Halloween holidays/seasonal Common Core RST.6-8.10 resources

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4th - 6th

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Human Impact on the Environment Activity Earth Day Pacific Garbage Patch

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Earth Day, Environment, Science

Teach students how humans impact the environment using this ocean pollution lesson on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Students will learn about the Pacific Ocean, what a garbage patch is, why plastics are dangerous, and design a solution to the ocean pollution problem. This topical environmental concern includes a teacher presentation, student digital activity, and printable worksheets. Like this activity? Check out my environmental issues bundle and save 20% off by clicking here. Students will

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Grades:

4th - 6th

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CCSS:

NGSS:

5-ESS3-1

, MS-ESS3-3

Careers in Science Project

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End of Year, General Science, Science

Teach students about the different careers in science and STEM using this science careers project. Classroom posters and science texts will allow students to explore thirteen STEM and science professions. After reading, students will complete a "Help Wanted" poster project to demonstrate their knowledge of a chosen career in science. Print and digital Google Slides options are available. Use this activity as an end of the year science project as students connect their learning to different scien

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Grades:

4th - 6th

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CCSS:

End of the Year Science Activities June Science

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End of Year, General Science, Science

Need end of the year activities for June? These activities will help you to incorporate more science into your curriculum while recognizing "Say Something Nice Day," Father's Day, Hurricane season, and the Summer Solstice. Students will read science articles to improve their literacy skills as they learn about the science of gratitude and its effects on the human body, animal traits and heredity, natural disasters, and the earth's revolution around the sun during the summer solstice. Students wi

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Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-LS3-2

, MS-ESS3-3

, 3-5-ETS1-2

...

Also included in: Monthly Science Activities

Monthly Science Activities

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General Science, Holidays/Seasonal, Science

⭐️⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️ "My students are really enjoying these seasonal science activities so far. I'm so excited I found them! This is really going to step up my science game! Thank you!" - ArianeIntegrate more science into your curriculum using fun and engaging seasonal content that combines monthly topics with hands-on activities, STEM projects, classroom demonstrations, and independent work. These monthly science activities can be used as sub plans, enrichment, or to complement your existing science prog

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Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

NGSS:

4-LS1-1

, 4-PS3-4

, 3-ESS3-1

, 5-ESS1-2

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Science Back to School Bulletin Board

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If you are looking for posters to decorate your science classroom, you'll want to grab this science pun bulletin board set that can be titled Let's Pause for a Moment of Science. There are 28 posters that relate to life science, earth science, chemistry, or physical science to hang in your classroom. Then, have students analyze the pun to relate it to your science concept. With 28 posters, this is the ONLY science bulletin board set you'll need for your classroom. This science classroom decor se

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Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters, Centers

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

RST.6-8.4

Vaping Activity Worksheets Red Ribbon Week

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Health, Holidays/Seasonal, Science

Celebrate Red Ribbon Week or the Great American Smoke Out and tackle the harmful trend of teenage vaping with these drug awareness reading worksheets, comprehension questions, CER activity, informational and opinion writing pieces, and a cooperative group project. In addition, the trending science article covers what vaping is, vape products, common nicknames, how the devices work, and harmful and possibly dangerous effects of e-cigarettes. Like this activity? Check out the monthly science activ

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Grades:

4th - 6th

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CCSS:

Lab Safety Activities

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Introduce and review lab safety using these classroom posters, science readings and activities, a digital escape room, and a project to engage students as you start back to school in your science classroom. Students will be introduced to lab safety through two science texts that detail the importance of lab safety and rules in your classroom. In addition, a lab safety project will have your students create a cartoon detailing one rule. Also included are review activities like a digital escape ro

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Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

CCSS:

Crosscutting Concepts NGSS Posters and Activity

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Get your science class back to school ready by using this NGSS Crosscutting Concepts posters and activity. This teaching resource includes CCCs classroom posters and an introduction lesson to each of the crosscutting concepts in print and digital form. Students will learn about each crosscutting concept that they will continue to use throughout the year. Print and digital versions are included.Like this activity? Check out my other science skills activities here.Students will learn and practice:

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Grades:

4th - 6th

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CCSS:

Winter Solstice Activity Worksheets for the First Day of Winter

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Earth Sciences, Science, Winter

Looking for an informative, no prep activity to teach your students about the winter solstice? This print AND digital lesson includes 3 worksheets teaching students about the winter solstice. Comprehension science worksheets assess understanding of the December 21 solstice in the northern and southern hemispheres. This winter activity gives student-friendly information about what a solstice is and how it differs in the northern and southern hemispheres. Also included is an engaging activity for

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Grades:

4th - 6th

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CCSS:

Also included in: Full Year Science Curriculum

Snow Winter Weather Activity

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Earth Sciences, Science, Winter

Students and teachers love snow days, but do your students understand what snow is, how it forms, and what snowflakes look like? This lesson is perfect before holiday breaks, as science sub plans, or to complement a weather unit to teach students to use specific digital links to research and learn about the winter weather and snow. In addition, they will learn about 8 different types of snowflakes and how they form, different types of winter storms, and how to stay safe in the snow. Like this ac

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Grades:

4th - 6th

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CCSS:

Also included in: Winter Activities and Experiments

World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky Marine Science Earth Day Lesson

Created by

Mrs Lena

World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky Marine Science Earth Day Lesson is one of the most popular middle school science books that brings awareness to overfishing, biodiversity and ecosystems, toxins in food chains, human ocean pollution, evolution, adaptation, and extinction of the species. Concepts covered: The theory of natural selectionBiologically and commercially extinct fishBiodiversity & ecosystemOver-fishingHuman ocean pollution Effects of toxins in food chainOcean salinity and temper

Subjects:

Earth Day, Earth Sciences, Science

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Independent Work Packet, Centers

CCSS:

RI.6.1

, RI.6.2

, RI.6.3

, RI.6.4

, RI.6.6

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Back to School Activities Science September

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Get your science students back to school ready using these September topical activities and lessons. Through print and digital activities, students will learn about careers in science, ocean pollution, the scientific method, the autumnal equinox, and Scientist of the Month, Isaac Newton. In addition, these activities will give students a science connection to Labor Day, National Clean Up Day, and the fall equinox. All lessons have print and digital options. Like these back to school science acti

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Grades:

4th - 6th

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CCSS:

NGSS:

5-ESS3-1

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, MS-ESS3-3

, MS-ESS1-1

Also included in: Monthly Science Activities

Science Sub Plan Worksheets and Classroom Decor

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Decorate your classroom using these back to school ready decor famous scientists and inventors banners. The fifteen classroom decor banners include an inspirational quote from each scientist or inventor to help promote a growth mindset in your classroom. In addition, there are 15 print and Google-ready reading worksheets for students to learn about each scientist or inventor. Each worksheet includes background information and questions to analyze and comprehend the information. Need emergency su

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Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RST.6-8.1

, RST.6-8.4

December Activities for Science

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Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Science, Winter

Incorporate the winter holidays into your December science units using these 5 engaging PRINT and DIGITAL science activities. Students will learn about peppermint, gumdrops, reindeer, famous scientist Ada Lovelace, and the winter solstice by reading articles and completing STEM challenges. These December activities work great as sub plans, to tie Christmas to science, or as a fun way to incorporate science before the holiday recess. Students will learn about:What a peppermint isHow a gumdrop was

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Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

RST.6-8.1

, RST.6-8.4

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

Also included in: Monthly Science Activities

Lab Safety Activity and Project

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Teach lab safety to your science students using print or digital science texts and a project. Students will read through two science texts to understand what laboratory safety is and why it is important. In addition, there is a creative lab safety project to help students demonstrate their understanding of the safety rules in the science classroom. Like this lab safety activity? Check out the bundle and save 20% by clicking here. Students will learn: Lab safety rulesImportance of being safe in

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Grades:

5th - 7th

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CCSS:

Also included in: Lab Safety Activities

November Activities for Science

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Autumn, Science, Thanksgiving

Look for science activities to integrate into your November curriculum? These science activities will help you incorporate science while recognizing holidays such as the Great American Smoke Out, Veterans Day, and Thanksgiving. In addition, activities will have students learn about ecosystems and ecology, the harmful effects of vaping, and design and engineering skills. Like November's science activities? Check out the money-saving bundle here. Students will learn: ecosystemshabitatsenergy roles

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 5-LS2-1

, 3-5-ETS1-1

Also included in: Monthly Science Activities

Fall Science Activities for October

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Autumn, General Science, Science

Integrate fall into your science curriculum using these fun autumn-inspired activities. Students will celebrate pumpkins, Dia de Los Muertos, and Halloween as they complete the activities based around the science topics of physical and chemical changes, the skeletal system, life and energy cycles, and design and engineering STEM lessons. Like this activity? Check out the monthly science bundle and save 20% by clicking here. October science topics covered: Life cyclesEnergy cyclesPhysical and che

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Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory

CCSS:

NGSS:

4-LS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 5-LS2-1

, 3-5-ETS1-1

Also included in: Monthly Science Activities

Winter Science Experiments

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General Science, Science, Winter

Integrate the winter season into your science curriculum as your students test three real-life problems. Students will use materials to test which substance melts ice the fastest, which substance dissolves peppermint the fastest, and which temperature is best for hot cocoa. These cold weather inspired activities will engage and motivate your students all winter long or before and after holiday breaks or snow days! Like this resource? Check out this lesson on mittens and gloves. Students will: te

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Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Centers

CCSS:

Also included in: Winter Activities and Experiments

Leap Day! 5 Engaging Activities for Middle School Science Math Reading Leap Year

Created by

The STEAM Queen

Are you ready to make the most of this special leap month THIS February? Explore the science, history, and math of leap years with our comprehensive Leap Year Exploration Activity Pack, thoughtfully crafted for middle school classrooms.Whether you're celebrating this February 29th or seeking a versatile learning resource to teach about leap years, this pack is your go-to solution! Featuring FIVE engaging and interdisciplinary activities, you'll dive into the complexities of leap years while havi

Subjects:

Astronomy, Holidays/Seasonal, Science

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

CCSS:

RH.6-8.10

Astronomy, Holidays/Seasonal, Science

NGSS:

MS-ESS1-1

Solar Eclipse 2024! Crossword Article Set Scavenger Hunt Games Middle School

Created by

The STEAM Queen

Gear up for the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024, with our Solar Eclipse Middle School Activity Pack! ☄️ This brand new pack is must-have content for this year's special event, and beyond! Engage your students in the wonder of —and science behind— this rare celestial event, visible across much of the United States this year.☄️ Loaded with articles, graphic organizers, games, scaffolded diagrams, and more, our collection is filled with resources and visual supports to deepen studen

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Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

CCSS:

RH.6-8.10

NGSS:

MS-ESS1-1

Winter Activities and Experiments

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