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Elementary physics rubrics under $5
Rube Goldberg STRUCTURED STEM PROJECT with ASSESSMENT Rubrics Energy Transfer
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:
Grades:
5th - 8th
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
Magnet Maze STRUCTURED STEM PROJECT with ASSESSMENT Rubrics, Daily Journal
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:
Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-PS2-3
, MS-PS2-5
Also included in: 10 STEM PROJECTS For Middle School- Physics, Life, Environmental Science
Roller Coaster Physics Project - Forces and Motion
This is an exciting culminating project I use after completing our unit on Forces and Motion. With this project, students research the design of a roller coaster, design their own roller coaster, and make it come to life in class! For the construction, all you need is gray pipe insulation - cut in half, duct tape, and marbles. A rubric is included to help guide students so they'll know what is expected of them. There are guided steps to ensure students are including (and labeling) the forces
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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Let's Go Fly a Kite Engineering Project
Students design, build and test a kite over a 3 day period. This is followed by another 3 day period for redesign and additional testing. Project encourages students to share ideas and to use effective engineering skills in an effort to meet the minimum requirement; 30 seconds of flight time with no assistance from the student; i.e. pulling on the string.
Downloadable file is a Word Document that can be edited to fit the needs and timeline of your classroom.
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Density of Liquids Lab and Rubric (Mass, Float, Sink, Buoyancy) Word and PDF
This activity is always a hit with the students, and I love it, too. It is an excellent demonstration of the density of liquids and how density affects buoyancy. Students will calculate the densities of five liquids and then hypothesize what will happen when they are poured together and then what will happen when they are mixed. This activity uses readily-available liquids and a couple drops of food coloring to distinguish the liquids.
To begin, explain that you will be investigating various l
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Rube Goldberg Design Challenge - Simple Machines
This is an enrichment activity in which students will use their creativity and critical thinking skills to design a contraption based on the creativity of a Rube Goldberg design. A rubric is included along with a brainstorm sheet. I use this after teaching simple machines. Students love having the opportunity to exercise their creativity.
Watch this COOL video to get students excited: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w
This could be modified for any age group.
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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Science Test: Light Energy
This is a 2 page Science Test all about Light: Reflection, Opaque, Transparent, Translucent. PDF and Word Doc. included! (Editable and non-editable)
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Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 6th
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Rube Goldberg STRUCTURED STEM PROJECT CHOICE BOARD What is the End Goal?
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:
Grades:
5th - 8th
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
Angry Bird Science/Stem Challenge - 4/5 Science Cross-Grade Project
Introducing the "Angry Bird Challenge" Lesson Plan: Unleash Creativity and Engineering in Junior Grades! Engage your young learners in a hands-on adventure with our innovative "Angry Bird Challenge" lesson plan. Designed for junior grades, this project-based learning experience combines fun, physics, and problem-solving, bringing excitement and education into the classroom.In this captivating lesson, students take on the role of engineers as they design and build their very own catapults. The ul
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Science Lab Activity Developing Models with NGSS: Volume 1
If you haven't already, watch the FREE Video that shows what this session might look like in the classroom. I've used this approach several times to teach students how to make their thinking visible, collaborate, and make observations and inferences in the science lab: skills needed to develop science literacy. The Science Lab Activity Developing Models with NGSS: Volume 1 guides you and your students to work through the stages of constructing knowledge via the NGSS Science & Engineering Pr
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, HS-PS3-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-PS1-4
, MS-PS1-5
Simple Machine Survivor (Performance task and Rubric)
This is a performance task in which students recognize items as simple machines and use them to survive on an island.
During a trip to a tropical island, the students' teacher is thrown overboard in a storm, and has only left the shipwrecked students a "big box of simple machines." Students are also given a number of resources on the island from which they can meet their basic needs of food, water, and shelter. The students will write a paragraph explaining how they will use the items left be
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Aeronautics/Flight Project
Students have 3 choices to show their knowledge of flight, airplanes, and history of the airplane in this project.Students may choose to make a 3D model airplane, complete a timeline presentation, or read "Rocket Boys" by Homer Hickam. This project perfectly ties together the physics of airplane flight, and the 5e "How Planes Fly" Unit created by Teach with Fergy.This project is a great wrap-up for a 6 or 9 weeks end of grading period project.Students can do some work in class, but the majority
Work Lab and Rubric (F=MxA, Newton's 2nd Law, Laws of Motion) Word and PDF files
This short activity can be done using any classroom books of which you have 5 per group. The main point of discussion after the activity is the real world application and assessment of "work." Is it actually the same amount of perceived work to lift one book five times as it is to lift all five at once? What if five books were too heavy to lift?
This is another activity that lends itself to being repeated at home with your student's family. This way they can reinforce the concepts through teach
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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The Great Egg Drop!
Want to do an egg drop with 2nd to 5th graders; but don't know how to get started? This is the packet for you! This project packet includes a take home packet for families and two lesson plans. The take home packet includes a letter to parents explaining that we will drop eggs in containers , a rubric, an example project and some ideas. The lesson plans are for the day the project is introduced and for the day of the drop. This project is a great deal of fun and students earn about physics
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Simple Machines - Pulley Wedge Wheel Axle Lever Inclined Plane Screw - Poster
“The Six Simple Machines Poster” is a guideline for designing a poster displaying the key information of six simple machines: wheel and axle, wedge, screw, inclined plane, pulley, and lever. It is a cross-curricular activity to engage in project-based learning when building a strong foundation for the concept of simple machines.Provide your students an opportunity to convey researched information in a creative yet accessible and understandable way. When designing a poster, students think critic
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in: Simple Machines Interactive STEAM Hands-on Activities
Circuit Model Drawings
This activity allows students to create two model drawings of circuits: series and parallel. Included is one rubric.
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Operation Egg Drop
Who doesn't love a great Egg Drop project? This is such a fun project. Students get to use both creative and critical thinking during this challenge. Students are challenged to invent and engineer a device that will prevent an egg from breaking when dropped from the height of a second story on a building. I have local firemen come in and drop our devices on the final day of the project. They continue to raise the height for those that don't break on round 1. Students have to think about a design
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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Investigating sound vibration with a coat hanger assessment rubric. Part 2
This is the assessment rubric to accompany the 'Investigating sound vibration with a coat hanger Part 1' resource. To conduct this investigation you will need to collect several metal coat hangers and tie string to two ends of the coat hanger. Place students into teams of two. Each team has a set of materials to test using their coat hanger. The strings on the coat hanger are 'draped' around the students ears. This is how the student will pick up and sense the vibration. The student use the wor
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
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Energy Choice Project Board
Use this project choice board to evaluate/assess your students' understanding of energy in a fun way! Students choose two projects to complete. Projects can be differentiated, too. Rubrics are attached for each project.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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Science Lab Activity Developing Models with NGSS: Volume 3
If you haven't already, watch this FREE Video that shares an easy-to-use work-around if you choose not to use dry ice. I've used this approach several times to teach students how to make their thinking visible, collaborate, and make observations and inferences in the science lab: skills needed to develop science literacy.The Science Lab Activity Developing Models with NGSS: Volume 3 guides you and your students to work through the stages of constructing knowledge via theNGSS Science & Engine
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
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CCSS:
Conservation of Energy - Design a Thermos Project
This project was originally designed to align with the Ontario Grade 5 curriculum expectations for the conservation of energy unit, however can be adapted to meet other curriculum needs easily.
Includes:
- Learning Goals (curriculum expectations)
- Introduction about Conservation of Energy and the concept of heat transfer
- Detailed steps to carry out the project (students won't miss a step and will stay organized)
- Clear, detailed rubric for grading purposes
Materials needed:
- Cups
- Cold w
Conductivity Lab, Conductors, Insulators, Resistors, Circuits (Word and PDF )
At the beginning of every unit on electricity, it helps to discuss conductivity. This is a great lab for letting students investigate the differences between conductors and insulators. If you are able to extract a thick pencil lead, students can even observe a resistor (the graphite of the lead conducts electricity, with increasing resistance as the distance between the test leads increases).
I have included both PDF and Word files. I have made a suggested list of items to try, but you may modi
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Periodic Table Project
This is a Periodic Table project for students who are just starting to learn about the Periodic Table. There are two parts: a group project and an individual project, where you will research and answer questions about the table. This also includes a grading rubric!
Heat Conduction Lab, Graphing activity, Elementary and Middle
This is a lab activity exploring heat conduction using various containers and hot water. Students gain experience recording data, and graphing their results with a line graph, then drawing conclusions about how well different materials conduct heat. A teacher's guide is included explaining approximately how long the lab takes and walks you through how to conduct the lab and graphing exercise. An optional lab report assignment is included along with a rubric.
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Grades:
2nd - 7th
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NGSS:
4-PS3-2
, MS-PS1-6
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