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3rd grade science games for Easel Activities
Vertebrates & Invertebrates Animal Classification Sort 3rd 4th Grade Science
Do your students understand the differences between vertebrates and invertebrates? Can they classify animals based on their characteristics? These animal classification activities provide a variety of ways to build that knowledge during your life science/animals unit. This science resource includes:POSTERSOne for vertebrate and one for invertebrate. Includes the definition and examples.ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION TIC-TAC-TOEThis is a 2-person game in which students determine if animals are vertebrates
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3rd - 4th
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Food Chains and Food Webs Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle Activity
This crossword puzzle is an awesome way to reinforce food chains and food webs vocabulary! You can use this as a review activity, homework assignment, or even a fun activity in your classroom!
Includes:
- 1 crossword puzzle
- 1 crossword puzzle with word bank
- answer key
Vocabulary terms included:
- consumer
- producer
- carnivore
- decay
- decomposer
- food chain
- food web
- herbivore
- omnivore
- photosynthesis
- predator
- prey
- scavenger
This vocabulary activity covers Georgia Performa
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Biomes, Ecosystems, Food Chains, and Food Webs Unit Bundle
Science Jokes Bingo Game and Bookmarks to Color
Laugh and learn while playing this game using 30 science-themed riddles appropriate for upper elementary. Print up to 24 unique bingo cards and 30 calling cards and start playing! Each joke has a HINT to help students figure out answers. Kids LOVE that, plus it helps focus their critical thinking. Many of the jokes review multiple-meaning words. A bookmarks coloring page is also included with 4 of the jokes from the game. Makes a great reward activity!Play this game digitally using Easel Activit
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Jokes Bingo Games and Bookmarks to Color Bundle
STEM Activities Games Challenges End of the Year STEAM Coding Pinball Foosball
STEM Gamers - Games ChallengesPerfect challenges for students who love technology and games! This resource has science, technology, engineering, and measurement activities to do with your upper elementary kids that will really enhance their learning! This resource is part of the STEM / STEAM All Year Long Curriculum Bundle – 28 Challenges!There are 3 Game-related STEM Challenges in this pack. Each STEM Challenge has detailed directions, photo examples, a list of materials needed, a prediction se
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3rd - 8th
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Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors Bingo Game
Students identify inherited traits and learned behaviors of different animals in this fun bingo game. Print and play using 24 pre-made cards. A sentence about an animal is read aloud. Students identify the animal and decide whether the sentence describes an inherited trait or learned behavior. Most of the animals in the game are used twice...once for an inherited trait and once for learned behavior. This means students have to do a bit of critical thinking. Great test prep!Play this game digital
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Bingo Games Reading Passages and PowerPoints Activities Bundle
Human Body - Heart- Brain - Lungs - Stomach - Muscles -Experiments 2nd grade
This human body unit contains easy to understand information and lots of hands-on activities for your students. There is information on our heart, brain, lungs, stomach and muscles. It also has four easy and fun experiments, a muscle activity, student response sheets, brain teaser, and a My Body Game. Answer key included.
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2nd - 3rd
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Reading a Thermometer Measuring Temperature Measurement and Data Task Cards
You will download 30 measuring temperature task cards for your 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and special education math or science students to practice reading a thermometer in Fahrenheit and Celsius. These task cards are a great supplement to your measurement and data unit or a weather and climate unit.You may use the printable reading a thermometer task cards in your 3rd grade math work stations or centers for fun practice or review games and activities, such as a scavenger hunt or SCOOT. They also wo
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2nd - 4th
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Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources Bingo Game Activities
Supplement your science plans about earth's natural resources and conservation with a bingo game, a vocabulary quiz, 3 coloring pages with conservation messages, and 3 student-created mini-posters. The bingo game reviews 30 vocabulary words related to natural resources, examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources, and conserving resources. Print and play using 24 pre-made bingo cards. Great way to integrate science and reading!Play this game digitally using Easel Activities. Students can us
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Bingo Games Reading Passages and PowerPoints Activities Bundle
Scavenger Hunt Measurement Activity (Customary and Metric Units)
*BEST SELLER!* Students pick out 5 game cards and then estimate which items within the classroom match the measurements on their game cards.
Skills Used: Measurement, estimation
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*THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:
-Teacher Directions
-Student Directions
-Activity Sheets
-Recording Sheet
-Printable Centimeter and Millimeter Rulers (or use your own)
-Printable Inch Rulers (or use your own)
-Black and white/color printing options.
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2nd - 4th
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Camping Bingo Game and Word Search
Going camping? Have a camping theme in your school or classroom? This bingo game includes 30 words related to camping and hiking. Students create their own bingo cards, or you can print and play using 24 pre-made bingo cards. A word search and punny coloring page are also included. Fun for the end of the school year, as a summer school activity, or for family learning at home!Play this game digitally using Easel Activities. Students can use the bingo card that corresponds to their classroom numb
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Camping Bingo Games Bundle
Weather and Climate Science Vocabulary Cards Pictures & Definitions
This set of word and picture cards about weather will build your students science vocabulary. They can be used as flashcards, in a pocket chart, or as a memory/concentration game.WHAT YOU WILL GET:21 picture cards21 definition cardsVocabulary graphic organizerIncludes the following weather vocabulary words:rainhailsnowtornadohurricanelightningrainbowfogcumuluscirrusstratuscumulonimbusclimateatmospherecondensationevaporationwater cycleflooddroughthumiditymeteorologywater cycleThe vocabulary graph
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2nd - 4th
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Animal Structures and Functions Bingo Game Set 1
Supplement your animal adaptations unit with a structures and functions bingo game and a short assessment. The bingo game features 30 different animals and one or more structures that help them survive in their environments. The animals include mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish, and insects. Simply print and play using some of the 24 pre-made bingo cards included in both color and black and white. The teacher reads an adaptation clue(s) aloud, and then students cover the animal name if
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Bingo Games Reading Passages and PowerPoints Activities Bundle
Ecosystems and Biomes Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle Activity
This crossword puzzle is an awesome way to reinforce ecosystems and biomes vocabulary! You can use this as a review activity, homework assignment, or even a fun activity in your classroom!
Includes:
- 1 crossword puzzle
- 1 crossword puzzle with word bank
- answer key
Vocabulary terms included:
- ecosystem
- organic matter
- soil
- community
- environment
- population
- reproduction
- abiotic
- biome
- biotic
- adaptation
- extinction
This vocabulary activity covers Georgia Performance Standa
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Biomes, Ecosystems, Food Chains, and Food Webs Unit Bundle
Force and Motion Science Task Cards and more Print and Digital
Does teaching force and motion to your 3rd, 4th or 5th graders make you cringe? It doesn't have to! Learning about force and motion has just become much more fun with this set of task cards, activities, and even a force and motion game! Two sets of task cards are included, one in color, one in black and white.This resource not only includes the Digital Easel version, but a ten question quick assessment as well. ...................................................................................
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Physical Science Task Cards Bundle for 3rd, 4th and 5th Grades
Forms of Energy Bingo Game
Study the 5 types of energy and energy vocabulary with this fun game. Students review content area vocabulary and identify mechanical, electrical, light, thermal, and sound energy examples. Print and play bingo immediately using 24 pre-made cards. A student vocabulary printable and short assessment are also included. Great for science practice or review!Play this game digitally using Easel Activities. Students can use the bingo card that corresponds to their classroom number or randomly choose a
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Bingo Games Reading Passages and PowerPoints Activities Bundle
Weathering Erosion Deposition Bingo Game and Reading Passages
Supplement your science plans about slow changes to the earth's surface with vocabulary bingo, a quiz, and 3 short reading passages about soil and weathering, glaciers, and caves. The bingo game reviews 30 vocabulary words related to slow changes in the Earth's surface, especially erosion, weathering, and deposition. Print and play using 24 pre-made bingo cards. Great way to integrate science and reading!Play this game digitally using Easel Activities. Students can use the bingo card that corres
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Bingo Games Reading Passages and PowerPoints Activities Bundle
Rocks and Minerals Task Cards and More for 3rd, 4th and 5th Graders
Spice up your 3rd, 4th or 5th grade students' study of rocks and minerals with this fun resource! It includes task cards, three center or seatwork activities, a whole group activity, plus a rocks and minerals game! It's also digital with a FREE Easel activity that is ready to assign!It's perfect for the BUSY teacher!Low prep, just print and goSaves you time! This resource covers concepts required in most states/countries for rocks and mineralsTask cards are in color and blackline (to help wit
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3rd - 5th
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Rapid Changes to Earth's Surface Bingo Game and Reading Passages
Supplement your science plans about changes to the earth's surface with vocabulary bingo, a quiz, and 3 short reading passages about earthquakes, volcanoes, and Hurricane Katrina. The bingo game reviews 30 vocabulary words related to rapid changes, especially volcanoes, earthquakes, and landslides. Print and play using 24 pre-made bingo cards. Great way to integrate science and reading!Play this game digitally using Easel Activities. Students can use the bingo card that corresponds to their clas
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Bingo Games Reading Passages and PowerPoints Activities Bundle
Matter Bingo Game
This game and assessment use vocabulary related to studying the states of matter, physical and chemical changes, and more. Print and play using 24 pre-made bingo cards. A short quiz is also included. Great way to practice content area vocabulary!Play this game digitally using Easel Activities. Students can use the bingo card that corresponds to their classroom number or randomly choose a card. A teacher draws a calling card and reads the clues aloud. This can be in a classroom setting or online
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Bingo Games Reading Passages and PowerPoints Activities Bundle
Australian Animals
This is a great card game for children who are learning about Australian animals. I have used this many times in various primary-aged ESL classes and the children find it very engaging. To use, simply print the six A4 pages, laminate and cut out to produce twenty-four animals cards. The information contained on the cards teaches about whether the Australian animals have fur, feathers or scales, where they live and what they eat. The game is designed to be played as a quiz and aimed at primary-ag
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K - 3rd
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Scientific Method Bingo Game
Review vocabulary associated with the scientific method using this game and assessment. Print and play using 24 pre-made bingo cards. For bingo examples, a pretend experiment is used titled: Does Sunlight Affect Plant Growth? A student vocabulary page and a short quiz are also included. Great for the whole class or small groups!Play this game digitally using Easel Activities. Students can use the bingo card that corresponds to their classroom number or randomly choose a card. A teacher draws a c
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Bingo Games Reading Passages and PowerPoints Activities Bundle
Natural Resources Bingo Game
This game uses vocabulary related to natural resources, their characteristics, and the products and materials that make them useful. Print and play using pre-made bingo cards. A student vocabulary page and a short assessment are also included. Great for the whole class or for small groups!Play this game digitally using Easel Activities. Students can use the bingo card that corresponds to their classroom number or randomly choose a card. A teacher draws a calling card and reads the clues aloud. T
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Bingo Games Reading Passages and PowerPoints Activities Bundle
Moon & Moon Phases Digital Escape: Informational Text, Videos, Puzzles
Kids love learning about the moon and moon phases and it is a skill I have taught in several different grade levels. This fully interactive reading comprehension activity teaches students about the moon in a fun and engaging way. Students read or listen to informational text, read or listen to fun facts, watch informational videos, and search with a magnifying glass to find the answers to comprehension questions to solve the puzzle to win this one-lock escape. There is even a moon phase matchin
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Moon Phases Paper and Digital Activities with Digital Escape Room
Oceans Bingo Game and Activities
Study oceans using 30 vocabulary words related to plants and animals living in saltwater ecosystems. This fun set includes vocabulary bingo, a quiz, a short reading passage, and a word search. Print and play using 24 pre-made bingo cards. You can choose bingo cards with words and graphics or words only. Fun activities to use when studying biomes, ecosystems, or habitats for life science!Play this game digitally using Easel Activities. Students can use the bingo card that corresponds to their cla
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Ecosystems Bingo Games and Activities Bundle
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