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Science Common Core 6.RP.A.3b resources
Design A "Green" Island: Climate Change Project PBL (NGSS Aligned, Editable)
It is the year 2100 and climate change has become a more serious problem than ever. Global temperatures have risen higher than they have ever been in the past. A new island has been found that has been untouched by humans. In this project, students will compete to be the group to colonize that island. Their goal is to create an island that is desirable to live upon but also has a small carbon footprint. Students will be required to perform calculations and make choices about what types of food/a
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5th - 12th
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STEM Activity Hoop Glider Challenge (Variable Testing)
Hoop Glider STEM Activity with Digital & Printed Journal and Teacher Slides! The hoop glider STEM activity includes building a glider made from straw, tape, and index cards or paper to travel the farthest distance. Different activity versions are provided to accommodate student ability and time constraints. Topics Covered: Scientific Method through Variable TestingSTEM Career: Aerospace EngineeringEngineering Design ProcessForces of FlightRatiosThis hands-on activity shows students how to op
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1st - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-LS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Bundle (Elementary STEM)
Winter Snowman STEM Catapult Challenge (Angles and Ratios)
Have a snowball fight with catapults and ping pong balls! This winter STEM catapult challenge involves engineering, geometry, ratios, critical thinking, and teamwork in an engaging winter-themed activity your students will love! Updated to include digital STEM journals for distance learning! Using the engineering design process along with math skills, teams of students will build two catapult designs from common materials (popsicle sticks, rubber bands, newspapers, magazines, cans, and other rec
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3rd - 10th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Effects of Gravity STEM Challenge | Helicopter Drop | Math and Science Activity
Need a fun end of school year science activity that reinforces NGSS standard 5-PS2-1? Test the gravitational pull of the Earth with this Whirligig Drop STEM Challenge! Everything is included, just print, cut, and go! Use as a science activity to review steps in the scientific method and engineering design process, as a team building activity for back to school or anytime of the year.Students will explore how gravity and air pressure effect these whirligigs when they drop their models from differ
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-PS2-4
, 5-PS2-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Studying Cells and Math | Volume, Surface Area & Ratios | Printable & Digital
About this Product• These activities are used to teach, reinforce and enhance math skills important to science. • Activities can be used in a math classroom to integrate science concepts or vice versa. • Activities align with 6th Grade Math CCSS• Printable and digital activities included.• Answer keys included.Important Note: • Save 30% with the Cells Coloring, Science Literacy and Math Bundle | Printable & Digital******************************************************************************
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5th - 8th
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STEM Kid Constructions -- Rubber Band Swing Ride
Another STEM unit that is very popular with my students. We teachers are a sneaky sort, though . . . because this unit is packed with challenging critical thinking activities, math, physics, and engineering—even a GATE social-emotional lesson. If you’ve purchased any of my STEM design lessons and units before, you know what to expect. If you have not, please read the reviews!
Use this for your advanced groups, or send students off on an independent investigation.
Level: Extra challenging f
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
TinkerCAD 3D Printing Lesson Bundle
Empower your students with the fascinating world of 3D printing through our comprehensive "TinkerCAD 3D Printing Lesson Bundle." This resource is your all-in-one solution for introducing 3D design, creativity, and innovation into your classroom.Key Highlights: Comprehensive Curriculum: Our bundle offers a complete curriculum that guides educators through the fundamentals of TinkerCAD and 3D printing, making it suitable for beginners and experienced users alike. Interactive Learning: Dive into th
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
...
Self - inflating glove lab for law of Conservation of Mass
This lab is a great way to introduce the basics of chemistry! With this you can show signs of a chemical change, endothermic reactions, and the law of the conservation of mass. The reaction is contained inside a nitryl glove, which keeps the mess contained while giving a cool effect as the glove blows itself up. This also includes the basics of using a triple beam balance. You can download the ppt. slide HERE. High school teacher can expand this into stoichiometry and balancing equations, limiti
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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NGSS:
HS-PS1-1
, HS-PS1-4
, MS-PS1-4
, MS-PS1-2
, HS-PS1-7
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Also included in: Hands-on Science Semester Labs Bundle
Lemonade Wars! Math PBL (Ratios and Unit Rates)
OverviewThis project is a play on the popular competitive cooking shows. Students will create their own drink creations, manipulate ratios, calculate unit cost and create unique advertisements.Problems cover, ratios, ratios tables, unit rates, and mathematical reasoning. This project was created to be administered digitally, but in a live setting I would have students bring in their drinks and invite a guest panel of judges to critique their drinks.Standards:Common Core aligned! Rubrics are in
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6th - 9th, Adult Education
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Astronomy & Space | Sci Unit Plan
PURPOSE: This 4-week unit plan will give you a great framework for a unit in discovering the secrets and science of Space. Using these resources, you'll debunk a few misconceptions about the cause of seasons, moon phases, distances between and sizes of planets, and the levels of our atmosphere. This unit plan offers multiple lessons involving great technological resources for conceptualizing the ideas.Inside this .zip file you will find a Read Me.pdf that will guide you through the 4 weeks of th
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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NGSS:
5-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
, MS-ESS2-5
, MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: Astronomy & Chemistry Unit Plans | Science Bundle
TinkerCAD Chess Set
Making a chess set will challenge your design skills in any CAD program. You can also watch a full-length tutorial video HERE.This walk through includes practice problems in converting inches to cm & mm. In TinkerCAD you'll explore the advanced shape generator library for unique shapes. You can develop your own style of pieces, or challenge your students to bring in characters from their favorite TV show or video game! This activity will test all your TinkerCAD skills as you use every functi
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: TinkerCAD 3D Printing Lesson Bundle
Ratios, Rates, and Unit Rates Review Activity
Finally a no prep activity using METRIC UNITS! Great for classrooms all over the world! No more miles per hour or dollars per pound. No prep required with this review activity. 18 questions that can be used in your classroom as a scavenger hunt, station activity, or self directed review. Just print and you are ready to go! Answers are included.***All questions are in metric units and global currency.
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6th - 8th
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Earth Day Math Recycling Environment Pollution Human Impact on the Environment
This Earth Day Math resource includes 6 worksheets on environmental facts and figures about the world. Students are asked to read the environmental information at the top of each worksheet and answer 6 questions about it. The questions are designed to make students think about the huge impact people have on the planet.There are also 2 worksheets for students to write their own statistics about themselves.There are both black and white and color versions included in this resource.✎ Contents:This
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Earth Day Math Fun and Statistics Algebra and the Distributive Property
Kid Engineers Build Test Calculate and Share SIMPLE MACHINES - STEAM GATE
Build simple machines like engineers. Test them like scientists. Understand them like scholars. Present them like professionals. Even in our 21st Century technological world we still need designers, engineers, and craftspersons with a solid understanding of the basics to provide the tools to get the job done. How would you feel, after all, if your calculus teacher didn’t know the times tables? If you teach engineering, thrive in an active, hands-on environment, or guide gifted learners, Simple
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4th - 7th
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Foil Boat Challenge with Ratio Extension Questions
Great collaborative STEM activity for students.Incorporates using rates and ratios to think about a world of fishery. Use engineering design to promote organic thinking.Perfect for a class incentive for grades 5-7.
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5th - 7th
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March 23 Math & Inventions Puzzle: Otis' First Passenger Elevator | Mixed Review
The first commercial passenger elevator, invented by Elisha Otis, was installed on March 23 of the Mystery Year. This warm-up addresses rate, measurement conversions, dimensional analysis, and multiplicative comparisons. Your Zip download includes printable/digital PDFs:1-page printable Student Puzzle, also prepped for Easel1-page Answer Key with sample solutions1-page version of puzzle with expanding form fields – use with Acrobat Reader A complete file including the student puzzle, answer key,
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6th - 8th
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The Water Cycle: labeled & unlabeled diagrams, human impacts, 3 lab activities
Get ready to study the water cycle! The at-home science labs are perfect for homeschool or remote learning. Adaptable to a variety of age groups, from late elementary to early middle school.Included MaterialsWater cycle diagram and blank student sheetReusable labeling tiles10 vocab flashcardsEvaporation science at-home labPrecipitation science at-home labInfiltration science at-home labLab observation sheetsReflection questionsHuman impacts questions and activityDirectionsAnswer key Please note
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Not Grade Specific
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 2-ESS2-3
Math & Science STEAM: Proportionality Balloon Inflate
Science + Math Challenge: Proportional Balloon InflateNeed an engaging science lesson? Our Balloon Inflate Science lesson will fill up students love of learning math and science! In this lesson, students will learn about bases and acids in addition, how the byproduct will inflate a balloon. Math is integrated into this lesson as well by measuring ingredients and analyzing how the different portions cause different reactions. Our math worksheets connect to the science experiment as students calcu
Dimensional Analysis
This is a complete lesson for teaching Least Common Multiple and Greatest Common Factor by using Prime Factorization.
² Lesson Plan
○ Cluster of Prior, Present, and Next Learning Targets
○ Common Core Standards
○ Common Core Practices
○ Materials
○ Instructions and Suggestions
○ Outcomes, Assessment , and Closure Ideas
² Flipped Lesson Assignment - Scaffolding
² Cornell Notes Template
² Guided Case Study for Cooperative Learning Activity
○ Harry Potter "The Cost of Wizardry
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5th - 10th
How Big is Space? | Sci Exploration
PURPOSE: This exploration uses the information presented in the infographic "How Big is Space?" published by the BBC in 2014, and it will require students to reason with percents, rates (speed), and multi-step word problems while comparing distances and planet sizes. Check out the interactive and infographic websites below:BBC's "How Big Is Space?" Interactive WebsiteBBC's Alternate Infographic Website (contains the same information)WHAT’S INCLUDED:This product contains:✏️ 2 pages of mathematica
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
, 5-ESS2-1
Math and Science Assessment Bundle
This bundle includes all of my math assessments created for 6th grade standards and science tests (10) Covering 8th grade and 6th grade. You can adjust them, change them, add to them, make them fit your classroom needs! It is based on the extended standards, but they are very similar to the typical standards for 6th grade.
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6th - 8th, Staff
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Speed, Distance, and Time Lab (Editable Google Doc!)
This could be great for science or math class! Students will work together to measure their own speed and graph it. Includes a bonus extension for climbing stairs as well!
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6th - 9th
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Self - inflating Glove for Law of Conservation of Mass PPT Presentation
This ppt. file goes along with the self - inflating glove lab. This show the basic steps of the lab, and also shows how to use a triple beam balance. It also helps illustrate the Law of Conservation of Mass, and how you can see it in a self-contained glove. you can add in slides for High School chemistry, including stoiceometry, balancing chemical reactions, gas law, and limiting reactions.Key words: Law of conservation of mass, self - inflating glove, chemistry, stoichiometry, chemical reaction
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
NGSS:
HS-PS1-8
, HS-PS1-1
, HS-PS1-4
, MS-PS1-2
, MS-PS1-3
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Also included in: Hands-on Science Semester Labs Bundle
Scale Model Solar System using the AU in 130 Inches
Great stem activity to help students create a scale model of the solar system by doing calculations & conversions with miles, AU's, & inches. Answer keys & worksheets are included.___________________________________Copyright © School Sisters ElementaryPermission to copy for single classroom use only.Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.
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5th - 7th
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