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Kindergarten science lessons under $5
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
The Day the Crayons Quit (NO PREP SUB PLANS)
No Prep, Emergency Sub Plans for "The Day the Crayons Quit." Just print and copy!! There are enough activities in this packet to last at least 2 days if needed!All you need to leave your sub is a copy of The Day the Crayons Quit, and an informational book on colors (if you choose to use it during your science block).This packet includes the following:A Sub Plan Overview Template & Instructions for each activity. Just print and circle which activity you'd like your sub to complete with your c
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K - 2nd
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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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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
Insects Emergency Kindergarten Sub Plans | May | NO PREP Sub Plans for Kinder
Kindergarten Insects May Sub Plans are the perfect, NO PREP emergency sub plans for when you’re in a bind! These kindergarten spring substitute plans all about insects will keep your classroom engaged in learning while you’re away! This kindergarten sub pack includes DETAILED instructions for the substitute, reading, math, writing, social studies, and science activities PLUS a task card game. Since these kindergarten sub plans are NO PREP, they are PERFECT for any emergency sub day! In a pinch?
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K - 1st
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Spring Grass Seed Growing Houses Craft Activity - Grow a Neighborhood
Are you looking for a cute spring seed growing activity?This Spring Grass Seed Growing Houses Activity is a cute way to grow some seeds in your classroom and make it look super cute on your counter. Grow a neighborhood!Each student will get a house to color and cut out. Laminate and add it to a small clear container with dirt and grass seed. Water and watch it grow! Soon, you will have a cute neighborhood with little front yards. Add an optional popsicle stick picket fence to the front!Laminate
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PreK - 4th
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Kindergarten Sun, Moon, Stars, Space Book Activity
Kindergarten Sun, Moon, Stars, Space Book activity is a interactive booklet that focuses on nonfiction facts about the earth, moon, stars, sun, and astronauts. Students will be highly engaged completing these activities. I complete this activity every year with my kiddos during my Sun, Moon, and Stars space unit. It is about a week and a half worth of lessons focused on the above topics. This packet includes:2 pages of instructions2 pages for Earth (picture, caption of facts, and label)2 pages
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PreK - 2nd
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Roller Coaster STEM Challenge (End of the Year STEM Activity) - Summer
***SAVE BIG WITH THE END OF THE YEAR STEM BUNDLE!***This low prep, End of the Year and Summer themed STEM/STEAM activity is perfect to engage your elementary engineers in May! With a focus on force and motion, this activity is always a fun way to end the school year.Includes the following components for ROLLER COASTER STEM ACTIVITY:Detailed Lesson Plan with Standards, Supply Checklist, and Suggested Read AloudsDigital Google Slides Notebook for Paperless Recording and Interactive DisplaysKey Vis
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Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Sea Turtle Life Cycle Craft
Looking for a way to spruce up your classroom during ocean week?Add this adorable sea turtle life cycle craft to your Ocean Unit lessons. Students will be excited to make and learn all about the life cycle of sea turtles. This craft can be differentiated and used as an assessment to check for students understanding. This craft can be used for grades Kindergarten - 3rd grade.Resource Includes:Sea Turtle life cycle craft5 Life Cycle OptionsColor and label life cycleColor and read life cycleColor a
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Life Cycle Crafts Bundle
The Great Pumpkin Investigation {Student Journal}
The Great Pumpkin Investigation is a 10 page student journal used for recording observations, predictions, and estimations of a pumpkin. Click on the preview for a detailed look at the journal. For more information on how The Great Pumpkin Investigation is used in my classroom, visit http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/2010/10/pumpkin-day.html
Cara Carroll
The First Grade Parade
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K - 2nd
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Seasons of an Apple Tree Craft
This apple tree craft is perfect to go along with your life cycles unit in the fall, or anytime! Kids will create their own apple trees to show how an apple tree changes throughout the year.Creates a fun and colorful display! Inside you will find:materials neededlesson & book ideas2 option of seasons pieces (fall and autumn are included)4 trees for craftDownload the preview for a better look!You might also like:One More, One Less with Johnny AppleseedFall Friends Scoot (task cards)Apple Mat
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K - 2nd
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The Life Cycle of a Butterfly | mini book, worksheets & cards
This set includes everything you need to teach your young scientists about the Life Cycle of a Butterfly!The file includes a 5 page mini book with graphics and simple sentences for your students to color, trace, and read. We created the book with two on a page for easy black and white printing. The set also includes a one page document where students can cut and glue the pictures to sequence on strips of construction paper. We have also created and included large, colorful sequencing cards that
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Life Cycles BUNDLE (butterfly, pumpkin, frog, flower)
Straw Rocket STEM Challenge (End of the Year and Summer STEM Activity)
***SAVE BIG WITH THE END OF THE YEAR STEM BUNDLE!***This low prep, End of the Year and Summer themed STEM/STEAM activity is perfect to engage your elementary engineers in May! With a focus on force and motion and the forces of flight, this activity is always a fun way to end the school year.Includes the following components for STRAW ROCKET STEM ACTIVITY:Detailed Lesson Plan with Standards, Supply Checklist, and Suggested Read AloudsDigital Google Slides Notebook for Paperless Recording and Inte
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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-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Candy Corn Science
Lead your class in a fun & engaging science experiment on Dissolving Candy Corn. This is a great activity to do with your students for Halloween! There are three options included in this packet: you can choose a total of 3 liquids (water, oil, vinegar), 5 liquids (water, oil, vinegar, juice, soda) or choose 5 of your own with a blank template.Your students will:-classify solids according to their physical properties-predict the changes that may occur when different materials are mixed-observ
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K - 2nd
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Static Electricity Science Stations
A great collection of 4 stations to use in your science curriculum. These stations have some WOW results and use readily available materials! The pack comes with directions, materials sheet, recording sheet, 4 complete stations, and questions for each station. This item is a MUST for science teachers! Students get to explore static electricity in a VERY FUN kinesthetic way!!
If you like this science pack, be sure to check out:
Magic Magnet Stations
Gummy Bear Inquiry Lab
ULTIMATE Family Sc
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PreK - 8th
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Crankenstein Read Aloud - Halloween STEM Activities - Reading Comprehension
These Crankenstein read aloud activities are perfect for teaching reading comprehension skills to young learners. These Crankenstein read aloud activities are print and go, FUN, cover tons of standards and include a STEM activity with a fun challenge. Students love Crankenstein's humorous experiences and these fun book companion activities will keep them super engaged.Our interactive read-aloud lesson plan is designed to be taught over multiple lessons. This allows students an opportunity to div
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K - 2nd
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What's the Matter Root Beer Float Experiment Science Reader Kindergarten & First
Want a fun way to teach your scientists about matter? Try this memorable science experiment with your class and make root beer floats!You are receiving a reader to help facilitate talks & discussions about matter….specifically the forms of liquid, solid and gas!Simply bring in some ice cream (solid) and root beer (liquid) and watch the "reaction" of the two when put together in a cup. Your students are sure to love this!This resource is for a 10 page reader which contains key vocabulary:soli
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Grades:
K - 1st
Living and Nonliving Mini-Unit
This includes a few activities to learn about living and nonliving in the primary grades. Activities include:living nonliving picture sortColor the living things in the picture scene (4)Science Investigation using scientific methodSearch for living and nonliving things (with a scientific chart)class bookStudent informational book for guided readinganchor chartsClick on the preview to learn more!
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K - 2nd
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Amelia Earhart Build an Airplane READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM and Social Studies in your classroom during Women's History Month with this Amelia Earhart STEM Challenge! Travel through the skies with Amelia Earhart! Build an Airplane STEM Challenge is a fun and unique way to engage your students during Women's History Month. Teach students that anyone can be a successful pioneer in industry regardless of gender. Students begin the activity by reading about Amelia Earhart and learning vocabulary on different aspects of flight (thrust, lift, dr
Grades:
K - 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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Also included in: Women's History Month READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities BUNDLE #1
Solar Eclipse 2024 | Total Solar Eclipse Activities | Reading Passages K-2
Solar Eclipse; Total solar eclipse activities Learn about the solar eclipse with these books, posters, and activities to help your kids understand in kindergarten, first, and second grade! Reading, writing, science, math, and crafts are all in this pack!This pack will have you feeling prepared to teach about the solar eclipse in a fun, hands-on way! I've answered frequently-asked questions and provided you with lots of background info so you don't have to do the research!Included:**Engaging less
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K - 2nd
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NO Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM Activity Latex Free
Skip the balloons with this latex free Balloons Over Broadway classroom Thanksgiving Day parade lesson! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day parade float! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Students plan, design, and build their own float design. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.Use the f
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Grades:
K - 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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STEM Sub Plans - Paper & tape Only! - Design a Playground
Are you looking for a STEM lab plan? Then this is the product for you! This is a ready to use file! Leave this file with your sub and a variety of different paper types for building............. and leave your class without worry! The lesson only requires different types of paper and tape/glue!!! This is perfect for a sub! ***Please read - this is not a sub lesson plan. This is a lesson you can leave for a sub with minimal supplies!! It is a ready to use STEM challenge. With new rules a
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K - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Sub Plans Bundle
Ricky the Rock Kindergarten Science Force and Motion Kindergarten STEM Activity
Teach about Force and Motion with Kindergarten STEM! Amazing resource for STEM club, STEM teachers, elementary librarians, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educational environment in their classroom! In the story, Ricky could’t roll like all of the other rocks because of his shape. Ricky’s friends added different materials to Ricky to change his shape. In this STEM Challenge, students add materials to help their rock roll better. Then, the
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Grades:
K - 1st
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NGSS:
K-PS2-1
Also included in: Kindergarten Physical Science STEM Challenges and Science Lessons Bundle
ANIMALS in WINTER Activities and Centers for Preschool and Pre-K
Animals in Winter theme numbers, literacy, science and social studies activities and centers for preschool and pre-K.This pack is developmentally appropriate for preschool and pre-K children and would work well in a Winter or January seasonal curriculum plan. Be sure to click on the PREVIEW link to see some more pages, and to make sure this is the educational level you are looking for.35 pagesBesides the activities, songs, stories and games listed for the day, this pack includes these centers a
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Grades:
PreK - K
Also included in: JANUARY Themes Curriculum BUNDLE for PreK and Preschool 15 Packs
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