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3rd grade science games for Microsoft Word
Pokemon Go - Game Template with optional QR Codes
Teacher Directions
Now is your chance to take advantage of the latest craze: Pokemon Go! You can treat your students to a fun, creative, active learning challenge, with your very own version of Pokemon Go in the classroom!
Just like with the popular mobile game, your students will be moving around the classroom, trying to “catch” all the Pokemon. They accomplish this by correctly answering each question. Each answer will match one of the signs that you will have posted around the classroom, at
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3rd - 12th
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Friend or Foe Garden Game: Pests and Pollinators
This is an original game I invented and used at school gardens in California and Texas - HUGE HIT! It's fun to challenge students' knowledge and INTUITION about creatures that might be found in nature and around the garden. All photos are original!
Students learn by playing the game. Find out which insects are beneficial and why. Instead of instantly swatting at all insects, students will respect the role they play, e.g., predator, member of the food web, pollinator, etc.
To play, two groups
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3rd - 6th
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Save Fred! Community and Teamwork Builder
Save Fred! is a great community builder and review of the Scientific Method. I've used this activity at the beginning of the year for 2 years with my 5th graders. They LOVE saving Fred and talk about it for the rest of the year!
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This goes along with the Save Fred! lesson on my blog.
Save Fred! Blog Post
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The Following Directions Test is another fun Back to School activity!
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3rd - 8th
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Plant Sort: Flowering & Non-Flowering
1. Laminate and cut the cards above (first 10 are non-flowering, second 10 are flowering)2. Glue sorting mat onto front of envelope/file folder3. Decide which way to play! a. Whole Group: give each student a card and spread out around room, then say ‘go’ and have students find pairs (2 students both having flowering OR both having non-flowering plant) b. Partners: Matching Gam-: flip cards upside down, take turns selecting 2,
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2nd - 12th
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Reduce Reuse Recycle Sort
This product includes 12 cards to be sorted into 3 categories - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. The headers for each category are also included. This can be used as an individual activity at a center, in pairs, or in small groups. It is a great way to engage your tactile learners.
Please note that this activity is included in "Reduce Reuse Recycle Bundle Lesson & Activities".
Perfect for Earth Day or any day!
Reduce Reuse Recycle Sort by Lynette Shaw is licensed under a Creative Commons Attrib
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2nd - 5th
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Ecosystem, Food Chain and Web BOARD GAME Review
This is an all-inclusive board game activity that can be used to reinforce concepts learned in a life science or animal science unit. Matches perfectly with the Ecosystem PowerPoint presentation. All materials are included in this purchase and be set-up ready to play with minimal prep time. Simply cut question cards apart and you are ready to go. The concepts included are as follows:
* Ecosystem
* Environment
* Habitat
* Biome
* Food Chain
* Food Web
* Energy Pyramid
* Producer
* Herbivore
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3rd - 6th
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Online Scavenger Hunt: Smithsonian Museum
This is a super fun and easy activity for students of a wide variety of ages! Many students won’t have the opportunity to go in person to this museum, so using their online tour system is a great way to engage students in ‘real-world’ science. It is centered in some basic science knowledge of the classification of living things, but other than that is very accessible to most grades. It is a great independent or group task, so can be used for: - An extension activity for quick-working students -
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3rd - 12th
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Differentiation Strategies
Activities that can be used at any age level and in any subject area. They focus on differentiation. Each strategy card includes instructions on how to use the strategy, high and low modifications, intelligence styles, and content application ideas.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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What does an animal need/get from its habitat? TAG GAME!
This game is a great way to introduce the idea that organisms need to get food, water and shelter from their habitats in order to survive…and they need to do it while avoiding predators! A fun tag game so a large-ish in or outdoor space is needed. Students try to survive by collecting food water and shelter pieces...all while avoiding a predator. Reflection piece included.
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PreK - 5th
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9 Square Vocabulary Puzzle Template
*** Disclaimer***
No, I did not come up with this idea on my own. I did, however, take my time to create the template for your use.
Use this vocabulary puzzle for reinforce terms and definitions, play matching games, and allow students to practice their logic and reasoning skills. Can be adapted for any subject, any level.
Once you replace the template with your matching terms/dates/definitions/pictures, print on card stock, laminate, and cut out the squares. Put them in a baggie with the to
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PreK - 12th
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Science-Opoly Review game
I made this game on the template for a review for Science state testing and the kids really enjoyed it. The download is on Word so you can change the title to whichever subject you prefer as well as the picture for the railroad companies to reflect the subject.
I didn't attach the Question or Vocabulary cards because I change them each time to the questions/vocabulary the students struggle with the most for them to get practice. As a teacher you know what your students need help on and can var
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3rd - 12th
Animal Coverings - What do I have?
It is a matching or sorting activity. It has seven different mats showing the coverings of the animals such as fur, scale, etc. with 60 pictures of different animals. Students need to sort the animals according to their cover. Teacher could use the mats to introduce the lesson as well.
Animal Coverings - What do I have? by Maria Elena Morales is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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PreK - 5th
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89 Animals of the Rain Forest "What Am I?" Educational Card Game *Montessori*
This is a file consisting of 89 Animals of the Amazon Rainforest Nomenclature Cards.
These are different in that they have a fourth card for each animal. The fourth card is a "What Am I?" card in order to impart a little knowledge on each animal. There are symbols on the bottom of each master card and the "What am I?" card so you an easily check if you were correct.
I also outlined each card in colors according to which animal group it is in. I tried to give you as many uses for these cards
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PreK - 6th
Vocabulary Dominoes - Scientific Method Unit
This set of 12 dominoe tiles includes words from a scientific method unit. Students put the tiles in order matching words with definitions. This is great for individual student practice, pairs of students, small groups, or centers.
This set includes the following words: question, hypothesis, materials, procedure, dependent variable, independent variable, controlled variables, graphic results, written results, research report, conclusion.
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3rd - 6th
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Fun way to teach mutations with your entire class - TELEPHONE-like game!
This includes teacher directions and a notes printout for students. The directions include the agenda for the class, directions/example for the whole class activity/game, and a section for introduction to new material to provide students with some of the science behind the activity.This is a 45 minute introductory lesson - very high-level introduction to what mutations are and how they happen.
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3rd - 12th
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Force, Motion, and Energy: I Have... Who Has..? Game
This I Have... Who Has..? game has 25 cards. It includes all the terms and definitions students should know for VA Science SOL 4.2. Words include: position, motion, point of reference, speed, kinetic and potential energy, force, gravitational, elastic, friction, magnetic, and electrical forces, and inertia.
Directions for play: Cut out the cards. Give each student one card (or two if there are less than 25 students). Choose a student to start. He/she asks the question at the bottom of the card.
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3rd - 6th
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Plants: I Have... Who Has..? Game
This I Have... Who Has..? game has 25 cards. It includes all the vocabulary words and definitions students must know for VA Science SOL 4.4. Words include: plant, reproduction, pollination, stamen, pistil, sepal, embryo, ovary, ovule, spore, seed, dormancy, structures, leaf, stem, root, flower, photosynthesis, sunlight, chlorophyll, water, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and sugar.
Directions for play: Cut out the cards. Give each student one card (or two if there are less than 25 students). The stude
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3rd - 6th
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Rock Cycle Card Sort / Game
In this file are descriptions of each of the three types of rocks: Sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous. There are four cards with rocks for each type and a description of how that rock was formed so that the student can decide which type of rock it is. Great for introducing rocks and rock cycle.
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3rd - 6th
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Platypus Information Report Jumble
Great resource to learn about the different parts of an animal information report and their order (introduction, body, conclusion). This jumble has all the different parts of an information report and information for each part. Your students will have a blast matching and learning about the platypus as well as the components of an information report. This is a great activity for either an English lesson or a Science lesson. Students can cut out the sentences and glue them in order either in the
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1st - 3rd
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Owls and Mice: Predator Prey Unit for Outdoor Learning
This unit focuses on owls as birds of prey. Included in this packet is an owl fact sheet, a predator/prey owl game, owl poems with a blank worksheet for writing owl poetry, my recommended owl book reading list, a lesson plan on how to do a simple hike at your school yard while looking for items for an owl craft project and instructions on how to make an owl out of a pinecone. Bonus instructions for how to make a mouse out of a milkweed pod are also included.
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1st - 3rd
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Magnets and Magnetism Scavenger Hunt
A fun student centered activity where students go on a scavenger hunt to answer a questionnaire. They will have to locate clue cards hidden around the room, read the clue cards and decide what information can be used to answer questions. Not only will they have to decide what information to use, but the information they don't use is still read and absorbed by the students, allowing them to learn even more about the topic than just what is on their questionnaires.
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3rd - 8th
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Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor 5th Grade Literature Unit
This is an integrated unit designed for use by Elementary students. There are Science/ELA activities and games aligned to SC Standards. Topics include prefixes, suffixes, author's writing strategies, metaphors, and similies.
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3rd - 5th
Save The Class Pet! - Thinglink Activity
This is a Scavenger Hunt activity for 3rd - 5th grade students with elements of Math, Science, Geography, English, and various challenges. It's a perfect activity to give your entire class as a group challenge, or to individual students if they happen to finish what you have prepared earlier than the rest of the class.
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3rd - 5th
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Weather: I Have... Who Has..? Game
This I Have... Who Has..? game has 25 cards. It covers all the vocabulary words and definitions students should know for the 4th Grade VA Science SOL 4.6. Words include: temperature, air pressure, front, cirrus, stratus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus clouds, thunderstorm, hurricane, tornado, rain, sleet, snow, hail, meteorologist, barometer, anemometer, rain gauge, thermometer, high pressure and low pressure air masses, and warm and cold fronts.
Directions for play: Cut out the cards. Give each stu
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3rd - 6th
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