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Engaging science in just 15 minutes that works! This lesson covers first grade NGSS standard 1 - PS4.3 Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light. (1-PS4-2). The slideshow can be viewed as a google slideshow or a Powerpoint. Each slideshow includes five sections and two bonus materials Section One: Real Scientists Use the Word - Gives students vocabulary background Section Two: Explore Like a Scientist

These bite-sized lessons are meant to be quick, engaging, and actually work! This lesson covers first grade NGSS standard 1-PS4-4. Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance. Students will get to decipher a code using flashing lights, see real world examples of how light and sound communicates, and they will get to build their own simple device for communicating. Each slideshow includes five sections and tw

Real science in just 15 minutes! This lesson covers first grade NGSS standard PS4-1: Wave Properties of Sound where students learn that sound can vibrate matter. The slideshow can be viewed as a google slideshow or a Powerpoint. Each slideshow includes five sections and two bonus materials Section One: Real Scientists Use the Word - Gives students vocabulary background Section Two: Explore Like a Scientist - Gives students an experience with the indicator Section Three: Explain Like a Scientist

These bite-sized lessons are meant to be quick, engaging, and actually work! This NGSS aligned lesson is designed to be engaging, informative, clear, and can be done quickly through demonstration or stretched through hands-on exploration. This is adaptable to your classroom needs. This Unit covers first grade NGSS standards for light and sound waves. Included are six low-prep digital slideshow lesson. Each slideshow includes five sections and two bonus materials Section One: Real Scientists Use

These bite-sized lessons are meant to be quick, engaging, and actually work! This lesson covers first grade NGSS standard 1 - PS4.3 Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light. (1-PS4-2). Students explore light reflection and learn that all objects reflect light. The slideshow can be viewed as a google slideshow or a Powerpoint. Each slideshow includes five sections and two bonus materials Section One:

Spring is in the air and little learners get so excited! This lesson gives you an engaging activity that you can do quickly or stretch out to help you make the most of this season. This experiment ACTUALLY WORKS with materials that you can find around your house or classroom. I have done the experiment multiple times because there is nothing worse than a dud during science. So have fun and enjoy all the beauty of this season. This NGSS aligned lesson is designed to be engaging, informative, clea

Halloween brings a lot of joy and chaos to teaching, so this gives you an engaging activity that you can do quickly or stretch out to help you make the most of this season. This lesson covers grade 3-5 NGSS standard Engineering Design (ETS1-1 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or costs.) The slideshow can be viewed as a google slideshow or a Powerpoint. Each slideshow includes five sections an

Real science in just 15 minutes! This lesson is a companion to another Science Bite and covers first grade NGSS standard PS4-1: Wave Properties of Sound where students learn that vibrations create sound. The slideshow can be viewed as a google slideshow or a Powerpoint. Each slideshow includes five sections and two bonus materials Section One: Real Scientists Use the Word - Gives students vocabulary background Section Two: Explore Like a Scientist - Gives students an experience with the indicato

Halloween brings a lot of joy and chaos to teaching, so this gives you an engaging activity that you can do quickly or stretch out to help you make the most of this season. This experiment ACTUALLY WORKS with most things that you can find around your house or classroom. I have done the experiment multiple times because there is nothing worse than a lame experiment on Halloween. So have fun and don't forget to say "HOCUS POCUS." This NGSS aligned lesson is designed to be engaging, informative, cl

Real science in just 15 minutes! This lesson covers first grade NGSS standard PS4.B: Electromagnetic Radiation where objects can be seen if light is available to illuminate them or if they give off their own light. (1-PS4-2). The slideshow can be viewed as a google slideshow or a Powerpoint. Each slideshow includes five sections and two bonus materials Section One: Real Scientists Use the Word - Gives students vocabulary background Section Two: Explore Like a Scientist - Gives students an experi

It is the season for fall leaves, pumpkins, thanksgiving, and a chill in the air. This delivers an engaging activity that you can do quickly or stretch out to help you make the most of this season. This engineering design actually teaches the science behind the task. I have done each design challenge multiple times and I give hints and tips throughout the presentation to make it easier for you. This NGSS aligned lesson is designed to be engaging, informative, clear, and can be done in as little

It is the season for fall leaves, pumpkins, thanksgiving, and a chill in the air. This delivers an engaging activity that you can do quickly or stretch out to help you make the most of this season. This engineering design actually teaches the science behind variables, so students leave the lesson with core standards. I have done each design challenge multiple times and I give hints and tips throughout the presentation to make it easier for you. This NGSS aligned lesson is designed to be engaging

This printable journal is designed to be used with Science Bites teaching slides and includes the Learn Along activities, learning journals, reading passages, and a self-reflection. This covers first grade NGSS standard 1-PS4-1, 1-PS4-2, 1-PS4-3, 1-PS4-4. Teaching Slides Properties of Sound 1Properties of Sound 2Properties of Light 1Properties of Light 2Properties of Light 3Properties of Light 4This NGSS aligned learning journal is designed to be engaging, informative, clear, and can be done qu

Let's have some fun this St. Patrick's Day with this engaging activity that you can do quickly or stretch out to help to continue to fun! This lesson covers grade 3-5 NGSS standard Engineering Design and Properties of Light Reflection. (3-5 ETS1-2 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.) (4-PS4-3 Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows ob

Engaging science in just 15 minutes that works! This game reviews the idea of transparent, translucent, opaque, and reflective surfaces and covers NGSS standard 1 - PS4.3 Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light. (1-PS4-2) Students play the game four corners and choose which term (transparent, translucent, opaque, or reflective) best describes the light interaction on the slideshow. All answers are

These bite-sized vocabulary activities are meant to be quick, engaging, and actually work! This activities are designed to be companions to the Science Bites teaching slides and help to give extra support for vocabulary mastery. They cover first grade NGSS standard 1-PS4-1, 1-PS4-2, 1-PS4-3, 1-PS4-4. Teaching Slides Properties of Sound 1Properties of Sound 2Properties of Light 1Properties of Light 2Properties of Light 3Properties of Light 4There are 5 activities. Activity One: A color-coded mat

Halloween can be both fun and chaotic, but having some tools to do great science certainly helps the day. This extension booklet is aligned for grades 3-5 for Engineering Design 3-5 ETS1-1 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or costs. It covers basic vocabulary, describes the engaging experiment Monster Surgery, offers follow-up material, and allows for research options. If you love this booklet

Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and what better way to celebrate than visiting a turkey farm! This activity brings the turkey farm to you and embeds common core standards for numbers and operations into the fun! This differentiated activity is perfect for kindergarten through second grade. Students will get to represent the number of turkeys on their farm through groups of ones, tens, and hundreds. There is no prep, just copy the pages and let the learning begin!

Science in 15 minutes! It can be hard to fit science into the schedule, so this activity was designed for K-2 classrooms to be quick, engaging, effective, and all in about 15 minutes. Students will learn about engineering standards by building cup towers and working to find an optimal design. All activities are aligned to NGSS standards. There are two bonus downloads for students to learn along with the slideshow and for a take-home connection.