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Free 2nd grade basic principles handouts
What Causes Day and Night? Earth's Rotation
Designed for students in Kindergarten or First Grade. Teach them that the Earth's rotation around the Sun causes us to experience day and night.
There are four sheets in this download. Three of them are basically the same thing--I created multiple versions for differentiation purposes (i.e. color blindness)
Visual: Use lamp and globe to demonstrate this for visual learners.
Audio: Use a YouTube video explaining Earth's rotation, or what causes day and night, etc.
Kinesthetic: Have students
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K - 2nd
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Pumpkin Volcano Experiment
This Pumpkin Volcano Experiment is engaging, cheap, and fun! Grab this freebie to enjoy with your kids during these Fall Months!
Check out my blog post below to see pictures and a video of it in action!
Pumpkin Volcano Blog Post
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1st - 5th
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What Is An Insect? Book on insect characteristics
Fun book about cute bugs to help children learn the common characteristics of an insect.
number of legs
number of body segments
antennae
wings
This little book has been downloaded over 3000 times on tpt - wow!
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PreK - 2nd
Water Cycle Worksheet
Students cut vocabulary words, evaporation, condensation, and precipitation and glue them into the correct box on the worksheet.
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1st - 3rd
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Five Senses Cut and Sort Worksheet
This cut and sort worksheet is perfect for student to practice and apply their knowledge of the five senses! It is a perfect assessment tool for the end of your Five Senses unit. Check out my TPT store for more Five Senses resources for Preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade!
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Five Senses Bundle
Simple Machines Around School
This is a simple worksheet for students to search for types of simple machines while on a scavenger hunt around the school.
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1st - 3rd
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States of Matter Foldables
These foldables have been designed to help students understand what states and properties of matter are and to identify common examples of the different states of matter in their everyday lives!
In this file you will find five versions of the foldable.
Version 1 (page 4-5) provides a diagram of what the particles look like in each state of matter, properties of each state of matter and common examples of each state of matter.
Version 2 (page 6-7) provides a diagram of what the particles lo
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2nd - 8th
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What is Science? FREE - Full lesson, handout, and presentation!
What is science? What does a scientist look like?
In this free bundle, you will receive a handout, Prezi presentation (linked), and lesson plan for the "What is Science" activity. Many teachers, including me, have used this activity to kick the year off and facilitate an ongoing discussion that defines science while establishing a classroom atmosphere centered around inquiry and the idea that we all need to challenge misconceptions. I have students revisit their definition at the middle and end
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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Baby Chick Handling Permission Form and Certificate
Use these freebies with your chicken hatching unit! Students take home the permission form to gain access to hold the baby chicks and afterward take home a 'Chick Holding Champ' certificate. These documents are easy to use and come with blank spaces for adding the number of chicks hatched in the classroom, as well as a space for informing parents what day the chicks hatched. Simply photocopy the pages on bright paper and send them home. Your return rate on these permission slips with be swift an
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K - 3rd
Understanding Force and Motion
A single page worksheet that I used to reinforce understanding with our study of Newton's 3 laws of Motion, gravity and friction. Simple descriptions and summaries of each law, gravity and friction with 5 review questions about application.
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1st - 2nd
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Scientific Method Printable
I think all science students can use a reminder about the scientific method, and this product is designed to do just that.
This download is comprised of 4 zipped pages -- 2 open as a PDF and 2 open as a PowerPoint file. Included are:
- Full page (vertical) PDF
- Full page (vertical) editable PPT file
- 2 per page (horizontal) PDF
- 2 per page (horizontal) editable PPT
The full page version might be useful if your students keep a science folder or full-sized notebook. My class uses the 2/page
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2nd - 12th
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The Five Senses Book
This is a workbook designed to be part of a 5 senses unit study. There are 5 coloring pages plus 5 workbook pages, including copywork, cutting and pasting, matching, and writing.
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K - 2nd
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Student Weather Booklet
This weather booklet is a great introduction and study guide for a weather unit. It includes the weather predicting instruments rain gauge, hygrometer, barometer, wind vane, anemometer, and thermometer. It also includes diagrams of cloud types and the water cycle.
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2nd - 5th
FREE Scientific Method Recording Sheet
Have you ever needed a product that allowed your students to write down the steps of the scientific method in an neat and organized way? Now you can!
There are many different versions/variations of the wording people use to describe the steps in the scientific method. I combined some of them into one comprehensive guide to help students every step of the way.
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1st - 12th
FREE 5 Senses Nature Walk Worksheet
Just a fun outside activity to do witht the kid(s) while they are also learning!!
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PreK - 3rd
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Science Fair Project Design
How to design a great science fair project. 10 pages including a scripted lesson plan on how to turn an idea into a winning project.Welcome to the world of MatterMania! I hope you enjoy my lesson plans for fun, interactive, and stimulating science classes. My lessons encourage the STEM fundamentals: becoming critical thinkers and effective problem solvers through real world examples and project based learning.The objective of this lesson plan is to introduce students to the idea of a science
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1st - 6th
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Science Lab Safety- Safety Rules Posters
When working on science projects children need to follow safety rules.
I have created four posters that show four general concepts. Each concept/guideline includes three specific rules. Teachers can elaborate deeper into these concepts by discussing about other specific rules that could apply to their own classroom.
This document includes:
*Four posters with safety rules.
*Mini version of each poster for use at lab tables.
*Bookmarks to remind students about rules.
*Self check list for stud
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1st - 4th
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Student Self-Checklist for Science Investigations for Grades 2-4 FREE
This student self-checklist for science can be used with any science investigation for grades 2-4 since it is generic. It follows the six steps of the scientific method.a) Explorationb) Planc) Questiond) Prediction (Hypothesis)e) Data Collection and Displayf) ConclusionStudents simply check the appropriate boxes in each category as they work through an investigation. Students should utilize it during the entire investigation to help self-check and guide them as they complete a science inv
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2nd - 4th
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Food Coloring Celery/Flower Organizer 2nd Grade Science
Put some celery and/or some carnations in water with food coloring, and see what happens! Your students can use this simple organizer when they start and finish the science experiment! I allowed the celery/flowers to sit in the dyed water for four days. Make sure you really go heavy on the food coloring in the water if you want to see some clear results!
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2nd - 4th
A Differentiated Interactive I-Cloze – Atmosphere - Reading in Content ES0113
A Differentiated Interactive I-Cloze – Atmosphere - Reading in Content ES0113
A reading in the content area I-Cloze (Interactive Cloze) worksheets that are differentiated for elementary and middle school (3rd and 6th grades). The concepts are similar for each grade level with the elementary version being slightly shorter and with fewer answer blanks.
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Read the actual content of this specific 3rd grade version.
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Differentiated for elementary and middle scho
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2nd - 8th
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Time Capsule Activity, Envelope Template FREE Coloring Page, No Prep Science Art
Assemble a keepsake envelope for kids to tuck away special treasures, writing projects, and important papers. Kids can paste these printable envelopes in notebooks, tuck them in their pencil boxes, or keep them together as a class in a specific project basket.This coloring, cutting, folding, and gluing project is easy and fun, filled with creative potential!This DIY envelope project coordinates with Time Capsule: A Seriously Awesome Kid's Journal, a guided journal designed to inspire kids to dis
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1st - 8th
Lets Map!
Practice mapping skills by using an illustration of a town map!Worksheet includes blank compass and key. Enjoy xx
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1st - 2nd
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School Supply Request for Tissues
Enjoy our Free Tissue Boxes to keep the tissue donations coming!
This resource goes hand-in-hand with our Germ Stoppers resource!
KEEP YOUR CLASSROOM GERM-FREE!
Happy Teaching!
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1st - 8th
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Adapted Modified Gummy Bear Science Lab Special Education
This experiment uses the scientific method and touches on osmosis. Your students will soak their gummy bears in different solutions and observe and record changes. This great science worksheet that could be done as a whole class, individually or used as a modified version of the common core curriculum for mild-severe student in General Education Science Class. This work sheet is accessible for students that have Fine Motor Impairments. You have access to 2 different versions, for those classes t
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PreK - 2nd
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