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This file includes activities that can be used to assess students’ understanding of biotic and abiotic factors and the levels of organization in the environment. A guide and answer key for each activity is included to assist in implementation. Biotic or Abiotic? Students will answer questions about seven different items to determine if they should be classified as biotic factors (living) or abiotic factors (non-living). Who Belongs Where? Students will illustrate their own representations of

This kit includes several activities that can be used to introduce or review the Engineering Design Process. Activities Include: Engineering Sort Activity (learn about what engineers do by completing a cart sort) “Before-During-After” Note Taking Sheet (record what is already known, what is learned and what questions remain) Engineering Spotlight (research several aspects of various types of engineering) Jigsaw Poster Design Task (design a poster to represent steps of the Engineering Design

Use these activities to help teach students the various organelles in found cells. Students can complete the cell diagrams for note taking, additional practice, or as an assessment. Add copies of cell diagrams to students’ interactive notebooks. The first set of diagrams is blank which allows you to modify it to meet the needs of your classroom. The second set of diagrams has the major organelles labeled and requires students to identify them. Students can assemble their foldable as review o

This product includes 3 different activities to be used as interactive notes, in science centers, or for content review. Activity #1: Order of the Planets “Lift the Flap” The students will practice naming the planets in order using the mnemonic device “MY VERY EXCELLENT MOTHER JUST SERVED US NACHOS”. Activity #2: Identify the Planet “Cootie Catcher Game” The students will practice identifying the planets in our solar system based on one identifying characteristic while playing a simple game wi

Students are expected to utilize the steps of the Engineering Design Process in order to solve problems or meet challenges in STEM class. These organizers are a perfect way for them to record notes about each step of the design process. Knowing what should occur at each step will improve their ability to meet the expectations set by the teacher. Use these templates as a note taking aid for students as they learn about the Engineering Design Process. Students could also use the graphic organize

This file includes three activities that can be used to teach, review and assess students’ understanding of interspecific relationships in an ecosystem. A guide and answer key for each activity is included to assist in implementation. Silly Symbiosis Students will develop their own set of relationships. This is a chance for students to be creative. They can make up organisms and give them abilities and survival needs that will match the other organism. If students prefer, they can do research

This bundled kit includes all of my ecosystem food webs and feeding relationships resources, including word wall vocabulary cards, a basic overview of the activities, materials for four food webs, simple teacher directions, and multiple forms of assessing student understanding. Students will learn about food webs and feeding relationships and explain the flow of energy in an ecosystem. Students will be able to categorize organisms as producers, consumers (herbivores, omnivores, carnivores, or s

This file includes six activities that can be used to teach, review and assess students’ understanding of biotic and abiotic factors and the levels of organization in the environment. A guide and answer key for each activity is included to assist in implementation. Living Things INB Template Students will assemble an interactive notebook template that includes what living organisms have, need, and can do. 2 versions included. Pocket Card Sort Students will classify 20 examples as either biotic

This file includes three activities that can be used to teach, review and assess students’ understanding of photosynthesis. A guide and answer key for each activity is included to assist in implementation. 1. Photosynthesis Foldable Teach students about the process of photosynthesis. Students will then add diagrams and drawings to a foldable to include in their notebooks. The pictures will serve as a reminder of each part of photosynthesis. 2. Modeling Molecules Activity It is difficult for s

Write a H.O.T. Question This page includes 3 copies of an exit slip. Students are challenged to write a higher order thinking question based on what they learned during the lesson/activity. These can be used as a review the following day – asking the class each question to check for understanding and content retention. Today’s Topic Reflection This page includes 4 copies of an exit slip. Students are instructed to complete three sentence stems based on that day’s lesson. Today I learned… Th

This file includes the following activities: Feeding Relationships Card Sort Students will identify each organism as a producer, consumer, or decomposer by sorting examples into a foldable or a chart. Version 1 (classwork, guided practice) Version 2 (homework, independent practice) Quick Write Journaling Prompts Students will respond to various prompts that require them to apply their knowledge of food webs and feeding relationships to answer extended written response questions. Option 1 (clas

Students will assemble a tag booklet featuring the eight planets in our solar system. Students will need to research the planets to discover basic facts about each one (order from the sun, inner or outer, rocky or gaseous, nickname, rings or no rings, and number of moons). This would be great to use as a science center activity or to add to students’ interactive notebooks. Tags include: Cover, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune This kit contains: Black & white tags