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Looking for earth and space science activities? You've come to the right place. You'll find dozens of engaging activities here. Topics include astronomy, geology, hydrology, weather, Earth's spheres, and impacts of human activity. Check them out!

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

By Brenda Kovich

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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Activities, Printables, Lesson

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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

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Printables, Google Apps

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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

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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

Subjects:

Science, Astronomy, Social Studies - History

Grades:

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

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Activities, Printables

$4.00

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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

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Projects, 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

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Printables

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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

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Unit Plans, 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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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

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

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Printables

$5.00

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Slow Changes to Earth’s Surface Labs & Weathering Erosion Deposition Worksheets

By Brenda Kovich

Engage your kids with six hands-on labs that simulate slow changes to Earth’s surface! Follow up with worksheets or sorting to discriminate between weathering, erosion, and deposition. Review and assessment are also included. Open the preview to

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Science, Earth Sciences

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Printables

$6.00

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Brightness of Sun and Stars Experiment – Apparent Magnitude Science Activity

By Brenda Kovich

This hands-on science experiment helps students conceptualize apparent magnitude, or brightness of the Sun and stars. Using flashlights, they use science practices to compare two similar beams of light at different differences. An additional

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Science, Astronomy, Earth Sciences

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Printables

$3.00

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Zodiac Belt Constellations Activities – Model of Seasonal Star Patterns

By Brenda Kovich

Fourth and fifth grade students use a model of the Earth, Sun, and zodiac belt to determine why certain stars and constellations can be seen in different seasons. As they simulate our planet’s orbit, students gather data to reveal patterns. Open the

Subjects:

Science, Astronomy, Earth Sciences

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Projects, Activities, Printables

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4th Grade Earth Science Curriculum Units - Standards-Based Activities & Projects

By Brenda Kovich

Six engaging science modules address fourth grade earth science standards for 30 states (NGSS and 10 others). Curriculum units include hands-on activities and projects; labs, stations, and experiments; STEM challenges; inquiry; and more. The

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Science, Earth Sciences, Engineering

Grades:

4^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Laboratory, Printables

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Ocean Waves Engineering Design Activity, or STEM Challenge - NGSS 4-PS4-1

By Brenda Kovich

After learning about motion in the ocean, fourth and fifth grade students use the engineering design process to build their own simulators. This STEM challenge focuses on transverse waves. Open the preview to take a closer look at these seriously

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Science, Earth Sciences

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Printables

$4.00

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NASA Apollo Program Research Project & Website - United States History

By Brenda Kovich

Learn about the moon, explore the Apollo 11 mission, and complete an astronaut research project with this fabulous bundle. Kids navigate a student website to learn all about NASA's first manned mission to land on the moon. Then they research

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Social Studies - History, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Internet Activities, Printables

CCSS:

W.4.7, W.5.7, W.6.7

$12.00

$9.60

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Weather Patterns Project – 50 States Data, Charts, Tables, Graphs & Activities

By Brenda Kovich

Check out this awesome interdisciplinary project. Each student analyzes weather data from one or two of 50 states. They color charts, or tables, to categorize temperature and precipitation; find patterns; describe the climate; list numbers from high

Subjects:

Graphing, Science, Geography

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

3.MD.B.3

$8.00

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Ocean Currents Activities & Fun Science Experiments for Fourth and Fifth Grades

By Brenda Kovich

Through these activities and experiments, fourth and fifth grade students explore currents with labs, passages, maps, and videos. They simulate salinity and temperature differences in the ocean. In addition, they learn about tides and patterns of

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Google Apps

$5.00

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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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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Algebra, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Science, Anatomy, Astronomy, Basic Principles, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Environment, Physics, Social Studies, Elections - Voting, U.S. History, World History, Arts & Music, Music, Computer Science, Drama, ESL-EFL-ELL, ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Geography, Other (ELA), Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Statistics, Word Problems, General Science, Physical Science, Problem Solving, Criminal Justice - Law, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Halloween, Winter, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Decimals, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, Place Value, Tools for Common Core, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Test Preparation, End of Year, Engineering, Close Reading, Women's History Month, Classroom Community