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5th grade basic principles unit plans
ONTARIO SCIENCE: GR. 4/5 Forces Acting on Structures & Pulleys and Gears Units
In this hands on, minds on unit both grades will be engineers exploring and building things. The 4s will look at how pulleys and gears are used in our daily lives to make work easier. They will learn the science behind both of these simple machines and have opportunities to experiment with these through hands on experiences. The 5s will look at the forces that engineers need to consider before building a structure. Force, load, tension and compression are all explored through hands on - mind
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3rd - 5th
Science Fair Unit Bundle
This unit includes resources to help students create a science fair project. You could also give these mini lessons to review each portion of the scientific method without doing a full science fair project.
Included are a student planning packet and 10 lessons with answer keys that cover the following topics:
1. Testable Question
2. Complete Research
3. Identify Variables
4. Generate Hypotheses
5. Write Procedures
6. Generate Materials List
7. Create Data Table
8. Graph Your Data
9. Write Co
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3rd - 8th
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Grade 5 ONTARIO Science - Forces Acting on Structures - Structures & Mechanisms
Help students learn about the different forces of load, tension, and compression and how this impacts structures all around them. Through hands on, minds on lessons, experiments and STEM projects this unit will get your students engaged in engineering design and construction. This complete inquiry unit covers everything that you need to meet the expectations for the Understanding Structures and Mechanisms Grade 5 strand of the updated 2022 Ontario Curriculum. and the Common Core/Next Generatio
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5th
States of Matter Interactive Notebooks States of Matter Activities Flapbooks
Are you looking for a FUN and INTERACTIVE unit to teach your students all about matter? If so, then look no further.This 37 page packet is ALL you need to teach a unit on Matter! In this packet you will find the following:*Pictures of the 4 different flap books included *Pictures of 4 different science experiments *Lab sheet for Density Experiment*Lab sheet for Buoyancy Experiment*Lab sheet for Volume Experiment*Lab sheet for Mass Experiment*Matter Vocabulary sheet with definitions*Matter Vocabu
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Bundle {9 Units}
5th Grade Genetics Unit Lesson Plans Bundle- NC SCOS LS.5.3
Are you a fifth grade teacher in NC about to teach traits? Then you are going to want these lesson plans! This Genetics Unit Lesson Plans are for approximately 15 days* worth of activities. These plans give you everything you need except for physical items (computers, index cards, whiteboards, etc). These lesson plans are for classrooms that are 1:1 with computers or Chromebooks™. These lesson plans also include my genetics digital notebook.*1 Day = approx 50 minsWhat is included?15 Days of Plan
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5th
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Also included in: 5th Grade Science Lesson Plan Bundle - NC Essential Science Standards
Electricity Science Unit | Activities and Lessons | Complete Bundle
This unit includes all our electricity and magnetism resources and is designed to be ready to use as soon as you print it. These are the perfect activities to meld background electrical knowledge with hands-on activities, and it only takes minutes for you to plan out your next three months of science lessons.This unit includes:complete electricity lesson plans with modifications for differentiation.digital versions with loose text that can be read by assistive technology.hands-on activitiesa bon
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4th - 6th
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3rd Grade Science for the year - 3rd Grade Science Curriculum
This 3rd grade science curriculum has everything you need to cover science for the year! The units align with the NC Essential standards (3.P.1 - Forces and Motion, 3.P.2 - Matter, 3.P.3 - Energy Transfer, 3.E.1 - Earth in the Universe, 3.E.2 - Earth Systems, 3.L.1 - Living Organisms, 3.L.2 - Ecosystems), but I have added a little more to some units that I thought were lacking. Therefore, even if you don't live in NC, this bundle, or at least some of the individual units may suit your needs very
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2nd - 5th
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Science Lab Safety Unit Bundle in English and Spanish
This bundle has everything you need to teach and assess an upper elementary or middle school science laboratory safety unit. It contains a PowerPoint with notes and INB sheets for students, a set of four warmups/bell ringers, a list of safety rules, a safety activity, a safety bookmark that has multiple purposes, a safety contract, posters, and a safety quiz. All of the resources in this package are in English and Spanish. Get this bundle and check your lab safety unit prep off of your to-do lis
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5th - 8th
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Flight - a complete science unit
Flight is a complete science unit for middle school students that requires very little prep by the teacher. It is completely laid out with teacher notes and a sequence of activities. Students will learn about all the forces that affect flight. They will also experience many hands-on activities to reinforce the concepts. The culminating activity is to design and construct their own aircraft that can fly to a target area.This resource includes:Teacher NotesStudent NotesInvestigating Air PressureFl
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5th - 7th
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Classifying Plants and Animals Full Unit Print and Digital
After teaching about classification for 5 years, I finally felt the unit was ready to share with others! The entire unit culminates with a fun and silly assessment where students use their notes to classify imaginary animals! With the new Google Classroom option, it can be used successfully with distance learning! * Traditional and FULLY DIGITAL versions included This 45 Page Unit Includes• 10 Day unit pacing guide and teacher notes throughout the entire unit• Interactive notebook elements: fol
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3rd - 5th
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3rd Grade Science: Fossils Unit (Aligned to NGSS)
This unit is designed to address the NGSS 3rd grade standard:3-LS4-1. Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.If you are interested in a paperless digital version of this product click here.Here's what's included in this unit: Activity 1: A pre-assessment/diagnostic activity to see what your students already know about fossils. Students will sort pictures into fossils and not fossils. Activity 2: Information
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-LS4-1
Also included in: Custom Bundle for Jessica (Tennessee 5th Grade Science)
Scientific Inquiry, Method and Processes Unit
Do you want to start the science year off right? Do you want to engage and interest kids in their learning with cool investigations? Do you want to give them the science skills they need to set them up for success? OF COURSE!
This unit is PERFECT to kick off the year with. I love it because it engages and interests the students, provides them a good foundation about the building blocks of science AND can be used totally on its own. You can just grab this unit and go - everything you need is i
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4th - 6th
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Plant Growth and Changes Science Unit | Lessons and Activities | Complete Bundle
Stop searching for all your plant lessons! This unit includes all of our plant growth and changes lessons and activities. They only take moments to prep but will have students learning for hours. Some of the topics included are plant uses, needs, plant parts and functions, life cycles, seed dispersal, and propagation.This plant unit bundle includes:a set of basic lessons with instructions to easily modify for your students.lessons and activities that teach: uses of plants, needs of plants, plant
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3rd - 6th
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Scientific Method Complete Unit Bundle
This is my complete best selling Scientific Method Unit. Over 200 pages of Scientific Method goodness! You get
♦ 3 PowerPoints - "What is the Scientific Method", "Writng a Testable Question", and "Writing a Hypothesis"
♦ 3 Minibooks (reading passages) on the scientific method along with comprehension page
♦ assorted vocabulary and 6 Steps to the Scientific Method interactive notebook foldable
♦ experiments
♦ journal prompts
♦ performance events (will work as a workstation / center / science
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4th - 6th
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Science Fair Project Step-by-Step Teacher/Student/Parent Handbook
This is a complete step-by-step Science Fair Project Handbook.
I have attached 2 parts:
1. Guidelines/Rules/Information Handbook- This is a step-by-step explanation for a guided approach to creating a science fair project. I have included a timeline template, parent letter, examples of each step, topic ideas that are hyper-linked, additional websites and even the oral presentation guidelines.
(This is great if printed like a booklet on computer printer)
2. Student handbook is the student te
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3rd - 8th
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Magnets: A Complete Unit
This unit has everything you need for a unit on magnets:
*daily lesson plans
*smartboard viewing slides
*vocabulary cards (to make a small student notebook)
*5 exciting experiments (including how to make a temporary magnet, a compass, and an electromagnet)
*circle map
*packed full of graphics
*detailed illustrations including cutaways of machines to view the magnets inside
*a student's "My Scientist's Observation Notebook" for recording what is observed, with seperate title pages available for g
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Scientific Method Unit Mega Bundle
This Bundle includes inquiry labs, Interactive Notebook activities, practice assignments, Cornell Notes, lab stations, a PowerPoint, and more! A complete scientific method unit that works for any 5th-8th grade classroom practicing inquiry, safety, the steps of the scientific method, variables, measurement, metric conversions, writing hypotheses and conclusions, and making graphs. All activities have teacher directions, student directions, and answer keys when applicable.Activity Includes:CSI Mea
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5th - 8th
Spooky Halloween Science Mini-Unit
Have some fun this October (or really anytime!) with your students and this Spooky Halloween Science Mini-Unit. This unit includes 5 different experiments that can be used sequentially OR you can pick and choose the ones you want to use with your students. They include:
-Haunted Raisins (raisins and 7-Up)
-"Body Parts" observation
-Bleeding Paper
-Slime (glue-based)
-Ghostly Goo (cornstarch and water)
These experiments can be done with mostly household materials. Explicit teacher notes, ins
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3rd - 6th
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Law of Conservation of Mass Unit: 3 Lessons, Powerpoint, Labs & Printables
The Law of Conservation of Mass Mini-Unit is a comprehensive mini-unit that has astounding visuals and learning opportunities for your students to aid them in the process of learning about the concept of the law of conservation of mass, the difference between mass and weight, and learning the basics of volume as well. This all-inclusive three lesson unit contains everything you need for your classroom to become proficient with their knowledge of this standard including two lesson plans, 10 print
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Year Long (Growing) Science Bundle Grades 4-5 - Mega Bundle
Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy Unit Bundle of 6 Science Lessons
This heat transfer themed unit bundle includes 6 one hour lesson plans with all of the resources needed to implement them in your science classroom. The unit covers thermal energy, types of heat transfer (radiation, conduction, convection), conductors and insulators, and more! This bundle includes: 6 lesson plans (each designed to last around an hour) a Heat Transfer Google Slides lesson a notes page (empty and pre-filled) that goes with the Slidesa worksheet to demonstrate comprehension after t
Grades:
4th - 7th
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NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, MS-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-2
Weather Reporter Unit for Upper Grades (Digital & Print Versions)
A weather unit where kids learn about the weather by becoming meteorologists! In this unit, students will learn about the weather and its conditions by becoming meteorologists! Students will review what the weather is, what a meteorologist does, and weather vocabulary. Then, they will keep a Meteorologist Journal for 2 weeks. All pages are included in BOTH color and black and white! This is the Printable + Digital Google Slides bundle! You save 30% by purchasing these together in the bundle.Ea
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3rd - 6th
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Forms of Energy Comprehensive Unit - 5 Unit Bundle, 10 lessons, PPT, Printables
This 5 unit, 10 lesson bundle is everything you need to teach your students about the forms of energy. With incredible power point animations in 145 slides, 10 lesson plans, STEAM activities and lab activities, a total of 40 printable pages for your students and 5 mini-unit quizzes as well as task cards and a summative forms of energy unit assessment that will assess your students' knowledge on sound energy, vibrations, pitch, frequency, electrical energy, chemical energy, light energy, heat ene
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4th - 6th
NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, 5-PS3-1
, MS-PS3-2
, 4-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-1
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Solids, Liquids, and Gases Oh My!
This is a science unit for solids, liquids, and gases that is common core aligned. There are experiments, activities, flashcards, worksheets, poems/songs, and more! This is a great activity that involves song, hands-on, and pencil/paper. It is for primary grades.
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K - 6th
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Scientific Method HUGE Bundle: All of My Scientific Method Resources
This package contains all of the scientific method resources in my store. Topics covered include the steps of the scientific method, variables, hypotheses, observations, inferences, data analysis, scientific questions, conclusions, and more. A variety of activities, interactive notebook pages, worksheets, and assessments are included. See below for a list of all of the included resources. Click on the links to learn more about each resource or to purchase it individually. Activities:Scientific
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5th - 8th
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