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2nd grade science simulations $5-10
Virtual Field Trip National Park Bundle no prep!
★ 3 Virtual Field Trips! National Park Edition ★Visit Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Everglades National Park!Virtual Field Trips are an engaging activity, no matter the format of instruction, your students will be engaged! Use them as a preview to any science unit OR have the class work towards the reward of 'Field Trip Friday'!NO PREP! Just share your screen and present the slides. ☺These trips are designed for grade K - 5, I included multiple options for certain slides, easy to differentiate,
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K - 5th
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STEM Lab Activity Balloon Rockets - Newton's Third Law of Motion
Students will experiment with balloon rockets to observe and study Newton's Third Law of Motion and the principles of rocket propulsion. Students will collect, analyze, and graph data from the launches in this STEM lab activity.
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K - 12th
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Virtual Field Trip Bundle #2 Earth and Space Sciences
★ Virtual Field Trip Bundle! NGSS Earth and Space Sciences Edition ★1 Volcano - Kilauea, Hawaii2 International Space Station3 Moon & The Phases of the MoonVirtual Field Trips are an engaging activity for Zoom or on your projector in class. No matter the format of instruction, your students will be engaged! Use them as a preview to any science unit OR have the class work towards the reward of 'Field Trip Friday'!NO PREP! Just 'share your screen' and present the slides. ☺These trips are design
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
1-ESS1-1
Farm Virtual Field Trip for Google Slides: Distance Learning - 4 Day Tour!!!
Virtual Field Trip to the Farm! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to visit the Farm when remote learning or in person learning when field trips aren't possible!This is perfect for before THANKSGIVING! Students will help Farmer Brown look for his turkey during each section of the trip! Will you catch that pesky turkey?This virtual farm field trip is meant to last over 4 days! You will be visiting: The Sheep Pasture, They Dairy, The Chicken Coop, and the Corn Field!!! Each day inclu
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K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-ESS3-1
, 2-LS4-1
, K-LS1-1
, 3-LS1-1
Also included in: Virtual Field Trip Bundle-Distance Learning- Made for Google Slides
Competition for Biotic & Abiotic Factors Stamp & Dice Game
If you have played the Traveling Nitrogen Activity found at: http://www.windows2universe.org/teacher_resources/nitrogen_activity.pdf this game is exactly like that but modified for biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem.
Students will travel as a white-tailed deer to different lab stations to simulate competition for abiotic and biotic factors in an ecosystem.
Directions (from actual worksheet):
1. Pick a start location….DO NOT sta
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Virtual Field Trips for Primary Students: Bundle
This bundle includes virtual field trips that are simply upload-and-go ready for Google Classroom. These works great as tools for distance/virtual learning OR to use on substitute teacher days OR for early finishers in the classroom. 1. DISNEY WORLD (View preview HERE)2. RIPLEY'S AQUARIUM (View preview HERE)DISNEY:Take your kids to the happiest place on Earth! This Disney World Virtual Field Trip is designed for use in Google Classroom. Students need to have their own Google logins in order to b
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1st - 4th
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Halloween Stories & Activities -Virtual Field Trip -Interactive Story Adventure
Let's take a Halloween STORYventure... with our favorite classic Halloween books: Room on the Broom, Creepy Underwear, The Big Pumpkin, and the Little Old Lady That Was Not Afraid!!This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some HALLOWEEN FUN with an interactive story as Halloween gets near that will encourage reading good books in a new way to students!On this Halloween STORYventure, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through the Halloween S
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2nd - 4th
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Virtual Field Trip - Camping - Project-Based Learning- Design Your Trip - STEAM
Camping STEAM Bundle is perfect for creating a virtual camp with your students or in the classroom and a day full of camping! Have fun with a project-based learning and a virtual learning experience! It's the perfect combo!Use Camping STEAM project-based learning unit for a real camping trip full of learning! This unit is incorporated with Common Core ELA and NGSS standards. It's packed full of activities. Students will get the opportunity to design their own camping trip to anywhere! Have some
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1st - 4th
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Light, Heat, and Sound Energy
Finding materials for science lessons is very time consuming. This resource on light, heat (or thermal), and sound energy is geared to save you valuable teacher-time. You get student booklets with basic information, along with the text for the teacher. There are links and QR codes for additional information. There are 5-7 investigations written up for the teacher on each topic with two response options for students—scripted questions for written responses or Interactive Notebook pictures to use
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K - 2nd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, 2-PS1-4
, 1-PS4-4
, 1-PS4-2
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Summer Camp In The Classroom: Cross Curricular Lesson Plans
Summer Camp in the Classroom is a simulation in which you transform your classroom into a campground. It has many computer related and non-computer related activities.
Students will work with team mates to select a campsite and map a route. They will participate as a team in learning about:local wildlife; fishing regulations; constellations; campfire cooking; plant, insect, weather, and water safety; using an obstacle course.
Campers will keep logs and scrapbooks while engaging in reading, writ
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2nd - 8th
Owl Pellets (Lesson Plan)
Throughout this lesson, students will be learning about owls. Students will learn about the owl’s habitat (in particular a barn owl) in relation to North Alabama. They will need to have a background knowledge of predator/prey relationships as we will discuss where the owl is located in the food chain. Students will then get to dissect an owl pellet to see if we can figure out anything about the owl’s habitat or its prey. When students first see an owl pellet, they will probably think that it i
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1st - 5th
Halloween Crime Scene Investigation Junior: nature of science SEP
Spice up you nature of science lessons! Students think like scientists as they observe, experiment, and gather evidence from 5 stations to solve this Halloween Crime Scene Investigation for grades 2 & 3. Students use critical thinking skills to claim who stole Mia's costume using data in this science infused mystery. Includes:Case introduction card2 leveled versions of data evidence collection sheetsSuspect bio cards5 evidence collection stationsNature of Science connection sheetTeacher gui
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Holiday CSI Junior Bundle: Nature of Science SEP
STEM Story Adventures - Growth Mindset Lessons -Virtual Field Trip Experience
Let's take a STEM Story Adventure Virtual Field Trip with our favorite book characters: The Good Egg, The Bad Seed, The Cool Bean, and The Couch Potato!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN, foster idea creation and growth mind-set, and introduce books in a new way to students!On this trip, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through jumping into 4 of our FAVORITE Stories by Jory John:The Good EggThe Bad SeedThe Cool BeanThe Cou
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2nd - 4th
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Animal Research Adopting a Pet STEM +Word Search CCSS Grades 2-5 Print and Teach
Open the preview to explore this STEM-inspired animal research unit. This activity challenges students to think critically as they choose an unconventional pet from the extensive animal kingdom, embracing the fun and absurdity of the task.Included Resources:An optional cover to personalize student materials.A detailed task description to guide students through the project.Definitions of classifications within the animal kingdom to enhance understanding.A section to formulate hypotheses, encourag
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2nd - 5th
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Christmas CSI Science Mystery JR: nature of science SEP
Explore the nature of science with this fun winter Crime Scene Investigation suited for grades 2 and 3. Students examine evidence using careful observations to determine who is responsible for Rudolph’s disappearance. Important:This is a simplified version of the original The Case of Rudolph’s Disappearance for grades 4–6.• The guilty suspect has been changed• Evidence has been simplified• Recoding sheets have been simplified• The storyline and props are the same as the original Includes:· Case
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Holiday CSI Junior Bundle: Nature of Science SEP
Thanksgiving Crime Scene Investigation Junior: nature of science SEP
Spice up you nature of science lessons! Students think like scientists as they observe, experiment, and gather evidence from 5 stations to solve this Thanksgiving Crime Scene Investigation for grades 2 & 3. Students use critical thinking skills to claim who ate the pumpkin pie using data in this fall science infused mystery. Includes:Case introduction card2 leveled versions of data evidence collection sheetsSuspect bio cards5 evidence collection stationsNature of Science connection sheetTea
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Holiday CSI Junior Bundle: Nature of Science SEP
Best Ever Bird Beak Lesson
Students will enjoy participating in this engaging exploration that helps them understand the diversity of the animal kingdom and the concept of adaptation. They will mimic the feeding habits of birds with various types of beaks to learn how species have adapted to their environments. Options allow the lesson to be extended through the grade levels from primary to middle school and into math, technology, and engineering for a full S.T.E.M. experience.
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K - 6th
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3-LS4-3
, 3-LS3-2
, 3-LS3-1
, MS-LS4-6
Easter Crime Scene Investigation Junior: nature of science SEP
Explore the nature of science with this fun spring Crime Scene Investigation suited for grades 2 and 3. Students examine evidence using careful observations to determine why is responsible for breaking the eggs. Important:This is a simplified version of the original The Case of the Broken Eggs for grades 4–6.• The guilty suspect has been changed• Evidence has been simplified• Recoding sheets have been simplified• The storyline and props are the same as the original Includes:· Case introductio
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Holiday CSI Junior Bundle: Nature of Science SEP
Weather Chart Builder
Weather Chart BuilderA fun, different way to start each with your class. Let the kids choose the date and year and build up a whole weather scene by dragging in trees and animals. Watch how the different seasons affect the whole scene.Let your imagination take you places❄ Watch how the scene changes as you toggle through the different seasons ❄ Decorate the chart with animals, worms, butterflies and more ... ❄ Make it snow in winter ... or summer❄ Dry autumn? Make it rain, and rain some moreRevi
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PreK - 4th
Minecraft Education Student Safe World
This is a Minecraft Education world designed to give each of your students their own plot of land that others can see but not get to, or destroy. It uses some simple code and has instructions how to adjust for your students. It has 24 empty secure plots but can be easily expanded. Come up with a new challenge each day and then students can export their build as a 3D file to be 3D printed or even animated using PowerPoint or Blender 3D. I've done the hard boring bit so you don't have to.
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education
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Interactive Story - Virtual Field Trip - Back to School - Story Map - Reading
Let's take a Back to School STORYventure... Old School Party with our favorite classic books: Where the Wild Things Are, Amelia Bedelia, Miss Nelson is Missing, and Chrysanthemum!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN with an interactive story when school starts back that will encourage reading good books in a new way to students!On this Back to School STORYventure, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through the Back to School S
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2nd - 4th
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The Solar System Poems & Activities (for 6 - 9 years old)
In the vast expanse of the cosmic tapestry, where stars twinkle and planets dance, lies a wondrous realm known as the Solar System. It is a celestial symphony of beauty and mystery, captivating the hearts and minds of young explorers.Welcome to "The Solar System Poems & Activities," a celestial journey designed especially for children aged 6 to 9 years old. Within these pages, you will embark on a voyage through the cosmos, delving into the enchanting realms of the Sun, the planets, and the
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K - 2nd
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Regions of Georgia Scrapbook Summative Assessment
This ZIP file contains ALL that you will need to create scrapbook projects with your kids as you virtually travel through the regions of Georgia. For each region, I have a journal page for kids, ticket and planning guide for you. I include websites and United Streaming video titles as well. I also have a rubric for the entire project and combining sentences activity. After we visited the 5 sights for a region, we would create scrapbook pages using materials that parents donated. Students ab
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2nd - 4th
Valentine’s Day Crime Scene Investigation Junior: nature of science SEP
Explore the nature of science with this fun winter Crime Scene Investigation suited for grades 2 and 3. Students examine evidence using careful observations to determine who is responsible for writing an anonymous Valentine’s Day card. Important:This is a simplified version of the original The Case of the Anonymous Valentine for grades 4–6.• The guilty suspect has been changed• Evidence has been simplified• Recoding sheets have been simplified• The storyline and props are the same as the origin
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Holiday CSI Junior Bundle: Nature of Science SEP
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Importance of learning science
Learning science is particularly important for students as it equips them with the essential knowledge and skills to make sense of the world around them. Science education is not just about memorizing facts. It fosters critical thinking, inquiry, and problem-solving abilities. These skills are not only useful in school but also in everyday life beyond the classroom.
Benefits of learning science
Learning science offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. In fact, it helps students:
- Question the world around them and seek evidence-based explanations
- Cultivate their ability to observe, experiment, and analyze data
- Nurture a sense of curiosity, awe, and wonder about the natural world
- Understand natural phenomena and the laws that govern the universe
With a solid foundation in science, teachers can help empower students to think critically, solve problems, make informed decisions, and engage with the world around them in meaningful ways.
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One of the best parts about science class is all of the possibilities for hands-on, collaborative learning! Think: labs, experiments, inquiry-based activities, and design challenges. These activities encourage students to explore scientific concepts by observing, asking questions, and conducting investigations. Additionally, with small group centers, students can engage in group experiments, discussions, and projects that require them to collaborate, share ideas, and solve problems together.
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