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Free 5th grade science handouts
Water Drops on a Penny Scientific Method Lab Activity
This classic water drops on a penny lab has never been more clear, cut and dry than this! Students will identify and label parts of the scientific method and investigate which type of water will hold more drops on a penny: soapy or plain. Students will write a hypothesis, collect and record data, complete a bar graph, and a five part conclusion. This product is part of my Scientific Investigation Unit Bundle, which includes:10 Bell-ringers/Anticipation Reading GuideLesson- Lab Safety LessonLesso
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4th - 10th
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Animal and Plant Cell Match and Color Pages FREEBIE
Students will use the color code chart to color each cell organelle to distinguish the different structures. Great as an introduction activity for students to learn the organelles. Could also be used as a homework assignment, science center, or extra credit! Also makes a great study tool after the coloring is complete!
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Cell City Interactiv
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Cells BUNDLE
Marshmallow Challenge Handout
This FREEBIE includes a color and black and white handout to provide to teams of students engaging in the Marshmallow Challenge activity. This activity is great to use as an icebreaker or to engage students in critical thinking, cooperative learning, and innovative thinking. It can also be used to reinforce basic principles of physics or as a fun math activity involving measurement.
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Apple Five Senses
Fun Freebie with 5 mini-posters and 5 printables. Describe apples using your five senses (hearing, sight, smell, touch, and taste). These posters are great aids for a discussion of using words to describe apples. This is such a fun mini-set for an apple theme.
CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) Science Writing Templates - FREEBIE
Scaffold the process of writing a CER argument for your students by using these free templates! Can be used across grade levels. I've used these in 4th - 8th grade, but they could also be used in high school!While the templates were designed to teach science argumentation in my classroom, most of them are not science-specific and can also be used across other content areas as well! Includes 9 pages (7 different templates) of non-editable PDFs.
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5th - 8th
Animal Habitats
This two page information sheet gives facts on the following habitats; desert, wetlands, forest, ocean, arctic, grassland, & rainforest. I use this when introducing animal habitats to my students.
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PreK - 5th
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{Free} Graphic Novel (Comic Book) Templates
This is a blank Graphic Novel (comic book) Template that can be used across all curriculum areas. Having students create a graphic novel page (or pages) is a great way to assess a student's understanding of a subject in a non-traditional way. All pages can be flipped upside down for a total of six different page layouts.
Students can illustrate a trip through the solar system, the track food takes through the digestive system, or many other topics. Using art is a great way to assess students
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3rd - 5th
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Identifying the States of Matter
20 pictures with discriptions in which students much identify each as either solid, liquid, or gas.******* For more activities and even freebies, please follow us on TPT :) ******** Please rate or comment on our product if you like :) Thank You! Mr. & Mrs. Brightside
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1st - 6th
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Solar System Mini Book - Portrait
This is a mini-book I made for my Space Unit in Science class about the Solar System.
I print and copy the pages, and also copy the lined paper (included in PDF) onto the back of each page.
The students cut along the dotted lines and assemble the pages in order. I go around and staple the books together.
Then, after the students have assembled the books, we copy interesting facts about the planets/sun/moon/etc onto the back of each page. You're on your own with the facts, though. I like spac
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K - 5th
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Changes in States of Matter Foldable
This foldable is designed to help students understand what changes in states of matter are, to recognize why changes occur and to identify four common changes (i.e. freezing, evaporation, melting and condensation). I recommend having students fill in the foldable following a lesson on this topic to consolidate their learning. The foldable can then be glued into the students' science notebooks to be used for future reference.
In this file you will find three versions of the foldable.
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4th - 8th
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Graphic Organizer - Brainstorming Web
This is a simple brainstorming web.
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Landforms Foldable Activity Freebie
Make learning landforms fun and interactive! This science activity will help your elementary students during instruction while they decorate your classroom.Included:• 4 different coloring pages that include: mountains, hills, valley, volcano, beach, dune, plateau, canyon, and a cliff.If you enjoy this activity, you might also like:The United States and Capitals Geography Review Activities and Assessment BundleThe United States and Capitals Geography Review ActivitiesThe United States and Capita
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3rd - 6th
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Free Animal and Plant Cell Labelling Doodle Notes | Coloring Worksheets |
Free Animal and Plant Cell Labelling Doodle Note | Printable Handouts | Digital Compatible for Distance Learning | Learn the Organelles the fun way! (4 worksheets)Topics Covered: Organelles, Plant Cell, Animal Cell, Mitochondria, Centriole, Plasma Membrane, Golgi Body, Golgi Apparatus, Endoplasmic reticulum, Vacuole, Nucleus, Chloroplast, Cell WallCheck out these free plant and animal cell doodle printables! This is for elementary to middle school students as it only has the basic organelles.
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4th - 9th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, MS-LS1-2
Save SAM with STEM and Teamwork!
STEM Engineering ChallengeTeamwork Activity!Save Sam with STEM! With a gummy worm, gummy lifesaver, a cup, and a paperclip, students will work in teams of two to solve a STEM challenge. Based on a popular STEM activity, we have added the engineering design process to this free activity. Perfect for an introduction to engineering in grades k-6 or a staff workshop.Teaches are saying:"This activity was so fun! I thought some of my first graders would get frustrated but they actually had a ball whi
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K - 6th, Staff
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: First Week of School STEM Activities Bundle
Building Circuits - Electricity - Activities, Worksheets, Handouts
This product will help you teach about electricity and circuits with interesting activities and will be a perfect addition to your electricity lesson plan.
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1. A student handout - Appropriate information about circuits for students with illustrations (B/W and Colour)
2. An activity to understand that a power source is required for electrical appliances to work.(B/W only)
3. An activity to understand about switches - make 3 types of switches (B/W and Colour)
4. An activity to build cir
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4th - 6th
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Types of Fossils (mold, cast, trace, and true form) Foldable for ISN - Geology
Four Types of Fossils foldable serve as an interactive note-taking aid for students to explain fossils' classification: mold, cast, trace, and true form. It is a fun, hands-on activity for students to research different facts about each type of fossil and write what they find out. Are you starting to teach the types of fossils: cast fossils, mold fossils, trace fossils, and true form fossils? Students do not seem to feel very strongly when it comes to an understanding the concept and distinguish
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3rd - 7th
Also included in: ITD Science Membership Gr. 3 - 5 - Ultimate Bundle
Space Moon Phases and Eclipse Lesson | Earth Moon Sun Astronomy Unit Bundle
This product includes 2 warm-ups, a set of differentiated Cornell notes, a foldable activity, three essential questions, and a slide presentation with a mini-quiz built in on the phases of the moon and eclipses. This lesson is included in myEarth, Moon, and Sun Unit Bundle , which is also a part of my Complete SPACE TRIPLE BUNDLE- COMPLETE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK.Check out these products all included in the bundle:Pre-Assessment/Warm-upEarth and Moon's Motion LessonSeasonal Patterns LessonGravity i
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4th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
Biome Travel Brochure Project
Have your students make a brochure for people to visit a specific biome! They can be creative as they come up with things to do, what to pack, what they will see, and how much it will cost. Students can either print pictures from the internet or out of national geographic magazines. You might also be interested in:Biomes and biodiversity powerpointBiomes interactive diagramBiome Climatogram WorksheetEcology Writing PromptsBe sure to follow my TpT store by clicking on the green "follow me" next t
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Ecology Bundle
Bill Nye the Science Guy - Energy Handout
This worksheet goes along with Bill Nye the Science Guy's video Energy. The answer key is included. Students can complete the handout while they are watching the 22 minute video. It is on Google Slides, so if you would like to assign it digitally, make a copy then insert text boxes over the blanks for students to type into.
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2nd - 12th
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FREE SAMPLE of Human Body Systems - Notes, Task Cards, Worksheets, Etc. 4th-7th
This FREE SAMPLE is a small exerpt of the Mega Bundle titled “Human Body Systems- Notes, Task cards, worksheets Etc,- 4-7 EDITABLE BUNDLE” available at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Human-Body-Systems-Notes-Task-Cards-Worksheets-Etc-4th-7th-EDITABLE-BUNDLE-6020643 , by The Science Arena. This FREE SAMPLE is provided to offer teachers / educators / parents / homeschoolers / users a basic idea of type of resources covered in the actual bundle. Detailed and more content is available
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Science Teaching Resources for Grades 3 To 7 Year Round Mega Bundle
Plants experiment What do plants need?
Use this data sheet for your next plants experiment with your students.
Everything in Spanish.
Use this worksheet to fill in when your students learn what plants need. English and Spanish (¿Que necesitan las plantas?)
Your students will discover what plants need.
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1st - 6th
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Also included in: All about plants mini-bundle
Water Cycle - My Life as a Drip Science and Writing {FREEBIE}
Looking for a great way to incorporate writing into your science class?
Try this My Life as a Drip writing prompt! This handout helps students start writing a story that takes a water droplet through the water cycle. The process of creating a story allows the students to understand the water cycle at a deeper level.
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4th - 8th
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Abiotic and Biotic Factors
Use this worksheet as a warm up, do now activity or for general reading comprehension. This worksheet is free and is 1 of 13 handouts that is included in the Introduction to Environmental Science Workbook. The following topics are included in the Workbook:
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Page 1- Intro to Ecology (Free)
Page 2- Abiotic vs Biotic Factors (Free)
Page 3- What is an Ecosystem?
Page 4- Producers and Consumers
Page 5- The Food Chain
Page 6- Biomes
Page 7 - Niche
Page 8 - Habitat
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5th - 9th
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Think Tac Toe - Food Chains & Webs
Looking for a fun, creative activity that will deepen your student’s insight into food webs and chains? This is a high-level Think Tac Toe, where students will be challenged to compare, create & write about their understanding of food chains and webs. This activity can be used as a review or have your students pick and choose one of the eight creative activities.
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↣ Think Tac Toe Student Sheet
↣ Terms of Use & Thank you page
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