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COMPLETE full year science curriculum! 8 amazing units covering 5th-grade NGSS! Each unit includes lesson plans, activities, stations, poster projects, assessments, daily warm-ups, and so much more! Everything you need to teach science for months ALL IN ONE PLACE! Very little prep and materials allow you to print and begin! Units include:❤️5-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions ❤️5-PS2 Gravity ❤️5-LS1 What do Plants Need to Grow? ❤️5-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics ❤️5-ESS2 Earth'

Complete fossil unit aligned with NGSS with best-selling FOSSIL STATIONS! Explore the world of fossils with your students in a fun and engaging way with All About Fossils! Students will enjoy learning about fossils with several interactive, engaging lessons. Your students will love the hands-on activities such as; making secret fossils in either clay or Play-doh before the class takes a guess as to what it is, making mold fossils out of bread and Swedish fish and comparing maps of T. rex fos

During the 1930's, people viewed wolves as dangerous and destructive animals and sought to remove them from Yellowstone National Park. This three-part informational text takes students on a journey from the wolves removal in the 1930s to their amazing return in the 1990s and the subsequent transformation of Yellowstone's present-day ecosystem. The ecological changes after their removal were widespread and evident. An excellent lesson about the power of nature's interconnections and the casca

Looking for the perfect way to start science each day? This FULL YEAR resource is for you! Well over 120 daily warm-ups give plenty of fun, engaging options to start science each day! This resource follows along with 5th-grade NGSS science units however, it can be used for any class that teaches astronomy, matter, earth science, environmental science, or plants. Never panic again about not having the perfect segway to ease into your science lesson - just click and go! Why not assign three or fou

Now in print OR Google Slides! Complete NGSS aligned unit covering 5-ESS2! How does the rock cycle and water cycle interact? How are living things affected by the atmosphere? Students learn each of the four systems of Earth and how they interact in an engaging, fun way! Unit includes everything from daily warm-ups to differentiated unit tests and everything in between! Unit chapters include:• What is a system? • Earth’s systems • The atmosphere • The hydrosphere • The geosphere • The bios

Earth's Place in the Universe is a COMPLETE NGSS unit. Unit covers the solar system, brightness of stars, and patterns of the Earth, moon, and stars! Have your science lessons ready at your fingertips each day with complete lesson plans, including materials needed, embedded video links, daily warm-ups, and fun lessons and activities! ⭐Offered in print or digital! ☀️ Earth's Place in the Universe: The unit includes two chapters:• Apparent brightness of stars • Patterns of the Earth, Moon,

⭐⭐ Now print OR Google Slides!! This resource is included in Matter and its Interactions complete unit! Explore physical properties of matter with your students in a super engaging way while covering NGSS 5-PS1-3; Make observations and measurements to identify substances based on their properties! Fun and highly engaging, students begin a KWL on matter before completing a chart of the physical properties of matter. A beautiful Google Slide presentation accompanies the chart to give students

A highly engaging NGSS aligned unit covering natural selection and adaptations. Students will enjoy the interesting reading passages based on scientific phenomena that are given as a central theme to each lesson. Reading comprehension questions are aligned with ELA standards. Also included are several fun, engaging activities that students will enjoy while gaining a deeper understanding of the content. Students sharpen their math skills by graphing data and analyzing results. Students also u

Digital or Print - Choose Your Adventure! NOW WITH BONUS RESOURCE! ❤️Introduction to claim, evidence, reasoning - an easy to understand resource for you and your students to learn the how and why of argumentative writing in the science classroom! Uncover the amazing phenomena of whale evolution through this captivating two-part activity that seamlessly integrates science and ELA standards. Perfect for inquisitive minds, this exploration is designed to span two to three class periods. Part On

Complete NGSS-aligned unit covering 5-ELS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics! Print and go packet includes everything you need with very little prep or materials! Just print and begin! Complete lesson plans included with clickable links! ⭐⭐IN PRINT OR DIGITAL! ⭐⭐ The unit includes three chapters:• What is an ecosystem? • Energy roles in ecosystems • Changes in ecosystems This product includes a variety of learning strategies including:• Daily warm-ups with • Guided notes for each

Engaging informational text about animals' amazing senses! Students begin by sketching each of the five senses and how humans use these senses to survive. Next, students read an informational text before identifying a familiar animal with an amazing sense or senses. Next, answer comprehension questions and complete a model drawing of echolocation paths from a bat to different objects in nature. Students also have some fun by matching animal senses to the animal. Students then draw a map usin

⭐⭐Now in print OR Google Slides! Complete NGSS-aligned unit covering 5-PS1 Matter and its interactions! Print and go packet includes everything you need with very little prep or materials! Just print and begin! Complete lesson plans included! The unit includes four chapters:What is Matter?Conservation of Mass Properties of MatterMixtures and SolutionsPhysical and Chemical ChangesThis product includes a variety of learning strategies including:• Daily warm-ups are shown on an attractive Google

⭐⭐ Now in print or Google Slides! Introduce your students to the amazing scientific phenomena of the peppered moths in England during the 19th and 20th centuries as the Industrial Revolution drastically changed their environment! Students are first introduced to what natural selection is and what it is not using a diagram and explanation. Next, students read an informational text about the story of the peppered moths and how natural selection changed the population over the course of 100 years

A fun and engaging way for students to understand the difference between mass and weight using a rock as an example! Students first read the informational text describing the differences between mass and weight. Next, the rock takes a trip to each of the different planets in our solar system so students can calculate the weight of the rock on each planet and compare with its mass. Students then answer comprehension questions before creating their own planet to calculate the weight of the rock

⭐⭐Looking for an engaging way to cover NGSS 5-ESS1-1; The Brightness of Stars? This resource allows students to look closely at five of Earth's neighboring stars. Students compare the stars by creating two charts - distance and brightness. Three embedded videos help students understand the distance of objects in space and apparent brightness. Next, students complete a CER stating that the sun and stars' apparent brightness is due to their relative distances from Earth. Finally, students take a q

Complete unit focusing on claim, evidence, and reasoning for elementary students! This unit has EVERYTHING you need to teach CERs in a way that students will understand and enjoy. Common Core ELA standards of writing are covered in this unit as well as NGSS standards which requires students to construct an argument as part of science learning. This unit will teach and prepare students for this valuable skill! Unit includes: ✔️ 12 days of lesson plans with clickable links to videos ✔️ Colorful

Ahoy, adventurous educators! Prepare to set sail for an unforgettable evening of learning and fun with our Pirates Family STEM Night! This super-fun resource provides everything you need to host an engaging STEM night for a large crowd. With five thrilling STEM challenge stations, station posters, participant instructions, and printouts to enhance the excitement, your students will be immersed in hands-on learning from start to finish. Designed to be completed in about 90 minutes! Editable famil

⭐Now with a Google Slide option! Six engaging stations - take your students on a journey to learn about the predictable patterns of the earth, moon, and stars! Each station has an interesting informational text to give students background information and how these patterns have been used since ancient times. After students read the informational text and observe the pictures, illustrations, and/or graphs they apply what they have learned by answering thought-provoking questions, creating grap

⭐⭐Now in print OR Google Slides! Fun and engaging poster project to cover NGSS 5-PS1-1! Students are introduced to the three states of matter before generating a list of four objects/substances in their everyday lives for each type. Students then practice modeling matter before beginning the poster project. Students use the project poster guide to help them complete each section. A rubric is included with this resource! After the project is complete, students take a quick check quiz as a f

Four amazing units in one resource! ⭐⭐Now with FREE bonus unit - Introduction to Claim, Evidence, Reasoning! Highly engaging units cover natural selection and adaptations, fossils, plant and animal life cycles and animal groupings. Students will enjoy the interesting reading passages based on scientific phenomena which are included in each unit. Reading comprehension questions are aligned with ELA standards. Also included are several fun, engaging activities that students will enjoy while gain