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Elementary physics unit plans
Forces and Motion
This hands-on force and motion unit is packed with science experiments, learning stations, games, printables, poems, a force and motion assessment, 12 colorful vocabulary posters, coordinating vocabulary cards, printables, and more! It contains a unique student Motion Mission notebook with six experiments that will have your students critically thinking about science concepts, cause and effect, and connections to their everyday world. This unit builds on your students' natural curiosity with ton
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in:Â Science Unit MEGA BUNDLE!
Grade 6 Science - Flight Unit
Newly updated January 2023! The original printable unit is still included, and a fully digital Google Slides version has been added! Coding activity coming soon!Everything you need for the grade 6 unit on flight! Designed for the curriculum in Ontario, Canada. Informative articles with comprehension worksheets including questions for making connections, a hands-on paper plane activity, final project with graphic organizers and rubric, final test, and all answer keys included!This is a zipped fil
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5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Grade 6 Science Bundle - Biodiversity, Space, Electricity, Flight
Light Energy Unit: Science Stations/Centers or Labs, Activities & Experiments
This deluxe light energy unit includes five labs that can be set up as stations or centers, a full-blown experiment, extension activities, review, and assessment. Your kids will love the hands-on investigation – and you will too! This is the science unit you’ve been waiting for.Working in stations or centers saves time and uses less materials.Directions for each project are simple and easy to follow. Kids can work independently! Kids become engaged in fun activities that build understanding of l
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
4-PS3-2
Simple Machines and Force & Motion Unit Bundle
This awesome Simple Machines and Force & Motion Unit Bundle includes everything you need to teach your students about simple machines, force, and motion! Includes:- Simple Machines PowerPoint and Notes Set- Force & Motion PowerPoint and Notes Set- Mass and Weight Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest- Force Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest- Speed Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest- Gravity Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest- Friction Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest- Laws of Motion Internet Scave
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Force and Motion Push and Pull Unbalanced and Balanced Forces Activities Unit
Let me save you precious time and energy as you plan for your upcoming force and motion unit: This resource has everything you need and enhances student engagement! It covers a range of force and motion principles, allowing students to gain a deep understanding of how forces act on objects and how motion is affected by various factors. This timesaving, curiosity-driven resource offers engaging hands-on lessons, integrated learning, and flexibility in instruction. Teachers can confidently use thi
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-PS2-2
Also included in:Â Force and Motion Activities | Lessons | BUNDLE
Sound Energy Unit - Hands-on Science Activities - Stations/Centers/Labs & STEM
This engaging sound energy unit includes five labs that can be set up as stations or centers, a STEM activity, review, and assessment. Your kids will love the hands-on investigation – and you will too! Open the preview to take a closer look at the science unit, which uses the 5E Model.Engage: A pretest gets kids thinking about sound energy.Explore: Using inquiry, students explore key science concepts. For each guiding question, they explore two or three simple (but powerful) activities and draw
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
4-PS3-2
Australian Curriculum - Roll, Bounce, Spin & Slide - Foundation Science Unit
Teach your Prep and Kindergarten students about how things move with this hands-on, engaging science unit! Explore rolling, bouncing, spinning, sliding and swinging through fun experiments and activities with matching printables!Save 20% by grabbing this unit as part of my Prep and Foundation Science Bundle!So what's inside the unit?Printables and ideas for setting up a toy themed investigation tableRolling experiment + matching printablesMarble rolling artwork activityActivity for exploring rol
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in:Â Australian Curriculum - Prep and Foundation Science Unit Bundle
Thermal Energy Activities and Heat Transfer Lab - Science Unit for 3rd, 4th, 5th
This complete unit includes eight sets of hands-on thermal energy activities, a heat transfer lab, video links, flash cards, review sheet, and assessment to help third, fourth, or fifth grade students understand key science concepts.Open the preview to take a closer look at the unit. You’ll see that the activities offer safe (and fun!) ways to explore heat in the classroom.First, using inquiry, students explore key thermal energy concepts. For each guiding question, they explore two or three sim
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
4-PS3-2
Also included in:Â Forms of Energy Activities & Experiments - Light, Sound, Heat, Electricity
Epic Science Bundle
Inspire kids to LOVE science with this mega bundle of science units! It's jam packed with easy prep, engaging experiments teaching kids about weather, outer space, force and motion, the 5 senses, plant life cycle, and so much more.The science bundle is perfect to use for whole class lessons, small group work or science stations in Pre-K, Kindergarten, First or Second Grade.INCLUDED SCIENCE UNITS:--> Outer Space--> Weather--> Force and Motion--> 5 Senses--> Plants--> Light, Soun
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PreK - 2nd
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Good Vibrations Sound Energy unit 20 inquiry based lessons for little physicists
This little sound energy unit is the perfect companion to your state's curriculumIncludes 20 lessons and activities to get kids thinking and figuring out the concepts of how our ears work, vibrations, pitch, volume, air columns, and sound waveseach activity is aligned with the scientific process as wellINCLUDES:Concept posters for key vocabularySounds we've heard brainstorming activityHappy sounds, Sad sounds classifying activityClassifying activity to intro volume and pitchA sound field trip t-
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1st - 4th
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Grade 5 ONTARIO Science - Properties of and Changes in Matter - Matter & Energy
This is a complete grade 5 unit on Properties of and Changes in Matter This inquiry unit covers everything that you will need to meet the expectations for the Understanding Matter and Energy strand of the updated Ontario curriculum. Go beyond the simple centers activity approach and take your students deeper into inquiry . This unit has a variety of instructional strategies that will allow you to teach your grade 5 students with easy to use lessons, activities, knowledge building circles,
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Grades:
5th
Ontario Grade 4 Science - Light and Sound - Matter and Energy Inquiry Unit
This is a complete grade 4 unit on Light and Sound Understanding Matter and Energy strand of the 2022 updated Ontario curriculum. The Light and Sound lesson in this unit include: ★ Light and sound in our world ★ How light travels ★Light and colour ★ How sound travels ★ Light and sound safety ★ Inquiry: Impact of Light and Sound inventions**************************************************************************Buy more and save. Get this unit along with the other units y
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Grades:
4th
Also included in:Â Grade 4 | Science and Social Studies Full Year Bundle | Ontario Curriculum
Grade 3 Science Forces Causing Movement | 3rd Grade Science Forces and Motion
Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your 3rd grade science students all about the forces and movement? Look no further! This Forces and Motion science unit covers everything your grade 3 science students need to know to master all concepts related to forces causing movement. This resource extensively covers friction, push/pull, muscular force, gravity, forces of nature, magnetic force, static force and so much more to prepare your 3rd grade science students for matter and energy
Grades:
3rd
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NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, 3-PS2-3
, 3-PS2-2
, 3-PS2-4
Also included in:Â Grade 3 Science Bundle for the Entire Year | 3rd Grade Science Units
Grade 5 ONTARIO Science Unit - Conservation of Energy - Earth and Space Systems
Are you looking for an engaging and comprehensive resource to teach Conservation of Energy within the Earth and Space Systems unit for 5th grade science? Look no further than this product! From what is energy to how it is generated, your students will engage in inquiry learning to deepen their understanding of our impact on the environment. As a 5th grade science teacher in Ontario, you know how important it is to engage your students in their learning. With this product, you can bring Conservat
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5th
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Sound Unit Bundle
This awesome Sound Unit Bundle includes everything you need to teach your students about sound! Includes:- Sound PowerPoint and Notes Set- Intro to Waves Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest Activity- Properties of Waves Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest Activity- Basics of Sound Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest Activity- Pitch and Acoustics Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest Activity- Sound Wave Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest Activity- The Ear and Hearing Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest Activity- S
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
ONTARIO SCIENCE: Gr. 4 & 5 Light and Sound & Properties of and Changes in Matter
Complete grade 4/5 project based inquiry unit for both Light and Sound and Properties of and Changes in Matter. This combined inquiry unit covers everything that you will need to meet the expectations for the Understanding Matter and Energy strand of the updated Ontario curriculum. Go beyond the simple centers activity approach and take your students deeper into inquiry. This unit has a variety of instructional strategies that will allow you to teach both of your grade 4 and 5 students at the
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Forms of Energy and Energy Transfer
Explore the ten forms of energy with this (DIGITAL and printable) hands-on science unit for elementary. This complete unit includes everything you need to teach about the forms of energy and how energy is transferred from one form to another. Students will have hands-on opportunities to see energy transfer in action in this unit that also includes integrated reading, writing, station-based and project-based learning activities.Each lesson in this unit includes a complete teaching guide with deta
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, 4-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-2
Also included in:Â Grade 4 Science Lessons BUNDLE
Force and Motion Science Unit | Reading, Experiments, STEM Challenges
In this hands-on force and motion science unit, students will explore force and motion through hands-on Science experiments and student-led STEM challenges. The complete unit features directed lessons, reading passages, interactive stations, vocabulary games, a word wall, and detailed teacher instructions along the way. Each lesson in this unit includes a complete teaching guide with detailed set-up instructions and thorough lesson plans. Take back your nights and weekends and let us do the pla
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, 3-PS2-3
, 3-PS2-4
Also included in:Â Grade 2 Science Unit BUNDLE
Alberta Grade 4 Simple Machines Mini-Bundle Science Unit
Simple Machines Mini-Bundle STEAM Unit, Experiments, Posters and Quiz
By Megan’s Creative Classroom
Simple machines are so much fun to teach and learn!
-->This Unit Includes 5 Experiments:
(1) Moving with Rollers
(2) Making a Vehicle
(3) Pulleys at Work
(4) Gear Systems
(5) Are All Levers Equal?
-->And 13 Full Colour Posters and Blank Blackline Versions with Definitions:
Lever (1st Class, 2nd Class, 3rd Class)
Wheel and Axle
Pulley
Inclined Plane
Wedge
Scre
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Thermal Energy Science Unit
Learn about how thermal energy (heat energy) is produced and transferred with this fun and hands-on thermal energy science unit for elementary featuring three experiments, guided lessons, vocabulary cards, non-fiction reading, a word wall, and summative and formative assessments! Each lesson in this unit includes a complete teaching guide with detailed set-up instructions and thorough lesson plans. Take back your nights and weekends and let us do the planning for you!Aligned to the British Colu
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Grade 3 Science Lessons BUNDLE, Digital and Printable
Push and Pull Kindergarten Unit NGSS K-PS2-1 and K-PS2-2
This Push and Pull Kindergarten Science Unit has great hands-on activities to learn about force and motion. Students will plan an investigation to see if they can change the speed or distance of an object they have pushed or pulled. Sorting cards and labs with simple household materials will make this an easy-to-use for kindergarten science, aligned with the DCI: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions.This Push and Pull Unit Includes:suggested schedulethree lesson planssentence stemsmini-
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Grades:
K
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NGSS:
K-PS2-2
, K-PS2-1
Also included in:Â NGSS Kindergarten Year Long Kindergarten Science Lesson & Science Activities
Forces and Motion (Grade 3 Ontario Science Unit 2022)
Forces and Motion (Formerly Forces Causing Motion) is a complete third grade Ontario science unit by The Classy Sisters.This unit has been completely updated to reflect the changes in the 2022 Science curriculum including STEM expectations (coding and scientists and emerging tech). This resource was created for both in-person and a fully digital classroom. Includes 13 lessons with learning goals, discussion questions, presentation slides, activities, (worksheets, STEM ideas and 40+ interactive d
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3rd
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Also included in:Â Grades 2 & 3 Science Bundle
4th Grade NGSS Energy Unit
This unit integrates science, reading, writing, and math to teach the 4th grade NGSS energy standards, including topics such as types of energy, energy transfer, energy conversion, and renewable/non-renewable energy sources.Here's what's included:Resources for Input:- Unit EQ- Inquiry chart printable- Observation chart photos- Big Book: The Important Thing about Energy (available in a printable format or PPT format)- Sample CCD and blank printable student copy- 7 pictorial and/or comparative inp
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Grades:
4th
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NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, 4-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-1
, 4-PS3-2
, 4-ESS3-1
Also included in:Â 4th Grade NGSS Science Unit Bundle
SOUND & LIGHT UNITS
Sound and Light Units: **Updated 9.30.14. If purchased, see revision in description. Thanks :). **
I'm so excited to have these Sound and Light Units finally done to share with you!
Every school year I teach my sound unit and light unit to seven different classes. Over the years I try to improve what I teach in the way of better activities and/or how I sequence the content that needs to be taught. I teach second and aim this towards a 2nd grade level, but can be used in 1st or 3rd grades,
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2nd - 3rd
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