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Science Common Core 4.MD.A.2 resources
STEM Oil Spill Challenge - Earth Day STEM Activity
Oil Spill STEM Activity - Great for Earth Day! Learn about the effects of an oil spill on the environment through a hands-on engineering challenge! The goal of this challenge is to clean up all of the oil from the feathers and from the water in the time provided. Students will work in teams to devise a plan to get the oil spill cleaned up in a specified time of work. Distance learning update: Activity has been updated to accommodate distance learning including instructions on creating a material
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Grades:
2nd - 9th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ESS3-3
...
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Fidget Spinner STEM Challenge Activities and Science Experiment
The ORIGINAL Fidget Spinner Stem Challenge & Science Lab! Discover the science of fidget spinners with this engaging and low-prep STEM activity. Practice scientific method with an exploration of variables, data collection, graphing, mean/average, and more...all while having fun!This self-paced, fidget spinner activity is print-and-go. Each activity sheet guides students through the project. STEM Challenge Overview:Students will use the included visual directions, graphic organizers, chart
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3rd - 6th
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Build a Board Game Recycling Earth Day STEM Challenge
Integrate STEM in your classroom this Earth Day with Build a Board Game STEM Activity!Engage students with a super fun and educational Recycling STEM challenge! In this STEM project, students collect and build a board game from various recyclables.They must use money to budget how much of each item to purchase before designing and building their birdhouse. (We included multiple options for the budgeting worksheet for easy differentiation).A letter to parents is included to help facilitate the co
Subjects:
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
...
Also included in: Recycling Earth Day STEM Activities Bundle
Water Bottle Flipping STEM Challenge | Google Classroom | Back to School
Are your students flipping water bottles? Make it educational with this STEM Water Bottle Flipping Challenge! It is a packet of four experiments your students will love! Water Bottle Flipping is a trend! Even though it might drive you crazy, it will engage your students in learning about collecting data, fractions, measurement, and opinion writing. Students will flip for this activity and think your a pretty cool teacher! Includes digital slide link, perfect for your Google Classroom and remot
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Water Bottle Flipping Math and Science: 4th - 6th Grade
My 5th & 6th graders FLIP for this math & science lesson! Students gather data using the scientific method to discover if a 1/3 full or 2/3 full water bottle will result in more upright landings. After writing their hypothesis, students flip water bottles 1/3 full and 2/3 full 20 times for each condition. They create class line plots of their data and find the median, mode, and mean of upright landings for both conditions. After analyzing their results, they write their conclusions. An e
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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4th Grade NGSS Earth Science Unit
This NGSS-aligned unit includes science, literacy, and math activities to teach systems on Earth's surface. The topics include plate tectonics, weathering, erosion, natural hazards, and changes to the Earth that are visible in formations and the fossil record. Included in this packet:Resources for Input: - Unit essential question- Inquiry chart printable- Observation chart photos- Printable Cognitive Content Dictionary and teacher samples- I Just Thought You'd Like to Know About Patterns in Eart
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Grades:
4th
Types:
NGSS:
4-ESS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS2-2
...
Also included in: 4th Grade NGSS Science Unit Bundle
Solar System Outer Space Planets Earth Math Science Project Activities Worksheet
Embark on an educational adventure through the Solar System and Outer Space with your students using this comprehensive resource pack. Perfect for grade 4, 5, and 6 classrooms, "Journey to Another Planet" is not just a set of activities and worksheets; it's an immersive differentiated project that integrates Math and Science while exploring distant planets. Students select a planet to visit, apply math skills to solve problems, and complete engaging flight tickets and passports.Each version of t
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
4th Grade NGSS Science Unit Bundle
Save 25% by buying the bundle! This bundle includes all 4 units for fourth grade: Energy, Earth Science, Waves, and Plant and Animal Structures.In this bundle you will find:Resources for InputInquiry ChartObservation ChartsBig Book (PPT or printable)Pictorial and Comparative Input Chart templates (20 total)Parts of a Flowering PlantThe Human BodySpecialized Sensory Receptors: Cheetah vs SharkEarth's LayersTopographyStratigraphyWeatheringErosionPlate TectonicsAnatomy of a WaveHow Light Helps Us S
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Grades:
4th
NGSS:
4-PS4-2
, 4-LS1-1
, 4-PS3-4
, 4-ESS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
4th Grade I Can Statement Bundle - Kid Friendly Language, CCSS aligned
This is a collection of I can statements created directly from the common core ela and math standards as well as the next generation science standards. The following areas are covered:Reading LiteratureReading Informational TextReading Foundational SkillsWritingSpeaking and ListeningLanguageOperations and Algebraic ThinkingNumbers and Operations in Base 10Measurement and DataGeometryFractionsPhysical ScienceEarth ScienceLife ScienceEngineering DesignAll of the I can statements come in two styles
Ice Cream Day Activities | Homemade Ice Cream | Themed Cross Curricular
This Ice Cream Themed Day Activity set is perfect for National Ice Cream Day, a random day of fun, or an end of year activity. It is completely cross-curricular, connecting math, science, art, and writing into an ice cream themed set. The first activity included (homemade ice cream) is the only one that is not print and go! Everything else you can print and go last minute, with no additional prep. I have used the Homemade Ice Cream activity one day and the packet as a sub plan at the end of the
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Grades:
4th - 5th
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The Ultimate Paper Airplane STEAM Project: 10 Day Engineering Design Challenge
Every year since I started teaching, I've done a paper airplane contest. When I first started around 10 years ago, it was a quick contest that lasted just a few minutes. Gradually, as my experience as an educator grew, this project began to grow into what it is today... A 10 day cross-curricular mega project! I always say that student engagement is the key to learning, and I can almost guarantee that your students will be engaged during these activities! They will be measuring, graphing, reading
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Mapping Earth's Features NGSS 4-ESS2-2 - Science Differentiated Passages
⭐️These science differentiated passages focus on analyzing and interpreting data from maps to describe patterns of the earth’s features.⭐️This unit is perfect for 4th grade. It was created to align with 4-ESS2-2 but can be used in any classroom to teach students about mapping the earth's features.⭐️Integrates key reading skills, with a focus on drawing conclusions and making inferences. Incorporates key vocabulary, text features, graphic organizers, and open-ended questions. ⭐️Other Standards To
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Grades:
4th
Types:
NGSS:
4-ESS2-2
Football Activities | Theme Day | End of Year Activities
Football activities for an entire day of engaging lessons are all planned out for you with this fun product! Football activities for reading, writing, language, social studies, science, and math are all included. Your students will LOVE all the hands-on activities. You will love having meaningful, standards-based activities AND an entire day of instruction planned out for you! This product is perfect to use around the Super Bowl, during football season, or anytime you want to add some football f
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
Also included in: Football Comprehension MONEY SAVING BUNDLE
What to Do with a Box Back to School READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge
Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy get back to hands-on learning in your classroom at the Beginning of the School Year!Explore what you can do with a cardboard box. Students imagine, design, test, and write about a unique invention of their own. After they have built it, they write a newspaper ad selling their new invention that will change the world!Connect to a Read Aloud: What to Do with a Box by Jane YolenThis STEM Project is a companion activity to What to do with a Box by Jane Yolen. Th
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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
...
Birdhouse Recycling Earth Day STEM Activity
Integrate STEM in your classroom this Earth Day with Build a Birdhouse STEM Challenge!Engage students with a super fun Recycling STEM challenge! In this STEM project, students collect and build a birdhouse from various recyclables. They must use money to budget how much of each item to purchase before designing and building their birdhouse. (We included multiple options for the budgeting worksheet for easy differentiation).A letter to parents is included to help facilitate the collection of recy
Subjects:
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
...
Also included in: Recycling Earth Day STEM Activities Bundle
STEM Seed Dispersal Experiments and Challenges
STEM SEED Dispersal, Experiments and Challenges are fun ways to get your students thinking about how seeds travel. These activities can be done together as a unit or at different times, depending on what you are studying. Do what works for your class and your students! Students will love discovering how seed travel. Included: •Teacher Pages•KWL Chart•How do seed travel? chart•Pinecone Experiment/ Observations•Maple Seed Observations •Compare Maple Seeds•Maple Seed Toss Sheet •Maple Seed Replicat
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 2-LS2-2
Dinosaur Math Science, Fossils, Activities, Dinosaur day, End of unit, Research
Make discoveries about dinosaurs with your students using this comprehensive resource pack. Ideal for classrooms in grades 4 through 6, "Dinosaur Math Investigation" is not just a set of activities and worksheets; it's an immersive differentiated project that integrates Math and Science while exploring dinosaurs and where their fossils have been found. Students apply math skills to solve problems and learn about dinosaurs. Great for Dinosaur Day or as an end of unit task.The two differentiated v
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
Pumpkin Day Activities | Pumpkin Math Language Arts Science
This Pumpkin Day event is something your upper elementary students will remember for years to come! It's an all-day educational event with the exception of specials classes, but it can also be modified for just a morning or an afternoon. It all depends on you, your grade level and your administrator. My entire grade level has gotten involved every year!★ Included are teacher instructions/preparation and a student instruction sheet. A total of 5 stations are included, with an option of a Station
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Measuring Mass Using a Pan Balance for Upper Elementary
This measuring mass resource is a perfect way to study for the state science exams. It is a series of worksheets teaching students how to weigh objects using a pan balance and gram weights.The worksheets increase in difficulty.✅This product assumes that the teacher will teach students how to properly us the pan balance.❤️Click Here to Follow Us!Related Products⭐ Measuring Mass Using a Pan Balance and Gram Weight for Lower Elementary Grades⭐ Spring: Robins Reading for Upper Elementary Grades and
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, 3-PS2-2
, 5-PS2-1
Also included in: MATTER Mega Bundle for Elementary Grades
4th Grade Choice Boards for Differentiation - ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies
Fourth grade teachers searching for engaging science, math, social studies, and ELA activities, look no further! This bundle includes 15 science choice boards , 15 social studies choice boards, 15 ELA choice boards, and 15 math choice boards. Choice boards are excellent for differentiating your instruction for ALL students, including intervention and enrichment students! These choice boards are perfect for reviewing and extending what you've taught in class. Printable and digital versions are bo
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Grades:
4th
Types:
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 4-ESS1-1
, 4-PS3-3
, 4-LS1-2
, 4-PS3-1
...
ixl Checklist - Fourth Grade BUNDLE
Introducing the perfect resource for 4th-grade teachers who want to ensure their students are mastering essential skills: the 4th Grade IXL.com Checklist. This comprehensive checklist is designed to help teachers keep track of their student's progress and ensure they are meeting grade-level expectations.Using this checklist, teachers can assign specific skills for students to work on, track their progress over time, and identify areas where additional instruction may be needed. A checklist is al
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Grades:
4th
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Volume Zoo - Math Activity and Animal Research Project
With this activity, your students will be able to combine their creativity with their Math and research skills! Challenge your students to create their own animal out of boxes and find the total volume of their creations. My students were engaged the entire time, and they learned so much about math, teamwork, and problem solving!_____________________________________________________________________________________________________Included in this product:-Volume Zoo Planning Page-Calculation pag
Thanksgiving STEM Activities Opinion Writing and Reading Passages Science & Math
Have the most exciting lesson with these highly engaging Thanksgiving STEM Activities! Your students will be challenged to create a device to knock down the turkeys! I've included TONS of options so you can differentiate it to meet the needs of your classroom with these Turkey Math & Science Activities.Your students will get to explore all different subjects with opinion writing, math and science activities, and reading passages about Thanksgiving! This resource includes: How to use pageTeac
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Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, K-PS2-2
, K-PS2-1
Math and Science Language for ESL all levels, STEM practice for WIDA ACCESS
Do your ESL students need to learn, practice, and use STEM academic language? Do they struggle with using math and science terminology?All of the actvities, worksheets, puzzles and games in this bundle are designed to get ESL students of all levels actually using mathematical and scientific academic language. Whether it be stating numbers, writing a hypothesis, reading an equation aloud, desciribing temperature, explaining how they solved a problem, or understanding Earth Day, your ELLs will dev
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Grades:
4th - 12th
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