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Earth sciences Common Core W.5.2 resources
Rocks and Minerals, Types of Rocks, The Rock Cycle Worksheets & Reading Passages
Are you looking for rocks and minerals worksheets that cover igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks with no additional prep? This rock cycle introduction practice set of activities and non-fiction reading comprehension passages are easy to use and your students will love the variety. Learn the types of rocks and minerals through observations, writing prompts, non-fiction rocks and minerals reading comprehension passages (print & Google Forms options), and more. Including the rock cycle.
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Rocks and Minerals Unit
Rock Cycle Activities Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions Close Reading
These rock cycle close reading passages and activities are the perfect tools to help students practice close reading skills during the month of March or during any rock cycle unit. This week-long lesson on The Rock Cycle: Where do rocks come from? follows a close reading model and includes a teacher guide and notes to make teaching the lesson easy! Students will be required to use close reading skills to practice making logical inferences, citing textual evidence, and drawing conclusions from th
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: St. Patrick's Day Close Reading Comprehension Passages March BUNDLE
Weathering and Erosion Worksheets Activities Reading Passages and Assessments
Struggling to find age-appropriate weathering and erosion worksheets for upper elementary students? These reading comprehension passages and activities are perfect for your weathering and erosion unit. With these no-prep activities, just print, and use in class. What’s the difference between weathering and erosion? Your students will know by the time they complete this set of activities. Learn erosion vs weathering through compare and contrast, cut and paste activity, flip book, writing prompts
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Weathering and Erosion Worksheets Bundle
Water Pollution Water Filter STEM
This environmental project challenges students to create a water filter to use with grey water to conserve water resources. The water filtration lab is a perfect Earth Day project. The engineering design process helps students investigate, plan, create, improve, and evaluate their filter. Students observe and collect data to write a report on findings. Leveled texts and writing prompts round out this jammed packed set! ☝ Click HERE to Save 25% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and STEAM BUNDLE! ☝ (
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3rd - 5th
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5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Also included in: STEM Activities STEM Challenges
Earth’s Spheres Interactions - Earth's Systems Activity - Digital Resource Model
Earth’s Spheres Digital Model for Science - How do Earth’s spheres Interact? Teach your 5th grade science students about Earth's systems - biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere using this visual and interactive science lesson. This engaging, low-prep activity for modeling how Earth’s spheres interact is a student favorite.How is it LOW PREP? 1. Upload the 4 slides to Google Classroom2. Show the how-to video3. Grading rubric is included!Here is a video to share with your students on h
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5th - 7th
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5-ESS2-1
Planets Research Report: Multi-Draft Informative Writing for Grades 3-5 (CCSS)
“I have done planet research writing for several years. This was a helpful resource to have everything ready to go.”“This made research so much easier for my students! Everything was scaffolded and easy to follow. Their reports came out great!”“I used this with ELL students as a research project. It was well laid out and I could adapt it easily to my students' needs. It did a good job walking students through the writing process.”Instead of doing several Informative Essays, I like to focus on j
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3rd - 5th
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Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity Complete NGSS Unit
⭐⭐ Now in print OR Google Slides! This amazing two unit bundle covers the extensive 3-LS4 performance expectations! The first unit covers;3-LS4-1 - Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. The print and go packet gives students everything they need and more for this performance expectation. Explore the world of fossils with your students with several interactive, engaging lessons. Your students will love the
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3rd - 5th
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3-LS4-1
, 3-LS4-3
, 3-LS4-2
, 3-LS4-4
Arbor Day Differentiated Reading Passages
Arbor Day Differentiated Reading Passages for Upper Elementary and Middle Grades! This 18-page packet is full of great resources to make it easy for you to plan meaningful academic discussions about the history behind why Arbor Day exists. Students will love learning about planting trees, memories, and the tradition behind why we observe this day.This packet includes the following:Differentiated Reading Passages and Writing Prompts:Labeled with one star (grades 4 & 5) or two stars (grades 6
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4th - 6th
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Water Erosion STEM and STEAM Challenge
Students develop a creek bank preservation solution in this Earth Science project. Using the engineering design cycle, students use their observations and collected data to write a report. Writing prompts and science leveled text round out this jammed packed set! ☝ Click HERE to Save over 25% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and STEAM BUNDLE! ☝ (Currently: 16 NGSS Aligned Projects) ❤ All STEM Projects are OPEN ENDED, allowing student flexibility to create and test unique designs. ❤Next Generation
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3rd - 5th
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2-ESS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 4-ESS2-1
Also included in: Weather Unit
Weather Project- Observe and Record {Science and Writing}
This differentiated science and writing project is a meaningful addition to your weather unit, with an added exposure to geography (map skills), and land forms (national parks). Students will track weather data from national parks and use the data to predict the weather for the following day. In this project, student plan a trip to three National Parks, each in different areas of the United States. Students track the weather for four days and then predict the weather they will experience durin
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Earth and Life Science Project Bundle
Energy Island Book Companion Project
**No-Prep activities that integrate natural and alternative resources into math, reading, writing, and problem solving!Help your students go deeper into understanding how to help our planet by applying skills in multiple disciplines. These activities are a great companion to the book "Energy Island" by Allan Drummond!Skills assessed include:-addition and subtraction with regrouping-arrays-sequencing-problem-based thinking-informative writingIf you like this product, be sure to check out the Than
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2nd - 5th
Earth Day Virtual Field Trip - 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade
Join me on a virtual field trip! On this field trip, students will use their critical thinking, reading, writing, and listening skills to explore and learn about our incredible Earth. Students will learn about recycling, climate change, composting, national parks, wildlife, and more! They will also get to explore the world using Google Maps and other websites with virtual tour capabilities! ⭐Check out the quick preview video for a taste of what this field trip has to offer. This resource includ
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2nd - 5th
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Astronaut Space Research Project Gifted Students Enrichment PBL
Are you looking for a student-driven project for your gifted (AIG) students? In this resource, students will research 6 prominent astronauts. They will then create a project demonstrating what they learned. This resource includes ideas for online resources students can use but you can easily use your own resources for students to use.This resource is perfect for your AIG and/or gifted students as it includes broad ideas, openness, and student choice. What is included?Teacher & Student Instru
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4th - 6th
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Reduce Reuse Recycle Electronic Waste Informational Essay Writing Common Core
Use my product to help your students write informational essays about how to reduce, reuse, and recycle electronic waste! This is bound to be a high-interest topic, as many kids these days have (or want to have!) phones, music players, tablets, laptops, computers, and TVs. It also ties in nicely with "earth science" and "Earth Day" in the spring as students think about how to protect the environment from too much waste. They will begin by reading two different texts about recycling. Then they'll
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3rd - 5th
Types of Volcanoes Activity Sheet
This is an activity sheet that focuses on the three different types of volcanoes. Students are asked to draw a cinder-cone volcano, shield volcano, and a composite volcano. In addition to their drawings students are asked to write 1 to 2 sentences describing each type of volcano.
The second portion of the activity sheet requires students to explain how a volcano erupts. The students are required to include several key words in their paragraph.
Finally, students are given a diagram of a volc
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4th - 6th
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4-in-1 Leveled Scrambled Paragraph Bundle: Integrated Science and ELA Curriculum
4-in1 Leveled Scrambled Paragraph Bundle: Integrated Science and ELA Curriculum{Water Cycle, Photosynthesis, Saguaro Cactus, and What is Mass?}Save 20% by purchasing all four!This bundle Includes these four resources:Leveled Scrambled Paragraph: Water Cycle {One Paragraph, Three Versions}Leveled Scrambled Paragraph: Saguaro Cactus {One Paragraph, Three Versions}Leveled Scrambled Paragraph: What is Mass? {One Paragraph, Three Versions}Leveled Scrambled Paragraph: Photosynthesis {One Paragraph, Th
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3rd - 6th
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Habitat and Animal Research Projects + Create a Creature BUNDLE | No Prep
Take learning about animal habitats up a notch with these fun, engaging, and creative research projects! These no prep, digital and printable projects get students thinking at a higher level as they conduct research and use their new knowledge to CREATE a new animal that would survive and thrive in each of 5 habitats - Desert, Grassland, Ocean, Rainforest, and Tundra!These research projects get students to…EXPLORE each habitatLEARN about the animals that live thereCREATE their own super creature
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3rd - 5th
Mystery Science Kit | Grade 5 | Mystery 4 | Decomposers, Nutrients, Matter Cycle
When my school district began using the Mystery Science curriculum, I fell in love. However, I found that the video lessons and activities on their own did not provide me with enough material to turn these important lessons into a full week of teaching- I wanted to stay on one topic to really have the time for student discovery, incorporating literacy, and fun research.It is completely no-prep for you, and is ready for printed or digital practice right now!Unit- Web of LifeLesson Topic- Decompos
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4th - 6th
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5-LS2-1
Communities Protect Earth’s Resources NGSS 5-ESS3-1 – Wastewater Treatment
In what ways do communities use science ideas to protect the earth’s resources? To address NGSS 5-ESS3-1, students explore the wastewater treatment process and determine which science concepts helped with development. Finally, they write an essay to explain. Open the preview to take a closer look. In this interdisciplinary science unit, students also review, identify, and write with informational text structures.1. What Are Natural Resources? Students read about natural resources. They determine
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4th - 5th
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5-ESS2-2
, 5-ESS3-1
Mystery Science Kit | Grade 5 | Mystery 2 | Plant Needs: Air + Water
When my school district began using the Mystery Science curriculum, I fell in love. However, I found that the video lessons and activities on their own did not provide me with enough material to turn these important lessons into a full week of teaching- I wanted to stay on one topic to really have the time for student discovery, incorporating literacy, and fun research.It is completely no-prep for you, and is ready for printed or digital practice right now!Unit- Web of LifeLesson Topic- Plant Ne
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4th - 6th
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5-LS2-1
, 5-LS1-1
Saguaro Cactus: Leveled Scrambled Paragraph {One Paragraph, Three Versions}
Saguaro Cactus: Leveled Scrambled Paragraph {One Paragraph, Three Versions}--> Integrated ELA and Science Curriculum <-- Students in a single classroom may have very different writing skills. This NO PREP resource includes three versions of the same scrambled paragraph. Students working at or below grade level, or in need of an additional challenge, can all work together by using different levels of the same content. All three paragraphs, whether they are five or eight sentences, can be
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2nd - 6th
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Crash Course Kids | Earth Science Playlist Youtube Guide | 23 Episodes
This Crash Course Kids - Earth Science Playlist Youtube Guide challenges students to get the most out of these 23 entertaining, short, yet substantive videos. Explore how resources, from water to land, shape communities and the environment. Discover the challenges and innovations in managing scarce resources like freshwater, and learn about the effects of weathering, erosion, and climate on the Earth's landscapes. Examine how human activities impact ecosystems and water cycles, and investigateTh
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3rd - 6th
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3-ESS3-1
, 3-LS4-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-ESS2-2
, MS-ESS3-3
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Mystery Science Kit | Grade 5 | Mystery 2 | Earth's Rotation + Shadow Patterns
When my school district began using the Mystery Science curriculum, I fell in love. However, I found that the video lessons and activities on their own did not provide me with enough material to turn these important lessons into a full week of teaching- I wanted to stay on one topic to really have the time for student discovery, incorporating literacy, and fun research.It is completely no-prep for you, and is ready for printed or digital practice right now!Unit- Spaceship EarthLesson Topic- Eart
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4th - 6th
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5-ESS1-2
Rocks/Minerals NO PREP Close Reading Plans w/Assessment- 2nd-6th grade
This is the ultimate 65-page NO PREP lesson plan pack for Earth Science: Rocks and Minerals. Just print and you are ready to go for the next 1-2 weeks. Students will have a deep understanding of rocks and minerals: the difference between the two, including what mineral grains are, and what rocks are composed of, the rock cycle, the three types of rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic, and what everyday things are made from rocks and minerals. A link to a passage to use for Text 2 is inc
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2nd - 6th
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