Earth Day engineering reflective journals for teachers

Add structure and assessment to your fun Rube Goldberg, critical thinking engineering project during a forces/motion and simple machines unit discussing the change in kinetic energy as it is transferred from one object to another. Low prep and super fun end of year project based learning! During all of the designing excitement it can be easy for the students to lose their focus so I have created a more structured approach to the engineering process. The students start out with a brainstorming s

Subjects:

Projects, Reflective Journals for Teachers, Rubrics

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

3-PS2-1

, MS-ETS1-4

, 3-PS2-2

, MS-PS3-2

, 4-PS3-3

...

Also included in: 10 STEM PROJECTS For Middle School- Physics, Life, Environmental Science

Electrical Circuit Arcade Games STRUCTURED STEM PROJECT with Rubrics, Check-ins

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Teach electricity while adding structure and assessment to your ELECTRIC CIRCUIT ARCADE GAMES engineering project! (MS-PS2-3, MS-PS2-5). Using electricity to build games can be so much fun and students learn about circuits, insulators and conductors, and the strength of electric forces as they create. In all of the excitement it can be easy for the students to lose their focus so I have created a more structured approach to the engineering process.The students start out with a brainstorming sess

Subjects:

Projects, Reflective Journals for Teachers, Rubrics

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

NGSS:

MS-PS2-3

, MS-PS2-5

Also included in: 10 STEM PROJECTS For Middle School- Physics, Life, Environmental Science

Magnet Maze STRUCTURED STEM PROJECT with ASSESSMENT Rubrics, Daily Journal

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Low, easy prep! Add structure and assessment to your MAGNETIC MAZES critical thinking, engineering project! (MS-PS2-3, MS-PS2-5). Building a magnet maze game can be so much fun and students demonstrate their knowledge of the strength of magnetic fields as they create. In all of the excitement it can be easy for the students to lose their focus so I have created a more structured approach to the engineering process.The students start out with a brainstorming session, that includes a rubric, and p

Subjects:

Projects, Reflective Journals for Teachers, Rubrics

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

MS-PS2-3

, MS-PS2-5

Also included in: 10 STEM PROJECTS For Middle School- Physics, Life, Environmental Science

Earth Day 2024 Printable Worksheets Bundle: Word Search, 4 Mazes, Wordoku

Created by

InnerSpark Learning

Happy Earth Day (every day)! This fun packed and inspiring activity pack includes a Wordoku (word sudoku), 4 Mazes (with themes including: Recycle, Plant a Garden, Conserve Water and Conserve Energy and a Word Search with a special message that reads: "I am important to the earth & the earth is important to me." Answer Key is included; 12 pages total.No prep required - just print and go. This worksheet is great on its own, or for early finishers and quiet activity time.Mindful Monks activiti

Subjects:

Earth Day, For All Subjects, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Activities, Reflective Journals for Teachers, Printables

Rube Goldberg STRUCTURED STEM PROJECT CHOICE BOARD What is the End Goal?

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Here is a project choice board for your fun Rube Goldberg, critical thinking engineering project during a forces/motion and simple machines unit . Low prep and super fun end of year project based learning! There are 24 END GOAL ideas that take about the same amount of time and hit a range of student skills. This resource includes:Teacher NotesRube Goldberg End Goal Choice BoardGrading RubricPlease visit my blog to see how I use this resource in my classroom. How to Create a Rube Goldberg Unit p

Subjects:

Projects, Reflective Journals for Teachers, Rubrics

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

3-PS2-1

, MS-ETS1-4

, 3-PS2-2

, MS-PS3-2

, 4-PS3-3

...

Also included in: RUBE GOLDBERG AND SIMPLE MACHINES Complete UNIT Bundle

Anthropocene Reviewed / "Big Yellow Taxi"- Joni Mitchell song writing prompt

Created by

Trevor Morgan

This version ties directly to The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green. If you want to find a creative way to teach Social Studies content and get your students to enjoy writing, this is your answer. Your students to enjoy writing mini-essays by combining it with the joy of music. This ties nicely into the Social Studies and English curriculum. It fits perfectly for Earth Day.I have found these song journal writing prompts to be an amazing way to start ELA or Social Studies class for the last 3

Subjects:

Earth Day, English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Reflective Journals for Teachers

Also included in: The Anthropocene Reviewed Bundle

6th Grade Science Standards Mastery Checklist (for student or teacher)

Created by

Managing IT with Mandy

This is a checklist that I created for my students, to help them become more accountable of content they have mastered, working towards mastery, or not mastered yet. Teachers could also use it to track student mastery of the standards. These are 6th grade Louisiana Science Standards but also aligned to NGSS.

Subjects:

Engineering, Science

Grades:

6th

Types:

Outlines, Reflective Journals for Teachers, Classroom Forms

NGSS:

MS-LS1-2

, MS-LS2-2

, MS-LS2-3

, MS-PS2-4

, MS-LS1-1

...

Earth Shaped Book for Earth Day

Created by

Lisa Sadler

6 page book shaped like Earth for Earth Day. Cover - Suitable for coloring Page 2 - Acrostic Poem 'EARTH DAY' Page 3 - Ways I can reduce Page 4 - Items I can reuse Page 5 - Items I can recycle Page 6 - Writing prompt - I pledge to take care of the earth by... Students cut around dotted lines and staple at the top to form a booklet. Earth Day FREEBIE: Sentence Starter Writing Paper

Subjects:

Earth Day, Environment, Other (ELA)

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Earth Day, General Science, Science

Science 7 Unit 5: Earth Science WORKSHEET KEY

Created by

Alternate COURSES

©Alternate Courses creates simplified curriculum that can be used in a traditional inclusive classroom as well as for asynchronous and remote learning. We at ©Alternate Courses create the curriculum so that you can spend more time creating connections with your students. This is a WORKSHEET KEY for a no-prep paper (word & pdf) SCIENCE 7 Unit called EARTH SCIENCE. This ANSWER KEY is part of a full course for completely independent student work without a textbook and with little need for teach

Subjects:

Grades:

7th

Types:

Assessment, Reflective Journals for Teachers, Printables

Also included in: Science 7 Unit 5: Earth Science FULL UNIT BUNDLE

Trail Journal; A parents guide.

Created by

Evergreen Validity

A holistic approach for mothers who are overwhelmed but equally committed to the ins and outs of their child's development and growth within the education setting. To empower mothers to think out side of the box themselves and arm themselves with the knowledge not only of the direct effects and changes happening to educational settings but also to from a far better understand their child's working mind by experiencing certain direct techniques and the mindset used within the Forest School Ethos

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Earth Day, Forestry

Grades:

Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Reflective Journals for Teachers, For Parents

Wild Flower Journal

Created by

Evergreen Validity

Your community voice is fearless and unfaltering and it needs to be heard and woven into the fabric of educational regeneration and environmental literacy; even in terms of loss. Following the Gaelic calendar, a yearly diary of nature study and self-reflection to come to terms with loss and its place within the forest.This journal comes from personal losses and volunteering in creative environments to help vulnerable adults with homelessness and/or learning disabilities and terminally ill childr

Subjects:

Earth Day, Earth Sciences, Occupational Therapy

Grades:

Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Earth Day, English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Earth Day - "Big Yellow Taxi" - Joni Mitchell song journal writing prompt

Created by

Trevor Morgan

If you want to find a creative way to teach Social Studies content and get your students to enjoy writing, this is your answer. Your students to enjoy writing mini-essays by combining it with the joy of music. This ties nicely into the Social Studies and English curriculum. Fits perfectly for Earth Day.I have found these song journal writing prompts to be an amazing way to start ELA or Social Studies class for the last 30 years. I do at least one a week, and for sure one on every Friday and h

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Reflective Journals for Teachers

Also included in: Over 50 Song Inspired Writing Prompts for English Class

Egg Drop Reflection- STEM/STEAM

Created by

Julia Alvarez

A simple reflection for lower elementary students to complete after building and testing their egg drop projects! Students will answer whether their egg survived the drop, what changes they made during the building process, and reflect on what changes they would make if they were to re-do their project. Great wrap-up following an egg drop experiment! Cut and glue into students' STEM/STEAM journals as callback material!

Subjects:

Engineering, Math, Science

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment, Reflective Journals for Teachers

Printable notebook - daily lesson plan templates

Created by

Ms SmArty Pants Art Resources

Download and print this simple spring-themed desk lesson planner for any subject. Contains 45 simple lesson plan templates to help you feel organized. Use it to plan upcoming lessons, as a record for your teaching practice, or to get lesson ideas down on paper.Designed to be printed and spiral bound, upload or take the pdf to your chosen print store and order as many copies as you like. Or print out and bind yourself. Great for a teacher gift or present for new graduating teachers.

Subjects:

Back to School, Earth Day, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

Staff

Types:

Teacher Manuals, Reflective Journals for Teachers, Printables

5th Grade Science Standards Mastery Checklist (for student or teacher)

Created by

Managing IT with Mandy

This is a checklist that I created for my students, to help them become more accountable of content they have mastered, working towards mastery, or not mastered yet. Teachers could also use it to track student mastery of the standards. These are 5th grade Louisiana Science Standards but also aligned to NGSS.

Subjects:

Engineering, Science

Grades:

5th

Types:

Outlines, Reflective Journals for Teachers, Classroom Forms

NGSS:

5-ESS2-2

, 5-PS1-3

, 5-PS1-4

, 5-ESS1-2

, 5-ESS1-1

...

The use of instructional materials in teaching and Learning ICT of ICT in Eremon

Created by

Abraham Dery Mane

The academic piece is meant to assist academicians in line of duty in the teaching and learning environment. There are recommendations on the way we need to extend our teaching with help of technology (ICT)

Subjects:

Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, Instructional Technology

Grades:

11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Research, Reflective Journals for Teachers, Professional Development

CCSS:

...

NGSS:

K-ESS3-1

, K-ESS3-2

, K-ESS3-3

The use of instructional materials in teaching and Learning ICT of ICT in Eremon

Created by

Abraham Dery Mane

The academic piece is meant to assist academicians in line of duty in the teaching and learning environment. There are recommendations on the way we need to extend our teaching with help of technology (ICT)

Subjects:

Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, Instructional Technology

Grades:

11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Research, Reflective Journals for Teachers, Professional Development

CCSS:

...

NGSS:

K-ESS3-1

, K-ESS3-2

, K-ESS3-3

Spring Journal

Created by

Creativity in Motion

Spring Journal: Flower PowerBlank pages, with inspirational graphics, for writing and drawing.PRINT & DIGITAL version are included.For More CREATIVITY IN MOTION Resources Click HERE

Subjects:

Earth Day, Holidays/Seasonal, Spring

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Workbooks, Reflective Journals for Teachers, Independent Work Packet

Also included in: ART BUNDLE: SPRING AND SUMMER K -8

Earth Day - "Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)" - Marvin Gaye song writing prompt

Created by

Trevor Morgan

If you want to find a creative way to teach Social Studies content and get your students to enjoy writing, this is your answer. Your students to enjoy writing mini-essays by combining it with the joy of music. This ties nicely into the Social Studies and English curriculum. Fits perfectly for Earth Day.I have found these song journal writing prompts to be an amazing way to start ELA or Social Studies class for the last 30 years. I do at least one a week, and for sure one on every Friday and h

Subjects:

Earth Day, English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Reflective Journals for Teachers

Also included in: The Anthropocene Reviewed Bundle

STEM in Practice Journal

Created by

The Beginner Teacher's Educational Resources

A journal for STEM activities. This journal is aimed at students completing STEM challenges.

Subjects:

Engineering, Math, Science

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Engineering, For All Subject Areas, Science

Invention Log STEAM Center Templates

Created by

What's the Word in Third

This is just a quick template to use for Inventor Journals in the classroom. Students love having a sketchbook to remember their creations and explorations!

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

Reflective Journals for Teachers, Interactive Notebooks

STEM Journal Thinking Exercises

Created by

The Beginner Teacher's Educational Resources

A journal for stem challenges. This journal is aimed at students doing a Morning Work think activity, if students are to actually create their ideas please use the STEM in Practice Journal instead.

Subjects:

Engineering, Math, Science

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types: