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4th grade science laboratories for Microsoft PowerPoint
Scientists & The Scientific Method, Scientific Processes | 2nd 3rd Grade Science
This resource is a complete science unit with engaging lessons and experiments to introduce second, third, and even fourth grade students to science, the scientific method, and other processes scientists use. Students learn the different areas of science, types of scientists and the jobs they do, science tools, science safety, and planning and conducting experiments using the scientific method. Your students will enjoy ten high engagement lessons in a detailed teaching Power Point, science journ
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-3
, 2-PS1-1
Also included in: Scientists & The Scientific Method Print & Digital NGSS BUNDLE
Electric Circuits Slides Lesson, Notes, Lab - Simple, Series, Parallel Circuits
This Electric Circuits lesson is a great way to teach your students about Energy and Electric Circuits. Students will learn about energy with circuits and discover how to build a simple circuit and the difference between series, parallel, and simple circuits. This resource can also be used alongside the FOSS Energy Kit.The lesson includes the following information about Circuits:Ways we use electricity on a daily basisEnergyA Battery as an Energy SourceHow to Build a Simple CircuitMatterAtoms: P
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Build an Interactive STUDENT FOOD WEB! FOREST Food chain Activity Energy Flow
Engage students with an exciting interactive food chain and food web activity. Using yarn, students create interconnected chains, enhancing their comprehension of producers and consumers. Suitable for multiple grade levels, this hands-on experience creates a deeper understanding of ecosystem interactions.Each student is assigned either a plant or an animal and they sit in a big circle and use yarn to interconnect food chains with the entire class. This set of pages can be used for several ac
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-3
, 5-LS2-1
4th Grade Science Curriculum NGSS Lessons and Activities Year Long Science
Do you teach 4th-grade science? Do you want an NGSS 4th Grade Science Bundle from someone who understands NGSS? My resources use phenomena, science and engineering practices, and crosscutting concepts to engage students. These resources include slideshows, informational text reading passages, science labs, science centers, response pages, and an assessment for each strand of NGSS fourth grade. This bundle covers all the standards for NGSS 4th grade for the entire year. ✅Teachers Love This Bundl
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Grades:
4th
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NGSS:
4-PS4-2
, 4-LS1-1
, 4-PS3-4
, 4-ESS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Utah SEEd 4th Grade Full-Year - Science Lessons and Activities for Fourth Grade
Are you a 4th-grade teacher in Utah? This Bundle for Utah SEEd 4th grade includes science resources for each strand and standard. Each unit included addresses specific Utah SEEd standards for 4th grade. This bundle also includes an assessment that can be used at the end of each strand. Save 20% by purchasing this as a bundle. Save lots of time by purchasing from someone who understands Utah SEEd. I have experience teaching Utah SEEd standards and science methods courses in Utah. My resources inc
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4th
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5th Grade Science NGSS 5-ESS1-1: Brightness of the Sun and Stars
5th Grade Science NGSS 5-ESS1-1 Brightness of the Sun and Stars is an engaging and interesting lesson which includes videos, engaging PowerPoint presentations, a lab, and science literacy reading. This lesson is in 5E format, and is aligned with NGSS Standard 5-ESS1-1 as well as Common Core Standards for ELA and Mathematics.This unit is for 5th grade NGSS Performance Expectation 5-ESS1-1. Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
NGSS:
5-ESS1-1
Also included in: NGSS Fifth Grade Science Curriculum Bundle | Phenomena-Based Lessons!
BEGINNING OF YEAR SCIENCE / SCIENCE INTRODUCTION UNIT PPT
BACK TO SCHOOL SCIENCE BUNDLE!!!
SCIENCE INTRODUCTION
BEGINNING OF YEAR
This is a 166 PPT for starting off your science class. This is a great introduction to middle school science. I use this PPT unit in the beginning of the school year to get students excited about Science class. The purpose is for the students to gain a brief understanding to what science is, the purpose of science, types of scientists, the scientific method, scientific models, difference between theories and laws and j
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: NC Science Bundle- Entire Year - All Standards- Powerpoint and Word Wall
Boat Building STEM Activity
This activity will lead your students through the process of building a boat!
1) Brainstorm and sketch a design
2) Calculate the cost of materials needed
3) Build your boat
4) Test your boat
5) Reflect
*It's important to note that this comes in an editable PowerPoint, so you will be able to customize this activity to your needs. For example, if your class is learning about decimals in math, you could change the cost of materials to decimal numbers. Voila...cross-curricular connections! Don't w
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Glow Lab
This is a thermal energy experiment to determine if the temperature of water affects the luminance of a glow stick. This lesson takes around 45 minutes. Through this lesson, the students will learn that hot water makes a glow stick glow brighter than cold water. The students need to have some background knowledge of the movement of particles of a liquid. This product is editable so that you can use it with items you have in your classroom. For example, if you would rather use graduated cylinder
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS1-4
Back to School Science Tools and Measurement Lockbox Activity
Have some Back to School fun with a Science Tools Lockbox!Skills Assessed☐ calculating the volume of liquids in graduated cylinders☐ recalling the units of measurement for mass, volume, temperature, length, and elapsed time☐ interpreting the mass shown on a triple beam balance and double pan balance (images provided)☐ calculating the difference of length between two objects using a centimeter rulerI’ve had students cheer when I tell them that we are doing a Lockbox Challenge! This activity has y
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Grades:
4th - 5th
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5th Grade Science: Shadow Length and Direction NGSS 5-ESS1-2 Aligned Lesson
5th Grade Science: Shadow Length and Direction NGSS 5-ESS1-2 Aligned LessonYou don't have to go outside to teach about shadows. With PowerPoint presentations, a video, hands-on lab exercises, and an explanatory reading passage, students will discover how shadows change in direction and size during the day in their classroom.This Project provides two instructional PowerPoint presentations to set up and perform this experiment. Teachers will only need to duplicate forms and supply scissors, glu
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Grades:
4th - 8th
NGSS:
5-ESS1-2
Also included in: NGSS Fifth Grade Science Curriculum Bundle | Phenomena-Based Lessons!
Experiment Planner and Record Sheet - Calkins Lab Reports - Science
I created this experiment log to go along with Calkins' Lab Report unit of study. Eye-catching, fun, and engaging... this experiment planner/record sheet is the perfect tool for your classroom experiments!
It walks students through the steps of the scientific method and makes it easy to understand for all types of learners. Copy it on 1 page (back to back) and you're ready to go!
Want a little more? Check out this SCIENCE BUNDLE
that includes a teacher slideshow on science careers, the exper
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Grades:
1st - 6th
4th Grade Science NGSS PLUS Reading Informational Text Passages CCSS
This fourth-grade NGSS science bundle includes all of my resources for 4th-grade NGSS. It also includes fourth-grade resources for reading informational text. Teachers and school districts will love this Huge fourth-grade NGSS Bundle with a wide variety of labs, centers, nonfiction articles, and more. This Bundle Includes the following Science Units:Structure and FunctionSpeed, Energy, and Colliding ObjectsFossils UnitWaves UnitEnergy and ObjectsUsing Patterns to CommunicatePangeaFossil FuelsEar
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Grades:
4th
Types:
NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, 3-ESS3-1
, 3-LS4-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-ESS2-1
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SCIENCE - BUNDLE - What kinds of jobs do scientists do? Calkins Lab Reports
Calling all mad scientists... We simply LUV the Lucy Calkins LAB REPORTS unit of study in my classroom! If you're unfamiliar with the book, it turns your writer's workshop into a science laboratory! And BOY are we having fun with it... mu-ah-ha-ha!!! (Sheldon would be proud of us!) :)Students learn how to write and think like scientists. Along with the experiments listed in the Lucy Calkins' Lab Reports book, I also wanted my 2nd graders to know and understand the different occupations out th
Grades:
1st - 6th
Chicken Egg Day to Day Development Slides and Mini-Notebook Pack
A pack describing each of the 21 days of chicken egg development. Each slide has information and a drawing of each day of development, in both color and black and white options. A great resource when hatching eggs in class. I print them and post one page each day!
This pack also includes blank pages for students to use in order to make their own Chicken Hatching Notebook.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Scientific Variables PowerPoint (Independent Variables vs. Dependent Variables)
This PowerPoint presentation introduces students to the concept of scientific variables. Presentations includes: Definitions and explanations: independent variables, dependent variables and constant variablesActivity: Students are challenged to read scientific questions and, given a specific variable, determine whether the variable is independent or dependent. (This can be done as a class discussion or you can have students write down their answers for a graded activity. Following the 20 ques
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Also included in: Independent/Dependent Variables in Science BUNDLE
Build an Interactive STUDENT & Yarn FOOD WEB! Food Chain Activity OCEAN Marine
Here is an Ocean Marine student interactive food chain and food web activity to interpret interactions between producers and consumers. Using 18 images of plants and animals, the students use yarn to interconnect food chains with the entire class in this exciting activity! This set of pages can be used for several activities that include concepts about food chains, food webs, consumers vs. producers, the different levels of consumers, herbivores vs. carnivores vs. omnivores and autotrophs vs. h
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-3
, 5-LS2-1
NGSS 5th Grade 5-PS1-1 5-PS1-2 5-PS1-3 5-PS1-4 Matter & Its Interactions Bundle
This bundle contains four NGSS aligned lessons which cover 5th grade NGSS performance expectations 5-PS1-1, 5-PS1-2, 5-PS1-3 and 5-PS1-4 for Matter and Its Interactions. Three of the lessons are in 5E format. Product DescriptionsNGSS 5-PS1-1 Matter is made up of particles too small to be seen. Aligned 5E Lesson Plan, Develop a model to describe that matter is made up of particles too small to be seen. Students will do experiments to demonstrate that there is matter present even though they canno
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Grades:
4th - 6th
NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, 5-PS1-4
, 5-PS1-2
, 5-PS1-1
STEM Survivor 2-Day Design Challenge PowerPoint Lesson
The STEM Survivor 2-Day Design Challenge will get your students thinking and team-building before or after a long break, back to school time, or for those days before the end of the school year. Plus, this activity incorporates critical thinking, collaboration, drawing, and measurement in addition to scientific engineering skills!
This product presents a scenario to the students where a couple has been stranded on an island and must design a retrieval device out of materials washed up on the
Grades:
4th - 9th
Starburst Rock Cycle Lab - Power Point Guide and Printable Lab Pages
Your students will love this starburst rock cycle lab! You will also love how easy it is to set up the lab with the step by step guide in the power point and no prep printable lab pages! This lab is a great opportunity for your students to explore the rock cycle right in front of their eyes!This rock cycle lab has three printable pages, a guided sixteen slide animated power point that takes your students through each stage of the rock cycle, and a guided lesson plan, to completely take all the p
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Year Long (Growing) Science Bundle Grades 4-5 - Mega Bundle
Science Bell Ringers Science Skills Lab Safety - Scientific Method
Do you want to review science concepts like lab safety, variables, and the metric system? These bell ringers can be used as a quick review of science concepts and as conversation starters. This set includes Lab Safety, Variables, Scientific Investigation, and the International System of Measurement (Metric System). These are great for test prep! There are 50 bellringers in the slide show presentation. Answer sheets in a variety of formats are included. Answer keys for each warm-up are included.
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Thanksgiving STEM Challenge: The Great Turkey Race - PPT - Grades 3-5
The Thanksgiving STEM Challenge: The Great Turkey Race will get your students thinking and team-building in those days leading up to Thanksgiving Break! Plus, this activity incorporates critical thinking, collaboration, drawing, and measurement in addition to scientific engineering skills.
This product presents a scenario to the students where the turkeys on Farmer Dave's farm must win a race to prevent them from being the main entree at a Thanksgiving feast. The turkeys decide they need a
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Solar Energy - Energy Transformation – How We Use Energy From The Sun
This Solar Energy package shows how solar energy is transformed to heat and electricity. The package includes an editable, interactive PowerPoint presentation, a solar energy lab, Solar energy reading comprehension articles, and an Illustrated solar energy vocabulary and crossword puzzle. This package covers what solar energy is, how solar energy is used, and its environmental benefits and challenges. These materials are aligned with Common Core, and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) a
Grades:
4th - 6th
NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, MS-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-2
Also included in: NGSS Renewable Energy Bundle Grades 4 - 6
El reino vegetal y la clasificación de las plantas - Plant Kingdom in Spanish
Presentación en PowerPoint, ejercicios de práctica y laboratorios para aprender sobre la clasificación de las plantas.Contenido:1. Dos laboratorios sobre los efectos de la luz y el agua en el crecimiento de las plantas.2. Tarea de desempeño o trabajo especial sobre el valor de las plantas.3. Ejercicios 4. Presentación de 23 diapositivas sobre:Las características de las plantasLa clasificación de las plantas (vasculares y no vasculares, con semillas y sin semillas, dicotiledóneas y monocotiledón
Grades:
4th - 5th
Also included in: El reino planta o vegetal - Plant Kingdom in Spanish Science
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Learning science offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. In fact, it helps students:
- Question the world around them and seek evidence-based explanations
- Cultivate their ability to observe, experiment, and analyze data
- Nurture a sense of curiosity, awe, and wonder about the natural world
- Understand natural phenomena and the laws that govern the universe
With a solid foundation in science, teachers can help empower students to think critically, solve problems, make informed decisions, and engage with the world around them in meaningful ways.
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One of the best parts about science class is all of the possibilities for hands-on, collaborative learning! Think: labs, experiments, inquiry-based activities, and design challenges. These activities encourage students to explore scientific concepts by observing, asking questions, and conducting investigations. Additionally, with small group centers, students can engage in group experiments, discussions, and projects that require them to collaborate, share ideas, and solve problems together.
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