10 polar bear themed reading passages for primary grades in two different versions. Each passage includes a simplified multiple choice version and an expanded writing response version for differentiated learning.Polar Bear Passages Include:- Polar Bears Adapt- Keeping Warm- Sea Bears- Polar Bears as Hunters- New Born Cubs- Growing Cubs- Leaving the Den- Learning to Survive- On Their Own- Polar Bear HabitatAll content is in black an
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Primary Reading Comprehension Passages & Activities Bundle
Science in a Snap: Rocks, Soil, & Water
Science in a Snap is just that..... quick, meaningful, and engaging activities for Science in your classroom to ensure that students are exposed to these important and often left-out skills! Sure.... literacy and math take up a large chunk of our day in the classroom... but Science is just as important and it CAN happen through integration and intentional teaching!This pack is included in the SCIENCE IN A SNAP BUNDLE. If you own the growing bundle, please do not purchase this pack as you alrea
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K - 1st
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All about Plants Lifecycle Activities & Plant Needs Book Companion Activities
If you are looking for a very thorough plant unit, you have found it. This product is 155 pages and is filled with different activities to teach your students about plants, plant needs, and the plant lifecycle. There are 3 mini books included plus literature connections, science connections, word work, writing, and more. Enjoy making the plant craft or flower pot too. It's a great craft for Mother's Day as well. Here is what a few people had to say about this unit!"I highly recommend this for
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K - 3rd
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Continents and Oceans
This continent and ocean lapbook is a great way to get students learning when they don't even know they are learning! This pack includes all interactive and hands on activities to teach continents and oceans. The best part is you can also use this pack as an interactive notebook or simply use the foldables to reinforce the learning. Included:Cover sheet and continents songOceans 4 tab foldableWorld map guess-and-checkContinents flip bookOceans 4 petal foldableContinents riddle pocket activity**J
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K - 4th
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Also included in: Social Studies Curriculum Bundle
FOSS Plants and Animals- A Fun, Kid Friendly Science Journal
I created a kid friendly science journal to follow the FOSS kit for Plants and Animals. Each investigation has an easy to use recording sheet/s for students to record their observations. Over 60 picture supported vocabulary cards are included.This journal/vocab cards can be used with both the 3rd edition and the NGSS edition. If you are using the 3rd edition kit, you will just not need a few of the pages that support the additional readings included in the NGSS edition. This pack contains:1. Col
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
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Also included in: FOSS 1st Grade: Journal Bundle
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