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2nd grade science activities for SMART Notebook
Parts of a Plant We Eat- Class Sort- Smart Notebook
The students or teacher can sort some foods we eat by the part of the plant that they are. This interactive sort is great for teacher modeling or a science center. It is a great introductory piece for students to complete a sort on their own:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Parts-of-a-Plant-We-Eat
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PreK - 3rd
The Ultimate Interactive Classroom Calendar for Smartboards
Do you hate changing your calendar pieces month after month? Save time and do your calendar on the Smartboard. Your students will love this interactive calendar! Each calendar is brightly colored and introduces or reviews a different pattern each month. The year begins with simple color patterns and then progress to more difficult patterns. Some of the calendar patterns include 2-D and 3-D shapes to help you review or introduce them to your students. The shapes also have a color pattern so
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PreK - 2nd
The 5 Senses Smart Board Lesson
My 5 Senses SmartBoard lesson will engage your students and get them excited about the 5 senses! The lesson includes the following:teacher's notes pageinteractive pageslink to school tube video (5 senses song)link to 5 senses website activity5 senses poem to read, sing and act outprintables of the poem5 sense Quiz (true/false click and reveal quiz)a matching activity5 interactive graphs (one for each sense)printable 5 Senses book (writing and check for understanding activity). Have fun learnin
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K - 2nd
Hallowe'en Science Experiments/Activities
Four exciting, hands-on and engaging Hallowe'en Science experiments you can do with your class using simple and easy to find supplies. In the older grades you can even explain the Science behind the chemical and state reactions! This file also links to two videos on YouTube demonstrating the experiment.
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PreK - 8th
SmartNotebook Hangman Game
Fun and easy classroom activity for any age student to use the SmartBoard and participate in the game.
Easy as 1) download, 2) open and 3) play.
This SmartNotebook file includes 2 pages "hangman boards" - 1 with female student and 1 with a male student.
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Grades:
1st - 12th
Smart STEM Tallest Christmas Tree
Tis the season for holiday STEM! Here is a SmartBoard activity that I made for a 2nd grade class. This Smart has directions, materials, charts and timers for the activity. Students are to build the tallest Christmas tree that they can in 15 minutes. At the beginning, I have the jobs broken down. For my class, I will not assign specific jobs, but for some classes it could be needed. For older grades, have the students graph their data they collected.
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1st - 8th
Non-Fiction Exploration Unit: Lessons, Slides, Activities and More!
Smart Notebook slides for Non-Fiction unit: Includes 75 slides with lessons, activities, turn and talk, resources and more!
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K - 4th
Also included in: Non-Fiction Unit Plans, Activities and Resources
Food Chain Smartboard Lesson
This Smartboard lesson will help your students understand what the food chain is all about. It covers herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, predator/prey, producers, consumers, and the order of the food chain. It allows for practice and includes a link to an online game for more practice and a link to a food chain video. It also includes a link to a free food chain printable.
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2nd - 3rd
The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin- Fall Plants
Pumpkin Life Cycle is in the format of an electronic big book (can be used on Smart Board, Bright Link, etc.). It contains one page/slide for each stage of the life cycle (seed, sprout, plant, flower, green pumpkin, orange pumpkin) containing color photos and student friendly descriptions. The final slide is a culminating, interactive piece where the students or teacher can move the photos/stages to create the pumpkin life cycle visual.
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PreK - 3rd
The Solar System Science SmartBoard Lesson Primary Grades
My Solar System SmartBoard Lesson is a great way to introduce your primary students to the solar system! The file includes a teacher's notes page, interactive pages identifying the items in the solar system, a variety of links to videos, charts to guess the size the sun/moon/earth and to guess which items move in space, and a printable student response sheet. Your students will have fun learning about the Solar System! Open the preview to see all the pages in this .notebook file.Lisa Rombach
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K - 2nd
Engineering Science Unit: Slides, Activities, Resources and More
33 Engineering Science Unit slides including: Lessons, Activities, Resources, Turn and Talks and more.
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K - 5th
Matter Smartboard Lessons and Activities
**Don't have a Smartboard? Don't worry!! This exact same product is now available for use with PowerPoint!**
Matter Smartboard Lessons and Activities is an interactive, exciting way to teach matter! Slides have object animation to catch students attention and keep them engaged in the learning process! This Smartboard unit covers matter, liquids, solids, gases, mass, volume, properties, physical changes, and chemical changes. Plus it has slides for four experiments, as well as places to record
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1st - 3rd
Sound Smartboard Lessons and Activities
Sound Smartboard Lessons and Activities is an interactive, exciting way to teach sound! Slides have object animation to catch students attention and keep them engaged in the learning process! This Smartboard unit covers vibrations, parts of the ear, and pitch. It also has two quick experiments about vibrations and a longer experiment about pitch.
Sound Smartboard Lessons and Activities is meant to take approximately three weeks (though it can take less time depending on how you use it). The fi
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1st - 3rd
Butterfly Life Cycle Interactive Calendar
This download is SmartBoard ready and able to help you and your students track your Butterfly Life Cycle experience! This calendar can be used year after year and you can print copies for your students to keep at their seats (while you update your visual... your students are keeping their own record)! A great idea is to have your students make a prediction on their calendar for when the butterflies could hatch. Even better, flutter across the curriculum and have your students write about thei
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PreK - 3rd
Matter and its Changes Science Unit: Slides, Activities, Lessons and Resources
33 slides including lessons, activities, turn and talks, links, resources and more!
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K - 5th
SMARTBoard Whiteboard Water Cycle Lesson Interactive
This lesson contains an overview of the watercycle suitable for grades K-4. It includes a link to a video which explains and gives an overview of the watercyle and also has a sound link in it. Children drag the appropriate vocabulary words to the pictures and then take a short quiz at the end. It also has a link to a fun site with lots of weather games and information.
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K - 4th
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Turtle Life Cycle Smart Doc- Non-fiction "big book" ; Interactive Life Cycle
Turtle Life Cycle Smart Notebook document contains Non-fiction "big book" describing the stages of the sea turtle life cycle with beautiful photos. There is also an interactive life cycle activity where students can put the stages of the life cycle in order.
Sea Turtle Life Cycle is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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PreK - 3rd
Carnivore, Omnivore, Herbivore sorting Smartboard file
This is a Smartboard file version of the sorting of carnivore, herbivore, omnivore.
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PreK - 6th
Koosh Ball SMARTboard Game Template
This cupcake-themed SMARTboard game template is a fun way to review for all grades and content areas! Students toss a koosh or soft rubber ball at the board to play the game. Directions are included to easily add your own questions/problems to this template. You must have Smart Notebook software to open this file. *************************************************You may also be interested in these other products:Frog Money Game (Smartboard Game and Task Cards)Pirate’s Treasure Addition Facts (S
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K - 8th
Scientific Method & Inquiry SMARTboard Lesson
This is a 24 page instructional SMARTboard lesson on the subject of Scientific Method & Inquiry. It is full of interactive parts, pictures, and video clips. This lesson coordinates with my Scientific Inquiry SMARTboard lesson also featured here on Teachers Pay Teachers.
Topics covered in this unit lesson:
*What is Science?
*What is a Scientist?
*Scientific Method
*Quantitative vs. Qualitative Observations
*Formulating Questions
*Developing a Hypothesis
*Designing an Experiment
*Collect
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2nd - 9th
Shiny Penny Experiment Science Smart Board Lesson for Beginning Learners
Introduce your students to the process of scientific experimentation with this simple science lesson. In this lesson, the students will predict why some pennies are shinier than others, learn the meaning of a hypothesis by watching a video (link to website), make a hypothesis, graph their hypothesis, clean pennies, and learn why pennies are dull and how they become shiny. Two student printables are included for recording and responding to the lesson. A teacher's notes page explains how to use
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K - 2nd
Exploring Magnets for Beginning Learners Smart Board Lesson
Let's explore and experiment with magnets! This Notebook file will guide your beginning learners through exploring with magnets, learning about magnetism and experimenting with magnets. Included in this resource:Step by step lesson planVideo links (youtube)Notebook pages for YES / NO charts (predictions for experiments)A 6 page pdf printable with differentiated recording sheets and differentiated show what you know sheets.Open the preview to see all the pages in this .notebook file. Lisa Romba
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K - 2nd
Arctic SMART Board Thematic Unit
This is an interactive SMART Board presentation about the climate, culture, people, communities, and animals in the Arctic. It includes lessons, videos, interactive slides, lab ideas, and writing/craft activities for each subtopic including the tundra, the Inuit people, land animals and camouflage, Arctic animals with fur, Arctic animals with feathers, and Arctic animals with blubber.
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K - 3rd
Owl Unit - Smartboard Lesson and Project Report
This is a 3 day owl unit covering the body parts of owls, owl habitats, what owls eat, and an in-depth lesson on the snowy owl. You will hear owl sounds and see images of adorable baby owls. Also included are links to sites with educational videos of owls and their special senses. Included is a printable 10 page owl report for your students to take home and complete. Your students and their parents are guaranteed to learn from this unit.
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K - 2nd
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