Do you teach science? Today, on the blog, I'm sharing ideas and inspiration for decorating your science classroom.
So the 1st day of school in high school science is approaching and you don't know what exactly to do with your students. There is so much
I love having a science lab in my own kitchen! I don't really understand the physics of what’s happening when each of those balls bounces, but it sure is fun to experiment with the kids. This...
Learn how to use Direct Instruction in Science while keeping your middle school science students engaged and learning throughout your lesson.
These force and motion worksheets and stations get students SO EXCITED for science lessons! They are easy to prep and so much fun!
Do you want some engaging hands-on, science experiments to teach your elementary students about physical and chemical weathering? Look no further!
I am so lucky to teach at a school that provides a full hour of science instruction for our students every day, but I know that in many self contained classrooms science takes a back seat to math a…
Learn how to prepare and host a super-fun and engaging Trashketball Review Game in your classroom! Grab my editable game template and create your own game.
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Discover hands-on beginning of the year science activities that will excite your students and build the foundation for future science lessons!
Your first year teaching is going to be one of the hardest years of your career. I frequently went home near tears thinking “I just can’t do this. It is too hard.” But I promise you, it gets easier! I’m in my 10th year teaching and I spend a lot less time planning and preparing ... Read more
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Immerse your primary students in the exhilarating world of Push and Pull Forces with our hands-on science experiments. Discover friction, wind power, and more through engaging activities like tea bag rockets, pom pom poppers, and paper airplanes. Foster curiosity and critical thinking with our detailed guides, POE model sheets, and bonus homework activities. Perfect for elevating your science curriculum - a peek into our Sherbert Learning resources!
Learn what plants breathe through with this easy leaf & tree science experiment as kids get hands-on with the process of photosynthesis!
Decorating your classroom at the beginning of the year (or any time) is a challenge. Let me help with these ideas! There's always so much to do at the beginning of the school year. For me, this was really brought home when I started a new job with a science lab as my classroom. An
Explore different materials and their properties with this engaging unit. Activities and printables for the Foundation and Prep Year chemistry strand.
This post discusses how to use vocabulary meaningfully while talking Science in your classroom by Rachel from Fifth is my Jam
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Looking for fun and engaging science activities to teach force and motion? These three activities will get your students excited to learn!
Why is it that kids LOVE science so much? Is it because they like the idea of being scientists with lab coats and safety goggles? Is it because they want to conduct science experiments and make things explode? Is it because they are thrilled at the thought of discovering some groundbreaking new truth in their ... Read More about Teaching The Scientific Method Unit Using Pickles
I am a proponent of my students getting to be involved in science- it’s not a secret that they love hands-on activities. The problem was that the activities the standard curriculum provided just weren’t cutting it. Simply reading and answering questions wasn’t helping my students understand the scientific concepts. To make my life easier, I ... Read more
Are you looking for easy and engaging Sports ideas for STEM? I have you covered, but first... Ready for some truth? About a year ago I was looking for ideas for Thanksgiving STEM projects to complete a STEM by the Month series. Everything I found was about turkeys and Pilgrims and the Mayflower. It also really
Five activities to use to get to know your grade 4, 5, 6, and 7 science students on the first days of school. These back to school activities will allow students to be creative through hands-on activities, writing, or sharing about their personal lives through art to foster personal relationships.
This simple kids' science experiment uses baking soda and vinegar to make gummy worms come alive right before little scientists' eyes!
These high school chemistry worksheets are full of pictures, diagrams, and deeper questions covering all aspects of chemical reactions! This unit is meant to cover the basics of chemical reactions (combustion, synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, double replacement) along with solubility and metal reactivity. These 20 pages provide a lot of ways a teacher could differentiate because they provide options for teachers. Teachers can cover these concepts all separately: 1) Balancing and classifying equations 2) Predicting reactions (given that the reaction can occur) 3) Predicting reactions (given that a reaction in a question may or may not occur, students have to decide!) Each type of reaction (synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, double replacement, combustion) are treated separately and teachers can teach them separately and have students practice using these pages. This unit is designed to help students practice these skills that are important for the rest of the year in chemistry. In the next unit I write, I will be creating stoichiometry problems that students will answer using these chemical equation balancing and predicting skills. This unit is part of my Differentiated Chemistry Whole Year Homework Bundle. These are non-editable PDF files. Each PDF file contains the student page, the answer key, and my terms of use page. Please see my preview for more details. Frequently Asked Questions: 1. Why should you purchase this bundle? - This unique homework sheet unit (as part of my whole year bundle) will help you teach a cohesive and consistent program all year. - These homework pages were carefully designed with a wealth of images! I have created many of the images myself and other images are licensed from professional designers. These homework pages are not plain worksheets with text questions that can be easily copied from a textbook. Each page is meant to help students to learn chemistry in a very visual way. Students circle, color, and analyze pictures and diagrams in ways that are far superior to plain text textbook questions. 2. What does this unit contain? This unit contains 20 pages: 1. Chemical Equation Basics 2. Solubility Basics 3. Is It Soluble? 4. Reactivity Series Practice 5. Write Chemical Equation from Sentence 6. Write a Sentence from a Chemical Equation 7. Oxidation Numbers 8. Balance and Classify: Synthesis and Decomposition Reactions 9. Balance and Classify: Single Replacement Reactions 10. Balance and Classify: Double Replacement 11. Balance: Combustion Reactions 12. Balance: Challenge Questions 13. Net Ionic Reactions for Precipitation Reactions 14. Predict Products: Decomposition Reactions 15. Predict Products: Single Replacement Reactions I (All react) 16. Predict Products: Single Replacement Reactions II (Some react, some don't) 17. Balance and Predict Nonmetal Replacement Reactions 18. Predict Products: Double Replacement Reactions (All react) 19. Predict Products: Precipitation Reactions (Some react, some don't) 20. Predict Products: Mixed Type Problems 3. How many pages does this unit contain? This unit contains 20 student pages plus an answer key for every page. 4. What will the format of each page be? Each page will be unique. Each is designed to roughly cover the material that I would teach in an hour long class period. These are terrific for daily homework assignments because they don’t take too long to complete. These pages have been carefully designed in Illustrator. I have created a unique set of questions to help students to review material taught in class and think deeper about the material. Many of the pages ask students to highlight or color something, to identify items in a diagram, to match related concepts, or interact with a topic in a new way. Many of the pages ask students to connect more than one concept; they are intended to help students see the bigger picture in each unit. A few pages ask students to use the internet to do a little research. If you own any of my other resources, don’t worry about repeat pages. These homework pages are truly unique and separate from my activities. These homework pages will truly complement any activities or resources you already have or use in your class. 5. How do I handle homework? First of all, I don’t grade it. I learned in my early teaching years that when I grade homework, I am rewarding students who copied off of their one studious friend the period before my class, and I am penalizing students who have limited educational time outside of school. I often give time at the end of the period to work on “homework” pages. Often, I start off the next day’s class with the answer key projected onto some sort of screen (ELMO or projector) so that students can check their answers as they walk in. My students know that they will do better in my class if they do the homework and I care about effort more than being correct. 6. What if you want to grade homework? Are answer keys included? Are they easy to grade? Answer keys are included (for almost all of the pages, where it makes sense to have an answer key). I designed these pages to be pretty simple to grade, if you want to do that. 7. Why is each homework page only one page? In my time as a teacher, I have noticed that for some reason, homework assignments that have more than one side of a page are just neglected by students. If I hand out a one sided homework page and tell them, here’s your homework, they say, yay, it’s just 1 page! They will often at least start it if not finish it before the end of the day. I really think there is a psychological barrier to starting an assignment with two sides. Call me crazy, but test it out! Try giving my homework assignments and watch your class actually do their homework! If you want to give two pages, you can print these out and then copy 2 back to back for your students. A way to save paper would be to print all of the homework assignments and copy them as a packet. This is great to give students all at once in the beginning of the unit, so they have every page in advance, which works great if they’re absent! Check out my Chemistry Doodle Notes for some engaging resources that thoroughly explain Chemistry concepts in a versatile way! Contact Us If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us on the question and answer section of my store and we will get back to you quickly! 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How can sound be waves? It is a hard concept for kids. Try these 7 science experiments for kids to SEE sound. Learn the 5 senses with STEM activities.
Need fun activities to teach the scientific method? Check out these ideas to use with your science students in grades 4 5 6.
It is almost time for Read Across America! Time for reading...and science! Time for Oobleck! This simple science activity is sure to get them excited about both! I am so thrilled to share one of my favorite lessons that works perfectly with my FOSS Solids and Liquids Unit. We spend a lot of time trying to add engaging activities to our school day and this one seems to really surprise and amaze my students. The book Oobleck is a fun Dr. Suess book that links science into your classroom! Fun with Non-Newtonian Fluids! Here is my hour long lesson plan... 1. We start with the characteristics of a solid and a liquid 2. I then share with them that today we are going to learn about something that acts like a liquid and a solid. I then share with them it is all because of King Derwin of Didd. I then share with them the book. It is a long book...but reading it and changing your voice keeps them engaged! 3. We then use the the Oobleck sheet that has them see how Oobleck acts...Is it a solid or liquid? 4. We continue our experiments with five objects that either sink or stay on the top. The students are amazed as to how it acts. 5. We wrap up by writing the recipe for Oobleck and understand a non-Newtonian fluid by filling in the blanks. 6. I they get done early I have them add to our classroom graph...Do You Like Oobleck? I have each table set up before they come in and they meet me at the carpet for the intro and book. This helps when my time is limited... You can find my OOBLECK TPT Pack Here!
Engage students while teaching them the difference between physical and chemical changes by integrating these 5 experiments into your unit.
Science Picture of the Day is a critical thinking activity where students practice analyzing, inferring, and observing real life science in photographs. Targeted skills include making observations and growing scientific vocabulary. The goal is for students to observe science in our everyday lives. These pictures each represent at least one branch of science – physical science, earth science, and life science – and can be utilized for nearly any topic of study in the science curriculum. Regardless of what grade level or content you are studying, students should be able to recognize many examples of science in all pictures. This meets the common core standards of RI.1 (Inference, Key Details and Informational Text) along with SL.2 and 4 (Key discussion and use of vocabulary). Furthermore, this open-ended activity is a great way to get your students to think deeper and more critically. I have provided an answer key for each picture prompt, but the science seen in these pictures are not limited to my answers, as there are many aspects of science in our daily lives. Be sure to have students justify their reasoning, and how deep you go with the science concepts is up to your discretion. File Type PDF (Acrobat) Document File in a ZIP file Be sure that you have an application to open this file type before downloading and/or purchasing.
Engage learners in grade 4, 5, 6 or 7 in learning about Newton's laws of motion and force through hands on demonstrations and laboratory activities meant to encompass all learning styles.
Student engagement on the first day of school is more important than you think. Upper elementary and middle school students need to be hooked into loving being back to school o instill curiosity and an interest in science. Including hands-on activities does not have to be costly or time-consuming. Providing fun learning experiences is most ... Read more
Learn how to set up your classroom and strategies for classroom management as well as other back to school tips for science teachers.
Explore practical strategies for crafting effective lesson plans that cater to both seasoned educators and beginners alike.
A fun and easy science experiment for teaching students the difference between a solid, liquid, and gas! This engaging activity uses a plastic water bottle, water, a balloon, and Alka-Seltzer tablets to demonstrate the states of matter in an exciting way. Watch as the reaction inflates the balloon and download a free printable page to enhance the learning experience. Plus, explore an additional Alka-Seltzer Snow Experiment and find more science and STEM ideas for the entire school year.
Grudgeball: An Engaging Classroom Review Game is the perfect way to host a friendly competition while reviewing content.
This differentiated foldable will help your students visualize and memorize the process of photosynthesis. ************************************************************************ This resource may be used: ➜ with grades 5-4-6. ➜ with whole group, small groups or individual instruction. ************************************************************************ ✅ This resource is adapted to address different learning styles and was tested in my classroom (5th grade). ************************************************************************ Here are a few suggestions on how to use this resource: ✔ interactive science notebook ✔ homework ✔ mini-assessment ✔ review ✔ study guide ✔ science centers activities ✔ summer school ************************************************************************ What teachers have said about this resource: ❤️ This was so helpful for my SDC (Special Day Class) Life Science students. Having a colorful visual that they could touch and explore added a new level to their understanding. Thank you! Jacqueline H. ❤️ What a fun foldable. It's easy to use really helps break down the process in a simple format. Anissa U ❤️ Beautifully prepared with several levels of instruction. Peterson Science ❤️ Used this multiple times for my special ed kids. Heidi E. ************************************************************************ What is included: ✔ Notes to the teacher (instructions with pictures + tips) ✔ 2 versions of petal book/foldable with process of photosynthesis+ 1 blank template ✔ 5 extra options of petal book/foldable for DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION ✔ Copyright and Credits pages at the end of the product. ************************************************************************ ⭐ Please take the time to look at the preview to have an idea of what is included. This file is a .pdf. ************************************************************************ ✅Click here to follow me and be first to hear about resources, sales and updates! ************************************************************************ ❤️ You may also like ❤️ : Back-To-School resources EDITABLE calendars 2018-2019 {FREE UPDATES FOR LIFE} EDITABLE Meet the Teacher templates EDITABLE EMOJI Back-To-School PowerPoint EDITABLE Task cards Labels {Iris boxes} EDITABLE Light Box Designs Scientific Method Scientific Method foldable . Scientific Method-posters and mini-posters. Science safety rules-posters. Science safety rules-foldable. Cells Cell foldable. Cell flip book. ************************************************************************ ► If you like this product, please leave some feedback so I can get back to you :). You will also receive FREE credits towards your future purchases. ►You may blog about this activity but please link back to my store. ► Copyright © Satsumas and Bees. All rights reserved by author. Not for public display. For personal use only. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Studying force and motion?! These six science experiments and colorful posters are a must! Grab your set in our shop today.
Make volume science fun and engaging for kids. Explore volume for kids with a few simple supplies for early math and science.
Newton's Laws and easy in the same sentence? Maybe not, but trust me I have some resources that will do just that! But first, how do you display your classroom agenda? I have an easel right outside my door that lists what each grade level is doing and recently it said. "It's Newton Week!" The
Warm-ups are the perfect way to get students focused and engaged. Here are 5 reasons you should use warm-ups in your science classroom.
Science teaching tips, science teaching ideas & resources for upper elementary and middle school science classroom
