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Science Common Core W.1.5 resources $5-10
The Human Body and Five Senses - Anatomy - Kindergarten and First Grade Science
This primary science unit has everything you need to teach the standards in a fun, hands-on way. We learn about bones, muscles, organs, the human brain, and our five senses. Students can dive deeper with beautiful slideshows, reading passages, writing prompts, vocabulary activities, hands-on experiments, crafts and more! Lesson plans and outlines are included for your convenience.This unit works well for a pre-k, kindergarten or first grade classroom.------------------------------------------
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PreK - 1st
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Dinosaur Activities End Of The Year Theme Day Room Transformation 1st Grade
These dinosaur activities will bring the past to life with engaging, hands-on science lesson plans. K-2 students will go on a dinosaur dig, create fossils, a giant dinosaur bones skeleton craft, and research and write about dinosaurs.CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO SEE EVERYTHING INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE Your class will love becoming paleontologists with the fun activities included in this resource. Students will have the opportunity to search for bones and other artifacts, make observations of their d
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K - 2nd
Also included in: SEASONAL ACTIVITIES BUNDLE
Life Cycle Of A Pumpkin Science Investigation October Fall Writing Thematic Unit
Get students excited to learn about pumpkins with hands-on exploration and investigations! Combine science with writing as your students explore the pumpkin life cycle with fun and engaging activities that will have them begging for more! Are you struggling for a way to fit science and writing into your day? This pumpkin unit will save you time with ready-made lesson plans and activities your students will love. Everything you need is at your fingertips with no prep printable worksheets and goog
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K - 2nd
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NGSS:
K-ESS3-1
, K-ESS2-2
, K-LS1-1
Owls Unit - Owl Activities - Pellet Dissection - Owl Reading Passages - Projects
This 158 page Owl unit provides upper elementary students with all of the owl activities they need to complete a rigorous owl unit. These no prep owl activities include owl reading passages, owl pellet dissection activity, owl research activities, and more.COMMON CORE ALIGNED!!!✅Be sure to check out the thumbnails and preview for detailed images and information about some of the engaging activities included in this resource.This engaging resource contains the following:⭐Vocabulary Resources!-Owl
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1st - 4th
Mammals - Science - Nonfiction Informational Reading and Writing - Research
Your kindergarten, first grade and second grade students will have so much fun reading, writing, making books and crafts about five different mammals: the polar bear, sea lion, cat, dog and rabbit. These nonfiction materials provide the perfect amount of scaffolding so your students can be successful: reading passages with factsgraphic organizerssentence starterswriting papersmini books5 animal craft templatesThis download has everything you need to teach your students through the entire process
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K - 2nd
Sound Waves Activities & First Grade Science Lessons and Unit Aligned with NGSS
Learning about sound waves is a big part of the 1st grade Next Gen Science Standards. This 4 week first grade science unit gives students hands on activities, STEM challenges and literacy connections to help them understand the big idea, "Sound is made up of vibrations."See this sound waves first grade science unit in action on the blog!NEXT GEN STANDARDS ADDRESSED IN THIS FIRST GRADE SCIENCE UNIT• Sound: 1-PS4-1, 1-PS4-4, K-2-ETS1-1INCLUDED IN THIS SOUND WAVES SCIENCE UNIT FOR 1ST GRADE4 weeks
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1st
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1-PS4-4
, 1-PS4-1
Arctic Animals | Reading Comprehension, Winter, Informational Books, Games
Do you want to take your students’ learning to a whole new level? If so, then this Arctic Animals Unit is perfect for you! Not only does it explore the arctic tundra habitat, animal adaptations, migration, food chains, and nonfiction text features, but it also helps students understand comprehension, analyzing, inferring, and more. Plus, it’s amazing how much fun students can have while they’re learning – they may not even realize they’re taking their education to the next level!Included in this
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Thematic Units for the YEAR | Literacy and Math Activities
All About Plants | Life Cycle Of A Plant | Thematic Unit For 1st Grade 2nd Grade
Wondering how to teach K-2 students all about plants? This unit will save you time with integrated lesson plans including science, writing, and math activities for plants and beans. Students love this project-based learning unit! Your students are guaranteed to love learning about plants as they search for different plants in nature, make observations, do research, and write reports. This hands-on unit will have your students engaged from start to finish! CLICK THE PREVIEW TO SEE EVERYTHING INC
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K - 2nd
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Polar Bear Activities And Craft | All About Polar Bears | Arctic Animal Unit
Looking for easy and unique lesson plans for the polar bear & arctic animals? This K-2 unit study will teach students about the arctic habitat of the polar bear with nonfiction google slides, printable worksheets, writing templates, and more! Combine your science and writing standards with activities that include lesson plans, printable worksheets, anchor charts, science experiments, digital google slides, and a polar bear craft. Kindergarten, first and 2nd grade students will have fun lear
Light Waves First Grade Science Unit on Light and Shadows Aligned with NGSS
Learning about light waves is a big part of the Next Gen Science Standards for first grade science. This 3 week mini-unit give students hands on activities, STEM challenges and literacy connections to help them understand the big idea, "Light is useful."THE FOLLOWING NEXT GEN STANDARDS ARE ADDRESSED:Light Waves: 1-PS4-2, 1-PS4-3, 1-PS4-4, K-2-ETS1-1INCLUDED IN THIS FIRST GRADE SCIENCE LIGHT WAVES UNITunit outline with the big idea and essential question for each weekweekly detailed lesson plans
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1st
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1-PS4-4
, 1-PS4-2
, 1-PS4-3
Plants - Life Cycle A Science Inquiry Unit Printables and Centers
Our Plants and Seeds Inquiry Unit will make the teaching of this topic engaging and full of learning. Discover how plants grow in a cycle and explore the vocabulary to strengthen your grade's knowledge about plants. This is a print and go pack. What will you get in this product?A task based on ‘The Tiny Seed’ to tune your grade into plants and what happens to seeds.A KWHL to see what your students know about plants before you start.A Word Wall poster set allows you to list words you will need a
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1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
1-LS1-1
, 2-LS4-1
, K-LS1-1
Also included in: Plant Science Bundle
Severe Weather Project | Weather Storms Report Writing Templates
Teaching informational report writing to kids can be a challenge ... but it doesn't have to be. Use these no-prep differentiated writing templates to help your students practice informative writing and write information books on weather storms.The materials in the weather storm report package help make the report writing process easy for your students and the planning process easy for you. Your kids will enjoy writing weather storm reports they can be proud of!✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿
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1st - 3rd
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Bugs And Insects All About Butterflies Bees Ladybugs First Grade Kindergarten
Wondering how to teach K-2 students all about insects? This unit will save you time with integrated lesson plans including science, writing, and math activities for ladybugs, butterflies & bees. Students love this project-based learning unit! Your students are guaranteed to love learning about insects as they search for different insects in nature, make observations, do research, and write reports. This unit will have your students engaged from start to finish! CLICK THE PREVIEW TO SEE EVER
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: BUGS AND INSECTS ACTIVITY - DISTANCE LEARNING PACKETS FIRST GRADE
Water Use & Safety Lesson and Engaging Activities Bundle SC.1.E.6.2
Explore the need for water and how to be safe around water with the following varied and engaging activities. Including a complete powerpoint lesson, over 10 worksheet activities, and a water safety write the room - great for bulletin boards!This resource includes a Power Point Lesson with the following topics:Learning objective "I can" statements for SC.1.E.6.2 Activate Prior Knowledge - What we already know about waterWays to Use WaterUsing Water in the KitchenWater as a HomeMore Ways to Use W
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PreK - 2nd
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Animal Research Project and Report: Digital and Paper Booklet Bundle
Make animal research and informational writing easy with this simple, student driven unit! This product includes the complete digital animal research project and the paper booklet option.Digital Google Slides version includes:10 different Google Slides with simple headers and text boxes to keep student research organized Prior knowledge slide for students to type what they already know before beginning researchGoogle Form and Google Slide option for students to select their top three animals to
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1st - 2nd
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Bubbles! An Inquiry Based Science Unit CCSS Aligned Reading & Writing
***UPDATED JULY 2014***
Bubbles! is an inquiry based science unit for first grade covering the "Practice of Science" focused around hands on experiments, informational/non-fiction reading and writing (aligned to Common Core standard).
My students adored these lessons! They constantly asked if we were doing "bubble stuff". The experiments, reading and writing are wonderfully engaging through inquiry, questioning, observations and discussions.
The Practice of Science teaches students to que
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K - 2nd
Winter Weather Water Cycle Activities | Informational Writing Prompts 1st Grade
Informational writing doesn't have to be boring! Teach students about winter weather and how water changes in this engaging, hands-on science and writing unit that includes the water cycle, melting ice experiments, and snowflake craft. Combine your science and writing standards with this complete unit that includes a non-fiction PowerPoint, pre and post-assessments, worksheets, mini book, graphic organizers, writing templates, craft, a science experiment, and google slides. CLICK ON THE PREVIE
Woodland Animal Reports with Bulletin Board Kit | Informational Writing Activity
Fun informational writing! These Woodland Animal Reports come with 13 different animal options, a research guide booklet, a parent letter, banner bulletin board letters, and the cutest craftivity to display their final reports. Here are the animals included:Black BearBrown BearDeerFoxHedgehogMooseOwlPorcupineRabbitRaccoonSkunkSquirrelWolfThe research guide helps give them specific things to search for during their research. Each animal has their own cover to the research guide. The final repo
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1st - 3rd
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Animal Diagrams, Pets, Farm , Arctic, Grassland and Zoo Animals
Animal Diagrams of over 20 different animals which students can label each diagram using a word bank. The diagrams are for beginners who are just learning to use diagrams. It is best used in kindergarten, first grade, or second grade. The boxes for students to fill in are nice and big for students to write their responses. You can print this out or use this on a digital device for google classroom. You will receive diagrams for the following animals: alligatorbatbearbeavercatchickencowdogeleph
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K - 1st
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K-ESS3-1
, 1-LS3-1
Planet Research Project | Planet Report Writing Templates
Teaching informational report writing to kids can be a challenge ... but it doesn't have to be. Use these no-prep differentiated writing templates to help your students practice informative writing and write information reports on planets.The materials in the planet report package help make the report writing process easy for your students and the planning process easy for you. Your kids will enjoy writing planet reports they can be proud of!✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿
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1st - 3rd
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Sun, Moon, Earth Solar System Digital Distance Learning Units BUNDLE for Google
SUN, MOON, EARTH Solar System GOOGLE Classroom Digital Unit captivates attention, promotes higher learning and leads to independent exploration about the world around us. This bundle includes 3 separate digital units listed at 20% off: The Sun, The Moon, and Earth. 51 Interactive pages for GOOGLE classroom AND 43 GOOGLE slide presentations for research.Utilize Google Classroom and open the entire resource in Google Slides to present information about tornadoes in an interactive, digital format t
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2nd - 3rd
Groundhog Day Science Writing And Craft Activity Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd
How can you make groundhogs day memorable, fun and educational? This K-2 unit has everything you need with Google slides, worksheets, writing templates, graphic organizers, vocabulary cards, science experiments & a groundhog craft. Combine your science and writing standards with activities that include lesson plans, printable worksheets, and digital google slides. Elementary students will have fun celebrating groundhog day while learning about real groundhogs in this complete unit. Make Pu
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
Habitats | Habitat Research Project | Printable Report Writing Templates
✍ Teaching informational report writing to kids can be a challenge ... but it doesn't have to be. Use these no-prep differentiated writing templates to help your students practice informative writing and write information reports on habitats. ✍The materials in the habitat report package help make the report writing process easy for your students and the planning process easy for you. Your kids will enjoy writing habitat reports they can be proud of!The Habitat Research Report is available in two
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Habitats | Habitat Research Project | Report Writing Templates
Animal Adaptations Project and Activities | Project Based Learning
This unit is based off of the fun, educational picture book, What if I had Animal Teeth. The students will be educated on various features and adaptation of animals. There are a variety of lessons, that are all step by step and have the students doing research, using technology, informational writing, presenting, creating, listening, group work and more. This is DIGITAL and PRINTABLE. Digital options in a zip drive.** Included in our Writing Program! CLICK HERE to see everything included. Hop to
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1st - 2nd
NGSS:
1-LS3-1
Also included in: Project Based Learning Curriculum 1st Grade PBL Activities
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