This science unit is designed to engage students in hands-on learning that builds their understanding of Earth's Features. It includes an easy-to-implement lesson slide deck that uses scientific inquiry and direct instruction to introduce the topic. During the lesson, students take visual notes to reinforce their learning. The discovery activity allows students to apply what they have learned by analyzing maps of Earth's features. The reading passage provides students with additional information about the topic and allows students to practice ELA skills. The formative assessment includes a variety of question types that allow students to demonstrate their mastery of the unit. s Included in the downloadable files: Unit Guide Lesson Slide Deck & Notes Vocabulary Posters & Graphic Organizer Reading Passage Discovery Activity Assessment Included for Google Drive: Google Slides Slide Deck Student Discovery Activity Pages Vocabulary Organizer Reading Passage with Audio Read Aloud Self-Grading Assessment Standards: 4-ESS2-2: Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features. [Clarification Statement: Maps can include topographic maps of Earth’s land and ocean floor, as well as maps of the locations of mountains, continental boundaries, volcanoes, and earthquakes.]
Jolanthe from Homeschool Creations created this fantastic interdisciplinary, multi-skill printable gardening unit that would be perfect for spring and learning about the Earth. Featuring twelve colorful activities, here are a few of the highlights {as always, you'll have to visit Jolanthe's site for the full scoop}! Photo Source: homeschoolcreations.com Scissor Skills. In this exercise, students help 'water the flowers' by cutting on the line in order to connect the watering can to the colorful blooms. Jolanthe provides two scissor skill worksheets that can be printed onto different weights of paper to provide exercise variations. For additional fine motor practice, you might also consider laminating a copy of each worksheet, or sliding them into a plastic document sleeve, and placing a copy in the writing center along with a dry erase marker or crayon to use for tracing. Along with building hand strength, coordination, and learning how to properly hold a writing tool, the activity also provides pre-writing practice. Photo Source: homeschoolcreations.com Writing Patterns. While similar to the activity extension above, this pattern writing worksheet offers much more complex pre-writing practice - helping students practice directional movement, apply proper hand position, recognize the difference between drawing and writing, etc. Print onto the back of recycled worksheets or laminate for use with dry erase crayons. Photo Source: homeschoolcreations.com Colors & Shapes in Bloom. This activity is great because it requires your students to practice several concepts/skills at once - shapes, colors, color word recognition, and shape word recognition. Cut the descriptions from the flowers, inviting students to match the pieces, or have your students paste the blooms into a booklet, highlighting the color words and circling the shape words {or both!}. Photo Source: homeschoolcreations.com Parts of a Flower. With this fun puzzle worksheet, students will learn new vocabulary words and about the basic parts of a plant. First, invite students to construct the flower, placing the cards in the correct order, then match the appropriate vocabulary words to each part. Once they've had exposure to the words, have them play memory/matching games with the flower and vocabulary cards. Photo Source: homeschoolcreations.com Story Sequencing. This activity goes along with the book, Jack's Garden, by Henry Cole. After reading the story, invite your students to take these story event strips and put them in the correct order. This can be done as a class, in small groups, or as an individual assignment. These are just a few of the incredible activities Jolanthe has in store for your kiddos in her gardening unit. Be sure to visit her blog for more information and for the free download! Happy Learning!
Plenty of interactive ideas and activities to teach landforms for kids. Find videos, worksheets and even experiments to help.
This week in Science we have been learning about Earth's Land Features. All week we took notes, learned hand gestures, and watched a video, and then we made a landform flipbook. I have to say, it came out SOOOO cute!! I got the idea from an AIMS lesson and adapted it for the SC landforms. Here is what it looks like completed! And here it is in action! You can download it HERE!
A fun and easy way for your kids to learn the layers of the earth. This puzzle features the layers of crust in the earths core? They will love this fun and colorful puzzle. Easy to download and put together. Perfect teaching tool for homeschooling or preschool teachers. Use it with your lessons or as an activity for your little one. This listing is for a download that you download here from Etsy. No physical items will be sent to you. Please let me know if you have any questions. TO DOWNLOAD: To access your files you will need to be on a desktop computer. There will be a link you can click on after making your purchase. Sometimes it takes a few minutes and you may need to refresh the page before you are able to click download. You may also access the files from your orders page. Click on "you" at top of the Etsy page, then click on "purchases and reviews". You should then be able to scroll down and find your order. Next to your order there will be a "download files" button. You can then click and download your files. Order includes 2 8.5x11 jpeg files. Print, cut, laminate, and Velcro. (Velcro not included. This listing is for a digital file that you print yourself.) Please message me if you have any questions.
Discover the difference between comets and asteroids in this stellar earth and space science worksheet!
Help your primary grade students explore, learn, and write about landforms. See our hands-on landforms activities plus our culminating writing project!
Flash cards helping you learn yoga and another language!Metta Play yoga cards is a fun and interactive way to help your little one build physical, cognitive and emotional development, fostering a loving kindness practice for oneself, for each other and for the Earth. Features Perfect for kids of all ages, especially as
Learn the difference between a glacier and an iceberg with some research, then complete these Glacier or Iceberg Cut and Paste Printables.
This week in Science we have been learning about Earth's Land Features. All week we took notes, learned hand gestures, and watched a video, and then we made a landform flipbook. I have to say, it came out SOOOO cute!! I got the idea from an AIMS lesson and adapted it for the SC landforms. Here is what it looks like completed! And here it is in action! You can download it HERE!
Ideas and activities for learning, building and writing about landforms. See our imaginary islands and creative narrative writing about landforms.
C is for Cookie: Cookie Erosion The kindergarteners, first graders, and second graders gathered for the experiment. While the other grades worked together. We did discover something- we should have had goggles!!! The older kids glued copies into their science logs, the others said out loud and I jotted them down on post-it notes. I taped the tools to the chart, so all of the students knew what they were (even though I kept calling them by the wrong names lol) We started with the Q-Tip, then on to the toothpick, then finally the water. We found out that the Q-Tip didn't do much. The toothpick did the most damage... to US! The crumbs were flying all around!!! Hence us needing the goggles! We used the cheep-o chocolate chip cookies. I use the same kind of cookie for digging for dino bones :) You will have to wait for December for that post though! I just recreated the chart from above from this unit: I wish they put their info on it. I am sure that you would like a copy too! If this is your, give me a shout-out so I can send them your way! It is a great unit!! I did have some very unhappy second graders when they didn't get to eat the cookies. When I do this experiment again, maybe there will be money in the budget to buy extra cookies. A little side note- We never did get to do the 5 minute test- namely because we ran out of time lol We only have 15 minutes for a session. :)
Students can travel across the globe without leaving the classroom. Check out these fun geography lessons for any grade and curriculum.
Here are some ways to save time while your students study space topics. This includes an escape room, task cards, and reading resources.
Help your primary grade students explore, learn, and write about landforms. See our hands-on landforms activities plus our culminating writing project!
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***This listing is a digital download for you to print the pages you require yourself*** Consolidate learning about insects and their features in a fun and hands-on way. This set of lapbook templates (including foldable activities) is an exciting tool for helping children organize their thoughts and ideas on bugs and insects. This project provides opportunities for writing, drawing, labeling, and research. There are more templates than you'll likely need to allow for some flexibility and for different-sized lapbooks. What's included? 🦋Cover page options x 2 🦋'Features of an insect' petal foldout 🦋Label an insect cut and paste (bumblebee) 🦋Pocket with examples of insects (examples provided or draw your own with the blank cards) 🦋Make a flip book for a chosen insect 🦋Life cycle of a ladybug accordion fold activity 🦋Draw a favorite insect under a magnifying glass 🦋Lift the flap templates with prompts/space to write fun insect facts 🦋Pictures showing how to fold the components were applicable 🦋Versions with US and UK spelling/paper sizes for international teachers Some of the activities will require students to do some of their own basic research. Upon purchase, you'll receive a PDF with links to download all of the above. Please note, the pages are not editable.
We’ve all been there… you’re trying to just get that first cup of coffee in the morning, cook dinner, or even just driving down the road, when your preschooler tosses out one of their deep questions about the universe. I’ve now got two preschoolers, making for double the ponderings. After a…
Good Sunday Morning 🙂 I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend!!! I wanted to share something that I am hoping to do this week with my class. We finished learning about Landforms but as we get to the end of the year, I am always for looking for ways to review different skills … Learning about LANDFORMS Read More »
Students will use their multiple intelligences to learn about Earth. Use this choice board while teaching your unit for a project based learning approach. This choice board gives students time to work on projects independently, and includes a checbric for easy assessment. Use this during science ins...
Volcanoes are a favorite topic to study at our house. In fact, we revisit the subject many times throughout the school year! With every subsequent study we deepen our knowledge and increase our understanding about this fascinating subject. This study is meant for all ages! I've included activities for preschool aged and elementary age students everything can be adapted for older children. You'll receive a 45+ page pack featuring unit study guide, printables, posters, book and video lists. The unit study guide incorporates several subjects, allowing you to explore the beach from multiple perspectives. Subjects covered include science, social studies, language arts, math, and art. YOU WILL RECEIVE: Unit Study Guide (11 pages) Parts of a Volcano Poster & Worksheet Volcano Shapes/Types Layers of the Earth Poster Felt Puzzle Patterns Public Domain Poetry Copywork (print and cursive) Art Appreciation Cards And so much more!! Please Note: This purchase is for your personal use only, not for resale or redistribution. Any books or other materials are for staging purposes only and are not included with your purchase. These are digital files that you will be able to download yourself after purchase. Here is a helpful article with instructions on how to download your digital files: https://www.etsy.com/help/article/3949 Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!
How Does the Power of Ice Shape Mountains? Day 7: Hands-on Learning. Look at this fun and easy hands-on science and geography activity to learn about mountains.
Practice your ABCs and 123s while learning about Earth day and the environment with these free printable puzzles!
In this Year 2 unit, students explore Earth's geography, the naming of places and accessibility of traveling to other places, addressing aspects of the HASS Australian Curriculum. ✩ It is a 10-less unit (designed to be taught over a term) that contains all lesson resources including worksheets and posters. ✩ This HASS unit also contains an editable PowerPoint presentation that can be displayed during each lesson. It includes the learning intentions/success criteria, key discussion points, worksheets and display resources. This makes teaching every lesson even easier if your classroom has a T.V or Smartboard. ✩ The editable planner includes relevant Australian Curriculum links. ✩ The lessons are kept simple and succinct, five to six steps each, to help you save time. The clear instructions highlight the key points, allowing you to focus on the students and make the most of the learning opportunities. ✩ Mrs Amy123 is known for its fun and engaging lessons that involve a wide range of cooperative learning strategies. This means that some lessons will not feature worksheets, though many will. ✩ This unit also includes a grading guide that shows what each grade (A-E) would look like based on two activities from the unit. This document is also linked to the Achievement Standard for Year 2 HASS. Included are: ♦ Editable planner (6 pages) ♦ Worksheets (22 pages) ♦ Resources (~80 pages) ♦ Editable PowerPoint Presentation (100+ pages) ♦ Editable Grading Guide (1 page) ♦ Editable learning intentions and success criteria Outcomes covered: Geography: ACHASSK04, ACHASSK048, ACHASSK050 (partially) and ACHASSK051 Inquiry Skills: ACHASSI034, ACHASSI035, ACHASSI036, ACHASSI038, ACHASSI039, ACHASSI040, ACHASSI041, ACHASSI042 and ACHASSI043 →Other than where stated, this product is not editable ←
Learning about the Human Body is great fun! Exploring and understanding the amazing structure and design within the composition of human life, inevitably points to a Creator. Oh what a blessing to be made in
If you're looking for Earth Day activities for students, then you probably value sustainability and environmental consciousness. If you're like me, you might even be able to trace these values back to your own education. I remember many of my teachers' Earth Day lesson plans, as well as their everyday lessons about respecting the environment. Whether you teach Science, Geography, or English Language Arts, this blog post will share a few lesson plans and activities that your students will love!
It a match about natural elements for example, the sun, the mountains, the rocks, the lake, the ocean, the river, the animlas, the plants, just write the name and the number inside the oval - ESL worksheets
Explore Bonnet Springs Park with us in this guide to one of Lakeland's newest and most popular parks. #bonnetsprings #lakeland
Montessori-inspired cards featuring terms such as dinosaur, plesiosaur, pterosaur, Pangaea, and Mesozoic Era.
Learning about landforms with a hands-on landform building and narrative writing project.
Try this fossil experiment with gummy candy and bread to learn about how fossils and sedimentary rocks are formed. Plus- it's edible!
The Creation of the Earth - A Biblical Cosmology Curriculum aims to take the reader through the many features of biblical cosmology with each lesson exploring a new aspect about our earth. This scripture-rich, 165-page full colour curriculum explores in depth the wonder of the earth God has created across 18 comprehensive lessons. Your journey through this curriculum will not only expand your knowledge of biblical cosmology, but inspire a deeper appreciation of the beauty of the world around you. Ideal for homeschooling families or anyone seeking to learn more about biblical cosmology, you are encouraged throughout the curriculum to complete numerous activities and reflections to provide a deeper learning experience. Upon purchasing this curriculum, you will receive a PDF file to download to your device and print at your leisure if required. **Please do not illegally reproduce copies of this curriculum. This resource is purchased at the home price and is licensed for one family only. It is not transferrable. Reproduction and distribution of this book is prohibited under the Copyright Act 1968.**
