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Easter laboratories for special education
Peeps Spring Activities for Science and STEM | Dissolving Peeps
Keep students engaged this Spring! Go beyond a worksheet and dissolve PEEPS in this fun and engaging science lab experiment! Students work through the steps of the scientific method in this easy to execute activity. Great for short week surrounding Easter.This product originated as a way to introduce Mixtures and Solutions in my 4th grade Science class! The original experiment is still there along with some lower level or introductory/extension activities! I have also included a STEM extension a
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in:Â 4th Grade Science Bundle
Potential and Kinetic Energy Phet Skate Park Simulation Digital UDL Lesson
Lesson on potential and kinetic energy using google slides and the phet energy skate park simulation. Interactive lesson with NGSS science standards made accessible for all students with UDL principals. Includes multiple slides of questions on the relationship of kinetic and potential energy and the affect of mass and height on kinetic and potential energy. Product also includes an extension activity.
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-5
, MS-PS3-1
Peeps Experiments (Easter Science)
What a fun way to allow your students to take the role of scientist at Easter!
Includes recording sheets for:
Peeps in Liquid
Peep Chemical Reaction
Peep Color Mixing
Peeps in the Microwave
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PreK - 2nd
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Plate Tectonics LAB: Yummy! Eat Your Boundaries (Graham Crackers and Fluff)
EAT YOUR PLATES AND YOUR ASTHENOSPHERE! Graham cracker based plate tectonic boundaries lab. A dynamic tutorial on plate boundaries and model manipulation that kids LOVE! You can eat it too!
Loaded with COLOR and IMAGES!
This is a can’t miss lab! You can use the images provided OR use actual lab materials to mimic the lab procedure provided!
This lab includes the following:
-Terminology-asthenosphere, lithosphere, plate boundaries, convergent, divergent, transform, oceanic crust, contin
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion: ELLIPSE LAB - Loaded with FUN!
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"REACH INC."-EMPOWERING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
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Come explore a beautiful marriage of both math and science. Experience Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion like you never have before. In this dynamic ellipse lab, content and inquiry go hand in hand. This special creation is applicable to many ability and grade levels. This is lab is LOADED starting with Kepler’s 3 Laws. First, the law of ellipses. Second, the law of equal areas. Third, th
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6th - 12th
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Diffusion and Osmosis Lab Packets
This lab packet contains 1 Skittles Diffusion Experiment and 1 Osmosis Gummy Bear Experiment. Both labs come with a list of materials needed, directions for setting it up, student data sheets to record their observations, and questions about each lab. The packet also includes quick wrap-up notes for the following day to reinforce the skills discovered in the experiment. and eliminate any misconceptions. I'm also including a FREE watercolors diffusion art activity that both you and your studen
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9th - 12th
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Peeps Science Experiment by Teacher With Coffee
Looking for a fun, seasonal science experiment? Then this is perfect for you! Inside you will find everything you need to conduct the experiment with you class. Your students can test which liquid will dissolve Peeps the best, then record their results in a Science Journal. If you're working on teaching changes in matter, this is a great way for students to see the concept in action! Also included are pages for a Sink or Float experiment. With this purchase you will receive:Scientific Method Car
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PreK - 1st
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Peeps Science and How To Writing {Easter Activities & States of Matter}
Looking for some easy Easter fun? Practice sequencing, how to writing, the scientific method and learn about states of matter with these three experiments and two science snacks!
Enjoy making a treat while learning about the scientific method and changing a liquid to a solid for a yummy spring treat OR change a solid to a liquid and back again while making Peep Pops! Then sequence the steps in each process and write directions for making each treat.
This product includes three experiments:
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K - 2nd
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Also included in:Â Candy Science: A Growing Bundle of Science Experiments
Plate Tectonics, Pangaea, and Continental Drift LAB (Lots of FUN!!!)
Meet the ULTIMATE Super Continent! PANGAEA! Come experience an in depth tutorial and analysis of Pangaea, its before, and its after. A variety of fun and engaging pedagogical strategies (some you have probably never seen before) including:
-Puzzle construction: colorful with differentiated symbols to denote: cynognathus fossils, mesosaurus fossils, glossopteris fossils, lystrosaurus fossils, young rock formations, and old rock formations. Using a color/symbol coded key students assemble a
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5th - 9th, Adult Education
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Moon Phases and OREO COOKIE LAB. A TRUE HIT! (Yummy for ALL Ages!)
PROCEEDS BENEFIT CHARITY:
"REACH INC."-EMPOWERING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
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Understanding moon phases can be difficult for a student or adult of any age. According to the NSF (National Science Foundation), the conceptual process of the moon phases is "misunderstood by adults just as much as children." Well, it's time to fix that! And you can use OREO cookies to help you.
This is a comprehensive activity and mini-lab in which students investigate the dynamic yet pr
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3rd - 8th
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Mealworm Activity Pack
Teaching about life cycles?
Mealworms allow students to observe complete metamorphosis - little set-up, easy to do and minimal care required. You will need a few months to complete - but checking once a week on these little guys would be effective.
Mealworms go through stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Your students will love watching the worms change to pupas and then into adults (beetles).
TWO FORMATS
1. designed for students with significant cognitive disabilities - icons for observations
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1st - 5th
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LAB - Sugar Cube Weathering
This is a lab activity about physical weathering (abrasion) and chemical weathering (affect of temperature and surface area). Students will model abrasion by shaking sugar cubes in plastic bottles. Then, they will model the affect of temperature on weathering and the affect of surface area on weathering using sugar cubes.
This is a fun lab for students and is very cost-effective. I have students bring in empty gatorade bottles (they are hard plastic and will last for years). Sugar cubes can be
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8th - 12th
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Scientific Method Sequence Display Cards
Scientific Method Display Cards are a great resource to reinforce the steps to the scientific method as well a supporting science fair project work. This product includes two levels of differentiation, one with picture supported text and the second level using sight word sentences. It is recommended that the two levels are attached to the front and back of sentence strips to create an instructional activity that can be used to address diverse literacy skills within the same activity.Scientific
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K - 12th
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Easter STEM Challenges
This product includes 5 Easter STEM Challenges with student worksheets. This product also includes 5 teacher resource pages that explains directions and list materials needed to conduct challenge. The Challenges include the following:
1. PEEP Catapult
2. Jelly Bean Roller Coaster
3. Egg Towers
4. Bunny Boats
5. Bunny Baskets
Materials needed: (just suggested materials not all required)
Rubber bands
Straws
Pencils
Aluminum Foil
Saran Wrap
PEEPS
Strings
Plastic spoons
Measuring
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Grades:
1st - 7th
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Scientific Method: SAVING SAM THE GUMMY WORM! Kids say, "So much FUN!"
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-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-
SAVING SAM (GUMMY WORM) is a VERY POPULAR lab introducing the scientific method commonly found anywhere between 4th and 8th grade. Check out the preview! This lab is also used in pedagogy classes for science education in undergraduate and graduate school. This is a modified lab geared towards lower ability levels and/or students that do not ha
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3rd - 8th
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Mixtures and Solutions using trail mix and kool aid- great for ESE
Students will create their own trail mix and kool-aid to demonstrate the difference between mixtures and special types of mixtures called solutions. I teach in a special-ed classroom and utilizing their measuring skills, and involving their taste buds make it easier for them to make a connection to the content.
You will need (per student, makes 1 cup. They could split with a partner or take home.)
ÂĽ cup goldfish
ÂĽ cup pretzels
ÂĽ cup dried cranberries
ÂĽ cup cereal
individual kool-aid packets
M
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6th - 8th
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The Science of Peeps Activities and Experiments Spring Easter Science
Peep into the science of Peeps! Real hands-on science is presented in this bundle of activities that use Peeps. The packet comes with all the procedures, result tables, and scientific explanations for each activity. Each experiment can be a stand-alone assignment or can be incorporated into student’s science notebooks. All the activities below are included. Perfect for upper elementary and middle school students. Check out the preview!Solubility of PeepsPeeps in Different Liquids The Effect of T
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4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Bundle of Fun Science Activities and Experiments!
One Item Therapy {Candy Peeps}
It’s all about simple with this product. With the busy schedules we have, I wanted a packet that would be meaningful and fun for our students but also didn’t require a lot of precious prep-time. This is the perfect packet to grab out around Easter and Spring Break and covers your entire caseload with activities for language, grammar, social language and articulation. For most of the activities, all you need are the Candy Peeps! For a few of the experiments, you need a few other common items.Thes
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Not Grade Specific
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12 Science Experiments to use in Special Education
These 12 different experiments allow students with autism and special learning needs to conduct real experiments with as much independence as possible while still following the scientific method. They are structured to allow students to make the necessary connections to the content while working through the 6 steps of the Scientific Method.âś©âś©âś© PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE THE SAME EXPERIMENTS INCLUDED IN THE SCIENCE UNITS LISTED BELOW. YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE THE UNITS TO BE ABLE TO DO THE EXPER
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6th - 8th
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The Great Peep Experiment
This activity will help your students work through the scientific method in a fun and festive way. It will go over solutions and solvents by trying to dissolve a marshmallow peep. This set includes:
posters
6 scientific method signs
2 posters- solvent and solution
A direction page
4 observation, recording sheets
A Final observations/conclusions report page
Peep exit tickets
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2nd - 5th
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Measurement: VOLUME LAB (Water Displacement Method / Irregular Objects)
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-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-
Volume - WATER DISPLACEMENT METHOD LAB (Irregular Objects)
Great scientific method and physical science lab!
Volume measurement of irregular objects. A dynamic 3-part lab/activity that DOES NOT require lab materials. Using the water displacement method students will calculate the volume of the following objects: ring, aluminum cylinder, glas
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3rd - 8th
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Life Skills Scrambled Eggs | Cooking Competition Cooking Lab | FCS
Grab your aprons and chef’s hats for this fun and eggciting scrambled egg cooking lab to teach life skills. Students will turn eggs into a delicious masterpiece in this eggcellent cooking activity. In this lesson, students will come up with their own scrambled egg recipe and have it be presented to judges! They will practice creativity, time management skills, and use teamwork to put their best eggs forward. Students will be placed into groups of three or four for this scrambled egg competition
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Life Skills Cooking Competition Bundle Part 2
Plate Tectonics: Make Your Own VOLCANO LAB! (Extended Version; EASY TO DO; FUN)
This is the extended version complete with actual procedural photographs.
MAKE YOU OWN VOLCANO! IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!
This version provides pictures in case one does not actually have the materials below. If materials are available to you, see below for must haves and optional materials.
Material MUST HAVES: Flask, stopper or cork, baking soda, and vinegar.
Optional materials to enhance the experience: paper towels, tape, ruler, beaker, goggles, and scissors.
This kid and adult frie
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
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Rock Cycle CRAYON LAB (A MUST HAVE! Unique and So Much Fun!)
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-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-
CRAYON LAB! So much fun!!!
Kids LOVE THIS LAB! Instead of using crayons to color, use crayons to demonstrate the rock cycle! 2 separate activities for differentiated levels.
Pairs great with the DICE GAME found at the link below:
ROCK CYCLE DICE GAME
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3rd - 10th
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