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Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa laboratories under $5
Hot Cocoa Science - Middle School December STEM Activity - Christmas Science
Who doesn't love hot cocoa?! Engage your middle school scientists while exploring the effect of temperature (thermal energy) on marshmallows and candy canes in hot cocoa. Students will practice their science and engineering practices skills by making predictions, planning investigations, making observations, analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and they'll love every minute of it! Students will also be exposed to crosscutting concepts by looking for patterns when comparing melting marshmallows
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6th - 10th
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Holiday Christmas Science: Dissolve a Candy Cane with the Scientific Method
Keep students engaged during the December Holiday Season with this simple experiment using candy canes! I find that the times before a vacation are the BEST times to do science experiments. Students are active, learning and having fun! Students need to think critically in order to identify variables, write hypotheses, make observations, collect data, and write conclusions. This resource uses the Scientific Method to conduct 3 experiments using candy canes. 1st experiment- Observe what happens wh
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3rd - 6th
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Christmas Science Activities and Labs
For the winter season, Christmas, or just to celebrate the cold weather :) Included in this package are science activities and printables to excite your students for the holidays and the winter season! Students will learn/engage in the following activities:-Winter Solstice (NO PREP!)-Compare Climates to the North Pole (NO PREP!)-Changing the Melting Point of Ice with Salt-How Much Liquid Water does Snow Make?-Dissolving Candy Canes in Different LiquidsGet ready for some stimulating sub-zero scie
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5th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Holiday Science Bundle: Activities for Every Major Holiday
Christmas Science Activities Candy Cane Science
In this Candy Cane Science Experiment, your students will get to do an Interactive Science Lesson using candy canes. The students will get to use the Scientific Method as they explore and observe the effects of various liquids on candy canes. Kids love to do Candy Cane activities this time of year. They add a festive and fun way in your student's learning. The experiment helps students follow the Scientific Method and is really fun to watch as it changes. Students are engaged, having fun and lov
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1st - 2nd
Also included in:Â 12 Days of Christmas Projects and Christmas Activities and Christmas Crafts
Christmas Science Lab Coat Activity or Icebreaker and Ugly Christmas Sweater
Looking for a fun and easy science activity to decorate a bulletin board for the days/weeks before the holidays or Christmas, or a science review any time of the year? Challenge your students to design an Ugly Science Lab Coat using facts about themselves, vocabulary, science topics you are learning about, and display them! Also great as a getting to know you Back to School Ice breaker activity because this product includes 3 paper PDF versions! Add images and décor such as student pictures, int
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in:Â NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
Candy Cane Grab: Holiday Christmas STEM activity with simple materials
Reign in the crazy on before Christmas vacation by engaging your students in STEM! Students need to create a tool that will pick up a candy cane from a cup of lots of candy canes. They are trying to see how many they can pick up in 30 seconds. Brainstorm what types of tools could do that, but explain that the materials they are using it is not just as simple as bending something into a hook. Materials: I include a suggestions in the product, but you are not limited to these and you can swap som
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2nd - 7th
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Christmas science experiment with a Gingerbread Man | Gingerbread man activities
Christmas science experiment for kids to do this December with a Gingerbread Man. Your students will love exploring Gingerbread Man cookies with this hands on Christmas science activity this Winter. This Gingerbread Man science experiment comes with 3 different worksheets so that you can differentiate based on your students needs. There's an option for:Only drawing the predictions and resultsFinishing a sentence stem and drawing predictions, as well asWriting complete sentences and drawing pred
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PreK - 1st
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Mother's Day Science or Spring Craft and Activity Make a Borax Ornament
This arts and crafts hands on science activity lab with worksheets is perfect for any time of the year including during Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Spring, Easter, Winter, the Holidays, New Years, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day as well as an end of the school year activity!! Your upper elementary, middle, or high school students will enjoy this amazing and engaging science experiment in which they grow a beautiful crystal craft overnight! Students can hang them on a tree, display any
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in:Â NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
Hot Cocoa Science - Elementary December STEM - Christmas Science Activity
Engage your little scientists while exploring the effect of temperature on marshmallows and candy canes in hot cocoa. Students will practice their science and engineering practices skills by making predictions, planning investigations, making observations, analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and love every minute of it! Students will also be exposed to crosscutting concepts by looking for patterns when comparing melting marshmallows (and candy canes if you like) to melting snowmen. Finally, wr
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K - 3rd
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Christmas Science Inquiry STEM force experiment-Newton's 3rd law-balloon rockets
In this inquiry activity you build a balloon rocket (elf) and time it as it 'flies' across a room. you then challenge students to create an elf using simple materials that will fly in a faster time than yours.
This is a fun way to teach Newton's Third Law of Motion, but there are 3 versions of the challenge included...2 for upper level students who have learned the law, and one for lower levels who are just learning about forces.
Check out these Christmas science Experiments:
Holiday Christ
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3rd - 6th
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The Candy Cane Experiment: A Christmas Scientific Method Experiment
This activity will help your students work through the Scientific Method in a fun and festive way. It will go over solutions and solvents by trying to dissolve a fall favorite, Candy Canes.
This set includes:
-Posters
-6 solvent signs
-A direction page
-4 observation, recording sheets
-A Final observations/conclusions report page
-Candy Cane exit tickets
-Summative/ conclusive Writing
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Not Grade Specific
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Winter & Christmas STEM / STEAM Activity - Fluffy Snow Slime Science Lab!
WINTER STATES OF MATTER STEM / STEAM ACTIVITY - Fluffy Snow Slime Science Lab!This Fun STEAM Activity Includes:2 interactive student worksheets with pictures1 conclusion question worksheetBackground informationDetailed step-by-step instructionsKey vocabularyList of materialsScience & Math Concepts Covered:States of matter (solid, liquid, gas, and plasma)Non-Newtonian fluidsForceMeasurementsData tablesAveragesStudents will have so much fun making and testing their own slime. Students seriousl
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3rd - 12th
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Borax Crystal Snowflake Science Activity
Having my students make Borax Crystal Snowflakes before the holidays is one of my all time favorite winter activities! With a few simple materials and a little preparation, your students will have fun learning science while they make a winter ornament that they will treasure for years to come! I still hang mine on my tree each year! This activity is best started in class and finished at home.
This Product Includes:
-Borax Crystal Snowflake Student Card (.pdf)
-Teacher Directions (.pdf)
-B
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5th - 9th
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Candy Cane Science Experiment
Here is a simple, easy and fun way to get you through your Science Fair project this year! Teach your students all about how things dissolve in liquids. Easy prep and set up and includes all your headings and papers for your Science Fair board.
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K - 3rd
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Christmas Express Science Experiments {Polar Express STEM activities}
Add some science to your Polar Express Day with these three hands on activities!
This product includes a simple science lab booklet with three experiments:
• Frozen Hot Chocolate - Will hot chocolate or water freeze first?
• Train Race - Which train will go faster and further - the train on ice or the train on the tracks?
• Stop the Train - a STEM activity to slow down the train as it slides down the ice
With these simple lab booklet students will:
→ Follow simple procedures for conducting a
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K - 2nd
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Save the Gingerbread Man! Holiday Christmas Science Inquiry Experiment
Run run as fast as you can! But the gingerbread man gets into trouble when he comes to a river!
Have some fun on the days before winter break and get your students thinking! This is a twist on the boat building density (buoyancy) challenge often done with aluminum foil and pennies.
Challenge your students to build a boat to hold a gingerbread man (a large cookie or a laminated cut-out with pennies added for additional weight). Students use given materials to design, build and redesign a boat.
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3rd - 6th
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Winter & Christmas STEM / STEAM Activity - Snowflake Solubility Science Lab!
DECEMBER & CHRISTMAS STEM / STEAM ACTIVITY - Coffee Filter Snowflakes Science Lab!This Fun Winter STEAM Activity Includes:2 interactive student worksheets with pictures1 conclusion question worksheetKey vocabularyList of materialsDetailed step-by-step instructionsExplanation of resultsScience Concepts Covered:SolubilitySolutesSolventsStudents will have so much fun making unique, colorful snowflakes. Hang the snowflakes up for quick & easy winter classroom decor!Click VIEW PREVIEW above t
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2nd - 8th
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Christmas STEM Activity - Reindeer Balloon Rockets - Santa's Reindeer Games
Students will enjoy practicing the engineering design process with this fun holiday STEM Activity. They'll research, design, test, and redesign their balloon rockets using an adorable chimney-shaped target to help Santa add one more reindeer to his flying team.STUDENT'S CHALLENGE: Help! One of Santa’s reindeer hurt his hoof during a recent reindeer game and Santa is holding try outs to fill the spot since Christmas is just days away. Build a rocket that will propel your reindeer towards the chi
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3rd - 6th
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Winter Science Ice Cube Melting | A Thermal Energy and Conduction Experiment
Discover thermal energy and conduction in this easy prep lab. This hands-on experiment will help students understand the science of melting. The lab is designed to be conducted in 30 minutes. A Teacher guide and student reading passage are included.Included in the Hands-On Activity Teacher Background Information, Vocabulary, Further Exploration IdeasHands-on Activity Page with Two Variables to TestThe Science of Melting Reading Passage and QuestionThermal Conduction DiagramAnswer Key Students wi
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4th - 7th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-2
, MS-ESS2-1
Snowflakes (using paper chromatography)
This activity uses coffee filters and water-soluble ink pens to make beautiful snowflakes to use as classroom decorations during the holidays! They can be taped up onto windows, used as binder decorations, on the tree, etc. The neat thing about these snowflakes is that students use the principles of chromatography to separate the black ink into it's many colors and learn something while having fun! I use this same activity with juniors and seniors in high school. Kids of all ages have fun w
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PreK - 12th
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Olive the Other Reindeer - Picture Book STEM Design Challenge
This Engineering Design Challenge is based on the picture book, Olive the Other Reindeer, by Vivian Walsh and J. Otto Seibold.
Can your group create the tallest gum drop tree using toothpicks and gum drops?
Materials: (per group)
One box of toothpicks
One bag of gum drops (Christmas ones work well!)
Ruler
This packet contains all the information you need to make this a great engineering activity in your classroom! Lab sheets, student and teacher instructions, and challenge signs are all incl
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1st - 6th
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Christmas Science Activity | Borax Crystal Growth Experiment | GR 6 7 8
Discover the properties of mixtures and solutions by growing borax crystals. You'll get a comprehensive teacher guide, a hands-on investigation gear for middle school, and a borax ornament STEAM challenge. This unit uses inexpensive materials and gives results in 24 hours, a wonderful way to reinforce the scientific method and journal writing. This hands-on Investigation and Teacher Guide IncludesTeacher Guide and Background Information and TipsAlignment to Standards6 Page Student Investigatio
Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-PS1-4
, MS-PS1-2
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in:Â Borax Crystal STEAM Experiment | Multi Grade Bundle | Christmas Activity
CHRISTMAS EXPERIMENT Growing Borax vs Epsom Salt Crystal Pipe Cleaner Snowflakes
Are you looking for a Christmas science experiment to do in middle school before winter break? Then this Christmas science activity growing pipe cleaner snowflake borax crystals is for you! Students will grow and compare borax and Epsom salt crystals on pipe cleaner snowflakes, answer assessment questions, and make a Christmas science craft.Science topics covered in this Christmas Lab:formation & comparison of crystals (snow vs salt)changes in states of matterchemical formulasmolecular struc
Grades:
8th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-PS1-4
, HS-PS1-5
Winter & Christmas STEM / STEAM Activity - Polar Bear Blubber Science Lab!
WINTER & CHRISTMAS STEM / STEAM ACTIVITY - Polar Bear Blubber Science Lab!This Fun Winter STEAM Activity Includes:2 interactive student worksheets with pictures1 conclusion question worksheetKey vocabularyList of materialsDetailed step-by-step instructionsExplanation of resultsScience Concepts Covered:Fat moleculesInsulationFlow of heatIndependent variablesControl variablesHow blubber worksStudents will have so much fun experiencing the effects of blubber on their own hands!Click VIEW PREVIE
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3rd - 12th
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