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Earth sciences pdfs for GATE
Weather Hazard STEM
Natural Disaster STEM - Oh no! The weather is forecasting high winds! The family needs a safe place to stay. Build a shelter for the family that will withstand the wind. It will be tested with a hairdryer, so make it strong! Students must stick to a budget and use the available materials to build a shelter. The family must fit inside.
This STEM focuses on lessening the impact of natural disasters on humans with engineering. It meets NGSS Standards.
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: Natural Disasters STEM
A Whole Lot of Shaking Going On! STEM Engineering Earthquake Lab (Marshmallows)
Dear Educator,
It’s time to bring some fun to your classroom during your unit on earthquakes! Your students will love this STEM project where they have to build an earthquake resistant building. There are many ways you can use this project – group lab, individual projects, or a culminating unit activity.
This product contains the student lab manual and teacher materials to conduct this experiment in your classroom. Students must design a structure, test their design, note their observations of
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3rd - 8th
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Weather Hazard STEM: Flooding
Flood Barrier STEM - Oh no! The weather forecast is for heavy flooding in the area. You need to build a flood barrier or flood resistant shelter to keep the family safe! This STEM challenge is designed to encourage creative problem solving. Students must design a shelter with the available supplies that is resistant to flooding while sticking to a budget. The shelter will be tested with water in a pan to see if the design was effective as a flood barrier. This STEM is perfect for areas aff
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1st - 5th
Also included in: Natural Disasters STEM
Create Your Own Planet Project
Students research and create their own planet. Students choose or are assigned two planets and their planet is in between the two planets. Students will draw on information of their two surrounding planets to create their planet. This project also requires an essay and 3-D model. The essay draws on Write From the Beginning strategies.
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5th - 8th
Bundled! Science Project Choice Board: 26 Earth Science Topics
Get ready for student engagement!
Project choice boards put learning into students’ hands with a customized learning path based on a student’s strengths and interests.
This project choice board is a collection of 26 choice boards over earth science topics. Each choice board contains 10 project choices- each based on one of the following learning paths:
-Verbal/Linguistic Writing
-Verbal/Linguistic Reading
-Spatial/Visual
-Musical/Naturalist
-Kinesthetic
-Technological
-Logical/Mathem
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Bird Feeder STEM
This engineering STEM challenge will encourage creative problem solving while developing math skills and teaching students about the needs of birds in the environment. It would be perfect for a winter STEM, Earth Day STEM, Animals in Winter STEM, or a Recycling STEM. This STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards.
Oh no! The birds in the area have lost some plants and trees due to development. They need help with their food supply! Your student engineers need to design a bird feeder fro
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K - 6th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Science Menu Choice Boards and Menus for Enrichment and Early Finishers - Easel
Looking for engaging science choice boards? These no-prep and differentiated science tic-tac-toe menu boards include activities that are perfect for early finishers, gifted students, and enrichment. Choice board menus are great for reviewing and extending what you've taught in class, making this bundle an excellent resource during the back to school season or at the end of the school year.Everything you need is included! Your students will love completing the meaningful activities in these scien
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, 4-LS1-1
, 5-ESS1-2
, 5-ESS1-1
, 3-LS4-1
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Solar System Planets Activity Menu Choice Board
Looking for engaging solar system activities that also allow for student choice? This solar system menu choice board activity lets students choose how they will extend their learning and present their learning.What students are doing:➡️ Investigating big idea questions and reporting their knowledge using the CER format➡️ Demonstrating their knowledge using a variety of ways like comic strips, journals, presentations, and more➡️ Taking ownership of their learning as they decide what they would li
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6th - 8th
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Bottle Ecosystem Design Project
Engage your students with this step-by-step Bottle Ecosystem Design Project.
Teach it!
Lesson plans will guide you through scaffolding students with classroom friendly fact sheets that will motivate students to infer as they decide what type of habitat will meet the needs of the insect they select.
Plan it!
Students will now begin the design process and draft samples of their bottle ecosystem. Collaboration with peers will ensure students are familiar with giving and receiving feedback to re
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2nd - 5th
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Fossils STEM Challenge | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities
Engage your students like never before with this Fossils STEM Challenge! Your students will use real-life math, reading, and writing skills in this earth and space science STEM activity. Your students will plan and perform a fossil dig while following the steps of the Engineering Design Process. PLEASE CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED!The work is done for you. Simply print the NO PREP pages and let your students’ imaginations run wild! This resource includes:STEM Challenge Guide for
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2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities Bundle
Slime STEM
Slime STEM Challenge- Oh no! The Ocean Slime (algae blooms) are growing too fast! All of that ocean slime is harmful to the marine life. We need the help of your students to build an ocean slime scoop that can successfully scoop up the slime. This slime stem challenge combines the love of playing with slime with solving a real-life science problem. Included are a variety of recipes for making slime with your students (or you can choose to just purchase some slime in advance). The students w
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Science Project Choice Board: Phases of the Moon- 10 Projects
Get ready for student engagement!
Project choice boards put learning into students’ hands with a customized learning path based on a student’s strengths and interests.
This project choice board is ready to print and go. The choice board contains 10 project choices- each based on one of the following learning paths:
-Verbal/Linguistic Writing
-Verbal/Linguistic Reading
-Spatial/Visual
-Musical/Naturalist
-Kinesthetic
-Technological
-Logical/Mathematical
-Student-created Test Prep
-M
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4th - 6th
Night Lights, Bright Lights: Aurora Borealis
Brighten up your curriculum with this nonfiction Common Core aligned science and literacy unit involving the aurora borealis. The nonfiction reader gives an in depth explanation of how and why auroras form. Students are challenged to apply, infer, and compare/contrast their knowledge of auroras. The science experiment included is sure to "light up" the smiles on your students' faces! Your students can also apply creative processes as they write a legend about how auroras developed (correlated
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Logic Puzzles Outer Space Science
Extend your outer space - astronomy lesson plans with these three (3) table logic puzzles.Geared for 3rd and 4th grade students with an interest in outer space, these logic puzzle brainteasers are a fun way to boost learning and explore more about:Lunar LandingSpace ProbesEarly Rocketry DevelopmentWe've taken critical thinking activities to a whole new level by integrating content-area facts with fun brain teasers. Whether you need a time filler, a homework assignment, an activity for an early f
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2nd - 5th
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Science Project Choice Board: Weathering, Erosion, Deposition- 10 Projects
Get ready for student engagement!
Project choice boards put learning into students’ hands with a customized learning path based on a student’s strengths and interests.
This project choice board is ready to print and go. The choice board contains 10 project choices- each based on one of the following learning paths:
-Verbal/Linguistic Writing
-Verbal/Linguistic Reading
-Spatial/Visual
-Musical/Naturalist
-Kinesthetic
-Technological
-Logical/Mathematical
-Student-created Test Prep
-M
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Types of Rocks STEM Challenge | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities
Engage your students like never before with this Rock Designer STEM Challenge! Your students will use real-life math, reading, and writing skills in this earth and space science STEM activity. Your students will plan and design an igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary rock while following the steps of the Engineering Design Process.PLEASE CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED!The work is done for you. Simply print the NO PREP pages and let your students’ imaginations run wild! This resourc
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities Bundle
Building STEM Challenge | Earthquake | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities
Engage your students like never before with this Earthquake STEM Challenge! Your students will use real-life math, reading, and writing skills in this earth and space science STEM activity. Students will work together to plan and design a tall building that can withstand an “earthquake,” while following the steps of the Engineering Design Process.PLEASE CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED!The work is done for you. Simply print the NO PREP pages and let your students’ imaginations run wi
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2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities Bundle
Paper Rocket STEM Challenge | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities
Engage your students like never before with this Paper Rocket STEM Challenge! Your students will use real-life math, reading, and writing skills in this earth and space science STEM activity. Students will work together to plan and design a paper rocket while following the steps of the engineering design process.PLEASE CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED!The work is done for you. Simply print the NO PREP pages and let your students’ imaginations run wild! This resource includes:STEM Cha
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities Bundle
Solar Power Suncatcher STEM Challenge | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities
Engage your students like never before with this Suncatcher STEM Challenge! Your students will use real-life math, reading, and writing skills in this earth and space science STEM activity. Your students will plan and design a suncatcher that can control a beam of light while following the steps of the Engineering Design Process. A DIGITAL version of this activity is also included! PLEASE CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED!The work is done for you. Simply print the NO PREP pages and le
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges | Earth and Space Science STEM Activities Bundle
Global Warming and Wind Power - Analyzing Charts and Graphs
17 printable or digital pages for students to analyze charts and graphs on global warming and wind power: Wind farms, Residential wind turbines, Which states are investing money into this renewable resource, How the cost has gone down, The top nations of the world in this industry, Noise pollution from turbines, Injuries to birds, Reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, Offshore wind farms, and more... PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students
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4th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-5
Also included in: Wind Power BUNDLE (Global Warming and Climate Change)
Science Project Choice Board: Rocks and Minerals- 10 Projects
Get ready for student engagement!
Project choice boards put learning into students’ hands with a customized learning path based on a student’s strengths and interests.
This project choice board is ready to print and go. The choice board contains 10 project choices- each based on one of the following learning paths:
-Verbal/Linguistic Writing
-Verbal/Linguistic Reading
-Spatial/Visual
-Musical/Naturalist
-Kinesthetic
-Technological
-Logical/Mathematical
-Student-created Test Prep
-M
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Florida 5th Grade SC.5.E.7.2 Earth & Space Ocean in the Water Cycle
In this simulation, students will delve into the dynamic relationship between the ocean and the water cycle, understanding how the ocean acts as a vital component of Earth's hydrological system. Through hands-on activities and exploration, students will recognize the crucial role of evaporation and precipitation in connecting the ocean to all of Earth's water reservoirs, fostering a deeper appreciation for the interconnectedness of Earth's systems. By simulating oceanic processes, students will
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4th - 6th
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Florida 5th Grade SC.5.E.7.7 Earth & Space Family Preparedness Plan
Welcome to our simulation on designing a family preparedness plan for natural disasters! In this exercise, you'll engage in crafting a comprehensive strategy to safeguard your loved ones against various calamities, exploring the critical reasons behind the necessity of such preparedness. Get ready to strategize, prioritize, and learn the importance of proactive measures in ensuring your family's safety and resilience during times of crisis.
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4th - 6th
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Florida 5th Grade SC.5.E.7.5 & 7.6 Earth & Space Weather & Climate Zones
Today, we embark on an exciting expedition to unravel the mysteries of Earth's climate zones. In this simulation, we'll explore the diverse characteristics of different climate regions, from icy tundras to lush rainforests. By investigating factors like latitude, elevation, and proximity to bodies of water, we'll uncover how these elements influence temperature and precipitation patterns. Get ready to become climate detectives as we journey through swamps, deserts, mountains, and beyond, discove
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4th - 6th
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