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2nd grade science games for Microsoft Word
Plant Sort: Flowering & Non-Flowering
1. Laminate and cut the cards above (first 10 are non-flowering, second 10 are flowering)2. Glue sorting mat onto front of envelope/file folder3. Decide which way to play! a. Whole Group: give each student a card and spread out around room, then say ‘go’ and have students find pairs (2 students both having flowering OR both having non-flowering plant) b. Partners: Matching Gam-: flip cards upside down, take turns selecting 2,
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2nd - 12th
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Reduce Reuse Recycle Sort
This product includes 12 cards to be sorted into 3 categories - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. The headers for each category are also included. This can be used as an individual activity at a center, in pairs, or in small groups. It is a great way to engage your tactile learners.
Please note that this activity is included in "Reduce Reuse Recycle Bundle Lesson & Activities".
Perfect for Earth Day or any day!
Reduce Reuse Recycle Sort by Lynette Shaw is licensed under a Creative Commons Attrib
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2nd - 5th
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Differentiation Strategies
Activities that can be used at any age level and in any subject area. They focus on differentiation. Each strategy card includes instructions on how to use the strategy, high and low modifications, intelligence styles, and content application ideas.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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What does an animal need/get from its habitat? TAG GAME!
This game is a great way to introduce the idea that organisms need to get food, water and shelter from their habitats in order to survive…and they need to do it while avoiding predators! A fun tag game so a large-ish in or outdoor space is needed. Students try to survive by collecting food water and shelter pieces...all while avoiding a predator. Reflection piece included.
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PreK - 5th
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9 Square Vocabulary Puzzle Template
*** Disclaimer***
No, I did not come up with this idea on my own. I did, however, take my time to create the template for your use.
Use this vocabulary puzzle for reinforce terms and definitions, play matching games, and allow students to practice their logic and reasoning skills. Can be adapted for any subject, any level.
Once you replace the template with your matching terms/dates/definitions/pictures, print on card stock, laminate, and cut out the squares. Put them in a baggie with the to
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PreK - 12th
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Camouflage - Can you hide me?
It is a matching activity. It provides 30 animales with 30 places. Students need to match the animal with the correct habitat and place. As one more step, the teacher could ask why they need to hide.
Camouflage - Can you hide me? by Maria Elena Morales is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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PreK - 2nd
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Animal Coverings - What do I have?
It is a matching or sorting activity. It has seven different mats showing the coverings of the animals such as fur, scale, etc. with 60 pictures of different animals. Students need to sort the animals according to their cover. Teacher could use the mats to introduce the lesson as well.
Animal Coverings - What do I have? by Maria Elena Morales is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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PreK - 5th
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89 Animals of the Rain Forest "What Am I?" Educational Card Game *Montessori*
This is a file consisting of 89 Animals of the Amazon Rainforest Nomenclature Cards.
These are different in that they have a fourth card for each animal. The fourth card is a "What Am I?" card in order to impart a little knowledge on each animal. There are symbols on the bottom of each master card and the "What am I?" card so you an easily check if you were correct.
I also outlined each card in colors according to which animal group it is in. I tried to give you as many uses for these cards
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PreK - 6th
Platypus Information Report Jumble
Great resource to learn about the different parts of an animal information report and their order (introduction, body, conclusion). This jumble has all the different parts of an information report and information for each part. Your students will have a blast matching and learning about the platypus as well as the components of an information report. This is a great activity for either an English lesson or a Science lesson. Students can cut out the sentences and glue them in order either in the
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1st - 3rd
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Owls and Mice: Predator Prey Unit for Outdoor Learning
This unit focuses on owls as birds of prey. Included in this packet is an owl fact sheet, a predator/prey owl game, owl poems with a blank worksheet for writing owl poetry, my recommended owl book reading list, a lesson plan on how to do a simple hike at your school yard while looking for items for an owl craft project and instructions on how to make an owl out of a pinecone. Bonus instructions for how to make a mouse out of a milkweed pod are also included.
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1st - 3rd
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Nature Scavenger Hunt
Nature scavenger hunt includes two different types of hunts. The first is an actual physical scavenger hunt where kids have to bring items in to be counted. The second one is a photo scavenger hunt. Parents or children can take pictures on their smart phone.
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K - 8th
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Marshmallow OR Ping-Pong Ball Launchers! Force and Motion! Editable Activity!
Easy and fun lab experiment activity that supports the Force and Motion Unit! Students will be able to apply what they've already learned and create a fun ball or marshmallow launcher with simple materials! Materials Needed For Lab:Marshmallows OR Ping-Pong Balls8-12 oz Paper Cups (Paper is easier for students to cut)Pack of Large BalloonsTape Worksheet that will walk students through their lab! https://youtu.be/BSKSmHxxlSY?feature=sharedVideo to show how to make launchers!
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2nd - 12th
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100 Day of School-Tootsie Pop Challenge!
This is a FUN, QUICK, and EASY 100th day activity. All you need to do is supply the tootsie pops. Students will have to predict how many licks it will take them to get to the center of the tootsie pop and explain if their hypothesis was correct or incorrect. (Just a TIP-(since i did this with my 5th graders this year) while they are trying to keep count of their licks, have them tally the licks down on the back side of the paper so they won't lose track!
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PreK - 5th
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Exotic fruits Flashcards
Fruits and trees flash cards: palm tree, banana tree, mango tree, durian, passion fruit, dragon fruit, rambutan, lychee, guava, jackfruit, mangosteen, longan.
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PreK - 2nd
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BOOM! 3rd Grade Social Studies and Science Review Game
This board game correlates with Virginia SOL topics (3rd Grade): Matter, Earth Cycles/Patterns, Civics, and Famous Americans.
The game is a great way to review for SOLs or to use in conjunction with teaching these units. Older grades can use this game to review 3rd grade concepts.
Teacher will need to provide a dice and game pieces; game board, directions, questions, and answer key are included.
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2nd - 5th
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Climate matching game
Print out and cut up this climate matching game. Students have to first match the descriptions of the climates to the pictures. Climates include: polar, dessert, temperate, tropical, Mediterranean. There are additional sheets with: 1) other features of the landscape you would find in each climate (eg. savannah, tundra); 2) problems and dangers that occur in each climate (eg. pollution, forest fires). This can be used as an introduction to a unit on climates around the world.
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2nd - 6th
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Habitat Game: Ocean, Forest, Desert, Rainforest
Habitat “Four Corners” Game
This game is for any class that is learning about habitats. The object of the game is for students to read the animal/plant on the card and match it to its corresponding habitat. The four habitats featured are: Ocean, Desert, Deciduous Forest and Rain Forest. There are 8-12 matching cards per habitat.
Tape each habitat card to a corner or area of your room and lay out the other cards in an easily accessible area or stack them into a deck.
Give each student a card o
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1st - 5th
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Sorting Food Groups
It is a sorting activity. It has six mats, one for each group with a colorful background matching the food pyramid. It also has 10 pages with 15 pictures in each showing different groups of food. I strongly recommend to use a cardstock and laminate the mats and pictures. Teacher could use the materials to teach the food groups and students could practice in a center.
Sorting Food Groups by Maria Elena Morales is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
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PreK - 5th
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Insect word search
Insect word search
This is a great activity to give as homework, pre-test, assessing or just for extra credit, or fun.
Also see Insect Tutorial that I have and other lessons & games I have on insects.
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: All about Insects Bundled lessons, games, tutorials, worksheets
BINGO board for Maryland Science Center
Keep students active and engage in the Science Center while visitingEach student will receive a BINGO board with different activities or items to find throughout the Maryland Science Center.Students must complete a line (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) by finding and checking off the items or completing the activities.
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K - 3rd
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Nonrenewable and Renewable Resources
This is an Adobe Spark Page to help quiz your students on nonrenewable and renewable resources by involving movement! Simply copy and paste the link in the word document into your web browser!
K-ESS3-3 Earth and Human Activity
Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.*
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2nd - 6th
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Organs in the Human Body Worksheet
This worksheet comprises of four activities that all relate to the organs within the human body - heart, brain, liver, kidneys, skin, eyes, ears, gall-bladder, intestines, bladder etc.The activities are as follows:1. Anagrams of ten different organs in the human body2. Label pictures of nine organs from the human body3. A word search with the lots of different organ names hidden within4. Describe the function of two different organs. It serves as a good introduction to the human body and study o
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2nd - 12th
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Science Tools Picture Sort/Memory Game
Matching activity of scientific tools that lays the foundation for science inquiry
*PICTURE MATCH: Cut out cards of pictures and descriptions. Mix them up. Have your students match the pictures to the correct descriptions and discuss how these tools are used in science.
*MEMORY GAME: Place all cards face down and take turns trying to find and remember the matches.
*MATCH-UP ACTIVITY: Each student is given one card. Students must walk around the room and find the person whose picture/description
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2nd - 5th
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Prey and Predator Game
This is a game that elementary pupils will enjoy as they learn the science in it. It teaches them the difference between prey and predators, carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, adaptations, tools animals use for survival, food chain/web and others.
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1st - 7th
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