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Free 2nd grade science simulations
Explore the Circulatory System
The heart holds many mysteries. Connect the dots to uncover one of them: how much blood flows through its chambers.
In the lungs, what waste product does deoxygenated blood exchange for more oxygen?
What happens to the oxygen in blood when it leaves the heart?
Aligned with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS):
K-LS1-1. Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimi
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K - 9th
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Bird Beak Investigation - Animal Adaptations
Students will explore various kinds of bird beaks to determine which beak works best for different kinds of food/prey. Students will consider how physical and/or behavioral adaptations help animals survive. Teacher's guide included.
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2nd - 6th
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Explore the Respiratory System
Breathe in and breathe out. What happens to your chest?
Our lungs are like balloons. As we inhale oxygen, they inflate. As we exhale carbon
dioxide, they deflate. Construct a paper lung and inflate it.
Spot the tiny dots. What do alveoli do as we take in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide?
Directions:
1) Cut out square; place printed side up. Fold in half horizontally to crease. Flip over and fold on each diagonal.
2) Collapse into a triangle by pulling the edges of the horizontal fold in
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K - 9th
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Pollination Insects & Plants Hands-On Science Experiment
This interactive NGSS science lesson allows students to demonstrate pollination and answers the focus question, "How do insects and plants help each other?" In this activity students make a bee puppet to land on a flower with 'pollen' and demonstrate the transfer of pollen to another flower.What's Included: *Student Science Notebook/Experiment Worksheet*Insect Puppet*Flower Template*Slides with Photographs of Pollination*Answer KeyYou Might Also Like:3D Scaled Whale (Cetacean) Models Hands On Sc
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K - 3rd
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NGSS:
1-LS1-1
, K-ESS3-1
, 2-LS2-2
Pulleys: Simple Machines, Hands-On Engineering & Science Lessons for Kids
This sample pulley lesson is a relevant and captivating activity designed to engage children with engineering experiences and teach them to actively think and question the world around them. During this lesson, participants will compare pulley size. Additionally, participants learn to identify pulleys as a simple machine, use higher level thinking to make comparisons, ask and answer questions, make predictions, and test hypotheses. Participants will be required to work together, encourage teamwo
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1st - 8th
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STEM bin labels
Super cute STEM bin labels! PDF format, but if you would like the PowerPoint version for editing please let me know. Size: 4"Lx5"W
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PreK - 12th
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PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS, LIQUIDS AND GASES
Matter: Properties of Solids, Liquids and Gases
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2nd - 8th
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Interactive Water Cycle
This is a great way to review the water cycle with your class and get everyone moving at the same time! Use this as on your board and have your kids place the cards and labels where they go, or use this interactively and have your kids create the water cycle! Give each kid a card and have them make a model of the water cycle.
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**Also includes 2 worksheets for your students to label the water cycle**
Great way to get your kids movi
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2nd - 3rd
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Dental Health Teeth 3D
This is an augmented reality based software application that can be used in the class room to demonstrate the human Teeth in a fun and interesting way. Be the structure of teeth or dental health and hygiene. Augmented reality is extremely interesting and students find it engaging and entertaining.
The videos in the link below show the software in action. Watch it to see how interesting and easy it is!
Must Watch! Teeth Videos in Augmented Reality See how YOU can make it fun in the classroom!
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PreK - 12th
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Morning News Reporter Form
This language arts form is a great way to start the day! It's also a good way to give kids a chance to orally report something to their classmates. This brief form allows the student to fill out information for the "radio station"--which is your room number. The information includes date, temperature, and big news of the day. The students can either use a thermometer you have in the room that shows outside temperature, or they can check using the computer. I find even the children who are so shy
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2nd - 4th
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Ocean Floor Topography 3D Printed Model - UPDATE
This is the file necessary to create a 3D printed model of the Ocean Floor. You can use this in your classroom so your students can have a hands on experience with the topography of the Ocean. Using this file you are able to make as many prints as you need for your class.You must have access to a 3D printer to print the model.This product contains the .stl file to print a custom model of the Ocean Floor labeled with the main features for the study of Ocean Floor topography.Also included is an Oc
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Engineering Design Challenge: Building Creek and Cherokee Homes
Allow students to explore engineering as they research about Creek and Cherokee homes, and choose one type of home to design and build. Students then get to test the strength and stability of their home against various types of weather. This powerpoint includes narration within the notes to give additional lesson planning tips for each component of the engineering design process. A rubric is also included which measures students' knowledge regarding the Creek and Cherokee Native Americans, use o
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1st - 5th
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Types of Forces - Field Day
After attending a special needs field day amidst our Forces unit, I create this table to connect our science unit to real life. As a class we discussed what forces we used when participating in the games listed. You can do this together or in partners/individually and then compare based on the capabilities of your students! The answers may vary from key provided.
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1st - 8th
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Rock Mining: Cookie Style
Students will gain a better understanding of how minerals make up rocks by mining out the "minerals" of a cookie.
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2nd - 4th
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Marble Run
Marble RunCreating a marble run is fun for all ages. For those who are younger, they are learning the basics of engineering design. As students get older and learn more about physics, the designs will get more elaborate. Marble runs can be made out of anything which makes it a great repurposing activity for students to create the best run they can with materials at hand. Students can play a computerized version or build their own with a variety of materials. This STEAM activity card will take a
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2nd - 4th
Interactive Dichotomous Key With Students - Classifying Living Things Unit
We began our Classifying Living Things Unit in an Inquiry Based fashion and finished the activity with an interactive activity that used critical thinking skills, cooperation, organization and problem solving. After engaging the students and introducing the content the students were given the skills and resources to organize themselves into a human dichotomous key in our classroom by moving around, grouping themselves with our key terms. This was a terrifically fun challenge and the students tru
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Groundhog Day Shadow Maker Activity (Pages 1-4)
Groundhog Day Mini Science lesson on how shadows are formed. Students will learn about transparent and opaque objects. Students will learn about light and shadows. Students will be able to color, cut and use the 3D model to demonstrate how shadows form and change depending on where the light source is positioned. This freebie is part of a 12 page mini unit; however, it is a stand alone activity. *See video on full-sized item to demonstrate how to use this resource.**3D Simulation Video Here
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K - 2nd
NGSS:
K-ESS3-2
STEM: Fossil Flowers
Make your own trace fossils of plant materials! Use glue or Mod Podge on flagstone rocks or river rocks. Your students will love their very own "Fake Fossils"
Includes 3 posters of trace fossils:an amazing trilobite, a real shell in rock amonite and minerals that made a dendrite that looks like flowers.
A new and exciting craft for the 2018 "Libraries Rock"
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PreK - 2nd, Adult Education
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Also included in: STEM: Earth Science Bundle
Interactive Chemistry Lab for Bitmojis
An interactive Chemistry Lab, set up with links ready to go. The file is fully editable but the floor.
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PreK - 12th
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Pollinator Model: NGSS Picture Book STEM Challenge
In this engineering challenge, students help the Donut Detectives make a model of an insect pollinating flowers. This engineering lesson is for use with the science picture book Donut Detective Agency: It’s Show Time! which is available for purchase through TPT (eBook) Amazon (print). The activity covers NGSS engineering standards for K-2. Includes:· Teacher Guide· Challenge Scenario Page· Student Pages [engineering design process]· STEM Poster· Rubric· Exit Slip/Reflection· STEM Group Jobs M
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1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 2-LS2-2
Backpack Artifacts
With this fun activity, your students will get a small taste of what it's like to be an archaeologist! Students will draw conclusions as artifacts are revealed from a backpack. They will make revisions one by one as more clues are revealed! You can decide who the 'real' owner of the backpack is, but the fun is in the guessing. Enjoy this deductive and inductive reasoning activity as you learn about one very cool profession!
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2nd - 5th
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Archaeology Dig - Distance Learning
Archaeology Dig: Create an exciting treasure hunt with household supplies and encourage kids to learn about archeology and chemistry.*********************************************************************************************************Customer Tips:Use this resource to get TPT credit to use on future purchases!*****Login and go to "My Purchases"**********Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button.**********Click it and leave a quick rating and short comment for the product.***
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K - 8th
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Classroom rally in French *Treasure hunt*
Tu veux une activité de fin d'année qui est FUN et ÉDUCATIVE !?Essaie notre rallye interactif sur les baleines et l'environnement !Tes jeunes devront écouter nos courtes capsules afin de trouver les mots qui leur permettrons de découvrir les indices cachés dans la classe.Du plaisir garanti ! :)P.S. Vous aurez besoin d'accéder à notre chaîne YouTube -> La Baleine NomadeLes capsules dont vous avez besoin pour l'activité sont les suivantes :#10 - Le cachalot : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKs
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1st - 6th
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Rocket Around Earth: You Make a Choice
Rocket Around Earth: You Make a Choice
This PowerPoint uses real NASA photographs. It can be used as an introduction or review of Space Science. Students individually or as a group, can make a choice about what happens next in the story. They are a rocket that soars 100 miles above the earth and saves people from a hurricane or they fly 20,000 miles above the earth to see the oceans and continents. The choices have happy endings. A note to parents or teachers provides possible lessons.
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K - 6th
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