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5th grade environment unit plans $5-10
What Plants Need to Survive | Hydroponics, Photosynthesis, Plant Life Cycle
Students will learn about what plants need to survive, photosynthesis, and hydroponics in this NO PREP resource! Students will ask questions like "do plants need soil to survive?" and "what elements are needed for plants to complete photosynthesis?". Students will fill out diagrams and models to reinforce concepts, and demonstrate their mastery through an assessment!Topics Include:What is a plant's life cycle?What do plants need to survive?What is photosynthesis, and how does it occur?Do plants
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 5-LS2-1
, MS-LS1-1
, 5-PS3-1
, 4-LS1-2
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Human Impact on the Environment Activity Communities Using Science Ideas
Communities are using scientific ideas to address environmental issues and protect resources! Students will read informational text about the way three different communities are using scientific ideas to manage their environmental problems. Students will obtain and evaluate information through the three articles they read. This unit begins and ends with the use of phenomena. Great for Science Reading Comprehension! Great for Environmental Science and Earth Day!Students will evaluate design solut
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Grades:
5th
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NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
Ecology & Ecosystem Levels of Organization - PowerPoint, Vocab, Notes & Activity
Use this Ecology mini-bundle to introduce your ecology unit using differentiated vocabulary lessons and a creative drawing lesson as students create the levels of ecological organization. WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 1-2 DAY MINI-BUNDLE:• 15+ slide fully-editable PowerPoint presentation with title slides, objectives, bell work and guided notes • 8 NON-EDITABLE PDF pages which includes vocabulary and notes pages• DIGITAL GOOGLE CLASSROOM links to all items listed aboveSTUDENTS WILL:• Follow along with
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Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-5
, MS-LS2-2
Reproductive & Endocrine Systems - Human Body PowerPoint, Notes, and Activity
A short and easy to teach unit on the reproductive system with an emphasis on the functions of he endocrine system and how the two systems work together. WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 2-3 DAY MINI-BUNDLE:• 19 slide fully-editable PowerPoint presentation with title slides, objectives, bell work and guided notes • 10 NON-EDITABLE PDF pages which includes aligned notes and cut and paste activity• Answer key• DIGITAL GOOGLE CLASSROOM links to all items listed above which can be easily converted to Microso
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-3
Plants and Animals Respond to the Changing Seasons Unit and Lapbook
Your students will learn about the ways plants and animals respond to the changing seasons, migration, hibernation, dormancy, what causes the seasons, and more. This is a complete unit that includes an 8-page informational text, teaching notes for 11 lesson plans, pieces for the lapbook, a unit test, and a 183-slide PowerPoint! The unit includes activities for exploring how the amount of daylight changes through the year, compare the migration habits of six different animals, trace the migration
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Science Units and Lapbooks Bundle
Ecosystems Terrarium Building Project - Biomes Project - Earth Day Activity
Desert Ecosystems Hands-on Activities - Ecosystems and Desert Biomes Project: All About Terrariums - Learn - Build - Teach! Hands-on Project-Based Learning! Great Earth Day Project!Students learn all about desert ecosystems and then build their own Desert Terrariums in class. Once they have learned their new skills, it's their turn to be the instructor and teach others how to make a Desert Terrarium. Great for a Parent Night Event. Imagine students in the role of teachers leading a workshop,
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Grades:
2nd - 9th, Adult Education
Types:
NGSS:
5-LS2-1
National Park Research & Design: 5E STEM Project (Plan a trip!)
Design the NEXT United States National Park! Project Overview:This lesson sequence is intended as an introductory or end-of-unit project for a unit on National Parks. Perfect for 4th - 6th grade, students will: Learn the history of National ParksConduct a Virtual Field Trip to research and compare parksResearch a National Park, including location, climate, animals, plants, and visitor experience. Compare perspectives of the visitor, park ranger, and naturePlan a trip to the National Park, includ
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-5
, MS-LS2-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Bundle (Elementary STEM)
Rocks Minerals Soil Unit Passages Experiments Foldables....SUPER!!
There are 5 lessons included in this Rocks and Soil unit. It has been designed to be taught in consecutive order but can be broken apart to be incorporated into any Rocks and Soil unit. Students will have fun learning about types of rocks and minerals, how they were formed, and how rocks make up the earth’s soil.
Included in this unit:
Lesson 1: Minerals – Search and color informational article (Lexia 740), A Closer Look at My Mineral Foldable to use while studying a rock
Lesson 2: Types of R
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Design a Zoo! 5E STEM Project (Animal Habitats)
Design a Zoo! 5E STEM Project Activity OverviewThis life science STEM research and design project covers topics related to ecology and biomes. The unit is intended for upper elementary or middle school (4th - 6th grade) and covers science concepts and engineering design with a research component. Your Mission: Your class has been asked to help the local zoo redesign its animal enclosures. The zoo wants to create new habitats that are perfect for the animals and enjoyable for visitors. To start,
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-5
, 5-LS2-1
, MS-LS2-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Bundle (Elementary STEM)
Interactions Within Ecosystems - a complete science unit
Interactions Within Ecosystems is a comprehensive science unit for middle years students with very little prep required by teachers. It is completely laid out with teacher notes and a sequence of activities. Students will learn about many ways in which organisms interact within an ecosystem. In this unit, students will learn about the following science concepts: organisms, biotic and abiotic things, individuals, populations, communities, species, interaction, habitats, ecosystems, microorganis
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Biomes -- 5E Unit Plan (NGSS MS-LS2-1)
This complete 5E instructional sequence introduces Earth’s biomes and uses these as a vehicle through which to teach biotic and abiotic factors and address the Next Generation Science Standard MS-LS2-1. It is the first unit in my NGSS-aligned Middle School Life Science Curriculum (coming soon), but it can easily be incorporated into any curriculum. Activities expect students to read, discuss, use technology, analyze data, and conduct research. Five days of complete lesson plans are included in
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-LS2-1
Plants Unit of Study Pack
FULLY UPDATED UNIT!!!
This unit is packed full of fun and engaging activities that help students learn about plants! Detailed lesson plans are provided for each of the lessons listed below:
Plants tree chart (need, have, are)
Inside a seed investigation activity
Seed diagram
A day in the life of a seed
Seed dispersal mini book
I can eat a whole plant activity
Plant parts diagram
Plant parts song
Plant parts mini book
Fibrous roots and taproots presentation
Fibrous roots and taproots worksheet
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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5th Grade Science NGSS Aligned Unit About Earth's Systems and Human Impact
Do you need a science curriculum that is aligned to the NGSS?This fifth-grade earth science unit fits the bill! We have researched each standard, so nothing goes untaught.It comes with:- 8 detailed lessons, so you can reclaim your nights and weekends.Lesson 1 - What is the Geosphere?Lesson 2 - What is the Biosphere?Lesson 3 - What is the Hydrosphere?Lesson 4 - What is the Atmosphere?Lesson 5 - Interactions Among the Four SpheresLesson 6 - Making a Model that Shows the Interaction Between Two of
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Grades:
5th
Types:
NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
Also included in: 5th Grade Science NGSS Aligned Bundle
4th Grade Animal Adaptations Worksheets, Articles, and Project
This complete 4th-grade science unit includes everything you need to teach biomes, animal adaptations, and how animals sense and respond to their environments. Tons of articles are included along with corresponding 4th-grade animal adaptations worksheets, a cross-curricular project, and all the rubrics you will need. The following topics are included:Structural adaptationsBehavioral adaptations BiomesInfraredUltraviolet MagnetoreceptionEcholocation and whale songs ElectroreceptionAnimal camoufla
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Grades:
4th - 5th
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Pollination and Spring STEM for Life Science, Environmental Science, and Ecology
Do your students understand the importance of protecting pollinators in our environment? Teach your students why we need to "save the bees," with this mini ecology and environmental science unit. The bundle includes a research project, a movie guide and a STEM challenge, which are sure to engage diverse learners and inspire your students to care for our environment. In this unit, students will research pollination and how bees affect an ecosystem. They will write an essay explaining the effects
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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Conservation and Pollution Unit: Games, Activities, & Assessments
This pollution and conservation unit has 10 integrated, differentiated, and engaging activities, games, lessons, and assessments to complete your conservation of the Earth unit! This unit covers everything from what conservation is and why it is so important to the types and examples of pollution, along with vocabulary. Please view the preview to get an idea of what this unit has to offer your students!
This Conservation & Pollution Unit BUNDLE includes over 85 pages of learning resources
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Earth Day Unit
Earth Day UnitThis comprehensive Earth Day Unit includes engaging, interdisciplinary projects, reading passages, and hands-on activities for teaching about our planet and raising students' awareness of their environmental impact.Contents include:Earth Day Vocabulary Booklet & Word CardsABC Order ActivityThe Plastic Problem Reading Passage & QuestionsThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch Reading PassageWhere Does Our Trash Go? Reading PassageThe 3 R's ActivityWhat is Compost? Reading Passage, P
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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National Parks End of the Year Unit- A Whole Week of Activities!
An end of the year National Parks Unit! Students will learn about our national parks with hands-on, engaging activities! In this packet, you will find a weeks worth of fun things to do!
There are 4 lessons per day, with printable worksheets and experiments. Students will do a reading activity, math activity, social studies activity and science activity daily for 5 days.
- All activities are academic and fun :)
- Activities require few materials, and little prep
Some activities included are
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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No Prep Inquiry-Based Ocean Plastic Pollution: Sustainable Development
This engaging and action-based project will turn and transform your students into sustainable thinkers and citizens. The unit focuses on climate change, global warming, the health of our oceans and places a focus on single use plastic in which students will investigate through inquiry their impact on the environment. Topics coverred are The Great Pacific Garbage Patch/, The Ocean Cleanup/Boyan Slat, Plastic Pollution, Stustainable Development and more!This package includes:- 4 award winning docu
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Virginia's Natural Resources SMARTboard Unit Lesson - VA SOL 4.8
Updated September 2015 - New links added!
This is an 18 page instructional unit SMARTboard about Virginia's Natural Resources. It covers all of the Science VA SOL's for this topic for fourth grade. (VA SOL 4.8) It contains tons of interactive elements, video clips, & games.
Topics include: Natural Resources, Human Resources, Capital Resources, Water Resources - groundwater, reservoirs, oceans, bays, rivers, & lakes, watersheds, Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Atlantic Ocean, Animal Res
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Biome and Ecosystem Unit - STUDENT LED PROJECT, Brochures, Task Cards
Here is a GREAT ecosystem and biome unit for students in older grade classrooms! It's hands on, engaging, over 60 PAGES, and creates a semi-flipped classroom environment where your STUDENTS become the biome experts and TEACH the class the material to record in their foldable brochures! Which is PERFECT for the 21st Century Classroom!!
Included in this file:
24 jpg vocabulary word pictures to use in Powerpoint, Presentation, etc.
48 Definition Task Cards and Matching Words to use either as T
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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STEM: Food Waste and the Environment NGSS
This is a comprehensive NGSS Project Based Learning and STEM project on the environmental and societal impacts of food waste that includes: close read activities, hands-on experiments, and lesson plans to help you teach the whole unit! Food waste is the largest portion of garbage filling our landfills and as it decomposes, it creates vast amounts of methane gas! We can make a big difference by educating our students about this issue. It aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards.This unit
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Earth Day! 2-Pack Project Set Middle School Upcycle Challenge & Research
Explore Sustainability and Environmental Research with Our Earth Month Bundle! Looking to engage your middle school students in hands-on environmental learning and research during Earth Month—or any time of the year? Our Earth Month Bundle is the answer!This 2-pack includes our popular Upcycle Challenge Project Pack, our comprehensive 12-Topic Earth Month Guided Research Set, and a bonus biography and question set about Jane Goodall.♻️ NEW Resource Added for the 2024 Earth Day Theme: Planet vs.
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-3
Countries Economy, Interdependence, Resources & Wealth Lesson Plans & Activities
How do countries use their resources for their own needs and to obtain wealth? The resource investigates how wealth is impacted by natural resources, the environment, and the economy. Included are NINE lesson plans complete with information, discussion questions, and a student booklet with coordinating activities.TOPICS:⭐ What Are Resources?⭐ Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources⭐ Acquisition of Resources and Wealth⭐ Distribution of Wealth⭐ Human Resources⭐ Industries and Services⭐ Global Interde
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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