Sarah's STEM stuff

This is definitely a favorite activity! In this experiment, students watch the chemical change that happens when hydrogen peroxide, yeast, and dish soap react to make ELEPHANT'S TOOTHPASTE - SO much foam! This lab is so exciting and has major wow factor! In this version, students learn about physical and chemical changes with this fun reaction! The activity can be done as a teacher demonstration, or working in lab groups. After completing the activity, students read about physical a

Bring the wow-factor to your classroom with this best-selling Elephant Toothpaste science experiment— bundled for Grades K-8! This hands-on activity is a student favorite, combining exciting experiment with standards-aligned science instruction. Whether you’re teaching one grade or multiple, this bundle is designed to meet your needs and differentiate with ease. What’s Included: Grades K-2 Version – Introduce young scientists to the scientific method in a simple and engaging way. Perfect for e

This is one of my favorite activities! It is so exciting and has major wow factor. The activity can be done as a teacher demonstration or working in lab groups. In this K-2 version, students practice the steps of the scientific method by changing one of the variables in the experiment, making a hypothesis (prediction), observations, and conclusions. Students can follow along with the picture based procedure or text based. In this activity, a solution of yeast is mixed with a solution of hyd

Get your class working together and collaborating with this fun team building low prep Metric System escape room game! This activity includes 4 puzzling challenges that help review and reinforce metric measurement skills: measuring mass, volume, length, and metric conversions. Click HERE to see a video preview of the activity This is part of my Metric System Bundle. Needed Materials: ♥ Printed worksheets (all included in the product) ♥ Envelopes or bags to hold the clues (4 per group) ♥ C

Looking for an engaging activity to build CER writing skills? This quick and simple hands on activity for students investigates sound waves and supports writing strong scientific arguments with Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning.The students make noisemakers out of different lengths of straws and investigate how the length of the straw affects the pitch. They make observations during the activity and then write a scientific argument with Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning - CER based on their obser

Review the metric system and the steps of the scientific method in this fun hands on gummy bear lab! The students measure the length, volume, and mass of their gummy bears before and after soaking them in water overnight and are amazed at how they change. This is part of my Metric System Bundle. NOW with digital lab sheets and online data!! Needed materials: Metric rulers, graduated cylinders (50 mL work well), gram scales or triple beam balances, small plastic cups, gummy bears, paper tow

Students learn about the states of matter by completing an online webquest and notes. The webquest uses interactive websites, simulations, and videos that teach the students about the properties of the 3 states of matter: solid, liquids, and gases, the particles within each state, and the processes that change one state to another. Students see how the particles within each state are arranged and how adding and removing energy affects their movement and state of matter. What's included: - St

Looking for a comprehensive, hands on, and fun way to teach the metric system? This bundle has what you are looking for! What's Included? ♥ Metric Measurement Unit - Contains a pre assessment, post assessment, interactive notebook foldable, practice worksheets, and a hand on stations activity. Covering Length, Mass, Volume, and metric conversions. ♥ Gummy Bear Metric Lab A fun engaging way to apply metric measurements: mass, length, and volume while performing a hands on investigation.

Get ready for an exciting STEM adventure with this Bubble STEM Activity! Your students will have a blast as they explore the engineering design process and scientific method through four different bubble challenges. This activity is a student favorite and perfect for the beginning of the year when the weather is warm. This is a fun and educational way to get your students excited about science. Take your students outside and let their creativity run wild as they experiment with different bubbl

This unit includes all you need to introduce and practice measuring using the metric system to measure length, mass, and volume. This unit includes a variety of teaching/learning methods including: direct instruction, hands on activities, independent practice, and assessments. This is part of my Metric System Bundle. This product includes: ♥ Pretest to assess your students starting point ♥ Interactive notebook foldable for introducing Length, Mass, and Volume ♥ Anchor charts with procedu

This is a guided graphic notes document and corresponding google slides presentation to introduce students to the nature of science and the scientific method. The first part of the notes focus on the processes scientists take to answer a question including making observations, creating a hypothesis, experimenting, collecting data, drawing conclusions and how models and field work are used. In the second part of the notes, the students learn about experimental design including writing testabl

Make photosynthesis come to life with this engaging, hands-on modeling activity designed for middle school science! This interactive lab helps students visualize the transformation of matter during photosynthesis by building molecules using colored blocks. Students model the process of photosynthesis by collecting molecules at different stations, then rearrange them to form glucose and oxygen—just like real photosynthetic organisms do! This activity supports NGSS MS-LS1-6 and helps deepen s

Looking for a fun way introduce tornadoes? In this activity, students learn all about tornadoes using this tornado webquest. As the students investigate the webquest, they follow links to complete research and fill out a graphic notes worksheet along with a case study of a tornado in history. Students even get to try their hand at creating their own tornado and seeing how much damage they cause. This engaging webquest focuses on where tornadoes form, why tornadoes happen, tornado safety,

Looking for a fun way introduce earthquakes? In this activity, students learn all about the earthquakes using this earthquake webquest. As the students investigate the webquest, they follow links to research and fill out a graphic notes worksheet along with a case study of an earthquake in history. Students even get to try their hand at locating the epicenter of an earthquake with an interactive simulation. This engaging webquest focuses on where and why earthquakes happen, types of faults

This is part of my Metric System Bundle. Get your students reviewing their metric system measurements with metric task cards! There are 40 cards covering 5 different skills (8 cards per skill) ♥ General metric information ♥ Measuring Length ♥ Measuring Volume ♥ Measuring Mass ♥ Metric Conversions Student answer sheet and key also included! Be sure to print full sized (NOT scale to fit) to make sure the length measurements in the answer key are accurate. Want More Metric System Lessons?

This product gives you a variety of options to create a lab report focused on experimental design. Want your students to graph their data? Choose the graph option. Want them to write a CER conclusion? Print that one. Perfect resource for organizing a science fair project! What’s included: Templates for a lab report including sections for: *Question *Identifying Variables *Hypothesis *Procedure *Data *Graph *Conclusion *Claim, Evidence, Reasoning *Sources of Experimental Errors

Looking for a fun way introduce volcanoes? In this activity, students learn all about the volcanoes using this volcano webquest. As the students investigate the webquest, they follow links to research and fill out a graphic notes worksheet along with a case study of a volcano in history. Students even get to try their hand at creating their own volcano by selecting different variables and see how they change the type of eruption.. This engaging webquest focuses on where and why volcanoes f