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This PowerPoint was designed to help my students with their mastery of the experimental design questions found in Objective 1: Nature of Science on the TAKS test in Texas. If your students are struggling with their understanding of experimental design, this lesson can help bring them some clarity. It helps students understand how to identify the independent and dependent variables, constants, hypothesis, control group and the conclusion. It also emphasizes that factors that can keep a hypothe

Understanding the basics of light, including reflection and refraction, is important for all science students. These fun activities will help your students explore and review these important concepts in engaging ways. From discovering the Law of Reflection through Laser Mazes to exploring reflection and refraction through an engaging Station Lab, your students will truly master these important concepts! This product contains 59 pages of activities and resources. In this product, you will rece

All of my Light products for one great price! Understanding the basics of light, including reflection and refraction, is important for all science students. These fun activities rigorous practice sheets will help your students explore and review these important concepts in engaging ways. From discovering the Law of Reflection through Laser Mazes to exploring reflection and refraction through an engaging Station Lab, your students will truly master these important concepts! And the fully illustra

Identifying minerals is a fun activity, but it can be messy and time consuming for teachers. Observations can be difficult for students, and finding minerals that match the tables of information can be frustrating for teachers. These identifying minerals activities are a great way for students to practice these skills, and they require almost no prep for teachers! With clear pictures and instructions, these activities will become a key part of any unit on minerals. Help students understand har

Don’t make designing experimental investigations more complicated than it needs to be! Designed to help elementary students understand the heart of this process, these reviews focus on getting students to identify three things: 1. What did the scientist change? 2. What did the scientist measure or observe? 3. What did the scientist keep constant? By identifying these three things, students can then easily identify the question the experiment was designed to answer or determine how the experi

We often assume that our students are familiar with certain animals or have seen them at the zoo, but many times the experiences of our students are far more limited than we had imagined. In this PowerPoint lesson, students will get to see images of every adaptation that is discussed, from the horn of the rhino to the poison of the dart frog, so that their learning and understanding can be more complete. A student note page for this lesson is also available for only 50 cents!

This fun activity comes with a page of reproducible pinwheels that can be easily cut out by your students and used for various activities including your studies of heat transfer by convection. A student lab sheet and pictures of the setup in action will make this fun activity easy for you and your students as they study flow of convection currents.

The rotation of the Earth and the day/night cycle is a key concept for elementary school students. These resources help students to master the key facts surrounding the rotation of the Earth including the apparent motion of the Sun and the changing appearance of shadows! These are great resources for STAAR Review! In this product, you will receive: Sun and Shadows Simulation Activity Sun and Shadows Dry-Erase Practice Activity Movement of the Sun Manipulative Shadows Sort 2 Rotation of the

Food chains and webs are an important concept for students of all ages, so making sure they have a firm foundation in elementary school is critical. These resources help elementary students master the key vocabulary and facts surrounding food chains and webs! Students will match information to tables, describe the flow of energy, and identify producers and all types of consumers! In addition to review worksheets, you will also receive Food Web Logic Puzzles for elementary students. Based on

What are Foundation Documents? I have spent over fifteen years developing curriculum and working with teachers. Over that time, it became clear that students were the most successful when their teachers internalized the content that students had to master. And by that I do not mean just an understanding of the topic, but a deep knowledge of the exact words, phrases, and skills that students will need to know to be successful on STAAR. When that happens, teachers consistently use those words an

These are great activities for reviewing your students over the steps of sedimentary rock and fossil fuel formation. Students place each picture, along with its caption, in order according to the events of each process! Mix it up by having them sequence the pictures while writing their own captions! You will also receive a set of sedimentary rocks and fossil fuel flash cards. This set of 8 flash cards covers all of the definitions and facts your students need to know for this important standar

Separating mixtures is an important concept and a supporting standard that truly supports your students’ mastery of physical properties. This product contains innovative resources that will engage your students and prepare them for success! Developed by an expert in the TEKS and curriculum development, these resources are perfectly aligned to standard 5.5(B). This product contains the Separating Mixtures Content Guide, an all-in-one planning guide and student reference sheet. Use this innovat

Great as a word wall or a study aid, this physical and chemical changes comic is visually stunning and crammed full of valuable information. Use these visuals in your classroom or post them online as a virtual comic study aid. Hand them out to your students or incorporate them into your physical and chemical changes activities. This versatile document can be used over and over again! It is great for students of all ages, and it is especially valuable to your second language learners and stud

Understanding circuits, including series and parallel circuits, is incredibly important for all science students, and these fully illustrated reviews and activities will allow students to master these concepts and demonstrate their understanding. This bundle combines all of my Circuits Reviews and Circuits Activities into one great product and an even better price! 4 practice sheets are designed to test students at the rigor of state tests, such as STAAR, and they make great quizzes at the end

Classifying objects based on physical properties is a critical standard for students. This product gives you everything you need to create an engaging unit on this important topic. Developed by an expert in the TEKS and curriculum development, these resources are perfectly aligned to standard 5.5(A) and will get your students ready for STAAR! This product contains 80 pages of resources including reviews, sorts, activities and lab templates. You will also receive the Physical Properties Cont

These notes coincide with the Experimental Design PowerPoint. It was designed to help my students with their mastery of the experimental design questions found in Objective 1: Nature of Science on the TAKS test in Texas. It helps students understand how to identify the independent and dependent variables, constants, hypothesis, control group and the conclusion. It also emphasizes that factors that can keep a hypothesis or conclusion from being valid (emotions, opinions, random sampling, and l

Understanding circuits, including series and parallel circuits, is incredibly important for all science students. These resources will help your students master and review this content in fun and engaging ways! Circuit Mazes are an innovative product that increases the rigor of instruction while greatly reducing the stress by presenting this content as a puzzle! Students learn to determine which switches will turn on specific buzzers or bulbs, and once they have mastered Circuit Mazes other t

Use these pictures to create your own circuit diagrams. Simply place the images of lights, batteries and switches where you want them, and all you have to do is add the wires. Great for creating lab diagrams, test questions or for use as student manipulatives to allow them to create build and create their own diagrams. Also includes ready to use diagrams of conductivity testers and basic series and parallel circuits. Save time and use them in your test questions or teacher made worksheets!

This vocabulary reference sheet has over 120 science related prefixes and suffixes, and because it is a Word file it is fully customizable! You can add your own prefixes or suffixes to make it as specialized as you want. This tool can be used all year long to teach students of all ages how to break apart and build science vocabulary using prefixes, suffixes and root words.

Understanding and differentiating between the different types of energies is an important concept for young scientists. These easy to set up matching activities and illustrated worksheets will allow your students explore and review the types of energies in engaging ways. Mechanical, electrical, light, thermal, and sound energies are the focus of these activities and reviews. This also includes a fully illustrated “Movement means Mechanical” banner which can be printed out on any printer and tape