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4th grade science lessons for Google Apps
Types of Fossils Lesson with Google Slides, Notes, Worksheet, and Answer Key
This lesson explains what a fossil is and explores 4 different types of fossils - mold, cast, trace, and true form - including how they form with examples of each. This resource includes: a Google Slides lesson about the 4 types of fossilsa notes page (print and digital, color and black line)a worksheet (print an digital, color and black line)an answer keyGo through the Google Slides presentation as students take notes on the included notes page. After the lesson, students use their notes to com
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, 4-ESS1-1
, 3-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-1
Also included in: Fossils and Paleontology Unit Bundle of 8 Science Lessons
Sun, Earth, and Moon : Rotation & Revolution, Phases of the Moon, & MORE!
Looking for a hassle-free science unit to teach your students about the sun, Earth, and moon? Look no further! This full unit has everything you need to make teaching science a breeze. Your students will explore the location of the sun, moon, and Earth in our solar system, rotation vs. revolution, phases of the moon, and more!With a teacher guide, hands-on student activities (printable or digital), learning centers, reader's theater, review activities, and unit assessment, this resource has you
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3rd - 4th
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Vertebrates and Invertebrates Activity
Need a lesson to help your students differentiate between vertebrates and invertebrates? This science activity will help your students correctly classify the two animal groups. Students will read and learn about vertebrate and invertebrate animals and learn about characteristics that make up major groups of each. Students will complete graphic organizer worksheets to demonstrate their understanding of each animal grouping. Like this invertebrate and vertebrate activity? Check out the life scienc
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Full Year Science Curriculum
Animal Adaptations: Create-a-Creature Project
Make researching animal adaptations fun and engaging with this interdisciplinary project! This creative research project will have your students researching, writing, drawing, and creating all in one amazing digital display! This is something that I created to help students focus their research efforts on animal adaptations and record it in a clear, concise, and attractive manner, as well as practice their digital literacy skills. What you will find in this resource are five lesson plans to h
Animal Life Cycles LINKtivity® (Frog, Turtle, Chicken, Bee, Butterfly)
Ditch the textbook and give your students a unique and interactive multimedia experience for learning about animal life cycles. The simple teacher prep and the easy-to-navigate digital LINKtivity learning guide are perfect for any upper elementary classroom (even great for substitute days)!Your students will love this self-paced, student-controlled digital activity that allows them to discover the life cycle stages of 5 different animals. But - instead of it being presented in a bland way, stud
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-LS2-1
Science Reading Comprehension Passages & Writing | ELA & SOR 4th 5th Grade
Let's dig into some real-world learning that supports the Science of Reading with informational text! Let's teach reading comprehension and writing skills while building knowledge about many different science topics with this SciencELA bundle designed for 4th and 5th grade students.What will I love?120 original complex grade-level texts for 30 topicsEye-catching designOptional Google Slides provided with editable pages for recording informationQuality use of direct instruction and modelingExampl
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4th - 5th
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Christmas Science Inquiry Activity for Middle School
An exciting Christmas themed mini-inquiry science lab! Teach and reinforce observation and inference skills in this fun easy to prep activity. Your students will love solving the mystery of the candy cane crime! Perfect for forensic units, inquiry units, and the holiday season.ACTIVITY DESCRIPTIONThis is an exciting mini-inquiry lab that uses candy canes! In this inquiry lab activity students read a short newspaper article about a candy cane criminal who is sneaking into Santa's Toy Shop
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4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-3
Inner and Outer Planets Reading Passages - Solar System Activities & Worksheets
Engage your upper elementary and middle grades science students with this digital and printable activity to introduce inner and outer planets! Students will read short texts and watch videos to learn about the different characteristics of inner and outer planets. Assess student understanding with activities like labeling the inner and outer planets and sorting the characteristics of each group on a Venn Diagram.Students will need access to Google Slides and YouTube to use the digital version of
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3rd - 6th
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Paired Text Passages - Volcanos Informational Writing - Print & Digital
Students write stronger informational (explanatory) essays using these printable or digital fact-based paired passages, or paired texts, about volcanoes. First, students read these perfectly paired passages to gather information about the topic. Students search the texts for facts, reasons, definitions, details, and quotes, then organize their information on the graphic organizer. The organizer supports students as they write their final informative essays, complete with all components necessary
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Paired Text Passages - Geology Informational Writing - Print & Digital
Rocks & Minerals: Types of Rocks, Rock Cycle, Mineral Properties, Fossils, MORE!
If COMPLETE is what you need - this full science unit has everything you need to teach your students about rocks and minerals to your third grade, fourth grade, or fifth grade students. Students will learn about the layers of the Earth, how rocks form, types of rocks, the rock cycle, mineral properties, and fossils. Resources include a teacher guide, hands-on students activities (printable or digital), learning centers, review activities, and unit assessment.Teaching science shouldn't be complic
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3rd - 5th
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Potential and Kinetic Energy Roller Coaster Simulation Lesson
Lesson on potential and kinetic energy using google slides and the Roller Coaster 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 speed and height on kinetic and potential energy. Product also includes an extension activity.
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4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-5
, MS-PS3-1
My Dad is an Alien Introduction Activity to CER Writing for Science
My Dad is an Alien CER lesson is the perfect activity to introduce (or refresh) CER writing to students at the beginning of the year. I have found it is always easier to teach CERs using a non science example first. It helps students who are new to CERs easily pick out what a claim is, evidence is, and what reasoning is. This is an introductory activity or can be used as a refresher for students who haven't written CERs in a while.BRIEF EXPLANATION OF ACTIVITY:Students will learn what a CER is,
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4th - 8th
Grade 4 Ontario SCIENCE Workbooks and Slides
This BUNDLE includes complete student workbooks and slide decks for Grade 4 students, aligned with the new 2022 Grade 4 Ontario Science curriculum. Each workbook meets the Ontario Curriculum expectations for an ENTIRE Science unit. Slide decks are accessed using Google Slides™. All four Grade 4 Science strands are included: Light and Sound, Habitats and Communities, Machines and their Mechanisms (formerly Pulleys and Gears), and Rocks, Minerals, and Geological Processes.This resource includes:L
Solar System BUNDLE | Print and Digital
Looking to incorporate the Solar System into several subject areas? This complete no-prep BUNDLE can be used in your Science and Reading/LA block. Students will stay engaged while completing the hands-on activities. Needing something for Google Classroom? This also contains interactive activities.This now contains activities for Google Classroom. There is a link on page 2 of the PDF that allows you to make a copy. There are text boxes that allow students to complete the activities.This unit cont
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1st - 4th
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Antarctic Animal Research Nonfiction Reading Passages, Comprehension, & Report
Do your students love learning about animals? Do they get excited when they hear about new and interesting animals? If so, they'll love these Antarctic Animal Research Reading Passages, Comprehension, & Report Activities.Animals in this Antarctic Reading Passages include:AlbatrossBlue WhaleElephant sealEmperor PenguinLeopard SealOrcaThese six informational animal articles are perfect for students who want to learn about animals that live in the Antarctic. The articles are full of interesting
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2nd - 4th
Biomes of the World LINKtivity®- Tundra, Rainforest, Taiga, Desert, Grassland...
Ditch the textbook and give your students a unique and interactive multimedia experience for learning about biomes of the world including tundra, desert, grassland, deciduous forest, rain forest and taiga. The simple teacher prep and the easy-to-navigate digital LINKtivity learning guide are perfect for any upper elementary classroom (even great for substitute days)!Your students will love this self-paced, student-controlled digital activity that allows them to discover the biomes around the wor
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3rd - 5th
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Year Long Science Bundle | Four Full Unit Science BUNDLES
#bestsellerof2023 Enjoy a year-long 5th Grade NGSS full guided lesson plan bundle and more.➡ PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING ⬅By purchasing the bundle, you receive all units/notebook sets within this bundle at a 30% discount. As additional resources are added, the bundle's price will increase accordingly. By purchasing the bundle at the current price, you will receive future resources added to this Science bundle for FREE.➡ NEED DIGITAL NOW? All 5th-grade guided notebook DIGITAL bundles and more a
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4th - 6th
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5-ESS2-2
, 5-PS1-3
, 5-PS1-4
, 5-ESS1-2
, 5-ESS1-1
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Forces and Motion Unit | Printable, Digital & Editable Components
Save 40% by purchasing ALL my Forces and Motion teaching materials!Important Notes:• Download a FREE Unit Bundle to learn more about all my products.• Save $$$ with the Physical Science Complete Curriculum• Save $$$$ with the Integrated Science Complete Curriculum• Consider the Forces and Motion Unit Activities as an economical alternative to this resource• Consider Daily Lessons as an economical alternative to this unit bundle (see below)• This product includes FREE downloads of ALL future Forc
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, MS-PS2-4
, 3-PS2-2
, MS-PS2-2
, 5-PS2-1
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Cell Structure and Function - Science and Literacy Lesson Set with DIGITAL
Cell Structure and Function Science and Literacy Lesson Set - DISTANCE LEARNING- Common Core and STAAR (TEKS) alignedAll new graphics!! Just updated with DIGITAL Google Slides version!!⭐️ Easy to follow!⭐️ Fun for the students!These activities are created to incorporate reading and writing into the Science curriculum. The informational text in this set is written to best fit the 5th and 6th grade reading levels. This lesson set is designed to be on level for 5th grade and covers standards from 5
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Everything 5th Grade Science Mega Bundle (TEKS & NGSS)
Light and Shadow Science Unit | Lessons and Activities | Complete Bundle
What if you could have your entire light and shadow unit planned in less than ten minutes? Most of these engaging lessons take moments to prep and cover all the outcomes for your unit. Topics included are transparent, translucent, and opaque materials, colours, refraction, reflection, sources of light, and eye safety.This complete bundle includes:a set of basic lessons (with instructions to modify for your students) which address the majority of the concepts for the unit. It includes a digital v
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4th - 6th
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Google Slides & Presentations Tutorial --for Students
I was so surprised this year to discover that, for once, I knew a little bit more about technology than my students! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Though my middle school students are asked to create slideshow presentations in Google Slides all the time, I felt shoc
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3rd - 8th, Adult Education, Staff
Types of Maps 5-E Lesson and WalkAround | Geography Skills Practice | Google
This engaging 5-E lesson covers parts of a map, types of maps, and reading maps The activities are engaging for students & the guided, 5-E format is easy for you to use! Begin with a fun “Create a Map” warm-up activity to help them visualize the big ideas. Then, introduce vocabulary & practice applying the concepts with a “Name that Map” activity. Fill-in notes accompany the lesson. Next, a “GSI: Geography Scene Investigation” challenges students to identify types of maps, then examine t
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4th - 8th
Energy and Matter in an Ecosystem | Full Unit Science BUNDLE
What does an ecosystem include, what is an aquatic biome and a terrestrial biome, and how do human activities affect ecosystems? While the standards closely align with 5th Grade NGSS standards, if you teach about ecosystems and organisms in general, this may be perfect for you! Here, your students will learn more by answering the following Big Questions:What Is An Ecosystem and the Organisms Within?Where Do Plants Get the Material They Need For Growth?How Do Matter and Energy Flow In An Ecosyste
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Grades:
4th - 6th
NGSS:
5-LS2-1
, 5-ESS3-1
, 5-PS3-1
, 5-PS1-1
, 5-LS1-1
Animal Adaptations Physical and Behavioral Google Slides Lesson
This Google Slides presentation introduces students to the topic of animal adaptations. The lesson: describes adaptations as either physical (camouflage, mimicry, body parts, and chemical defenses) or behavioral (instinct and learned)provides several examples of each type of adaptation with bright, colorful photographsincludes a 10 question, self-scoring review quiz game at the end for instant feedback about student comprehensionThe included text is fully editable!You may also be interested in t
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, MS-LS1-4
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