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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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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
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Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
STEM Challenge Bucket Tower Problem-Solving Learning Activity Upper Elementary
This unique and original STEM Activity features a bucket with the challenge to build a tower that will hold weight. It's an engaging student favorite and you will love the ready-made lab sheets and low prep. Students must also explain why their towers need a bucket. Imaginative answers are one of the high points of this challenge- along with seeing those creative bucket towers!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.➡️ Click here for the Easy Supplies 6-Pack bun
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM CHALLENGES ENTIRE YEAR 60 Projects, Planning Guide, and Posters
Stars & Constellations Coordinate Plane Graphing Pictures Activity Ordered Pairs
Graphing the Constellations: This activity integrates Math and Science by teaching students about coordinate graphing as well as the constellations! The constellations are precisely positioned so that their positions match that of their actual positions in the sky! This can even be used as a constellation star map! UPDATE (10/12/16): I have tweaked many of the pictures to make it easier for students to connect the dots for each constellation. Please re-download to receive this update.This act
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4th - 9th
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STEM Challenge Earthquake Resistant Structures Project- 3 Versions
This STEM activity features an earthquake simulation with students building and shaking! You will love the shake tray instructions and ready-made lab sheets. This engineering project is one of our favorites! Your students will love building the structures and cheering when they remain standing. I include 3 different methods for the challenge.➡️ Click here to save 20% with a bundle including this resource and 2 more Earth challenges.NOTE: This resource contains many ways to complete this challeng
Grades:
4th - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS3-2
, 4-ESS3-1
Also included in: Earth Projects STEM Challenge Bundle Featuring Earthquake Structures
Space Activities | Outer Space Science Unit: All About the Sun, Moon, and Stars
Learning all about space is so much fun! This Outer Space Science Unit is packed full of exciting space activities and student printables that your class will LOVE. This unit was created to teach your students all about the sun, moon, stars, & the planets of our solar system. Your students will have a blast learning about space through exciting hands-on learning experiences. This activity pack is perfect for students in Kindergarten, First Grade, & Second Grade.With this purchase you'll
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K - 2nd
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Inside Out Movie Worksheets | Movie Day Activities | Social Emotional Learning
Looking to support your student's social-emotional needs?What better way to engage students than with a MOVIE TIME? ... INSIDE, OUT is certainly a fun childhood favorite!Check out these LEARNING ACTIVITIES created just for the movie!Personality Islands Digital PBLPersonality Islands Printable PBLHow to Make Broccoli Pizza - A Fun and Engaging Reading and Math ActivityThis resource includes a printable AND digital version to use with Google Classroom™Looking for more MOVIE GUIDES? Click HERE-Movi
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4th - 7th
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Creativity Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle Finish the Picture, STEM
Need a quick, no prep, creative STEM challenges to get your students to think outside the box?! Creativity challenges can be used as a quick warm up before a STEM challenge to help jumpstart students’ creativity. They can also be used for morning work, brain breaks, and at various other times throughout the school day.This bundle includes 100+ Creativity Challenges and Activities. Featuring Balloons Over Broadway, Snowflake Bentley, Valentine's Day, Groundhog Day, Earth Day, Halloween, Christmas
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K - 5th
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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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STEM Popcorn Challenge - Problem-Solving & Volume Project - Measurement Activity
It’s the Popcorn STEM Activity! This Easy Prep Challenge is one of my absolute favorites to use as an exploration into volume. This challenge has been tested with 2nd-5th graders and they all enjoy designing those containers to hold the popcorn. Inevitably, there will be gigantic containers. Please note: This challenge is available in money-saving bundles!➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % with STEM Volume Bundle➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % with STEM 6-Pack Math Skills Bundle➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % wit
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges Volume BUNDLE featuring Problem-Solving & Math
READ ALOUD STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle #1 STEM Club, STEM Centers
Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom all year with READ ALOUD STEM Volume One! Everything you need to be the master STEM Teacher at your school! Awaken imagination and creativity all year. Students learn coding, engineering, explore real-world problems, learn about STEM role models, pioneers, inventors, and more!Amazing resource for STEM clubs, STEM Teachers, STEM Stations, STEM Centers, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educationa
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1st - 5th
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STEM Spaghetti Tower Challenge Problem-Solving Project
Who knew a project using spaghetti could be so engaging and have easy prep for you? Students love this tower-building event with the unlikeliest of materials- spaghetti and one marshmallow. You will enjoy the ready-made lab sheets and the 4 different versions of this resource. ➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.What is the challenge?Students will use raw spaghetti strands to build a structure that will hold weight at the top. There are 4 variations of this
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Astronomy Bundle | Space Lessons, Units, Notes for High School Astronomy Course
I LOVE Astronomy! One of my life's missions is to help more people understand the wonders of space and appreciate the Earth. I hope these Astronomy resources will find a home in your classroom and spark curiosity and excitement in your students.This zipped folder will include all of my present and future Astronomy resources at a HUGE discount.SPECIAL BONUS ONLY FOR ASTRONOMY BUNDLE BUYERS!!!Teachers who purchase this bundle will be given access to a private OneDrive folder containing the assess
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7th - 12th
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Fake News Unit | Critical Thinking | Media Literacy | Fact Analysis & Research
Teaching students to navigate news and information on mainstream, traditional and social media as critical thinkers is essential in 2024. It is becoming increasingly difficult to separate FACTS and OPINIONS, SATIRE from LIES, and PERSUASION from PROPAGANDA in the "MISINFORMATION:" eraA well-grounded understanding of MEDIA-LITERACY is crucial in stopping FAKE NEWS and RADICALIZATION. And This PROVEN resource will teach your students the skills to identify, analyze and critique information throug
Grades:
5th - 10th
STEM Bubble Wand Design Challenge Science Problem-Solving Activity
Bubbles, Bubbles, Everywhere! STEM students love bubbles! This STEM activity has elements of fun, but also a great design and building challenge. After exploring with bubbles students will design and test their own bubble wands! Watch them engineer the ultimate bubble with their bubble wands!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 6 projects.What is the challenge?This STEM Challenge will have your st
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2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Fun Challenge Bundle
Bill Nye the Science Guy : MOON (space / planets video worksheet / sub plan)
*Video is needed for completion of this purchase*Please make sure you have access to this video before making your purchaseWant more BILL! BILL!! BILL!!! – CLICK HERE!This worksheet can be used to accompany the Bill Nye video THE MOON (Season 1, Episode 11).The worksheet has 15 questions that help students stay focused on various science facts about the moon (phases, orbit, gravity, Earth's tides). There are 2 follow-up questions that students can complete on their own or through group discussio
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5th - 8th
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My Place in the World Project: "Me on the Map" Geography for Kids
This hands-on geography project "My Place in the World" has kids create a visual representation of how we fit into the world. Teachers often use it with the kids' geography book "Me on the Map," by Joan Sweeney. Ideal for integrated Social Studies, ELA, Geography, Literacy, and Map Skills.Using a series of nesting circles to show the relative sizes of different geographic places, this simple but effective geography lesson helps kids sort out their relation to one another. This activity includes
Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: Geography for Kids Bundle: Three Essential Hands-on Activities
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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Oregon Trail: Simulation Game
Super engaging slideshow game to get students thinking about what life on the Oregon Trail was like. You lead the class with 13 scenarios, and students make decisions and keep track of survival points. A great way to introduce the Oregon Trail to students. It includes 42 slides, directions, and a student handout to record survival points. I use this activity with my 8 graders a few details might need to be edited if used with younger grade levels.Takes about 1 hour.
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Western Expansion Games Bundle: Oregon Trail, Gold Rush, Lewis and clark
NGSS 5th Grade Space Bundle
This is a ready-to-print, engaging bundle aligned to the 5th grade NGSS standards! LIST OF LESSONS INCLUDED:Part 1: Why is the Sun the brightest object we see in the sky? (5-ESS1-1)• Lesson 1: Introduction to Scale• Lesson 2: Introduction to Argument• Lesson 3: Brightness of the Sun and StarsPart 2: Why do objects fall towards the Earth? (5-PS2-1)• Lesson 4: Shape of the Earth• Lesson 5: Gravity Part 3: How can we explain the patterns that we see in the sky? (5-ESS1-2)• Lesson 6: Motions of the
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Grades:
5th
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NGSS:
5-ESS1-2
, 5-ESS1-1
, 5-PS2-1
States of Matter | Science Mini-Lesson | PowerPoint & Google Slides
Your students will love this engaging science lesson all about the states of matter, and you'll love that it's no-prep and ready to teach. Each lesson slide is meant to be projected on your whiteboard to guide short and sweet discussions about important science concepts. Use these slides as a stand-alone lesson, or as a supplement to your existing science curriculum.Lesson Formats Included:⭐ PDF ⭐ Powerpoint ⭐ Google SlidesInside this Lesson...20 no-prep slides that include:Video ClipsDiscussion
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Physical Science | Mini-Lesson BUNDLE | PowerPoint & Google Slides
Cookie Crime Scene Investigation: An Activity in Making Inferences
BEST SELLER ALERT!Lead your students on an engaging, hands-on, inference-making journey using this crime scene investigation!Students will come back to the classroom, which has been the scene of a crime! Their teacher (you, of course!) baked two-dozen cookies to share with the class this afternoon. However, while away from the classroom, someone came into the room and stole those cookies after snacking on one of them him or herself!By planting clues in your classroom and creating a crime scene,
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3rd - 6th
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Classroom Debate Unit for Grades 4-7
This Let's Debate Mini-Unit is intended to support 4th - 7th grade teachers and students as they prepare to participate in class debates, both as actual debaters and as stakeholder audience members. This engaging activity can be used in many subject areas, and is a great culminating task for any unit. Perfect for that upcoming teacher evaluation you may have coming up!This four day unit includes:► Detailed lesson plans spanning four days► List of suggested topics► Schedules and templates► Deba
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4th - 7th
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Organization 101 - Full Curriculum: Study Skills; Executive Functioning
This is a BUNDLE of Organization 101 modules containing a full curriculum that will help your students establish a strong foundation for academic success. This is a giant bundle of 10 separate modules covering so many aspects of how to be organized mentally and physically in school.This is a perfect unit to use remotely with students through Google Classroom. The Student Playlists are a stand-alone Google doc that can be copied for students. Students will independently work through the activitie
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6th - 12th
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STEM Marshmallow Bridge Challenge Project-Based Learning Activity
You will love the simple materials used in this challenge! The marshmallow bridges are not very long but will test the patience and diligence of students as they work to finish this successfully. And, they will! Great cheering will happen when a bridge spans the gap and holds a little bit of weight!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource and 2 additional bridge building activities.What is the challenge?The design challenge lesson contained in this package is a bridge-building experience.
Grades:
4th - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges Bridges Bundle 3 Activities
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