Students explore essential science concepts even further—with involving book libraries coordinated to our Learning Science Activity Tubs - Gr. 4-6! Each library includes 5 paperback books that reinforce and expand on the themes presented in our activity tubs...with wonderfully illustrated, high-interest titles that make concepts super-easy to grasp. Complete set includes all 8 libraries shown, for a total of 40 books. Each library also available separately.
This post is part 1 in my inquiry series. To learn more about inquiry click through to see my many other posts about inquiry. If you are new to my blog,
Final product wise, this might just have been my FAVORITE project this past school year. I am so unbelievably proud of the work these 5th gr...
This post is part 1 in my inquiry series. To learn more about inquiry click through to see my many other posts about inquiry. If you are new to my blog,
Teaching morphology can be a great way to help students with understanding unknown words, decoding multisyllabic words, and spelling.
This is the French version of The First Nations Meet the First Explorers - Interactive Notebook (prior to 1713 in New France). This engaging, "artsy", interactive workbook responds to the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum, revised 2013, for Grade 5 students and is excellent for classroom or homesc...
Bring light, sound and heat alive for kids with 10 hands-on and motivating science centers and activities.
Get ready for an epic STEM activity making a candy machine using simple machines to learn about mechanical energy with kids.
Final product wise, this might just have been my FAVORITE project this past school year. I am so unbelievably proud of the work these 5th graders did on these! I found this project here via Pinterest. Thanks a faithful attempt! I Can Statements: I Can talk about stylized art I Can use the Library resource A-Z Animals Encyclopedia to research a food chain that includes 3 or more animals I Can show a food chain mouth-in-mouth using stylized images of plants and animals Day 1: Students came in with this image on the screen... I asked them to figure out what they all had in common, eventually they ended up describing stylized without even knowing it (I love when that happens!) and I revealed the vocabulary of stylized. To better explain I showed them this awesome graphic I put together in lucidpress.... After a bit more discussion we had a "quiz" where I put up an image and they had to guess stylized or realistic. They did perfect. Then I showed them our inspiration image... They just wrapped up a science unit about ecosystems and food chains so it was the perfect project to connect to the classroom. After explaining the I Cans and the how to do the research and navigate the site they were using for research, they grabbed laptops and got to work filling out the packet below. There was quite a bit of sketching involved but it really seemed to help them understand how to break down their animals and plants. Day 2: After I approved their sketches they got to work! They had an option to draw and color with colored pencil or to collage with paper. We took about 4 class periods total on this, 1 for intro and research, and the rest were workdays. Next time I will probably have them writing something to go along with them when they are displayed. I just can't contain how happy these make me!
Part 4 of this series is dedicated to assessing notebooks/journals. I give a notebook grade at least once every 6 weeks. I feel that it is important to not only ensure that students are following directions and organizing their journals in the same way the teacher is, but also to certify that the information in the notebook is accurate (for future reference). This task could become rather cumbersome with my 50-60 students. To make the notebooks easier to assess, motivate my students a little more, and avoid being subjective in grading, I developed a rubric. (I haven't formally used a notebook rubric one in the past so I am excited to get to use one this year!) Feel free to download your free copy of each rubric by clicking on the picture:
This is a digital download. Use it for homeschooling, elementary science project.
When I teach science I like to have some stations set up for students to rotate through. I find this gives me the chance to meet with small groups to go over concepts and I also find my students easier to manage when they are working in small groups. I usually make one of my […]
Lots of science printables for free, with no strings attached. I'll be adding to this list as time goes on - Enjoy!
Learn how to design a Grade 5/6 Life Systems Culminating Projects to meet the Ontario Science Curriculum using the big ideas of the curriculum.
Science is usually an easy subject to make exciting and interesting for students. However, there are some science topics that can be a little...shall we say...dry. Teaching rocks and minerals can most definitely be a dry science topic, but - it doesn't have to be!&am
Week 12 Reading Comprehension (D-12). A life science reading comprehension passage about bats. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.
These 5 senses STEM activities are a great way to engage your homeschooler in a hands-on learning experience. Perfect for your homeschool five senses lesson.
Looking to grab students' attention during the first week of school with fun and easy science experiments? These super fun back to school science experiments are perfect for your first week of school science activities.
Are you studying the laws of motion in science this year? Then you'll want this fun Force and Motion Printable Pack! It's free and will lead you and your child through the steps of experiment and observation that require only a penny, a marble, a magnet, and a block.
Are you feeling overwhelmed with the new BC curriculum? It can be a lot to transform your entire year of teaching. I'm here to help you out! This past year I worked with the new science curriculum in my classroom and a colleagues. These units are all very hands-on and lab based. By the end of any of these units your students will have an excellent understanding of the Scientific Method. Grade 3 At the end of this unit, students will make solar ovens and cook S'mores. So much fun! They were really delicious too. If we did this again, I would like to make English muffin pizzas. Grade 4 This short unit covers all 10 energy kinetic and potential energy types and their transfer. Kids love breaking down the process of energy transfer in the "Ball Bounce" lab. This unit contains resources to teach all aspects of matter: molecules, kinetic energy, phase change, effect of temperature and more. Be prepared to purchase several packages of balloons from the dollar store for this unit. I used them A LOT. They were great to show the effect of temperature on a gas as well as many other things. This one one of my favourite lessons in the unit - physical and chemical change. Students investigated 6 different white powders to determine what type of change they were. They loved using pipettes to drop the mystery liquid on and watch what happened! The oohs and aahs were hilarious! Grade 5 I loved teaching this unit! So many fun activities can be done with every day objects when teaching Simple Machines! Again, this unit has everything: informational articles, interactive notebook foldables, detailed lesson plans, lab activities.... No need for any supplementary resources here! Even a study sheet and test is included! If you're just looking for something to supplement your Simple Machines unit, each of the lessons are sold separately too. Just click on the image above and follow the links from there to the individual files. Concentration, pH, dissolving, and filtration: these are all concepts covered in the Solutions unit. Students loved being able to use "real" science tools like litmus paper and use their problem solving skills to filter clean drinking water. Grade 4/5 Split The grade 4 and 5 units are both available in a bundle if you teach a grade 4/5 split as I did last year. In these units you'll find everything you would if you purchased separately, as well as a combined unit study sheet and test. They are both sold for 20% off of the price of buying individually. Looking to build your Science resources? Need a low-prep blackline for lab reports? Want a thorough way to assess student knowledge and skills? Get your copy of my two-page lab report and assessment rubric today. These resources will help to make your Science lessons a breeze from start to finish! Take Me to the Free Downloads Pin this post. Helping to inspire,
Hi Friends… I hope this post finds you well and enjoying your summer break. I just returned home from a relaxing vacation in Punta Cana! It was a ton of fun and I really needed the R & R 🙂 I actually wrote this blog post on the plane there…BUT… the flight didn’t have any … Science FUN with Interactive Notebooks! Read More »
This foldable is so simple! Fold a regular sheet of copy paper in half hamburger (width-wise) style. Cut the front in half up to the fold line. On one side, draw a fibrous root and on the other a tap root. As a class, we discuss the physical differences while we are drawing them. Once we are ready to write our information inside, we brainstorm reasons for the differences, benefits and drawbacks of the differences, and examples we’ve come across. I make sure that the students know that fibrous roots are great for erosion control, are able to get shallower water sources, and firmly hold a plant (think of all those weeds you’ve tried to pull!). Meanwhile, a taproot makes it difficult to destroy a plant because even the smallest root bit left behind will begin to regrow. We also look at young seedlings and how many start with a taproot but will develop fibrous roots as it matures.
A great science introduction that introduces your students to science and its processes and helps you gain important insight into your students.
Week 5 Reading Comprehension (D-5). A reading segment and questions about the tropical rainforest ecosystems near the equator. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.
Learn all six of the simple machines for kids with this easy, printable Simple Machines Game. Perfect for elementary age to make science FUN!
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Morphology instruction is a powerful strategy for improving vocabulary and comprehension. This post shares several morphology activities.
Unlock the power of KWL charts in your classroom with this comprehensive guide. Explore the science behind KWL, get practical examples for various grade levels, and access free printable KWL chart templates.
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When I first started teaching about states of matter, I neglected to emphasize the role of shape and volume in classifying physical state. This is super important though for many reasons, but primarily it helps with identifying changing states and also making claims. It’s easy to say, “A can is a solid.” But can you ... Read more
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Teaching Light & Sound from the NGSS standard CAN be fun! Check out simple light and sound activities & worksheets for 1st grade here!
Hello, hello, and welcome to part 4 of my 10 part series, Blog Backlog: Playing Catch Up! I'm really enjoying getting to share some blog worthy things from the last month or two of school. Today I'm sharing a simple, yet easy, meaningful, and fun science activity. My favorite science topic in 5th grade is SPACE! Here I am modeling wearing my planets t-shirt that I bought just for teaching this subject! I was super lucky to be placed with an amazing intern this semester - she's going to be an awesome teacher soon - and she took the class outside to play with toilet paper. Well, actually, there was a scientific purpose. She had groups of students roll out the toiler paper and place a cut-out of each planet at their scaled distance from the sun. It really helped the kids get an idea how far the planets are from each other. Unfortunately, with all of the things that happen in our final quarter, sometimes there just isn't enough time to do as many in-depth activities in science that I would like. I needed a quick and meaningful way for my kiddos to get to know our Solar System. So, I came up with these simple Solar System Posters. I had the students take a sheet of 17" x 22" copy paper and fold it in half lengthwise (hot dog style!) They opened it up and cut along the crease to create two long pieces of paper. They then glued these together with about an inch or two of overlap to make an even longer paper. Next, we folded this to create 12 sections... so we folded it in half, then in thirds, then in half again. Then students labeled each section... * Sun * Mercury * Venus * Earth * Mars * Asteroid Belt * Jupiter * Saturn * Uranus * Neptune * Pluto * Our Solar System Students used their science books to research each section of the solar system. As you can tell, the focus wasn't on just the planets, we included the sun, asteroid belt, and our dwarf planet friend Pluto! In each of the sections the students wrote at least three important facts about that part of the solar system and included a colored illustration. I absolutely loved their illustrations and they looked great hanging on the wall in our room. I find that some of the best and most meaningful activities are projects where students get to complete their own research and use their own creativity. I hope you enjoyed part 4 of my 10 part series, part 5 will be up soon!
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