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Environment Common Core W.5.7 resources
National Parks Virtual Field Trip & Web Scavenger Hunt Conservation End of Year
Looking for an activity about National Parks? Let your students take a Virtual Field Trip using technology! It's a great way to expose your students to the natural beauty and wonder of the United States National Parks. Your students will "travel" and explore Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon and other amazing National Parks. They'll learn about the importance of the National Park Service, take virtual tours and hikes, "meet" the park rangers, and learn about important conservation efforts
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3rd - 7th
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Design a Car Project - Alternative/Renewable Fuels and Energy Use Activity
Have some serious fun with cars and energy use! In this activity, students research or read about alternative (renewable) fuels and compare them. As a culmination to the project, they design their own “green” vehicles. Open the preview to take a closer look.First, kids learn about renewable and nonrenewable energy resources. A worksheet provides a quick review, and they categorize ten sources.Second, they build background information. Before comparing alternative energy sources, students explor
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4th - 5th
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NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS3-1
STEM Novel Activity: The One and Only Ivan
This project combines all four aspects of STEM.S: Animal HabitatsT: Zoo ResearchE: Planning a ZooM: Area and Perimeter Calculations for ZooDirections This project combines all 4 parts of STEM. It is separated into 2 lessons. Lesson 1 combines science and technology. Lesson 2 combines engineering and math. I like to do both lessons over the course of a day. I use Lesson 1 during my language arts block and then Lesson 2 during math. SuppliesLesson 1: letter to class (can be copied off or
Podcast on Social Responsibility & Activism - STEAM Research Project + Checklist
A great introduction to podcasting (podcast creation), for both upper elementary and middle school students! This resource helps students (and their partners) create a podcast project, guiding them step-by-step through their research, creation, and reflection processes.What's included in this purchase:4-page teacher guide NEW! - digital & printable9-page Google Slides™ student document - digital & fillable1 printable version of the student document - printable pdfExtra evaluation rubrics
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4th - 9th
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Ecology Unit | Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Engage your students with this fun, comprehensive, 99 page Ecology Unit. It contains passages, questions, and a wide variety of resources needed to teach a rigorous unit on ecology.It includes CLOSE Reading nonfiction passages to help teach your students about ecology (not familiar with CLOSE reading? It’s okay, we have instructions and anchor charts to help you incorporate it into your teaching). There are text dependent questions aligned with each passage, a set of vocabulary cards with defini
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Ecology Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Report Bundle
Biomes & 5 Themes of Geography Project (The Amazing Race)
The Amazing Race producers are looking to do a biome themed season next year and they need your help! This integrated project asks focuses on biomes, ecology and the 5 themes of geography. In order for each student's chosen location to be considered, they will need to conduct research and complete a 13 page application for review.
This document includes:
-Lesson Overview
-Student Task Overview
-Application packet
1. General Title page info
2. Location Snapshots (illustrations of 5 key things
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4th - 9th
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Plants | Plant Research Report
Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive Plants Research Report resource. It helps make report writing easy! It contains vocabulary, worksheets, questions, organizers, tools and forms to use for your students to create, develop, write, edit, illustrate, present, and assess your students’ Plants Research Report.This is a fun, 35 page resource to help your students produce a research report on Plants. This report is also designed to not only to learn and explain the new information, b
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Plants Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Report Bundle
Coal and Chocolate Chip Cookie Mining Exploration - Problem and Solution Writing
This product includes a nonfiction article with 2 comprehension pages about coal mining which could be used by itself for reading. However, it also includes a hands-on exploration component where students use chocolate chip cookies and tools (fingers, cotton swabs, and toothpicks) to mine the chocolate chips. Use the article to introduce the problem and solution structure, then have students complete the exploration with the graphic organizer so they can write about their experience in the probl
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3rd - 5th
Plants Unit | Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive, 107 page Plants Unit. It contains passages, questions, and a wide variety of resources needed to teach a rigorous unit on plants.It includes CLOSE Reading nonfiction passages to help teach your students about plants (not familiar with CLOSE reading? It’s okay, we have instructions and anchor charts to help you incorporate it into your teaching). There are text dependent questions aligned with each passage, a set of vocabulary cards with def
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Plants Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Report Bundle
NGSS Renewable Energy Bundle Grades 4 - 6
This bundle contains NGSS aligned lessons on three sources of renewable energy: Wind Energy, Solar Energy and Hydroelectric Energy. They are aligned with the following performance expectations: NGSS 4-ESS3-1, 4-PS3-4, 5-ESS3-1. Product Descriptions:Using Windmills to Change Wind Energy to ElectricityThis informative and entertaining package includes a wealth of material and exercises on wind energy, its environmental benefits, and challenges. Materials are aligned with Common Core and address
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4th - 6th
NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, 5-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS3-1
STEM Design for Learning: Solar Cars, Boats, Planes, and Rovers Webquest Project
A Webquest for Real World Project-Based Learning Students become solar designers in this interactive STEM webquest that guides critical thinking and collaboration within the topics of solar energy and engineering. Working in teams, students choose to learn about either solar planes, cars, boats, or rovers and use what they have learned to design their own model of a solar powered vehicle. WebQuest project-based learning teaches children how to use essential skills for obtaining information and a
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5th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-PS3-3
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-PS3-5
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Science & Nature Curriculum Bundle: all my units & mini-studies in one bundle!
Simply EVERY unit in my shop, in one discounted bundle!→ This collection includes environmental science-inspired complete units and study materials.→ It is perfect for homeschooling, nature camps, STEM camps, and earth/environmental science classrooms.→ All the materials feature my artwork and are based on my experience as an environmental scientist.*** What age/grade can use these materials?*** These materials were designed with universal design and mixed-age group classroom in mind! All units
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Homeschool
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 4-LS1-1
, 1-LS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-LS4-3
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Food Webs Unit: an ecology unit study - with flashcards, activities, and more!
Perfect for your next ecology unit study in your science classroom or homeschool! Learn about how energy moves through an ecosystem's food web! This printable science unit includes kids' learning activities, an ecosystem poster, educational flashcards, and more! To help with your lesson planning, there is also a detailed instructor guide and key!Additionally, you can find more background information about food webs for parents, teachers, and/or older students on my website: https://wildearthlab.
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, 5-LS2-1
Podcast on Social Responsibility & Activism - STEAM Research Project
This resource is a great introduction to podcasting (podcast creation), for both upper elementary and middle school students! This resource helps students (and their partners) create a podcast project, guiding them step-by-step through their research, creation, and reflection processes. Have you ever thought about integrating STEAM projects into your classroom? Whether you teach language arts, science & technology, or the visual arts, STEAM allows you to bring together all the elements of ST
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5th - 9th
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Global Warming BUNDLE
158 printable or digital pages for students to explore global warming. Students learn about:the food we eat and where it comes from, how we produce electricity, the effects of buildings on the climate, the increasing magnitude and frequency of storms, how changing weather harms plants and the animals that consume them,questions and writing prompts inspired by Greta Thunberg, and more.PRINT: I created PDF versions that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or a
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4th - 10th
Biomes Pennant Reports
Your students are going to love researching the different biomes from around the world with this fun pennant report. When the students finish completing their report, the pennants can be displayed for all to see. The pennants can also be used as a graphic organizer for students to complete as they are reading about the different biomes in class. I tried to include all of the different biome names that are used around the world, but I have also included an extra pennant to add more biome names if
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Biome Bundle
Using the Land and Its Resources - Interactive Social Studies Unit
Do you need to breathe some life into your social studies curriculum? Then look no further! This social studies unit, as well as my other social studies units, makes planning and teaching engaging, interactive social studies lessons a breeze! Your students will love the fun yet rigorous activities found here. Whether you have a comprehensive social studies curriculum or not, this unit will add value and enjoyment for both you and your kids!
The unit is Common Core-aligned and focuses on the
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3rd - 5th
Indigenous Peoples Sustainable Living Book Project
Need a way to have your students research amazing and creative ways Indigenous People lived sustainably for thousands of years? This project is for you!First, we read the article and book together and discussed. Then, I provided my students with the graphic organizer to draft what they would like to include in their book. Once the draft was checked over for spelling, grammar, and content, students created their book!I had them work on this during Native American Heritage Month (November) and ha
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4th - 5th
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NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
Sharks of the Ocean Digital Research Project
Are you looking for an interactive and engaging digital research project to help your students analyze informational text?Click here to see this project in actionThis resource contains embedded videos, interactive slides, and clickable research links. Students will use these links to research three shark species and then choose a shark from that interests them most to research. Students will also identify at least two reasons why sharks are important to our ocean ecosystems. Included in this res
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3rd - 5th
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World Ecosystems Research Report
In this informative writing research unit students review the world ecosystems and either choose, or are assigned 1 of 6 world ecosystems (tropical rainforests, grasslands, taiga, tundra, desert, or temperate deciduous forest.) Students will research, take notes, write an outlined rough draft, and publish! I also let my students make an ecosystem display (shoe box diorama, poster, write a song, etc.) to accompany their report! We held a "Discover the Ecosystems Fair" in our classroom where pare
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Ecology Project | Ecology Research Report
Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive Ecology Research Report resource. It helps make report writing easy! It contains vocabulary, worksheets, questions, organizers, tools and forms to use for your students to create, develop, write, edit, illustrate, present, and assess your students’ Ecology Research Report.This is a fun, 35 page resource to help your students produce a research report on Ecology. This report is also designed to not only to learn and explain the new information,
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Ecology Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Report Bundle
Arctic Animals Digital Research Project for Earth Day
Make Earth Day Everyday! This research project is the perfect way to engage your students in identifying how climate change has affected the animals found in the Arctic. Click here to view the project in action.This resource contains embedded videos about the Arctic and clickable research links on every page. Students will use provided links to research four endangered or threatened animal species and then choose an animal from the Arctic that interests them most to research.Included in this res
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3rd - 5th
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Synthetic and Earth Material Science and STEAM | Earth Day Activity | Grades 4 5
Discover eco-friendly packaging with a hands-on exploration and STEAM activity. Great for Earth Day. A complete science unit with flexibility. Students will expand their knowledge of greenhouse gases and lessening our carbon footprint. Students will look ahead at what they can do to make a difference.Students will follow the scientific method to answer the question: Does the type of void fill material affect the ability of it to dissolve in water? They will focus on cornstarch packing pean
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Grades:
4th - 6th
NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, 5-PS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Reduce Reuse Recycle | Earth Day Material Science And STEAM | K-8 Bundle
Endangered Animal Research Project
Engage your students in a meaningful and educational journey with the Endangered Animal Research Project! As an educator, I believe that fostering research skills and instilling a sense of responsibility towards our planet's endangered species is crucial.This project empowers students to become advocates for wildlife conservation as they delve into in-depth research about endangered animals. Through this enriching experience, students will refine their research skills, answer specific questions
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3rd - 6th
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