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Science Common Core W.5.2 lessons
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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1st - 5th
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Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors - Monster Lab Project
Are you looking for a creative way to check your students' understanding of inherited traits and learned behaviors? Try out the Monster Lab project! This wild and wacky science, writing, and art project asks students to dream up a parent monster and its offspring, jotting down the traits and behaviors they inherited. This inherited traits project includes:Lesson plans for two days (or stretch it out over several days)Small group activity to review inherited traitsProject Assignment to engage stu
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Earth and Life Science Project Bundle
The Great Turkey Race Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Build a Turkey Obstacle Course in this Thanksgiving STEM Challenge! In the The Great Turkey Race STEM Activity, students design and build a Turkey Obstacle Course! An excellent companion activity to the Thanksgiving read aloud book The Great Turkey Race by Steve Metzger.The Turkey Obstacle Course STEM Project:Engage your students with the design process as they build a Turkey Obstacle Course. Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges #2 Real World Science Engineering
Bundle and get 50% off! Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom all year with READ ALOUD STEM Volume 2! Awaken imagination and creativity all year. Students learn coding, engineering, explore real world problems, learn about STEM role models, pioneers, inventors, and more! Perfect for librarians, STEM Club, K-5 Teachers, and any teach who loves to integrate hands-on learning activities with their students!This collection of STEM Projects focuses on connecting ELA and STEM. Each challenge c
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 4-PS3-4
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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
Forms of Energy Science and Writing Project {Christmas Theme}
Santa has a magical sleigh with a team of reindeer, but what about Mrs. Claus? This differentiated science and writing project is a fun way to assess understanding of the different forms of energy. Students will design a vehicle for Santa to give to Mrs. Claus for Christmas. This resource includes:Lesson plansSmall group activity to review forms of energyProject Assignment to engage studentsTwo versions of the planning pagesFour versions of the final project pagesGrading rubricsExample of a co
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Physical Science Project Bundle {Christmas Theme}
Planets Research Report: Multi-Draft Informative Writing for Grades 3-5 (CCSS)
“I have done planet research writing for several years. This was a helpful resource to have everything ready to go.”“This made research so much easier for my students! Everything was scaffolded and easy to follow. Their reports came out great!”“I used this with ELL students as a research project. It was well laid out and I could adapt it easily to my students' needs. It did a good job walking students through the writing process.”Instead of doing several Informative Essays, I like to focus on j
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3rd - 5th
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Compare Contrast Text Structure Passages Reindeer Informational Text Passages
Reading Informational Text Unit on Reindeer- Compare and Contrast Two Texts on Reindeer: Students will enjoy these reindeer reading passages and reindeer reading comprehension pages. Students will love learning all about reindeer. Students will compare two nonfiction passages on reindeer and will integrate ideas to write about the topic of reindeer. Reindeer are interesting animals with special adaptations. Great holiday reading and writing activity. Students will learn that reindeer or caribou
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Reading Two Text Passages on Reindeer Bundle
Paired Text Passages - Geology Informational Writing - Print & Digital
Students write stronger informational (explanatory) essays using these printable or digital fact-based paired passages, or paired texts, on a variety of geology topics. 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 compo
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3rd - 6th
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Paired Text Passages - Earthquakes Informational Writing - Print & Digital
Students write stronger informational (explanatory) essays using these printable or digital fact-based paired passages, or paired texts, about earthquakes. 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 necessa
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Paired Text Passages - Geology Informational Writing - Print & Digital
Wacky Animals Informative Writing Mini-Unit
One thing that I love about the new Common Core Standards is that they ask for students to writing regular short pieces of writing throughout the year in the three main writing disciplines: narrative, argument/opinion and informative.
The mini-unit I have created here asks for students to write an in-depth profile or report about a wacky animal. Kids love animals and bring some great background knowledge about them. This allows them to focus on the research and the writing, rather than deciph
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4th - 7th
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Ocean STEM Activities | Sea Turtles
Teach your students about the seven different species of sea turtles, their life cycle, all things interesting about sea turtles. Integrated in this pack is science, writing, reading, and art. Your students will learn: ♥life cycle of a sea turtle♥different sea turtle species♥how to protect sea turtles♥non-fiction text features♥how to take notes and expand them into complete ideas when writing ♥use precise language when writing about a particular subject ♥tissue paper artThis resource includes: ♥
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: End of the Year STEM Activities Summer STEM and STEAM Challenges
Library Research | The Ultimate BUNDLE
Scaffold student learning throughout grades K-5 with these research projects for elementary library classes! Your students will develop their research, writing, and technology skills beginning in Kindergarten and progressing through 5th grade. Help your students progress in their mastery of research skills in elementary school! Each grade builds upon skills learned in previous years.Included in this ultimate bundle of resources:ANIMAL RESEARCH K-5 BUNDLE:Guide your students in an engaging anima
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K - 5th
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Reindeer Obstacle Course Christmas STEM Activity
Build a Reindeer Obstacle Course in this Reindeer Games STEM Challenge! In this Reindeer STEM Activity, students design and build a Reindeer Obstacle Course!Reindeer Obstacle Course STEM Project:Engage your students with the design process as they build a Reindeer Obstacle Course and compete in their own reindeer games!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection in a STEM Journal to think through what worked and what
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1st - 4th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Reindeer Games Activities, Coding, and Christmas STEM Challenges Bundle
Caine's Arcade Unit Plan (PBL and Design Thinking combined)
This is an epic unit created around the inspiring story of Caine and the cardboard arcade phenomenon he created that swept the country. This unit will get your kids thinking, creating, and building with household materials and nothing more! Everything and I mean everything is included in this unit to have your students create their own arcade games based around empathy and the design needs of others. In our case, it was 2nd graders. You can adjust for any grade level! Twelve different lessons wi
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4th - 8th
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MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Weather Project- Observe and Record {Science and Writing}
This differentiated science and writing project is a meaningful addition to your weather unit, with an added exposure to geography (map skills), and land forms (national parks). Students will track weather data from national parks and use the data to predict the weather for the following day. In this project, student plan a trip to three National Parks, each in different areas of the United States. Students track the weather for four days and then predict the weather they will experience durin
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Earth and Life Science Project Bundle
Paired Text Passages - Plate Tectonics Informational Writing - Print & Digital
Students write stronger informational (explanatory) essays using these printable or digital fact-based paired passages, or paired texts, about plate tectonics. 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 nec
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Paired Text Passages - Geology Informational Writing - Print & Digital
Sea Turtle 5th Grade Emergency Sub Plans Math English Science Substitute Binder
This research unit on sea turtles is perfect for emergency sub plans, individual research, home school, summer school, enrichment, or a science unit on ecosystems and the effect of humans on the environment. With a clear lesson outline and specific directions on each page, it's perfect to leave behind or set students up to work on, with meaningful practice in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. This all-inclusive and ready-to-print packet includes:VocabularyReading Comprehensio
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5th
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NGSS:
5-LS2-1
, 5-ESS3-1
Dream Vacation - Travel Projects & PBL
Driving Question:How can you plan the perfect dream vacation?Description:Using a budget of $15,000, students create their dream vacation in this real world cross-curricular project. This project will require them to do internet research, allocate resources, calculate the cost of the trip, convert currencies, and learn the geography and climate of a new area. Core areas of reading, writing, and speaking and listening are covered, as well as calculations and presenting information in graphs and ma
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: PBL Bundle (Grade 5) - In Collaboration with A.J. Juliani - 26 Projects!
Tornado 5th Grade Emergency Sub Plans Math English Science for Substitute Binder
This research unit on tornadoes is perfect for emergency sub plans, individual research, home school, summer school, enrichment, or a science unit on extreme weather. With a clear lesson outline and specific directions on each page, it's perfect to leave behind or set students up to work on, with meaningful practice in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies.This all-inclusive and ready-to-print packet includes:VocabularyReading Comprehension Passage and Graphic OrganizersPartner Rea
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5th
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Back to School Archaeology Lesson Plan - Beginning of the Year Social Studies
Let your students pretend to be archaeologists and conduct a dig in their classroom in this back to school activity, or whenever you want to introduce them to the field of archaeology. Students will analyze artifacts and record their observations, then do a follow-up writing task. This activity will help your students develop their information writing, critical thinking, and vocabulary skills. ✓ Please note: * This resource is included in a money-saving Back to School Bundle, which you can fin
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5th - 8th
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Pumpkin Life Cycle Writing
This Pumpkin Life Cycle Writing Unit is the perfect autumn writing project, incorporating science, research, note-taking, the writing process, and a craft. Kiddos will learn and write about the life cycle of a pumpkin from seed to decomposition. To SAVE 20% OFF THIS PRODUCT, PURCHASE THE HALLOWEEN WRITING BUNDLE HERE! Students will begin the project by conducting research, collecting facts on a graphic organizer, and having discussions about a pumpkin’s life cycle. Several vocabulary posters ill
5th Grade NGSS™ Matter and Its Interactions Unit
This NGSS-aligned unit includes materials to teach about atoms and their structure, conservation of mass, properties of matter, and physical and chemical changes. It also includes close reading, math activities, science labs, and an art lesson.Resources for Input:- Unit essential question- Inquiry chart printable- 5 pages of observation chart photos- Printable CCD (3 templates) and teacher samples- The Important Book About Chemistry and Matter (1 title page, 5 content pages and corresponding hea
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5th
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5-PS1-3
, 5-PS1-4
, 5-PS1-2
, 5-PS1-1
Also included in: 5th Grade NGSS Science Unit Bundle
Paired Text Passages - Earth's Layers Informational Writing - Print & Digital
Students write stronger informational (explanatory) essays using these printable or digital fact-based paired passages, or paired texts, about plate tectonics. 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 nec
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Paired Text Passages - Geology Informational Writing - Print & Digital
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