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2nd grade science lesson pdfs
Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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K - 5th
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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: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Creativity Challenges and Activities Morning Work, Brain Breaks, STEM Warm Up
Unlock creativity in your classroom! Finish the Picture!The goal of creativity challenges is to help students think in different ways. The ability to generate unique thoughts and ideas is known as divergent thinking. When students are thinking outside the box it results in creative solutions. In a creativity challenge, students are presented with a problem that they have to solve using their creativity. Typically these challenges are short lasting anywhere from 3-10 minutes. By implementing thes
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1st - 5th
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Thanksgiving STEM Challenges & Activities BUNDLE - Dinner Table, Turkey Hideout
These Thanksgiving themed STEM/STEAM activities are perfect to engage your elementary engineers in November! Three STEM challenges and one Bonus Brainbuilder are provided and can be completed as stations or in isolation.Includes the following LOW PREP STEM Challenges:Mayflower ShipDinner TableTurkey HideoutBonus Brainbuilder: Mini Magnetic ParadeCheck out my Video Tour and Demo of all components on YouTube below!LOW PREP THANKSGIVING STEM CHALLENGES VIDEOIncludes the following components for EAC
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Grades:
K - 5th
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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
...
Northern Lights Winter Landscapes | Art Lesson | Google Slides + PDF
Looking for the perfect winter art project? Well then I've got y'all covered. This Northern Lights Winter Landscape is not only visually stunning but students of all ages and artistic abilities will create a gorgeous work of art that is sure to be a show stopper! Your students will learn all about the gorgeous natural phenomenon that is the aurora borealis, and use super fun, engaging and (dare I say MINDBLOWING ) techniques to create their winter landscape. This is also the perfect lesson to c
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Elementary Art Lessons | Growing Bundle
One Plastic Bag Upcycled Bracelet Read Aloud STEM Challenge Earth Day STEM/STEAM
Integrate STEAM in your classroom and teach students about recycling! Learn about recycling, reducing, and reusing! Students design and build their very own Upcycled Plastic Bag Bracelet! After making their bracelets, students use the STEAM process to think of another way plastic bags can be repurposed. Finally, students write about ways they can recycle, reduce, and reuse in their own school and community.Excellent activity for Earth Day!Connect to a Read Aloud: One Plastic BagThis STEAM Projec
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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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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Exploring Light and Sound Waves for NGSS 1st Grade
Check details here.Students will enjoy developing understanding of key core ideas through experimentation, reflection, and vocabulary study. Although it is designed to meet the 1st Grade Next Generation Science Standards it would also be appropriate for other grade levels.PS4-1PS4-2PS4-3PS4-4Student Activity Book CoverParent Letter...sharing what students will be covering and how they can helpInformational Text...Easy text explaining the topicsVocabulary Cards for PostingPoster with Core IdeasPo
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: NGSS Science Bundle Light, Sound Waves, Animals, Plants, Space Patterns
Solar Eclipse 2024
Will you and your students be watching an upcoming solar eclipse? If so, this set will be perfect to add to your studies as it introduces young students to the solar eclipse in a fun and meaningful way. Here's what is included:• 6 page interactive booklet (includes boy & girl cover options)• 1 comprehension page to assess student learning• 3 writing activity pages• Write the Room activity: illustrated cards & recording sheet
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K - 2nd
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Dinosaurs Literacy and Science Unit
Dinosaurs Literacy and Science UnitThis huge dinosaur unit will surely be a hit with your students. This dinosaur unit is over 164 pages and includes everything you need for a wonderful science and literacy unit. Dinosaur Activities-A dinosaur nonfiction book, with pictures of realistic dinosaurs, filled with facts and vocabulary words on dinosaurs. This book would be great to display on your smartboard and read together with the class. -A true
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1st - 4th
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Fingerprint Science Experiment | Forensics
Students will become detectives and investigate their fingerprints!! This STEM fingerprint science experiment covers the three types of fingerprints and teaches super fun facts about fingerprints in humans and animals. This is an easy science experiment that works great with any age students!Digital Science Experiment - Google Version IncludedWHAT'S INCLUDED?Pg. 1- All About Fingerprints (fill in the blank option)Pg. 2- Types of FingerprintsPg. 3- Ink Pad Fingerprints and ObservationsPg. 4- Comp
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K - 5th
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Also included in: 7 Easy Science Experiments To Teach The Scientific Method Bundle
As a Matter of Fact: A Matter Study Including 11 Lessons & Engaging Experiments
Pop Rocks, Exploding Soda, and Melted Crayons...Oh My! Are you ready for some matter fun?!? This until is packed with over 130 pages of resources and materials to engage your kids in a matter study by giving them an opportunity to experience the three states of matter firsthand! In this pack, you will find lesson plans to help structure your matter unit. Each plan comes with all of the necessary resources and materials to engage your students in eleven science experiments and activities. After t
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1st - 5th
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Force and Motion: a mini unit full of science experiments and fun
This mini unit includes everything you need to teach your students about force and motion.
The packet includes six 5-E lesson plans for each of these essential questions:
How do things move?
What is speed?
What is gravity?
What is a ramp?
What is a magnet?
What is magnetic?
Each lesson includes multiple real life picture cards that you can project in your classroom using technology or that you can print out to generate a discussion at the beginning of your lesson. The pictures include topic
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K - 2nd
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Valentine's Day STEM Activities / Valentine STEM Challenges BUNDLE (February)
Check out my Video Tour and Demo of all components on YouTube below!LOW PREP VALENTINE'S DAY STEM CHALLENGES VIDEOThis Valentine's Day themed STEM/STEAM package is perfect to engage your elementary engineers in February! Three STEM challenges and one Bonus Brainbuilder are provided and can be completed as stations or in isolation.Includes the following LOW PREP STEM Challenges:House of CardsCandy BoxAir MailBonus Brainbuilder: Candy DispenserIncludes the following components for EACH CHALLENGE:D
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K - 5th
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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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Cheeto Pollination Experiment
This is a fun, hands on and extremely engaging Science Experiment to supplement your insect, bug, bee and/or plant unit.
Students will use their bee finger puppets to fly over to the flower that contains "pollen" (Cheetos). When the students touch the Cheetos, the dust clings to their fingers (the bees' legs) and then they fly to the next flower to pollinate it. When they land their bee puppets on the next flower, the "pollen" comes off. This is a GREAT visual for young students!!!
This pack
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K - 2nd
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Apple Science Interactive Activities
Read about and see this Apple Science Unit being taught HERE! 10 Apple Interactive Science activities that will create a comprehensive study of apples that engages your students! Fill your science notebook or create a 3 dimensional apple science book full of interactive hands on science lessons!Included:•Title and scientist •Apple facts•My five senses•Apple observations•Heavier or lighter?•Sink or float?•Which color apple tastes best? •Life cycle of an apple•Seasons of the apple tree•Which apple
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Interactive Science and Social Studies Bundle First Edition
Fall Reading Activities, Crafts, and Charts for Spider Research
Need a HIGH-Interest topic for students to study? Spiders will do the trick! Students love learning about these creepy-crawlies! With this spider resource, your students will learn information about different spider types, complete a research project, participate in classroom sorts and lessons, and create fun spider fact finding crafts!Want to know what is included?Spider Books and WebsitesFact vs Opinion sorting cardsFact vs Opinion student sortTrue vs False sorting cardsTrue vs False student s
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1st - 3rd
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Human Body Unit for First and Second Grade
This human body unit has EVERYTHING you need to teach young learners about the different human body systems! All you have to do is print, prep, and teach! Detailed lesson plans include literature suggestions, hands-on activities, experiments, and crafts. Literacy and math printables inspire learning across content areas. There’s even QR codes and links to YouTube videos that fit in perfectly as well. Click on the PREVIEW to see the "My Stomach and Digestive System" part of this unit. This wil
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1st - 2nd
Solar Eclipse 2024 STEM Activity with Craft and Reading Passage
Witness the awe of the Solar Eclipse 2024 with a STEM activity that's out of this world! This all-in-one pack makes teaching about the solar eclipse simple! It's filled with crafts, comprehensive reading passages, and hands-on activities that link directly to their world.If you've ever felt like you're navigating a spaceship through an asteroid belt while teaching about astronomical events, then this resource is for you! Introducing an interactive approach to teaching the Solar Eclipse 2024. Wat
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2nd - 3rd
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NGSS:
1-ESS1-1
, 2-ESS1-1
Also included in: Solar System and Planets Bundle
2nd Grade Science Doodles Interactive Notebook Bundle
This 2nd grade Interactive Notebook Bundle has 24 foldables that cover these topics:
Safety and Tools
Scientific Method
Matter
Changes in Heat
Engineering
Light and Sound
Magnets
Objects in the Sky
Shadows and Time
The Water Cycle
Weather
Changes to Earth
Bodies of Water
Seasons
Resources
Conservation
Basic Needs
Environments
Animal Habitats
Food Chain – Ocean
Food Chain – Garden
Plants
Animal Groups
Life Cycles
The front of each foldable features 4 vocabulary words and is a simple half page f
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
Weather Unit: Weather Tools, Weather Chart, Water Cycle, and Seasons Activities
This weather unit has engaging weather activities for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students. From weather tools to a weather chart to a weather poem and water cycle activities--it is jam-packed! It is perfect for integrating science with reading and writing, too! This best-selling resource has real-life photos and hands-on activities!**Save BIG with First Grade Science for November BUNDLE!**Inside you will find:5 Day Unit Teaching Plan Introducing Weather What is Weather? Teachin
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K - 2nd
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Penguins Science Interactive Activities
This unit provides interactive activities to teach all about penguins! Tie in a fascinating subject like penguins to your science standards with this unit. Fill your own science notebook or create a 3 dimensional penguin science book full of interactive hands on science lessons!Included:Life Cycle of a PenguinPenguin AdaptationsLabel a Fledgling Penguins VS. Birds (similarities and differences although they are birds themselves) Penguins need, have, areAll About Penguins writingPenguin Discove
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Interactive Science and Social Studies Bundle First Edition
Where I Live - Social Studies Unit Activity
My place on the map is something primary students need a lot of time practicing in order to master the concept. Where I Live helps students understand where they live in relation to the planet, continents, state and city. It is constructed to show the relative size of each aspect of where they live, growing smaller as it progresses toward their city. In addition to the relative size of "my place on the map" activity, this resource includes activities that will allow students to further explore b
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1st - 2nd
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Sub Plans using Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! {Grades 1-2}
Super easy emergency sub plans—just print and go!
Directions are written out so you don’t have to! There are enough activities for a 2 full days. You could have the sub read a different Mo Willems pigeon book if you use the plans a second day.
These activities are designed for 1st and 2nd graders.
Contents:
Cover
2-3—Information sheet/picture examples
4-5—Simple sub plan overview sheets
6-8—Lesson direction sheets
9-34—Supporting lesson materials
35—Credits page
Activities/Skil
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1st - 2nd
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Room on the Broom Halloween READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Is there room on the broom?Make learning fun with this Halloween STEM activity in which students investigate the design of a broom! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson.In this STEM Challenge, students design and build a broom to hold as much candy as possible. Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.A writing extension is i
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2nd - 5th
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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
...
Also included in: Halloween READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Animal Habitats Cut and Paste 8 Biomes Web Graphic Organizer Low Prep
Children create 8 animal habitat web graphic organizers by cutting and pasting 6 typical animals onto a habitat mat background.There are 8 habitats/environments represented: ForestRainforestFarmOcean PondDesert ArcticAfrican SavannaClick on the PREVIEW link to see most pages.Each habitat activity includes 4 pages:a web graphic organizer page, in color and b/w a page with 6 labeled animals to cut and paste, in colorand a page with 6 labeled animals to cut and paste, in b/wChoose either the pages
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PreK - 2nd
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