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Science Common Core RI.2.1 projects
Solar Eclipse 2024 Kindergarten Activities, Craft Headbands Worksheets & Writing
Celebrate the 2024 Solar Eclipse with this updated, easy-to-use, and high-interest unit! This engaging unit includes exciting activities, writing prompts, adorable crafts, viewer instructions, party ideas, and so much more! You will even receive a bonus file with directed drawing and a foldable!This resource is jam-packed with everything you need to celebrate a solar eclipse near you or conduct an in-depth study about them. Due to the scientific nature of this product, the activities will work f
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PreK - 1st
NGSS:
1-ESS1-1
Rainforest Animal Research Activities, Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages
Give students a fun, hands on way to show off what they research about Rainforest Animals! This differentiated Rainforest Animal Research packet helps reach the needs of all students while providing rigorous and engaging learning experiences.***CLICK HERE to SAVE 30% OFF on ALL 5 of my Animal Habitat Research Projects!***Click the preview to see it up close! ^^^Help students develop these critical reading skills:Re-reading for comprehensionCiting evidence from the textGathering key detailsAnswer
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1st - 2nd
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African Animals Research Project and Non Fiction Differentiated Reading Passages
Give students a fun, hands on way to show off what they research about African Savanna animals! This differentiated African animals research project helps reach the needs of all students while providing rigorous and engaging learning experiences.***CLICK HERE to SAVE 30% OFF on ALL 5 of my Animal Habitat Research Projects!***Click the preview to see it up close! ^^^Help students develop these critical reading skills:Re-reading for comprehensionCiting evidence from the textGathering key detailsAn
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1st - 2nd
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Desert Animals Habitat Research Project & Activities Nonfiction Reading Passages
Give students a fun, hands on way to show off what they research about Desert Animals! This differentiated Desert Animal Research Project packet helps reach the needs of all students while providing rigorous and engaging learning experiences.***CLICK HERE to SAVE 30% OFF on ALL 5 of my Animal Habitat Research Projects!***Click the preview to see it up close! ^^^Help students develop these critical reading skills:Re-reading for comprehensionCiting evidence from the textGathering key detailsAnswer
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1st - 2nd
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Butterflies: A Research and Writing Project
Make learning about butterflies fun and meaningful with these engaging, language-building activities! This research project includes low-prep graphic organizers, labeling, and writing activities to discuss and learn about butterflies while meeting science standards!Lead your students to discuss butterflies while meeting science standards with this science of reading-aligned resource.Here's what you'll get:7 days of suggested lesson plansGraphic organizersRecording sheetsWriting and drawing acti
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Research Project Bundle: SPRING Research and Writing Curriculum
2nd & 3rd Grade ELA, Math & Science Integrated Project | Fossil Hunt Project
Project Based Learning! ELA, Math & Science Integrated project! Differentiated and aligned to the standards! Perfect for a sub plan day, distance learning/homeschool, end of the year project, enrichment activity or small group instruction!*DIGITAL VERSION NOW INCLUDED! Compatible with Google Drive/Google Classroom!Learn about fossils of dinosaurs, Ice Age animals, underwater creatures and more while practicing reading and math skills in this exciting project! This project is perfect for seco
Digital Google Classroom Animal Research Project
Use technology to give students a fun, interactive to show off what they research about animals! Google Classroom project great for school closure or at home learning. This bundle of DIGITAL differentiated animal research projects helps reach the needs of all students while providing rigorous and engaging learning experiences.This bundle gives you a 25% discount on all 5 of my Digital Animal Habitat Research Packs, plus a mini Kangaroo Report!**Check out the Printable PDF version here:PDF Anim
Solar Eclipse 2024 Free Worksheets with Editable Color by Code Activity
Make differentiation easy with the editable color by code to celebrate the 2024 Solar Eclipse! Practice missing addends and unscrambling words with the options included in this freebie!***Celebrate the 2024 Solar Eclipse with our engaging unit including exciting math and ELA activities, decodable books, interactive teaching slides, writing prompts, adorable crafts, viewer instructions, party ideas, and so much more!2024 Solar Eclipse UnitClick on the ✮ beside my store name to add me to your favo
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
NGSS:
1-ESS1-1
A Living Museum of Endangered Animals (PBL Research Project)
Unit at a Glance: Using Project Based Learning in your classroom is the perfect way to have your students incorporate reading, writing, critical thinking, and problem solving skills in a fun, real-life context. In this PBL unit, students will research and present information during a “Living Museum” to a real life audience. Students will research their animal and habitat to create a first person speech that informs their listener of the animals biome, description, predators, prey, why they are
Project Based Learning Habitat Activities | Ecosystem Project
Using the Project Based Learning Model, students get to participate in habitat activities and interdependent relationships in ecosystems. They do this through the use of close reading articles, books, pictures, videos and technology to research a habitat or ecosystem. This process helps students gain skills in problem solving, investigating, and engages them in challenges. We have integrated science, ELA and writing which works perfect in your 2nd Grade Science Classroom. Through all this learni
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1st - 2nd
NGSS:
2-LS4-1
Also included in: Project Based Learning Curriculum | 2nd Grade PBL Activities
Solar System | Planets and Constellations Unit | Research and Writing Project
Learning about the solar system and planets, along with stars and constellations has never been so engaging! Students will love these writing projects that allow students to research various planets or read the mythology behind the constellations to create their own planet and constellation books.Use this for a WHOLE MONTH of easy reading, writing and/or science plans.This resource includes:Daily Lesson Outline (1 page)Monthly Planning Page12 Vocabulary Words (4 pages)Solar System Note Taking Pa
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2nd - 4th
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Solar System Activities | Project Based Learning Solar System Unit
Using this interactive Project Based Learning Solar System Unit, you will guide your students into learning about the phases of the moon, role of the moon, the moon's orbit, role of the sun, the size of the sun compared to other objects in the solar system, the sun's shadows and the effects of sunrise and sunset. It is complete with a final project for students to use the information they have learned about. This unit has everything you need to teach about the solar system. It is a complete unit
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Also included in: Project Based Learning Curriculum 1st Grade PBL Activities
Renewable vs Nonrenewable Resources Sorting Activity | 1st 2nd or 3rd Grade
Spruce up your 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade social studies or science unit with this renewable vs nonrenewable resources sorting activity. Students will define each, then practice sorting materials into nonrenewable or renewable materials.Students will learn:What are nonrenewable resourcesWhat are renewable resourcesSort renewable and nonrenewable resourcesWHY is this important for communitiesWhat's Inside:Teaching GuideVideo research suggestionsPicture ExamplesEssential QuestionLearning TargetVocabula
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1st - 3rd
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Animal Research Project 3rd Grade Informative Writing Prompts
Are you looking for engaging informational writing activities that will motivate your students? Then you will love this Animal Research Project BUNDLE! Students can work independently or with a partner as they research fun facts on either a dolphin, sea turtle, octopus or penguin. Students cut and paste templates to create a poster or lapbook and then when finished, deliver an oral presentation to the class! What extremely satisfied educators are saying about this 5 star resource:SOO much fun!!
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1st - 4th
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Digital Google Classroom Arctic Animal Research Project
Use technology to give students a fun, interactive to show off what they research about arctic animals! Google Classroom project great for school closure or at home learning. This DIGITAL differentiated polar animal research project helps reach the needs of all students while providing rigorous and engaging learning experiences.Classroom Use:Assign as a Google Classroom assignmentTechnology Center—Have students work on their project as on a computer as one of your reading centers.Guided Reading—
Digital Google Classroom Ocean Animal Research Project
Use technology to give students a fun, interactive to show off what they research about ocean animals! Google Classroom project great for school closure or at home learning. This DIGITAL differentiated ocean animal research project helps reach the needs of all students while providing rigorous and engaging learning experiences.Classroom Use:Assign as a Google Classroom assignmentTechnology Center—Have students work on their project as on a computer as one of your reading centers.Guided Reading—C
Nonfiction Brochure {Reading Response & Graphic Organizer}
Get your students interested in reading any nonfiction text! Use this reading response template to help your students organize their thinking about their nonfiction subject. You can print this front to back to make a fun brochure and great bulletin board!
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Included in this Resource
Nonfiction Brochure to use on any research topic
Literacy Center Directions
Bulletin Board Header
I have used this resource with my 2nd and 3rd graders during informati
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2nd - 5th
Rube Goldberg Machines - 11 day Cross-Curricular Unit
Rube Goldberg was an engineer-turned-cartoonist who is best known for his comics with ridiculous inventions. This action-packed, engaging, and rigorous unit includes 11 days worth of lessons where students learn about Rube Goldberg, create a comic, design and build a machine, and then create a video summary of their learning. These lessons are great for gifted/talented students!This download includes: 11 detailed lessonsDifferentiated student worksheetsDesign Brief TemplateAn video alternative f
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2nd - 5th
Digital Google Classroom Animal Research Report
Use technology to give students a hands on way to make research fun, even through distance learning! This Google Classroom animal research project is a perfect way to introduce research and practice reading informational text. Teach students to write an animal report at their own level with differentiated resources.Included are 2 interactive levels of flip books for students to fill out about an animal, a digital sticky note activity that will help students organize their initial research, and
Pollinators and Seed Dispersal Mini- Engineering & Science Unit-NGSS-(2-LS2-2)
In this NGSS 2nd Grade mini- STEM unit, pulled from our 2nd Grade NGSS COMPLETE Life Science Unit, students will get the opportunity to discover the important job that pollinators have in nature & have opportunities to engage in engineering design challenges to mimic the function of pollinators and seed dispersal! Addressing NGSS Standard 2-LS2-2. "Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants", students will participate in pollinators
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2nd
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NGSS:
2-LS2-2
STEM Challenge - Magnets & Coins with Informational Text
This packet contains 2 reading passages with comprehension questions, a STEM challenge that incorporates measurement and money and writing. Page 1: Magnets Reading PassagePage 2 & 3: Magnets Comprehension QuestionsPage 4: Magnets Attracted Lists/ExperimentPage 5: Compasses & Magnets Reading PassagePage 6: Compasses & Magnets Comprehension QuestionsPage 7: Graphic Organizer - How to Make a CompassPage 8: Writing - How to Make a CompassPage 9 & 10: Teacher Notes for the STEM Chal
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2nd - 4th
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Basic Elementary Passion Project and Genius Hour: 10-Day Project Plan
Perfect for distance learning, hybrid learning, in-person learning or homeschooling -- this project is described as basic because it meets all the requirements of an inquiry-cycle, but will not overwhelm you or your young learners! The project is complete from start to finish in just 10 days. The color-coded 10-day plan guides you and your young learners through a research-based Passion Project or Genius Hour project based on a question they really care about. Each day has outlined steps for the
Grades:
1st - 4th
Red Eyed Tree Frog Resources
These activities are great to go along with research about a red eyed tree frog. A great book to read would be Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley,There are different graphic organizers available as well as different writing sheets A "craftivity" is included with various options for the comprehension component.
Severe Weather Activities
Have fun teaching students about wild weather! Students will create PowerPoint presentations based on research guided through task cards. This research will be the foundation of information in their self-created PowerPoints. Save money when you purchase the Water Cycle Bundle.Each student will be given nine task cards on one of the five wild weather topics. Topics include:tornadosrain and floodthunderstormshurricanesnowstormsStudents will research 4/9 of the task cards - or more for enrichment!
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Weather Unit
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