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5th grade science unit plans for Microsoft Word
Table-top Mini Golf: STEAM Engineering and Design for Elementary GATE
In From Putt-putt to Pebble Beach--Table-top Mini Golf, students will design and construct a playable table-top sized miniature golf course using the engineering design process. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning. The result is a classroom filled
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
STEM Kid Engineering for GATE -- FERRIS WHEELS plus Primary Sources
In this GATE engineering journey, students will each construct a very cool Ferris wheel prototype as a final product. Along the way, they will examine primary source images, read primary source history, and integrate math, engineering, and economics in a learning process which incorporates best practices in gifted and talented education for 21st Century Learners.
This is a challenging engineering project—teacher guided. I used it for GATE 4th grade; however, my kids are experienced builders.
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
SPIES! A GATE Adventure 18+ Contact Hours - Challenging and Engaging!
Your students will ask to stay in from recess for this. It is the most popular unit I've taught in 32 years, and it is packed with challenging critical thinking.We imagine students are training at the school for spies: mini survivor challenges, mini crossbows, a jewel heist, footprint mysteries, memory games, cipher disks, case files, messages hidden in gel caps. This unit is STEM and critical thinking at its coolest and finest, and we’ve thrown in reading, speaking and listening, and a social-
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4th - 7th
Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
Creative Curriculum Trees Study Visuals
28 Pages of Visuals for the Creative Curriculum "Trees" study. It starts with Large images of trees, parts of trees, things made out of trees, etc.. to print out for around the room. Then the rest of the document is smaller pictures for you to show on a SMARTboard as question of the day or print out.Visuals range from types trees, images to help identify different kinds of trees, parts of a tree, things made out of wood, and then questions of the day about things that come from trees and animal
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PreK - 6th
STEAM DaVinci Renaissance Style: A Unit for Elementary GATE
In STEM Renaissance Style, students will follow the engineering process as they return to the 16th Century. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning.
Students construct a prototype of Da Vinci’s parachute while learning about falling objects, gravity,
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
STEAM Kid Engineering -- The Playable Golf Course Design Unit for GATE
In this unit, students will build a contraption to hit a small, wooden golf ball through a scaled version of a golf course which they and their classmates have designed. They’ll make a trundle wheel for measuring and marking the course, write down their scores on a scorecard, design putters, and learn background in physics through their work in the engineering and design process.
The Playable Golf Course is not just fun. It’s a challenging engineering, design, and construction unit including
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Future City Project - MYP Rubrics IB Stem Tech Design Cycle
The Future City Project is a perfect project for students to show off their design skills.This project is geared towards students between 5th and 8th grade, and focuses on using the design cycle - RESEARCH, PLANNING, CREATING, EVALUATING - to create a future city that solves contemporary problems.8-11 Work PeriodsThis project includes:-A full project plan from start to finish-Lesson plans for each task-x5 Printable assignments-x4 Printable MYP IB rubrics-Extension ideas to further challenge and
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Design Unit and Project Bundle Grades 4-6, MYP IB Compatible Rubrics
TEKS Resource System Unit Planning Guide
Used in conjunction with TEKS Resource System, this guide can help you align your resources to match the pacing guide. This helps with the backwards design of lesson planning to ensure your classrooms instruction meets the specificity of the standards that need to be taught.TEKS Alligned, Lesson Planning
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K - 12th
AIR -- An Incredibly Cool STEAM Unit for Upper Elementary!
Balloon cars, hovercrafts, gliders, prototypes, zip-lines and air rockets, helicopters and more . . .
Here is a full unit with more than 20 hours of critical thinking and hands-on activities designed specifically for all 21st Century Learners and nonverbally gifted learners. STEM teachers: this unit guides students through the engineering process time and time again—elementary style!
Not only is this unit packed with critical thinking opportunities and rich in deeper understanding of physica
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
Leopard Gecko Distance Learning Lizard Biology Mini-unit Plan for class pet
Use this collection of worksheets to introduce your students to the leopard gecko. This unit is designed to focus on 10 specific vocabulary words pertaining to the leopard gecko, and presents them in a variety of ways. It also incorporates basic math practice, measurements, gecko body parts, and diurnal vs. nocturnal behavior. It includes:Leopard Gecko reading passageVocabulary matching pageDiurnal/Nocturnal pageBody parts (Blank and filled in)Basic math puzzle pageMath code puzzle page (various
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4th - 7th
Amplify Science | Patterns of Earth and Sky Unit Lesson Plans
Amplify Science, Grade 5, Patterns of Earth and Sky Unit Lesson Plans. 33 page Word document that is editable for you to use. If you are a new teacher and still use really detailed lesson plans, you may want to consider other lesson plans. However, these lessons plans include all of the required components: learning targets, standards (NGSS), materials, vocabulary, procedures and assessment.
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STEM Kid Constructions -- Rubber Band Swing Ride
Another STEM unit that is very popular with my students. We teachers are a sneaky sort, though . . . because this unit is packed with challenging critical thinking activities, math, physics, and engineering—even a GATE social-emotional lesson. If you’ve purchased any of my STEM design lessons and units before, you know what to expect. If you have not, please read the reviews!
Use this for your advanced groups, or send students off on an independent investigation.
Level: Extra challenging f
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Digital Treehouse Design Project - MYP Rubrics, IB STEM Tech Distance Learning
The Digital Treehouse Design Project is a perfect project to introduce students to design thinking and a design cycle. This project is geared towards students between 4th and 7th grade, and focuses on using the design cycle - RESEARCH, PLANNING, CREATING, EVALUATING - to create digital treehouses.7-9 Class PeriodsThis project includes:-A full project plan from start to finish-x3 Printable assignments-x4 Printable rubrics-Additional online resources-Extension ideas to further challenge and suppor
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Design Unit and Project Bundle Grades 4-6, MYP IB Compatible Rubrics
Manitoba Report Card Comments: Grade 5 Science (full paragraph copy/paste)
You will find a high, medium and low report card comment for all Grade 5 Science Clusters/Outcomes. These are easy to use and ready to copy & paste into your reports. Of course you will adjust the comments for specific students, but this will give you a general outline! Edit/Adapt as you see fit, as this is a Word doc.Please see the preview!
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Amplify Science | The Earth Systems Unit Lesson Plans
Amplify Science, Grade 5, The Earth System Unit Lesson Plans. 38 page Word document that is editable for you to use. If you are a new teacher and still use really detailed lesson plans, you may want to consider other lesson plans. However, these lessons plans include all of the required components: learning targets, standards (NGSS), materials, vocabulary, procedures and assessment.
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5th
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STEM Paper Tower Project - 2 to 3 Day Detailed Lesson
Students are going to be tasked with creating a freestanding paper tower. Students may use any items/materials to create the tower, but the tower must be completely made of paper. The tower must be approximately 1 meter high and be able to hold a 2.5 lb. weight. Students will be given a budget for materials to complete this assignment.This project requires students to work together, research various structures, and create a tower than can withstand a specified weight.These plans include:- Detail
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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5th Grade 5E-Lesson Unit Weather and Measurement
This 5 lesson unit on weather instruments follows the 5-E plan (engage, explore, explain, elaborate, evaluate) and integrates math and science throughout. It is aligned with the NC Essential Standards and Common Core MD standards. This is a step-by-step plan that you can follow exactly for a unit of study on weather instruments and measure and data collection. There are rubrics for authentic student assessments used to assess students' understanding throughout the unit as well as at the end. It
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GATE + STEAM -- "The Studio" Unit for Upper Elementary
Applied math, engineering, design, 3D art, economics, and creativity . . .
Imagine building your own small studio in your backyard and decorating it to suit your personality. Would you have a carpeted library complete with a desk and laptop where you couldn’t be bothered by brothers, sisters, or parents? How about a miniature basketball court with a big screen television—a raucous playroom for you and your friends? Maybe you would add a loft, skylights, and a hot tub. Maybe you will open yo
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented COMPLETE 5TH GRADE PROGRAM 70+ Contact Hours GATE
Year 1 to 6 Long term plans and bonus medium term plan art.
Our Year 1-6 Long-Term Plans have been meticulously crafted to create a dynamic curriculum that integrates literacy, maths, science, geography, PSHE, and history, fostering a deep understanding of each subject while encouraging interdisciplinary connections. And as a bonus, we've got an exciting 6-week medium-term art plan that adds a splash of creativity to the mix! Let's dive in:Year 1:Literacy: Develop foundational reading and writing skills through exciting stories and phonics activities. Ex
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1st - 6th
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Fifth Grade Common Core and Next Generation Science NGSS Lessons: Full Year
This 72 lesson plan resource is still available for download, but instead of downloading it, I recommend looking at my new and improved lessons. They are fun, easy to use, require no prep, and effectively cover every fifth grade NGSS (science standards). They are way more user friendly than these original lessons were. Please click on the following link to take a look at those: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Easy-NGSS-5th-Fun-No-Prep-Science-Curriculum-5209077Please click "Follow
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Space Unit Bundle - Complete Digital Interactive Notebook PLUS 9 Lessons
This bundle contains my entire set of nine space lessons as well as the corresponding 26 digital interactive notebook activities. Bundled together, this package will save you both time and money.SPACE UNIT LESSON SETThis package includes a full lesson set for a complete unit on Space. Included in the package:- 4 weeks of teaching material- 9 Power Points totaling 167 slides- Teacher and student versions of each power point- Student notes in word--------------------------------------------Buyer
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4th - 10th
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Amplify Science | Modeling Matter Unit Lesson Plans
Amplify Science, Grade 5, Modeling Matter Unit Lesson Plans. 33 page Word document that is editable for you to use. If you are a new teacher and still use really detailed lesson plans, you may want to consider other lesson plans. However, these lessons plans include all of the required components: learning targets, standards (NGSS), materials, vocabulary, procedures and assessment.
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5th
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Protect Your Hearing Lesson Plan & Student Packets
This lesson educates on the dangers of Noise Induced Hearing Loss (mainly from the misuse of earbuds/headphones) and how to prevent irreversible damage. It includes 2 hands on projects (sound experiment and object lesson) that offers higher-level thinking with forming a hypothesis and recording observations. As a musician this subject is vitally important to educate my students on the dangers of damaging their hearing at such a young age, but this lesson could just as easily be taught in the s
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4th - 9th
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Human Impact on the Environment (6 Day Unit)
This unit serves to provide students with an introduction to how people impact nature. Environmental preservation is a broad topic, so this short unit focuses on the preservation of trees. Most students have been exposed to trees. They might be able to name different types of trees, they may have experiences climbing or playing around trees, and, depending on where the students live, they may have seen trees in varying stages of life. The unit opens with two activities which differentiate betwee
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K - 6th
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