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Science Common Core W.5.2 unit plans
Sound STEM Challenge Musical Instrument Engineering Design STEAM Activity Unit
This week-long STEM challenge integrates science and music lessons about sound, pitch, volume, and vibration. Students investigate properties of sound, use the engineering design process to build pitched and non-pitched musical instruments, and write, notate, and perform a short musical composition to demonstrate their understanding of pitch, volume, and vibration.A differentiated reading passage and quiz about the use of gourds as a material in traditional musical instruments will set the stage
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Grades:
5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Introduction to 3D Printing – STEAM PROJECT – GRADES 3-6 - Distance Learning
Have you purcahsed or are considering purchasing a 3D printer and don’t know where to start? This resource is perfect for classrooms just starting out in the world of 3D imaging and provides you with everything you need to teach the fundamentals of 3D printing. This STEAM project is broken up into two parts: BUILDING BACKGROUNDYour kiddos will begin by doing a research project of the history, current uses, benefits, and future innovcations of 3D printing. Graphic organizers are provided to assi
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
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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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
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
...
5th Grade PBL Science | Earth's Systems, Spheres | School Science Fair Project
This 3-week project-based learning (science-focused) research-based unit is the perfect way to teach reading, writing, research skills, and plan/host a science fair in one engaging, real-world unit. Your students will use key standards, such as research, reading comprehension, and inquiry in a real-life scenario. The best part about PBL is that student choice and differentiation are built in!Driving Question: How can we create an interactive exhibit showcasing the interaction of Earth's Systems
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
Subjects:
Grades:
5th
NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, 5-PS1-4
, 5-PS1-2
, 5-PS1-1
Also included in: 5th Grade NGSS Science Unit Bundle
5th Grade PBL Science | Structure & Properties of Matter | Scientific Method
This 3-week project-based learning (science-focused) research-based unit is the perfect way to teach reading, writing, research skills, and the scientific method in one engaging, real-world unit. Your students will use key standards, such as research, reading comprehension, and inquiry in a real-life scenario based on structure and properties of matter. The best part about PBL is that student choice and differentiation are built in!Driving Question: How can I design an experiment to prove to oth
5th Grade Next Generation Science Unit Space Systems: Gravity
Includes: Unit Teacher Guide (materials needed, explanation, standards), Student Packet (all experiment components, all argumentative essay components), Assessment Rubrics
This unit is designed to lead students through the Next Generation Science Standards for 5th grade. This packet focuses on Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System and The Next Generation Science Standard:
5-PS2-1. Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Students w
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Grades:
5th
Types:
5th Grade PBL Science | Movement of Matter | Engineering Design
This 3-week project-based learning (science-focused) research-based unit is the perfect way to teach reading, writing, research skills, and science in one engaging, real-world unit. Your students will use key standards, such as research, reading comprehension, and engineering design in a real-life scenario. The best part about PBL is that student choice and differentiation are built in!Driving Question: How can I construct a model that teaches my community about the movement of matter among plan
Planets and Solar System Unit | Reading Passages and Questions
Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive, 96 page Planets and Solar System Unit. It contains a wide variety of resources needed to teach a rigorous unit on the Solar System. It includes CLOSE Reading nonfiction passages to help teach your students about the Solar System (not familiar with CLOSE reading? It’s okay, we have instructions and anchor charts to help you incorporate it into your teaching). There are text dependent questions aligned with each passage, a set of vocabulary car
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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5th Grade Next Generation Science Unit Space Systems: Star Luminosity
Includes: Unit Teacher Guide (materials needed, explanation, standards), Student Packet (all experiment components, all argumentative essay components), Assessment Rubrics
This unit is designed to lead students through the Next Generation Science Standards for 5th grade. This packet focuses on Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System and The Next Generation Science Standard:
5-ESS1-1. Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due t
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Grades:
5th
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Sophie Scott Goes South (Antarctica Novel Study) by Alison Lester
NOVEL STUDY Focus: Antarctica, Aurora Australis, Life in the Arctic & Wildlife.English Concept: Point of ViewEnglish Skills: Reading, Writing, Comprehension & Language FeaturesRequires: reading, researching, interpreting, analysing, drawing and responding to the text Sophie Scott Goes South. Activities completed will form a beautiful work scrapbook in response to the events and information in this book.Students are asked different English questions for each ‘day’ in the book that are foc
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Grades:
3rd - 9th, Staff
NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
"Animal Cells and Life Processes" Google Slides- Bookworms Supplement
Bookworms Curriculum: Grade 5 Shared Reading- Module 1, Unit 2: Life Science, Lessons 31-37 (equivalent to 7 days of lessons). These lessons correlate with the informational book "Animal Cells and Life Processes" by Barbara Somervill.This product includes learning targets, standards, "I can" statements, word study/ vocabulary, text connections, choral reading slides, timer embedded when appropriate, discussion questions, teacher planning notes, and anchor chart guides. Please know that these are
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Grades:
5th
Types:
NGSS:
5-LS2-1
, 5-LS1-1
3-5 GATE STEM Full Unit - Land Speeders, Sailboats, Signal Flags, and Semaphores
Time: About 11 hours+
Level: 3rd grade (quite challenging), 4th, and 5th grade
Critical thinking plus! This unit will have the students engineering and building “sailboats, “land speeders,” and signal flags from scratch, designing, thinking metaphorically, exploring new areas of math, interpreting historical primary sources and blue prints, solving real world math problems, doing grid work, using graphic design, building background knowledge in physical science, writing a short informative pi
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented COMPLETE 3RD 4TH GRADE PROGRAM Vol. 2 GATE 70+ Hours
Can you prevent soil erosion? A STEAM Activity
Get ready for an engaging real-life STEAM unit with "Can you prevent soil erosion?" This is an amazing resource for teachers who want to combine literature with a real-life STEAM activity and writing unit. ________________________________________________________________________________________________Not only will your students learn about deforestation and soil erosion they will practice their engineering design skills as they create a barrier for soil erosion. But the fun doesn't stop there! T
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Animal Research Project and Informational Essay Unit
This amazing packet consists of Articles and video links for research about the different animal classifications and their traits, habitats, diets, behavioral and physical adaptationsReading comprehension questions with ANSWER KEYSAn outline for researching and organizing a 7 paragraph essay with an introduction, body paragraphs about the animal's description, habitat, diet, reproduction, and adaptations, and then wraps up with a conclusion. STUDENTS WILL NEED TO RESEARCH THEIR OWN ANIMAL with o
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3rd - 6th
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Hydroponics: What Plants Need Activities and STEM - NGSS 5-LS1-1
In this set of hydroponics activities, kids explore what plants need. They germinate seeds in baggies, learn about photosynthesis, review the engineering design process, participate in a STEM challenge, and write to support a claim that plants get what they need mainly from air and water. Open the preview to take a closer look. First, kids find out what plants need to grow. Using baggie gardens, they germinate grow bean (dicot) and corn (monocot) seeds.Additionally, they explore the process of p
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Grades:
5th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 5-LS1-1
STEAM + littleBits STEM: Kinetic Sound Sculpture Art Show! Team Project
This artist inspired STEM / STEAM project is an inquiry-based challenge for creative sound exploration. This is a hands-on activity that encourages teamwork in the classroom. It uses littleBits™ technology to help students:⭐ Gain STEM / STEAM skills⭐ Practice real-world applications⭐ Express creativity⭐ Consider how their artwork is displayed in a collective show⭐ Develop a foundation for long-lasting learningFeatures of this low-prep resource:Works for classrooms in grades 4-12Can be used in gr
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Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
...
Investigating Cells and Microorganisms
Cells and Microorganisms are fun to research, explore, and investigate. This unit combines research, writing, vocabulary, web references, and projects to learn in depth about cells and microorganisms. Students will write in different points of view, from a scientist perspective, and create a children's book and a brochure. Students will utilize technology to define unit words and illustrate. The research paper used to write the children's book has brainstorming, rough draft, and editing reso
Forms of Energy
Introducing our captivating and comprehensive bundle centered on forms of energy! This all-inclusive reading language arts package combines academic science content with engaging activities to ignite a cross-curricular approach.Dive into the world of energy and unlock its secrets as your students explore fundamental elements that shape our physical world. With a diverse array of activities catering to different learning styles, every student will have a comprehensive and enriching experience.Cha
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Informational Writing Unit - Invasive Species - Digital & Printable (11 lessons)
Writing can be challenging to teach! This CCSS-aligned unit is PACKED FULL with everything you need to teach Informative Writing and cover science standards. This 11 lesson unit has all the right tools to make teaching informative writing easy with little prep! Students will love learning about the highly engaging topic of invasive species. This is a great unit to prep students for end of level testing!This is a "no prep" Informative unit, meaning that all of the organizers and teacher models ar
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, 5-LS2-1
, MS-LS2-1
, 4-ESS3-1
Magazine Writing Unit: Use as PBL or with any S.S. or Science Unit! Digital OK!
This is an exciting, meaningful way to produce some great writing in your class! I chose to use this unit alongside my social studies unit about the 13 colonies, however it has been created to use with any social studies, science, or PBL unit! Students will learn to write and will publish 3 articles: An interview (or Q &A), an editorial (persuasive), and an informational. Here is what is included in the unit:Teacher Lesson Plans:20 days of writing plans as follows:Week 1: Explore the structu
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4th - 8th
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Trekking in the Rainforest - Virtual Field Trip Distance Learning PDF
Trekking in the Rainforest: Virtual Field Trip Distance Learning PDFOVERVIEWEach grade-unique EdTechLens Trip Journal contains 33 entries. The high-interest rainforest theme is used to present NGSS-aligned life science content, including plant and animal life, ecosystems, human impact on the rainforest, and adaptations for survival. All concepts are covered within the context of an actual trip to the rainforest. Rainforest Journey Trip Journals present a rare opportunity to use primary sources w
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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"Steer" Toward STEM: Careers in Animal Agriculture
This five-lesson unit for grades 3-5 promotes the development of STEM abilities and critical thinking skills, while fostering an appreciation for the people involved in livestock production. The curriculum includes real-life challenges for students to investigate, inquiry-based labs, and opportunities to plan and construct models. Featured careers include animal physiologist, agricultural engineer, range manager, animal nutritionist, and animal geneticist.The California Foundation for Agricultur
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 4-PS3-4
, 5-LS2-1
, 3-LS2-1
, 5-PS3-1
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