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Science Common Core SL.3.1b resources
Earth Day Bingo Game | Cut and Paste Activities Bingo Template
Celebrate Earth Day with this engaging and interactive Create Your Own Luck Bingo Game! This unique Earth Day activity is designed to help students learn and appreciate important environmental concepts while having fun. With minimal teacher preparation required, this game is perfect for busy educators.The resource includes a sheet containing 24 vibrant Earth Day-themed images and related words, along with a blank bingo card featuring 25 squares (with the middle square as a universal free space).
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
, 3-ESS2-2
, 2-ESS2-3
, 4-ESS3-1
Women in History Shark Lady The True Story of Eugenie Clark
This is a shark book and activity your students will love! Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist was named "Best Children's Book of 2017" by Parents Magazine, It also made the National Teacher's Science Association's list of top STEM books for 2017!Included in these resources are extensions for the story. This includes a story map, character traits sheets on two levels, a biography of Eugenie Clark with accompanying questions, I dream of being
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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: Women in History STEM Stories Extensions Bundle
Earth Day NO PREP Speech and Language Activities for Engaging Therapy Sessions
This NO PREP download includes 42 pages of fun activities to use in your therapy room for Earth Day...OR MAKE EVERYDAY Earth Day! Use this download to teach about being green/recycling AND to work on articulation and phonological awareness etc. throughout the year! WHAT DO I GET? ♻️ 3 coloring/art pages that coordinate with the teaching materials/lessons.♻️ 2 pages of teaching materials to use for teaching about the 3 Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle) containing child-friendly language and practic
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Grades:
K - 6th
Eclipse Library Lesson - April 2024 Eclipse - Solar and Lunar Eclipses
The April 2024 Eclipse is expected to be a huge event! This Eclipse Library Lesson will ensure your students understand the differences between solar and lunar eclipses and why the April 2024 event is such a big deal for North America.This Eclipse Library Lesson includes all my usual Elementary Library Lesson elements: a whole-class discussion, a scrolling slideshow, two differentiated scavenger hunts, standards-aligned lesson plans, and a printable recommended reads list for parents and teacher
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Build a Shelter STEM Project | STEM Survival Camp
You are sent off into the wild with limited supplies. You have to stay quite a few days, but need a safe place to sleep. How can you build a shelter that will withstand different types of weather? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore different weather patterns, shelter building tips, building a design and testing it under various conditions. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration while using the Engineering Design Process. Click here to re
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS3-2
Also included in: 5th Grade STEM Project Ideas | Growing Year Long Bundle
Inquiry Based Learning Plants Lesson
Are you ready for a student-centered, engaging lesson plan? In this activity, you will answer yes/no questions while the students follow patterns and trends to figure out the correlation between plants and their habitats.Students will identify the patterns and trends of particular plants in each of four habitats: desert, rainforest, ocean, and grasslands. They will use photos and their prior knowledge to complete a student worksheet. Both printable PDFs are included as well as a fully-digital le
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-ESS3-1
Also included in: Inquiry Based Learning Plants and Animals Lesson Plans - Bundle
Pumpkin Patch Virtual Field Trip, Fall Pumpkin Activities, Pumpkin Video Lessons
This Pumpkin Patch virtual field trip is perfect for your fall pumpkin activities. Go on an adventure with your class in the video lessons as you go on a hayride, tour a pumpkin patch, dissect a pumpkin, see a pumpkin slingshot, and even more! This Pumpkin Patch virtual field trip is easy to prep, is interactive, includes videos, and has companion activities. This virtual field trip would be the perfect addition to a study of pumpkins or fall activities.*Note: This resource includes links to You
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Grades:
1st - 4th
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Also included in: Virtual Field Trip Growing Bundle, Holidays, Countries, Video Lessons
Weathering and Erosion Science Experiments | Water Erosion Solutions STEM
Erosion happens naturally in our world by wind, ice, water and more. How can you create a solution that helps reduce the impact of water erosion? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore the difference between weathering and erosion, water erosion invention inspiration, building a design and testing it using soil and water. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration.==========================================STEM Challenges are a great way to enco
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 2-ESS2-1
Also included in: STEM Challenges for 2nd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
The Wild Robot Novel Study Activities BUNDLE - STEM Activities - Questions
⭐Make sure to take a sneak peek at this amazing resource⭐The Wild Robot Novel Activities BUNDLE is everything you'll need as you read and teach the novel by Peter Brown. This resource is packed with three complete activities in one simple and easy-to-use bundle including a pre-reading activity, discussion questions, and an all-time student favorite—STEM challenges! This Wild Robot Bundle is extremely user-friendly and standard-aligned, making teaching this fun novel a breeze. Students will love
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Cardboard Game Ideas | Not a Box Lesson Plan
A box isn’t just a box. After reading the story Not a Box by Antoinette Portis, students will be inspired with cardboard game ideas and create a marble maze. By going through the Engineering Design Process, students will explore different types of forces, changes in direction and speed, create thoughtful game rules, receive feedback and modify their design. _______________________________Even as a K-5 STEM teacher, I still value the importance of reading and comprehension. With my STEM & Sto
Grades:
1st - 4th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
3rd Grade NGSS Project-Based Science | Science PBL | Life Cycles, Climate
This is a bundle of 4 PBL science units for 3rd grade. These 3-week project-based learning (science-focused) research-based units are the perfect way to teach reading, writing, research skills, and science in one engaging, real-world unit. Your students will use key standards, such as research, reading comprehension, and engineering design in a real-life scenario. The best part about PBL is that student choice and differentiation are built in!3rd Grade Driving Questions:How can I communicate inf
Student Run Newscast PBL (5 lesson plans, 5 news segments, 23 student jobs)
Student Run Newscast Project Based Learning This resource is a bundle of my 5 New Segment Project Based Learning Enrichment Packets, complete with job descriptions, graphic organizers and the writing process. Each one is centered around completing a news segment that when put altogether, creates a complete classroom news broadcast. Each segment includes engaging tasks, graphic organizers, informative writing lessons and research strategies that give students a voice and choice in their i
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Build A Snowflake | Toothpick Snowflakes | STEM Activities for Winter
Learn how snowflakes are made, build a snowflake with toothpicks and solve math problems by using your design! STEM activity with student Engineering Design Process printables & digital pages that work with a variety of different platforms. ==========================================STEM Stations are a great way to encourage creativity, collaboration and critical thinking. With the tools that I created for you, it should save you time with prep and give you more time to provide an awesome exp
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
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Also included in: Technology & STEM Activities for Winter | Bundle
Area and Perimeter Activity | Holiday STEM Activity | Wrapping Paper Math
What is the best wrapping method that uses the least amount of paper? You will choose one of three methods available and learn how to wrap a gift. Then, you will unwrap the gift and find the area and perimeter of the paper, while comparing your results with your classmates. This quick, Engineering Design Process challenge is a great way to apply mathematical skills and also learn the art of wrapping a gift. =========================Use the Engineering Design Process in the holiday STEM activity
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Technology & STEM Activities for Winter | Bundle
Tide Pool Animal Trading Cards, Games, Activities and Projects
These Tide Pool Animal Trading Cards make a fun supplement to your tide pool, sea life, or ocean unit. The 14 tide pool animals included in this set are the: Barnacle, Brittle Star, Chiton, Clown Fish, Hermit Crab, Kelp Crab, Limpet, Mussels, Nudibranch (sea slug), Periwinkle (snail), Sculpin (small fish), Sea Anemone, Sea Star, and the Sea Urchin. This product includes:14 Filled out cards: The front of each card features clipart of the tide pool animal along with its “Fast Stats” which are t
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 2-LS4-1
Also included in: Ocean Animal Trading Cards and Games Bundle
STEM Challenge | Back to School Bubble Gum Challenge
This STEM Challenge is a fun and engaging way to learn the STEM process and work collaboratively with a team! It provides students with great opportunities to think through problems and find creative solutions to them. Once you mention the words "Bubble Gum" you will have them hooked!This STEM Bubble Gum Challenge is a GREAT Back to School activity to teach and/or reinforce procedures. It's also designed to use at ANY time of the year as well! There's no prep needed for this STEM activity bes
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Science Activities Bundle
2018-19 3rd Grade NC Standards & Essential Questions ELA, Math, Science
Included in this completed bundle are typed 3rd grade NC standards and essential questions
for the 2018-19 school year to be posted in our classrooms while teaching. These typed standards provide a quick, easy and effective way to show administrators,
teachers and students standards that are being taught. Once bought, these
standards can be printed, laminated and used year after year.
Standards for: ELA, Math, Science & SS
Essential Questions for: Science & Math
These standards and
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd
Willodeen by Applegate novel study comprehension composition enrichment STEAM
This resource includes more than 242 comprehension questions with composition prompts and 15 enrichment/project activities (including STEAM activities) for the book Willodeen by award-winning author, Katherine Applegate. The resource is provided as a printable PDF and as Google Slides™ for use in Google Classroom™. This is an inspiring, heartwarming, magical, and timely, cross-curricular story full of life lessons. It is beautifully written and inspires appreciation for community, friendship, fa
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-LS2-1
, 3-LS4-3
, 5-ESS3-1
, 3-LS4-2
, 3-LS4-4
Pollination: How Plants Grow; Reader's Theater Script Level 1
Pollination: How Plants GrowReader's Theater Script, Level 1Bring your science standards to life with this engaging Reader's Theater play designed to help your students learn about pollination and how pollinators are needed to help plants grow. This fun script reinforces reading skills, science standards, science vocabulary, fluency, and speaking and listening skills. Students will learn about pollinators such as the bumblebee, hummingbird, and butterfly and how important their job is to help po
Ready to Go Science Experiments & Hands-On Social Studies Activities for Winter
Get fun, low prep, high engagement Social Studies and Science activities that are easy for teacher prep and easy on the wallet: save on Bundles!Why use Science and Social Studies Activities: Winter Bundle? Brain research tells us that learners are drawn into topics that are close to their hearts. Timely activities tend to engage learners.How it works: Here's a chance to squeeze in some fun Social Studies and Science lessons close to the holidays! These are low-prep, high-engagement activities.
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Types:
Severe Weather Activities | Floods and Flooding Inventions STEM Challenge
Flooding can be an effect from severe weather like hurricanes, heavy rain and tsunamis. How can you create an invention that can prevent flooding? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore different floods that have impacted history, flood invention inspiration, building a design and testing it under flood conditions. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration.==========================================STEM Stations are a great way to encourage cre
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS3-2
Also included in: STEM Project Ideas for 3rd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
Inquiry Based Learning Animal Classification Lesson
Are you ready for a student-centered, engaging lesson plan? In this activity, you will answer yes/no questions while the students follow patterns and trends to figure out the correlation between animals and their classification.Students will identify the patterns and trends of animal attributes in each of six classifications: mammals, reptiles, insects, amphibians, fish, and birds. They will use photos and their prior knowledge to complete a student worksheet. Both printable PDFs are included as
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
3-LS4-3
, 2-LS4-1
, 1-LS3-1
Also included in: Inquiry Based Learning Plants and Animals Lesson Plans - Bundle
STEAM Maker Challenge Bundle (A4 Size)
This bundle includes all you need for 6 STEAM explorations that can be used in a variety of ways, from 15-20 minute challenges to multiple-period explorations.Designed with emerging English language speakers in mind, these activities can be used in mainstream as well as bilingual classrooms, with learners from various backgrounds and levels of ability. They are also designed to introduce or reinforce different language objectives, such as the use ofComparative and superlative adjectivesSimple pr
Grades:
1st - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
, 2-PS1-2
...
STEAM Maker Challenge Bundle (8.5 x 11)
This bundle includes all you need for 6 STEAM explorations that can be used in a variety of ways, from 15-20 minute challenges to multiple-period explorations.Designed with emerging English language speakers in mind, these activities can be used in mainstream as well as bilingual classrooms, with learners from various backgrounds and levels of ability. They are also designed to introduce or reinforce different language objectives, such as the use ofComparative and superlative adjectivesSimple pr
Grades:
1st - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
, 2-PS1-2
...
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