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Are you looking for a fun way to review weather concepts? Weather Jeopardy! is a PowerPoint created in the traditional Jeopardy! style. The material aligns with North Carolina Essential Standards but would certainly be useful for any science teacher in any state. I have used this product with my own 5th grade students in the past, and they love playing the game!

This is a PowerPoint showing various animals utilizing their camouflage capabilities. There are two slides for each animal. The first slide asks the viewer to find the animal, and the second slide shows the animal as circled with its name.

Are you looking for a creative way for your students to use their knowledge of ecosystems and food chains/food webs in a real-world context? This activity/project allows students to create a menu based on the producers, consumers, and decomposers for their chosen ecosystem or biome. It combines science, research, and art, so it is definitely a multi-disciplinary approach to life science. Students will select an ecosystem and then select an herbivore, a carnivore, and an omnivore for which to c

This is an activity worksheet/labsheet to use when teaching science process skills. It is for use when teaching about "predicting". The teacher passes out a small cup of M & Ms. The instructions are on the labsheet. The student may eat the M & Ms after completing the activity worksheet/labsheet. Of course, it is important that the teacher checks to determine if anyone in the class has a food allergy to chocolate or other ingredients in the candy. This activity could also be modified to use

Kids enjoy learning about stars and constellations; who doesn't like looking up into the night sky and gazing at the wonders of the heavens? This task allows students to choose a constellation and learn more about it. There are over 70 constellations from which to choose, so there shouldn't be too many tasks that are similar. The task includes an explanation sheet and a rubric with which to grade the task. I am posting it as a Word document so it can be modified to suit your own classroom's ne

This is an activity worksheet/labsheet to use when teaching science process skills. It is for use when teaching about "observation". The teacher passes out an Oreo cookie or something similar to each student. The instructions are on the labsheet, but the teacher should emphasize that observations must be able to be proven, not opinions. The student may eat the cookie after completing the activity worksheet/labsheet. Of course, it is important that the teacher checks to determine if anyone in

My students had a bit of difficulty visualizing the biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem; any ecosystem, really. They knew what "living" factors were, but the "non-living" factors stumped them. I created this task for them to do in class to help further clarify the difference between the two. It is a fun way to use formative assessment to determine if your students "get" the concept or not.

Kids love to learn about animals, and this project allows them to select an animal about which they've always wanted to learn. Children will be creating their own book about an animal of their choice. Instructions are provided for creating the book along with a research sheet children can use to write down their notes and references. Teachers can choose to have their students create the book entirely at school or allow them to make it at home, so the time required to create the project can v

If you've ever needed a PowerPoint to introduce the three kinds of rocks with examples and with basic vocabulary, this is the slideshow for you! Some slideshows include too much information for young children, but this one is, in the words of Goldilocks, "just right". There is also a brief description of the rock cycle with a diagram at the end. This PowerPoint can also be modified to fit your own needs. If you need the 2003 version of the PowerPoint instead, please let me know. I have it, too