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6th grade science research pdfs
Stars and Constellation Research and Creative Project | Science Activity
Students become an expert on a constellation by researching and creating a visual representation of the constellation. This mini-research project integrates science, writing, and art. An engaging project for upper elementary and middle school students!THIS RESOURCE INCLUDESPDF quick print fileEditable Google Slides™ pages (student instructions, constellation list, grading rubric)Websites for research21 student examples of visual representationsConstellation research introduction/instruction page
Kinetic and Potential Energy Webquest Activity
Put learning into your students' hands with this KINETIC AND POTENTIAL ENERGY WebQuest Activity! Just PRINT and GO....that's it! This highly engaging activity allows your students to research, manipulate, illustrate, explore and assess themselves as they create their own understanding of Mechanical Energy. Need a digital option? No problem! I am including a digital version of this activity. Please note: the digital version is delivered as a link to a Google Slides document that you can assign y
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6th - 9th
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MS-PS3-1
Constellations Greek Mythology and Zodiac Reading Passages
#bestsellerof2023 Greek Mythology and Zodiac Constellation Reading Passages for the Intermediate Grades! This 43-page packet is full of great resources to make planning meaningful academic discussions around Greek Mythology and the Zodiac constellations easy. Students will love the exciting approach, too! This packet includes the following:Greek Mythological Constellations:Andromeda, Canis Major, Cassiopeia, Hercules, Orion, Pegasus, Ursa Major, and Ursa MinorZodiac Constellations:Capricorn, Ari
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4th - 6th
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Biome Ecosystem Research Project for Google Slides | Science Activity
Students will love this biome research project using Google Slides™! Get your students collaborating to research an assigned biome or ecosystem. They will teach their classmates what they've learned through a presentation at the project's end.A favorite project of my own 5th grade students each year, this project is engaging and allows students to creatively collaborate. The presentation template and research worksheets are editable, so you can change the content to fit your needs.THIS RESOURCE
Types of Volcanoes Activity
Students will erupt with excitement when they work on this fun and flashy circlebook activity that examines three types of volcanoes! Fifteen mix-n-match templates feature ready-to-color illustrations of a Cinder Cone, a Composite Cone, and a Shield Volcano, complete with keys. For longer circle books, students can fill in additional templates with vocabulary words, create pages of volcano facts, research types of lava or the formation of volcanoes, or write a creative story about exploring a vo
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3rd - 8th
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Space Exploration History Timeline Activity | NASA | Space Race Lesson | Reading
This is an informational text timeline activity to help your students to learn about the biggest events in space exploration history. There are 29 events included, each represented on a timeline card with a relevant photo and caption (from NASA’s public galleries). I have included two sizes for the timeline cards (large and smaller). There is a student timeline worksheet which contains a box for each major event on the timeline in which students will fill in information and answer questions whil
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6th - 9th
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Rocks and Minerals Activity - (Rock Cycle, Types of Rocks, etc) Foldable Project
Rock your classroom and save a ton of time with these ready-to-go circlebook projects! Students will love creating circlebooks as they learn about rocks and minerals. 22 Mix-and-Match templates make it easy to customize the projects to meet your students' needs. The templates include plenty of writing space for students to respond to their research findings.Check out the PREVIEW for a movie of what the finished product looks like. Related Products from GravoisFareRocks and Minerals Circlebook: 2
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2nd - 6th
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Animal Research Project Templates | Research Reports Writing Animal Adaptations
Create the EXACT animal research project you want for your students with these customizable animal report templates. Choose from 25 digitally designed (EDITABLE) templates in Google Slides for your end of the year research projects or anytime throughout the year. Students will use the slides to share all about an animal they researched while working with all sorts of text features (headings, table of contents, photos, captions, fun facts, bold words, glossary, and more).Want more report template
Infectious Diseases Research Project & Wanted Poster Activity for Microorganisms
Students will explore infectious diseases that affect us through research and a creative project by creating a wanted poster. The disease is the culprit that is wanted for causing sickness to its victims. This activity is perfect for your microorganisms unit.THIS RESOURCE INCLUDESTeacher informationGoogle Slides file for creating posters digitallyList of 39 infectious diseases to choose from – appropriate for upper elementary and middle school studentsWanted Poster templatesGuided research quest
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5th - 8th
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Watersheds Digital Activities in Google Slides™
Students love learning about watersheds with this set of digital activities in Google Drive™ or Microsoft OneDrive™. Students will use the slides to access websites, read short passages, type answers to questions, and click and drag movable objects. This resource is a great addition to a science unit on the water cycle, ecosystems, or natural resources! No prep for you; no lost papers for them!Slide contents include:defining water terms (i.e., groundwater, surface water, tributaries)learning wha
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4th - 6th
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Planets of the Solar System - Research Project with Rubric
Planets of the Solar System - Research Project with Rubric - 5 page research project on all planets of our solar system with rubric and research organizer. This project will engage your students as they learn about each of the planets of the solar system. It includes a research organizer to focus student research, web links for possible research, a rubric for ease of marking, a student handout to explain the project and a teacher guide for ease of use!
Your students will love learning about t
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4th - 9th
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Endangered Species Research project- graphic organizers- DIGITAL!
Endangered Species Project:Topics included for research (website included):Description, diet, habitat, why endangered, what is being done?, other facts, where in the worldStudents research, then draw a picture and describe their information for each topic. Rough draft and final paper organizer included. Now digital for distance learning!
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4th - 7th
NATURAL DISASTERS - 13 Agamographs (Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Floods, and more)
Natural disasters are naturally exciting for students. Compound that excitement with these intriguing agamograph activities that will have students rocking back-and-forth to watch the images morph from one to the other.13 sets of templates focus on a variety of natural disasters—avalanche, blizzard, drought, earthquake, flood, hurricane, landslide, meteor, pestilence, tornado, tsunami, volcano, and wildfire. Plus there are two BONUS agamographs that depict Cyclones and Bush Fires (which is what
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3rd - 8th
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How Penguins Achieve Flight April Fools Prank
This fun assignment goes along with the BBC video prank that penguins can fly. This full article includes context clues, vocab and some fun made up science to fool your kids. What is better than learning with a bit of fun! Be sure to show BBC's penguin video before using this sheet. It includes 4 pages of an article with reasoning as to why penguins can fly and reading comprehension questions. Enjoy! Be sure to check out our new Goat Poop Chocolate Prank as well that as a YouTube Video as well a
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2nd - 7th
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Planet Research Project Write a Children's Book | Solar System | Middle School
Your students will love writing a fun children's book for this Planet Research Project! Their children’s book will tell and illustrate a fictional story taking place on a planet. You can choose to keep the planet choices those within our solar system (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto?) and/or you can allow your students to choose other planets outside of our solar system that have been discovered. Some of my students LOVE that they can choose ‘the Diamond Planet’ or
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6th - 8th
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MS-ESS1-3
FAMOUS INVENTORS Research Projects | Biography Report Activity Worksheets
This bundle of (27) two-sided tri-fold biography brochure templates allows students to dig deeper into facts about an assortment of famous inventors who helped shaped the science community. You'll also find a BLANK template to use with ANY inventor that is not included with this resource. Makes a great addition to your science unit studies throughout the year. Keep these in your early finisher folder or your sub-folder for no-prep fun.CLICK HERE to save 30% on this resource in the Famous Invento
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3rd - 6th
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: FAMOUS SCIENTISTS RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Celebrate Black History Month in your SCIENCE classroom by having your students research the work and accomplishments of 8 influential black scientists. Have your students choose a scientist to research and provide them with the printable (or digital) banner that features their scientist of choice. Allow your students to decorate the banner and hang for a fun bulletin board that celebrates Black History Month. This NO-PREP activity is perfect for teachers that need a ready-to-go resource. Need
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3rd - 6th
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Animal Research Essay or Project Graphic Organizers- DIGITAL!
Doing an Animal Research Project? Use these graphic organizers to help students focus and organize their information. Graphic organizers include the following topics: DescriptionDiet, PredatorsHabitatAdaptations to help with survivalWhere in the world the animal is foundReproductionand, other interesting facts about the animalStudents research using websites provided, complete the 2 graphic organizers, then use that information to write a rough draft and then final draft essay about the animal.
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3rd - 6th
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Landforms Reading Passages
This product contains 20 colorful reading passages, comprehension questions, and follow-up fact sheet for the following landforms:BAY BEACHBUTTE CANYONCAVE CLIFF DELTA DESERTGLACIERHILLISLANDISTHMUSMOUNTAINOASISOCEANPENINSULAPLAINS PLATEAUVALLEYVOLCANO-------------------Interested in this pack? Grab a freebie here! :)Landform Freebie: OasisCheck out our Bodies of Water pack too!Bodies of Water
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Landforms and Bodies of Water |BUNDLE|
Plant Adaptations Informational Reading Comprehension Passages NGSS 3-LS2
This resource contains five non-fiction texts about plant adaptations. It was createdfor NGSS 3-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics. It is also available for use in Google Classroom ™.Are you having a hard time finding grade-appropriate reading passages about plantadaptations? Don't spend any more of your valuable time looking! There are passages about Cactus Seaweed Bearberry Water Lily Maple Tree A tips sheet provides you with ways to use t
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3rd - 6th
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3-LS3-2
Also included in: Plant and Animal Adaptations Reading Comprehension Passages BUNDLE!
Intro to STEM: Think Like a Scientist & Engineer!
A great way to introduce STEM into your classroom! Updated to include editable versions of all student handouts! How does a scientist explore the world? How can you think like an engineer? Students will explore these questions and more through a series of critical thinking STEM exercises. The packet includes 4 critical thinking challenges centered on STEM learning (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). These activities expose students to the real world of science and engineering with chal
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3rd - 10th
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Also included in: Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
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Planet Research Project [Print & Go]
Students love to learn about our solar system! This research is perfect to teach students to research a topic and write a five-paragraph paper. Students will love that they are given choice in this project. You will love that you can just print and go and be ready to conduct research and fact-based writing with your students.What's Included in this Resource? Teaching Notes/ Pacing GuidePlanet Research Pages Writing Graphic Organizers For Introductory and Closing Paragraphs Paragraph Outlines (T-
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3rd - 6th
Let's Research: An Ecosystem Project
A independent research project all about ecosystems!
Great for middle school. It also works well with upper elementary (fourth and fifth graders) but a little more guidance may be necessary.
This project requires students to research. I allow mine to use their own device or any internet enabled technology in my classroom. This project can also be completed in the library using hard copy resources or in a computer lab.
Complete student instructions have been included. Each step is clearly
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5th - 8th
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Biomes and Ecosystems Project Earth Science Interactive Notebook 4th 5th Grade
Types of Biomes and Ecosystems Project: You will download biomes and ecosystems accordion book craft project for your 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, and special education earth science students to research nine types of biomes and ecosystems. This biomes and ecosystems project works well as a stand alone earth science craftivity or in a 4th or 5th grade earth science interactive notebook.A completed biomes and ecosystems accordion book is also included as an answer key or for a modification fo
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4th - 6th
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MS-LS2-2
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