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NGSS 5-PS1-1 States of Matter NGSS Aligned Lesson – Modeling Matter Made of Particles Too Small to be seen is a 5E phenomena based lesson plan. The lesson starts with a PowerPoint and short video to engage your students. Their involvement deepens with three explore activities, two of which are hands on lab exercises. Also included is a detailed explanation PowerPoint with linked video on the states of matter. Three elaboration activities and an evaluation activity complete the lesson. Thi

This 4th Grade 5E lesson plan on waves will have students make a model demonstrating how light falling on an object enters the eye and allows the object to be seen. It is designed to align to NGSS 4-PS4-2. We use inquiry - based activities to address the 5E lesson the following way: Engage: Engage students with an inquiry-based PowerPoint and student worksheet. Explore 1: Reflection – Students view images of reflection phenomena and complete a worksheet Explore 2: Refraction – Students s

Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers: Reading Passage and Card Sorting Project This lesson plan uses very high-quality pictures of producers, consumers and decomposers, including a selection of interesting plants and animals to engage and teach students how to classify plants and animals according to their roles in food chains. The lesson also includes a reading passage which introduces the students to how energy is transferred through food chains, This interesting and engaging reading passage

This Solar Energy package shows how solar energy is transformed to heat and electricity. The package includes an editable, interactive PowerPoint presentation, a solar energy lab, Solar energy reading comprehension articles, and an Illustrated solar energy vocabulary and crossword puzzle. This package covers what solar energy is, how solar energy is used, and its environmental benefits and challenges. These materials are aligned with Common Core, and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) a

This Student Science Interactive Journal for Energy Transfer is written to align with NGSS 4-PS3-2, 4-PS3-3 and 4-PS3-4 to lead a student through a 5E Lesson Plan. The journal includes two close readings with questions: one on How Energy Moves from Place to Place and the other is on How Far Away is That Lightning. Students explore Energy Transfer and Energy Transformation with five Science Labs. This Student Science Journal contains four videos and several drag and drop activities. Student

5th grade Science NGSS 5-LS1-1 Aligned: Photosynthesis is an engaging 5E lesson plan which catches the students’ imagination with a story about how Clara, a plant, experiences photosynthesis. Students will be asked to infer what is happening to Clara based on what she is experiencing in the story. This 5E lesson includes experiments, PowerPoint presentations and videos to help students understand how plants make their own food, and why that process is so important to life on Earth. This le

This stand-alone activity can also be a supplement to Energy Transfer NGSS 4-PS3-2 lesson plan. Students are asked to identify which energy is being transferred and then to explain how the energy is being transferred. We found this to be a very engaging activity and can lead to great class discussions. As class members look at the pictures, some slides may have up to three correct answers. This situation provides excellent opportunities for lively class discussions and discovery. This is

Engineering Design: Playground Swing (Aligns with NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1, 2, & 3)This NGSS aligned STEM project engages your students with a hands-on experience in designing and building a playground swing. While doing this project, they will learn and understand the engineering design process. This lesson addresses NGSS Performance Expectation NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1, 2, &3: Define a simple design problem, generate and compare multiple solutions, and plan and carry out fair tests. The lesson draws studen

This bundle contains 2 NGSS aligned lessons which cover 5th grade NGSS Performance Expectations for Earth’s Systems. Lessons are in 5E format. 5-ESS2 Earth’s SystemsProduct DescriptionsNGSS 5-ESS2-1 Describe ways in which the geosphere, Biosphere hydrosphere and/or atmosphere interact. This 5E phenomena-based lesson will enable the students to identify Earth’s four systems and identify the ways Earth’s systems interact to produce the phenomena they observe every day. Students will ultimately

NGSS 5-ESS1-1 and NGSS 5-ESS1-2 5E Lesson Plans are included in this Bundle. These lessons plans are designed to be fun and engaging for your students. Product Descriptions NGSS 5-ESS1-1 Brightness of the Sun and Stars – Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distance from the Earth. 5th Grade Science NGSS 5-ESS1-1 Brightness of the Sun and Stars is an engaging and interesting lesson which includes videos,

Your students will enjoy this lesson on Earth’s Systems Distribution of Water. It is a 5E lesson plan which contains many engaging activities to teach students about earth’s water resources and build their graphing skills. This lesson aligns with NGSS 5-ESS2-2. Describe and graph the amounts of saltwater and freshwater in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth. Each section and activity contain its own set of detailed Teacher Notes to provide you with

Creating New Substances is a 5E lesson plan designed to align with NGSS 5-PS1-4. This phenomena-based lesson will enable the students to recognize when a new substance is created, and to teach them the phenomena that occurs when it happens. Students will be asked to record phenomena on a Scientific Evidence Gathering Sheet. Each section and activity contain their own set of detailed Teacher Notes to provide you with additional information and instructions for accessing the files and performing

This no-prep lesson plan is an ideal supplement to your NGSS 4-PS4-2 science class. This lesson reinforces the concepts of Transparent, Translucent and Opaque matter, and their roles in interacting with light waves. The product contains 30 Interactive Slides for Google Classroom, Microsoft OneDrive or can be Printed. It includes an informational text on How Light Waves travel to fully explain this content. The Slides also contain questions to spur Student Inquiry that will lead to

This informative and entertaining package includes a wealth of material and exercises on wind energy, its environmental benefits, and challenges. Materials are aligned with Common Core and address Next Generation Science Standards as well. Included with the PowerPoint presentation on windmill technology (at the elementary level), are: Reading comprehension exercises Interactive notebook sheets Interactive vocabulary exercisesComprehensive teacher notes and answer keysFlash cardsA simple, fun wi

This Digital Science Interactive Journal is written to align with NGSS 4-ESS3-1. Students will explore Renewable and Non-Renewable Energies, especially Coal, Oil. Gas. Wind, Hydroelectric, Solar, Nuclear, and Geothermal. They will be asked to research the advantages and disadvantages of each energy source and the impact that each type has on the environment. Also included in the journal is a close reading: What are Natural Resources? This lesson also aligns with NGSS standard MS-ESS3-1.

This Reading Comprehension passage and Stem Activity package combines close reading of a science informational text along with a STEM project to reinforce the reading. The passage uses text based questions which require evidence based answers to help develop close reading skills. Answer key is included. You can use this package in a number of ways: • As a stand-alone unit for the entire class • As supplemental material for students who finish a task early • As a package for a substitute tea

This digital interactive notebook is written to align with NGSS 4-PS3-1. The tabs lead students through a 5E Lesson Plan. Through this journey students will do two close readings with questions: one on What is Energy and the other is on Potential and Kinetic Energy. Students explore Speed and Energy with two Science Labs entitled Lab 1 Penny on Flat Surface and Lab 2 Marble Speed. Students will analyze charts and create their own chart. They will be asked to analyze and interpret the

This No Prep lesson combines a Science Literacy reading on Potential and Kinetic energy and a Card Sort. This close reading passage introduces the students to the concepts Kinetic and Potential energy and how they differ. The card sort then reinforces these concepts. Students are given 40 high-quality pictures of potential and kinetic energy. Students must sort them into potential and kinetic energy relying on the information they learned in this package’s reading comprehension passage. This p

Conductors or Insulators of Electricity PowerPoint Game This product uses a 27-slide PowerPoint presentation with very high-quality pictures and a selection of common and not so common materials to engage and teach students how to classify materials according to their property of conduction or insulation of electricity. A form is provided for students to record their answers. An additional PowerPoint Answer Key presentation is included to go over and discuss the answers with the students. This

This 4th Grade no prep unit is aligned with NGSS 4-PS4-1, and provides versions for Google Slides, Microsoft One Drive and Print. Students explore Waves by reading a close reading on Mechanical Waves and then completing 27 interactive slides. On the slides, students analyze whether the picture shows a transverse or longitudinal wave, what medium the energy traveled through, and then answer a question specific to that phenomenon. Students will then develop their own model of both a tra