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Make reviewing energy types and transformations festive and engaging this Thanksgiving season! 🍂 Students will identify examples of electrical, sound, light (radiant), chemical, nuclear, mechanical, and thermal energy as they solve and color to reveal a fun Thanksgiving-themed picture. This print-and-go resource combines science with creativity and works perfectly for stations, sub plans, or early finishers. Now featuring two versions to meet the needs of all learners — including those who ben

Make end-of-year review meaningful, creative, and student-centered with this Physical Science ABC Book Project! This engaging activity allows students to review key science concepts while creating a personalized ABC book—perfect for reinforcing content in a fun and memorable way. Students will connect vocabulary, concepts, and visuals for each letter of the alphabet, helping them review and retain important physical science topics. This project works great as a final review, assessment, or enric

Looking for an engaging and colorful way to build science vocabulary? This Physical Science Waves Word Wall is perfect for transforming your classroom into a visual learning environment while supporting students with key terminology for your waves unit. Just print, laminate, and display — or use digitally for review! What’s Included This resource includes both classroom display materials and student learning tools: ✔️ Printable Word Wall Cards 1. English/Spanish Word 2. Englis

Kick off your science unit with this engaging, movement-based activity that introduces students to the most common science lab tools. Perfect for middle or high school, this Science Lab Equipment Gallery Walk gets students out of their seats and actively learning! Instead of a traditional lecture, students will walk around the room observing lab equipment, reading key facts, and taking notes on each tool’s function, what it measures, and the correct units used. This hands-on activity promotes

Have your students practice using the basic science lab tools at the beginning oHelp your students build confidence with essential science lab tools at the start of the year! This resource features 6 interactive stations designed for hands-on practice measuring temperature, volume, mass, weight, length, width, and height. At each station, students will explore key lab equipment including: Thermometer Triple Beam Balance Scale Beaker Graduated Cylinder Ruler/Meter Stick Spring Scale Elec

Bring some holiday cheer to your thermal energy unit with this Christmas Heat Transformations Color by Number! Students will identify conduction, convection, and radiation in 18 real-world examples to reveal a fun, festive winter picture. This activity makes reviewing heat transfer and energy movement engaging and creative—perfect for a quick assessment, sub plan, or seasonal science review. ✅ What’s Included: Heat Transformations Color by Number (PowerPoint – editable questions) Printable

Looking for a clear, engaging way to teach independent and dependent variables? Whether you're kicking off the school year with the scientific method or reviewing experimental design, this complete lesson is designed to help your students identify variables in an experiment with confidence. Perfect for upper elementary and middle school science (grades 6–8), this lesson targets key concepts in experimental variables: independent, dependent, and control variables. Great for distance learnin

Are you looking for a quick and easy way to check your students’ understanding on Newton's 3 Laws of Motion? This is a great ticket out the door or use it for homework! Mazes are self-checking, making it easy on teachers! Mazes are a great reinforcement to cover content. Students will begin at the square labeled “start.” As they answer questions, they will color in the correct path until they make it to the “finish” box. This can be used as a ticket out the door, homework, or station activity.

Make St. Patrick’s Day extra fun with this hands-on scientific method and graphing activity using Lucky Charms cereal! Students work through each step of the scientific method as they analyze how many marshmallow shapes appear in a single bag—and then create graphs to display their data. This seasonal activity provides meaningful graphing practice, reinforces data collection skills, and brings high engagement with a festive twist. Perfect for a science warm-up, lab day, centers, or a short March

Looking for a low-prep, engaging way to review the properties of matter? This interactive digital board focuses on the key concepts of mass, volume, density, and weight through a variety of multimedia and interactive activities your students will love. Students click through the interactive board to access videos, drag-and-drop activities, vocabulary practice, and virtual simulations. It’s perfect for review, reinforcement, or even as an independent assignment! ✅ Included Activities: Mass vs

Engage students with this festive Heat Transfer Ugly Sweater Project! Students design a creative sweater to show conduction, convection, and radiation, complete with templates, rubric, and voting form. Perfect for NGSS-aligned energy lessons! Looking for a fun and creative way for students to demonstrate their understanding of heat transfer? This Ugly Sweater Science Project is the perfect hands-on activity to review conduction, convection, and radiation — with a festive twist! Students will des

End the year with purpose and creativity using this Editable End-of-Year Science Reflection Journal! Designed for grades 6–12, this reflective project gives students the opportunity to look back on their year in science class—while showcasing their learning through personal reflections and meaningful artifacts. Whether you're closing out a unit or wrapping up the school year, this resource is perfect for encouraging thoughtful reflection, ownership of learning, and a fun final product that makes

Looking for a fun, hands-on STEM activity for the fall season? This Pumpkin Catapult Challenge will get your students designing, problem-solving, and testing their engineering skills in a creative way! The story hook: The beloved pumpkin chunkin’ contest at the local fair is in jeopardy—the catapult is broken! It’s up to your students to work as engineers to design and build a catapult with a limited budget of $100. Can they rise to the challenge? Perfect for fall, Halloween, or Thanksgiving cla

Bring some Thanksgiving fun into your science classroom with this States of Matter Color by Number activity! Students will review solids, liquids, gases, and plasmas, along with key changes in state, as they color to reveal a festive Thanksgiving picture. This print-and-go resource is perfect for a quick review, sub plan, or early finisher activity. Students stay engaged as they demonstrate understanding of phase changes while completing a creative coloring challenge! ✅ What’s Included: Thanksg

Make learning about physical and chemical changes interactive and engaging with this ready-to-use gallery walk activity! Students will rotate through 20 stations featuring everyday examples of changes in matter — melting, rusting, burning, dissolving, and more. They’ll observe each example, decide if it’s a physical or chemical change, and justify their answer using scientific reasoning. This resource includes two differentiated options so you can choose what fits your classroom best: Option 1:

Make learning about states of matter exciting with this engaging States of Matter Scavenger Hunt! Perfect for middle school science or upper elementary, this activity helps students review solids, liquids, and gases, as well as particle movement and changes in state (melting, freezing, condensation, evaporation, and sublimation). Students will move around the room/hallway to answer 12 interactive questions about how particles behave in different states of matter and what happens when matter chan

Introduce students to elements, compounds, and mixtures with this completely editable digital science resource designed for Google Classroom and Google Drive. This lesson builds a strong foundation in pure substances, types of mixtures, and particle-level thinking, while giving you flexible options for both teacher-led and student-led instruction. Perfect for middle school physical science, this resource works seamlessly for in-person, hybrid, or distance learning. Concepts CoveredPure substance

Looking for a fun, low-prep way to review Newton’s Laws of Motion with your students this Valentine’s Day? This Newton’s Laws Color by Number activity helps students practice identifying and applying Newton’s 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Laws through engaging real-world examples. Students read each scenario and determine which law of motion applies, then color to reveal a Valentine-themed picture. It’s a perfect mix of conceptual understanding and student engagement! This resource works great for middle sc

Looking for a fun, low-prep way to practice calculating speed and motion with your students this Valentine’s Day? This Speed = Distance ÷ Time Color by Number activity is the perfect blend of math, science, and creativity! Students solve real-world word problems to reveal a Valentine-themed picture while reinforcing key physics concepts. This resource is ideal for physical science, middle school science, or 9th grade physics and works great as classwork, homework, early finisher work, sub plans,

Make Valentine’s Day sweet and meaningful with this hands-on scientific method and graphing activity using classic conversation hearts! Students review each step of the scientific method as they sort and count the different colors in a box of conversation hearts. They’ll then use their data to create a bar graph—perfect practice for graphing, analyzing results, and drawing conclusions. This printable and digital activity is ready to use—just add conversation hearts! A teacher-led PowerPoint pres