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3rd grade general science resources for GATE
Create-ure Spring STEM Challenge Activity with Life Science Extensions
If you’re looking to apply learning in adaptations, habitats, food chains and food webs, life cycles, genetics & heredity, evolution, and/or human body systems, this STEM or STEAM challenge is a perfectly engaging way to get the job done joyfully! It’s the perfect Halloween or spring STEM activity, but it works any time of the year to connect to your life science standards! The basic idea: Students work in individually or in partners or groups against a list of criteria and constraints to c
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2nd - 8th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 4-LS1-1
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Fun Early Finishers - Science 3rd, 4th, 5th grade
Science Activities: Science Activities for Early Finishers can be cut and pasted into a spiral notebook or journal. Students may skip around from task to task and even revisit a task to generate more ideas. Finding meaningful work for all students is one of the biggest challenges teachers face. This assortment of creative and critical thinking tasks, created by Dazzle on a Dime, will keep those hands, minds, and bodies busy in the short moments of time which occur regularly throughout the day o
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3rd - 5th
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Plants STEM Challenge Activity
Looking for a plant activity to apply learning in plant needs, parts/functions, adaptations, life cycles, cells, photosynthesis, and/or genetics & heredity? This STEM challenge / STEAM challenge is a perfectly engaging way to get the job done joyfully! The challenge is great any time of the year, but works especially well as a spring activity! The completed designs and extension projects make beautiful displays for Back to School Night or Open House as well!The basic premise: Students work
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2nd - 8th
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Brain Activities Thinking Activities Brain Health
Learn about your most important school tool...your brain. Learn how the brain functions, ways to help your brain, and all about neurons.These lessons are taught using vocabulary cards, My Great Big Beautiful Brain booklet, interactive notebook activities, games, hands on crafts, and through the text Your Fantastic Elastic Brain. #summersalebrationIncluded in this unit are the following:28 Vocabulary CardsNeurosurgeon "Costume"My Great Big Beautiful Brain BookletInteractive Notebook ActivitiesYou
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
30 Minute Science Labs | Bundle of Hands-On Experiments with Reading Passages
Enjoy performing hands-on lab activities designed to be conducted in 30 minutes. Save time and money with simple supplies and low prep set-up. Included reading passages tie it all together after the lab. Bundle and Save and get all new additions at no extra cost. Each Lab IncludesBackground Information and VocabularyHands-on Experiment PageReading Passage with QuestionsAnswer KeyStudents will engage in a hands-on exploration where they conduct the lab 2 different ways. This helps them bet
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3rd - 6th
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Earth Day STEM Challenge Activity - New Earth City
This is the perfect Earth Day STEM activity!The basic idea: It is Earth Day, and the year 2035. Earth has become overcrowded. The students are part of a pioneering crew tasked with setting up the first city (New Earth City) on Planetopia, a fictional name for a recently discovered Earth-like planet in a distant solar system. Part of the mission is to set up the city to prevent or address the problems we are having on Earth so we don’t repeat our errors on our new home planet. This challenge is b
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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MAP SKILLS BUNDLE - CLASSROOM, BEDROOM, HOUSE, ZOO, TEST, AND CENTER
These are engaging and fun projects to teach basic mapping skills. The students learn how to use a compass, place objects using the four cardinal directions, and follow multi-step directions. Describe the location of objects relative to other locations in the classroom. (Over, near, far, left, right, north, south, east, west).- Students create an interactive house map placing pictures of the house furniture on the assigned spots. Or/and they create their own house!- Blank map for your own additi
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1st - 4th
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Planetopia Project STEM Challenge Bundle - PAPERLESS VERSION
Planetopia Project STEM Challenges engage your students in brain-busting work disguised as fun! The basic premise: Students work in partners or groups against criteria & constraints lists to design and build various items for the fictional planet, Planetopia. Challenges include extension opportunities on topics including: landforms, plate tectonics, the water cycle, weather, natural disasters, plant parts, plant cells, animal cells, life cycles, heredity, genetics and more!Modification sugg
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2nd - 8th
Science Choice Boards Choice Menus Fast Finishers Early Finishers Activities
Having choice is something our students crave, especially during times when they are learning at home, independently or through distance learning. If you're looking for low prep and easy to implement resources to offer your students choice, try choice boards. If you already own my other science choice menus, these offer more choices and some new topics. These choice boards cover fifteen science topics:-Insects-Sharks-Candy-Plants-Weather-Matter-Dinosaurs-Simple Machines-Butterflies-Rocks-Force
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1st - 3rd
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Digital Research Project Seven Natural Wonders of the World
Looking for a distance learning or 100% digital project? This is an independent digital research project in Google Slides that is perfect for distance learning.Students will independently research and present information about the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. You can easily assign one, some, or all of the natural wonders for this project. Simply delete any unwanted slides prior to sharing or assigning the project. You can also make this project appropriate for multiple grade levels by s
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2nd - 8th
Card Tower STEM Challenge
This tower building STEM / STEAM Challenges is perfect for summer – or any time of the year! It brings the joy back to your classroom with collaborative, hands-on, brain-busting work (disguised as fun)!If you have spare index cards, at least 30 minutes, and a class to inspire, run this challenge as a fun, quick task for a rainy day, or select from multiple options provided to add depth and rigor to extend this activity to days or weeks of active learning!The basic premise: Individually, or in p
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2nd - 8th
Also included in: Card Tower STEM Challenge Mini Bundle
Bottle Ecosystem Design Project
Engage your students with this step-by-step Bottle Ecosystem Design Project.
Teach it!
Lesson plans will guide you through scaffolding students with classroom friendly fact sheets that will motivate students to infer as they decide what type of habitat will meet the needs of the insect they select.
Plan it!
Students will now begin the design process and draft samples of their bottle ecosystem. Collaboration with peers will ensure students are familiar with giving and receiving feedback to re
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2nd - 5th
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Space Unit-Timeline, Space Life, Spinoffs, Dream Mission, Extension Activities
This unit contains four lessons that are full of space-related learning and activities. The length of each lesson is about 90 minutes, so lessons can be broken down into shorter lessons spanning more days, if needed for your students. Every lesson includes:Materials ListGifted Standards"I can" StatementEssential UnderstandingGuiding QuestionsBeforeDuringAfterExtensionAll printable materials included (such as, information cards, direction sheets, and papers for students to record their learning)T
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3rd - 8th
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Nonfiction Earthworm Articles Differentiated with Common Core Assessment
In second grade we focus so much of our time on the life cycle of different animals. In my class we use a unit that includes this fundamental science concept with an everyday creature. The superheroes of soil, earthworms! This unit can completely stand alone and needs no other connection. However, if you liked the style and approach of the Komodo dragon unit, this is more of the same. :)
The main article is written in 2 differentiated forms. One article measures at a Lexile of 600 and the othe
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2nd - 5th
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States of Matter Science Menus - Choice Boards and Activities- 4th - 5th Grade
Are you looking for your enrichment or exemplary tasks to be done for the year? These 3 States of Matter choice boards are perfect for your early finishers or students that need a challenge.You can use this by telling students to complete 3 boxes or as a tic-tac-toe challenge. Each box comes with a matching work page.Print at the beginning of the unit and give to each student so they can work on it throughout the unit.Science Choice Boards Includes:Topic: 3 States of MatterDraw It OutPicture Boo
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Choice Boards *BUNDLE* - Science Menus and Activities & Centers
Ecosystems and Adaptations Depth and Complexity Activity Bundle
This bundle includes Depth and Complexity frames, games, and activities on ecosystems as well as frames about adaptations! Students will read, write, communicate orally, draw, play games, research, support answers with details, and even do a little acting and presenting in front of the class! You only pay 75 cents more for the adaptations lesson, which is a savings of $1.75!
Although these lessons use GATE (Gifted and Talented) icons and frames, all activities can be used with students at a
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2nd - 6th
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STEM Construction Site Stations
As we build engineers that are critical thinkers and problem solvers, this STEM construction site pack includes everything you will need to differentiate STEM stations in your classroom. Three construction site pack includes
This pack contains three engineering activities:
1. Sky Scraper Building Station
2. Construction Site Vehicle Station
3. Bridge Building Station
This pack includes directions, station cards for all three stations as well as record sheets and materials lists/cards and dif
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Grades:
K - 5th
Bloom's Task Card Activities Science Centers Early Finishers Fast Finishers
Using Bloom's Taxonomy allows for instant differentiation for your students. These low prep task science task cards have critical thinking activities for each level of Bloom's. The cards are perfect for enrichment, additional practice, and early finishers. The options allow students to work at their level, or work through the levels. The science topics included are:•space•desert•magnets•weather•force and motion•electricity•five senses•matter•simple machines•human body•plants•rain forest•STEM•rec
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2nd - 3rd
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Nursery Rhyme STEM Time Bundle 2
This bundle of science joy is filled with over 65 pages of nursery rhyme science connections. Using these packs you can integrate science concepts along with your reading curriculum to bundle your time into fun, interactive, and engaging activities. These packs can be used over multiple grade levels. Grab this bundle today and save money and prep time! This pack includes:-Humpty Dumpty-Hey Diddle Diddle-Jack and JillIf you like this pack, check out the other Nursery Rhyme STEM Time Bundle at: Nu
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K - 3rd
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Forces And Motion Unit | Grade 2 And 3 Newton's Cradle Science And STEM
Discover kinetic and potential energy with a fun marble science investigation. Simple supplies and EASY PREP. Explore deeper with a further exploration. Engage students in a STEM Challenge to create a Newton's Cradle. Includes extensive background information to guide the teacher and students to success. This is a printable PDF. Please read more about Easel below.Students will expand their knowledge of forces and motions by observing the transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy. Throug
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Snow Day: Research + Project
★ Snow Activity Bundle: Research and Project ★
The purpose of these projects are for students to work research the science of snow and to design and plan their own "Dream Snow Day"!
This bundle contains two products for 20% off the original price. Check out the individual products for more information: Snow Science: The Best Winter Mineral and Plan Your Dream Snow Day Project
★Check it out!: This unit is included in the Gifted and Talented Upper Elementary Units Bundle at an even further
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Google Classroom Reading Comprehension Distance Learning
Looking for engaging non-fiction reading passages and comprehension checks for your students to read digitally while using Google Slides? This digital, paperless resource includes 8 non-fiction reading comprehension passages at the guided reading level N. There is also a digital "My Animal Journal" to track the information learned about each animal. The reading passages create a high level of engagement for your readers and are perfect for their reading level. A level N is the equivalent of a th
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Google Forms Reading Comprehension
Coding Robotics Google Slides Virtual Bitmoji STEM Classroom Choice Board Menu
Coding and Robotics Google Slides Virtual Bitmoji STEM Classroom with Choice Board Links is a perfect resource to engage your students. An excellent resource for Elementary Gifted Classrooms (2nd-5th) or Regular Classrooms (2nd-8th).Fully editable, low prep Google Slide template with clickable picture links serves as a Choice Board Menu for to students to easily find interactive resources and lessons. Works seamlessly with Canvas for Virtual Learning, Distance Learning, or as an Early Finisher A
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Science-Based Bat Unit
Bats, Bats, and more Bats! This science based bat pack is sure to get them excited and less afraid of these mammals! This comprehensive unit includes STEM activities, math, and language arts connections, as well as art ideas!
This pack includes:
-Station cards
-7 Bat fact Posters and record sheet
-5 language arts activity sheets
-Vocabulary connection cards
-Bat Habitat activity with posters and reading opportunity
-two art connection ideas
-2 STEM activities and record sheets (build a bat th
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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