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DESCRIPTION Create this fun and informative accordion book to teach about the Respiratory System and its connection to the Circulatory System! There are 8 pictures of the respiratory process to color. Each picture of the process has an informative blurb providing the students with a great deal of knowledge. Did you know it takes about 20,000 breaths a day to continually provide our bodies with enough oxygen to survive? Kids will learn about how the diaphragm helps us inhale and exhale, how alveo

Here is a great bundle which covers 6 of the main systems in the human body (Digestive, Circulatory, Respiratory, Muscular, Skeletal, and Nervous Systems). Each book is easy-to-create and highly informational. This bundle is perfect for any Human Body Unit! Here is what is included: Digestion Accordion Book: Learn all about how you digest your food. Includes some information on the urinary system as well!Lung Accordion Book: Learn all about the connection between your respiratory and circulatory

Here is a wonderful bundle to create a memorable and educational unit about the Arctic and Antarctic Regions! Each resource is hands-on and includes informational blurbs. Many of the activities are easily differentiated and can be used with elementary to middle or even high school-aged kids! WHAT'S INCLUDED: "Antarctic Food Chain": A fun flipbook to learn about ecosystem interconnections in Antarctica."Arctic vs. Antarctic": A graphic organizer to learn about the weather, seasons, geography, lan

Here is a wonderful bundle to create a memorable and educational winter unit! Each activity is hands-on and includes informational blurbs. Many of the activities are easily differentiated and can be used with elementary to middle school-aged kids! WHAT'S INCLUDED: "The Story of Groundhog's Day": A Sequence story to learn about the traditions and history of Groundhog's Day."Hibernation Flipbook": Learn facts about specific animals that hibernate in the winter."Hibernation Book": An easy-to-creat

Here is a bundle with 5 fun and hands-on activities which investigate the Fibonacci sequence and the Golden Ratio. "Fibonacci Numbers" helps students derive the sequence with arithmetic. "Fibonacci Spiral" shows the geometry behind the sequence. It has kids use squares to create a golden rectangle and then uses the golden rectangle to replicate the famous spiral! "Fibonacci in Food" has kids investigate fruits and vegetables to see where these famous numbers show up in nature. Kids will collect

DESCRIPTION Teach kids the famous Gospel story about the story of Easter with this hands-on accordion book. Kids will learn about the Last Supper, the betrayal of Judas, Jesus’s crucifixion, Jesus’s resurrection, and how we remember Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross for our sins with wine and bread. This activity gives young students practice in coloring, cutting, pasting, and placing pictures in the correct order, while teaching students the true reason for Easter. Each part of the story also incl

Here is a bundle perfect for any Human Body Unit. It includes 13 fun, hands-on, and informational activities to teach about the anatomy & function of your organs, systems, and cells! This bundle would be best suited for 3rd grade through high school. Each of the activities can easily be differentiated to work with a variety of ability levels. WHAT'S INCLUDED: Lung Accordion Book: Learn all about the connection between your respiratory and circulatory systems.Arteries & Veins Game: Create a

DESCRIPTION Here is a fun, hands-on, and ready-to-go activity to see who would beat who in a race on the African savanna! There are 10 animals pictured (hippopotamus, cheetah, rhinoceros, African buffalo, zebra, elephant, lion, ostrich, impala, and giraffe) with their top running speeds included. Students will color and cut out each animal, and then glue them in order from slowest to fastest. This would be a great activity for any Safari or African Animal Unit. It would also be a wonderful math

DESCRIPTION Do you know what makes an animal a bird?? Here is a wonderful book to learn about the 7 main characteristics of all birds! In the book, kids will learn that all birds are vertebrates, breathe air, are warm-blooded, hatch from shelled eggs, have wings, feathers, and bills with no teeth . Each page has an easy-to-read sentence so that beginning readers can read their books to others. Each sentence makes a connection to other types of animals so that kids can compare similarities and di

Here is a wonderful bundle for your elementary class! It includes 5 units on evergreen topics such as time, money, 2D/3D shapes, equations, and fractions. The units all include 10-12 unique and engaging lessons in a workbook format. Each workbook includes interactive worksheets, hands-on activities, review, a unit assessment, and a cover page. Answer keys are provided in a separate document, making these lessons easy to leave for sub plans! Additionally, each unit has numbered pages, so that st

DESCRIPTION Create an adorable paper plate elephant with 7 included fun-facts! Did you know that baby elephants suck their trunks for comfort, just like human babies suck their thumbs? Did you know that an elephant can drink over 200 pounds of water at one time? This craft is easy to make and geared toward elementary aged kids. Simply paint a regular sized (9in diameter) paper plate, cut out the elephant ears, trunk, tusks, and fun facts, and then glue together. This activity is a perfect additi

DESCRIPTION Create an adorable accordion book to teach kids the life cycle of a Monarch butterfly! This activity gives young students practice in coloring, cutting, pasting, and placing pictures in the correct order. Each part of the life cycle has an informative blurb so that this book is not only cute, but educational! My kindergarten and Pre-K girls LOVED this craft! MATERIALS NEEDED: Light green cardstock paper (optional), scissors, colored pencils or markers, glue stick, Elmer’s glue, glit

DESCRIPTION Create this fun and informative accordion book to teach about the Digestive System and its connection to the Urinary System! This is a great hands-on activity for students to learn where their food goes after they eat it. There are 8 pictures of the digestive process to color. Each picture of the process has an informative blurb providing students with a great deal of knowledge. Did you know that your food will pass through 23ft (7m) of tubing before it is eliminated from your body?

Here is a bundle perfect for any elementary Human Body Unit. It includes 17 fun, hands-on, and informational activities to teach about your 5 senses and the anatomy & function of your amazing body! This bundle would be best suited for kindergarten to 5th grade. Each of the activities can easily be differentiated to work with a variety of ability levels. Each resource is unique and different from the other resources, so students will be excited and engaged to learn throughout the entire

Here is a bundle perfect for any African Savanna Animals or Safari Unit! This bundle includes 4 hands-on activities. There is a flipbook to teach about diurnal and nocturnal animals that live on the savanna. A fun cut-and-paste activity to show which animals would win a race on the African savanna. An easy-to-create book focusing on 12 savanna animals. This book includes information about what a group of each of these animals is called, as well as other fun-facts. Finally, there is a cute elepha

DESCRIPTION Here is an easy-to-create and informational book to teach students all about their muscular system and why it is so amazing! Did you know that your muscles make up about one-third of your body weight? Did you know that the smallest muscle is the stapedius muscle, which is located inside your ear? In making this hands-on activity, students will learn about different types of muscles, different functions of muscles, names of muscles, and more! Each page is only half of an 8.5x11 sheet

Here is a wonderful bundle to make Groundhog Day memorable and educational! Both included activities are interactive and include informational blurbs. The worksheet borders are sure to make the day even more fun!! WHAT'S INCLUDED: "Groundhog Life Cycle Accordion Book": A great hands-on activity to learn about the life cycle of groundhogs."The Story of Groundhog Day": A sequence story to learn about the history and traditions of the holiday."Groundhog Day WS Borders": 18 transparent png borders i

DESCRIPTION Here is a fun activity to teach bird migration! Each bird has an easy-to-make slider that your students can use to “fly” the bird along its migratory route. In addition to being interactive, it is also very informative. Did you know that the Arctic Tern migrates the farthest distance of any animal on the planet? Did you know that despite its small size, a hummingbird can fly 500 miles over the ocean without stopping? This is the perfect resource for any Bird or Winter Hibernation/Mig

DESCRIPTION Here is an easy-to-create and informational book to teach students all about their skeletal system. Did you know that not all joints are flexible? Did you know that adults have 206 bones, but babies are born with closer to 300 bones? In making this hands-on activity, students will learn about different types of bones, different functions of bones, names of bones, and more! Each page is only half of an 8.5x11 sheet of paper, so you will minimize the amount of printing needed. The book

DESCRIPTION Learn about the control center of your nervous system and body! Create this colorful, hands-on flipbook to teach about 6 parts of the brain. Teach the anatomical names (Frontal Lobe, Parietal Lobe, Occipital Lobe, Temporal Lobe, Cerebellum, and Brain Stem) and the function of each. Did you know that the Cerebellum controls balance and coordination? Did you know that the brain stem controls heartrate, breathing, digestion, swallowing, and body temperature? This activity is easy to cre