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Earth sciences Common Core W.5.7 resources
Ecosystems Brochure Research Project
Students create an brochure to advertise the ecosystem of their choice. What it may be...the tundra, the rainforest, the desert...is up to the student (or you can choose for them)! I love this project each and every year! My students research and complete this entirely at school. These turn out to be an impressive piece of student work to hang up because the students write so much about their topic. Their illustrations catch the eye of people walking by, as well! This pack includes:-Photos of my
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4th - 7th
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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
Invasive Species Animal Project - Ecosystems & Biomes Research Writing Activity
This ecosystems project will engage your students as they choose from ten invasive species to research! Keep your upper elementary writing students organized with printable graphic organizers that guide them to write detailed paragraphs describing how invasive species impact the ecosystems they invade. Both digital and printable versions are included. This Project Includes:↠ Teacher guide with a suggested lesson plan, teacher tips, and website links↠ Research graphic organizer with specific ques
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3rd - 6th
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Water Pollution Water Filter STEM
This environmental project challenges students to create a water filter to use with grey water to conserve water resources. The water filtration lab is a perfect Earth Day project. The engineering design process helps students investigate, plan, create, improve, and evaluate their filter. Students observe and collect data to write a report on findings. Leveled texts and writing prompts round out this jammed packed set! ☝ Click HERE to Save 25% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and STEAM BUNDLE! ☝ (
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Also included in: STEM Activities STEM Challenges
Planets Research Report: Multi-Draft Informative Writing for Grades 3-5 (CCSS)
“I have done planet research writing for several years. This was a helpful resource to have everything ready to go.”“This made research so much easier for my students! Everything was scaffolded and easy to follow. Their reports came out great!”“I used this with ELL students as a research project. It was well laid out and I could adapt it easily to my students' needs. It did a good job walking students through the writing process.”Instead of doing several Informative Essays, I like to focus on j
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3rd - 5th
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Facts About the Great Lakes Research Project, Graphs, and Maps
This short research project results in a polished final product. Kids collect facts about the Great Lakes on specially designed maps to create their own infographics. Individual pages can be bound into a booklet or displayed. The activity works well with collaborative groups or for independent study. Additional pages ask students to compare, graph depths and volumes, and label a map. Open the preview to take a closer look.First, students research the Great Lakes to create infographics. They can
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4th - 6th
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Solar System Lapbook and Interactive Notebook Activities
The Solar System Lapbook will make a great interactive learning tool and study guide for your students as they learn about the sun, moon, planets, and more! The following is included with this resource:1. A lapbook title page (3 boy and 3 girl choices)2. “Composition of the Solar System” spinner. This spinner features the makeup of the solar system, including pictures that represent planets, the sun, the moon, asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.3. Solar System Vocabulary Pocket (24 cards with d
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Changes in Ecosystems and Biomes Activity - Natural Disaster Research Project
This environmental changes science writing project will engage your students as they choose from five natural disasters to research! Keep your upper elementary writing students organized with printable graphic organizers that guide them to write detailed paragraphs describing environmental changes caused by a disaster. Students will illustrate the ecosystem before and after the natural disaster occurred using the printable final project pages. This no-prep, Common Core Aligned, cross-curricular
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3rd - 6th
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Natural Disaster Research and Poster Project
Students will love the chance to research natural disasters and then creatively display what they learned with this Natural Disaster Poster Project! Included are unique research packets that will help students organize information they gather from books or online resources on 10 natural disasters. Packets will contain questions that ask disaster definitions, cause/effects, locations, ways to measure, safety precautions, interesting facts, and a famous disaster. Packets are divided into 4 section
Solar Energy - Energy Transformation – How We Use Energy From The Sun
This Solar Energy package shows how solar energy is transformed to heat and electricity. The package includes an editable, interactive PowerPoint presentation, a solar energy lab, Solar energy reading comprehension articles, and an Illustrated solar energy vocabulary and crossword puzzle. This package covers what solar energy is, how solar energy is used, and its environmental benefits and challenges. These materials are aligned with Common Core, and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) a
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4th - 6th
NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, MS-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-2
Also included in: NGSS Renewable Energy Bundle Grades 4 - 6
Extreme Weather & Natural Disasters Brochure - 5 Ws and H Research-Based Project
Have you been looking for the perfect research-based project on extreme weather and/or natural disasters for your upper elementary students? Look no further! This brochure is for you! This resource will have your students exercising their research skills meanwhile improving their informational writing. Using the 5 Ws and H framework to answer pertinent information, students will demonstrate what they've learned in Earth Science in regards to extreme weather, landforms, cause and effects of human
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4th - 6th
Also included in: 3 Science Brochures/Pamphlets - Research Projects for Grades 3 to 6
Water Erosion STEM and STEAM Challenge
Students develop a creek bank preservation solution in this Earth Science project. Using the engineering design cycle, students use their observations and collected data to write a report. Writing prompts and science leveled text round out this jammed packed set! ☝ Click HERE to Save over 25% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and STEAM BUNDLE! ☝ (Currently: 16 NGSS Aligned Projects) ❤ All STEM Projects are OPEN ENDED, allowing student flexibility to create and test unique designs. ❤Next Generation
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
2-ESS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 4-ESS2-1
Also included in: Weather Unit
Earth Day Virtual Field Trip - 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade
Join me on a virtual field trip! On this field trip, students will use their critical thinking, reading, writing, and listening skills to explore and learn about our incredible Earth. Students will learn about recycling, climate change, composting, national parks, wildlife, and more! They will also get to explore the world using Google Maps and other websites with virtual tour capabilities! ⭐Check out the quick preview video for a taste of what this field trip has to offer. This resource includ
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2nd - 5th
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NASA Apollo Program Research Project & Website - United States History
Learn about the moon, explore the Apollo 11 mission, and complete an astronaut research project with this fabulous bundle. Kids navigate a student website to learn all about NASA's first manned mission to land on the moon. Then they research astronauts of the Apollo missions. As a bonus, you'll also receive two one-page information sheets about the moon and its phases.It’s a great way to study this important piece of United States history.Apollo 11 WebsiteThis site offers hours of multimedia exp
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4th - 6th
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Astronaut Space Research Project Gifted Students Enrichment PBL
Are you looking for a student-driven project for your gifted (AIG) students? In this resource, students will research 6 prominent astronauts. They will then create a project demonstrating what they learned. This resource includes ideas for online resources students can use but you can easily use your own resources for students to use.This resource is perfect for your AIG and/or gifted students as it includes broad ideas, openness, and student choice. What is included?Teacher & Student Instru
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4th - 6th
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Seven Continents Passages, Report Sheets, and Paired Passage Prompts
Get your students prepped and ready to meet the Common Core State Standards through this Seven Continents pack that integrates social studies, science, ELA, and research skills!
What you get:
-Seven continent passages - one for each continent
-Continent quick (research) report sheets
-Country quick (research) report sheets
-Paired passage prompts
-World map launching or culminating activity
Use this set to teach your students about world geography centering on the location, climate, landforms,
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3rd - 5th
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Extreme Weather Research Brochure Template | PDF Download
Your students have done their Extreme Weather research, and now it's time to show what they know! Grab this Extreme Weather Research Brochure Template today! This brochure is layed out to help students add facts, pictures, graphs, diagrams...whatever their imagination decides! It works great alongside PebbleGo Research! The headings are pre-typed: What is it? How does it start? Where does it happen? How do you stay safe? Other Interesting facts! If you would like a Research Brochure Template wit
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 3-ESS2-1
, 5-LS2-1
, 4-LS1-2
, 3-LS3-1
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Severe Weather Activities | Floods and Flooding Inventions STEM Challenge
Flooding can be an effect from severe weather like hurricanes, heavy rain and tsunamis. How can you create an invention that can prevent flooding? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore different floods that have impacted history, flood invention inspiration, building a design and testing it under flood conditions. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration.==========================================STEM Stations are a great way to encourage cre
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS3-2
Also included in: STEM Project Ideas for 3rd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
Human Impact on the Environment | 3D Printing STEM Project
How are humans impacting the Earth and its natural resources? While many of Earth’s events happen naturally, many problems are man-made. How can you design an invention that helps people correct, prevent or protect Earth's resources and environment? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll research about common problems humans are causing to the environment and some solutions that already exist. With this information, you’ll create a 3D printed model of an invention that will help
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4th - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: 5th Grade STEM Project Ideas | Growing Year Long Bundle
Habitat and Animal Research Projects + Create a Creature BUNDLE | No Prep
Take learning about animal habitats up a notch with these fun, engaging, and creative research projects! These no prep, digital and printable projects get students thinking at a higher level as they conduct research and use their new knowledge to CREATE a new animal that would survive and thrive in each of 5 habitats - Desert, Grassland, Ocean, Rainforest, and Tundra!These research projects get students to…EXPLORE each habitatLEARN about the animals that live thereCREATE their own super creature
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3rd - 5th
Maps and Landforms Interactive Notebook and Activities
Engage your students at social studies time with this comprehensive maps and landforms unit!
- Your students will learn how to read and use different types of maps with interactive notebook activities, a map song, task cards, and more.
- Geographic features (landforms and bodies of water) are covered with interactive notebook activities, handouts, and a geographic features game.
- Reinforce vocabulary with the included word wall cards.
- This unit also includes a passage for each of the s
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Natural Disasters Brochure (Guided Genius Hour Project)
Exploring Natural Disasters is an important element in various subjects - social studies, science, and NOW writing! This brochure assignment allows students to explore a natural disaster from either the United States or around the world and learn about the impact such events can have on the human population.
For this project students are required to:
1) Research
2) Take self-guided notes
3) Organize sources
4) Produce a finished brochure as a final product
Included in this product you will
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3rd - 8th
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Planets - Project Based Learning Unit
This is a complete Project Based Learning (PBL) unit on the 8 major planets in our Solar System. This 4-5 week unit is aligned to both Common Core Standards for writing, speaking and listening, and Arizona State Standards for science and planets. Through this PBL, students will work to select a planet that is most sustainable for human life by researching each of the major planets. Following the selection of their planet, students will create a survival guide and develop a prototype colony for l
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4th - 6th
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Rube Goldberg Lesson | Ecosystems | STEM Challenge
In every ecosystem, there is the movement of matter between plants, animals, decomposers and the environment. How can you create a Rube Goldberg machine to show this movement? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore different ecosystems and food webs, Rube Goldberg Machine inspiration, building a design and testing it to show the transfer of energy from one living thing to the next. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration.=====================
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-LS2-1
, 5-PS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: 5th Grade STEM Project Ideas | Growing Year Long Bundle
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