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General science Common Core CCRA.SL.1 resources
Earth Day Human Impact on the Environment Project
Need a fun project to teach students about the human impact on the environment that's also perfect for Earth Day? This print and digital project will help students think about solutions to problems that are affecting Earth. First, your students will use the provided links to research one of 5 major environmental problems our planet faces. Then, working independently or collaboratively, students will use their findings to create a solution. Finally, students will choose one of 6 ways to present
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-3
, 4-ESS3-2
End of the Year Science Activity or Summer Project Biodiversity MS-LS2-5
Looking for a fun end of the year or summer science activity, this is the one for you! This fun and engaging NGSS middle school activity and lesson challenges students to be park rangers and develop and present solutions to various real problems facing Yellowstone's ecosystem while teaching them the importance of maintaining its BIODIVERSITY! This low prep activity has student worksheets that take about five days to complete and addresses the Next Generation Science Standard's Performance Expect
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-LS2-5
, MS-ETS1-1
Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
Animal Habitats First Grade Projects & Kindergarten Animal Habitat Sorts
Make learning about animals and habitats engaging with these project based learning teaching and practice activities! These NO PREP Design an Animal Habitat PBL activities focus on student’s learning by using creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving skills. Students will use graphic organizers, worksheets, centers, whole group shared research writing activities, and STEM projects to learn about animals and habitats, design the perfect animal habitats and ecosystems, and add in plants a
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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NGSS:
K-ESS3-1
, 3-LS4-3
, 2-LS4-1
Plant and Animal Parents & Offspring- 1st Grade NGSS Life Science Mini-Unit
How are plant and animal parents and offspring alike and different? (Heredity)Get your students excited to explore the similarities and differences between parents and offspring! Students will have an opportunity to make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. Through an integrated STEM model approach students get to explore this science concept while also practicing and applying ELA and math skills! These I
Subjects:
Grades:
1st
Types:
NGSS:
1-LS3-1
Day and Night Objects in the Sky Lessons & PowerPoint: 1st Grade Science NGSS
Learn all about Day and Night with this NGSS mini-science unit! Helps students explore patterns of objects in the day and night sky and learn why they occur! The sun, moon, and stars will come alive as your students participate in these fun day and night activities! With imbedded literacy components you'll be able to enhance student's ELA skills during their science exploration!This mini-unit was created as part of our 1st Grade NGSS COMPLETE Earth Science Bundle! that has over 20 Hours of integ
Subjects:
Grades:
1st
Types:
NGSS:
1-ESS1-1
, 1-ESS1-2
Erosion Activity and Project STEM Conservation NGSS Middle School MS-ESS3-1
This PDF resource is a fun, creative, and engaging NGSS middle school research and engineering project incorporating STEM that challenges students in 6 different erosion and soil conservation scenarios to save their house/land! In this PBL (problem-based learning) resource with worksheets, students research the type of erosion and brainstorm, design, build, and present a product to prevent or stop it. It teaches students about the effects of erosion on various places and how the uneven distribut
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
Biomes -- 5E Unit Plan (NGSS MS-LS2-1)
This complete 5E instructional sequence introduces Earth’s biomes and uses these as a vehicle through which to teach biotic and abiotic factors and address the Next Generation Science Standard MS-LS2-1. It is the first unit in my NGSS-aligned Middle School Life Science Curriculum (coming soon), but it can easily be incorporated into any curriculum. Activities expect students to read, discuss, use technology, analyze data, and conduct research. Five days of complete lesson plans are included in
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-LS2-1
KLEWS Chart: Science Graphic Organizer
Do you want a graphic organizer specifically for science? KLEWS is it! KLEWS is a modified KWL that helps students when learning about science concepts! K - What do you think you know?L - What have you learned?E - What evidence do you have?W - What do you wonder about?S - Science understanding and vocabulary words.There are two levels in this resource; one for lower elementary and one for upper elementary.Each set includes mini posters for displaying in the classroom, headers to be cut, and th
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 4th
PBL Plant Unit for Kindergarten, First, and Second Grades with Lesson Plans
This PBL unit includes the planning/description phase, full lesson plans,reflection outline for students, presentation planning outline for students, rubrics,activities for both hands on and technology. It covers plants from facts to awareness of their importance to our lives. The unit has 4 weeks of detailed lesson plans with guidance for both teacher and students. Planning, description outlines, lesson plans, and printables consist of 75 pages. Students can use an ongoing journal, or lap book
Grades:
K - 2nd
Weather and Climate 3rd Grade NGSS 2nd Grade Weather and Seasons Unit
Bring excitement to your weather, seasons, and climate lessons with these fun and engaging DIGITAL Boom Cards and PRINTABLE NGSS activities! These teaching and practice science lessons cover weather conditions, water cycle, cloud, weather tools, climate, and the four seasons. These diverse and challenging weather activities are perfect for any weather, season, and climate unit no matter what curriculum you use!It will be easy to guide your students as they learn about:temperatureweather thermome
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, K-ESS2-1
, 3-ESS2-1
Exploring Groundwater and Aquifers (NGSS MS-ESS3-1) (5E Model Explore & Explain)
Develop student understanding of the distribution of groundwater resources (and their limited nature) by analyzing data and designing and participating in an engineering design challenge in which they design and construct an aquifer. In this lesson, students understand why groundwater isn’t found just anywhere and realize the importance of this limited resource. In this activity, students will:map the distribution of groundwaterdesign and construct an aquifer to understand how they work and what
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS2-4
Also included in: The Water Cycle - 5E & NGSS MS-ESS2-4 & MS-LS2-1
Middle School/Upper Elementary Scientific Method and STEM Fair Unit
This unit was designed as a way to incorporate STEM into a more traditional Science Fair model with connections to STEM careers. Students are encouraged to choose a topic that they are deeply interested in and they learn how to connect scientific thinking to concepts outside of science class. They are also introduced to future STEM careers and community resources. The unit is directly aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Common Core.
In order to help students achieve t
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Grades:
4th - 11th
Types:
Life Cycle Units Interactive Notebook Bundle-Frog, Butterfly, Insect, and Plants
This bundle includes 4 life cycle units - butterfly, frog, plant, and insect. All units come with reading passages with opportunities to engage readers with "turn and talk", interactive notebooks for life cycle stages and unit vocabulary, reading comprehension, compare and contrast with Venn Diagrams, coloring pages, sequencing, and more. The bundle is at a 25% discount on each item.All resources in this bundle were updated September 2016 to include additional interactive notebook templates an
Grades:
2nd - 5th
What Are Earth's Natural Resources - Mineral, Energy, and Groundwater MS-ESS3-1
In this activity, students will explore examples of natural resources to construct their own definition of the term natural resources. Students will use images, discussion questions, and web resources to build their understanding of what natural resources are and how humans use them each day. This lesson begins with a phenomenon (water shortage in South Africa) and returns to it at the end of the lesson. While it introduces a variety of natural resources, it emphasizes in particular (through the
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
Human skeleton identify the X-rays and bones PowerPoint slide show activity
Help Dr Bones identify the body parts in his X-ray pictures. This PowerPoint whole-class activity is a fun and interactive way to build on students' knowledge of the human skeleton. Students see each picture, identify the skeleton parts/bones, and see if they were right on the next slide. This presentation consists of 23 slides and includes real x-ray images of the skeletal system. Check out the video preview to see the full resource. Can this resource be edited? This resource is partially edita
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
CCSS:
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts Conversation Cards
Are you looking for ways to help your students think, speak, and write like scientists? Each of the 40 unique cards has a sentence stem to help students write and speak about big ideas in STEM. These are based on the crosscutting concepts found in the Next Generation Science Standards and allow students to think about the big picture and make connections in their learning. These sentence starters may be used in a variety of contexts, such as when students are making observations in the natural w
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Grades:
K - 12th
Types:
Also included in: NGSS Crosscutting Concepts Bundle
WEATHER Words with Pictures Vocabulary List Printable FREE
This is a page of 12 words and pictures related to weather for preschool and Kindergarten children.This page can be used for:vocabulary meaningsrecognition of words and pictureshave on hand for a writing or journaling activityencourage discussion about different types of weatherFor matching activities, print 2 copies and cut up one or both pages.
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Grades:
PreK - K
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Full Year Debate Discussion Bundle - Grade 8-10 MYP Middle School Science
6 units worth of grade 8-10 debate / discussion activities, perfect for developing collaboration and critical thinking skills all year long, bundled at 10% off! Designed with MYP in mind but appropriate for any middle school, high school, international, or homeschool STEM curriculum.In each activity, students take on one of 5 character roles or scenarios to debate and discuss controversial topics. In the process, they will explore a variety of scientific and interdisciplinary concepts. Print and
Grades:
8th - 10th
CCSS:
Porosity, Permeability, and Structure Of Aquifers (NGSS MS-ESS3-1)
In this 5E Model Explore-Explain activity sequence, students will explore the structure of aquifers. First, they will investigate porosity and permeability to understand how Earth’s sediments affect the availability of groundwater - its ability to be stored, flow, and be accessed by humans. Then, they will use data from well logs to create a visual model of the structure of an aquifer, drawing conclusions about the flow of groundwater in the aquifer, the impacts of land use, and the overall qual
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS2-4
Full Year Debate Discussion Bundle - Grade 7-9 MYP Middle School Science
6 units worth of grade 7-9 debate / discussion activities, perfect for developing collaboration and critical thinking skills all year long, bundled at 10% off! Designed with MYP in mind but appropriate for any middle school, high school, international, or homeschool STEM curriculum.In each activity, students take on one of 5 character roles or scenarios to debate and discuss controversial topics. In the process, they will explore a variety of scientific and interdisciplinary concepts. Print and
Grades:
7th - 9th
Scientific Argumentation Bundle
The Next Generation Science Standards include 8 practices. These practices mirror the practices of real scientists, and are part of the shift in science education instruction. Practice 7 is the focus of this product: Engaging in Argument from Evidence. Teaching young students to engage in scientific argumentation seems daunting. This product will guide you through how to scaffold this practice for your students. Young students are very capable of scientific argumentation if their teachers pro
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Amplify Support for Multilingual Learners: Inheritance&Traits - ALL ACTIVITIES
Amplify is an incredible Science Curriculum that more and more districts are adopting. But how can we ensure that all students, including our English Learners, are able to access the content at the same level? I created a variety of slide decks and activities that are fun, engaging, and support the language needed for multilingual learners to successfully engage in grade level science content! *Great for co-teaching partnerships!!*This huge Inheritance & Traits Slide Deck BUNDLE builds 3rd g
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Grades:
3rd
Crash Course Kids - Life Science Playlist Youtube Guide | Questions | Worksheet
Crash Course Kids - Life Science Playlist Youtube Guide | Questions | Worksheet challenges students to get the most out of these 13 entertaining, short, yet substantive videos. Explore why living things eat, how the sun, plants, omnivores, herbivores and carnivores fit into the food chains. Learn how land, water and food webs play are integrated into different habitats. Listen to one of Darwin's plant experiments and then formulate the required steps to create your own. Finally, think criticall
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
5-LS2-1
, 3-LS4-3
, 5-PS3-1
Identifying Organisms- Living Things- 1st Grade Science NGSS- 1-LS1-1
What evidence can I use to decide if something is living (organism) or not ?In this integrated common core and NGSS aligned science lesson young students will investigate this question through fun and engaging inquiry-based learning! With integrated ELA components to help support core content learning your students will have fun exploring living things! This will lay background knowledge for your 1st graders to explore NGSS, 1-LS1-1. As students discuss the differences between living and nonlivi
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Grades:
1st
Types:
NGSS:
1-LS1-1
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