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This activity will allow students to explore the fun and fascinating Fortune Teller Fish! It seems like magic, but it has a very scientific explanation! Students will work through the process of designing and conducting an experiment, collecting and sharing data, and writing a CER conclusion. This is a simple but highly interactive and engaging activity. Kids really want to figure out what makes these fish work!

This bundle includes the following: All About Atoms Reading and Worksheet All About Elements Reading and Worksheet All About Molecules Reading and Worksheet Each resource can be used for independent student work to introduce or reinforce each term. The worksheets are straight forward and allow students to show what they have learned from the reading. Each resource also includes a print and digital version.

All About Scientific Models is a great reading to use to introduce scientific models to your students! It goes over the basics of what a scientific model is, the various reasons scientists use models, and much more! The comprehension worksheet is easy to follow. This is a great independent reading activity for students!

One of the tricky parts of teaching students about solubility is helping them to understand concentration of solutions and saturation. If a student is testing solubility but adds more solute than the solvent can dissolve, they may incorrectly conclude that the solute is not soluble in that solvent. This online digital simulation will help them to understand concentration and saturation. Students will be able to select a variety of solutes and add them to a solvent until the solution reaches s

This is a simple and quick way to review the CER basics and give students a chance to practice writing the components of a CER. Perfect for beginning of the school year or anytime you think your students need a quick refresher or practice! This worksheet includes information and helpful tips for writing each component of the CER and a sample data set that students can use for practice. Great for independent work, groups, or whole class practice! This product includes a print and a digital ver

The Science Current Event worksheet is a great resource to allow students to read informational science text that interests them. Students are able to select a science-based article that is grade level appropriate and interests them. After reading the article, they will complete the worksheet. This product includes a print worksheet and a digital version as a Google Form. This product can be used over and over, with students selecting new articles each time. This is my go-to emergency sub pl

Let students get to know each other through super heroes and villains! Each student will get to select a super power and decide how they will use - to be a hero or a villain. They will also think through ways that they can use their power to have some fun and the downsides to having their super power. They finish by drawing themselves as their super hero or villain self! My kids love this activity - it's a great ice breaker and students share their super hero or super villain selves. You'll

The Dominant and Recessive Genes slideshow will walk your students through the concepts of dominant and recessive genes, alleles, phenotypes, genotypes, and much more! Students will also have the opportunity to predict the genotypes and phenotypes of potential offspring as well as reflect on why genotypes and phenotypes appear as they do. This is a very engaging activity that students will find easy to understand.

This activity will allow students to explore the fun and fascinating Rotocopter! It's a simple paper toy, but trying to get it to stay in the air longer will be a fun challenge for students as they learn about experimental design! This is a great introduction or review of independent and dependent variables. Students will work through the process of designing and conducting an experiment, collecting and sharing data, and writing a CER conclusion. This is a simple but highly interactive and enga

This resource is included in the Atoms, Elements, Molecules Bundle for a discounted price! All About Molecules is a great reading to use to introduce molecules to your students! It goes over the basics of what a molecule is, covalent bonds, properties of molecules vs the atoms that make them, and much more! The comprehension worksheet is easy to follow. This is a great independent reading activity for students! Check out All About Atoms and All About Elements.

This lab is a fun and easy way to get your students to identify physical and chemical changes. The simple s'more is full of examples of physical and chemical changes! There's physical changes like breaking the graham cracker and the chocolate melting, and plenty of chemical changes like the marshmallow burning and digesting the sweet treat! Students love this lab! Imagine getting to make a delicious s'more at school! Print and digital version included.

All About the Periodic Table is a great reading to use to introduce the periodic table to your students! It goes over the basics of what the periodic table is, how the elements are arranged on the periodic table, the classifications of the periodic table, and much more! The comprehension worksheet is easy to follow. This is a great independent reading activity for students! Check out: Periodic Table BoxesAll About Atoms All About Elements All About Molecules

Get your students up, moving, and thinking about how science is all around them! In this activity, students will be challenged to find items that fit into 7 specific science-related categories. Once they have found an item that fits a category, they need to snap a selfie with the item and add it to the correct slide on the slideshow. They will also write an explanation for how they think that item and category are related to science. Watch as your students look at everyday things in a new wa

This resource is included in the Atoms, Elements, Molecules Bundle for a discounted price! All About Atoms is a great reading to use to introduce atoms to your students! It goes over the basics of what an atom is, what the subatomic particles are, atomic mass, and much more! The follow up worksheet is easy to follow. This is a great independent reading activity for students! A print and digital version are included. Check out All About Elements and All About Molecules too!

This activity leads students through several of the components of experimental design including independent variables, dependent variables, constants, etc. This is great to introduce the concepts or review them. Included is a slideshow that teachers can use to walk students through the process of designing an experiment to solve "the goldfish problem" and a worksheet for students to complete as they work through the activity. This activity can be done as a whole class, in small groups or inde

This activity doubles as a Getting to Know You for students and a lesson on making careful observations! Partners will interview each other with some simple questions while being told to pay attention to their partner during the interview. Once the interviews are finished, students will be quizzed on how well they observed their partner! What color was their partner's shirt? Was their partner wearing glasses? Is their partner wearing shoes or sandals? Going through this activity is a great

This handout is a quick and easy way to introduce or reinforce how to use the boxes of the periodic table to determine information about the atoms of each element. The notes sheet covers what each section of the periodic table box covers (atomic number, symbol, name, atomic mass) and explains how to use basic knowledge of atoms to determine how many protons, neutrons, and electrons are in an atom of each element. The practice worksheet allows students to try out reading periodic table boxes on

This assignment allows students to apply what they know about kinetic energy to a real world scenario - bumper cars! Students should have an understanding of kinetic energy and the effect of mass and speed on kinetic energy. This is a fun and engaging assignments that students can work on independently or as a guided learning assignment. The slideshow includes videos about how bumper cars work and the world's fastest bumper car. This would also be great for sub plans!

All About Physical and Chemical Changes is a great reading to introduce students to the idea of physical and chemical changes. The concepts of properties, reactants, and products, are also touched on. This is available in both print and digital forms. This is a great independent reading activity for students!

All About Properties of Matter is a great reading to introduce or reinforce the concept of properties with your students. The reading covers what a property is as well as defining several properties such as melting point, density, and solubility. The question worksheet is straightforward and will get your students thinking! Great for independent student work, group work, or whole class discussion! This resource includes a print and digital version.