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1st grade Back to School science projects
All About Me Rainbows Back to School Activities
All About Me Rainbows are a back to school beginning of the year activity perfect for getting to know your students! This beginning of the school year activity will help you {and the class} learn about your new students and make your room bright and colorful.You will find out:how old your students aretheir birthday if they have siblings and their namesif they have pets and their namesfavorite colorfavorite foodwhat they want to be when they grow upfavorite animalfavorite bookfavorite subjectwh
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Back to School Activities BUNDLE
Creativity Challenges and Activities Morning Work, Brain Breaks, STEM Warm Up
Unlock creativity in your classroom! Finish the Picture!The goal of creativity challenges is to help students think in different ways. The ability to generate unique thoughts and ideas is known as divergent thinking. When students are thinking outside the box it results in creative solutions. In a creativity challenge, students are presented with a problem that they have to solve using their creativity. Typically these challenges are short lasting anywhere from 3-10 minutes. By implementing thes
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1st - 5th
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Flag Day and American Symbols Activities and Craft, US National Symbols
Are you looking for an engaging unit to teach American Symbols or Flag Day? This unit is packed with social studies, math, literacy activities and crafts for a one or two-week unit on United States Symbols in your Kindergarten or first grade classroom.Over 100 pages of resources and activities. Included in this unit are: Nonfiction text with a page for each symbolEmergent reader of the symbols for kids to read and colorAmerican symbols book to label and write about the symbolsFull-color pictu
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K - 1st
Human Body Systems Flip Book
My Human Body Systems Flip Book is the perfect place for students to record information they learn about the human body. There are three flip book options to best meet your students' needs. Option 1: Each page contains a labeled diagram of a body system, along with short text about the system with blanks for students to fill in. Option 2: Each page contains an unlabeled diagram for students to complete, as well short text about the system with blanks for students to fill in. Option 3: Each pag
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Human Body Systems Book Bundle
Solar Eclipse 2024 Kindergarten Activities, Craft Headbands Worksheets & Writing
Celebrate the 2024 Solar Eclipse with this updated, easy-to-use, and high-interest unit! This engaging unit includes exciting activities, writing prompts, adorable crafts, viewer instructions, party ideas, and so much more! You will even receive a bonus file with directed drawing and a foldable!This resource is jam-packed with everything you need to celebrate a solar eclipse near you or conduct an in-depth study about them. Due to the scientific nature of this product, the activities will work f
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PreK - 1st
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1-ESS1-1
Guess Who? Back to School Night Bulletin Board Display Writing Activity
This "Guess Who?" writing activity makes the perfect interactive back to school bulletin board for Open House, Back to School Night, or Parent's Night. This template is geared toward first grade, second grade, and third grade students.Students write 1-4 clues about themselves on the top portion of the paper. Then they either paste a photo or draw a picture of themselves under the mystery flap. Parents and classmates can read the clues to help them guess the identity of the writer. Once they hav
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1st - 3rd
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Craft | Name Writing Activities | Letters | Coconut Tree
Are you looking for a craft to pair with "Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom," by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault? This Coconut Tree Craft is a great name building activity for back to school time. Students will enjoy working on letter recognition as they build their name and climb up the coconut tree! Click HERE to SAVE by buying this resource as part of my Book Crafts Big Bundle!Click HERE to SAVE by buying this resource as part of my August Book Club Bundle!Click HERE to SAVE by buying this re
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PreK - 2nd
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Animal Research Project & Wax Museum
This pack is just what you need to do an AWESOME ANIMAL RESEARCH PROJECT either in the classroom or an extension project at home. My kiddos LOVED these activities and the amount of choice they had within the project!* * DIFFERENTIATED ACTIVITIES INCLUDED * *This resource has been used by teachers in Kindergarten-Fifth Grade! Easily adjusted based on what is included! In this pack: → Detailed teacher notes on the many ways to use this pack → Photographs of how I used activities in my room→ 10 Gr
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K - 4th
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Partner Pairing Cards and Grouping Cards Pick a Partner
Pick a partner or do small group pairing with these fun cards!With a variety of fun ways to pair or group students, students each choose (or receive) one card and then seek out their pair or group. Forming groups for projects or STEM challenges can elicit groans from students, but by making it fun and engaging for students, this will become your go-to way for no-argue partnerships.Pick a Partner Cards may be printed at full size or at 2 pages per sheet to save paper.✅ What You'll Get ✅✅ Partneri
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K - 12th
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Also included in: STEM Teacher ❤️ Favorites ❤️ Bundle Best Sellers in One Place
Our Class is a Family Craft - Back to School Bulletin Board and Activity
The perfect Our Class is A Family back to school bulletin board activity! This beginning of the year activity contains everything you need to build community at the beginning of the year, PLUS make an awesome bulletin board! A great back-to-school craftitvity that your students will enjoy, and bring the halls to life. ⭐BUNDLE & SAVE ⭐️This back-to-school craft is a part of the CRAFTS FOR THE YEAR BUNDLE. Save over 30% AND get access to crafts for the entire school year! This product is mea
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PreK - 4th
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Also included in: CRAFT BUNDLE 4 | LOW PREP
Name Practice Crafts, Name Tracing Editable Writing Activities, Name Craft
**EXTRA 40% OFF FLASH SALE** Name Activities and Crafts, Name Tracing Editable Practice for Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade.Save an EXTRA 40% Off Through 6/11!A fun way to practice names and crafts with this must-have preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade bundle. Students will work on tracing their name as well as the fine motor skills with cutting and coloring. Super easy for teachers to use the editable feature in Adobe. Perfect for back-to-school activities! You have the Editable
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PreK - 1st
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Water Bottle Flipping End of the Year STEM Challenges Physical Science Lesson
Integrate STEM in Your Classroom at the End of the School Year!Make learning fun with this water bottle flipping STEM challenge students love! There are three challenges included. Super fun activity for the End of the Year!Students will investigate which water level, bottle size, and bottle style is the best for water bottle flipping. Perfect for introducing Newton's Laws of Motion or other force and motion science ideas.The STEM Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After
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1st - 5th
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3-PS2-1
, 3-PS2-2
Also included in: Elementary STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA BUNDLE
Bugs & Insect Activities, Spring Research Reports Writing & Crafts Kindergarten
Bugs and Insect Research Reports with Crafts for Kindergarten. Perfect for your spring lessons! Research reports and crafts for 10 insects. Fully comprehensive projects that will get your kindergarten and first-grade students reading, writing, and creating amazing reports with crafts!Get this part of a bundle and save BIG:Insects Mega BundleClose Reads and Research Reports with Crafts BundleIncluded in this download is:10 insects including:ladybugsfirefliesgrasshoppersbutterfliescaterpillarsants
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PreK - 1st
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Animal Research Project and Report {Easy Research Booklet & distance learning}
Make animal research easy with this simple, student driven unit! This product includes:Full unit plan for 3 weeks of instructionStudent animal selection cards"Everything I know about..." page to document what students know before starting the research"Everything I learned about..." page to compile research at the end of the projectTwo full page research report options to document learningAnimal Research booklet in full and half page options booklet pages include: habitat, geographic region with
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Animal Research Project and Report: Digital and Paper Booklet Bundle
Life Size Digestive System Model Printable for Review or Projects
Paper Models can be a great tool for reviewing structure and organization. Here are some ways to use your paper model of the digestive system:
1. Print a set on card stock. Have students work in groups to assemble the model as a review activity. No gluing or taping required - students can assemble and dissemble as much as necessary!
2. Have students work in groups or pairs to make a life size model of the human body. Provide roller paper for students to trace and cut out an outline of their bo
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1st - 10th
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If I Built a House READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge End of the Year Activity 3D Shapes
Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom at the End of the School Year!Teach students everything they need to build a house using 2D Shapes and 3D Shapes! Your students will love designing, building, testing, and writing about their very own house!Connect to a Read Aloud: If I Built a House by Chris Van DusenThis STEM Project is a companion activity to If I Built A House by Chris Van Dusen. The book explores all the elements needed for an amazing house!Take students through the ST
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1st - 5th
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Chicken Egg Incubation Timeline & Passages | Chicken Life Cycle
Are you incubating chicken eggs in your classroom? Give your students a peek inside the egg throughout the process! This resource includes 21 cards with pictures and descriptions of the daily development of the embryo. Hang up a card each day. Then, have your students follow along on their own timeline. Students cut out pictures and add them to their timeline each day. Also included are 6 pages of informational passages about incubation and chicken egg development. There is one (2-sided) passage
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1st - 5th
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Balloons Over Broadway: Book Companion & STEM Challenge
Balloons Over Broadway is the charming story of Tony Sarg and his upside-down puppets that have become Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade icons! Your students will fall in love with Melissa Sweet’s incredible picture book and you will love the lesson it provides your students. Tony’s inventions were always exceptional but that didn’t stop him from finding ways to improve!
The following companion includes multiple ELA activities like retelling (story maps and BME), comparing, cause and effect, chara
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K - 5th
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All About Spiders Nonfiction Unit with Literacy, Math, Science and Crafts
Are you looking for a nonfiction unit to teach your students all about spiders? This spider unit is packed with engaging math, literacy, science, craft activities for a spider theme in your kindergarten, first or second grade classroom. Spiders are so intriguing and fun to learn about! This spider unit includes:Links to spider videosSpider body parts songSpider graphic organizersTemplates for an All About Spiders bookSpiders Mixed up sentences Spider headband craftSpider Science ExperimentSpi
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K - 2nd
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Volcano Craft Natural Disaster Research Project Landforms 2nd 4th Grade Activity
If you are doing a study on volcanos, landforms, or natural disasters, this Volcano Craft is the perfect hands on resource! Not only will students love cutting and paste their own volcano craft together but they can label and write fun facts about volcanos too. It makes a great Science themed bulletin board and will be an activity students cant stop talking about!Click HERE to SAVE by buying this resource as part of my Dinosaur Crafts Bundle! What's included in this pdf: • A photograph of the
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K - 3rd
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Differentiated Animal Research Report Writing for Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd Grade
This differentiated resource will support your Kindergarten, first grade, or second grade students to write an animal research report, no matter their level! There are 4 different versions so you can easily differentiate based on your students' needs.This product includes:•2 brainstorming graphic organizer options•5 research notes organizer options•4 differentiated animal research report booklet options:Option 1: The sight words “can”, “have”, “eat”, and "live" are used to support students’ rese
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Elementary Writing Workshop Resources Bundle - Teaching Without Frills
Scuba Diver Craft Ocean Animals End of the Year Summer Activities Bulletin Board
This Scuba Driver Craft is perfect activity for the end of the year and summer time! You can also use it for a study on ocean animals or to create an ocean themed bulletin board. With a total of five different writing prompts, you can use this craft in a variety of ways for years to come and your students will love their finished project. As an added element you can even use a child's photo for the head!Click HERE to SAVE by buying this resource as part of my Ocean Animals Craft Bundle! What'
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PreK - 2nd
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Back to School Math Crafts First Day Apple Bus August Bulletin Board Activities
These back to school math activities allow students to review addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division skills in a fun and engaging way! Perfect for a back to school bulletin board, this resource includes an apple craft, a school bus craft, and a backpack craft. **Be sure to check out the PREVIEW for a detailed look inside this resource.⭐Do you and your students LOVE math crafts? If so, you can save BIG with math craft bundles! Bundles are at least 25% off all the time! This resource i
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1st - 3rd
Paper Plate Marble Run End of the Year STEM Activity
ENGAGE STUDENTS IN A REAL WORLD STEM ACTIVITY!Make learning fun with a STEM Challenge! For the Marble Run STEM challenge, students are asked by a toy company to design and create a marble run.The STEM Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.Students would enjoy completing this as a MakerSpace activity or as a STEM center. Amazing resource for STEM club, STEM Teachers, parents
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1st - 5th
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Also included in: Elementary STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA BUNDLE
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