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Science Common Core W.5.2 centers
Rocks and Minerals, Types of Rocks, The Rock Cycle Worksheets & Reading Passages
Are you looking for rocks and minerals worksheets that cover igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks with no additional prep? This rock cycle introduction practice set of activities and non-fiction reading comprehension passages are easy to use and your students will love the variety. Learn the types of rocks and minerals through observations, writing prompts, non-fiction rocks and minerals reading comprehension passages (print & Google Forms options), and more. Including the rock cycle.
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Rocks and Minerals Unit
READ ALOUD STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle #1 STEM Club, STEM Centers
Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom all year with READ ALOUD STEM Volume One! Everything you need to be the master STEM Teacher at your school! Awaken imagination and creativity all year. Students learn coding, engineering, explore real-world problems, learn about STEM role models, pioneers, inventors, and more!Amazing resource for STEM clubs, STEM Teachers, STEM Stations, STEM Centers, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educationa
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1st - 5th
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Bridge Building STEM Challenge FREE
NGSS: 3-5ETS1-1 Are you interested in learning more about using the design cycle with STEM? Check out this FREE STEAM CHALLENGE! The science research project guides students through engineering design process to create a bridge model, test strength and report findings. If you enjoy the format of this FREEBIE, check out the bundle!☝ Click HERE to Save over 30% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and STEAM Challenges BUNDLE! ☝(Currently: 16 NGSS Aligned Projects) ❤ All STEM Projects are OPEN ENDED, allo
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3rd - 5th
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3-5-ETS1-1
Also included in: STEM Activities STEM Challenges
The Great Turkey Race Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Build a Turkey Obstacle Course in this Thanksgiving STEM Challenge! In the The Great Turkey Race STEM Activity, students design and build a Turkey Obstacle Course! An excellent companion activity to the Thanksgiving read aloud book The Great Turkey Race by Steve Metzger.The Turkey Obstacle Course STEM Project:Engage your students with the design process as they build a Turkey Obstacle Course. Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges #2 Real World Science Engineering
Bundle and get 50% off! Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom all year with READ ALOUD STEM Volume 2! Awaken imagination and creativity all year. Students learn coding, engineering, explore real world problems, learn about STEM role models, pioneers, inventors, and more! Perfect for librarians, STEM Club, K-5 Teachers, and any teach who loves to integrate hands-on learning activities with their students!This collection of STEM Projects focuses on connecting ELA and STEM. Each challenge c
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1st - 5th
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 4-PS3-4
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Weathering and Erosion Worksheets Activities Reading Passages and Assessments
Struggling to find age-appropriate weathering and erosion worksheets for upper elementary students? These reading comprehension passages and activities are perfect for your weathering and erosion unit. With these no-prep activities, just print, and use in class. What’s the difference between weathering and erosion? Your students will know by the time they complete this set of activities. Learn erosion vs weathering through compare and contrast, cut and paste activity, flip book, writing prompts
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Weathering and Erosion Worksheets Bundle
Animal Research Report Templates Project
Need to assign your students an animal research report project? These print and digital (google slides) animal research report templates will scaffold the research writing process. This pack features both U.S. Spellings and British English in Flipbook Templates, Rubrics, Checklists, and Vocabulary Flashcards included. Resource OverviewScaffold the writing of an Informational Report on an animal of choice or one from 10 animal groups with this bundled pack both in print and digital format (google
Water Pollution Water Filter STEM
This environmental project challenges students to create a water filter to use with grey water to conserve water resources. The water filtration lab is a perfect Earth Day project. The engineering design process helps students investigate, plan, create, improve, and evaluate their filter. Students observe and collect data to write a report on findings. Leveled texts and writing prompts round out this jammed packed set! ☝ Click HERE to Save 25% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and STEAM BUNDLE! ☝ (
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3rd - 5th
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5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Also included in: STEM Activities STEM Challenges
Constellations Greek Mythology and Zodiac Creative Writing Prompts
This "If I Were a Constellation" creative writing prompt set is an excellent way for students to familiarize themselves with mythological and Zodiac constellations! It also makes a nice mini-assessment to get a quick idea of students' creative writing ability!This set includes:If I Were ... Writing Prompt Pages: 22 pages included to complete the phrase: Constellation (blank for your own choice not included), Andromeda, Aquarius, Aries, Cancer, Canis Major, Capricorn, Cassiopeia, Gemini, Hercules
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4th - 6th
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Reading Passages Women in Science - Upper Elementary Print and Digital
Women play a vital role in society, especially women who have made their mark in the scientific community. This 100-page packet contains no prep informational passages meant to teach students about eight iconic women of science.The Women in Science Included:- Alice Ball- Bessie Coleman- Elizabeth Blackwell- Ellen Ochoa- Grace Hopper- Helen Rodriguez-Trias- Jane Goodall- Katherine JohnsonThis packet includes the following:Reading Passages: With information about each scientist, from birth till de
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4th - 6th
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Human Body Systems Unit | Reading Passages and Questions
Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive, 145 page Human Body Systems Unit. It contains 7 original, nonfiction passages for the Respiratory System, the Circulatory System, the Digestive System, the Nervous System, the Skeletal System, and the Muscular System. It is fantastic for READING COMPREHENSION! This Human Body Systems Unit includes text dependent questions, research reports, vocabulary cards, essential questions and more!This unit was created to use the CLOSE READING comprehen
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Human Body Systems Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Reports
ANIMAL RESEARCH 2: ANIMAL GROUPS: EDITABLE FLIPBOOKS BUNDLE
ANIMAL RESEARCH 2: ANIMAL GROUPSThis mega Animal Research Bundle features flipbook-style Informational Report templates on 142 animals from 10 animal groups. The individual packs in this mega bundle amount to $49. Get 50% off with the purchase of this bundle! Separate sheets featuring British English Spellings in Rubrics and Checklists. ***********************************************************************The flipbooks in this bundle scaffold the structural components of an Informational Repor
Planets: A Research Writing Project - Common Core Aligned
This is a fun and exciting way to get your students writing! They will love having to do their own research to learn about their planet! There is a graphic organizer that will guide them through the research process. There is a sheet with approved websites for research and a space themed final draft paper. Your students will love taking all the information they have gathered and putting it into a trifold brochure. This makes a super cute classroom display. Set aside a day for the students to rea
Mixtures Six Ways of Separation Notes | Activity Pack | Scenarios
Ready to learn about the different ways to separate mixtures? Help enhance student learning of centrifugation, distillation, filtration, evaporation, chromatography, and magnetism with mixtures. This 30-page packet contains no prep reading worksheets, activities, interactive notes, posters, and a color-by-number. Plus, every activity (and the notes) has digital compatibility. You can use it online in Google Slides™, Google Sheets™, and Google Jamboard™.This packet includes:• color by number acti
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5th - 7th
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5-PS1-2
Reindeer Obstacle Course Christmas STEM Activity
Build a Reindeer Obstacle Course in this Reindeer Games STEM Challenge! In this Reindeer STEM Activity, students design and build a Reindeer Obstacle Course!Reindeer Obstacle Course STEM Project:Engage your students with the design process as they build a Reindeer Obstacle Course and compete in their own reindeer games!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection in a STEM Journal to think through what worked and what
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1st - 4th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Reindeer Games Activities, Coding, and Christmas STEM Challenges Bundle
Arbor Day Differentiated Reading Passages
Arbor Day Differentiated Reading Passages for Upper Elementary and Middle Grades! This 18-page packet is full of great resources to make it easy for you to plan meaningful academic discussions about the history behind why Arbor Day exists. Students will love learning about planting trees, memories, and the tradition behind why we observe this day.This packet includes the following:Differentiated Reading Passages and Writing Prompts:Labeled with one star (grades 4 & 5) or two stars (grades 6
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4th - 6th
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Colonies STEM and STEAM Project
Are your students studying Early America? Check out this physical science STEM! Students apply understanding of density to create a colonial cargo ship. The design cycle is used as students investigate, plan, create, improve, and evaluate their ship. Students use observations and data to report findings. A leveled text and writing prompts round out this set! Next Generation Science Standard Alignment: K-2-ETS 1-3 and 3-5 ETS 1-1☝ Click HERE to Save over 25% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and ST
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2nd - 5th
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K-2-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Also included in: 13 Colonies Unit Bundle
Water Erosion STEM and STEAM Challenge
Students develop a creek bank preservation solution in this Earth Science project. Using the engineering design cycle, students use their observations and collected data to write a report. Writing prompts and science leveled text round out this jammed packed set! ☝ Click HERE to Save over 25% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and STEAM BUNDLE! ☝ (Currently: 16 NGSS Aligned Projects) ❤ All STEM Projects are OPEN ENDED, allowing student flexibility to create and test unique designs. ❤Next Generation
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
2-ESS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 4-ESS2-1
Also included in: Weather Unit
Pluto Informative Writing Prompt and Reading Comprehension with Text Evidence
Searching for a no-prep informative writing prompt and reading comprehension activity about Pluto to use during your reading and writing instruction? This resource can be used for whole group instruction, small groups, assessment, early finishers, substitute teacher days, and ELA rotations or centers. Printable and digital versions are both included, plus it's ready to use in Easel!➡️ Click here to check out the bundle and save 50%!What's Included in the Printable Version:Teaching TipsWriting Fo
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2nd - 5th
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Women's History of Science Project
Celebrate Women's History Month and Women in STEM through this print and digital biography project. Students will research a famous woman in STEM using student-friendly links to complete a biography template. A template is included as a printable worksheet or digital Google Slide that can easily be presented in a classroom or virtual learning environment. This Women's History project allows teachers to integrate diversity in science, literacy, and research skills into their classroom. Like this
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4th - 6th
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Types of Volcanoes Activity Sheet
This is an activity sheet that focuses on the three different types of volcanoes. Students are asked to draw a cinder-cone volcano, shield volcano, and a composite volcano. In addition to their drawings students are asked to write 1 to 2 sentences describing each type of volcano.
The second portion of the activity sheet requires students to explain how a volcano erupts. The students are required to include several key words in their paragraph.
Finally, students are given a diagram of a volc
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4th - 6th
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The Moon Informative Writing Prompt and Reading Comprehension and Text Evidence
Searching for a no-prep informative writing prompt and reading comprehension activity about the Moon to use during your reading and writing instruction? This resource can be used for whole group instruction, small groups, assessment, early finishers, substitute teacher days, and ELA rotations or centers. Printable and digital versions are both included, plus it's ready to use in Easel!➡️ Click here to check out the bundle and save 50%!What's Included in the Printable Version:Teaching TipsWriting
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3rd - 5th
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Fall STEM Task Cards | Autumn STEM Task Cards
Celebrate fall with new STEM Challenges. These STEM task cards integrate technology and literacy. Students love that there are suggested STEM challenges with the cards to give them some guidance. These STEM Task Cards are to be used with STEM Boxes or similar resources. Use any materials for the suggested STEM activities.STEM/STEAM Task Cards Include: Instructions30 STEM Task Cards4 Writing Prompts for Journals (imaginary, informative, opinion, and narrative)These STEM Task Cards are unique in t
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Poetry Templates for Science Writing
Poetry Templates for Science Writing
Great for STAAR, NGSS, and Common Core!!
National Poetry Month is a perfect time to add poetry into your science classroom!
I love how easy it is to use these templates and incorporate poetry into science lessons.
How to use poetry templates in your science class:
Poetry writing is a great student output product. After giving your students new information (teacher input), allow them to process the new information by putting it into a science poem.
Scien
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