Ultimate Science Lesson Plan Units BUNDLE

This ultimate science units bundle is designed to elevate your science lesson plans beyond the traditional methods and into a world of research-based, teacher-tested approach! These units cover all the essential concepts in depth with hands-on activities, experiments, inquiry-based activities, differentiated lesson plans, and so much more so that you can meet the needs of every student and ensure student growth! Make your science classroom a place of excitement, understanding, and success all while taking back some of your lesson planning time!

What Concepts & Skills are Covered?

• Plant Lesson Plan Unit
  • The needs of plants
  • Parts of plants and their functions
  • Identifying and classifying plants (seeds, flowers, fruits, leaves, stems, and roots)
  • Types of plants and flowers
  • What plants need to grow
  • A slight (but not in-depth) look at the process of making food (photosynthesis)
  • The plant life cycle

• Scientific Method Unit
  • Understanding what science is and the role of scientists
  • Using process skills such as observation skills, communication skills, estimating and measurement, identifying and controlling variables, inferring and predicting, classifying, experimenting, and representing data with graphs
  • Practice measurement of length using inches and centimeters
  • Identify and practice the steps of the scientific method, including creating a hypothesis, identifying variables, controlling variables, planning and conducting experiments, data analysis, and communicating results
  • Understanding important vocabulary related to the scientific method
  • Critical thinking skills and cooperative learning
  • Collecting, interpreting, and analyzing data
  • Writing scientific explanations, procedures, and conclusions

• Animal Classification/Vertebrate & Invertebrate Unit
  • What classification is and how to use a classification chart
  • What makes an animal an animal for animal classification
  • Identifying key characteristics of vertebrates and invertebrates
  • Comparing and contrasting vertebrate and invertebrate animals
  • Exploring the five classes of vertebrates: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish
  • Engaging with nonfiction reading pieces to practice reading comprehension

• Force and Motion
  • Understanding position and motion, along with directional language
  • Exploring speed, distance, and time
  • Measurement of distance
  • Exploring push and pull
  • Effects of forces on objects
  • Exploring the forces of gravity and magnetism
  • Exploring friction

• Investigating Matter
  • What is matter and properties of matter
  • States of matter (the three states of matter - solids, liquids, and gases)
  • Physical properties of matter, such as mass, volume, density, and temperature
  • Changes in matter
  • Physical changes
  • Chemical changes
  • Mixtures and solutions
  • Changes in states of matter, including melting, freezing, boiling, evaporation, and condensation
  • Chemical reactions

• Rocks and Minerals Unit
  • Properties of minerals such as color, luster, streak, hardness, and cleavage
  • Type of rocks - the three types of rocks - igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary - and how rocks are formed
  • Rock identification - based on properties of rocks and formation processes
  • The rock cycle which illustrates the continuous processes of rock formation, transformation, and the role of weathering and erosion
  • Importance of rocks and minerals in everyday life including construction, industry, and natural resources
  • Uses of rocks - the different application of rocks and minerals and their essential roles in human activities and technologies
  • Reading integration - helping develop reading comprehension skills
  • Creativity, organization, and visual representation 
  • Observation and experimentation

• Electricity Unit
  • Basic understanding of the structure of atoms and matter, such as electrons, protons, neutrons
  • Static electricity including attraction, repulsion, and electrical discharge
  • Current electricity and its components such as battery cell, wires, and resistors (load/bulb)
  • Simple circuits including how electricity flows in a closed loop
  • The differences between series and parallel circuits and their applications
  • The differences between open (broken circuits) and closed circuits (complete circuits)
  • Controlling the flow of current through devices like fuses, circuit breakers, and switches
  • Materials that conduct electricity (conductors) and those that resist the flow of electricity (insulators)
  • Electromagnetism, including how electric currents create magnetic fields and how magnets can create currents
  • Electricity safety

• Fast and Slow Changes to the Earth
  • The three layers of the earth - composition and properties of the earth’s core, mantle, and crust
  • Earthquakes - seismic activity, how earthquakes occur, and their effects on the earth’s surface
  • Volcanoes - volcanic eruptions and the formation of volcanic landforms
  • Weathering and erosion - the processes of weather and erosion and their role in shaping the earth’s surface
  • Differentiation between constructive forces and destructive forces
  • Causes of landforms - identifying the various factors, slow and fast changes, and destructive and constructive forces that contribute to the formation of landforms
  • Fast and slow changes - Differentiating between fast and slow changes to the Earth’s surface
  • Cause and Effect relationships between natural phenomena and the resulting changes to the Earth’s surface
  • Scientific process skills through hands-on investigations, including observation, inference, data collection, and analysis
  • Science vocabulary related to earthquakes, volcanoes, erosion, and landforms

• Science Picture of the Day
  • CCSS alignment specifically addressing inference, key details, informational text, key discussion, and vocabulary skills
  • Listening and speaking skills during discussion of real-life pictures
  • Diverse science topics representing various branches of science
  • Engagement in the scientific process of asking questions, making observations, inferring, and connecting scientific concepts
  • Scientific vocabulary development
  • Reasoning and justification
  • Development of writing skills with writing prompts

• Science and STEM Careers
  • Focus on 35 diverse science careers:
  • Career exploration, learning about the roles, responsibilities, and requirements of various science and stem careers.
  • Reading comprehension skills and reflection questions 
  • Analytical and decision-making skills
  • Writing and communication skills
  • Real-life application
  • Presentation skills

What’s Included?

• Plant Lesson Plan Unit
  • Plant reading passages 
  • Engaging, hands-on science labs and investigations
  • Higher level thinking activities and cooperative learning
  • Creative choice board activities, along with a photo album project
  • Plant worksheets for review and practice
  • Plant writing (RAFT)
  • High quality, day-by-day plant lesson plans
  • Answer keys

• Scientific Method Unit
  • Detailed lesson plans for day-by-day activities
  • Scientific method worksheets for practice and review
  • Scientific method posters and process skills posters
  • Experiments and lab investigations
  • Vocabulary center activity
  • Answer keys
  • Investigation sheets
  • Higher level activities and cooperative learning
  • Differentiated materials
  • Process skills tabbed booklet center

• Animal Classification/Vertebrate & Invertebrate Unit
  • Non-fiction reading pieces to help practice reading skills
  • Engaging, hands-on science labs and explorations
  • Review games, foldable activities, and task cards
  • Engaging and rigorous activities that meet a variety of learning styles
  • Vertebrate and invertebrate worksheets for practice and review
  • Activities that encourage higher order thinking
  • High quality, day by day lesson plans (10 days)
  • Answer keys

• Force and Motion Science Unit
  • Engaging, high quality detailed lesson plans
  • Hands-on science labs and investigations
  • Non-fiction reading sheets to integrate reading skills
  • Science centers and games
  • Practice and review sheets (printables)
  • Concept maps
  • Open investigation sheets for flexibility
  • Answer keys

• Investigating Matter
  • Engaging, hands-on science labs and experiments
  • Activities that encourage higher order thinking
  • Worksheets and other practice sheets
  • Learning stations and science centers
  • High quality, day-by-day lesson plans (10 days)
  • Vocabulary activities to increase achievement
  • Foldables and interactive notebook pieces
  • Answer keys

• Rocks and Minerals Unit
  • Non-fiction reading pieces to help integrate reading and meet RI standards
  • Engaging, hands-on investigative science labs
  • Creative activities, such as creating a biography of a rock and a rock and mineral fashion show
  • Concept maps and graphic organizers
  • Rocks and minerals worksheets for review and practice
  • Technology integration
  • High quality, day-by-day lesson plans (15 days)
  • Answer keys

• Electricity Unit
  • Non-fiction reading pieces to help practice reading skills
  • Engaging, hands-on science experiments and investigations
  • Higher-level thinking activities and cooperative learning
  • Creative craftivities
  • Electricity worksheets (or printables)
  • Interactive notebook pages
  • 15 high quality, day-by-day detailed electricity lesson plans
  • Printable and digital versions!
  • Answer keys

• Fast and Slow Changes to the Earth
  • Engaging, high-quality detailed lesson plans
  • Hands-on science labs and investigations
  • Kinesthetic activities
  • Science centers and rotations
  • Fast and slow changes worksheets, layers of the Earth worksheets, earth changes worksheets, and more!
  • Cause and effect relationship practice
  • Layers of the Earth role play activity
  • Answer keys
  • Flexible printing options - printer friendly and color versions (for lamination)

• Science Picture of the Day
  • 190 picture of the day writing prompts 
  • Possible answers key
  • Graphic organizers
  • Printable and digital versions
  • Differentiated pages to meet your students needs

• Science and STEM Careers
  • 35 science and stem career reading passages
  • Creative and interactive activities, such as the trading card activity
  • Comparison grid graphic organizer
  • Science career question sheets
  • Printable and digital versions
  • Answer keys
    

Why Grab This Bundle?

• Engaging, Hands-on Experiments for the entire school year, saving you planning time
• Higher-level thinking activities, cooperative learning, active learning, and other research-based best practices aligned
• Differentiated to meet your students' learning needs and styles
• Variety of creative activities
• Save Money and Time!

Don’t struggle with lesson planning for science all year! This comprehensive ultimate science units bundle has everything you need to complete your science curriculum and take your science instruction to new levels. With detailed lesson plans, hands-on experiments, differentiated active learning activities, and so much more, you can relax knowing that your students will not only love science but grow consistently! Add this to your cart and not only save time but money too!

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