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Physical science unit plans under $5
Light & Sound Energy Science Centers | 3rd 4th Grade Reading Passage Activities
Light and Sound Energy Science Weekly Five™ Stations help introduce students to the properties of 2 forms of energy, light and sound.Updated for 2022. Stations are improved, an answer key was added, and everything you need is included in one easy PDF. Look out for more updated units!5 Quick and Simple Centers1. Read: What Are Light and Sound?2. Explore: Use a bowl, coin, and water to explore refraction3. Organize: Interpret a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting sound and light4. Extend: Use a
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3rd - 4th
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Push and Pull Experiments - Science Unit - Physics - Force & Motion Activities
Explore forces with our Push and Pull Experiments Pack! Ideal for physical sciences and motion units. Includes 8 experiments, teacher guides, response sheets, homework, assessment and more! Unleash the Power of Learning with our 'Push and Pull Experiments Pack'!Dive into the world of physical sciences and motion with our meticulously designed, highly engaging, and fun-filled experiments pack. This pack is a treasure trove of knowledge, perfect for introducing young learners to the fascinating co
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1st - 4th
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Habitats
This extensive resource on habitats covers grasslands, deserts, rainforests, woodlands, ocean, and the arctic.
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Included in this habitat resource:
-Colorful posters describing each type of habitat.
-Thinking maps/webs for each habitat for students to brainstorm and record their thoughts.
-Characteristics of each habitat, animals that reside there, and more.
-Habitat riddles
-Animal sorts in which students identify and s
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K - 2nd
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K-2 Science Sound Unit Worksheets Activities Assessments
How I use this unit by days (2 Weeks)1. Guess the sound with website listed 2. Students observe sounds and record3. Rubber Band Guitars and vibrations4. Loud/Soft Sounds5. Vibration Cause/Effect (easy and hard options)6. Pitch activity7. Vibration in relation to pitch8. Seeing vibrationsI use day 9 and 10 to have students create their own instrument and use rubric to grade :)Links are updated!!
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K - 2nd
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3D Shapes and Solid Figures Activities - Kindergarten Differentiated Math Pages
This 28 page unit includes all you need to teach a thorough study of solid figures in Grades K-1-2. Includes resources for 6 basic solid figures (sphere, cube, cylinder, cone, pyramid, & rectangular prism.) This unit is designed with the intent that students interact with models of actual solid figures. Students will need to roll, slide, stack, trace, and generally explore manipulative of these items to benefit fully from the unit. THE SOLID FIGURES UNIT INCLUDES:Materials to print and creat
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K - 2nd
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Ch-Ch-Changes: States of Matter Unit
A K/1 Science Unit all about the States of Matter:
*Solids, Liquids and Gas, Oh my! - Table for students to fill in
definitions and examples of the different types of matter.
*Properties of Matter - Students will write and describe
properties of a solid, a liquid and a gas.
*Matter Walk - Students will observe different objects
outside and record them on a chart as a solid, liquid or gas.
*"Do Liquids Change?" Experiment - Students will observe what
happens when a liquid is placed in the freeze
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K - 2nd
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The Little Raindrop Book Companion w/ bonus activities for The Rain Came Down
This is an ELA book companion that has science connections to use when teaching about weather or the water cycle.
The Little Raindrop by Joanna Gray is about a raindrops journey from cloud and ending with him landing on the beach, where he's evaporated back up to begin his next journey.
This packet includes resources for:
**Retell (2 versions)
-Beginning, Middle & End
-First, Next, Then Last (This one would be helpful when using it to retell the 4 stages of the water cycle.)
**The Wat
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K - 3rd
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Pancake Day Activities - Cooking Math Project - Physical and Chemical Changes
Celebrate Pancake Day with this real world math project, science and writing activities! The pancake lesson includes recipes and response pages where students practice their writing, reading, math, and science skills. Cooking pancakes is a sure way to engage your students by making real world connections while learning and practicing skills from all of the core subjects! Recipes for PancakesPancakes from scratchChocolate chip pancakesBlueberry pancakesPancake Day Special: Create your own recipe
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
5-PS1-4
, 4-PS3-2
Waves: Light & Sound Mini-Unit (aligned w/ NGSS 1-PS4-1,1-PS4-2,1-PS4-3,1PS4-4)
This unit is designed to address the First Grade NGSS Standards about Waves: Light and Sound. It incorporates lessons to help students develop an understanding of how vibrations create sounds and sounds create vibrations, of how our eyes need light in order to see, of what happens when you place an object in the path of a beam of light, and how we can use light and sound to communicate and send messages. This mini-unit includes 9 lessons: 9 lesson outlines, hands-on activities and experiments, a
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1st
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Movin' and Groovin': My Book About Motion!
Movin' and Groovin': My Book About Motion! was designed to teach primary learners about motion, forces, gravity, and magnets.
This download includes a 12 page student booklet and a 9 page teacher guide with patterns and book recommendations.
Student Booklet Contents:
Page 1- What is motion?
Page 2- How things move
Page 3- How I move
Page 4- Speed
Page 5- Forces, pushing and pulling
Page 6- Push and pull picture sort
Page 7- Can forces move objects without touching them?
Page 8- Gravity experimen
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K - 2nd
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Motion: Things that Move
This unit contains many activities to introduce motion to young scientists. Students will complete the following activities:
1. Drawing and naming objects that move
2. Sorting cards for push, pull, or both
3. Cut and paste follow up sorting worksheet
4. push or pull drawing and writing worksheet
5. push or pull foldable
6. objectscan move poster
7. objects can...experiment recording sheet
8. objects in motion foldable
9. Objects can... 4 worksheets (draw and write)
10. Let's draw motion (zig-za
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PreK - 1st
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K-2 Science Magnet Unit First Grade Worksheet/ Activities/ Assessments
This is meant to last 2 weeks and can be used in K-2 based on your students levels.What's included:• Activating Schema about magnets (Common Core Lit Connection)• Magnets all around us- school/home• Hypothesizing there the magnetic poles are located• Investigating magnets• Poles of a magnet• Using short text passages to learn about magnets (2 reading levels and 2 passages)• Magnet Graphing• Magnetic Inventions• Magnet experiment following the scientific method• End of Unit Test
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K - 2nd
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Renewable & Non-Renewable Energy Types - Advantages & Disadvantages - Paper INB
Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Interactive Notebooks will capture your middle-school students’ attention in a creative and hands-on way. Use these manipulatives to increase chunking and reflection while you reinforce your students’ learning about the advantages and disadvantages of renewable and non-renewable energy sources. Each activity includes photos of example pages. The INB templates also come in a Spanish version for ELL/ESOL learners. What’s included?a set of blank interactive notebo
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Shadows and Light Science Activities
Three excellent learning cycles on light written in the 5 e format are sure to engage your students. They are aligned with the first grade NGSS for physical science.NGSS 1-PS4-2. Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that objects can be seen only when illuminated. NGSS 1-PS4-3. Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.Also aligns with Utah SEEd Standard 1.3.3 Plan and conduct an i
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1st - 2nd
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Projectile Motion Unit with Simulation Lab, Notes, Worksheet, Quiz
Introduce Horizontal Projectile Motion Concepts with This Comprehensive Physics Unit!Elevate Your Physics Teaching: This unit is everything you need for introducing horizontally launched projectiles. Combining interactive elements, practical applications, and in-depth theory, it's designed to captivate and educate, making complex physics concepts accessible and engaging for students.What's Included:Introductory PowerPoint: Sparks curiosity by asking students to predict the path of a ball rolling
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Mixtures & Solutions - Labs & Interactive Notes
This resource is perfect for upper grades who are exploring mixtures, solutions, & solubility! All the materials in the bundle are compatible with interactive notebooks. Included in the bundle are:Flapbook to define mixtures & solutions2 mini-posters with definition of mixtures & solutions4 Station Cards for Mixtures stationsTeacher prep instructions for Mixtures stationsStation instructions for Mixtures stations (4 stations)Activity sheets for Mixtures stations (1/station - 4 tota
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Properties of Matter + Mixtures & Solutions Bundle
All About Flight - STEM K-2
Explore the scientific principles of flight with this unit of work. Best suited for Kindergarten, first grade and second grade.Students will examine and determine what materials are best and after various tests will create their own flying apparatus. This is a very hands on unit and in each lesson students will be touching, testing and exploring. Students will also be using scientific language and questioning.Engage and Excite young learners with this hands on UNIT of WORKNGSS - CCSS - AUSTRALIA
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K - 2nd
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Forces of Motion/ Push and Pull Science unit
This forces of motion and push and pull science unit has a day by day detailed lesson plan. This unit is filled with hands on activities, writing, recording sheets for the directions of movement and a compare and contrast pushing and pulling of objects, a class book on what and how an object moves, and vocabulary words with an assessment. Some activities include a primary grade readers theater about push and pull. Making paper airplanes and playing with toy cars to learn directionality of obje
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K - 2nd
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Magnets Unit: All About Magnets
This magnets unit is the perfect way to engage your students in learning about force and motion with magnets! They'll LOVE the hands on activities included! This unit contains information about what magnets are, how they work, and what is and is not magnetic.You can also find this unit in my K-1 Science for the Year Bundle!What's Included?Vocabulary Vocabulary BookletOriginal "Magnets" BookAll About Magnets Paper ReaderMagnetic/Not Magnetic Picture SortsMagnets KWLGraphic OrganizersMagnets Flip
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Science and Nonfiction Units for the Year Bundle
Sound Unit: Science for Young Learners
This unit contains many activities to introduce sound to young scientists. Students will complete the following activities:
1. Drawing and naming objects that make sound
2. Sorting cards for "sound" and "no sound"
3. Follow up cut and paste sorting activity for "sound" and "no sound"
4. instruments make sound (pluck and blow)
5. instruments make sound (hit and shake)
6.foldable for instruments make sound
7.Instruments make sound poster
8. instruments make sound organizational map
9. Sound words
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PreK - 2nd
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Matter: Solids, Liquids, Gas, Force and Motion
TYPES OF MATTER: SOLIDS, LIQUIDS: WHAT IS MATTER AND HOW MATTER MOVES FORCE AND MOTION. [COOKIE COMPARISON!]
Use this unit to explain types of matter (solid, liquid, gas) and how matter moves (force and motion). This product helps students grasp the concept of matter (anything that takes up space) while learning how to describe the properties. A test is also included at the end along with many fun activities! The students can use this to complete in class and take home to study.
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- W
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1st - 6th
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Amplify Kindergarten Unit 1 Vocabulary Cards with Anchor Charts and Key Ideas
This product includes 12 Science vocabulary cards AND Guiding Questions: Unit Questions, Chapter Questions and Key Ideas for each chapter, AND 2 Anchor Charts: What Living Things Need and What Scientists Do. These are all related to Amplify Curriculum: Unit 1 Needs of Plants and Animals. Kindergarten students are visual learners so I made the vocabulary cards and Anchor Charts visual with picture clues to help teach this unit. You can use them to guide you through your lesson plans or put them o
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PreK - 1st
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Electrochemistry-Voltaic and Electrolytic Cells Guided Notes
Electrochemistry Guided Notes Packet:
Get your students actively involved in learning about Electrochemistry with this guided notes packet! This packet contains all of the necessary information about Voltaic and Electrolytic cells. There are fill in the blanks, diagrams to label, comparing and contrasting, practice examples, a learning check, and real world applications of both types of cells.
Concepts Covered:
- What is Electrochemistry?
- Types of Electrochemical Cells
a. Voltaic
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Grades:
10th - 12th
States of Matter
States of Matter
Use this science unit with your students to teach the three states of matter including solids, liquids, and gases. Unit also includes changing states of matter activities as well. ***UPDATED APRIL 2015 to include posters with photographs
Unit includes the following:
*States of Matter classroom posters
*Matter Vocabulary flip book
*Solids, Liquids, Gases Picture Sort
*Hunting for Matter Classroom Activity
*Matter Classroom Experiments
*Ice Cream in a Bag Experiment
*Changing S
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Grades:
K - 3rd
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