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3rd 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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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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Animal Adaptations l Science, Writing, and Art {Create a Creature Project}
Are you looking for a creative way to check your students' understanding of animal adaptations? In the Create a Creature project, students combine science, writing, and art to create an animal (or adapt an existing one) to survive in the new environment.The Create a Creature resource includes:Lesson plansSmall group activity to review environments and animal adaptationsProject Assignment to engage studentsTwo versions of student planning pagesFour versions of the final project pagesGrading rubri
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Earth and Life Science Project Bundle
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
Ancient Rome Activities Project STEM Challenges Worksheets Roman Empire Republic
Ancient Rome STEM & STEAM ChallengesCross-curricular challenges for students who are studying Ancient Civilizations and Ancient Rome! This resource has science, technology, engineering, and measurement activities to do with your upper elementary kids that will really enhance their learning! There are 2 Rome STEM Challenges in this pack. Each STEM Challenge has detailed directions, photo examples, a list of materials needed, prediction section, brainstorming section, trials 1, 2, & 3, fin
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3rd - 7th
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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
Types:
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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End of the Year Craft STEM Activities Summer STEM Challenges Packet Worksheets
3 End of the Year STEM Challenges - Mini Golf Course (Hole in One) Challenge, Balloon Rocket Car Challenge, and Trampoline Challenge. Each STEM Challenge has photo examples, a list of materials needed, prediction section, brainstorming section, trials 1, 2, & 3, final results section with drawings, and a reflection section.This resource has science, technology, engineering, and measurement activities to do with your upper elementary kids that will really get their brains going during the en
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3rd - 6th
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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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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
Types of Fossils Lesson with Google Slides, Notes, Worksheet, and Answer Key
This lesson explains what a fossil is and explores 4 different types of fossils - mold, cast, trace, and true form - including how they form with examples of each. This resource includes: a Google Slides lesson about the 4 types of fossilsa notes page (print and digital, color and black line)a worksheet (print an digital, color and black line)an answer keyGo through the Google Slides presentation as students take notes on the included notes page. After the lesson, students use their notes to com
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, 4-ESS1-1
, 3-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-1
Also included in: Fossils and Paleontology Unit Bundle of 8 Science Lessons
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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Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors - Monster Lab Project
Are you looking for a creative way to check your students' understanding of inherited traits and learned behaviors? Try out the Monster Lab project! This wild and wacky science, writing, and art project asks students to dream up a parent monster and its offspring, jotting down the traits and behaviors they inherited. This inherited traits project includes:Lesson plans for two days (or stretch it out over several days)Small group activity to review inherited traitsProject Assignment to engage stu
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Earth and Life Science Project Bundle
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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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
...
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
Force and Motion 2nd & 3rd Grade Science Unit Plans Force and Motion Worksheets
Teach your students about force and motion with these 2nd and 3rd grade science unit plans that include fun force and motion worksheets and activities, labs, vocabulary posters, and more! This product is jam-packed with interactive science notebook resources that are ready to print and use! With these force and motion worksheets and interactive science notebook activities your students will learn about how objects move, the difference between a push and a pull, that a greater force makes a great
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2nd - 3rd
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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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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
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
Sun, Earth, and Moon : Rotation & Revolution, Phases of the Moon, & MORE!
Looking for a hassle-free science unit to teach your students about the sun, Earth, and moon? Look no further! This full unit has everything you need to make teaching science a breeze. Your students will explore the location of the sun, moon, and Earth in our solar system, rotation vs. revolution, phases of the moon, and more!With a teacher guide, hands-on student activities (printable or digital), learning centers, reader's theater, review activities, and unit assessment, this resource has you
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3rd - 4th
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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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Animal Adaptations: Create-a-Creature Project
Make researching animal adaptations fun and engaging with this interdisciplinary project! This creative research project will have your students researching, writing, drawing, and creating all in one amazing digital display! This is something that I created to help students focus their research efforts on animal adaptations and record it in a clear, concise, and attractive manner, as well as practice their digital literacy skills. What you will find in this resource are five lesson plans to h
STEM Activities Games Challenges End of the Year STEAM Coding Pinball Foosball
STEM Gamers - Games ChallengesPerfect challenges for students who love technology and games! This resource has science, technology, engineering, and measurement activities to do with your upper elementary kids that will really enhance their learning! This resource is part of the STEM / STEAM All Year Long Curriculum Bundle – 28 Challenges!There are 3 Game-related STEM Challenges in this pack. Each STEM Challenge has detailed directions, photo examples, a list of materials needed, a prediction se
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3rd - 8th
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Balloons Over Broadway Creativity Activities and Finish the Picture Challenges
Unlock creativity in your classroom this fall!Need a quick, no prep, Thanksgiving STEM challenge to get your students thinking outside the box?!Thanksgiving Creativity Challenges are great for engaging students during morning work, early finishers, or add some creative thinking tasks to your Thanksgiving classroom activities!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 student
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1st - 5th
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The Great Turkey Race Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Build a Turkey Obstacle Course in this Thanksgiving STEM Challenge! In the The Great Turkey Race STEM Activity, students design and build a Turkey Obstacle Course! An excellent companion activity to the Thanksgiving read aloud book The Great Turkey Race by Steve Metzger.The Turkey Obstacle Course STEM Project:Engage your students with the design process as they build a Turkey Obstacle Course. Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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Grades:
1st - 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: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Animal Life Cycles LINKtivity® (Frog, Turtle, Chicken, Bee, Butterfly)
Ditch the textbook and give your students a unique and interactive multimedia experience for learning about animal life cycles. The simple teacher prep and the easy-to-navigate digital LINKtivity learning guide are perfect for any upper elementary classroom (even great for substitute days)!Your students will love this self-paced, student-controlled digital activity that allows them to discover the life cycle stages of 5 different animals. But - instead of it being presented in a bland way, stud
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-LS2-1
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