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3rd grade science thematic unit plans for Easel
Ecosystems and Biomes Reading Passages Activities Photosynthesis Food Chains Web
Make teaching about ecosystems and biomes fun with this complete unit! With this BEST SELLER, your students will learn all about the different types of ecosystems, biomes, food chains, photosynthesis, herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores, and how they interact with each other. This engaging unit includes information about different types of ecosystems and biomes, as well as hands-on activities that bring the topics to life. Help your students understand ecosystems and biomes in a meaningful wa
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3rd - 5th
NGSS:
5-LS2-1
, 3-LS2-1
, 2-LS4-1
Weather & The Water Cycle
Explore the world of weather as your students engage in various science activities that explore forecasting, clouds, storms and the water cycle! This thematic weather unit includes:1. Recommeded Book List2. Weekly Weather Forecast Printable (boy & girl meteorologist versions) 3. Clouds Outdoor Observation4. Cotton Clouds (Interactive Flip Project) 5. Let's Label Clouds (cut and paste)6. Let's Draw Precipitation (Rain, Snow, Sleet and Hail)7. Thunderstorm Reading Comprehension 8. Tornado Read
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1st - 3rd
Animal Classifications Unit Sort Mammals Reptiles Amphibians Groups Worksheets
Discover the Wonders of Nature with our Animal Classification Unit. This incredible unit includes everything you need to teach about mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. With kid-friendly reading passages, comprehension questions, and hands-on activities, this unit encourages students to explore the amazing diversity of living creatures. A fun animal card sorting game and vibrant tri-fold booklets are sure to keep students engaged!The following animal groups are highlighted in this un
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2nd - 4th
Force and Motion Pushes and Pulls
Fun, hands-on activities for force and motion is LOADED in this packet! Created with the Next Generation Science pushes and pulls standards in mind, if you are looking for thinking maps, lesson plans, science stations, and foldables for force and motion interactive notebooks, this is what you are looking for! All with the objective of Force and Motion. **UPDATED** As of summer 2020, I have added a 20 side PowerPoint to help teach your students about force & motion as well as an emergent read
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K - 3rd
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Pollution Activities ~ Air, Water, and Land
Teach your students about air, water, and land pollution with these information sheets, note pages, and book. Perfect for Earth Day!This packet includes information sheets on air, water and land pollution, including a definition of the pollution, how the pollution affects you, and what you can do to help prevent it.The note pages/worksheets can be used to write notes about each pollution (what the pollution is, how it affects them, and what they can do to help).The mini book summarizes each type
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1st - 3rd
Forms of Energy (MELTS) Notes, Worksheets, and Research Project
This is ready to use and engaging set for teaching Forms Of Energy includes Mechanical, Electrical, Light, Thermal (Heat), and Sound (MELTS). It is very interactive and fun for the students in your class. Differentiated note sets, worksheets and project templates are included. This set has what need to teach different Forms of Energy to your students.Looking for easy print and go activities to strengthen your science lessons? This no prep product is designed to supplement your current Science cu
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Science Bundle - Worksheets, Notes, and Research Projects
Rocks and Minerals
This is a HUGE unit to help teach rocks and minerals. Please look at the preview to see the variety of activities.
Table of Contents
Introduction………………………….3
Helpful Websites…………………..4
Rock Posters…………………….…..7
Rock Story…………………………..17
Vocabulary Activities……….….36
Rock Stations……………………..57
My Pet Rock…………………………98
Worksheets & Assessments...123
Edible Activities…………….….131
Literacy Activities…………...…136
Math Activities……………...…..184
Rocks in Real Life……….…….216
Terms of Use…………………..…228
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1st - 4th
The Great Kapok Tree Rainforest Unit Resources with Easel Activities
The Great Kapok Tree Rainforest Unit and Resources. Rainforest activities go with the book The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry. Includes: features of the rainforest, useful websites, art projects, vocabulary with a fun crossword puzzle, main idea and summarizing activity, graphic organizer, story elements and plot diagram, fun facts about the kapok tree, rainforest animals, how can I save the rainforest, chocolate cocoa recipe, math activity, science activity making a terrarium, geography sheet
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Earth Day Activities Bundle
Ocean Animals | Differentiated Texts | Nonfiction Close Reading
This is a huge unit on ocean animals. It is closely aligned to the Common Core State Standards for Informational Text. It is packed full of informational text articles, text dependent questions, graphic organizers, writing prompts, and vocabulary cards.
Every article is offered in three levels of text and vocabulary complexity. The differentiation is done for you! Perfect for increasing exposure to rigorous texts, whole group instruction, small group instruction, homework, individual reading a
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Habitats Differentiated Nonfiction Close Reading BUNDLE
Amusement Park Design Project
Design your own Amusement Park! This fun unit consists of 16 worksheets that will challenge students in their creative thinking, research skills, design and engineering abilities.Digital option available! Please note, some worksheets transfer nicely into a digital version but many are designed to be completed on paper or as a hands on STEM/STEAM activity.The package includes:1. Unit title page2. Student title page3. Park research worksheet (internet access for students recommended)4. Art activ
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: STEAM Project Bundle
Desert Animals Nonfiction Close Reading with Differentiated Texts
This is a huge, differentiated desert unit. It is closely aligned to the Common Core State Standards for Informational Text. It is packed full of informational text articles, text dependent questions, graphic organizers, writing prompts, and vocabulary cards.
Every article is offered in three levels of text and vocabulary complexity. The differentiation is done for you! Perfect for increasing exposure to rigorous texts, whole group instruction, small group instruction, homework, individual rea
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Habitats Differentiated Nonfiction Close Reading BUNDLE
All About Ants Life Bugs and Insects Printable Theme Study Camping Activities
You will download a printable all about ants activities packet to supplement your camping day theme activities or bugs and insects study. It is a perfect addition to your fun spring or summer school science activities.This ants activity packet contains the following:all about ants nonfiction reading comprehension passagesall about ants comprehension questionsgraphic organizers ant life cycle diagramant body parts diagramall about ants accordion bookall about ants task cardsall about ants scaven
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Seashell Activities | Sorting and Classification | Ocean Unit Study Activities
Study, identify, and sort seashells with your students. Help your students learn about shells from mollusks as they sort and classify seashells. Use these 19 beautiful and informative sorting mats to group shells by their characteristics. There are three major groups of mollusks, cephalopods, bivalves, and gastropods. Enhance your Ocean Unit Science Study with a memorable hands-on activity. An additional simple student mini-booklet allows students to draw and write about each type of shell with
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 3-LS2-1
Animal Babies Life Cycles: Writing Prompts, Printables, and More Google & PDFs
Celebrate with 95 Pages of Animal Babies, Their Moms and Lifecycles. To demonstrate confidence all pages are laid out in the preview. Foldables (Great for Lapbooks) Butterfly Life Cycle, Animal Types (Fish, Bird, Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians), Bird/ Chicken Life Cycle, Frog Life Cycle, Jungle Animals, and Ocean AnimalsTo include Text Dependent Questions for students to cite textual evidence.Blackline Masters Included Animal Investigation Journal or Kit {Black line and Color}Cut and Paste "Are Y
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Plant and Animal Life Cycles BUNDLE Google Slides™ and PDF
Balloons Over Broadway : A STEM Activity Packet
Need a picture book with integrated STEM Activities for Autumn?Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet, is a fabulous picture book for integrating literature, a beloved cultural tradition, and STEM activities. Our series includes activities to support reading, science, engineering, technology, and math. Teachers are saying :"We have tackled this challenge two falls now, and both groups found it completely engaging. They discovered various interesting engineering solutions for creating articula
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3rd - 5th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: November STEM Activities Bundle
Hurricane and Tornado Reading Comprehension
Learn how hurricanes and tornadoes form and how to stay safe during these severe storms! Included in this product are an article about hurricanes and tornadoes, two written response questions (with answer key), a venn diagram comparing hurricanes and tornadoes (with answer key), and a cause and effect chart (with answer key).
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3rd - 5th
The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System Science Read Aloud Book Companion
The Magic School Bus Lost in Solar System Book Study Companion Reading Comprehension Literacy Unit : A Literacy Book Companion Unit with Comprehension & Fun Activities, based on the book The Magic School Bus : Lost in Solar System . (Book not included). Reading Level 3.1.This 47-page packet provides a variety of levels to reach each individual student. Please see preview pages and descriptions below . Worksheets include lined paper for easy handwriting practice: 48 Pages Total Include:1. TA
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2nd - 4th
Moon Phases Story Unit and Activities plus Easel for 2nd and 3rd grade
Learning about phases of the moon has never been so much fun for your 2nd or 3rd grade students! This story unit, followed by activities, presents information in a fun and appealing way for students. These letters written by Zog, the alien, back to his people on Zipton. explains all about the phases of the moon. You see, Zipton doesn't have a moon, so this is all very new to Zog! Oh! And ice cream, he learns about ice cream too! Special Features about this Phases of the Moon Resource:Using lett
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2nd - 3rd
Animal Groups Unit with Mammals Insect Fish Reptiles Amphibians Birds
This unit contains plans to help you teach lessons on the different animal groups including mammals, insects, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. I have included a science journal with a page on each animal, homework activity, interenet links, report graphic organizers for each animal group, art ideas and a sponge animal activity. This unit corresponds to a actiview flipchart also available on TpT.
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K - 3rd
Arctic and Antarctica Unit
Updated 9/2018 to include photographs for the nonfiction books. STEM activities, art projects, and experiments are now included to keep kids actively engaged in this unit.This unit includes a variety of projects to keep your kids engaged and learning. *Original nonfiction book on Antarctica (pages 1-10) *Why is there six months of daylight/darkness demonstration and writing prompt (page 12-13)*How do animals stay warm? Science experiment (page 14)*Penguin graph activity (page 15)*Ripped Paper
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Weather Unit Elementary Level Lesson Plans
This weather unit contains 33 pages of ideas, songs, poems, crafts, links, book suggestions and blackline masters to assist you in your teaching. These lessons use different modalities to reach all youngsters - music, cooking, crafting, writing,videos and weblinks.
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PreK - 3rd
Rock Cycle Set
Rock Cycle is a bundle of products to use when introducing the rock cycle process.This bundle begins with a story about the rock cycle along with image of how the process works, and the layers of the Earth. Worksheets include cloze reading, labeling and word scramble.For independent tasks there is a rock cycle file folder, rocks file folder, and a cut and paste rock classification activity. Also a coloring page.Included is a poster showing the rock cycle, the Earth Layers, and rocks belonging to
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3rd - 5th
ANIMAL HABITATS A Study of Their Characteristics & Activities
If you are looking for a resource to enable you to differentiate while studying animal habitats, this resource might be helpful. This 38 PAGE animal habitat resource has 80 word wall cards with picture support, 10 cut/paste sorts, 8 biome title cards plus farms and pets, 10 fact cards to coordinate with the titles, and a biome quiz page. There is also a writing page template. NEWLY ADDED: AUDIO TEXT IN THE EASEL PORTION OF THIS RESOURCE! GREAT FOR ENGLISH LEARNERSThe eight represented animal
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Insects and Spiders Teaching Unit, Task Cards, Worksheets and Tests
Get your third, fourth or fifth grade students buzzing (pun intended) with excitement with this engaging teaching unit on insects and spiders. This comprehensive teaching unit includes teaching pages, task cards, a game and more! So, if you and your students are ready to explore the fascinating world of creepy crawlies, this is the jam-packed, buzz-worthy (yep another pun) resource for you!Special Features of this Resource:25 teaching pages for students (includes reading material, activity sheet
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3rd - 5th
NGSS:
3-LS4-2
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