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Make reviewing decimals, fractions, and percents simple and stress-free with this ready-to-use self-grading Google Forms assessment! This resource includes 30 multiple-choice questions covering essential math skills students need for success in upper elementary and middle school math. Perfect for test prep, homework, classwork, review days, intervention groups, or independent practice. Students will practice:    •   Converting between decimals, fractions, and percents    •   Comparing rational n

The Science Behind Lava Lamps Activity Engage your students with this fun, hands-on activity that brings science to life! “The Science Behind Lava Lamps” is an exciting and interactive experiment that teaches core scientific concepts like density, immiscibility, and chemical reactions. Perfect for classrooms, science fairs, or STEM events, this activity encourages curiosity while allowing students to create their own mesmerizing lava lamps to take home. What’s Included: • Reading comprehesi

Need engaging, no-prep science activities that strengthen reading comprehension while reinforcing important NGSS-aligned science concepts? This editable science reading comprehension resource combines informational text, critical thinking, and assessment-style questions in an easy-to-use Google Forms format! This resource includes detailed science reading passages paired with multiple-choice and short-response questions designed to help students build science literacy, practice test-taking skill

Bring the magic of Christmas lights into your science classroom with this engaging, NGSS-aligned holiday STEM activity! Students explore how real Christmas lights work through a mix of reading comprehension, hands-on circuitry, engineering design, and a festive light-up holiday card project. Perfect for upper-elementary and middle school science. This extended version includes multiple activities that build content knowledge, reinforce key vocabulary, and let students apply their learning throug

⚡ Frankenstein’s Lab: Electricity Reading Passage, Comprehension Questions, & Light-Up STEM Activity Bring science — and Frankenstein’s monster — to life this Halloween with this spooky and educational science activity bundle! Students will dive into the real science behind Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and then explore electricity firsthand with a hands-on circuit lab where they create their own light-up Frankenstein head! This resource combines reading comprehension, creative writing, and STEM e

Warm up your science class with a hands-on investigation into heat transfer! The Convection Hot Chocolate Lab is a student favorite that makes abstract energy concepts easy (and fun) to understand. Through an engaging reading passage, lab experiment, and reflection questions, students explore conduction, convection, and radiation using everyone’s favorite winter drink — hot chocolate! This activity is perfect for a December science lesson, energy transfer unit, or STEM enrichment lab. Students r

Start the new year strong with this engaging, cross-curricular New Year 2026 Activities Bundle! Perfect for the first days back from winter break, this bundle combines reading comprehension, critical thinking, math problem-solving, and personal reflection into one easy-to-use resource set. Designed to keep students focused, motivated, and reflective, these activities work well as independent work, morning work, centers, or whole-class lessons. What’s Included in This Bundle: ⭐ New Year’s Reading

🎈 The Science Behind the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons Reading Passage + Comprehension Questions + STEM Challenge + Bonus Activities Bring holiday excitement into your science classroom with this engaging, NGSS-aligned Thanksgiving resource! Students explore the real science behind the famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons through an informational reading passage, comprehension questions, and a hands-on STEM experiment. They’ll discover how helium, buoyancy, and density work

Engage your students with this fun and interactive [resource type—worksheet, activity, lab, etc.]. This resource is designed to [insert key goal, e.g., help students explore bubble science through hands-on practice and critical thinking]. ✨ What’s Included:    •   Student activity pages with clear instructions    •   Thought-provoking questions that encourage deeper understanding    •   Updated formatting and improvements based on teacher feedback    •   An answer key for quick and easy grading

Help your students understand why snow days happen with this engaging winter science resource for Grades 1–3! This no-prep snow day worksheet pack combines simple science reading, interactive questions, and fun creative activities—perfect for young learners. Students explore how snow forms, what happens when it’s very cold, and why schools sometimes close for snow days, all in a kid-friendly, safety-focused way. ⸻ ❄️ What’s Included (3 Pages): ✔ Page 1 – Winter Science Reading Passage Why Do We

❄️ Insulate a Penguin! Winter STEM Egg Experiment Help your students save a penguin… one cozy jacket at a time! 🐧🧤 In this fun, hands-on winter STEM challenge, students become engineers as they design and build an insulating “jacket” to keep a penguin (a hard-boiled egg 🥚) warm in the cold! ✨ No messy melting ice cubes ✨ Simple setup ✨ High engagement ⸻ 🧪 What Students Will Do: 🔹 Plan their design using common classroom materials 🔹 Build a protective insulator (easy no glue/no tape plastic

Make teaching the states of matter simple, flexible, and engaging with this two-version reading comprehension bundle! This resource includes both a printer-friendly black-and-white version and a fully illustrated color version, so you can choose what works best for your classroom and students. Students will read an informational passage on matter, atoms, and the three states of matter (solid, liquid, and gas) and then demonstrate understanding through multiple-choice questions and a short respon

Make science sticky, stretchy, and standards-aligned with this Slime Science Bundle—a perfect mix of literacy and hands-on investigation! Designed for grades 5–8, this bundle includes a high-interest reading comprehension passage about the science behind slime and a full slime stretch test lab activity with a lesson plan. Together, they build science knowledge, critical thinking, and lab skills in one engaging package. What’s Included:1. Slime Reading Comprehension & DIY Activity 1-page nonf

Bring holiday cheer and scientific discovery into your classroom with this Holiday Science Reading Comprehension Bundle! Perfect for grades 4–8, this bundle now includes FOUR engaging, standards-aligned resources that explore the fascinating science behind some of the season’s most beloved traditions. Students will learn about: 🎅 The Physics of Santa’s Sleigh — how force, motion, friction, and engineering make Santa’s magical journey possible 💡 The Science of Christmas Lights — electricity, ci

Launch learning to new heights with this Balloon Rockets & Water Rockets STEM resource—perfect for grades 4–8! Designed to bring Newton’s Third Law of Motion to life, this hands-on science lesson combines a student-friendly reading passage, a lab investigation, and a fully-prepped NGSS-aligned lesson plan. Students will explore how action and reaction forces work through real balloon or water-powered rocket models. This activity reinforces key concepts in force, motion, thrust, mass, and resis

Which melts faster—a popsicle or an ice cube? Let your students find out in this engaging STEM science investigation! Perfect for grades 3–6, this low-prep resource combines a high-interest reading passage, hands-on lab experiment, and NGSS-aligned lesson plan that explores heat transfer, physical changes, and states of matter. Students will observe and compare how ingredients, color, and surface area affect the melting process of frozen objects. It’s a fun, mess-friendly activity that builds sc

🎃 Get ready to bring spooky science fun into your classroom this October with this Halloween Science Bundle! This engaging two-pack includes The Electricity Behind Frankenstein’s Monster and Witch’s Brew Reactions, combining reading comprehension, real science connections, and hands-on STEM experiments your students will love. Perfect for grades 4–8, this bundle helps students explore static electricity, chemical reactions, and the power of imagination — all while reading, experimenting, and cr

❄️ Snow Day Emergency Packet (K–2) No Prep Reading, Math, Science & Craft Activities Need a quick, engaging plan for an unexpected snow day? This print-and-go Snow Day Emergency Packet is the perfect solution to keep your students learning and having fun—without any prep! Designed for Kindergarten–2nd Grade, this packet combines literacy, math, science, and hands-on creativity into one easy-to-use resource. ⸻ ⭐ What’s Included: ✔️ Reading Passage + Comprehension Questions Students read a fun sno

Looking for a fun, low-prep activity for snow days, winter celebrations, or emergency sub plans? ❄️ This Winter Bingo Game is an engaging, classroom-friendly resource that keeps students focused while adding seasonal fun. With 5 unique Bingo cards, winter-themed calling cards, and clear teacher directions, this game is easy to prep and perfect for whole-group play, centers, or small groups. ⸻ What’s Included: 🎯 5 Unique Winter Bingo Cards    •   Same winter icons, shuffled for different card la

Bring Thanksgiving excitement into your science or ELA classroom with this engaging reading comprehension activity all about the science and engineering behind the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons! Students will explore real-world physics concepts—buoyancy, density, pressure, temperature, and weather—through a high-interest informational passage. This resource includes a 1-page nonfiction reading passage and 5 comprehension questions (multiple choice + one short response), making it perfe