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7th grade science activities for SMART Notebook
Virginia's Natural Resources SMARTboard Unit Lesson - VA SOL 4.8
Updated September 2015 - New links added!
This is an 18 page instructional unit SMARTboard about Virginia's Natural Resources. It covers all of the Science VA SOL's for this topic for fourth grade. (VA SOL 4.8) It contains tons of interactive elements, video clips, & games.
Topics include: Natural Resources, Human Resources, Capital Resources, Water Resources - groundwater, reservoirs, oceans, bays, rivers, & lakes, watersheds, Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Atlantic Ocean, Animal Res
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3rd - 8th
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
Electricity SMARTboard Unit Lesson - VA SOL 4.3
This 20 page Instructional Unit SMARTboard Lesson teaches kids all about Electricity. It follows the Virginia 4th grade SOL requirements for Electricity (VA SOL 4.3), but would be appropriate for grades 3-8. This lesson is FUN - with TONS of web links and interactive parts. My students LOVE this SMARTboard! It takes about 1-2 weeks to complete, and I use it in conjunction with my Electricity Interactive Notebook, also featured here on TPT. If you're teaching 4th grade science in Virginia, t
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3rd - 9th
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.
Check out our other SmartNotebook Games & Templates:
SmartBoard Checkers Game
Connect 4 Gameboard
Crossword Gameboard Template
Magic Words Teacher Template
Free Sudoku Math Template
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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
Force & Motion SMARTboard Unit - VA SOLs
This ten page instructional SMARTboard covers all of the 4th grade VA Science SOLs on the topic of Force and Motion - VA SOL 4.2. It is colorful, well organized, and contains lots of interactive parts including tons of video links. Use this lesson to teach your entire unit!
Topics covered include:
position & location
motion, speed, direction
energy, potential energy, kinetic energy
force, push, pull
friction
inertia
and more!
I also offer an interactive notebook for this unit that c
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3rd - 10th
Mendelian Genetics Unit: Lesson 7: Your Monster and Punnet Squares
Now that students know how to set up Punnet squares and predict future genotypes and phenotypes, have them do the same with their monsters!
Students will pick a partner in class, and their two monsters will fall in love and have many monster babies! Students will select traits, and will create 10 punnets squares that will show the possible outcomes for four different babies.
Finally, students will put together a packet with their adult monsters (illustrated with their genotypes and phenotypes
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6th - 8th
Mink Dissection
This is the presentation I created to help my students through each major step of a mink dissection.
While the presentation came in handy, I also modeled each step for them, but tried not to show them TOO much as I went-- there's something great in the discovery being theirs.
As they started opening each mink, I would call them back, show more pictures on the board, or model through mine a bit more, quizzing as I went.
(The first day is the toughest as students have to find the trachea and e
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6th - 9th
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Natural Disasters SMART Board Thematic Unit
This is an interactive SMART Board unit with lessons based upon thirteen different types of natural disasters. They are alphabetically sorted from brush fires to tornadoes and tsunamis. It includes creative writing prompts, videos, fact sheets, and how they each relate to and impact humans. It also includes information and lessons for the process of a cumulating event of a Natural Disaster Science Fair in which pairs of students can base their own individuals science experiments on one of the na
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4th - 11th
Mendelian Genetics Unit: Lesson 6: Intro to Punnet Squares
Before students can continue their monster project, they need to learn how to organize information about alleles, and predict future offspring using Punnet squares!
This lesson focuses on how to organize information without a Punnet square, and looks at the pros and cons of solving a different way, then shows the more streamlined Punnet squares with side by side comparisons so students can see the exact same information is in both.
There are levels of practice problems ranging from simple (fil
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6th - 8th
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
Butterfly and Spring Themed SMART Board Attendance w/ SOUND and ANIMATION
Fly away, little butterfly!
Students use this fun and engaging notebook activity to show they are present at school. This file has both moving objects and sound. Students "release" their butterfly by clicking on it. The butterfly gracefully flies away while making a magical sound. What a wonderful way for your students to start the day!
The activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing name
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PreK - 8th
Spring/Earth Day SMART Board Attendance Activity *Bundle* (3 Activities)
This bundle has three Spring and Earth Day themed SMART Board Attendance Activities. SOUNDS are included for all three activities. Each attendance activity comes with a direction page specific to the activity. There are two options for each attendance activity--a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names.
Check out my individual listings for additional pictures for each activity!
"Birds in a Birdhouse"
What better way to start your day than
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PreK - 8th
Astronomy Cycles Jeopardy
Astronomy Cycles Jeopardy is a FULLY EDITABLE Jeopardy review game for fifth through eighth grade students. It includes review for rotation, revolution, day and night, the seasons, phases of the moon, eclipses and tides. This is a great review to use before a content test, or before achievement assessments. The content aligns with national earth science standards.
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5th - 8th
6 Investigations: How does learning happen? (Based on Brain Rules!)
During the first week of school, before I start digging into inquiry, I like to illuminate how I use brain research in my teaching-- no matter what content or process is. The easiest way to show students the rationale behind everything from homework to dancing about chromosomes is to prove it to them.
John Medina wrote a book entitled "Brain Rules" that serves as the basis for this series of investigations. Within each investigation, we explore the inquiry process, look at data from Medina's we
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6th - 9th
"Let's Have a SUPER Day!" Superhero Themed SMART Board Attendance w/ SOUND
Start off your day in a SUPER way with this superhero themed attendance activity! Students click on their superhero and watch their superhero fly away with an audible "swoosh!" Any superheroes left on the page indicate students who are absent for the day.
This attendance activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing names are included!
*If you are concerned about students being able to reach t
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PreK - 8th
Rocks & Minerals Unit: Lesson 4: Mineral Identification Investigation!
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Today, we take the level of rigor higher! To review mineral property vocab, students do a quick crossword puzzle, and then read a rap/poem about a girl who'd asked for diamonds but got something questionable. Then, after checking their borax/Epsom salt crystals for the last time, we break out the mineral kits and go to work.
Using the properties they learned about and tested the day or two before, students will identify all of the minerals in their kit cooperatively. When finished, st
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6th - 9th
Rocks & Minerals Unit: Lesson 1: Mineral Relevance
While some students are inherently interested in rocks and minerals (I always get a rock hound or two) most middle schoolers find the topic boring. To start the unit on rocks and minerals, I've designed a whole lesson on mineral relevance so students can see the enormous role they play in our lives.
In this lesson, students experience real minerals through centers, a reading jigsaw, an online interactive and more, and will begin to see that some of the products they use the most (like their ce
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7th - 9th
Space & Rocket Themed "Blast Off" SMART Board Attendance w/ SOUND and ANIMATION
3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . BLAST OFF!!!
Students use this fun and engaging notebook file to show they are present at school. This file has both moving objects and sound. Students click on their rocket and it blasts off towards space while making a realistic rocket sound. This is an "out of this world" activity your students are sure to enjoy!!
Created by Deb Painter, 2013
*Thank you for taking the time to read about my activity! Even if this activity isn't right for you, I hope that you will
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PreK - 8th
Cell Unit Review Jeopardy Game, Middle School Science, Life science, 6-8 Science
This is a smart notebook format jeopardy game of Cell unit.
It is good for unit review and no prep days:)
In the preview document you'll see only 2 questions.
The Categories in this game;
The Characteristics of Cells
Chemistry of Life
Cell Structure and Function
Levels of Cellular Organization
Cell Processes
Have fun!
Thank you for downloading.
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5th - 12th
Pictionary on the SMART board to review vocabulary!
This teacher created SMART notebook includes a gameboard, ready made instructions for the students, as well as links to pages for the students to draw. Students have enjoyed using this game template to review vocabulary in math and science classes. This could be used in all subject areas!
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3rd - 8th
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Gravity Smartboard Lesson
This Smartboard presentation can be used to teach gravity to students in grades 4-8. The lesson includes the following:
1) A KWL chart about gravity
2) An explanation about the difference between mass and weight
3) A 10 question quiz
4) A mass and weight comparison activity
5) Notes on the difference between mass and weight
6) Pictures of instruments that measure mass and weight
7) How to calculate surface gravity on other planets
8) An activity requiring students to put the surface gravity of
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4th - 8th
Weather Review Game
This is a Jeopardy style review game that covers all Virginia 4th Grade Weather SOLs. This is a great way to review with your 4th or 5th graders for the Science SOL! It includes pictures, diagrams, Jeopardy Music, and great questions! Topics are covered in my Weather SMARTboard lesson, also offered on Teachers Pay Teachers!
Have Fun!
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
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