Teach your students about force and motion: patterns of movement with these 2nd and 3rd grade science unit plans that include fun patterns of movement worksheets and activities, labs, vocabulary posters, and more! This product is jam-packed with interactive science notebook resources that are ready to print and use! With these force and motion, sliding, spinning, and rolling worksheets and interactive science notebook activities your students will learn about how objects move, patterns of movement, tops, and and spinners.

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Your class will learn about:

• Motion is a change in an object's position
• Patterns of movement (spin, slide, and roll)
• Different ways objects can move
• What a central Axis is and how to find it

Patterns of Motion Science Unit Plans include: 

• 8 Easy to follow lessons
• A mini vocabulary word wall
• Vocabulary cards with definitions
• Mini Vocabulary Posters with high quality- real-life pictures
• Vocabulary Foldables and notes page
• Anchor chart ideas and resources
• Fun printable posters
• Nonfiction reader to help you introduce the topic (great for printing or to display on a TV screen.
• Create your own picture book activity
• Types of Movement Lab (investigate ways objects move)
• Movement Lab (investigate causes of movement)
• Tops Lab (investigate how tops spin)
• Zoomer Lab (investigate how zoomers spin)
• Twirler Lab (investigate how twirlers spin)
• Compare and contrast tops, zoomers, and twirlers
• KWL chart
• Bubble map
• 3.2.1 notes page
• Motion Lab (investigate how long an object moves for)
• Force & Motion Write/Draw examples worksheets
• Patterns of Movement Write/Draw examples worksheets
• 4 square activity
• I spy facts in a book activity
• Roll or Spin activity
• Patterns of movement cut and sort activities
• Color the movement activity
• Wordsearch
• Drawing prompts
• Writing papers
• End of the unit quiz and key
  

You will have all your bases covered with these patterns of movement worksheets and interactive science notebook resources!  With LOW PREP and NO PREP force and motion activities, you won’t have to spend hours preparing a rigorous force and motion unit for your 2nd and 3rd graders! You can simply print and go and watch your students learn how objects spin, slide, and roll. 

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