Four amazing units in one resource! ⭐⭐Now with FREE bonus unit - Introduction to Claim, Evidence, Reasoning! Highly engaging units cover natural selection and adaptations, fossils, plant and animal life cycles and animal groupings. Students will enjoy the interesting reading passages based on scientific phenomena which are included in each unit. Reading comprehension questions are aligned with ELA standards. Also included are several fun, engaging activities that students will enjoy while gaining a deeper understanding of the content. Students sharpen their math skills by graphing data and analyzing results as well as use their creative side in several activities as they imagine solutions or create and draw their own ideas. Quick check assessments and complete lesson plans included! JUST PRINT AND BEGIN!

All About Fossils

Complete fossil unit aligned with NGSS with best selling FOSSIL STATIONS! Explore the world of fossils with your students in a fun and engaging way with All About Fossils! Students will enjoy learning about fossils with several interactive, engaging lessons. Your students will love the hands on activities such as; making secret fossils in either clay or Play-doh before the class takes a guess as to what it is, making mold fossils out of bread and Swedish fish and comparing maps of T. rex fossils and ancient environments. Unit also includes two interesting informational text passages with comprehension questions.

NOW WITH COMPLETE LESSON PLANS, MATERIALS LISTS AND VIDEO LINK!

Unit includes:

• An introduction to fossils with a KWL chart
• A lesson on body and trace fossils.
• A lesson on how fossils are formed.
• Making mold fossil activity - Students model the process of fossil formation!
• Students will use their imagination to create a cartoon strip of fossil formation.
• Reading passage and comprehension questions - Fossils Made From Amber
• Fossil age - Students will analyze a colorful chart to determine both the oldest and youngest fossils.
• Lesson on identifying environments where fossils are found and how they change over time.
• Reading Passage and comprehension questions - Nice to Meet You, Sue
• Mapping activity - Students compare a map of an ancient environment that is now the United States with a map plotting Tyrannosaurus rex fossils to identify evidence of ideal fossil formation conditions. Students also predict where in the U.S. more T. rex fossil may be found using the evidence collected.
• Biological evolution! Students compare skeletons of T rex and chickens before constructing an argument based on their findings as to whether the two species could be related or not.
• A fun activity creating fossils out of clay using everyday objects. Students will secretly create their fossils and then share with other groups to see if they can guess what the fossil is. Students will use a data chart to record their guesses.
• Fun time! Create your own fossil word search. Students will love creating their own word search and exchanging with a classmate to complete.
• Formative assessment. Students will take a multiple choice quiz at the end of the chapter.
• Eye catching fossil unit poster set.

Natural Selection and Adaptation

NOW WITH COMPLETE LESSON PLANS, MATERIALS LISTS AND VIDEO LINKS!

This amazing unit engages students with many different lessons, activities, projects and more!

Included in this Unit:

• Natural selection introduction activity

• Trait lesson and activity

• Create a creature with traits that suit the environment that the student chooses

• Peppered Moths reading passage, comprehension questions and graphing activity

• Adaptations lesson page and activity

• Woolly Mammoth reading passage, comprehension questions & solution activity

• Adaptations sorting activity

• Mimicry web quest

• Darwin’s Finches reading passage and comprehension questions

• Argumentative writing piece

• Collaborative beak activity

• Plant Adaptations reading questions and comprehension questions

• Petrified National Forest picture observation activity

• Multiple choice formative assessment

• Make your own word search

• Eye catching classroom poster set

• Teacher pages and answer keys

Animal Groups

Students will engage in lessons, activities and projects during the unit in various classroom strategies.

Complete lesson plans with extras such as tips and several You Tube videos that fit nicely with the content. Lesson plans include teaching sequence, resources and materials lists for easy planning! Unit assessment is included.

Engaging resource that covers NGSS 3-LS2, Ecosystems: Interactions, energy and dynamics. Students learn about the reasons why animals form groups before reading four short informational texts about animals that form groups for different reasons. Comprehension questions to follow. Next, students construct an argument using the informational texts as resources of information. Argument construction is broken down into several easy to follow sections. Students chose from a list of science sentence starters to assist in linking words and phrases to connect opinion and reasons for the argument. Rubric included for easy grading!

Plant and Animal Life Cycles

Complete unit covering plant and animal life cycles! Fun and engaging complete unit for NGSS 3-LS1 From Molecule to Organisms: Structures and Processes. Very little prep and materials needed! Just print and begin!

Students will engage in lessons, activities and projects during the unit in various classroom strategies.

Complete lesson plans with extras such as tips and several You Tube videos that fit nicely with the content. Lesson plans include teaching sequence, resources and materials lists for easy planning! Unit assessment is included.