One of the things I’ve noticed about inquiry projects is how everlasting the learning is. Our projects never really end; though we may “shelve” our thinking and ideas for a time, …
Children learn nest building using loose parts and straw bales to better understand the design and purpose of nests.
In this egg lesson plan we’ll learn: what are eggs? what are eggs made of? and which animals hatch form eggs? You can watch a chick develop inside an egg and hatch, plus there’s a printable book about eggs that your children can complete. What are eggs? lesson plan Let’s Learn About Eggs You […]
The animals inquiry based learning project is a great way to support your grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, and homeschool students as they begin learning about the inquiry process. Use these no-prep differentiated templates to get your students using their research skills and find answers to their inquiry questions. Students use the five step inquiry process to find answers to questions about animals. The materials in the animals inquiry package help make the inquiry process easy for your students and the planning process easy for you. Your kids will enjoy writing animals inquiry projects they can be proud of! ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ Included In The Inquiry Project Package: inquiry posters bulletin board headings step-by-step inquiry posters question cards research templates presentation ideas poster class book templates self, peer, and teacher assessments rubrics © Regier Educational Resources ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ This inquiry resource includes options and differentiated templates so you can provide students in your class with the supports they need to be successful at completing an inquiry project. Choose the templates and options that best meet the individual learning needs of the your students. Related Blogposts: How To Teach The Inquiry Method In Five Easy Steps ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ Look What Teachers Are Saying About Inquiry Packages: "THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY A PERFECT BUNDLE FOR MY INQUIRY UNIT! I would HIGHLY recommend this to anyone looking for something that takes you through the entire process with ease and alignment." - Lynda M. "Outstanding resource for inquiry." - Rachel W. "You explain the inquiry process very well. I like the self-reflection sheets and rubrics. It is a well thought out packet to support inquiry learning." - Andrea H. "Excellent way for my little learners to start the inquiry based process. They felt great ownership over their finished product. Great resource." - Jennifer R. "This resource is EXACTLY what I was looking for to teach an inquiry research project. AMAZING visuals and I greatly appreciate the black and white option. :)" - Sticky Glue and Untied Shoes ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ Inquiry Projects are available on the following topics: Animals Dinosaurs Farm Animals Illnesses and Diseases Inquiry For Any Subject Area Insects Magnets Oceans Plants Sports Weather ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ Frequently Asked Questions: Are all the materials I need included in this resource? The only other materials you will need are books, magazines, or access to the internet. Students will need a source of information to find the answers to their inquiry questions. Do the materials allow for differentiation? There are two types of templates provided. Some templates have regular lines and some have primary lines. You can easily build additional differentiation into these materials by the expectations you set for your students. If you have students that find it hard to focus or have low writing output, you may require them to only consult one source for information. If you have students that need to be challenged, you may require them to consult two or three sources of information as well as writing an exciting introduction and a concluding sentence or paragraph. ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ Connect with me: Want daily writing tips, strategies, and ideas? Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Looking for easy ways to teach writing in your classroom? Visit my blog. Like free writing activities? CLICK HERE ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ Want free resources? Leaving feedback leads to FREE resources for you and is greatly appreciated. I thank you! Each review you leave provides you with credit points for future purchases. Simply go to "My Purchases" and leave a review. Hit the green FOLLOW button. When you hit the green "follow" button you'll: find out when new products are released. receive notifications of sales on my products. ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿
Make pop-up bird egg cards, featuring a real-life egg and the bird who lays it! If you were to imagine a bird egg, what picture would you see in your mind? Chances are, it is a chicken egg, white and
Using two simple ingredients you can launch Easter egg rockets up into the air! Try it and learn about the cool chemical reaction that makes it happen.
I know that hatching chicks in the classroom is a bit of a controversial thing to do but I can't help but love it. The built up excitement waiting for them to hatch, the endless activities you can offer your kiddos and the most adorable little chirps really just make it such an amazing experience for both you and your students. Firstly, we wanted to make sure that we were getting our eggs from a place that was humane. We chose a camp that allowed us to return the chicks a week after hatch day. E
We love exploring at preschool, inside and outside. Last week I shared how we use our nature packs: magnifying glasses, clipboard and paper, colored pencils, and clear backpacks. The kiddos grab a nature pack and take off on adventures. Love seeing the things they discover and sketch. We also have a very cool magnifier that was gifted to us by a preschool family. One friend brought some roly polys AKA pill-bugs to share with the other kiddos. After we observed them for awhile, we released them into the flower garden. On another day a friend brought in a millipede. It was amazing looking at it through the viewer. With it, you have a magnified view from above and one from below. With the one from below we were able to view the movement of the many, many legs of the millipede, a rare perspective we wouldn't have been able to see without the viewer. After doing some research, I recently purchased four pairs of binoculars for use by the kiddos. I placed them out on the picnic table as a provocation and it wasn't long before they drew a crowd. The basket included the binoculars, field guides for insects, hummingbirds, western United States birds, bugs and slugs, and reptiles and amphibians. I also added Spring I Spy cards from spelloutloud.com. I also placed paper, clipboards, and colored pencils on the table. The kids were eager to take off exploring and looking around to see what they could spy. They were encouraged to find something, see if they could find it in one of the guides, and sketch an image of it, if they chose to do so. The guides were a great reference and they often would spend time browsing them looking for things they had seen before. We recently did a unit called Eggs, Eggs Everywhere! We were able to explore a large variety of eggs and learn about all the different animals that come from eggs. We set up a sensory bin of "fish eggs". We placed rocks and a variety of aqua balls in yellow, orange, and clear in a tub of water. We later added some plants and a few plastic fish. We also had a "frog egg" habitat. We used rocks, aqua balls in green, clear, and blue, foam lily pads, and the frog life cycle pieces. Lots of opportunities for exploring and learning about the world around us.
Bouncy Egg Science Experiment: Did you know that you could make an egg bounce? All you need is vinegar, how simple is that!
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Set up simple plastic Easter egg races for Easter science and physics. Use the eggs to explore force, motion, gravity, angles, and more!
Unlock the mysteries of osmosis with this engaging and editable egg osmosis inquiry lab! Designed for biology students, this hands-on activity guides them through an exploration of how hypotonic and hypertonic conditions affect an egg's size, mass, and water movement. Spanning four days, with just ≈25 minutes of lab time per day, this lab serves as an excellent introduction to the concept of osmosis and brings the lesson to life. Incorporate this lab just before diving into cellular transport topics, such as diffusion, isotonic solutions, and more. The daily lab activities seamlessly connect to these key concepts, making learning interactive and memorable. This classroom-favorite lab engages students in the scientific method and encourages students to form hypotheses, collect qualitative and quantitative data, analyze results, and draw connections to real-world scenarios. The excitement peaks when students remove the eggshell and observe the dramatic changes in the egg under different conditions, sparking curiosity and deepening their understanding. Features: Four Mini-Labs Across Four Class Periods: The lab is divided into manageable segments, with each mini-lab taking ≈25 minutes. This breakdown allows students to focus on specific aspects of osmosis each day, promoting better retention and understanding of the concepts. Editable Student Lab with Instructions (PDF and Word File): Customizable format to suit your classroom’s needs. Digital PDF Form: Allows students to submit their lab work electronically. Extension Questions: Connects concepts to everyday scenarios for better comprehension. Teacher Answer Key with Instructions: Step-by-step guide for easy facilitation and grading. Tips for Success: Practical strategies for a smooth and effective lab experience. Standards Alignment: Meets Next Generation Science Standards. Why Choose This Resource? This inquiry lab is more than just an experiment—it’s a dynamic way to introduce students to the fundamental concept of osmosis. The four mini-lab structure keeps students engaged over multiple days, ensuring that they build a strong, lasting understanding of the material. With its hands-on approach and real-world applications, students are not only engaged but also able to connect theoretical knowledge with practical experience. The editable format and digital submission options make it easy to tailor the lab to your classroom needs. Plus, with teacher support built in, you can focus on what matters most—teaching. You May Also Like: Cellular Transport Task Cards: Dive deeper into cellular processes with this versatile set of task cards. Active and Passive Transport Diagramming: Perfect for reinforcing key concepts covered in the lab. Cell Transport Active Reading Comprehension: An interactive reading comprehension passage that can be used as a lesson or enrichment. Follow me on Pinterest! As a teacher, you know the power of extra credit. But did you know that rating and reviewing items you bought on TPT earns you credits that you can apply to future purchases? You can access the feedback page by going to My Purchases and selecting the item(s) you want to review. With your input, I can create better products for your classroom. Thanks for your interest in Scientifically Inspired!
Roar into learning about these dinosaur literacy activities for preschoolers that are all about hands-on fun! Dig up fossil letters & hunt for dino eggs!
Egg STEM activities using real eggs. Our Egg STEM experiments are perfect for hands-on learning. Explore gravity, sink or float, weight, and change.
Have you tried the egg drop project yet? This was our 4th year in a row taking part this super fun STEM activity for kids! Check out how to do it with your children or students, and be sure to print out our two free printable recording sheets. Follow our STEM and STEAM Activities for …
Hi guys! I'm here to share all about our bee inquiry that we just wrapped up in our classroom. It all started when we were learning about where bees go in the winter during our animals in winter inquiry. You can read the blog posts for that inquiry here (part 1) and here (part 2). When we were learning about what animals do in the winter, the question I had was "where do bees go in the winter?" We read a website and found out that the bees stay in their hives and they huddle around the queen bee. The worker bees work together and rotate being on the outside of the huddle and near the middle so they don't freeze but the queen bee always stays in the middle. After we learned this one of my students asked "Why doesn't the queen bee have to move? Why is she so important?" I thought that was a great question and since we were just finishing up our animals in winter inquiry, I thought it was a great time to move on to the next one! So first, we started with a K-W-L chart. First we recorded what we already knew about bees. Then the students shared what they were wondering about bees. I recorded the information on sticky notes and put them on the K-W-L chart. Then I took those questions, grouped them in categories and started researching and lesson planning! I reserved books at my local library and also asked my librarian at our school to pull some books about bees for us. I also hopped on Pinterest for some art and centre ideas. After I gathered my books, I read the books and started to plan my lessons. Here is what I came up with. You can download my bee inquiry plans to use a reference if you need ideas for planning your own inquiry! Click here or on the image below: For the first lesson, we read "Give Bees a Chance" by Bethany Barton (which I highly recommend, lots of cool facts and it's written with lots of humour, great for Kindergarten!). We talked about why bees sting us (self-defense) and then I invited any student who wanted to to come to the guided table and write a sentence about something new they learned about bees from the book. Here are just a few examples: "I learned that bees have 5 eyes." "I learned that bees have 2 stomachs." You can find these inquiry writing sheets in my "Inquiry Writing Templates for Kindergarten" pack. You can click here if you are interested in checking it out! The next day we read a page from "Buzz About Bees" by Kari-Lynn Winters to learn about what makes the queen bee important. Then we wrote what we learned on the easel. During centres, I had the girl who originally asked the question about queen bees come and record the information on paper and add a picture so that we could display our new learning on our inquiry board. The next day we read the book "Bee Dance" (which was suppose to be lesson #4 but I switched lesson #3 and #4 from my original plans because I wanted to introduce the centres that go with lesson #4 earlier) and learned why bees fly and how they communicate with other bees. Then I introduced these three centres: 1. NECTAR TRANSPORT CENTRE Students were asked to pretend that the eye droppers were bees, suck the nectar up from the flower (the "nectar" is just water with yellow food colouring!) and transport it to the hive. I have these hollow hexagon pattern blocks that were perfect for this activity! The kids absolutely LOVED this centre and it's great as a small world play/fine motor centre too! 2. POLLEN TRANSPORT CENTRE We also learned that bees carry pollen back to the hive so we pretended that the yellow tweezers were bees and we practiced flying the "pollen" (yellow pom poms) to the hive. 3. BEE SMALL WORLD PLAY We used regular wooden pattern blocks, some bee figurines, a grass mat and fake flowers for the students to create their own bee story or to retell "Bee Dance". The bee figurines are from Michaels and the grass mat and fake flowers are from Dollarama! There was lots of amazing stories being created here and I was happy to hear some of them using the vocabulary that we had talked (e.g. nectar, hive) about during our inquiry lessons! We also jumped ahead the next day to lesson #8 since I wanted to put this craft out asap during centre time! We that bees have three body parts, the head, the abdomen and the thorax. Then the students were invited to show the three body parts and look closely at the book/example to create a realistic bee! I provided tracers for the head, abdomen and thorax and some punched out circles for the small eyes (I used our hole puncher). Everything else they had to cut out themselves! It was a bit of a challenge for some of them but they did a great job! And they all came out so unique! Here is a picture of the set-up for the centre. I had the students use laminating film scraps for the wings. You can see the students' paper bees on the bulletin boards at the end of this post! I also put out this invitation to draw and label a bee as one of our centres! My kids love to draw so this was a perfect way to have them practice drawing realistic bees and identifying their body parts. I drew and made the directed drawing cards myself (I also made a more cutesy bee, not pictured here). I've had some requests to share these so I made them both available as a free download. You can click here or on the image below to grab them! Next we moved on to lesson #3 and #5. We read "The Bee Book" by Charlotte Milner and investigated why bees come out when it's summer and why bees make honey. We then recorded our new learning and added the writing to our bulletin board. The next day I set out this invitation to create a hive for the bees with paint! Students were asked to stamp the hexagons with yellow paint on the first day to make the hive and let it dry. The next day they were invited to add paint to the bee stamp and stamp on some bees! The bee stamps didn't show up well if there was too much paint on them, so I made sure to model to them how to use a paint brush and brush paint thinly on the bee stamp. I also had them practice stamping on GOOS paper first before stamping on their hives. I got the bee stamp from Michaels. Lastly, we read about how wasps and bees are different from "Buzz About Bees" (we used this book a lot during this inquiry!) and created a t-chart as a class. Then we had the students who had this wonder originally come and record some of the information we learned to display on our bulletin board. Here is a look at our bookshelf during our bee inquiry! Some books we read together and some were for independent reading during centre time. Finally we transferred our work from our inside bulletin board to our outside bulletin board to make space for new inquiry documentation and to share our work with the rest of the school! I printed some pictures I took while students were playing at centres and had some students come and write about what they were doing. We talk about the purpose behind this (so when other teachers and kids from other classes are looking at our bulletin board, they will know what we were doing) and the kids get really good at explaining what they were doing! The kids also made these egg carton bees with our CYW placement student (who is FANTASTIC. I have her for one more week and I will sure miss having her in our room!!). They LOVED making these and it was also a hands-on way to review the parts of a bee (e.g. it has 2 antennas, it has 3 eyes, it has 3 body parts etc.) The students used yellow acrylic paint to paint the head, abdomen and thorax on the first day, black paint to paint the eyes and stripes on the second day, and added the legs, antenna and wings on the third day. I had my CYW placement student hot glue the egg cartons, and cut small slits in the egg cartons to thread the antennas, wings and legs into. And that's it for this inquiry! Now we have some wonders about the sky (particularly about clouds and thunder) so I'll be doing some planning over spring break to bring those wonders to life! It also looks like it might lead into a space inquiry! Looking forward to sharing that with you in a month or so! - Yukari
Make fizzy dinosaur eggs with baking soda and vinegar. A simple, fun science experiment your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten kids will love!
