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3rd grade science Common Core W.1.5 resources
One Plastic Bag Upcycled Bracelet Read Aloud STEM Challenge Earth Day STEM/STEAM
Integrate STEAM in your classroom and teach students about recycling! Learn about recycling, reducing, and reusing! Students design and build their very own Upcycled Plastic Bag Bracelet! After making their bracelets, students use the STEAM process to think of another way plastic bags can be repurposed. Finally, students write about ways they can recycle, reduce, and reuse in their own school and community.Excellent activity for Earth Day!Connect to a Read Aloud: One Plastic BagThis STEAM Projec
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Grades:
2nd - 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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If I Built a House READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge End of the Year Activity 3D Shapes
Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom at the End of the School Year!Teach students everything they need to build a house using 2D Shapes and 3D Shapes! Your students will love designing, building, testing, and writing about their very own house!Connect to a Read Aloud: If I Built a House by Chris Van DusenThis STEM Project is a companion activity to If I Built A House by Chris Van Dusen. The book explores all the elements needed for an amazing house!Take students through the ST
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
READ ALOUD STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle #1 STEM Club, STEM Centers
Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom all year with READ ALOUD STEM Volume One! Everything you need to be the master STEM Teacher at your school! Awaken imagination and creativity all year. Students learn coding, engineering, explore real-world problems, learn about STEM role models, pioneers, inventors, and more!Amazing resource for STEM clubs, STEM Teachers, STEM Stations, STEM Centers, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educationa
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1st - 5th
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READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges #2 Real World Science Engineering
Bundle and get 50% off! Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom all year with READ ALOUD STEM Volume 2! Awaken imagination and creativity all year. Students learn coding, engineering, explore real world problems, learn about STEM role models, pioneers, inventors, and more! Perfect for librarians, STEM Club, K-5 Teachers, and any teach who loves to integrate hands-on learning activities with their students!This collection of STEM Projects focuses on connecting ELA and STEM. Each challenge c
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 4-PS3-4
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How To Write An Animal Report | Animal Research Report Writing Templates
✅ ✍ Are you ready to teach report writing to your students? Teaching kids how to research is a life skill and animal reports are the perfect research projects for kids. Use these no-prep differentiated templates to help your students practice informative writing and write information reports on animals. ✅☀️☀️ New! EASEL Activity added. ☀️☀️The materials in the animal research report package help make the report writing process easy for your students and the planning process easy for you. Your ki
Owls Unit - Owl Activities - Pellet Dissection - Owl Reading Passages - Projects
This 158 page Owl unit provides upper elementary students with all of the owl activities they need to complete a rigorous owl unit. These no prep owl activities include owl reading passages, owl pellet dissection activity, owl research activities, and more.COMMON CORE ALIGNED!!!✅Be sure to check out the thumbnails and preview for detailed images and information about some of the engaging activities included in this resource.This engaging resource contains the following:⭐Vocabulary Resources!-Owl
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Grades:
1st - 4th
Martin Luther King Jr. Day STEM Activity with Writing Extension
Martin Luther King Jr. (Integrated Math, Reading, and Writing Activities Included!)Students receive a letter from Martin Luther King Jr. giving facts about his life and instructing students to create a podium that he will use to deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. A fun and engaging MLK Day activity!Includes writing pages for students to write about their dreams. Math activities are included as well that cover geometry standards including 2D and 3D shapes, shape attributes (faces, edges,
Grades:
1st - 5th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Winter STEM Activities and Challenges Bundle
Leap Day Leap Year 2024 STEM Activity Origami Earth Racers, Astronomy Lesson
Learn about Leap Day 2024! A leap year only happens once every 4 years, so don't miss out on an opportunity to teach your students about it!Students learn about how the earth rotates and how it orbits the sun in a revolution. Explain why we have a leap day every four years.Then students build their own origami earth racer to race for 366 days. There are detailed instructions on how to build their earth jumper and printable posters about leap year and earth's orbit.We also included a writing exte
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 1-ESS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
The Big Orange Splot Back to School READ ALOUD STEAM™ Activity
It's time to get back to hands-on learning. Integrate STEAM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom during the first week of school or on the First Day of School!Help students get to know each other better with STEAM! Your students will love designing, building, and writing in their unique and personalized Big Orange Splot House!This activity is super easy to implement. Just print the house templates and let students begin designing and building their houses! Put them all together for an All Ab
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Arctic Animals | Reading Comprehension, Winter, Informational Books, Games
Do you want to take your students’ learning to a whole new level? If so, then this Arctic Animals Unit is perfect for you! Not only does it explore the arctic tundra habitat, animal adaptations, migration, food chains, and nonfiction text features, but it also helps students understand comprehension, analyzing, inferring, and more. Plus, it’s amazing how much fun students can have while they’re learning – they may not even realize they’re taking their education to the next level!Included in this
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Thematic Units for the YEAR | Literacy and Math Activities
First Day Jitters Back to School READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom during the first week of school or on the First Day of School!Help students process "First Day Jitters" with STEM! Your students will love designing and building their unique and personalized Back to School Lunch Box!The Engineering Design Process:In the First Day Jitters STEM activity, students follow the six step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Experiment, Improve. Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Rabbit Reading Comprehension Passages Questions Writing Activities Easter Bunny
Here comes Peter Cottontail! Kids love learning about animals. These non-fiction reading passages on RABBITS include vocabulary work, comprehension, notetaking, and expository writing! Use during guided reading or during whole class instruction. Two versions of the passage are included, a 1-page and a 2-page. These can be used for first, second, or third grade. Perfect for a unit on Forest animals, Easter or Spring: 2 Passage Levels vocabulary cards vocabulary worksheetscomprehension questionsra
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Plants - Life Cycle A Science Inquiry Unit Printables and Centers
Our Plants and Seeds Inquiry Unit will make the teaching of this topic engaging and full of learning. Discover how plants grow in a cycle and explore the vocabulary to strengthen your grade's knowledge about plants. This is a print and go pack. What will you get in this product?A task based on ‘The Tiny Seed’ to tune your grade into plants and what happens to seeds.A KWHL to see what your students know about plants before you start.A Word Wall poster set allows you to list words you will need a
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
1-LS1-1
, 2-LS4-1
, K-LS1-1
Also included in: Plant Science Bundle
Growth Mindset Activity The Magical Yet Read Aloud STEM Challenge
Teach growth mindset! Integrate STEM and literacy in your classroom with The Magical Yet activity!In the story, The Magical Yet, the girl learns that with time and practice she can eventually do things she can't do...yet. In this growth mindset challenge, students see how practice can help you get where you want to be.They practice cup stacking to see how they can get better over time. There is a personal writing and drawing exercise for students to write about something they want to be able to
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Grades:
1st - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Back to School STEM Activities Intro Booklet What is STEAM First Day of School
Are you looking for a way to introduce STEM to your class? This STEM introduction booklet is the perfect resource! Discuss the importance of science, technology, engineering, art, math, and the design process. The booklet is available in both English and Spanish, and it can be used in Google Slides or as a printable PDF.This booklet is a great way to start an open discussion with your students about STEM. It can help them to understand the different components of STEM and how they all work toget
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Severe Weather Project | Weather Storms Report Writing Templates
Teaching informational report writing to kids can be a challenge ... but it doesn't have to be. Use these no-prep differentiated writing templates to help your students practice informative writing and write information books on weather storms.The materials in the weather storm report package help make the report writing process easy for your students and the planning process easy for you. Your kids will enjoy writing weather storm reports they can be proud of!✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿
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1st - 3rd
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The Day You Begin Self Awareness SEL Activity and Read Aloud STEM Challenge
Integrate STEM, SEL, and Literacy in your classroom!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about the importance of Self-Awareness. They design, build, and test a Coat of Arms and stand. Students get to share about themselves and discover similarities and differences they have with their classmates. This activity encourages students to have confidence in themselves and to celebrate the differences that make each of us unique.CASEL Framework: Self AwarenessThis activity is a part of a series of STEM
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
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: Self Awareness SEL Activities and Read Aloud STEM Challenges Bundle
The Name Jar Self Awareness SEL Activity and Read Aloud STEM Challenge
Integrate STEM, SEL, and Literacy in your classroom!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about the importance of Self-Awareness. They design, build, and test their own stamp that reflects their identity. Students discover how to cope with nervousness, develop gratitude, and have their own unique identity.They build their own name jar to share positive names for others.CASEL Framework: Self AwarenessThis activity is a part of a series of STEM resources designed to follow the CASEL Framework for so
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Self Awareness SEL Activities and Read Aloud STEM Challenges Bundle
Habitat Research Project - Trading Cards and Report Writing Templates BUNDLE
✍ Take the challenge out of teaching informational report writing to kids. Use these no-prep differentiated writing templates and habitat trading cards to help your students practice informative writing and write information reports on habitats. ✍☀️☀️ New! EASEL Activity added. ☀️☀️The habitat trading cards and report writing BUNDLE supports students as they read and learn about habitats. Students can use the information on the fact cards in their habitat report. Materials in this bundle include
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
If I Built A Car Back to School READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge
Integrate STEM lessons, Writing, and Literacy in your 1st Grade through 5th Grade classroom at the Beginning of the School Year! Perfect for STEM Club, Liberians, and Makerspaces!Teach students everything they need to build a car. Your students will love designing, building, testing, and writing about their very own car. Will it fly? Will it float? Will it have a robot driving it? The only limit is your own imagination!Connect to a Read Aloud: If I Built a Car by Chris Van DusenThis STEM Project
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Plant Research | Report Writing Templates | Research Project
Teaching informational report writing to kids can be a challenge ... but it doesn't have to be. Use these no-prep differentiated writing templates to help your students practice informative writing and write information reports on plants.The materials in the plant report package help make the report writing process easy for your students and the planning process easy for you. Your kids will enjoy writing plant reports they can be proud of!The Plant Research Report is available in two versions -
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Write an Animal Report - Research Project - Create an Animal Poster
Writing a Research Report - Create an Animal PosterDo your students love animals? Looking for an easy writing project that looks great in the hallway?This project is the answer!Teach research skills, organization, and writing skills with this engaging project.This project can be done in class with the teacher or sent home as a project.This packet includes:Teacher directionsPoster pieces (two sets one blank and one with lines for younger students)Parent letter to explain project if it is done at
Bundle Dinosaur Activities | Research Project | Report Writing Templates
Teaching informational report writing to kids can be a challenge ... but it doesn't have to be. Use these no-prep differentiated writing templates to help your students practice informative writing and write information reports on dinosaurs and prehistoric reptiles.The materials in the dinosaur and prehistoric reptile report package help make the report writing process easy for your students and the planning process easy for you. Your kids will enjoy writing dinosaur and prehistoric reptile repo
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Dinosaur Activities - Inquiry and Report Bundle
Butterfly Observation Journal | Painted Lady | Butterfly Lifecycle | Spring
Students love to be scientists. I created these butterfly observation journals to make it easier for them to record their findings. Each page has an official-looking clipboard outline to help validate their scientist status. I included the common caterpillar cup but what I'm most excited about is the drawing of the butterfly net / habitat. In the past, my students struggled to draw it. Now it's available halfway through their journal, just in time for the butterfly emergence. I can't wait for
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PreK - 3rd
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