ScienceSmiles

Just how big is a meter? How many liters of water are in a swimming pool? Students often struggle with conceptual understandings of length, volume, and mass. This fun activity provides a self-guided, online "scavenger hunt" that challenges students to discuss, debate, and decide on how to best measure various everyday objects.

Learning physics is like studying a new language, there are so many terms and concepts that connect! This concept map helps students build bridges between the vocabulary needed for understanding energy, work, and power at a deeper level. You get a word file with two PNG images with transparent background that you can embed in your own resources. There is a blank for students to fill in, either as concepts are developed or as an end of unit review, and a teacher key. A great addition to an intera

The concept of energy is rife with misconceptions! Use this graphic organizer to help your students understand that energy is all connected, just with different "flavors". Students will be able to see that potential energy does NOT mean something is not moving and kinetic is moving. There is more to the story. You will get a Word document with two PNGs with transparent backgrounds that you can copy to use in your own materials or as stand-alones in a presentation or vocabulary review. Students c

TEKS 6.6A The student is expected to compare metals, nonmetals, and metalloids using physical properties such as luster, conductivity, or malleability....but first the student has to know where to find those elements on the periodic table. This folding graphic organizer creates a fun and interactive way to introduce the three types of elements. Print two sided short edge and you'll get two organizers per page. Students fold the labels to cover the periodic table image, then color and paste in

Gameify vocabulary review for the Science STAAR! This puzzle challenges students to match terms with their definitions and create a 4 x 4 square. The square is complete only when all the words and definitions are matched. A great activity for partner work and discussion and to use as an intro while waiting for students to arrive for tutoring or finish other activities.