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Science Common Core W.5.2 resources $5-10
Rocks and Minerals, Types of Rocks, The Rock Cycle Worksheets & Reading Passages
Are you looking for rocks and minerals worksheets that cover igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks with no additional prep? This rock cycle introduction practice set of activities and non-fiction reading comprehension passages are easy to use and your students will love the variety. Learn the types of rocks and minerals through observations, writing prompts, non-fiction rocks and minerals reading comprehension passages (print & Google Forms options), and more. Including the rock cycle.
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Rocks and Minerals Unit
The Solar System and Planets Activities Unit - Outer Space - Solar Eclipse 2024
This 130+ page complete solar system unit for elementary contains everything you need to complete an engaging space interactive notebook. It contains a variety of solar system activities for your upcoming space unit, including solar system reading comprehension passages and questions, solar system worksheets, planet and solar system projects, and more! It includes information on astronauts, planets, phases of the moon, eclipses, tides, and more.⭐⭐⭐Makes a great addition to your Solar Eclipse 202
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3rd - 6th
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Animal Research Project Templates | Research Reports Writing Animal Adaptations
Create the EXACT animal research project you want for your students with these customizable animal report templates. Choose from 25 digitally designed (EDITABLE) templates in Google Slides for your end of the year research projects or anytime throughout the year. Students will use the slides to share all about an animal they researched while working with all sorts of text features (headings, table of contents, photos, captions, fun facts, bold words, glossary, and more).Want more report template
States of Matter STEM Activities and Experiments
Teaching Matter and how matter changes? ⭐️Are you looking for experiments and science labs to get your students excited about matter and supplement your curriculum? Look no farther! Matter STEM Activities will be a great supplement for any matter unit. Students will make observations and measurements to identify different physical properties of matter. Students conduct investigations as they learn about chemical and physical changes. Students will make observations and record data while co
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4th - 6th
NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, 5-PS1-4
, 5-PS1-2
, 5-PS1-1
Weathering and Erosion Worksheets Activities Reading Passages and Assessments
Struggling to find age-appropriate weathering and erosion worksheets for upper elementary students? These reading comprehension passages and activities are perfect for your weathering and erosion unit. With these no-prep activities, just print, and use in class. What’s the difference between weathering and erosion? Your students will know by the time they complete this set of activities. Learn erosion vs weathering through compare and contrast, cut and paste activity, flip book, writing prompts
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Weathering and Erosion Worksheets Bundle
Animal Research Report Templates Project
Need to assign your students an animal research report project? These print and digital (google slides) animal research report templates will scaffold the research writing process. This pack features both U.S. Spellings and British English in Flipbook Templates, Rubrics, Checklists, and Vocabulary Flashcards included. Resource OverviewScaffold the writing of an Informational Report on an animal of choice or one from 10 animal groups with this bundled pack both in print and digital format (google
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
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3rd - 5th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 3-LS4-2
Sound STEM Challenge Musical Instrument Engineering Design STEAM Activity Unit
This week-long STEM challenge integrates science and music lessons about sound, pitch, volume, and vibration. Students investigate properties of sound, use the engineering design process to build pitched and non-pitched musical instruments, and write, notate, and perform a short musical composition to demonstrate their understanding of pitch, volume, and vibration.A differentiated reading passage and quiz about the use of gourds as a material in traditional musical instruments will set the stage
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5th
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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Sports Themed Activities | End of Year Theme Day | Summer Games | The Olympics
Sports activities for an entire day of engaging lessons are all planned out for you with this fun product! Sports activities for reading, writing, language, social studies, science, and math are all included!Your students will LOVE all the hands-on activities and the now included digital version. You will love having meaningful, standards-based activities AND an entire day of instruction planned out for you! This product is perfect to use at the end of the school year, in conjunction with major
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: April Activities | Spring Science Units
Planets Research Report: Multi-Draft Informative Writing for Grades 3-5 (CCSS)
“I have done planet research writing for several years. This was a helpful resource to have everything ready to go.”“This made research so much easier for my students! Everything was scaffolded and easy to follow. Their reports came out great!”“I used this with ELL students as a research project. It was well laid out and I could adapt it easily to my students' needs. It did a good job walking students through the writing process.”Instead of doing several Informative Essays, I like to focus on j
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3rd - 5th
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Science Quick Writes - 5th Grade TEKS Science Review with Photo Quick Writes
Science Quick Writes for Other Grade Levels3rd Grade Science Quick Writes4th Grade Science Quick Writes5th Grade Science Quick Writes6th Grade Science Quick WritesThis product is designed to integrate writing into science within a fifth grade classroom. There are four different ways to use the product included. -The first is individual papers with photographs and word banks. -The second is individual papers with just photographs-The third is a PowerPoint to display the photograph and word bank s
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5th
Also included in: Science Quick Writes Multi-Grade Bundle - Science Writing Connection
Reading Passages Women in Science - Upper Elementary Print and Digital
Women play a vital role in society, especially women who have made their mark in the scientific community. This 100-page packet contains no prep informational passages meant to teach students about eight iconic women of science.The Women in Science Included:- Alice Ball- Bessie Coleman- Elizabeth Blackwell- Ellen Ochoa- Grace Hopper- Helen Rodriguez-Trias- Jane Goodall- Katherine JohnsonThis packet includes the following:Reading Passages: With information about each scientist, from birth till de
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4th - 6th
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Force and Motion Reading Comprehension & Writing | Science ELA 4th 5th Grade
Let's teach reading comprehension and writing skills while building knowledge about how we used magnets, friction in sports, and how turbines work with this SciencELA unit designed for 4th and 5th grade students.What will I love?12 original complex grade-level textsEye-catching designOptional Google Slides provided with editable pages for recording informationQuality use of direct instruction and modelingExamples and Daily Guide providedUseful in-class or through synchronous virtual instructionW
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4th - 6th
Snow Day Packet for Upper Grades (Print Version)
The Upper-Grade Snow Day Packet is the answer to your prayers on an unexpected snow day! Everything your students will need to have an education-filled day from the comfort of their own home!You will get:3 different Language Arts lesson plans with accompanying worksheets tailored to each grade level (prefixes & suffixes, similes, and parts of speech)3 expertly leveled reading passages with comprehension questions to get your students working on their reading skillsHands-on science experiment
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Snow Day Packet for Upper Grades (Digital & Print Versions)
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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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Human Body Systems Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Reports
Weather and Climate: The Major World Climate Zones
Recently updated! A mapping and text based evidence learning activity that supports the Common Core State Standards..This product is classroom ready. Your students will learn the major climate zones and the three themes that scientists use in categorizing climate zones. Students will work with annotation of informational text, close/critical reading strategies, mapping, answering of questions that require text based evidence, Author's Purpose (PIE), writing that requires using text based evidenc
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5th - 8th
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STEM: Building Prosthetic Limbs CCSS/NGSS
This is a great hands on unit for 3-5 students that is aligned with ELA & Math CCSS, and Next Generation Science Standards for Engineering & Design. Students will put themselves into the perspective of a Biomedical Engineer.
For further details, sample photos, and examples of student work, please visit my blog:
http://completelykindergarten.blogspot.com/2015/02/stem-building-prosthetic-limbs.html
***Please note additional materials are needed for this activity***
Duct tape, large pops
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3rd - 5th
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3rd-5th Grade Homework Choice Boards BUNDLE - Differentiated Homework Worksheets
This year-long, no-prep, EDITABLE resource contains 36 Homework Choice Boards per grade level (one for each week of the school year) that cover a variety of 3rd-5th grade skills and knowledge including reading, writing, art, social studies, and science.Grades Available: 3rd Grade4th Grade5th GradeIf you're looking to reduce homework stress and provide more student choice in your classroom, these homework choice boards are the way to go! Parents and students in my class have absolutely loved thes
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3rd - 5th
DESERT ANIMALS REPORT: INFORMATIVE WRITING: RESEARCH TEMPLATES PRINT & DIGITAL
⭐ 22 Boom Cards now included: Identifying desert animals (pre-research)⭐⭐Print and Digital Desert Animal Report File (Google Slides) included. Link in Pdf.⭐⭐⭐Separate sheets featuring U.S. Spellings and British English in Flipbook Templates, Rubrics, Checklists, and Vocabulary Flashcards included.***********************************************************************Scaffold the writing of an Informational Report on 30 desert animals with this bundled pack of templates both in print and digital
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Animal Research Templates Animal Reports Bundle Print & Digital
Ocean Animals Reading Passages & Writing | Science ELA Adaptations 4th 5th Grade
Let's teach reading comprehension and writing skills while building knowledge about ocean exploration, deep sea animal adaptations, and ocean migration with this SciencELA unit designed for 4th and 5th grade students.What will I love?12 original complex grade-level textsEye-catching designOptional Google Slides provided with editable pages for recording informationQuality use of direct instruction and modelingExamples and Daily Guide providedUseful in-class or through synchronous virtual instruc
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4th - 6th
Planets and Solar System | Research Report
Engage your students with this fun, comprehensive, 43 page resource to help your students produce a research report on Planets and the Solar System. Our packet contains templates, organizers, and tools to help students create, develop, write, edit, illustrate, present, and assess their planet research report. Students will stay engaged and focused and will be able to communicate or "show what they know" about planets and the solar system.This report (or performance task) is also designed to no
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3rd - 6th
Volcanoes | Volcano Research Report
Engage your students with this fun, comprehensive, 31 page Volcano Research Report resource. It helps make report writing easy! It contains worksheets, questions, organizers, tools, forms, and academic vocabulary for your students to create, develop, write, edit, illustrate, present, and assess your students’ Volcanoes Research Report.This report is also designed to not only to learn and explain the new information, but answer some higher level thinking questions (Common Core Essential Questions
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4th - 6th
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Caine's Arcade Unit Plan (PBL and Design Thinking combined)
This is an epic unit created around the inspiring story of Caine and the cardboard arcade phenomenon he created that swept the country. This unit will get your kids thinking, creating, and building with household materials and nothing more! Everything and I mean everything is included in this unit to have your students create their own arcade games based around empathy and the design needs of others. In our case, it was 2nd graders. You can adjust for any grade level! Twelve different lessons wi
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4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Podcast on Social Responsibility & Activism - STEAM Research Project + Checklist
A great introduction to podcasting (podcast creation), for both upper elementary and middle school students! This resource helps students (and their partners) create a podcast project, guiding them step-by-step through their research, creation, and reflection processes.What's included in this purchase:4-page teacher guide NEW! - digital & printable9-page Google Slides™ student document - digital & fillable1 printable version of the student document - printable pdfExtra evaluation rubrics
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4th - 9th
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