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2nd grade science unit plans under $5
Animal Needs and Winter Adaptations (Hibernate, Migrate, Adapt) Unit
One of the Next Generation Science Standards states that students should be able to describe what animals need to survive, and how animals adapt to their environment in Winter. I have created this unit to help cover those standards. Here is a list of what you get in this pack:Hibernate/Migrate/Adapt Picture Sort (Whole Group)Food/Water/Shelter/Air DisplayWhat Do Animals Need Informative ReaderAnimals Need Flip Books (2 versions)Animal Food, Shelter, & Water Draw It (2 versions)Hibernate/Mig
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K - 3rd
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Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors Week Long Unit aligned to TEKS
This is a week long unit that can be used to teach students the difference between inherited traits and learned behaviors. It includes notes pages for science journals, whole class and small group activities, and an assessment. Detailed lesson plans are included for each day. The lesson plans are available for you to see in the second page of the downloadable preview document. This unit is aligned to the TEKS 3.10B.
24 Pages include the following:
Title (1 page)
Lesson Plans (1 Page - inc
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2nd - 4th
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Human Body
Human Body Life Sized Model - Human Body Non-Fiction Reading Passages, Human Body Activities and Unit for younger kids. This body unit teaches young children about the body organs in simple to understand language by using pictures cues for difficult words in the non-fiction reading passages. After the beginner students read the passages, students will create a life sized model of the human body by tracing their body and adding the cut and paste printable organs onto the body cut-out. Students
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K - 2nd
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Habitats | Animal Habitats Desert Habitats & More Research Project 2nd Grade
This Best Selling Animals Habitat research packet leads learners on a project-based research adventure through various habitats (oceans, wetlands, swamps, grasslands, rainforests, and deserts). Students will work cooperatively to investigate habitats. This unit was also developed to allow students to take a more active role in their own learning. Most of the exploration and observations will take place by the students. The teacher will act as a guide and step in when needed, but most of the work
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1st - 2nd
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Back-to-School Science: Lab Safety, Tools, Scientific Method What is a Scientist
This back-to-school science unit covers lab safety, tools, what is a scientist, and the scientific method. Lesson plans help your students answer questions like, "What is a scientist?" and "How can I stay safe in the lab?" with hands-on activities and interactive notebook pages. Start the new school year off right in your science classroom without spending hours prepping your lesson plans. Engaging and informative, this mini-unit includes everything you need to teach lab safety and introduce stu
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2nd - 5th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Polar Bears Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions 1st 2nd Grade
This polar bears themed main idea and details resource includes 10 polar bear themed reading passages for primary grades in two different versions. Each passage includes a simplified multiple choice version and an expanded writing response version for differentiated learning.Polar Bear Passages Include:- Polar Bears Adapt- Keeping Warm- Sea Bears- Polar Bears as Hunters- New Born Cubs- Growing Cubs- Leaving the Den- Learning to Survive- On Their Own- Polar Bear HabitatAll content is in black an
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Primary Reading Comprehension Passages & Activities Bundle
An Animal's Habitat - Animal Diorama Project
This animal project is perfect a perfect addition to your animal unit. This project aligns with NGSS kindergarten standard K-ESS3-1. Included in this diorama animal habitat project report is 6 ready to print and send home pages, a parent letter and example syllabus. This project is also editable so you can make it work for your own classroom. Check out the preview to see a closer look at what's included.This is one project of a GROWING BUNDLE. When finished, this bundle will have monthly kinderg
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K - 2nd
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Continents and Oceans
This continent and ocean lapbook is a great way to get students learning when they don't even know they are learning! This pack includes all interactive and hands on activities to teach continents and oceans. The best part is you can also use this pack as an interactive notebook or simply use the foldables to reinforce the learning. Included:Cover sheet and continents songOceans 4 tab foldableWorld map guess-and-checkContinents flip bookOceans 4 petal foldableContinents riddle pocket activity**J
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K - 4th
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Also included in: Social Studies Curriculum Bundle
Food Chain Activities and Worksheets | First and Second Grade
Make science even more engaging with these food chain activities. With the food chain worksheets, your first or second grade students will show their understanding using reading comprehension passages and interactive notebook pages. Using these science activities, students will love exploring grassland and ocean food chains.Worksheets and Activities Included:Vocabulary Cards and Pocket Chart CardsInteractive Notebook PagesNonfiction Reading Comprehension PassageFood Chain SortsFood Chain Brochur
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Life Cycles and Habitats of Living Things Bundle | First and Second
Physical and Chemical Changes No-Prep Unit
Physical and Chemical Changes No-Prep Unit: Keep your students engaged with this hands-on unit! This unit contains:
- Two sets of small sort cards for physical and chemical changes
- Two sets of large sort cards for physical and chemical changes
- Pocket pattern that can be used in interactive notebooks
- Picture of sort cards in interactive notebooks
- Making Physical Changes Activity
- Making Chemical Changes Activity
- What Kind of Change is Made? – 2 Activities
- Make it Right Activity
- An
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2nd - 4th
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Push and Pull Experiments - Science Unit - Physics - Force & Motion Activities
Explore forces with our Push and Pull Experiments Pack! Ideal for physical sciences and motion units. Includes 8 experiments, teacher guides, response sheets, homework, assessment and more! Unleash the Power of Learning with our 'Push and Pull Experiments Pack'!Dive into the world of physical sciences and motion with our meticulously designed, highly engaging, and fun-filled experiments pack. This pack is a treasure trove of knowledge, perfect for introducing young learners to the fascinating co
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1st - 4th
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Living and Nonliving
Living and nonliving unit FULL of foldables and interactive notebook pieces. This set has numerous interactive pieces as well as diagrams with cut and paste pieces, plants, animals, and everything in between. Perfect for a unit on living and nonliving!
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K - 3rd
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Year 1 Earth & Space Science - Observable changes occur in the sky and landscape
ACSSU019 - Observable changes occur in the sky and landscape.Learning Goals:•Predicting and recognising daily and seasonal changes in weather patterns and landscape.•Identifying natural, managed and constructed features in local environments.•Recording patterns of events that occur in our every day lives.Focuses on Day & Night, Weather and Seasons.This resource pack has been created using a range of activities aligned to ACARA, Primary Connections and C2C for Earth and Space Science Year 1.T
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K - 2nd
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Cells Unit for Young Students
This unit on cells was made for my 3.5 year old, but it can be modified for pretty
much any age.
Nearly all worksheets have the information required to do them on the worksheet itself.
The contents of the file are:
Diagram of prokaryotic cell
Mitosis Rhyme and stages
Diagram of animal cell
Diagram of plant cell
Living things have cells worksheet
What things are made of worksheet
Color in the animal cell
Color in the plant cell
Color in the neuron
Eukaryotic cells vs Prokaryotic cells workshe
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K - 4th
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Life Cycle of a Pumpkin and Apple Unit
#falloween This is a unit I created for my first grade class. We have a trip to a pumpkin farm and I wanted them to know the parts of an apple and pumpkin. I also wanted to introduce them to non fiction, by creating a test to go with activities and books we will read. We will read the story Apples, Apples Everywhere and use Scholastic News and other non fiction books.
You can use any non fiction book about apples and pumpkins for this unit to work.
I have included an emergent reader for both
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Science Bundle
Weather and Seasons
Weather and Seasons
This Weather and Seasons unit is full of activities to go with your study of weather.
What is included:
All About the Weather Cover Page
Weather KWL
Weather Words Color Poster
Weather Words Poster in Black and White (for students to color and paste in their Science Journals)
Weather Words (match the season)
Weather Observation
Weather Observation Graph
Types of Weather (you may use this page as an assessment for students to illustrate the different types of weather)
Weat
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PreK - 2nd
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Habitats
This extensive resource on habitats covers grasslands, deserts, rainforests, woodlands, ocean, and the arctic.
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Included in this habitat resource:
-Colorful posters describing each type of habitat.
-Thinking maps/webs for each habitat for students to brainstorm and record their thoughts.
-Characteristics of each habitat, animals that reside there, and more.
-Habitat riddles
-Animal sorts in which students identify and s
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K - 2nd
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How Our Bodies Work: K/1 Human Body Science Unit
A K/1 Science Unit on the Human Body:
“Our Body Helps Us Live” Book (p. 3-9)
“Our Body Helps Us Live” Paper Book (p. 10-16)
Label the body activity (p. 17-18)
Human Body Craft (p. 19-22)
“What Our Body Needs” Class Book (p. 23-24)
My Body Book (p. 25-31)
Body Part Webs (p. 32-37)
My X-Ray Book (p. 38-44)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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K - 2nd
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5 Senses Activities
Hands-on activities for students to learn about their 5 senses!What is included?- 1 interactive emergent reader- Titles and labels for anchor charts- Sorting pictures for each sense- Picture cards for each sense- Parent project and note to send home- NO PREP printablesTo see a blog post about using this unit in my classroom, CLICK HERE.•Earn TpT Credits!•Please don't forget to leave feedback so you can earn your free TpT credits toward future purchases! Learn more about TpT credits here.•Let’s g
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PreK - 2nd
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All About Apples!
This unit is jam packed FULL of apple activities and perfect for fall! At over 130 pages, this unit will keep your students engaged and ready to learn about apples. Included in this packet are:
Pages 4: Apple Book List
Pages 5-6: KWL anchor chart headers and graphic organizer.
Pages 7-8: Schema anchor chart headers and graphic organizer.
Pages 9-11: Can/Have/Are anchor chart headers and graphic organizer.
Page 12-13: Life Cycle Anchor Chart printables, Full page life cycle poster, life c
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PreK - 3rd
K-2 Science Sound Unit Worksheets Activities Assessments
How I use this unit by days (2 Weeks)1. Guess the sound with website listed 2. Students observe sounds and record3. Rubber Band Guitars and vibrations4. Loud/Soft Sounds5. Vibration Cause/Effect (easy and hard options)6. Pitch activity7. Vibration in relation to pitch8. Seeing vibrationsI use day 9 and 10 to have students create their own instrument and use rubric to grade :)Links are updated!!
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K - 2nd
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Tsunami Natural Disaster Research Unit with PowerPoint
Get your students engaged with informational text by teaching a week long unit on Tsunamis! The materials in this unit are interactive and utilize multimodal strategies to increase student engagement and outcomes. The Tsunami unit is a comprehensive week long unit that integrates technology, vocabulary, writing, art, reading strategies and more! Students will respond to informational text by answering questions in a student booklet in a variety of formats. Students will learn vocabulary words by
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1st - 3rd
Geography: Continents, oceans, equator, hemispheres, poles Unit
This unit is perfect for teaching young students all about the world. It includes:
A Continents Map
Continents Song
Oceans Song
Equator Song
Latitude & Longitude Song
*Now also includes an audio file of me singing the songs so you can teach them more easily.
Mapmaking/Cartography Activity Pages
Flags of North America Pages
Where are We? United States Map Labeling
Continents Label & Color
Oceans Label & Craft
Compass Activity & Craft
Hemisphere Poster & Activity
Vocabulary W
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K - 4th
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3D Shapes and Solid Figures Activities - Kindergarten Differentiated Math Pages
This 28 page unit includes all you need to teach a thorough study of solid figures in Grades K-1-2. Includes resources for 6 basic solid figures (sphere, cube, cylinder, cone, pyramid, & rectangular prism.) This unit is designed with the intent that students interact with models of actual solid figures. Students will need to roll, slide, stack, trace, and generally explore manipulative of these items to benefit fully from the unit. THE SOLID FIGURES UNIT INCLUDES:Materials to print and creat
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K - 2nd
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