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Problem solving biology Common Core W.3.2 resources
Animal Research Project (for Google Slides™)
This Animal Research Project (for Google Classroom™) is a great way to expose your students to different animals around the world and can be used for distance learning. Boost 21st century skills by having students apply & develop research skills, use expository writing to report their findings, and increase technology skills to record an oral presentation of their project for a virtual audience! ⭐️⭐️WATCH my VIDEO PREVIEW to see this digital project in action! The image preview attached show
Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 3-LS4-2
After the Fall READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity with TpT Easel
Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about gravity and complete an Egg Drop Challenge using simple materials. Connect to a Read Aloud: After the Fall by Dan SantatThis STEM Project is a companion activity to After the Fall by Dan Santat. The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't. They follow the six step Engine
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind READ ALOUD SCIENCE™ Activity
Integrate Real World STEM in your classroom and engage kids by learning about Wind Power!Teach about Green Energy with this Earth Day Science Activity! Students learn about the how wind power works. They design, build, and test their own windmill using the Scientific Method.Connect to a Read Aloud: The Boy Who Harnessed the WindThis STEM Project is a companion activity to The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba. The book explores the true story of a boy who built a
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Desert Animals research and information pages 28 animal bundle
This pack features 28 desert creatures! Each animal has a complete information page that is written in an easy-to-read format for younger students. The pages can be printed and put in a binder as a non-fiction reading book or used as research pages for student reports.Animals included: Anna's HummingbirdArmadillo LizardBlack-tailed jackrabbitBurroCactus WrenCamel (also in Africa bundle)Common ChuckwallaCoyoteDesert TortoiseDingoElf OwlFennec Fox (also in Africa bundle)Giant Kangaroo RatGila Mon
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Jane Goodall The Watcher READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate Real-World STEM in your classroom and learn about conservation!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about Jane Goodall and how chimpanzees use tools to capture termites to eat! Students design and build a bug grabber to capture their own bugs.Connect to a Read Aloud: The WatcherThis STEM Project is a companion activity to The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life of Chimps by Jeanette Winter. The book explores the life and discoveries of Jane Goodall.The Engineering Design Process:Students plan,
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Latino Heritage Month Pelé: King of Soccer READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM and celebrate Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about Soccer / Fútbol Legend Pelé. They design, build, and create their own soccer game to play!Connect to a Read Aloud - Pelé: King of Soccer / El Rey de Fútbol by Monica BrownThis STEM Project is a companion activity to Pelé: King of Soccer by Monica Brown. The book explores the legacy of Pelé in both English and Spanish. The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their ow
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Sonia Sotomayor Turning Pages READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and how books influenced her career. Design, build, and test your own Tower of Knowledge made from Index Cards and Books!Connect to a Read Aloud: Turning Pages - My Life Story by Sonia SotomayorThis STEM Project is a companion activity to Turning Pages: My Life Story by Sonia Sotomayor. The book is an autobiography about how books influenced Sonia Sotomayor.The Eng
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Human Body Systems Unit | Reading Passages and Questions
Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive, 145 page Human Body Systems Unit. It contains 7 original, nonfiction passages for the Respiratory System, the Circulatory System, the Digestive System, the Nervous System, the Skeletal System, and the Muscular System. It is fantastic for READING COMPREHENSION! This Human Body Systems Unit includes text dependent questions, research reports, vocabulary cards, essential questions and more!This unit was created to use the CLOSE READING comprehen
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Human Body Systems Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Reports
Grow a Bean in a Bag: Science & How-To Writing
Students will love growing lima beans in bags. Simply place a lima bean in a plastic bag with wet cotton balls, attach the cutouts from this product, tape in the window, and watch the bean plants grow! Have students record their daily observations and follow the steps of the scientific method to explore how their beans are growing-- best conditions, locations, etc. Then, have them write a how-to book on planting bean plants, and use the book to have them write a how-to essay on fun writing paper
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Camouflage and Mimicry NGSS 3-LS4-2
Camouflage and Mimicry Unit: Students will learn about camouflage and mimicry in these interesting and hands-on activities. Students will also read informational text on mimicry and camouflage. They will practice their reading informational text skills. These hands-on activities use simple household materials that are inexpensive and easy to find.Mimicry Lesson with Informational Text ArticlesCamouflage Lesson With Slide ShowThese lessons go nicely together with each other. They are aligned wi
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
3-LS4-2
Also included in: 3rd Grade NGSS Life Science Curriculum at Science Lessons and Activities
Hatching Chicks Flip-book
Do you want to provide your students with what will be a once in a lifetime experience for many? Try hatching chicks! Hatching chicks with my students is one of the most exciting and rewarding experiences I've had as a teacher!
We kept our learning experiences and new information in this flip-book and it turned out to be a lovely keepsake of the experience for students. Activities in the flip-book include:
-Countdown
-Can, Have, Are
-Research Recording page
-Label the Lifecycle
-Hatching Obser
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
100th Day of School Activity Booklet | 100th Day of School Activities
Looking for a fun activity for students to do during the 100th day of school celebration? This 100th day activity booklet has a variety of activities to keep your students engaged and involved in critical thinking. This 100th day activity booklet includes creative writing prompts, a coloring page, an I Spy activity, and is fun and easy for students to assemble.Click on the PREVIEW above to get a closer look at the contents of this resource.This high-interest resource includes the following activ
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Ecosystems & Habitats Digital Research Project Activity using Google Slides
Looking to engage your students? How about research project they'll actually ENJOY? With this exciting resource designed to use with Google Classroom, students will be able to decide on an ecosystem/habitat, research producers, consumers, and decomposers of that ecosystem, and discover living and nonliving organisms within the ecosystem. This layout is perfect for students to work independently on their own research project. The best part? There's NO PREP for you, as the teacher. Just purchase,
Leap Year Escape Room ELA Reading Informational Text Grades 3 -4 - 5
Your students are going to love learning the history, science, and math about Leap Year and February 29th with this engaging escape room, Who Hacked Leap Year? After watching the video hook, they'll be ready for close reading the informational text to find all the clues and decode the final mystery phrase.The Escape Room Premise: ► February 29th has disappeared from all the calendars! How did this happen? Students will:► Read the text► Answer the questions► Use the codes in the answers► Discover
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Communities Activity PBL Rural Urban Suburban STEM
Looking for a engaging PBL to help teach communities in your classroom? Check out this fully loaded Communities PBL! This product includes 48 pages of materials needed to have an amazing PBL on Rural, Urban, and Suburban Communities! Along with the tips, notes, and examples of the communities project, this product also includes teacher tips, note pages, pre-assessment, post assessment, interactive notebook pages, compare and contrast pages, writing pages, plus so much more!This includes:•8 Pages
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Creative Thinking Digital Writing for Google Drive® | Distance Learning
Go paperless with our Google Slides-ready creative thinking and explanatory writing resource! This Google Resource includes 30 interactive creative thinking scenarios for students to solve. Once three items have been chosen (independent thinking + choice!), the student can type a creative explanation of how they solved the problem. These activities are great for your thinking and exposition writing program in both a traditional classroom with some access to mobile learning through to a full 1:1
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Digital ELA Google Classroom Mega Bundle for Distance Learning
Research and Write: Biomes
Research and Write: Biomes will guide your students through a mini research project on a biome of their choice. They will use their research to compose a five paragraph essay of their findings.
Students will research the climate, plants and animals of the biome, as well as explore how humans impact the biome. This activity fits well with Earth Day, a unit on biomes or ecosystems, or any other time you want to connect research and writing.
This low prep activity is a great way to address m
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Second Grade Expository Topic Sentences Unit
It's challenging to develop skills in expository writing, also called informative writing. I invite you to try the free PowerPoint presentation to introduce students to this polar bears unit.
Before students can feel confident as expository writing experts, they need your guidance. Offer my explicit examples of how to write topic sentences for expository paragraphs. Before students are ready to inform, they will need many opportunities to write a Topic Sentence. This is a critical skill for l
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Polar Bear non-fiction article to write informational animal reports 1st 2nd 3rd
Students will learn about the polar bear with this Arctic Animals information page. It's perfect for writing research papers. It could also be a reading page. No prep! Just print & go!Students love researching when it involves learning about animals. There are so many fascinating facts. Did you know that polar bears have black skin?In this resource, students will read about the polar bear. They will learn about what it eats, its predators, and where it lives. The facts are presented in easy-
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Elephants African Animals Report Savanna Grasslands Habitat elephant Read Write
This elephant informational page is great for studying African animals, savanna or grassland habitats, or elephants! It has all the information that students need for an animal report. No prep! Just print and go!In this resource, students will read about African elephants. They will learn about what they eat, their predators, and where they live. The facts are presented in easy-to-read sentences that make this accessible for a variety of grades.Includes: Informational article about the animal (1
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Endangered animal Red Panda information page for reading and writing reports
This nonfiction information page has everything students need to study the red panda, an endangered animal. This informational page about red pandas is great for studying Asian animals or endangered animals. It has all the information that students need for an animal report. No prep! Just print and go!In this resource, students will read about red pandas. They will learn about what they eat, their predators, and where they live. The facts are presented in easy-to-read sentences that make this ac
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Animal Report Writing (Planning Templates & Info Sheets)
Print and go resources for animal report writing. Info sheets are excellent for practising setting out a report following a specific structure. Also extremely useful for times when access to computers or internet is a challenge!What's included:Animal report planning sheet x2Animal info sheets x 11 (2 styles are included for each animal. One is organised into the categories and one is not. The second one is for higher level students or if your class has a good understanding of report writing).Bot
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1st - 4th
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Arctic Wolf informational article for writing animal reports 1st grade 2nd 3rd
Learn about the Arctic Wolf with this informational page. It's perfect for writing research papers. It could also be a reading page. No prep! Just print & go!Students love researching when it involves learning about animals. There are so many fascinating facts. Did you know that they have fur on the bottom of their feet?In this resource, students will read about the Arctic Wolf. They will learn about what it eats, its predators, and where it lives. The facts are presented in easy-to-read sen
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Cheetah informational report article for writing African animal research reports
Students will learn about cheetahs with this nonfiction article. This informational page about the cheetah is great for studying African animals, desert, or grassland habitats. It has all the information that students need for an animal report. No prep! Just print and go!In this resource, students will read about cheetahs. They will learn about what they eat, their predators, and where they live. The facts are presented in easy-to-read sentences that make this accessible for a variety of grades.
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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