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Critical thinking biology lessons
Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Emergency Science Sub Plan or Activity | Root Monster Project
This is a fun and engaging activity that will teach students how to use root words to decipher the meaning of science terms. Students will complete multiple root skill sections including a section where they will make a fun root monster drawing. Their root monster must match the characteristics of 5 science root words. There is also a creative writing section where students will write a story about their monster that must include at least 7 science root words.Included:★ Activity Directions★ Root
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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Anatomy and Physiology Curriculum - Full Year of Human Anatomy Lessons & Labs
This Anatomy and Physiology curriculum is comprehensive and engaging! The lessons, labs, guided notes, doodle notes, projects, and assessments included in this rigorous and streamlined course provide everything you need for a full year of high school Human Anatomy and Physiology, Health Science, or Advanced Biology. All units are aligned to NGSS and state standards.Save precious planning time! The hundreds of resources in this course are ready to use, making them perfect for new or first-time
Grades:
10th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-LS1-7
, HS-LS1-2
, HS-LS1-1
, HS-LS1-4
, HS-LS1-3
STEM Challenge Bucket Tower Problem-Solving Learning Activity Upper Elementary
This unique and original STEM Activity features a bucket with the challenge to build a tower that will hold weight. It's an engaging student favorite and you will love the ready-made lab sheets and low prep. Students must also explain why their towers need a bucket. Imaginative answers are one of the high points of this challenge- along with seeing those creative bucket towers!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.➡️ Click here for the Easy Supplies 6-Pack bun
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM CHALLENGES ENTIRE YEAR 60 Projects, Planning Guide, and Posters
Environmental Science Curriculum - Full Year of Lesson Plans, Labs, and Tests
These environmental lesson plans will help your students to take charge of their learning! This comprehensive course is interactive, hands-on, and student-centered! Students learn about major environmental issues in modern society through detailed lessons and activities. Units cover the four spheres of the earth (lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere), and human impacts on the environment are interwoven through each lesson to provide students with a good basis for any environmental
Subjects:
Grades:
10th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ESS2-5
, HS-ESS2-3
, HS-ESS2-4
, HS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-7
...
STEM Challenge Earthquake Resistant Structures Project- 3 Versions
This STEM activity features an earthquake simulation with students building and shaking! You will love the shake tray instructions and ready-made lab sheets. This engineering project is one of our favorites! Your students will love building the structures and cheering when they remain standing. I include 3 different methods for the challenge.➡️ Click here to save 20% with a bundle including this resource and 2 more Earth challenges.NOTE: This resource contains many ways to complete this challeng
Grades:
4th - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS3-2
, 4-ESS3-1
Also included in: Earth Projects STEM Challenge Bundle Featuring Earthquake Structures
BIOLOGY CURRICULUM - FULL YEAR Bundle - Print and Digital
Save time and energy with this print and digital BIOLOGY CURRICULUM bundle! It includes all of the lessons, notes, labs, activities, case studies, worksheets, projects, quizzes, review games, and exams you need to teach an entire year of BIOLOGY. Need a digital option? No problem!I have included both a print and digital version of the curriculum, making it perfect for:✅distance learning✅flipped classrooms✅online courses✅homeschool co-horts✅traditional classroomsTopics Included in this Bundle:►IN
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Grades:
9th - 10th
Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers {UNIT 4: Survival of Living Things}
Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for first grade. It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students. It incorporates both the NGSS standards as well as many state standards for 1st grade science. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.UNIT 4: SURVIVAL OF LIVING THINGS teaches your little learners all about how living things grow and survive in our world. It includes many engag
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Grades:
1st
Types:
NGSS:
1-LS1-1
, 1-LS1-2
, 1-LS3-1
Also included in: Little 1st Grade Science Thinkers {YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM} Bundle
Inside Out Movie Worksheets | Movie Day Activities | Social Emotional Learning
Looking to support your student's social-emotional needs?What better way to engage students than with a MOVIE TIME? ... INSIDE, OUT is certainly a fun childhood favorite!Check out these LEARNING ACTIVITIES created just for the movie!Personality Islands Digital PBLPersonality Islands Printable PBLHow to Make Broccoli Pizza - A Fun and Engaging Reading and Math ActivityThis resource includes a printable AND digital version to use with Google Classroom™Looking for more MOVIE GUIDES? Click HERE-Movi
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Adaptations, Mutations and Natural Selection - Evolution PowerPoint and Handouts
May the best beak win as students fight for survival of the fittest in this lesson about mutation, adaptation and evolution by natural selection. Charles Darwin would be so proud!WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 1-2 DAY LESSON:• 19 EDITABLE PowerPoint slides with bellwork, instructions, notes and embedded answer keys to handouts• 6 NON-EDITABLE PDF pages that align with the PowerPoint• Mutation Bird Beak Lab ActivitySTUDENTS WILL:• Learn about how mutation leads to adaptation and Charles Darwin's contri
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Grades:
5th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-LS3-1
, MS-LS4-4
, MS-LS4-6
Creativity Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle Finish the Picture, STEM
Need a quick, no prep, creative STEM challenges to get your students to think outside the box?! Creativity challenges can be used as a quick warm up before a STEM challenge to help jumpstart students’ creativity. They can also be used for morning work, brain breaks, and at various other times throughout the school day.This bundle includes 100+ Creativity Challenges and Activities. Featuring Balloons Over Broadway, Snowflake Bentley, Valentine's Day, Groundhog Day, Earth Day, Halloween, Christmas
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
STEM Popcorn Challenge - Problem-Solving & Volume Project - Measurement Activity
It’s the Popcorn STEM Activity! This Easy Prep Challenge is one of my absolute favorites to use as an exploration into volume. This challenge has been tested with 2nd-5th graders and they all enjoy designing those containers to hold the popcorn. Inevitably, there will be gigantic containers. Please note: This challenge is available in money-saving bundles!➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % with STEM Volume Bundle➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % with STEM 6-Pack Math Skills Bundle➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % wit
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges Volume BUNDLE featuring Problem-Solving & Math
Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers {UNIT 5: Weather}
Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for first grade. It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students. It incorporates both the NGSS standards as well as many state standards for 1st grade science. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.UNIT 5: WEATHER teaches your students about different types of weather that people experience around the world. It includes many engaging invest
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Grades:
1st
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Also included in: Little 1st Grade Science Thinkers {YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM} Bundle
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
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
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
Biology Basics Unit
This no-prep paper AND digital paperless product is all of the notes, labs, activities, practices, and tests you need to teach your first introductory unit in your biology class. Content covered includes lab safety and equipment, measurement, nature of science, experimental design, technological design, chemistry of life, water properties, and macromolecules. Links to video lectures are included for all notes. Everything is provided for two levels – CP and Honors. Not only that, but the stud
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Grades:
9th - 10th
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Also included in: Biology Curriculum - FULL YEAR Bundle
READ ALOUD STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle #1 STEM Club, STEM Centers
Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom all year with READ ALOUD STEM Volume One! Everything you need to be the master STEM Teacher at your school! Awaken imagination and creativity all year. Students learn coding, engineering, explore real-world problems, learn about STEM role models, pioneers, inventors, and more!Amazing resource for STEM clubs, STEM Teachers, STEM Stations, STEM Centers, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educationa
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Grades:
1st - 5th
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Biomes, Ecosystems, Food Chains, and Food Webs Unit Bundle
This awesome Biomes, Ecosystems, Food Chains, and Food Webs Unit Bundle includes everything you need to teach your students about biomes, ecosystems, food chains and food webs!Includes:- Ecosystems PowerPoint and Notes Set- Food Chains and Food Webs PowerPoint and Notes Set- Adaptations and Extinction PowerPoint and Notes Set- Food Chains and Food Webs Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest Activity- Biomes and Ecosystems Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest Activity- Desert Biome Internet Scavenger Hunt
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
STEM Spaghetti Tower Challenge Problem-Solving Project
Who knew a project using spaghetti could be so engaging and have easy prep for you? Students love this tower-building event with the unlikeliest of materials- spaghetti and one marshmallow. You will enjoy the ready-made lab sheets and the 4 different versions of this resource. ➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.What is the challenge?Students will use raw spaghetti strands to build a structure that will hold weight at the top. There are 4 variations of this
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Ecology Unit
This no-prep paper AND digital paperless product is all of the notes, labs, activities, practices, projects, and tests you need to teach an ecology unit in your biology class. Content covered includes introduction to ecology, organization of life, biogeochemical cycles, population ecology, human impact on the environment, ecological succession, and relationships and interactions of organisms. Links to video lectures are also included for each set of PowerPoint lecture notes. Everything is prov
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Grades:
9th - 10th
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Also included in: Biology Curriculum - FULL YEAR Bundle
Life Science Interactive Notebook - Complete Bundle
SCIENCE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK FOR LIFE SCIENCEThis product is a compilation of ALL Life Science Interactive Notebook chapters. This download will save you 20% off the individually listed chapters!Each activity enables students to process the information given by the teacher then allows them to use self-direction to apply their new knowledge. The engaging activities always vary in order for all students to use and benefit from different learning styles. Activities included correlating with the N
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Grades:
5th - 10th
AP Biology Unit 1: Chemistry of Life COMPLETE UNIT -Distance Learning Compatible
***04/28/24: EDPUZZLE UPDATE: Several days ago my Edpuzzle account was deleted. The company did this without notifying me and in spite of continued payments to maintain the subscription. They are unable to recover the account. I am devastated about this turn of events and will be working furiously to restore the content that has been deleted.I sincerely apologize for this inconvenience and want you to know that fixing this issue is my highest priority. I will let you know as each product is upda
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in: AP Biology Full Year Curriculum
4th Grade - Plants and Animals Structures - Complete NGSS Science Unit
From Molecules to Organisms - Plants and Animals - Structures and Processes - Fourth Grade - NGSS Aligned This product is a complete teaching unit of 12 hands-on, engaging lessons to teach animal structures and functions fully aligned with the fourth-grade NGSS standards. Also included is a collaborative end-of-unit project that utilizes the NGSS Science and Engineering Practices to apply their knowledge to a fun engineering and design project. This unit covers: 4-PS4-2, 4-LS1-1, and 4-LS1-2.---
Grades:
4th
NGSS:
4-PS4-2
, 4-LS1-1
, 4-LS1-2
Also included in: 4th Grade Science Bundle - NGSS - Four Complete Units - Entire Year
STEM Bubble Wand Design Challenge Science Problem-Solving Activity
Bubbles, Bubbles, Everywhere! STEM students love bubbles! This STEM activity has elements of fun, but also a great design and building challenge. After exploring with bubbles students will design and test their own bubble wands! Watch them engineer the ultimate bubble with their bubble wands!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 6 projects.What is the challenge?This STEM Challenge will have your st
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Fun Challenge Bundle
Exploring Nature with Children: a complete, year-long currliculum
Exploring Nature With Children is a complete, year-long curriculum designed to guide you, step by step, through an entire calendar year of nature study. Completely self-contained, this book has all the information you need to make nature study a regular part of your classroom.Exploring Nature With Children contains:An entire chapter devoted to getting you up and running with nature study.Forty-eight weeks of themed and guided nature study; four weeks for each month of the year, organised by seas
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Grades:
Not Grade Specific
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