Research Projects & Life Cycle Projects BUNDLE - Planets, USA, Animals & More

Are you looking for engaging research projects for your students? Are you ready to study life cycles of animals and plants? Maybe some students are ready to jump in with both feet while others still need quite a bit of guidance. These no-prep interactive projects are just what you need to release responsibility to students as they practice researching and report writing. Each one of the 19 included projects help students research the social studies or science topic, take notes, write reports, and complete the craft that creates the final fan shaped product.

Each project page is scaffolded for learners, so that older students (grades 4 and 5) can work independently. The probing questions and clear prompts on the note taking sheets also make these fans ideal for beginning research projects with teacher guidance.

These projects are an ideal way for the teacher to integrate science, social studies, the reading of nonfiction texts, research, and informational writing! The projects work well as center work, group work, for fast finishers, as independent projects, and as a supplement to your social studies and science units. Let students choose the topic they want to research, or start together in groups or as a whole class.

EACH project includes:

• a list of my favorite books and websites for research
• graphic organizers for taking notes, with prompts
• publishing pages in the fan format
• complete answer keys

Process:

Students use the provided note-taking sheets for research. They then transfer the notes onto the fans. The note taking sheets are filled with writing prompts to help students write, and the publishing pages match the prewriting sheets exactly, make the publishing process simple!

These projects are ideal for:

• practicing note-taking
• introducing research
• for center work
• fast finishers
• independent projects
• group work
• as a supplement to your science o social studies unit

Research projects included in the download:

• Planets
• Continents
• 5 Regions of the United States
• State Reports
• Canada
• Volcanoes
• Water Cycle

Life Cycle Projects included in the download:

• apple
• ant
• bat
• bee
• butterfly
• chicken
• frog
• ladybug
• plant
• pumpkin
• salmon
• turkey

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