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Environment Common Core W.4.7 resources
National Park Research Project Activity | Pennants | National Park Week
Do you teach using the National Parks? In this resource, you will find all 63 National Park pennants. These pennants are perfect for a mini-research project or for your students to celebrate National Park Week in April. There are two versions of each pennant- one with a map and one without a map. There is also a "National Park Passport" cover if you would like to make the pennants into a booklet.Includes space for the following information:City & StateYear EstablishedHistoryPlantsAnimalsFamo
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: National Parks Bundle
Design a Car Project - Alternative/Renewable Fuels and Energy Use Activity
Have some serious fun with cars and energy use! In this activity, students research or read about alternative (renewable) fuels and compare them. As a culmination to the project, they design their own “green” vehicles. Open the preview to take a closer look.First, kids learn about renewable and nonrenewable energy resources. A worksheet provides a quick review, and they categorize ten sources.Second, they build background information. Before comparing alternative energy sources, students explor
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4th - 5th
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NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS3-1
STEM Novel Activity: The One and Only Ivan
This project combines all four aspects of STEM.S: Animal HabitatsT: Zoo ResearchE: Planning a ZooM: Area and Perimeter Calculations for ZooDirections This project combines all 4 parts of STEM. It is separated into 2 lessons. Lesson 1 combines science and technology. Lesson 2 combines engineering and math. I like to do both lessons over the course of a day. I use Lesson 1 during my language arts block and then Lesson 2 during math. SuppliesLesson 1: letter to class (can be copied off or
Weather Hazard Flood STEM and STEAM Challenge
Studying natural hazards, weather or hurricanes? This Earth Science Weather STEM helps students design and create a model to prevent and reduce flooding during storms using the engineering design cycle. A Hurricane Maria leveled text and writing prompts round out this jammed packed set! Next Generation Science Standards: NGSS 3-ESS3-1, 4-ESS3-2 ☝ Click HERE to Save over 25% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and STEAM Challenges BUNDLE! ☝ (Currently: 16 NGSS Aligned Projects) ❤ All STEM Projects are
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS3-2
Also included in: Weather Unit
Animal Habitat STEM STEAM
This Animal STEM challenge & research project guides students in engineering design process to create endangered animal habitats. Students write an animal report on survival needs and adaptations. A leveled text, writing prompts, and graphic organizers, round out this set! Next Generation Science Standard Alignment: 3-LS4-3 ☝ Click HERE to Save over 25% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and STEAM BUNDLE! ☝ (Currently: 16 NGSS Aligned Projects) ❤ All STEM Projects are OPEN ENDED, allowing student
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-LS4-3
Also included in: STEM Activities STEM Challenges
Energy: Hydroelectric Power with STEM Project
This Hydroelectric Energy package shows how hydroelectric energy is produced and the energy transformations that happen to turn power from water into electricity. The package includes an interactive PowerPoint presentation which shows how hydroelectric power is produced and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of hydro power.The presentation makes liberal use of diagrams and pictures to illustrate the points simply and clearly. This presentation is suitable for multiple grade levels. Th
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Grades:
4th - 8th
NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, MS-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-2
Also included in: NGSS Renewable Energy Bundle Grades 4 - 6
STEM: Plants and Food Waste
In this HUGE project based learning unit, you will receive lessons on composting, plants, gardening, food waste, pollution, and community service. The first unit is on the effects of food waste, the largest contributor to our landfills, then your students will grow their own garden using food scraps for the second unit. If you'd like to see these activities in action, check us out on Instagram @thebrainybee. With this bundle you will receive the following activities and more!
Unit Plans
Links
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Ecology Unit | Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Engage your students with this fun, comprehensive, 99 page Ecology Unit. It contains passages, questions, and a wide variety of resources needed to teach a rigorous unit on ecology.It includes CLOSE Reading nonfiction passages to help teach your students about ecology (not familiar with CLOSE reading? It’s okay, we have instructions and anchor charts to help you incorporate it into your teaching). There are text dependent questions aligned with each passage, a set of vocabulary cards with defini
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Ecology Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Report Bundle
Biomes & 5 Themes of Geography Project (The Amazing Race)
The Amazing Race producers are looking to do a biome themed season next year and they need your help! This integrated project asks focuses on biomes, ecology and the 5 themes of geography. In order for each student's chosen location to be considered, they will need to conduct research and complete a 13 page application for review.
This document includes:
-Lesson Overview
-Student Task Overview
-Application packet
1. General Title page info
2. Location Snapshots (illustrations of 5 key things
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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Plants | Plant Research Report
Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive Plants Research Report resource. It helps make report writing easy! It contains vocabulary, worksheets, questions, organizers, tools and forms to use for your students to create, develop, write, edit, illustrate, present, and assess your students’ Plants Research Report.This is a fun, 35 page resource to help your students produce a research report on Plants. This report is also designed to not only to learn and explain the new information, b
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Plants Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Report Bundle
NGSS 4-ESS3-1 Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuels, Impact on the Environment, Google
This Digital Science Interactive Journal is written to align with NGSS 4-ESS3-1. Students will explore Renewable and Non-Renewable Energies, especially Coal, Oil. Gas. Wind, Hydroelectric, Solar, Nuclear, and Geothermal. They will be asked to research the advantages and disadvantages of each energy source and the impact that each type has on the environment. Also included in the journal is a close reading: What are Natural Resources? This lesson also aligns with NGSS standard MS-ESS3-1. Also, s
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-3
, 4-ESS3-1
Coal and Chocolate Chip Cookie Mining Exploration - Problem and Solution Writing
This product includes a nonfiction article with 2 comprehension pages about coal mining which could be used by itself for reading. However, it also includes a hands-on exploration component where students use chocolate chip cookies and tools (fingers, cotton swabs, and toothpicks) to mine the chocolate chips. Use the article to introduce the problem and solution structure, then have students complete the exploration with the graphic organizer so they can write about their experience in the probl
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Volcanoes and Earthquakes: A Complete Unit
A low-prep comprehensive science unit with ELA components.
Included you will find:
• 15 lesson plans
• Student notebook with interactive portions
• Several hands-on activities
• Research project
• STEM activity
• Answer keys and rubrics
• Exit tickets and other assessment ideas
• Posters
• Vocabulary quizzes (2)
• Geography link
• Art link
• Objectives with note-taking and summarizing
• Original nonfiction articles
Lessons:
Layers of the Earth
Tectonic Plates
Pangea
Shield Volcanoes
Mt
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Grades:
4th - 6th
There's an Owl in the Shower Novel Study
This integrated language arts and science unit plan includes; a unit overview, 15 step by step lesson plans, and 8 worksheets that get students involved with the book and learning. It requires very little lesson planning on your part. These worksheets and activities are fun and exciting and require higher level thinking. It will help your students to become more aware of their environment and the impact they have on it.
Some examples of some lessons or activities you will find in this unit:
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3rd - 6th
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Plants Unit | Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive, 107 page Plants Unit. It contains passages, questions, and a wide variety of resources needed to teach a rigorous unit on plants.It includes CLOSE Reading nonfiction passages to help teach your students about plants (not familiar with CLOSE reading? It’s okay, we have instructions and anchor charts to help you incorporate it into your teaching). There are text dependent questions aligned with each passage, a set of vocabulary cards with def
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Also included in: Plants Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Report Bundle
NGSS Renewable Energy Bundle Grades 4 - 6
This bundle contains NGSS aligned lessons on three sources of renewable energy: Wind Energy, Solar Energy and Hydroelectric Energy. They are aligned with the following performance expectations: NGSS 4-ESS3-1, 4-PS3-4, 5-ESS3-1. Product Descriptions:Using Windmills to Change Wind Energy to ElectricityThis informative and entertaining package includes a wealth of material and exercises on wind energy, its environmental benefits, and challenges. Materials are aligned with Common Core and address
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Grades:
4th - 6th
NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, 5-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS3-1
NGSS Grade 4 Natural Resources Energy and Fuels Performance Assessment
NGSS Grade 4: Earth and Human Activity
4-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.
The assessment begins with a whole class activity to activate prior knowledge. Students match information about energy sources, then classify those resources by attributes.
In the second activity students create a concept map of how the use of energy and fuels such as coal mining affects the air, land, and water. Using
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3rd - 5th
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Science & Nature Curriculum Bundle: all my units & mini-studies in one bundle!
Simply EVERY unit in my shop, in one discounted bundle!→ This collection includes environmental science-inspired complete units and study materials.→ It is perfect for homeschooling, nature camps, STEM camps, and earth/environmental science classrooms.→ All the materials feature my artwork and are based on my experience as an environmental scientist.*** What age/grade can use these materials?*** These materials were designed with universal design and mixed-age group classroom in mind! All units
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Grades:
Homeschool
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 4-LS1-1
, 1-LS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-LS4-3
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Food Webs Unit: an ecology unit study - with flashcards, activities, and more!
Perfect for your next ecology unit study in your science classroom or homeschool! Learn about how energy moves through an ecosystem's food web! This printable science unit includes kids' learning activities, an ecosystem poster, educational flashcards, and more! To help with your lesson planning, there is also a detailed instructor guide and key!Additionally, you can find more background information about food webs for parents, teachers, and/or older students on my website: https://wildearthlab.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, 5-LS2-1
What Do Plants Need to Grow?
What Do Plants Need to Grow? introduces students to the important role plants play in sustaining life as we know it. Plants are among the most important resources on Earth, providing us with food to eat and oxygen to breathe. In addition to adding beauty to our surrounding environment, plants also keep our soil healthy through decomposition, provide habitats for animals, and are the source of many materials we use every day—including wood, clothing, medicine, plastic, and more. In this unit, stu
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-1
, 4-LS1-1
, 3-LS4-1
, 2-LS2-1
, 3-LS3-1
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Global Warming BUNDLE
158 printable or digital pages for students to explore global warming. Students learn about:the food we eat and where it comes from, how we produce electricity, the effects of buildings on the climate, the increasing magnitude and frequency of storms, how changing weather harms plants and the animals that consume them,questions and writing prompts inspired by Greta Thunberg, and more.PRINT: I created PDF versions that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or a
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Grades:
4th - 10th
Biomes Pennant Reports
Your students are going to love researching the different biomes from around the world with this fun pennant report. When the students finish completing their report, the pennants can be displayed for all to see. The pennants can also be used as a graphic organizer for students to complete as they are reading about the different biomes in class. I tried to include all of the different biome names that are used around the world, but I have also included an extra pennant to add more biome names if
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Biome Bundle
Using the Land and Its Resources - Interactive Social Studies Unit
Do you need to breathe some life into your social studies curriculum? Then look no further! This social studies unit, as well as my other social studies units, makes planning and teaching engaging, interactive social studies lessons a breeze! Your students will love the fun yet rigorous activities found here. Whether you have a comprehensive social studies curriculum or not, this unit will add value and enjoyment for both you and your kids!
The unit is Common Core-aligned and focuses on the
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Exploring Science Worksheets (Grades 1 to 7)
Science Activities Worksheets from Grades 1 to 6This product includes:1. Poster “Exploring science” - students’ attitudes in practical activities in science2. “Experiment plan” templateActivities: student’s + teacher’s guides3. “Grow, seeds, grow!”Do different seeds, under the same conditions, take the same time to germinate?4. “Investigating water condensation”Why does water vapor condense?5. “The journey of light”How does light travel?6. “Magnetic power”Does the magnetic force of a magnet pass
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Grades:
1st - 7th
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NGSS:
1-LS1-1
, MS-ESS2-2
, 3-PS2-3
, 1-PS4-2
, MS-PS2-3
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