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5th grade science simulation pdfs
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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HEREDITY Creature Features - Inherited and Environmental Traits
Use this simple but highly engaging activity to help students make the connection between inherited traits and the similarities between parents and their offspring.
Students will flip a coin to simulate the genetic traits being passed on to the offspring of two made-up “parent” creatures.
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Teacher Instructions
Parent Creatures Posters
Student Sheets
Answer Key
Sample Student Work
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5th - 8th
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CELLS CSI Investigation - Examining Plant and Animal Cells
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In this lesson, students will be given a mystery to solve, based on their knowledge of cells. To solve the mystery, they need to know the major differences between plant and animal cells. Students apply their knowledge to a "real-life" scenario in which they must classify cells as plant or animal. Students will record their conclusions in a forensic lab report similar to one that could be used in court. This is an excellent activity for the end of a unit on plant and animal ce
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4th - 7th
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Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Resources | STEM | Science Experiments
Renewable and nonrenewable energy resources can be confusing and boring for students. This STEM energy unit includes everything you need to teach about renewable and nonrenewable resources in a fun and interactive way! Your students will engage in hands on STEM activities to illustrate how each resource works. This product will extend your students’ understanding with practical illustrations! This product is part of a 125 page RENEWABLE AND NONRENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE BUNDLE. The bundle includ
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3rd - 5th
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NASA Space Centers Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth Exploration)
Take your students on a virtual field trip to three different NASA space centers across the United States. Using a combination of Google Earth™ 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn about NASA, research and contributions, space travel, and significant events.This virtual field trip covers::: NASA Headquarters:: Mary W. Jackson :: Field Centers :: Langley Research Center:: Apollo Lunar Landing:: Landing on the Moon:: Margaret Hamilton:: Johnson Space C
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5th - 7th
Also included in: End of Year Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Day and Night Earth's Rotation Activity
Rotation, Day and Night and Time Zones become clear with this spinning paper model perfect for Interactive Notebooks (INBs). This lesson plan and hands-on simulation involves students spinning a mini-model of the Earth as it experiences daylight and darkness. It gives kids a visual representation of why we have time zones!
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Lesson Plan
Spinner Printable
Student worksheet
Teacher Answer Key
Check out the preview document to see the paper Earth spinner included in this product.
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4th - 7th
Genetics and Heredity Lab: Celebrity Babies and Punnett Squares!
Come let's explore the world of genetics by creating Celebrity Babies! Students will use Punnett Squares and the concepts of heredity to become genetic counselors for some of the most popular celebrity couples of today! Included in this activity is: 1. Student Lab Worksheet2. Teachers' Guide3. Baby Templates4. Celebrity Couples (w/simulated genotypes)*Updated December 2022- New Celebrity Couples! 32 Celebrity Couples! Students LOVE this activity and will definitely leave your classroom with a
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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HS-LS3-3
, HS-LS3-1
Mock Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Classroom Mystery/Detective Simulation Game
Stage a mock crime scene investigation in your classroom! Kids solve the mystery through observation and science labs. They study crime scene photos, gather clues, analyze fingerprints, and experiment with powders and chromatography. Students love participating in this forensic science simulation - and cracking the case!Open the preview to take a closer look at the game-like project. The crime scene and detective activities are laid out for you. With a few common household items (such as pens, p
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3rd - 5th
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Gifted Crime Scene Investigation Activity The Case of the Missing Cash
This highly engaging crime scene investigation activity will have your students using their critical thinking skills as they critically read and analyze witness testimonies, view and evaluate evidence, and draw inferences to determine the motive and identity of the person guilty of robbing a bank. Higher-level thinking skills will be practiced while investigating the crime scene, as students form a hypothesis about who committed the crime, establish a motive, and then justify their hypothesis b
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5th - 8th
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Earthquake Engineering STEM Challenge
Can you structure survive an earthquake?Students love completing this natural disaster STEM challenge! Students learn about what causes Earthquakes, as well as some current methods structural engineers are using to design earthquake resistant buildings.After learning about earthquakes students design, build, and test an earthquake proof structure using only the materials provided. In order to successfully complete this STEM challenge the structure must remain standing after going through an eart
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2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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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
Digging For Fossils - A Cookie Excavation Experiment
Students will love acting as an archaeologist as they dig for fossils during this experiment! Using simple materials such as toothpicks and cookies, students will learn what it's like to excavate fossils. Students will formulate a hypothesis, collect data, and develop conclusions using this experiment aligned with both Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Teaching tips included! A great resource and hands-on lesson for any fossil unit.
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3rd - 6th
Ocean Floor Mapping Battleship Game
Teacher Review: "My students are obsessed with this activity! They even ask to play during indoor recess!" - Turner's Teaching Troop (January 22, 2020)Ocean Floor Mapping Battleship includes 36 unique maps of the ocean floor, a recording sheet, a detailed lesson plan with suggested pre-game activities, a blank map students can use to draw their own ocean floor, a diagram showing the layers of the ocean, and easy to follow game instructions. Field tested with sixth-graders, this game challenges s
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Earth Science Games Bundle
Hands-on Plate Tectonics Activities: Edible Earth Science STEM Lab, Vocab & Quiz
This hands-on plate tectonics lab helps model the movement of Earth's plates to explore seafloor spreading, earthquakes, and volcanoes. Includes step-by-step lesson plan, printable worksheets, vocabulary word wall cards, and post-lab assessment. As an added bonus, with this edible science lab activity, your students will LOVE to eat the earth's crust and mantle after you finish. The printable worksheet provides them with a visual reminder of their learning. I consistently find that my students r
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3rd - 5th
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4th Grade Science Light and Sound (NGSS Aligned)
This comprehensive unit introduces students to wave energy in the form of light and sound. The unit begins with lessons relating to waves. Many hands on opportunities help students develop a strong understanding of necessary concepts. This unit was designed to address several standards in the NGSS fourth grade curriculum: 4-PS3-2, 4-PS4-1, 4-PS4-2, and 4-LS1-2. This unit is appropriate for grades 3-5If you are looking for a digital version of this product click here.Here's a list of all th
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3rd - 5th
NGSS:
4-PS4-2
, 4-LS1-2
, 4-PS4-1
, 4-PS4-3
Also included in: Custom Bundle: Ohio 5th Grade Science
THANKSGIVING CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION 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 4-6. Students use critical thinking skills to claim who ate the pumpkin pie 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 guideA
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Holiday CSI Bundle: Nature of Science SEP
Oil Spill Science Experiment STEM Challenge Lab Activity
This Oil Spill STEM Challenge is a great addition to any ecology, ecological succession or environmental care unit or lesson plan. Lab takes students through a simulation activity, starting with checking off needed materials, going through multiple steps of investigation, drawing, and inferring, and finishing up with a written reflection of the activity. Materials needed for activity are:1. 2 clear cups 2. tin/aluminum container 3. 1 cup water 4. 2 feathers 5. 4 cotton balls 6. sponge 7. 1 c
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4th - 6th
HALLOWEEN CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION 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 4-6. 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 guideAnsw
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Holiday CSI Bundle: Nature of Science SEP
4th Grade Science: Animal Structures (NGSS Aligned)
This unit was designed specifically to address NGSS 4-LS1-1: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support, survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction. This unit is appropriate for grades 3-5. Upper Elementary students learn about the structures animals have to help them with nutrition, self-defense, reproduction, and communication. Activities include:Activity 1: Animal Structures Sort: This introductory activity gets students fo
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3rd - 5th
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4-LS1-1
Also included in: 4th Grade Science Plant and Animal Structures Bundle (NGSS Aligned)
Rock Cycle Dice Simulation with Writing Connection
Looking for a way to integrate writing into your science curriculum? This dice simulation is a great way to to reinforce the science concept of the rock cycle while connecting it to writing. By performing the writing connection, students will cement their knowledge by writing creatively from the point of view of a piece of sediment going through the rock cycle. This simulation is a set of posters that you hang around the room and place a die by. Students are assigned a poster to start with and b
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3rd - 7th
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Ecosystems- Roadrunners and Coyotes NGSS Middle School LS2-1
Turn your students into an active ecosystem. This activity is similar to the classic Oh Deer simulation with a roadrunner and coyote twist. This sequence of NGSS aligned activities/assessments includes two simulation activities in which students are in the roles of a population of roadrunners, a predator (coyote), and resources (food, water, shelter). Students collect, graph, and analyze data to look for cause and effect relationships in an ecosystem. Reading and writing pages are included along
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5th - 7th
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MS-LS2-1
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
Evolution Game: Mutation and Speciation in Action!
You know you have a winning lesson when your entire class of students begs you to let them continue playing a learning game in their free time. That’s the case with this evolution game: not only does it help students experience how evolution works through mutations, cross-breeding, speciation, extinction, and diversity, but it is really fun and creative. Students start out as a flock of white, flightless birds that only eat worms. By rolling dice and pulling mutation and event cards, they mutate
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5th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
, MS-LS3-1
, MS-LS4-2
, MS-LS4-4
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