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Everyone makes a spinner that features key facts! Choose one animal or all five! BIRDS: feathers, color, special feet, hollow bones, lay eggs, special beaksBUGS: exoskeleton, mouth parts, three body parts, wings, dull color for hiding, bright colors for warningCATS: for, warm blooded, blending colors, give birth to live young, nurse there young, kittens are helplessFROGS: moist smooth skin, dry smooth skin, webbed feet, toe pads, bright colors for warning, dull colors for hidingWHALES: blubber,

Use this great product to teach about collisions, potential and kinetic energy. Look at all the resources included with this purchase:      ★  Two simple demonstrations you can use to introduce these topics     ☆  A short text with two reading levels for potential and kinetic energy      ★  Recordings of the texts     ☆  A short text also with a recording about gravitational and elastic potential energy      ★  A teacher demonstration of collision using toy balls, a binder, and an empty milk ca

I pulled activities from other products for you if you're teaching properties of matter, need activities for an after school science club, or for a STEM lesson. Crystals are fascinating to children. I hope your students enjoy these activities as much as my students have. Here's what's included in your purchase:   ❄  Clear directions for four different activities  ❄  5 PowerPoint™ Presentations with dozens of copyright free images   ❄   Videos of the activities to preview or review   ❄   Wor

Race ketchup down a ramp made from wax paper for a fun way to introduce this property of matter and integrate science and math. This could be a fun in class or at home activity. What's included in your purchase?   ➜ a clear description of the activity with lots of suggestions for success   ➜ a video I created to give you an overview of EVERYTHING in this product   ➜ a quick overview of viscosity   ➜ several versions of a student text about viscosity   ➜ recordings of all but one of the student

Teaching an insect unit? About their mouth parts? Animal adaptations? This product will make that so much easier! Here's what's included in this product: ✓ A set of images or a PowerPoint™ with images* to introduce the topic ✓ A teacher demonstration that models insect mouth parts ✓ A worksheet to record information from the demonstration ✓  Worksheets saved in Word™ so you can change them for your students ✓ Worksheets saved in Spanish✓ PowerPoint™ with all the images* used to create thi

Teaching a bird unit? About their beaks? Animal adaptations? This product will make that so much easier! Here's what's included in this product:   ✓ A PowerPoint™ with images* to introduce the topic   ✓ A bird beak modeling activity that uses simple materials**   ✓ A PowerPoint™ with images* of birds with their mouths open so you can see inside!!   ✓ A bird spinner to add to your science notebook   ✓ PowerPoint™ with all the images* used to create this product   ✓  Worksheets saved in Word

Resources that make it easy to teach geologic time, including:   ✓ Demonstration: Create a geologic time line with string   ✓ Create a personal time line   ✓ Model Relative Dating   ✓ Model Radioactive Dating   ✓ Three short essays   ✓ Recordings of the essays for students who benefit from hearing the information   ✓ Teacher background with information   ✓ A web site has more resources!   ✓ Assessment suggestions   ✓ Illustrations for a work cover or a wall display Thanks for visiting my Simply

A GREAT collection of materials for you to add to your unit about the life cycle of a cat. Here's what you'll get with this purchase!   ✓ A short teacher background  ✓ A web page created just for this product   ✓  Images to prompt students to brainstorm what they know   ✓ Colorful, copyright free images to use as you wish   ✓ Three PowerPoint™ presentations saved with both English and Spanish text - one can be used for assessment   ✓  Videos of the introductory presentation can be shown to

A GREAT resource to add to your unit about the life cycle of a whale. Here's all the amazing resources included in with this purchase!   ✓ A short teacher background  ✓ A web page created just for this product with more!   ✓  Images to prompt students to brainstorm what they know   ✓ Colorful, copyright free images to use as you wish   ✓ Two PowerPoint™ presentations saved with both English and Spanish text, one can be used for assessment   ✓ A video of one presentation can be shown to th

A GREAT collection of materials for you to add to your unit about the life cycle of an insect. You can choose a cricket or a ladybug or BOTH. I chose these insects because one has an incomplete life cycle and one has a complete life cycle. Here's what's included with your purchase!   ✓ A short teacher background  ✓ A web page created just for this product   ✓  Images to prompt students to brainstorm what they know   ✓ Colorful, copyright free images to use as you wish   ✓ Three PowerPoint™

A GREAT collection of materials for you to add to your unit about the life cycle of a bird. Here's what you'll get with this purchase!   ✓ A short teacher background with more information, activities, and resources   ✓ A web page created just for this product   ✓  Images to prompt students to brainstorm what they know   ✓ Colorful, copyright free images to use as you wish   ✓ Two PowerPoint™ presentations saved with both English and Spanish text   ✓ A short, informational text for student

A GREAT collection of materials for you to add to your unit about the life cycle of a frog. Here's what you'll get with this purchase!   ✓ A short teacher background  ✓ A web page created just for this product   ✓  Images to prompt students to brainstorm what they know   ✓ Colorful, copyright free images to use as you wish   ✓ Four PowerPoint™ presentations saved with both English and Spanish text   ✓ A short, informational text for students to read with three reading levels in English an

A great collection of resources for growing plants in the classroom. Simple directions for growing seeds*, a time-lapse video, booklets in both English and Spanish, 4 suggestions for assessing student understanding. I included a PowerPoint™ presentation with images of plants that can grow without water. All the images are copyright free so use them any way you like! Extend learning by growing a seed in a bag or a cup. Tie science into math by graphing growth, reading Jack and the Beanstalk and

Are you teaching a unit about what plants need to grow? Read a teacher background about plant needs and find more information on a web page created just for this product. Brainstorm what students know about plants using images included in a PowerPoint™*, take them on mini-field trips, grow plants in different conditions (with and without light, with and without air, with and without water, with and without adequate space) to see what happens when a plant doesn't have what it needs to grow.

Are you teaching about the phases of the Moon? I've combined the resources in four different products Shadows, Orbits, Phases of the Moon for Younger Students and Phases of the Moon for Older Students into a bundle to SAVE YOU MONEY. Here's what's included:   ♥ Four PowerPoint™ presentations with copyright free* images make it easy to present these topics, any presentation with text has versions in English and Spanish   ♥ Lesson plans include 6 teacher demonstrations and 7 class or studen

Need resources for teaching the phases of the Moon?   ✓ Introduce the names for the phases of the Moon with an image and a video.   ✓  Model the phases of the Moon with a flashlight, a student, and a toy ball.   ✓ Gather four or eight students around a student representing the Earth to model the phases of the Moon a different way. Students can chant while the "Earth" is rotating to remember waxing and waning and the names of the phases of the Moon.   ✓ Of course, I included a calendar and

Need resources for teaching the phases of the Moon?   ✓ Introduce the names for the phases of the Moon with images saved in a PowerPoint™ presentation*. Choose from English text or Spanish text.   ✓ Then read about the phases of the Moon. You can choose from three reading levels in English and two in Spanish. It lets you adapt for your student's reading levels! ALL the texts have been recorded so you can listen as a class or a struggling student can listen to the text privately.   ✓ Print 12

Teaching about how the moon orbits the Earth or the Earth orbits the Sun? Student learn about rotation and revolution. Then, a fun teacher demonstration with a Koosh™ ball and string shows students how planets near the Sun have a faster orbital speed compared to planets far from our Sun. They definitely pay attention while they are watching this one! Kids love to watch this demonstration!What's included?A PowerPoint™ presentation* makes it easy to introduce the orbits of the planets in our solar

Teaching about how an object can block light and cast a shadow? Teaching about sundials? Do you want to challenge teams of students to create their own sundials? This product could be just what you need!! Students create a simple sundial that's easy to make and great to take home to where with families. What else is included?         ✓ Several images and a PowerPoint™ presentation* make it easy to introduce sundials. All the images in the presentation are copyright free so you can use them an

Are you teaching about our solar system? I've combined the resources in three different products The Inner Planets, The Outer Planets, and Our Solar System into a bundle to SAVE YOU MONEY. Here's what's included:   ♥ Fourteen short teacher backgrounds introduce you to the important information our solar system and each of the major bodies in the system   ♥ Eleven PowerPoint™ presentations with FREE images make it easy to present this fun topic   ♥ Lesson plans that include 16 teacher demon