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2nd grade science thematic unit plans for SMART Notebook
Early Map Skills
This UNIT contains Smartboard lessons that are geared towards children who are just learning basic map skills. Some key concepts covered are the following.
Introduction to a variety of maps, Early maps, Parts of Maps, Directions (N,S,E,W), Compass Rose, Map Symbols, Map Keys, Scale, Standard and Metric Scale Measurements, Map Titles, Map Labels, Types of Maps, Globes, The Equator, Hemispheres, Landforms, Relief Maps, Product Quilts. This Unit also includes printable worksheets available in PDF
Grades:
1st - 4th
Arctic SMART Board Thematic Unit
This is an interactive SMART Board presentation about the climate, culture, people, communities, and animals in the Arctic. It includes lessons, videos, interactive slides, lab ideas, and writing/craft activities for each subtopic including the tundra, the Inuit people, land animals and camouflage, Arctic animals with fur, Arctic animals with feathers, and Arctic animals with blubber.
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K - 3rd
Smartboard - Life Cycle of the Chicken - "All Cracked Up"
This Smartboard Activity is a great interactive science unit about the life cycle of the chicken.
The slides consist of activities:
- label the parts of the chicken and egg,
- view pictures of the chicken embryo each day of development,
- chicken jokes,
- and games about terms.
There is also a list of excellent Internet sites about chickens.
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Grades:
K - 2nd
All About Ants - Smartboard Unit - Life Cycle and SO MUCH MORE!
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Wow! I set out to make a Mini Unit on the Life Cycle of the Ant for Smartboard but what emerged was a COMPLETE interactive unit jam packed with goodness. Between interactive files, hyperlinked videos, informative slides, fact/opinion slides and games, life lessons learned from ants etc - this unit has EVERYTHING you need for now and years to come! Please check out the p
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PreK - 3rd
Smartboard Fun: Energy Sorting Lesson
Are you studying energy with your Special Education students and need some fun interactive lessons? Try this lesson out. I made it for my Special Education kiddos while we were doing a unit on energy. Specifically this lesson covers:Sorting pictures into the different energy categories. The first page is sorting electrical energy, light energy and wind energy. The second page is sorting heat energy vs. sound energy.Check out my energy bingo game for more fun activities: ⭐Energy BINGO**Please n
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PreK - 5th
Electricity SMART Board Thematic Unit
This is an interactive SMART Board Unit that includes lesson plans for "How Does Energy Move with Electroscopes," "Transforming Energy and Creating SImple Circuits," "Insulators and Conductors," "Open and Closed Circuits," "Series and Parallel Circuits," and "Static Electricity."
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2nd - 4th
Interactive Weather Thematic Unit
This Smartboard file has everything you need for to teach your unit on weather.
It introduces weather, precipitation, weather tools, and storms. This group of lessons has been created to include everything your student will need to know for the Virginia SOLs.
In addition to introducing the material there sorting pages, a guided activity, and even a chance to practice using a thermometer!
Check out my file on The Water Cycle in my store!
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1st - 3rd
Common Core ENVIRONMENT Thematic Unit for Reader's Workshop
This is a week long unit for Reader's Workshop on the thematic unit of the ENVIRONMENT and its impact on TREE life cycles. This unit uses: "Someday a Tree†(by Eve Bunting), "The Lorax†(by Dr. Suess), "Be a Friend to Trees," and any (grade appropriate) informational book about tree life cycles.
All of the activities on the slides are related to the common core curriculum. You can print the slides for students to use as a recording sheet, or I also sell full copies of each of these record
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Common Core Butterfly Life Cycle Writer's Workshop Thematic Unit
This is a week long unit for Writer's Workshop on the thematic unit of BUTTERFLY life cycles. This unit uses Eve Bunting's, "Butterfly House," and any (grade appropriate) informational book about butterflies.
All of the activities on the slides are related to the common core curriculum. You can print the slides for students to use as a recording sheet, or I also sell full copies of each of these recording sheets you see on the slides.
There is also a week long Reader's Workshop SMART present
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Plant Unit & Review Activities
This Smartboard file has everything you need to make your unit on plants interesting.
The first half is a great introduction to your uni, complete with pictures and activities.
The second half is meant to be used as a review. I use this to help my students prepare for the SOLs. It is also a fun way to wrap up your unit.
Topics reviewed are: plant parts (labeling and uses), plant's needs, plant products, plants that grow in Virginia, plant habitats, and the plant life cycle.
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Common Core Environment Writer's Workshop Thematic Unit
This is a week long unit for Writer's Workshop on the thematic unit of the ENVIRONMENT and its impact on TREE life cycles. This unit uses: "Someday a Tree†(by Eve Bunting), "The Lorax†(by Dr. Suess), "Be a Friend to Trees,†and any (grade appropriate) informational book about tree life cycles.
All of the activities on the slides are related to the common core curriculum. You can print the slides for students to use as a recording sheet, or I also sell full copies of each of these recordi
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Common Core Butterfly Life Cycle Reader's Workshop Thematic Unit
This is a week long unit for Reader's Workshop on the thematic unit of BUTTERFLY life cycles. This unit uses Eve Bunting's, "Butterfly House," and any (grade appropriate) informational book about butterflies.
All of the activities on the slides are related to the common core curriculum. You can print the slides for students to use as a recording sheet, or I also sell full copies of each of these recording sheets you see on the slides.
There is also a week long Writer's Workshop SMART present
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Agriculture - Plants
This is a Smart Notebook file that forms a unit about Agriculture - Plants. It was originally made for a senior special needs class but can easily be used for a class of nearly any age or ability. It includes 7 lessons that can be taught over a week or a term.
If you do not have SMARTnotebook you can still view and use this lesson, as long as you are connected to the internet:
http://express.smarttech.com/#
Simply go to this webpage and upload the file. Some of the formatting will change, and m
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Grades:
K - 10th
Mighty Magnets
This smartboard file has Kindergarten through 4th grade lessons with magnets. The lessons range from demonstrating the effects of magnets on a group of objects, classifying objects as magnetic or nonmagnetic, comparing the strength of 1 magnet vs. 2 magnets, investigating the effect of distance on attraction & repulsion, and constructing and testing an electromagnet.
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Grades:
PreK - 5th
Introductory to Plants
The is a SMART board presentation I made to introduce plants to my first graders. It covers parts of the plant, needs of the plant, 2 poems about seeds, a video about seeds that is about 2 minutes long, a link to a youtube video where they can see seeds grow in fast forward to see the roots and such. It also covers the sequence that a seed grows into a plant. It is almost completely interactive.
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Changes Gas Liquid Solid
This science lesson on the three states of matter went with either an AIMS of GEMS science kit. It steps you through the lessons day by day. It also has a lot of neat websites and other neat things I discovered while teaching the kit.
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Grades:
K - 5th
Meeting Our Needs Theme and Vocabulary Introduction
If you teach an integrated unit or theme on Meeting Our Needs, this slideshow is the perfect way to introduce it to your class on the Smartboard. Includes opportunity for students to interact with a KWL chart on the topic, simple (K-3) vocabulary definitions, and an enduring understanding that can help frame your instruction throughout your teaching of the theme. *Requires Smart Notebook software to view.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Changes Over Time Theme and Vocabulary Introduction
If you teach an integrated unit or theme on Changes Over Time, this slideshow is the perfect way to introduce it to your class on the Smartboard. Includes opportunity for students to interact with a KWL chart on the topic, simple (K-3) vocabulary definitions, and an enduring understanding that can help frame your instruction throughout your teaching of the theme. *Requires Smart Notebook software to view.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Plant Catagorization and Growth Sequence
This is a primary level five slide Smart Board lesson and interactive activity including a self-checking interactive evaluation at the end for catagorizing plants and sequencing plant growth.
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Observing the World Around Us Theme and Vocabulary Introduction
If you teach an integrated unit or theme on Observing the World Around Us, this slideshow is the perfect way to introduce it to your class on the Smartboard. Includes opportunity for students to interact with a KWL chart on the topic, simple (K-3) vocabulary definitions, and an enduring understanding that can help frame your instruction throughout your teaching of the theme. *Requires Smart Notebook software to view.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Our Living World Theme and Vocabulary Introduction
If you teach an integrated unit or theme on Our Living World, this slideshow is the perfect way to introduce it to your class on the Smartboard. Includes opportunity for students to interact with a KWL chart on the topic, simple (K-3) vocabulary definitions, and an enduring understanding that can help frame your instruction throughout your teaching of the theme. *Requires Smart Notebook software to view.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Animals and Their Parts smartboard lesson
This is a five day smartboard lesson about animals, their parts, and animal classification. It is a part of an unit about animals. This is included in my bundle, Animals and Their Parts on my TPT store.
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Recursos naturales
This is a lesson in Spanish with Science content about natural resorces, how we use them, and ways to protect them.
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Five Green Speckled Frogs
This fun count down to frogs jumping into the pond, will have kids wanting to interact by touching a frog and making it disappear.
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Grades:
PreK - 4th
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