Lets do SUM Learning

Need an engaging states of matter activity to get you to thanksgiving break? explore the history and science behind the macy's parade balloons. Students get to create a balloon, observe a gas being heated and cooled and what that does to the balloon and the mass. Lesson plan included, slides to follow along with and a data sheet for students to record their experiment!

Word Wall cards- Kid Friendly definitions with pictures

Great game to give student practice identifying what conditions are necessary for a hurricane and a tornado to form! Printable card game, low prep! Students are split in two teams. Each team is trying to catch 1 of each phenomenon by collecting the weather conditions needed for their event! Unfortunately, both teams are looking for the same conditions so it is a true race! Place all the cards face down so you can’t see the image. Take turns drawing a card to track your phenomenon, some c

Study guide for students about to take the 5th grade science EOG! Pictures and student friendly language!

Ecosystem word wall cards- kid friendly definitions with pictures.

Water Cycle Vocab Cards- Kid friendly definitions with pictures

Students are given 8 parent cards with descriptive inherited traits and instincts as well as 8 offspring cards with descriptive inherited traits and instincts. The task is to match the offspring to the parent based on the give traits. Included is a reflection worksheet so this can also be used as a formative assessment!

Interactive notebook pages for States of Matter and Observing changes in matter (Physical/Chemical Change) unit. Have students glue them in notebooks (sized for composition but can be used with spiral) and have various types of interactive pages to use throughout your States of Matter unit.

Interactive notebook pages for weather unit. Have students glue them in notebooks (sized for composition but can be used with spiral) and have various types of interactive pages to use throughout your weather unit.

Students will rotate "interviewing" each other by answering questions. Each question will be answered by a different student on their paper. At the end, I always have them choose who they would give the job to if this was a real job interview! Students love sharing answers from their classmates and they are answering questions too!

Review game that keeps students engaged and on their toes! Split students into teams, however many you want! Students take turns choosing and answering questions, (easy enough right?) Here is where the “unfair” part comes into play... If students get the answer correct they must tell you whether they want to give or keep the points. Why would they want to give them to another team?? Because some of them are taking away points! Once they choose to give or keep then you move the question to rev

Choose any ELA test prep questions and passages, math questions, or science questions to use to form your "cases". Have students in groups, partners, or independently go through each question using the clue color guide to help them find evidence and to catch the right culprit. The best part of this is it can fit any ELA, Math, or Science test, all you need is questions!

States of Matter word wall cards with pictures and kid friendly definitions

34 questions with mixed review for: Mass force friction gravity air resistance motion speed Tables to analyze distance time graphs (Preview only shows 24 but there are 34, no typo I promise :) )

28 questions with mixed review for: Matter Insulators Conductors Heat Transfer Physical Change Chemical Change Tables to analyze

Choose any science test prep questions to use to form your "cases". Have students in groups, partners, or independently go through each question using the clue color guide to help them find evidence and to catch the right culprit. The best part of this is it can fit any science test, all you need is questions! (Math and ELA coming soon!)

Living Organisms Word wall cards- Cells, human body systems, and genetics

Global and Local (NC) weather vocab cards- kid friendly definitions and pictures

Heat Transfer Vocab wall cards- Pictures and kid friendly language

Force and motion word wall cards - kid friendly