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Solar and Lunar Eclipse Project/Activity & Reading Passages 4th, 5th, 6th Grade

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Ready to teach solar and lunar eclipses? A moveable model and activity guide, reading passages with comprehension questions, review, and quiz will help your fourth, fifth, or sixth grade students conceptualize these tricky astronomy phenomena.Open

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Science, Astronomy

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Plant Parts Unit - Structures & Functions Activities for Fourth & Fifth Grades

By Brenda Kovich

Explore parts of a plant with hands-on biology activities. Students examine internal and external structures and functions of seeds, flowers, roots, stems, and leaves; conduct flower dissection and germination labs; explore dispersal and

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Science, Biology

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4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Laboratory, Printables

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How to Read Weather Maps - Fronts, Forecasting & Meteorology - 4th & 5th Grade

By Brenda Kovich

Yes, you can teach kids how to read weather maps! In this set of lessons and meteorology activities, kids in fourth or fifth grade identify symbols, analyze fronts, predict, and forecast. It includes printable pages in grayscale and color.Open the

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Science, Earth Sciences

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4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Printables, Google Apps

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Engineering Design Process Worksheets for 10 Simple STEM Challenge Activities

By Brenda Kovich

Use engineering design challenges to get kids thinking! This STEM set offers graphic organizers that guide kids through the steps of the process. Worksheets support 10 specific projects. A blank template, review material, and a test are also

Subjects:

Science, Critical Thinking, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Laboratory, Printables

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Rocks and Minerals Unit - 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade - Types, Fossils, Cycle

By Brenda Kovich

Geology rocks! If your third, fourth, or fifth grade class is into minerals, this unit is for you. It focuses on types, properties, identification, fossils, and cycle. Reading passages, worksheets, activities, games, video links, and assessment

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Science, Earth Sciences

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Printables

$5.00

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Climate Zones Activities - Exploring Patterns Project with Map & Worksheets

By Brenda Kovich

Looking for a simple way to teach or reinforce climate? Try this! Third or fourth grade students color basic zones on a map of the world, consider additional factors, and complete a matching activity. Two versions of each worksheet are included:

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Science, Earth Sciences

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Printables

$4.00

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Four Seasons of the Year Science: Earth's Tilt, Climate & Weather Worksheets

By Brenda Kovich

Students learn how Earth's tilt and orbit around the Sun affect climate/weather and cause the four seasons of the year. They read passages, work on diagrams, and complete worksheets. Links to two videos reinforce the concepts. Finally, an open-ended

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Science, Astronomy, Social Studies - History

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Printables

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Fossil Record & Evidence in Rock Layers Unit: Activities, Worksheets, Test

By Brenda Kovich

Students explore rock formations and fossil evidence to explain changes over time. Science activities, text with images, worksheets, and a test let kids explore fossil types, simulate records in the layers, and analyze organisms found in sedimentary

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Science, Earth Sciences

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Laboratory, Printables

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Engineering Design Process Introduction – Passage Worksheets Templates

By Brenda Kovich

Looking for a fun but serious introduction to the engineering process? Read a story! A ten-page passage introduces vocabulary and practices. Worksheets and templates provide support. To get a closer look, open the preview. In “Calvin Builds a Guinea

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Science, Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Printables

$5.00

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Weather and Climate Worksheets and Activities for Fourth or Fifth Grade

By Brenda Kovich

Get blown away with weather and climate activities! Your fourth or fifth grade students will explore climate zones and factors that affect them, learn to read weather maps, and set up a classroom meteorology station.Open the preview to get a closer

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Science, Earth Sciences

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

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Earth-Moon-Sun System Model - Craft of Solar and Lunar Eclipses, Phases

By Brenda Kovich

Teach solar and lunar eclipses, phases of the moon, and tides with this interactive Earth-Moon-Sun model. Thorough teaching notes let you guide instruction with ease. This simple craft helps kids truly understand the system!Open the preview to take

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Science, Astronomy, Earth Sciences

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Printables

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Sun and Moon Passages & Questions - Nonfiction Reading About Our Place in Space

By Brenda Kovich

Add some nonfiction reading passages to your astronomy unit. Nine full-page informational texts provide facts about the Sun and Moon, solar and lunar eclipses, phases, as well as their sizes and positions relative to Earth. Questions and answers

Subjects:

Science, Informational Text

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Printables

CCSS:

W.4.2, W.5.2, W.6.2

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Teaching the Engineering Design Process – Natural Disasters STEM 4th & 5th Grade

By Brenda Kovich

Teach the engineering design process with natural disasters! Fourth or fifth grade students learn to define a problem, identify criteria and constraints, brainstorm, build a prototype, design and carry out a fair test. STEM activities focus on ways

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, Engineering

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Printables

$6.00

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Animal Structure and Function Project - Bird Reading Passages 3rd 4th 5th Grade

By Brenda Kovich

Kids in 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade explore animal structures and their functions with 31 short nonfiction reading passages featuring bird adaptations (included as a printable PDF and digital website). Students show what they know with questions and

Subjects:

Biology, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.3.7, RI.4.7, RI.5.7, W.3.7, W.3.8, W.4.7, W.4.8, W.5.7, W.5.8

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Volcano Mapping Latitude and Longitude Activity - Ring of Fire - NGSS 4-ESS2-2

By Brenda Kovich

A variety of volcano projects engage kids in mapping, measuring, research, and more. This set includes a blank world map with latitude and longitude lines, two tables of information about recent volcanic activity, terminology, directions, template

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Geography

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Printables, Lesson

$5.00

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Matter and Energy Flow in an Ecosystem – Scaffolded Activities for 4th/5th Grade

By Brenda Kovich

This scaffolded science unit helps fourth and fifth grade students understand ecosystems. Projects and activities introduce cells and photosynthesis; producers, consumers, and decomposers. Then kids explore how matter and energy flow through the

Subjects:

Science, Biology

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$5.00

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Layers of the Earth Activities: Earth's Interior Projects, Worksheets & Test

By Brenda Kovich

Ramp up understanding of Earth's layers with a lab, booklet, model, worksheets, and assessment. Activities focus on the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core. Students learn the thickness, temperature, and composition of each layer, and get a

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Science, Earth Sciences

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Laboratory, Printables

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Static Electricity Stations, Reading Passages, and Fun Science Experiment

By Brenda Kovich

Have some fun with eight hands-on static electricity activities, two reading passages, and a full-blown experiment! Your third, fourth, or fifth grade students will love the easy-to-plan science stations and lab. Open the preview to take a closer

Subjects:

Science, Physical Science

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Printables

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Roots and Stems Science Activities – Plant Structures & Functions

By Brenda Kovich

Explore roots and stems with hands-on life science activities! Kids conduct labs to investigate the parts and purposes of a plant’s circulatory system. They discover that plants have vascular bundles with tubes that carry water and nutrients up and

Subjects:

Science, Biology

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Printables

$4.00

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Electrical Circuits Unit with Hands-on Current Electricity Energy Activities

By Brenda Kovich

Teach current electricity with hands-on activities! In addition to building simple, series, and parallel circuits, third, fourth, or fifth grade students explore electrical insulators, conductors, and resistors. This energy unit includes lesson

Subjects:

Science, Physical Science

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Printables

$6.50

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Time flies when you're having fun! I taught fourth grade for more than 35 years and loved it. Today, my mission is to create enjoyable, engaging materials your classroom.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I believe in student-centered learning that's seriously fun. In my store, you'll find engaging genre studies and hands-on science, as well as scaffolded ELA and math units that move kids to mastery.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I'm proud to be a National Board Certified Teacher (Middle Childhood Generalist) and have received three special awards: Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellow, Crystal Apple Award Winner, and Lake Central Teacher of the Year.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I received a B.A. in Elementary Education, an M.S. in Elementary Education, a Gifted and Talented Endorsement - all from Purdue University.

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