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Critical thinking science rubrics
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
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
Van Gogh's Sunflowers • Roll A Sunflower • Fun Art Sub Lesson
Learn to draw a vase of sunflowers while learning about the artist Vincent van Gogh. Your students will not only learn about van Gogh but also do some art criticism (talking about art) during the presentation. Then they will have a blast making a sunflower drawing with Expressive Monkey’s fun approach to drawing. When they are finished with their drawing (which can be turned into a beautiful painting), students will practice art criticism again by describing their own art. There is even an easy
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3rd - 5th
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CER Claim Evidence Reasoning Activity CER Template CER rubric CER practice
Are your students struggling with writing their claim, evidence, and reasoning scientific explanations? This template will help students write scientific explanation summaries and support their claims with evidence and reasoning (CER). Comes with language support, in the form of graphic organizers and sentence frames. Plus a generic rubric to help you grade students' CERs. This is great for integrating the Common Core into your science class. Included in this product:✅ Blank scientific explana
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4th - 12th
Australian Curriculum Foundation/ Prep Report Card Comments - Bundle Pack
Prep teachers! Reporting deadlines approaching? Do you need help writing your report comments? Now available – Australian Curriculum Foundation Level Reporting Comments Bundle Pack! Save valuable time and be confident your report comments are well-written and aligned to the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.This bumper Bundle Pack includes A-E comments for the entire year! By purchasing this pack you get:• Semester 1 English• Semester 2 English• Semester 1 Maths• Semester 2 Maths• Sc
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K
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Persuasive Techniques Unit - Media Literacy Analysis PowerPoint & Project Bundle
Teach persuasive techniques, ad analysis, and propaganda with this bundle of media literacy activities. This comprehensive bundle includes bellringers, projects, PowerPoints, and quizzes for teaching persuasion through engaging advertising analysis, interactive practice, and creative projects. In this bundle, you’ll get 3 weeks of engaging activities to introduce or strengthen student understanding of persuasive techniques. This is a perfect foundation for media literacy with a variety of activ
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6th - 9th
Grade 4 ONTARIO Report Card Comments (Use with Google Docs™)
These Grade 4 ONTARIO Report Card Comments will make completing your report cards so easy! Comments are compatible with Google Docs™ and are fully editable for your convenience. Just copy and paste and replace "STUDENT" with your student's name and "THEY/THEIR/THEM" with your student's preferred pronouns.This resource is updated for all the newest curricula as of 2022!All comments are provided in a rubric format (Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4) so you can easily identify what comment is appr
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4th
Grade 2 ONTARIO Report Card Comments (Use with Google Docs™)
These Grade 2 ONTARIO Report Card Comments will make completing your report cards so easy! Comments are compatible with Google Docs™ and are fully editable for your convenience. Just copy and paste and replace "STUDENT" with your student's name and "THEY/THEIR/THEM" with your student's preferred pronouns.This resource is updated for all the newest curricula as of 2023!All comments are provided in a rubric format (Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4) so you can easily identify what comment is appr
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2nd
Introduction to claim evidence reasoning Activity Forensic Science CER Practice
Are you looking for an engaging activity to easily introduce your students to claim evidence reasoning (CER), and scientific explanations? Students will love this forensic science solve the case CSI investigation where they write up their findings using the claim evidence reasoning CER format. What will students be doing during this forensic science claim evidence reasoning CER practice activity? They will observe a crime sceneAnalyze the police report and forensic reports Record their observat
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6th - 9th
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1830 REPORT CARD COMMENTS: language, math, behavior, science, writing, homework
This REPORT CARD COMMENTS book is a massive, 181 page collection of report card comments/remarks for ALL teachers who teach and report in subjects such as, English (Writing, Reading, Comprehension, Spelling, Proofreading and Editing, Oral Communication, Listening Skills etc.,), Math (variety of comments, including problem solving), and Science. Other areas of reporting such as, Introductory Comments, General Comments, Homework Completion, Participation, Group Work, End of Year comments, Class Be
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K - 12th
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End of the Year Science ABC Book Project
This project can be used in almost any grade level, and is ready to use!With this project, students will demonstrate their knowledge of grade level science topics and concepts, in an ABC Book format. This would make a great end of the year science project! With your purchase, you will receive two versions of this project: a pdf file for paper-based used, as well as an editable power point for digital learning use.Purchase includes:Version #1: Paper-Based PDFEnd of the Year Science ABC Book Proj
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1st - 12th
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Grade 3 ONTARIO Report Card Comments (Use with Google Docs™)
These Grade 3 ONTARIO Report Card Comments will make completing your report cards so easy! Comments are compatible with Google Docs™ and are fully editable for your convenience. Just copy and paste and replace "STUDENT" with your student's name and "THEY/THEIR/THEM" with your student's preferred pronouns.This resource is updated for all the newest curricula as of 2023!All comments are provided in a rubric format (Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4) so you can easily identify what comment is appr
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Grades:
3rd
Grade 1 Ontario Science Report Card Comments
***UPDATED NOVEMBER 2022 WITH A STEM SKILLS & CONNECTIONS RUBRIC AND NEXT STEPS***Completing the Science subject area portion of the Grade 1 Ontario report card has never been easier! Make this normally time-consuming task a breeze with our Grade 1 Ontario Science Report Card Comments! This product contains the following helpful resources:• Science (Energy in Our Lives; Materials, Objects & Everyday Structures; Daily & Seasonal Changes; Needs & Characteristics of Living Things; S
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1st
Persuasive Techniques and Media Literacy - Make a Commercial Project
Get students up, moving, and speaking while they demonstrate their knowledge of persuasive techniques and make a commercial. This is a great way to integrate drama and media literacy in the ELA classroom, and students' creativity will make you laugh.Your Persuasive Techniques project includes:✅ Step-by-Step guidelines to make a commercial (editable)✅ Analytic & holistic rubrics✅ +/Δ Peer Feedback sheets Why should you have your students make a commercial? Putting their understanding of persu
Grades:
7th - 10th
Bundle - Business Management and Leadership Styles Movie Case-study activities
Business Management and Leadership Unit Bundle! A case study based on an enjoyable movie to help your students 'get' business management and leadership. Great value with multiple resources that aid you in delivering meaningful student-centered UNIT lessons. The movie is a great catalyst to delivering business management and leadership content!Start with #1 and work through to #7 (Bonus exam) in this bundle! 1. Five Functions of ManagementIntroduce your students to the Five Functions of Managem
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9th - 12th
Grade 5 ONTARIO Report Card Comments (Use with Google Docs™)
These Grade 5 ONTARIO Report Card Comments will make completing your report cards so easy! Comments are compatible with Google Docs™ and are fully editable for your convenience. Just copy and paste and replace "STUDENT" with your student's name and "THEY/THEIR/THEM" with your student's preferred pronouns.This resource is updated for all the newest curricula as of 2023!All comments are provided in a rubric format (Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4) so you can easily identify what comment is appr
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Grades:
5th
Geology Informative Essay Writing Prompt - Paired Passages - Graphic Organizer
With this resource, students use information from two unique passages to write an evidence-based informative essay explaining how water changes earth's surface. Many extras are included to help your students along the way including a graphic organizer, sample essay, and rubric. If your students have to take a standardized writing test where the writing prompt includes passages/articles, then this product is a must-have! Click the preview to get a closer look!Save when you buy the bundle! This wr
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3rd - 5th
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Grade 2 Ontario Science Report Card Comments
**UPDATED IN NOVEMBER 2022 WITH A STEM SKILLS & CONNECTIONS RUBRIC AND NEXT STEPS**Completing the Science subject area portion of the Grade 2 Ontario report card has never been easier! Make this normally time-consuming task a breeze with our Grade 2 Ontario Science Report Card Comments! This product contains the following helpful resources:• Science (Air & Water in the Environment; Movement; Properties of Liquids & Solids; Growth & Changes in Animals; STEM Skills & Connection
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Grades:
2nd
Engineering Design Process Rubric for STEM Challenges
Use these expectations for engineers, self-evaluations, and rubric to foster growth mindset conversations and to track student progress over time with any STEAM challenges- no formal grading required. These materials were developed to give teachers and students specific language and criteria relating to each step of the engineering design process. They can be used for professional development, guiding the planning of STEM curriculum, or setting expectations and encouraging reflection with stude
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Not Grade Specific
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Lab Materials Toolkit Megabundle
Middle School Science Fair COMPLETE Plans, Student Materials, Rubrics, & Awards!
Updated for 2020!This is a bundle of science fair goodies, best for middle school science fairs. Everything is ready to print, but everything is completely editable to suit the needs of your students! Included are .pdf, .pptx, and .docx files. Included in this bundle:** Student Materials:HUGE printable 15-entry student log book, for students to develop and test their hypotheses, record observations, (just the log book is also available here)Cheat sheet of due datesGuidelines for maintaining the
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5th - 8th
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Grade 3 Ontario Science Report Card Comments
**UPDATED IN NOVEMBER 2022 WITH A STEM SKILLS & CONNECTIONS RUBRIC AND NEXT STEPS**Completing the Science subject area portion of the Grade 3 Ontario report card has never been easier! Make this normally time-consuming task a breeze with our Grade 3 Ontario Science Report Card Comments! This product contains the following helpful resources: · Science (Soils in the Environment; Forces Causing Movement; Strong & Stable Structures; Growth & Changes in Plants; STEM Skills & Connectio
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Grades:
3rd
How to Write a Lab Report: Guidelines, Rubric, and Sample Write Up
Lab Report - Lab report rubric, lab conclusionThis lab report bundle has saved me hours of grading and preparation usually required when grading lab reports consistently and fairly. Instead of the teacher writing multiple notes to the student on their reports, you can merely circle the rubric category that your student falls into. Students immediately know where they went wrong, and how to fix it. Also, the lab format sheet is written for easy student understanding, and application.This bund
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Forensics Project: Make a Murder in Miniature & be the CSI on the Crime Scene!
This Forensic Science project allows students to show off all of the CSI skills they have learned in a Forensics course. They are tasked with creating and processing their own mini murder scene. Resource IncludesFull Teaching guide with detailed instructions Detailed rubric for the Diorama, Written portion and PresentationGoogle Slide presentation: 18 slides designed to show students - full of tips, Dos and Don'ts, example projects (both good examples and poor examples)Sample Student Presentatio
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: Forensic Science BUNDLE - Projects, Labs, Activities
Biome or Ecosystem Shoebox Project
Looking for an extension activity for your ecology unit? Do you need a hands-on way for students to extend their learning? If so, this Ecosystem Shadowbox Project is the perfect resource for you! With this resource, students will create a food web which represents all the biotic factors of their ecosystem as well as describing how physical and biological changes in the ecosystem will impact the populations. Who is this resource for?This resource can be used by classroom teachers, tutors, and par
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6th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-4
Also included in: Ecosystems - FULL UNIT
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Learning science offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. In fact, it helps students:
- Question the world around them and seek evidence-based explanations
- Cultivate their ability to observe, experiment, and analyze data
- Nurture a sense of curiosity, awe, and wonder about the natural world
- Understand natural phenomena and the laws that govern the universe
With a solid foundation in science, teachers can help empower students to think critically, solve problems, make informed decisions, and engage with the world around them in meaningful ways.
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