Physical Science Curriculum

Looking for easy to implement units of study for your physical science curriculum? These activities will help students learn about electricity, magnetism, forms of energy, force and Newton's laws of motion, and simple machines. This curriculum includes science texts, projects, classroom posters, cooperative learning demonstrations, graphic organizers, and review activities. Digital options are also included.

This physical science curriculum bundle covers:

• Electricity
• Potential Kinetic and Forms of Energy Unit
• Magnets
• Newton's Laws of Motion
• Simple Machines

Students will learn:

• Essential vocabulary terms related to electricity
• Static electricity
• Current electricity
• Circuits - Series, and parallel
• Forms of energy
• Electromagnet
• What a magnet is
• What magnetism is
• What a magnetic field is
• Real-life uses for magnets
• Identify magnetic materials
• Create an explanation of why materials are attracted to magnets
• Understand the relationship between the strength of a magnet and its magnetic field
• Understand the relationship between electricity and magnetism
• Dispel misconceptions:
  • All silver-colored objects are attracted to magnets
  • All metals are attracted to magnets
  • Only magnets produce a magnetic field

• Types of forces
• Newton's laws of motion
• what each simple machine is
  • Inclined plane
  • Screw
  • Wedge
  • Lever
  • Pulley
  • Wheel and axle

• How simple machines work
• Real-life examples of simple machines
• How simple machines are used to solve everyday problems

This physical science curriculum includes:

Electricity:

• Teacher instructions to teach this unit
• "I can..." statements for each learning objective
• Vocabulary posters to decorate your classroom. Includes charts for
  • static and current electricity
  • insulators
  • conductors
  • circuit
  • series circuit
  • parallel circuit
  • electromagnet
• Static electricity science text (print and digital options)
• Current electricity and circuits text (print and digital options) covers the following topics
  • What electricity is
  • Insulators and conductors
  • Switches
  • Movement of charges
  • Series or simple circuit
  • Parallel circuit
  • Ohm's law

• Graphic organizers (3 pages)
• Hands-on activities:
  • Series circuit
  • Parallel circuit
  • Electromagnet
• Review color by number activity
• A review sheet
• Flipbook review activity - makes a great study guide
• Printable, digital, and BOOM learning task cards
• A quiz to assess student understanding.

Energy:

• A unit overview includes learning objectives, vocabulary, and Next Generation Science Standards. It also details how I teach this unit to my students.
• Choice assignment worksheet: Use for a graded homework assignment, fast finisher activity, or as sub plans
• Anchor Chart Posters - for vocabulary terms
• Two inquiry activities to engage students in learning about energy and potential and kinetic energy
• Science Texts: available in different forms
  • printable
  • digital
• Flipbook
• Review Game
• Task Cards
• Color by Number activity
• Doodle Sketch Notes
• Quiz
• Forms of Energy Persuasive Writing Poster Project
• Answer keys and rubric

Magnetism:

• Digital instructions to efficiently distribute and use the Google Slides version of activities in your classroom.
• Free choice project assignment
• Free Magnet Video Activity
• Twelve anchor chart posters reinforce terms such as magnetism, magnet, poles, domains, field, lines of force, attract, repel, induction, iron filings, and electromagnet.
• A 7-page printable packet that will teach students about
  • Magnets
  • Magnetic poles
  • Magnetic fields
  • The packet includes reading and comprehension activities to assess student learning. Activities align with NGSS Crosscutting Concepts as well as build on literacy skills.

• Digital 13 Google Slide version of the above activities
• NGSS aligned activities
  • Students will design a solution to a real-life problem using magnets
  • A sheet includes a list of teacher-generated issues for students to solve if they cannot think of their own.
  • Students will demonstrate how to see magnetic forces.

• Flipped Stations and Printable Activities a printable and Google Forms assessment (complete teacher instructions included)
  • Station #2: Students will create a magnetic field to view where a magnet is the strongest.
  • Station #3: Forces: Test which materials are attracted to a magnet. This reinforces that iron, nickel, and cobalt are conductors.
  • Station #4: Poles: Test where a magnet is the strongest.
  • Station #5: Doodle Sketch Activity: Reinforces important concepts while activating the left side of the brain to tie all concepts together.

• 3 hands on magnet activities
  • Magnetic Attraction: Determine which materials are attracted to a magnet
  • Magnetic Fields: Use magnetic slime to determine the strength of a magnetic field using two different magnets of varying strengths
  • Electromagnet: Students will construct an electromagnet from simple material, brainstorm, and design a way to increase its strength.

• 3 - page printable quiz
  • Includes 16 questions
  • Multiple choice
  • Short answer

• Digital version of the test

Force and Motion:

• Anchor Chart Posters
  • Terms include gravity, inertia, acceleration, velocity, action, reaction, as well as the laws mentioned above.

• Forces PRINT and DIGITAL science text with graphic organizers to introduce balanced and unbalanced forces, gravity, inertia, and friction to your science students.
• First Law of Motion: Students will learn Newton's 1st law of motion, "Every object will remain at rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless compelled to change its state by the action of an external force."
• Newton's First Law demonstration
• Second Law: Introduces force, mass, and acceleration in an easy to understand format.
• Second Law Motion worksheet shows how force, mass, and acceleration are related.
• Newton's Third Law: Students will learn Newton's 3rd law, "for every action (force) in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction."
• Third Law hands-on activity; students create balloons and connect their understanding to Newton's laws.
• Newton's Review Activity: Includes 4 review activities, a crossword puzzle, and a word search.
• Graphic Organizer Activity: This allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the three laws of motion.
• Halloween Review Activity - Questions are editable, allowing you to personalize this resource to fit your needs. Digital version recently added!
• Digital Escape Room Review Activity
• Assessment
• NGSS aligned MS-PS1-2 Project: Students will create a cellphone case to prevent damage when dropped.
• STEM Project - Students will use materials to create a vehicle that can keep an egg safe as it travels.

Simple Machines:

• Choice Homework Enrichment Activity This FREEBIE has nine different activities related to simple machines. Hand it out as a homework assignment or use it in your classroom for early finishers.
• Vocabulary terms
• Anchor Chart Posters include five vocabulary terms, and the six simple machines are also included.
• Science Worksheets include simple machines print and digital text on:
  • lever
  • pulley
  • wheel and axle
  • inclined plane
  • wedge
  • screw

In each simple machines science packet, students will learn

• about each simple machine and its parts
• how simple machines make life easier
• guided questions to assess understanding
• teacher demonstrations
• problem-solving activity

• Hands on Stations Activity Students will reinforce their knowledge of simple machines using the six included hands-on activities to review the wedge, screw, inclined plane, wheel and axle, pulley, and lever.

• Graphic Organizers: 7 pages of printable doodle notes are included. Students will sketch what they know using the sheets that incorporate writing and drawing to help make deeper connections in the student's brain.

• Simple Machines Digital Activities: Four activities to review simple machines
  • Digital Maze
  • Mystery Picture
  • Digital Color by Number
  • Worksheet

• THREE seasonal STEM activities will ask your students to devise a trap to save either a leprechaun, turkey, or snowman.

• Create a Park Project Students will understand simple machines to create a park. They will identify at least six simple machines in the park and explain how they operate. Teacher and student instructions are included, and sample pictures and a rubric to assess their work.

• An answer key or rubric is included.

Teacher Feedback:

• A ton of activities around simple machines were easy to understand for both me and my students. My students especially loved the creating a park project which was a fun way to bring it all together.
• My students absolutely LOVED this resource! I LOVED the activity with the hard-boiled egg and egg with the yolk. I think I learned as much as they did! These activities made Laws of Motion fun and easy to teach at the 5th-grade level!
• Using these resources over Google Classroom was extremely useful! My students loved participating in the engaging activities. It provided great support for my struggling learners to interact with the curriculum in a different way! The activities were easily adaptable to use with Google Slides.
• Being a first-year teacher this absolutely saved me! very hands-on and well thought out!
• I love all of your resources! This is a must-have for Physical or Earth Science in learning Magnetism. Students love to interact with these digital slides and deepen their knowledge.
  

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