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Physical science resources for GATE under $5
Force and Motion STEM project Egg Drop Challenge Engineering Design Process
Looking for a fun way for students to use their knowledge of force, Newton's laws, and practice their engineering skills? This egg drop STEM engineering design process challenge will get your students designing, testing, investigating, thinking like a disciplinarian, and acting as engineers as they improve their egg structures to mimic the Mars rover landing. ✎Print and digital versions This engineering design STEM project includes:✅ Teacher guide for doing the activity✅ Student handouts for t
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6th - 8th
States of Matter Game Show Properties of Matter, Solids Liquids and Gases Review
This NO PREP States of Matter Jeopardy™ Style PowerPoint Game Show is a fun and engaging way for students in 1st grade and 2nd grade review their understanding of solids, liquids, and gasses. It's perfect for test prep and pre-assessment both in person and on ZOOM. The categories for questions include Vocabulary, States of Matter, Properties of Matter, Name That State of Matter, and Which One Doesn't Belong?⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS GAME WILL WORK ON YOUR COMPUTER BEFORE YOU BUY? Downloa
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1st - 2nd
Calculating Acceleration Logic Puzzle + Graphing
Boost Your Student's Understanding of Acceleration with This Logic Puzzle and Graphing Activity!Interactive and Fun Way to Learn Acceleration Concepts: Engage your students in physics with this intriguing logic puzzle themed around cars merging onto the highway. This resource is a fun activity and a practical tool for applying and understanding acceleration calculations.What’s Included in the Puzzle:Ready-to-Use Easel Activity: Pre-created answer boxes mean no preparation is needed. Just assign
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8th - 10th
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Mini-Golf Vector Activity - Adding Multiple Vectors
This fun 50 minute activity is designed to simplify resolving vectors into components and determining the magnitude and direction of the resultant when multiple vectors are added. It is appropriate for on-level up to AP Physics and for a pre-calculus class.Presented as a 9 hole round of mini-golf, students use colored pencils to resolve vectors into x and y components using a grid, add those components to create a resultant and then calculate the magnitude and direction of the resulting vector.
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10th - 12th
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Halloween Science Activity Experiment Dissolving Candy Corn
Which liquids will dissolve candy corn? Try it and find out! This science experiment has been provided with differentiated and editable options so that you can use the experiment that works best for your students.There are two ways to do this experiment: find out which liquids will dissolve candy corn, or which dissolve candy corn the fastest. This requires students to record data from a stopwatch or timer, which is a great way to practice those measurement skills.✅ What You'll Get ✅Teacher inst
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K - 5th
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NGSS:
2-PS1-2
Also included in: Candy Corn Science and Fall STEM Activities
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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Da Vinci Parachute Prototypes -- Hands-on STEM
In this lesson, students solve geometry problems and learn background physics concepts as they build a working model of Leonardo Da Vinci’s parachute. Logic, critical thinking, a bit of Renaissance history, writing and supporting conclusions with details from a source—it’s all here too!
Make this extended lesson a cross-curricular, standards-based mini-unit, or just make it a cool building activity. Pick and choose the level of commitment right for you and your students. With the suggested e
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4th - 8th
Egg Drop STEM PBL Engineering Science Lab - 3rd - 6th Grade
"You all know the story of Humpty Dumpty and his epic fall. What you don’t know is that even though the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty back together, the FBI was able to. That is how Humpty Dumpty became a secret agent..."
Engage your students with this STEM/PBL engineering science lab to help design a device that will assist Agent Dumpty in surviving a jump from a second story window on his next case. Working in collaborative groups students will assess the problem, design a plan, crea
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3rd - 6th
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Living And Nonliving Things Game Show Grades 1 And 2
This INTERACTIVE Living and Nonliving Things PowerPoint Game Show has 1st and 2nd graders review and classify Living and Nonliving Things. The categories for questions include Characteristics, Living or Nonliving? Which One Doesn't Belong? Once Living? and Mixed Bag. Featuring sound effects, a self-scoring scoreboard and 25 questions plus an optional challenge question, this Living and Nonliving Things game show is perfect for test prep and review. It can also be used at the beginning of a study
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1st - 2nd
Inertia And Gravity Experiment | The Laws Of Motion | Grade 4 5 Print or Digital
Investigate inertia and gravity in this hands-on experiment for 4th and 5th grade. Aligned with *Next Generation Science Standards. Teachers will love its' ease of use, simple materials, and meeting the science and engineering practices. Students will love uncovering the magic of the laws of motion. The science journal will help students learn to use their evidence to write conclusions.Digital and Distance Learning Approved. This is a great way to get students to use the scientific method at ho
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4th - 6th
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5-PS2-1
, 4-PS3-2
Atomic Structure Logic Puzzle a Great Activity for Critical Thinking Skills
Boost Your Students Atomic Structure Skills with This Engaging Brain Teaser!Interactive and Fun Way to Master Chemistry Concepts: This brain teaser is expertly crafted to reinforce key chemistry skills such as identifying energy levels, valence electrons, and calculating the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons based on atomic mass and atomic number. It's an excellent resource for a bell ringer, review session, enrichment activity, or even as extra credit.What's Included:Ready-to-Use Easel
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8th - 10th
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Christmas Science Activity Experiment Dissolving Candy Canes
Which liquids will dissolve candy canes? Will their stripes come off first? Try it and find out! This science experiment has been provided with differentiated and editable options so that you can use the experiment that works best for your students.There are a variety of ways to do this experiment: find out which liquids will dissolve candy canesdiscover whether or not the stripes disappear before the canes dissolve,find out which candy canes dissolve the fastest. This requires students to recor
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K - 5th
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2-PS1-1
, 2-PS1-2
Also included in: Candy Cane Science and STEM BUNDLE
Force and Motion STEM Activity - Pompom Launcher Challenge
Students LOVE launching objects. Why not turn a fun activity into a physical science learning opportunity? Students will gain hands-on understanding of potential and kinetic energy in this low prep STEM challenge by launching a pom-pom projectile! This activity can easily be differentiated and enjoyed by many different age groups. This is not a step-by-step catapult STEM craft but rather students are encouraged to make use of simple recyclables and office supplies to investigate how to best stor
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2nd - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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The Crane Design and Building Challenge -- STEM Problem Solving
A best practice lesson for the teaching of physical science or GATE talent pools:
In this lesson, students use the engineering process to build a working crane model that is strong enough to lift a stapler.
There are no set patterns, pre-cut materials, or teacher-led building instructions here! Students engage in the engineering process to design and build their own working models of cranes. The teacher sets guidelines and limitations, provides feedback and monitors progress, instructs the
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4th - 8th
Also included in: Creativity Bundle for GATE Gifted and Talented and ALL
States of Matter Science Menus - Choice Boards and Activities- 4th - 5th Grade
Are you looking for your enrichment or exemplary tasks to be done for the year? These 3 States of Matter choice boards are perfect for your early finishers or students that need a challenge.You can use this by telling students to complete 3 boxes or as a tic-tac-toe challenge. Each box comes with a matching work page.Print at the beginning of the unit and give to each student so they can work on it throughout the unit.Science Choice Boards Includes:Topic: 3 States of MatterDraw It OutPicture Boo
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Choice Boards *BUNDLE* - Science Menus and Activities & Centers
STEM Design Thinking Recording Sheets with D&C Icons {STEM / STEAM}
This product is a perfect tool for students to use to record their thinking during STEM / STEAM activities in your Depth and Complexity using class. If you are already doing various STEM/STEAM activities (or plan to), these recording sheets will be a great resource to use as you guide your students in the engineering and design thinking process using Depth and Complexity Icons!
Use these D&C STEM Recording Sheets before, during, and after each of your Design Thinking or Design Challenges
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K - 7th
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STEM Kid Engineering and Construction - Roman Polyspastos Crane
It’s kid-built with some guidance in a couple hours and the envy of friends—the ancient Roman polyspastos crane with treadwheel.
Do you have a young engineer who needs an independent study project, a talented builder in home school, or need an engaging summer project for your nonverbally gifted child? If you have an engineering classroom and understand the value of hands-on exploration, the Roman Polyspastos Crane project is right for you. While building with kits or Legos or K’Nex is good, n
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3rd - 8th
Physical Science Logic Puzzles 2nd Law of Motion, Momentum, Power & Work
Spark Curiosity and Critical Thinking with This Comprehensive Physics Puzzle Collection!Engage and Challenge Your Science Students: This bundle combines four of my top physics logic puzzles: Newton's 2nd Law of Motion, Momentum, Work, and Power, offering a unique and stimulating way to deepen students' understanding of fundamental physics concepts. Plus, the 2nd Law of Motion puzzle includes an additional 2-page worksheet featuring word problems and exercises on manipulating the F=ma formula and
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7th - 9th
Primary GATE -- AIR! Active, Creative, Academic, and Hands-on!
I am always trying to figure out what to do with my little primary groups, and this unit was a definite hit with my kindergartners. It would work well with 1st grade too or the regular 2nd grade classroom. The full unit contains more than 2 hours of contact time.
It’s active, fun, and challenging for these little ones and seemed to have the right combination of “get up and move,” imagination, creativity, and “making” along with academic tasks.
We learn about four important properties of air
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K - 2nd
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STEM in Action: Bird Wings and Gliding-Upper Elementary Gifted and Talented GATE
This lesson is perfect for the teacher who wants their students to explore and find answers rather than go out and get them.
In this engaging discovery and prototyping STEM lesson, students explore how the shape of a wing affects gliding. Students construct a very simple but effective glider and then modify the glider as they explore answers to the question with experimentation and class synergy.
You’ll get everything you need to start today:
--pedagogy to help make the lesson a success
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3rd - 6th
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STEAM Glider Prototype Engineering Challenge for Upper Elem Gifted and Talented
We use the engineering process for this open-ended design challenge. All semester, my GATE kids have been building different gliders from blueprints, direct instruction, specific materials with patterns, and even store-bought balsa wood fighter gliders.
Now it’s time for the real test!
Can students construct—limited to specific resources—a glider which meets the three guidelines in the rules? As a bonus, can students research and apply physics knowledge to their real-world prototyping challen
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3rd - 8th
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Sabotage Science-STEM activities with a twist #3: Simple Machines
Sabotage Science is a fun twist on STEM activities. We all love STEM activities, but I wanted to mix it up a bit. My students LOVED this! They loved it so much that the following year they asked their teacher to get it from me so they could do it again. I hope your students enjoy it as much as mine.
Each of my Sabotage Science products contain 3 STEM projects. Each project is considered a "round of play" in a STEM construction/competition. Teams learn to budget by bidding on fun sabotages to us
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4th - 7th
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Scientific Method Science Menus - Choice Boards and Activities- 3rd - 5th Grade
Are you looking for your enrichment or exemplary tasks to be done for the year? These Scientific Method choice boards are perfect for your early finishers or students that need a challenge.You can use this by telling students to complete 3 boxes or as a tic-tac-toe challenge. Each box comes with a matching work page.Print at the beginning of the unit and give to each student so they can work on it throughout the unit.Science Choice Boards Includes:Topic: Scientific MethodDraw It OutPicture BookT
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Choice Boards *BUNDLE* - Science Menus and Activities & Centers
3D Smart Phone Holographic Viewer - Physics of Light and Reflection
This lab is super inexpensive and so much fun! Students construct a four sided plastic prism from transparency film to view hologram videos found on Youtube. This quick and easy activity is related to light and reflection and is a great follow up to the physics of mirrors. It’s also a great filler for one of those odd days where one glass is longer than the others or if you need to wow your supervisor.You can make four viewers per sheet of transparency. I simply gave a call out for them at m
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4th - 12th
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