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Low Prep Halloween STEM Activity: Flying Bats

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Looking for something fun and easy to keep your students engaged this Halloween? In this low prep STEM activity, students design and build paper bat wings to see which ones can fly the farthest. Students follow the engineering design process to

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Science, Halloween, Engineering

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Games, Centers

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Sloth Marble Maze STEM Activity

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Your students will be so excited and engaged while completing the sloth marble maze STEM challenge! Students will use the engineering design process to create a race track for their marble (the sloth) to see how slowly it can move along their

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Science, Critical Thinking, Engineering

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Centers

$3.25

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Characteristics of Life CER with Claim Evidence Reasoning

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Help your students understand the characteristics of life as they answer the question: Is it living? In this activity, students will learn about the characteristics of living things and apply their knowledge to determine if different items are

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Science, Biology, Environment

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Laboratory, Centers

$3.00

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Physical Science CER Bundle with Claim Evidence Reasoning

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Tired of getting lackluster responses in science? Feeling down about your students' conclusions?!? Help them write meaningful responses and strong scientific arguments with this bundle containing 5 physical science C-E-R activities! Each

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Science, Physical Science

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Laboratory, Centers

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$12.00

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Climate Change CER with Claim Evidence and Reasoning

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Help your students get a better understanding of climate change and global warming.In this CER activity students will graph and analyze average annual temperature data from the last 100 years to see how Earth’s climate is changing. Students often

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Earth Sciences, Other (Science), General Science

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Worksheets, Activities, Centers

$3.00

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Weathering and Erosion Stations

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Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition self directed learning stations!This activity allows student to independently guide their learning through 8 stations to review and find out more about Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition. Eight different

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Science, Earth Sciences

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Laboratory, Centers

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$5.50

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Heat Transfer CER with Claim Evidence Reasoning MS-PS3-4

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This activity can be used to introduce or reinforce learning about heat transfer, conduction, and thermal energy. This activity investigates how the amount of mass affects the amount of thermal energy by measuring how much heat is transferred

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Science, Physical Science

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Laboratory, Centers

$3.00

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Science CER Mega Bundle with Claim Evidence and Reasoning

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Science, Biology, Earth Sciences

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Laboratory, Centers

$66.00

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Weather CER with Claim Evidence Reasoning MS-ESS2-5

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Is your class learning about weather and weather forecasts? This activity uses real data allowing students explore the relationship between atmospheric pressure and weather conditions. Students use real world data from online weather websites (or

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Science, Earth Sciences

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Internet Activities, Centers

$3.00

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Chemical Reactions CER with Claim Evidence Reasoning

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This is a reliable endothermic chemical reaction that is safe to use in class with easy to find materials. The activity is an introduction to exothermic and endothermic chemical reactions. Students investigate the reaction between baking soda and

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Science, Chemistry, Physical Science

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Laboratory, Centers

$3.00

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Tides CER with Claim Evidence Reasoning

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In this activity, students explore the relationship between tide height and the phase of the moon. Students use real time data from online tide charts and moon phase calendars to collect data. They look for patterns in the data and write an

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Science, Astronomy, Earth Sciences

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Internet Activities, Centers

$3.00

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Gravity and Orbits CER: Analyzing Solar System Data

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In this no prep activity, students research and analyze solar system data and draw conclusions in the form of a CER (claim, evidence, reasoning) argument. Students first complete their data table including the following data: Diameter, Distance from

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Science, Astronomy, Earth Sciences

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Printables, Centers

$3.00

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Life Science CER Bundle with Claim Evidence Reasoning

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Science, Biology, Earth Sciences

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Laboratory, Centers

$15.00

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NGSS 2-PS1-1 Properties of Matter

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Easy activities and readings for distance learning for students at home due to school closures!Students will learn what matter is and the different properties used to describe matter. Students will use a multi-sensory approach in this unit including

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Science

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

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Worksheets, Activities, Centers

$3.00

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Earth Science CER Bundle with Claim Evidence Reasoning

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Science, Earth Sciences

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Laboratory, Centers

$18.00

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Cellular Respiration Activity with Claim Evidence Reasoning

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Students investigate the effects of exercise on cellular respiration and make connections between the role of breathing and what his happening at the cellular level. Students exhale into a solution of bromothymol blue and measure how long it takes

Subjects:

Science, Anatomy, Biology

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Laboratory, Centers

$3.00

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Photosynthesis Activity and CER MS-LS1-6

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In this photosynthesis lab helps students learn how plants make food through photosynthesis and use it during cellular respiration. Students learn about the role plants have in in regulating the gases in our atmosphere. They learn that plants take

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Science, Biology, Earth Sciences

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Laboratory, Centers

$3.00

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Testing Paper Towels: Properties of Matter Experiment

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Looking for engaging science activities for your elementary students? In this ready to go activity, students perform 3 hands on experiments to observe and test different brands of paper towels. This is a great way to introduce the scientific

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Science, Physical Science

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Laboratory, Centers

$3.00

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Natural Selection Evolution Simulation and CER

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Students simulate natural selection in this fun hands on lab activity. In this game, students model how a population of mice changes over time due to natural selection. They see how mice that are better suited for their environment survive and

Subjects:

Science, Biology

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Centers

$3.00

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Soap Boat Science STEM: Surface Tension Chemistry of Water

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In this low prep STEM activity, students design and testing boats that are powered by soap. This is one of the easiest activities that students are wowed by! Minimal materials and easy to set up. Activity STEPS:1. Students build a prototype

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Science, Engineering

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Centers

$4.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have 20 years of experience teaching middle and high school science as well as outdoor environmental education and garden based teaching. In addition to teaching I have been leading professional development on NGSS at the elementary and middle school level.

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I believe it is essential to get students involved and excited about science with hands on interactive activities that get them thinking outside the box.

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