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Cut a wide straw and staple the end to make a simple rocket. Add a drinking straw and you have a STEM activity, an activity to add to your sub folder, a station for a family science night, or an activity to build team spirit in your classroom. To make it easy, I've included: a simple overview of the science involveda teacher demo to introduce the conceptsa quick activity (maybe for your sub folder)a team activity (includes a math extension, angles and graphing)a short essay to read or listen toa

This fun device, also called a Cootie Catcher, can help students review terms for volcanoes: ash, cinders, conduit, lava, magma, magma chamber, tephra, and vent. Choose from several options: One player or two playersColor or blackline words that can be coloredHave a student fill in new definitions using a fortune teller with just termsUse a blank fortune teller to create a completely different resourceI created a web page with directions for making this device and suggestions for additional fort

This fun device, also called a Cootie Catcher, can help students review terms: anemometer, barometer, hygrometer, rain gauge, thermometer, weather, wind sock, wind vane. Choose from several options: One player or two playersColor or blackline words that can be coloredHave a student fill in new definitions using a fortune teller with just termsUse a blank fortune teller to create a completely different resourceI created a web page with directions for making this device and suggestions for additio

Also called a Cootie Catcher, this fun toy can help students review terms (or images for phases of the moon). Play with one player or two. Print actual images or drawn images of the moon. I've included the option of having a student fill in new definitions or using a blank fortune teller to create a completely different resource. I created a web page with directions for making this device and suggestions for additional fortune tellers. This product is one of many science fortune tellers and man

Is it a challenge to remember all the terms for states of matter? This fun device can help students review these terms: boil, boiling point, evaporation, freeze, freezing point, melt, melting point, and sublimation. It could be a distance learning option for you! Choose from several options: One player or two playersColor or blackline words that can be coloredHave students fill in different definitions using a fortune teller with just termsUse a blank fortune teller to create a completely diffe

This fun device, also called a Cootie Catcher, can help students review the components in these systems: circulatory, digestive, immune, integumentary, muscular, nervous, respiratory, and skeletal. For example, the components of the circulatory system are heart, artery, vein, and capillary and the components of the digestive system is mouth, esophagus, stomach, and intestines. Choose from several options: One player or two playersColor or blackline words that can be coloredHave students fill i

This fun device, also called a Cootie Catcher, can help students review terms: battery, circuit, conductor, current, insulator, parallel circuit, series circuit, and switch. Choose from several options: One player or two playersColor or blackline words that can be coloredHave students fill in different definitions or simple drawings using a fortune teller with just termsUse a blank fortune teller to create a completely different resourceI created a web page with directions for making this devic

This fun device, also called a Cootie Catcher, can help students review terms: flower, fruit, leaf, photosynthesis, plant, root, seed, stem. It could be a fun distance learning activity! Choose from several options: One player or two playersColor or blackline words that can be coloredHave students fill in different definitions using a fortune teller with just termsUse a blank fortune teller to create a completely different resourceI created a web page with directions for making this device and

This fun device, also called a Cootie Catcher, can help students review these terms: absorb, concave, convex, absorb, reflect, refract, translucent, and transparent. It could be a distance learning activity! Choose from several options: One player or two playersColor or blackline words that can be coloredHave a student fill in new definitions using a fortune teller with just termsUse a blank fortune teller to create a completely different resourceI created a web page with directions for making

This fun device, also called a Cootie Catcher, can help students review terms: cirrus clouds, cloud, cumulus cloud, hail, rain, sleet, snow, and stratus cloud. It could be a distance learning option for you! Choose from several options: One player or two playersColor or blackline words that can be coloredHave a student fill in new definitions using a lined blank fortune tellerUse a blank fortune teller to create a completely different resourceI created a web page with directions for making this

This fun device, also called a Cootie Catcher, can help students review terms for volcanoes: cinder cone, composite or stratovolcano, crater, eruption, lava, magma, shield volcano, and volcano. Choose from several options: One player or two playersColor or blackline words that can be coloredHave a student fill in new definitions using a lined blank fortune tellerUse a blank fortune teller to create a completely different resourceI created a web page with directions for making this device and sug

Also called a Cootie Catcher, this fun toy can help students review terms for rocks: igneous rock, lava, mineral, magma, metamorphic rock, rock cycle, sediment, sedimentary rock. Play with one player or two. Choose from color or blackline that can be colored. I've included the option of having a student fill in new definitions or using a blank fortune teller to create a completely different resource. I created a web page with directions for making this device and suggestions for additional fort

This fun device can also be called a Cootie Catcher. You can use it to help students review the names for the phases of the moon. It could be a great distance learning resource! I included two different version, real images of the moon and drawn images of the moon. You can have students create a fortune teller to play with a friend or one that they can play solo. You might have students use the blank form to create their own fortune teller for the phases of the moon. I created a web page with

This classic contest combines fun with science and engineering using common materials. Students work alone or in teams. This product includes my description of how my students dropped eggs AND a web page with links to more options that make it easy for you can tailor the activity to your students. Bonus: Have students practice creating a container that protects the raw egg just like scientists at NASA protected the Spirit rover we sent to Mars. Use images, a presentation, or three videos of NA