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Science task cards under $5
Cup Stacking Challenge Cards
Grab these Cup Stacking Challenge Cards for endless classroom fun and engagement.Indoor Recess? perfect!Relay Race in P.E.? you bet!S.T.E.M. Activity? for sure!Need to boost student problem solving? you know it!What's Included:• 50 Illustrated Challenge Cards• Interactive PDF Full Page CardsEXTRA: Valentine Heart Cup Stacking ChallengesHow To Use:These challenge cards can be used several different ways. Ultimately, use these cards in a way that works best in your classroom and for your students.
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K - 3rd
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Thermal Energy Transfer Task Cards Activity: Convection, Conduction & Radiation
These task cards are a great way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of thermal energy.
This product contains 24 cards which has students identify a picture as being an example of conduction, convection or radiation. A recording sheet and an answer key are included. Blank cards are also included for questions to be added, if wanted.
Important: If you enjoyed this product, check out my other Science Task Cards:
All of the Cootie Catchers below are in my: Science Task Card Bundl
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4th - 9th
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Food Chains & Food Webs Whodunnit Activity - Printable & Digital Game Options
Nothing like a good criminal investigation to liven up food chains and food webs! Based off my popular CSI projects, I have created Whodunnits? The Whodunnits plan to focus on single content topics as opposed to units and will focus more on skill building than application. Every day can't be a project day, so Whodunnits can be an engaging out-of-their-seat activity to practice important skills. In a Whodunnit, students will work in teams to solve 10 practice problems that increase in difficulty.
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Biology Whodunnit Activity Bundle - Printable & Digital Game Options
Scientific Method Task Cards | Science Investigations Experiments Variables
If your students are like mine, they need extra help with science process skills like supporting claims, identifying variables, asking testable questions, and writing investigation procedures.This task cards set has 20 task cards that each have 5 questions about an investigation scenario (100 total questions).Skills Included:identify independent variablesidentify dependent variablesidentify constantsformulate hypothesescommunicate valid conclusionsunderstand repeated trials can increase the reli
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4th - 7th
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LEGO Challenge Task Cards {Great for STEM or fun building!}
I am really excited to show you some cute, older-kid friendly LEGO Challenge Task Cards! These are bright, colorful, and can appeal to older students without looking too primary. Don’t’ have LEGOs? That’s okay! These can be used for any building materials you may have—unifix cubes, plastic Flake Discs (Amazon), Bunchems (Amazon or Target), Wiki Stix, pipe cleaners, play-dough, etc. Get those kids engineering and manipulating. They work great as an independent station for special education, a STE
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PreK - 8th
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Converting Measurements Task Cards
A set of 36 digital and printable task cards to engage your students as they learn to convert customary and metric measurements. measurements. These math task cards support CCS 5.MD.1 and perfect differentiation for CCS 4.MD.1 and review for other grade levels. What's included in this Converting Measurements Task Card Set?20 Customary Measurement Conversion Cards (Weight, Capacity, Length Measurement)16 Metric Measurement Conversion Cards (Weight, Capacity, Length Measurement)Student recording
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Geometry and Measurement Task Card Bundle
Graphing Stations: Middle School Science NGSS Aligned Graphing Activities
This student-centered NGSS-aligned graphing lesson is fun and interactive! My class gave it a thumbs up! It was created specifically for Middle School grades 6-8 NGSS Practice 4: Analyzing and Interpreting Data. These graphing stations are a great way to get students to interact with different forms of data. The graphing stations include:⭐ A Graphing Notes Printable - The notes explain the different types of graphs and how they are most commonly used. This is a great resource for students to ref
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6th - 8th
Analyzing Data 5th Grade Science Test Prep Task Cards + Digital Resource Option
The pack from my new 5th Grade Science Test Prep product line has 20 multiple choice task cards that ask students to analyze data, charts, graphs, and observations.Designed with 5th Grade Science STAAR in mind, these versatile test prep task cards are perfect for review games!Analyzing Data Test Prep Task Cards Includes:• 20 rigorous task cards about a variety of topics and forms of data• Recording Sheet• Answer Key• Ideas for Use• Questions set up in Google Forms for auto-gradingTopics Addresse
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5th - 6th
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90 Animal Flash Cards - Real Photos of Animals
Great for vocabulary building in speech therapy, RTI, learning centers, and ESL/ELL/EFL!Included:- 90 photo cards, 6 per page- 1 design for back of cards- Animals include: farm, pets, insects, forest, marine, Australian, jungle, arctic, desert, and more!Ideas for use:- Select desired cards and print 2 sets for a memory game, go fish, etc.- Categorize by environment, diet, appearance, etc.- Charades- Describing attributesHow to prepare the cards:Page 3 can be used as the back of the cards. Print
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Not Grade Specific
STEM Starters Task Cards Building Activities Morning Bins or Early Finishers
Bring the excitement of STEM to your classroom! These STEM Starter task cards are perfect for 1st grade, kindergarten, preschool, and 2nd grade classrooms. Students will be encouraged to think critically and creatively as they work hard to create the object from the "I can" statement included on each card. With the help of these STEM Starter cards, your students will be motivated to explore the world of STEM and have fun while doing it!These task cards are the simplest way to add more STEM activ
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K - 2nd
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STEM Activities - Student Passport around the World
Complete STEM activities based on a famous landmarks AROUND the WORLD! Students travel through Australia, France, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Egypt and America earning passport stamps as they complete their challenges. This is a fantastic resource for team building activities. Click HERE to SAVE over 20% with our Travel the World STEM Bundle.These task cards allow flexibility with the teacher to either grab and go or build further lessons around each challenge. They lend themselves to Geography, Sci
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2nd - 6th
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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: WORLD CONTINENTS STEM Activities and Challenges Travel Passport
Abiotic & Biotic Factors Whodunnit Activity - Printable & Digital Game Options
Nothing like a good criminal investigation to liven up abiotic and biotic factors! Based off my popular CSI projects, I have created Whodunnits? The Whodunnits plan to focus on single content topics as opposed to units and will focus more on skill building than application. Every day can't be a project day, so Whodunnits can be an engaging out-of-their-seat activity to practice important skills. In a Whodunnit, students will work in teams to solve 10 practice problems that increase in difficulty
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Biology Whodunnit Activity Bundle - Printable & Digital Game Options
Reading a Thermometer & Measuring Temperature Worksheets Task Cards & Puzzles
Task cards, puzzles and worksheets, oh my! Are your students learning about measuring temperatures and reading a thermometer in both Celsius and Fahrenheit? Then this resource will help them master this skill as they practice reading thermometers with these engaging activities. Your students will love measuring temperature by reading a thermometer in Celcius and Fahrenheit with the task cards and puzzles. The temperature worksheets provide great practice and assessment for student learning. ✅
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2nd - 4th
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Food Chains and Food Webs Task Cards and Ecosystem Activities & Flow of Energy
Are you looking for an engaging way to learn about food webs? This resource includes 48 Food Web sorting cards with producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and decomposers. Animal and plant species are native to North America. Students will sort cards in 6 different Food Web and Food Chain tasks. Students will identify trophic levels, energy flow, producers and consumers, and more. This resource addresses the Disciplinary Core Ideas for NGSS Ecosystem: Interactions, Energy, and dynami
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2nd - 6th
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MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, 5-LS2-1
DINOSAUR Play Dough Mats | 22 Picture Mats and 10 Counting Mats 1-10
This fun set of Play Dough Mats (DINOSAUR edition) features Brachiosaurus, T-Rex, Iguanodon, Stegosaurus and MORE! It's a perfect addition to your Dinosaur unit! You'll find 11 half-page picture mats with a colorized picture for your kiddos to recreate. You'll also find 11 full-page play dough mats with a large B/W picture so that students can create their dinosaurs ANY COLOR they like, PLUS 10 dinosaur nest play dough mats for counting dino eggs from 1-10. So fun! For a better look, just click
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PreK - 1st
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Mitosis & Meiosis Whodunnit Activity - Printable & Digital Game Options
Nothing like a good criminal investigation to liven up mitosis and meiosis! Based off my popular CSI projects, I have created Whodunnits? The Whodunnits plan to focus on single content topics as opposed to units and will focus more on skill building than application. Every day can't be a project day, so Whodunnits can be an engaging out-of-their-seat activity to practice important skills. In a Whodunnit, students will work in teams to solve 10 practice problems that increase in difficulty. After
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Biology Whodunnit Activity Bundle - Printable & Digital Game Options
Team Building STEM Cup Challenge Activity!
Looking for a fun ice breaker activity for your students? Try this STEM cup challenge! Students will work through a series of challenges in order to build different cup towers. They will work on their problem solving and communications skills while learning! Follow me on instagram! @lifewiththemiddles
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3rd - 12th
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Newton's 3 Laws of Motion Task Cards
Are you looking to review Newton's 3 Laws of Motion with your students? These task cards are perfect! You can use these as a review game or as normal task cards! There are 40 examples of Newton's 3 Laws of Motion included in this resource! Each card asks the students to determine what law the example is. The cards include pictures & examples that the students can relate to.
With this resource, you will get detailed instructions on how to incorporate games into these task cards as a fun rev
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4th - 10th
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#SummerWTS Measurement Ruler Length Centers Autism Task Cards Special Education
In your special education classroom, are you working on measurement units, long and short and using a ruler? Task cards are a great way for your students to work on their standard measuring skills!These 70+ Math task cards work on measuring length using a 12 inch ruler. There are 2 differentiated levels in this measurement task box set! Mix them up or work on questions leveled separately!These task cards can be used during direct instruction, individual work, and in task boxes. Appropriate for e
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K - 2nd
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Heat, Temperature & Thermal Energy Whodunnit Activity - Printable & Digital Game
Nothing like a good criminal investigation to liven up heat, temperature, and thermal energy! Based off my popular CSI projects, I have created Whodunnits? The Whodunnits plan to focus on single content topics as opposed to units and will focus more on skill building than application. Every day can't be a project day, so Whodunnits can be an engaging out-of-their-seat activity to practice important skills. In a Whodunnit, students will work in teams to solve 10 practice problems that increase in
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Thermal Physics -- Physics Curriculum Unit Bundle
Holiday Hashtag Blocks Challenge Cards / Christmas & Winter STEM / Student Gifts
The following holiday challenge cards and gift tags are perfect for student gifts and are designed to accompany “Hashtag” building blocks, found seasonally in Target Dollar Spot.Students may complete the challenge cards independently or with partners, or you may choose to make copies and give them as holiday gifts to your students.Includes smaller cards for individual student use and larger cards for classroom use.To complete the Hashtag Block challenge cards, students will only need about 30 bl
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PreK - 6th
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Reading and Interpreting Graphs Task Cards
This is a set of 24 task cards covering multiple representations of graphs including data tables, histograms, bar graphs, line graphs, and pie graphs. The questions are differentiated for a wide range of learners. Also includes a PowerPoint with one task card per slide for use as bell-ringers!With what standard does this resource align?This resource will aid students in moving towards mastery of CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP4 - Model with mathematics.How do I use task cards? • Test prep • Math o
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Science Task Cards Growing Bundle
Building Bricks Lego Challenge STEM/STEAM Task Cards for Makerspace Construction
The Building Bricks Lego Challenge STEM / STEAM Task Cards pack is a set of activity cards for young learners and makers. While you might be able to use these cards with different construction tools and toys, these cards are specifically created to be used with building bricks like Lego.This Building Bricks Lego Challenge STEM / STEAM Task Cards set includes 32 Task Cards in total + 2 blank cards, with the following eight (8) challenge categories:About You Challenge (4 task cards)Number Challeng
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Not Grade Specific
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Plant and Animal Adaptations Behavior Survival Science Task Cards Adaptions
This is a set of plant and animal adaptations task cards for your life science unit. The questions cover both behavioral and physical adaptations that help living things survive. Students will identify different types of adaptations being described and their purpose or function. There are both general and plant and animal-specific questions. INCLUDES:24 question cardsrecording sheetanswer keydigital versionDigital Task CardsThis plant and animal adaptations resource has been prepared for digital
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3rd - 4th
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