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4th grade biology thematic unit plans
Research Project: Ocean Animal Information
It can be challenging to find informational text that is appropriate for elementary kids! Making sure that all students are set up for success during these first experiences with research projects is so important.
This pack was created and used with my 3rd grade class. It includes research information for 30 different ocean animals. Each animal includes a description, eating habits, predators and defense mechanisms, life cycle and interesting facts. Pictures and fun facts break up the text and
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3rd - 5th
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Insect Unit - All About Insects - Insect Life Cycles
All About Insects Unit This Insect Unit contains a variety of activities for learning all about the insect world! Students will see themselves as true entomologists as they study the anatomy, life cycles, and adaptations of ants, butterflies, ladybugs, honey bees, dragonflies, and endangered insects. In-depth studies of the butterfly metamorphosis and monarch migration as well as the difference between arachnids/spiders and insects are also included! Table of Contents:Vocabulary21 Vocabulary Ca
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: Elementary Science Curriculum - Science Unit Bundle
A Zoo Day 7-Hour Complete Sub Plans Thematic Unit for Grades 5-6 Common Core
A Zoo Day 7-Hour Complete Sub Plans Thematic Unit for Grades 5-6 Common CoreFor Grades 5-6. This packet includes everything you need for a complete interdisciplinary interactive unit on zoo animals. I created this unit to leave with a sub for 5th-6th graders to complete in a day. The students work through the packet, completing activities for reading, writing, science, social studies, and math. Then, they will turn everything they've done into a lapbook. These plans work well to leave with a sub
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: The 7 Hour Sub Plans Bundle for Grades 5-6 ~ Easy Sub Plans!
4th Grade Science -NGSS- Entire Year Bundle
This bundle includes 6 hand-on science units aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for 5th grade. Each unit is packed full of inquiry-based activities, integrated language arts, word wall cards, games, task cards, projects, and assessments. Teacher pages, assessments, and answer keys are also included. Here's a brief description of each unit. If the preview is difficult to see, you can visit the page for each item by clicking the links since each unit is also sold separatel
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Grades:
4th
NGSS:
4-PS4-2
, 4-LS1-1
, 4-PS3-4
, 4-ESS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Zoo Animal Nonfiction Unit: Close Reading Passages & Activities
This 100 page zoo animal nonfiction unit pack features 12 common zoo animals along with close reading nonfiction passages, close reading task cards, posters, book templates, and more!Featured in this pack, you will learn about:-Tigers-Giraffes-Gorillas-Penguins-Zebras-Red Pandas-Polar Bears-Tortoises-Lions-Flamingos-Crocodiles-Sea LionsEach featured animal comes with a close reading passage, a multiple choice reading check, an open-ended response reading check, an "All About ________" student re
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Grades:
1st - 4th
ONTARIO SCIENCE: GRADE 4/5 Habitats and Human Body - Inquiry Unit BUNDLE
Ignite the passion for learning about Habitats and The Human Body with this split grade science unit for grades 4 and 5! Engage your students in captivating hands-on activities and unlock the wonders of science right in your classroom! This is the combined grade 4 and grade 5 for the habitats and human body units. Teach students using a student-centered inquiry model which uses project-based learning centers, hands-on interactive STEM experiments, interactive notebooks, student reflection pages
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Ocean Animal Lap Book and Research Project
I know your students will love this project as much as mine have!
This project will allow your students to learn about research and report writing in a fun and engaging way that is not overwhelming.
Included you will find all pieces to be included in the lapbook:
Daily step by step plans
Example pictures for all components
Everything you need to create a lap book with:
-Guess My Animal Riddle
-Food Chain Flip Book
-Life Cycle Expandable Book
-Interesting Facts Cards and Pocket
-Research Re
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
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Duck Life Cycle
This Duck Life Cycle Pack includes 10 resources.The included resources will support the teaching of the Duck Life Cycle:1. Vocabulary Cards2. Life Cycle Posters - detailed and flow chart3. Life Cycle Matching Puzzle - Match the picture to the description4. Graphic Organisers - KWL and Can, Have, Are5. Life Cycle Worksheets - 3 versions6. Labelling a Duck7. We're Eggcited to Meet You - Hatch countdown8. Duck Diary Template - use as a class or individually9. Writing paper10. Life Cycle Booklet - W
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Grades:
K - 6th
Ocean Animals Emergency Third Grade Sub Plans | June | NO PREP Sub Plans for 3rd
Third grade June emergency substitute plans! This is NO PREP third grade sub plan is all about ocean animals! This pack is perfect for any emergency sub day in June, any day around spring/summer or a day packed with ocean animals themed activities! This sub pack includes activities for reading, math, writing, social studies, science, and a task card game. If in a pinch, just email this pack to a colleague to print and you are set!This sub pack is NOT month specific! This plan could ALSO be used
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Habitats, Biomes, and Food Chains - Science Unit BUNDLE for Grades 3-5
Save 30% when you buy this bundle!This 39-page resource is designed to introduce students to habitats, biomes, food chains, food webs and animal adaptations.Included in the unit are:HABITATS AND ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS:-teacher notes (habitat concept map to activate prior knowledge)-vocabulary cards for concept map-vocabulary sheet for students to fill in-vocabulary sheet (filled in - answer key)-teacher notes (home web)-"Home Web" activity - understanding our own habitat-What Lives Here? Worksheet-N
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Plant and Animal Adaptations
Explore the magic and wonder of our natural world with this plant and animal adaptations unit complete with assessment! Information sheets, interactive activities, reading comprehension, research based tasks, QR Code fun and more!Included in this pack are a wide range of activities and resources to support the teaching of adaptations. Your students will love discovering the diverse and amazing wildlife that live in Earth’s beautiful environments, and will be introduced to plants and animals th
Grades:
4th - 7th
4th Grade Science Light and Sound (NGSS Aligned)
This comprehensive unit introduces students to wave energy in the form of light and sound. The unit begins with lessons relating to waves. Many hands on opportunities help students develop a strong understanding of necessary concepts. This unit was designed to address several standards in the NGSS fourth grade curriculum: 4-PS3-2, 4-PS4-1, 4-PS4-2, and 4-LS1-2. This unit is appropriate for grades 3-5If you are looking for a digital version of this product click here.Here's a list of all th
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
4-PS4-2
, 4-LS1-2
, 4-PS4-1
, 4-PS4-3
Also included in: Custom Bundle: Ohio 5th Grade Science
Food Chains and Food Webs
Teaching Food Chains & Food Webs is tough without good visuals! This resource contains full page vocabulary posters, non-fiction text assessments, and cause & effect scenario cards to reflect upon. An emphasis is put on the fact that without the sun's light energy, photosynthesis would never take place and there would be no energy transfer.Vocabulary:food chainfood webproducerconsumerdecomposeromnivoreherbivorecarnivoreecosystemorganismphotosynthesisglucoseWith this bundle you get vocab
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Grades:
4th - 5th
All About Jellyfish, Star Fish, Coral, & Anemone Lesson
Did you know that sea stars can make a clone of themselves with only a foot to start with? How about that most of the coral reef is made up of dead shells of once living coral? We have lots of fun and interesting facts about echinoderms and cnidarians in this lesson for kids from K-8th grade. The engaging lesson will teach kids how in the ocean, sand dollars are vibrant colors and tend to live in groups or that the Portuguese Man of War is a actually a colony of many jelly like animals functioni
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Grades:
K - 8th
Also included in: Ocean Animals BUNDLE (250 pages!!)
All About Crustaceans, Mollusks & Cephalopods
This interesting and engaging lesson will help your student learn all about Crustaceans, Mollusks, and Cephalopods. You will learn about various aquatic animals that fit in this classification including: crabs, lobsters, barnacles, bivalves, clams, octopus, squid, and more. Learn which of them can go a whole year without eating in cold water, which grow their own shells, what beautiful seashells come from which ocean animals, how some can change colors within seconds, who produced die, and so mu
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Grades:
K - 8th
Also included in: Ocean Animals BUNDLE (250 pages!!)
Seashell Activities | Sorting and Classification | Ocean Unit Study Activities
Study, identify, and sort seashells with your students. Help your students learn about shells from mollusks as they sort and classify seashells. Use these 19 beautiful and informative sorting mats to group shells by their characteristics. There are three major groups of mollusks, cephalopods, bivalves, and gastropods. Enhance your Ocean Unit Science Study with a memorable hands-on activity. An additional simple student mini-booklet allows students to draw and write about each type of shell with
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 3-LS2-1
Vertebrates and Invertebrates Unit
This Unit is designed to give your students practice sorting animals with and without a backbone. They will use anchor charts, create a cut and paste flipbook for both vertebrates and invertebrates, play "Vertebrate or Invertebrate" Scoot, make a backbone craft, complete a sorting activity by coloring the vertebrates and invertebrates pages and compare vertebrates and invertebrates with a venn diagram.
Please check out the preview to see what is included in this unit!
You will get:
Vertebrat
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Shark Week Unit
Hello my fellow shark lovers! In this unit you will recieve:
- intro to sharks power point
- intro to sharks notes sheet
- shark teeth power point
- shark teeth notes sheet
- shark attack power point
- shark attack notes sheet
- BBC America (sharks season one episode one) notes sheet to go along with the episode (AWESOME EPISODE)
- Coloring sheets for 10 different sharks
This unit goes well with the TED ED shark video and the Shark video on Brainpop!
Happy Sharking!!!!!!!
Grades:
3rd - 9th
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Free Sample Life Cycle Units - Butterfly, Chicken, Plant, Frog, & Insect
This is a free sample of the compare and contrast reading passages with Venn Diagrams from my life cycle units. The complete units include a KWL, reading passages for all life cycle stages with REAL pictures and an opportunity to engage students with a turn and talk, interactive notebook foldables for vocabulary and life cycle, labeling the parts of each item, coloring, sequencing, unit assessment, and more!Find the individual units or for in a discounted bundle here:Frog Life Cycle Unit and In
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Five Kingdoms Worksheets
A complete mini unit study on the five kingdoms of life (with a brief explanation of an optional sixth). Includes information and discussion sheets, several activities, species cards, and even a simple spreadsheet project. Makes a great classification or taxonomy introduction, even for mixed grades! -- 13 pages including 4 answer key sheets --
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Paper plate ocean animals
This Ocean Animal Ebook includes 14 templates which transform paper plates into marine animals along with photographs of each finished craft, step-by-step written instructions and some interesting non fiction facts about each creature. This resource is designed to help kids gain an appreciation of ocean animals by reading and learning about 14 different creatures and completing a craft activity which can be hung proudly on the wall. It has been designed for 6-10 year olds, but younger kids may a
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Also included in: Awesome animal crafts bundle
Plant Science Unit - Plant Life Cycle / Photsynthesis / Plant Parts
This science unit I made to help my kiddos enjoy our focus on plants! I already had a few plant activities made, and decided to compile them and add a few more. Utilize the activities I provide and plant areas to assist you in teaching your plant unit. This plant unit covers: -Parts of a Seed-Parts of a Plant and Flipbook-The Life Cycle of a Plant and Plant Life Cycle Mini-Book-Plant Parts we Eat-Photosynthesis-Daily Plant Growth Observation Journal and Plant Discovery Observations-I have als
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Grades:
K - 5th
Rainforest: Maps, Mural, and Mini Museum (Classroom Museum Bundle)
UPDATED Version 2:
Build a rainforest--right in your own classroom--using butcher paper, construction paper, cutouts (included), and silk plants. The mural directions include information for creating a stage backdrop.
Use your classroom volunteers to help you create artifacts for students to "play" with in your rainforest museum. They can make materials that will last a lifetime, like a
Plant press
Table cloth "forest floor"
Terrarium
Wonder Tree
Then stock your classroom mu
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Grades:
PreK - 5th
SCIENCE: Jack & the Beanstalk Science Fair Experiment (Plants)
This is an absolute blast to do!
My 9 year old daughter and I designed it for her science fair and it was a huge hit, but at the same time, I was teaching fairytales, so I used it as a class experiment and wow! We had SO MUCH FUN with this! There's lots of choice involved, as far as bean planting goes. There is a learning journal, a line graph to show growth and a table/bar graph to show rate of growth. You can not go wrong with this project- I even include a mock up of the tri-fold board!
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Grades:
1st - 6th
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