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Earth sciences Common Core SL.3.1d resources
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
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
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Types:
Also included in: Technology & STEM Activities for Winter | Bundle
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
Weather for 3rd Graders STEM Project | Green Screen Video
How does the weather and climate change in different locations in the world? Understanding this information helps inform people when and where they might want to travel to a place. How can you create a short video to inform others about the weather and climate from a location in the world? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll research about one location in the world and its weather and climate for each season and what people like to do for fun in this place. With this informat
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-ESS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-ESS2-2
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Project Ideas for 3rd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
Natural Disaster Lesson Plans | Green Screen STEM Project
What are some of Earth’s events that naturally happen quickly? While humans can contribute to some of these events, most are considered natural disasters. How can you create a short video to inform others about a natural disaster? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll research about one natural disaster but learning about how it happens, where it happens and what people should do to stay safe. With this information, you’ll create a script and short green screen video and edit w
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 2-ESS1-1
...
Also included in: STEM Challenges for 2nd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
Earth Day Presentation - PowerPoint & Google Slides | Science Lesson
Introducing: Celebrating Earth Day Teaching Slides Presentation! Available in PowerPoint & Google Slides FormatsWhat's Included:18 teaching slides: available in PowerPoint & Google Slides FormatsTurn-and-Talk opportunities with included sentences stems/starters to promote respectful science discourseNo prep work required: These slides are designed for you to be able to read directly from the slides when teaching, saving valuable planning time!Interactive Learning: Includes observation ex
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 4th
Types:
Rube Goldberg Lesson | Ecosystems | STEM Challenge
In every ecosystem, there is the movement of matter between plants, animals, decomposers and the environment. How can you create a Rube Goldberg machine to show this movement? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore different ecosystems and food webs, Rube Goldberg Machine inspiration, building a design and testing it to show the transfer of energy from one living thing to the next. Print-and-go and digital resources to guide creation and exploration.=====================
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-LS2-1
, 5-PS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: 5th Grade STEM Project Ideas | Growing Year Long Bundle
STEM Project: Hydroponic Gardens | Project-Based Learning (PBL)
What is hydroponic gardening? What do plants need to grow? How can we optimize plant growth and efficiency? Enjoy this fun project with your students and teach them the wonders of hydroponics through this engaging STEM project.This interactive lesson will help students to learn about hydroponics and how it can help in everyday life.Students will have the opportunity to think for themselves and critically analyze hydroponic gardening.What's Included:Word Search ActivityParts of Plants ActivityFa
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-2
Build a City STEM Challenge | Reading a Map Worksheets
Civil Engineers use GIS (Geographic Information Systems) to help them collect data about the Earth’s surface to make decisions when designing structures in a space. How can you plan and develop a community based on Earth’s features in an area? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore the role of civil engineers, what GIS is, and various digital maps, including Google Earth, of famous locations in the world. You will then build a city out of clay on a grid based on data, th
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS2-2
Also included in: 4th Grade STEM Project Ideas | Growing Year Long Bundle
Water Cycle BUNDLE: The Life Cycle of a Snowflake Leveled Reader's Theatre
The Life Cycle of a Snowflake Reader's Theatre leveled scripts and Vocabulary Cards BUNDLEIncluded in this BUNDLE: Three scripts Levels 1, 2 and 3 plus matching Vocabulary Cards covering the science terminology underlined throughout the scripts.Make your science standards come alive with these engaging Reader's Theatre plays designed to help your students learn about the water cycle, as well as solids, liquids, and gasses as they follow the journey of a few snowflakes through their water cycle.
What is Space Trash | Space Junk Video Production STEM Lesson
While pollution problems are affecting natural resources here on Earth, we are also polluting the skies. In fact, objects that are sent up into space don’t always come back down. They stay in the Earth’s orbit and is causing a problem in the space environment. How can you create a short video to inform others about the effects of space junk?By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore what space junk is, why it is a problem, the effects and solutions. With this information, yo
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS3-1
Also included in: 4th Grade STEM Project Ideas | Growing Year Long Bundle
Third Grade Solar System Presentation Project
Third Grade Common Core Aligned Solar System Presentation Project. Students will work with a partner, small group or individually to collect facts and information about their object in the solar system. Easily modified or adapted to meet needs of second, fourth or even fifth grade classrooms. They will create a model of their planet or sun and then present their findings to the class in which students will fill in a data collection sheet of information from every presentation. Teacher and studen
Grades:
3rd
S3E2 Diggin' for Fossils and So Much MORE
This product is 7 themed stations to investigate and learn more about fossils. It can easily be printed and used for a room transformation or quick centers. This product also includes a math addition and subtraction using regrouping and estimation station. The answer sheet is easily adapted to apply to other math word problems you'd like to use in place of these word problems.GSE Standard:S3E2a.b.Includes:-Station Student Answer Booklet-Station Signs-Informational text cards-Math word problems-H
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
3-LS4-1
Podcast Lesson Plan | All About Light Pollution STEM Activity
Are the stars in our sky disappearing? Why are human and animal sleep patterns disrupted? There is a type of pollution out there that is less commonly talked about, but it just as damaging to our world; light pollution. By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll explore what light pollution is, the different types, the effects and solutions. With this information, you’ll create a podcast, as a citizen scientist, about this topic and help promote change with our actions. Print-and-g
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
5-ESS1-2
, 5-ESS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: 5th Grade STEM Project Ideas | Growing Year Long Bundle
The Water Cycle Science Resource | Fact File & Diagrams
Help students understand the water cycle with this informative 2-page science resource! Includes a visually appealing fact file page detailing how water moves between oceans, rivers, rain, and evaporation. Plus a labeled diagram showing each step of the water cycle.Great for introducing or reviewing the basics of Earth's water cycle. This printable handout defines key vocabulary like evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection, and more using kid-friendly language. The colorful diagram
Virtual Field Trip to Mt. Vesuvius!
Virtual Field Trip to Mt. Vesuvius! This fun and interactive lesson plan will have you and your kiddos feeling like you traveled all the way to Italy! This presentation includes interactive slides that have links to google earth to take a closer look, videos about the history of the volcano and its current information, and even a video of beautiful drone footage of the volcano! Within the presentation in the speakers notes section you will find a link to the worksheet that is aligned to the pres
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
4-ESS1-1
Peacock Paint Print A-Z 0-9 Decor | Printable Bulletin Board | Letters Number
Try this watercooler peacock themed alphabet and number print. Use these beautiful prints in your classroom with this number and letter set to engage your students! This print can be used for many different projects, not just your bulletin boards or animal units! Set of capital alphabet letters A-Z and numbers 0-9.This is a 36 printable pdf that includes letters A through Z and Numbers.Since the pdf is too large to upload for a preview, if you would like to see a preview please email me at ECgar
Grades:
PreK - 12th
2:00
Red Panda Keeper Chat with post questions
The Santa Barbara Zoo is proud to present our educational video series: Animal Chats!This video focuses on an adorable Red Panda named Raj, a conversational-style resource with an expert zoo keeper about red pandas and their species. This product provides informative video footage, new vocabulary terms, and a variety of discussion questions. Teachers can utilize this resource when teaching animal science, husbandry or natural history.Raj's Penpal letter and Red Panda Activity sheets are also ava
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, K-ESS3-1
, MS-LS2-2
, 5-LS2-1
, 3-LS4-3
...
2:06
Amur Leopard Training Wall Demonstration with post questions
The Santa Barbara Zoo is proud to present our educational video series: Animal Chats!This video focuses on an Amur Leopard Training Wall, a conversational-style resource with an expert zoo keeper about Ajax the Amur Leopard and what animal training looks like at the Santa Barbara Zoo for big cats. This product provides informative video footage, new vocabulary terms, and a variety of discussion questions. Teachers can utilize this resource when teaching animal science and discussing veterinary m
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 3-LS4-3
, MS-LS1-4
, 4-LS1-2
, 3-LS4-2
...
WHAT IS LIFE? LESSON PLAN FOR: LITTLE EARTH CHARTER: PRINCIPLE NO. 1
Zip File Includes: 2 Original Songs, One PDF Version and One PowerPoint Version of the Lesson Plan.
Using music and multi-media, this Lesson Plan is an Earth Science initiative. While it was developed to complement Principal Number One of ‘The Little Earth Charter’* (it can be used on its own or in conjunction with that product). Pick and choose activities that work for your Grade Level. Activities aim to deepen children’s understanding and appreciation of life. My partner JC Little and I co-cre
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
Magic School Bus TWISTER TROUBLE Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
Answer Key Included!Rationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for student
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
Eco Footprint
Everyone has an ecological footprint. Determining our Ecological Footprint helps us to measure how many natural resources there are, and how much we use. This multimedia Lesson Plan offers fun and innovative ways to explore the concept with students.
The Zip File includes:
1 PDF Lesson Plan, 1 Power Point Lesson Plan, 1 PDF Printable materials and 3 Original songs by Rosie Emery.
The Lesson Plan can be used in conjunction with The Footprint, an animated video by the Animated Woman which is avai
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Precipitation / Why It Rains Water Cycle Worksheet
This worksheet goes along with the experiment where you put shaving cream on top of a cup of water and use food coloring to simulate rain. Students are to draw their observations and DISCUSS! The big thing I wanted to incorporate was the discussion aspect within their groups. They discussed what they thought and then wrote their answers down as a group. There is also an exit slip at the end to show their understanding of why it rains.
*Editable!!!*
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
Butterfly Survival
Fun activity for students to learn about natural selection in butterflies! For this lesson, you will cut out different sizes and shapes of butterflies, and camouflauge them into the things in your classroom. Do two "rounds" where students search for these butterflies in the classroom and have them record their responses on the worksheet. Once all butterflies are found, have students answer questions. The focus of this lesson is that traits such as color and size allow butterflies to either blend
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
3-LS4-2
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