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Everything you will need to teach pitch and frequency for sound. Three short lessons that introduce pitch. A fun, culminating activity in which student will create an instrument and explain how the rate of vibration changes the pitch. Comes with simple lessons, suggested inspirational video, student sheets, and scoring rubric.

Cover both technology and science standards in this engaging activity that can be implemented on your school grounds. Students will work in groups to photograph specified aspects of an ecosystem. They will then create a google presentation based on specified criteria. This comes complete with checklist for what to photograph, criteria for presentation and a simple scaled rubric. Students will recognize the roles of organisms and the energy that transfers through them.

Combine science standards with research skills by having students research the effects of invasive species on an ecosystem. Students research and chose an invasive species to study. Included are structured directions for students with probing questions. A sample research paper to edit and make better with students. A simple scoring rubric based on a 3,2,1 scale for both teachers and students to use. The assignment has enough structure for students who need support, yet enough flexibility fo

Great introduction for food chains and roles of organisms. Touches on terms such as producers, consumers, and decomposers. Students are lead to 3 websites and required to write their thinking down as evidence.

It's sometimes difficult to find hands on lab experiments to go along with an ecosystems and food webs unit. Through the scientific process, students will observe the affects of sugar water, salt water and vinegar water on plant growth. You can choose to set it up as one observation in front of class or allow small groups to have a set of 4 plants. I usually use simple grass seed or a bean sprout. At the end of the experiment, students will explain the effects of plant elimination within a f

Looking for more practice with the type of questions asked in Columbia Reading? Use my novel study guide while reading this amazing book with students. The guide has 33 easy to grade, extended response questions. All questions mirror AIR test/Lucy Calkins style questions. I find that this is very valuable in reinforcing the concepts and questions of reading workshop.

Includes suggested lesson and student sheets to teach the three types of symbiosis. Packet includes: 2 different worksheets to go along with two different websites. Short assessment for each type of symbiosis Word sort group challenge Creative group project with audience evaluation form Creative final project that can go cross-curricular with reading.

Divide your class into groups, give them a bag of Valentine Candy Hearts, and let them explore. This activity covers several topics like fractions, percents, graphs, line plots, measurement and estimation. It's self directed and fun. Based on common core standards for 3-6 grade.

This is a simple, two sided sheet that can be shared with your students to fill out. It starts with them watching 3 videos that explains symbiosis. Students then fill out a chart to show their understanding. Finally, they are encouraged to research cool relationships on the internet and then report out on three of them. I teach 5th grade and my students have other subjects, so I feel this is just enough for a week assignment for science during distance learning.

Perfect for introduction or reinforcement of 5.MD.4 and 5.MD.5. Complete step, by step instructions with two different student sheets. Students use cubes to crate various volumes. They recognize that once they find the area of the base you can either add or multiply up to discover the volume. Can be used for direct instruction and then break into cooperative learning groups. Simple, user friendly plan all ready to go!

My students love making these booklets because they can add their own ideas and illustrations to it. The first couple pages give definitions and examples of simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification and alliteration. The students and or teachers then choose further topics and then create figurative language statements about them. I love this book because I can choose topics that focus on our class content at the time. It is simple and ongoing. This booklet can be used throughout the year

Simple project to do with Smarties. Students will convert to fraction, then decimal (rounded to nearest hundredth), then percent. We use a geometry template to create the circle graph.

In preparation for writing (and performing) poetry I share videos of poetry performances and have them respond to each poem. My hope is that they get inspired to write poems of their own (and perform them). This was my assignment during one week of distance learning and my kids loved it.