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Physical science centers under $5
Changing States of Matter SORT (Cut & Paste) Review or Assessment- NOW DIGITAL!
This interactive and hands-on card sort activity will allow your students to see how the atoms in matter change as they change states due to the amount of heat given to that matter. This is a great way to teach, practice and asses this tricky concept in a kinesthetic way! Use this for your upper elementary or middle school science class.Start by asking students the question: How can the states of matter can be changed from one form to another? [ex. " What happens to solid ice when heat is added?
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4th - 6th
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Periodic Table of Elements Reading Activity
Teach your students about the periodic table of elements through these seven science texts. Students will understand simple substances, Dimitri Mendeleev, chemical symbols, the periodic table of elements, families of the periodic table, metals, metalloids, and nonmetals. Also included is a student-friendly version of the periodic table in color and black and white. Students will learn about elements and how the table is organized. This activity is perfect when introducing or reviewing the materi
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Periodic Table of Elements Unit
STEM I Can Build®️ Cards, Books, and Anchor Charts
I Can Build books and anchor charts are a fun way to get students thinking of all the things they can build and engineer! It is an easy and manageable way to add STEM to your classroom with real photographs!Blocks and manipulatives give students the opportunity to be creative, problem-solve, develop math concepts, develop eye-hand coordination, develop fine motor (if the blocks are small), and develop inquiry skills (STEM & STEAM). Add a literacy component and have students draw and write ab
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PreK - 5th
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Also included in: STEM I Can Build®️ Cards, Books, and Anchor Charts BUNDLE
All About Simple Machines - Science for Little Learners Unit
Make learning all about Simple Machines (pulleys, wedges, screws, levers, inclined planes, wheels and axles) fun and hands on in your classroom! Use a small table or a small bookshelf to create an engaging science center full of hands on materials for students to explore and investigate using the included printables, vocabulary cards, book, anchor charts, and discovery pages (science journal pages)! Included is a read aloud book for circle time, anchor charts, and a suggested book list. There is
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten Complete Curriculum BUNDLE
Force and Motion Science Centers | 3rd Grade 4th Grade Reading Passage Activity
Force and Motion Science Weekly Five™ Stations help introduce students to friction, magnetism, gravity, and applied force.Updated for 2022. Stations are improved, an answer key was added, and everything you need is included in one easy PDF. Look out for more updated units!5 Quick and Simple Centers1. Read: Why Do Objects Move?2. Explore: Investigate how ramp height affects distance a toy car travels3. Organize: Classify forces as causing motion or slowing motion4. Extend: Explore gravity with a
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3rd - 4th
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Plant Life Cycle Worksheets Observation Journal Crafty and Anchor Chart Posters
This is a 116 page set that is perfect for teaching the LIFE CYCLE OF A PLANT! It includes anchor chart posters, vocabulary cards, foldables, worksheets, sequencing activities, interactive notebook sheets, an observation journal, a craft, and more! This is the only file you will need to teach your entire plant & seeds unit! ⭐Save $$$$$$ by purchasing this as part of my Life Cycles Bundle or my 2nd Grade Science Bundle.⭐This packet includes:➤(1-2) Title Page/Printing instructions➤(3) Literatu
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Life Cycles Bundle Chicken | Butterfly | Plant
Electricity & Electrical Circuits Centers | 4th Grade Reading Passage Labs Sort
Electricity Science Weekly Five™ Stations help introduce students to electrical energy, conductors and insulators, and circuits.Updated for 2022. Stations are improved, an answer key was added, and everything you need is included in one easy PDF. Look out for more updated units!5 Quick and Simple Centers1. Read: What is Electricity?2. Explore: Investigate how current flows through a circuit3. Organize: Classify materials as conductors or insulators of electrical energy4. Extend: Build and test a
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3rd - 4th
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Mass, Volume, & States of Matter Science Centers | 4th Grade Activities & Sort
Matter Science Weekly Five™ Stations help introduce students to the physical states and other properties of matter.Updated for 2022. Stations are improved, an answer key was added, and everything you need is included in one easy PDF. Look out for more updated units!5 Quick and Simple Centers1. Read: What is Matter?2. Explore: Use a balance to measure the mass of various objects3. Organize: Classify properties of mass and volume4. Extend: Explore similarities and differences between solids, liqui
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3rd - 4th
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Build a Bubble Wand End of the Year STEM Challenge
Integrate STEM in your Classroom at the End of the School Year!Make learning fun with this End of the Year STEM Activity! For the Bubble Wand STEM Challenge, students are asked by a toy company to design a bubble wand that makes the biggest bubbles.The STEM Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.Amazing resource for STEM club, STEM Teachers, STEM Friday, parents who love ha
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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: Elementary STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA BUNDLE
Scientific Method Activity Worksheets: Gummy Bears Science Experiment Candy Math
Scientific Method: This scientific method gummy bears lab is a fun way to have students learn about the scientific method.This lab contains the following:1. Question: What will happen to gummy bears if they are placed into different solutions: Water, Vinegar, Water and Baking soda, Water and Salt?2. Make Observations3. Developing a hypothesis4. Procedure5. Data Tables6. Graphing7. Post-Lab QuestionsImportant: This lesson is in my Scientific Method Activities Bundle(35% OFF!)Also Check ou
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4th - 10th
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Element Families of the Periodic Table Informational Text Distance Learning
This Element Families of the Periodic Table Informational Text Activity will give your students a visual introduction to the families of the periodic table, including the element behaviors, uses, and common properties! This product includes eight mini-posters, one for each of the element families on the main group of the periodic table: Alkali Metals, Alkaline Earth Metals, Boron Group, Carbon Group, Nitrogen Group, Oxygen Group, Halogens, and Noble Gases. The mini-posters give overview informat
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8th - 10th
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HS-PS1-1
March Madness Basketball STEM Activity Engineering, Sports, Elementary
Integrate STEM in your classroom with a Basketball STEM Challenge!Get your students pumped up for basketball and STEM! Design and build an amazing Basketball Shooter and Goal! Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas for creating a basketball shooter and goal. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, th
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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: March STEM Activities and Challenges Bundle Basketball, St Patricks Day
Forms of Energy Mini Book: definitions, examples, review, cut & paste
This stand-alone resource blends science and literacy for your Upper Elementary Science Classroom! Worksheets are ready to PRINT AND GO!The Forms of Energy Mini Book is an interactive way to teach the definitions of the different types of energy. Examples that are relevant to your students of each form of energy are included as well as a review lesson. This is a mini book for students to create and keep as a resource. It is designed to be copied, cut in 1/2 and stapled. You can choose the pages
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4th - 6th
Simple Machines Sort Cut & Paste Examples, Definitions & Application- DIGITAL!
This interactive and hands-on sort activity will allow your students to determine definitions and examples for the 6 different simple machines for your Upper Elementary Science Classroom. In this resource students first cut out pieces from a worksheet that have machines, definitions and examples on them. They then sort these pieces onto corresponding groups and glue them into place. It is a great way to teach, practice and asses this tricky concept in a kinesthetic way!This hands- on activity i
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3rd - 6th
Magnets Magnetism Science Centers | 3rd 4th Grade Reading Passage Sort Activity
Magnets Science Weekly Five™ Stations help introduce students to magnets and the property of magnetism.Updated for 2022. Stations are improved, an answer key was added, and everything you need is included in one easy PDF. Look out for more updated units!5 Quick and Simple Centers1. Read: Magnetic Attraction2. Explore: Investigate the strength of different magnets3. Organize: Classify materials as magnetic or nonmagnetic4. Extend: Explore magnetism with various metals5. Vocab: Attract, compass, p
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3rd - 4th
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Mixtures and Solutions Sort Worksheet Activity and Craftivity
Engage your students while teaching them about the physical science concepts of mixtures and solutions! This craftivity is a great way to get in that much-needed practice and assess what they know!Check out the preview for details!Objective:For students to learn and retain the matter concepts of mixtures and solutions using an engaging activity.This Resource Covers:What mixtures and solutions areHow mixtures and solutions can be separatedExamples of mixtures and solutionsWith this Resource You'l
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3rd - 5th
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Natural Resources
Natural Resources – Hi teachers! Are you teaching your students about natural resources? Do you need material to supplement your teaching? Well this unit might just what you need. Included are 36 real life, full color pictures of natural resources and man-made items to spark your kiddos interest. Posters, interactive notebook pages and recording sheets are also provided to reinforce what they are learning.
Here is what is included in this unit:
36 full color pictures of natural resources a
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K - 2nd
Modeling the Rock Cycle with Starburst Science Lab Experiment PRINT and DIGITAL
In this hands-on science lab experiment, students use Starburst candies to model how rocks can change between sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks in the rock cycle. Students will use scissors, hot water, and an iron to simulate weathering and erosion into sediment, melting and cooling, heat and pressure. This resource includes: Teacher directions, discussion questions, and extension activities 5 pages of background information about the rock cycle 11 pages of directions that walk student
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, MS-ESS2-3
, MS-ESS2-1
, 4-ESS2-2
, 4-ESS2-1
10 Sound & Wave Experiment Student-led Interactive Stations w/ Simple Materials
This resource is an excellent way to introduce or practice the concepts of how sound travels to grades 4- 8. There are 10 stations set up for students to move through in any order. The stations focus on how vibrations make waves and that sound waves are made of energy transferring from molecule to molecule. Also covered are types of mediums through which sound travels through best. You can set this up and do the stations together as a class (you'll need more materials this way) or as a student-l
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4th - 8th
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Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection, Radiation Marshmallow Lab
This investigation is meant to deepen student understanding of heat transfer! Students get to examine convection, conduction and radiation while heating marshmallows at three different stations.
The 4 pages for students include sections for the students to:
- demonstrate understanding of heat transfer prior to investigation
- predict outcome of investigation
- understand procedures for investigation
- record guided and detailed observations
- analyze the data collected
- reflect on the data col
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6th - 9th
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Energy Transformations (Changes) Text, Review, Examples & Sort
This interactive and hands-on sort activity will allow your students to show their knowledge of energy transformations in a kinesthetic way! Students should have a good understanding of the different forms of energy before this activity (see options below). Challenge your students to think critically to complete this sort and show you what they know. Students read about energy transformation (changes) and then will apply their knowledge in the sorting activity. This resource is great for teachin
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5th - 8th
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Electric Circuits Worksheets Bundle
This bundle includes:Editable electric energy notes presentations in PowerPoint and Google Slides formats Editable electric energy notes handout in Word and Google Docs formats5 electric circuit worksheets with answer keys (see descriptions below)Electric circuits quiz with answer keyStudent response sheet for an electric conductors and insulators labI use all of this with my 5th graders, though it could be used for other grade levels as well depending upon your curriculum.The activity sheets in
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3rd - 6th
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Changes in Matter: Physical and Chemical Changes Lab Station Activity
Need a chemistry lab that teaches your students to identify chemical and physical changes AND aligns to Common Core standards? Your students will love this engaging, student-centered Changes in Matter: Identifying Physical and Chemical Changes station activity!Included in Purchase:★ 12 FULLY EDITABLE Lab Activities ★ Blank template to customize as needed★ EDITABLE Student Answer Document (follows Common Core standards)★ Answer Key★ Pictures to guide in set-up of lab stations★ Teacher Instruction
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6th - 9th
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Conductors and Insulators Sort for Electrical Energy (Notebook Activities)
Electrical conductors and insulators sort for science notebooks or science stations plus two other activities!
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This product is great for 4th or 5th grade science notebooks or science stations while studying electrical energy, conductors and insulators. Three activities are included—
*CONDUCTOR & INSULATOR SORT--Students are given a set of 20 object cards made of different materials. They sort these based on whether they are conductors or insulators of electrical energy. A s
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Grades:
4th - 5th
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