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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

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

Introduce students to waves in a fun and engaging way with no prep! This mini-unit gives you and your students everything needed to learn about waves! Three lessons with a google slide presentation complete with video links is all you need! Lessons - What is a wave? How do waves move? Parts of a wave Next, students will engage in a super fun activity of making and labeling their own waves using clay or play-doh. Huge hit! Rubric included for easy grading. Finally - Show what you know! Student

Explore the fascinating world of plants and animals with this interactive and comprehensive 3rd-grade unit! Delve into the life cycles of plants and animals, from Molecules to Organisms, through the NGSS 3-LS1-aligned curriculum. This fun and engaging unit requires minimal preparation and materials - simply print and get started! Throughout the unit, students will immerse themselves in captivating lessons, activities, and projects, employing a variety of classroom strategies to enhance their lea

Now comes in print or digital (Google Slides) Natural Selection and Adaptation text passages provide enriching information and thought provoking comprehension questions! Your students will enjoy each of the six reading passages based on scientific phenomena. Each of the six passages comes with informational text comprehension questions aligned to 3rd and 4th-grade common core standards in ELA and NGSS standards. Full answer key included for each set of comprehension questions and a rubric. T

Looking for a fun, full week of engineering design challenges for your students? Look no further - Tom the Turkey's Great Escape is the perfect plan for your holiday season! Tom the Turkey wants to escape the barnyard so he's not served on the dinner table this year and he needs your students help! Resource also comes with an engineering design process classroom poster, a flipbook for students to plan and record data, and a fun award if they save Tom! Check out the five challenges below wh

Where would we be without bees? This engaging informational text explains the importance of bees in our world by continuing the cycle of pollination. Students first read the informational text before conducting a fun activity where they pollinate their own worksheets! Next, students answer comprehension questions about the text. Finally, students show their creative side by completing a graphic organizer with sketches of each step of the pollination process. This resource is part of the co

Complete unit now in print or digital formats! Collaborative and engaging, this resource has absolutely everything you need to teach a two week unit on earth's events! Students begin the unit by relating time to different events and processes in their own lives using a quick or slow chart before learning about the earth's processes. Several lessons, activities, informational texts, and create art projects allows you to use the entire unit or choose what your students need! Students rotate t

Engage your students in this fun and hands-on Candy Corn Catapults engineering challenge! Combining STEM learning with Halloween-themed excitement, this resource includes everything your students need to design, build, and test their own candy corn catapults. Students will begin by reading an informational text about the history of candy corn, complete with three comprehension questions to test their understanding. They will then dive into the engineering challenge, where they’ll brainstorm,

Bring the brilliance of the Renaissance into your classroom with Italian Artists of the Renaissance, a complete, student-friendly unit designed to spark curiosity and creativity. This engaging resource introduces students to the Renaissance and helps them locate Italy on a map before diving into four of the era’s most influential artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello. Each artist study includes a clear, age-appropriate informational text, a hands-on, engaging activit

The Mona Lisa is considered to be the most famous painting of all time. This fun and creative project begins with two videos explaining the history and intrigue of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece as well as the artist himself. Student work pages included for students to complete while watching the videos. Next, students are given time to observe and create their own line art before creating their own Mona Lisa masterpiece. Use a thin black marker OR let students make it as colorful as they w

⭐⭐ Offered in print or digital! ⭐⭐ Looking for an engaging and meaningful resource to teach adaptations? Here it is! Resource begins with two embedded video links to introduce the two major types of adaptations before a quick lesson. Next, students complete a card sort for behavioral and structural adaptations. Finally, students answer questions and make two of their own adaptation cards with plants or animals of their choice. Switch with a neighbor to see if they can figure out the adaptat

⭐⭐NOW IN GOOGLE SLIDES!⭐⭐ Introduce your students to amber and how scientists are using amber to unlock the mysteries of dinosaurs and the ancient world. Students read an informational text about where amber comes from, how it traps specimens, and how a quarter-sized piece of amber found in a far-off marketplace held many answers to a growing debate; did dinosaurs have feathers? After students read the informational text, they answer comprehension ques

Modeling LIfe Cycles project is designed for students to delve into the fascinating world of organism life cycles. Throughout this engaging and hands-on resource, students will develop models, conduct guided independent research, and create a variety of visuals to deepen their understanding of how living beings grow and change over time. This project emphasizes that while life cycles are unique and diverse across organisms, they share common stages of birth, growth, reproduction, and death. Reso

Engage your students in a fun activity that reinforces natural selection and adaptation! Quick review of natural selection given before students get to work developing an environment. Students choose the climate, vegetation, and terrain of their environment. Next, students must create a creature that has traits necessary to survive in the environment. Finally, students describe the traits and why they are suited to its environment. ⭐⭐Offered in print or digital! Student can make a poster of

Butterfly Life Cycles is an engaging and comprehensive educational resource designed specifically for 3rd-grade students to explore the fascinating world of butterflies and their life cycle. This resource incorporates various interactive activities, informational texts, embedded videos, comprehension questions, and hands-on projects that will captivate young learners and deepen their understanding of patterns in nature. Offered in print or digital! Activities Included: Patterns in Nature Expl

Acorn launching system is an engineering design project that can be accomplished at home OR at school. Students are briefly introduced to the engineering design process before reviewing the objective of the project. Several ideas for systems are given to students so they begin to think about their own design. Next, students the engineering design process as a guide for the project. This resource comes as a google slide document to give virtually or in class. Have a fantastic time with your stude

⭐⭐ Offered in print or digital! Looking for an engaging and meaningful resource to teach plant adaptations? Here it is! Resource begins with embedded video links to introduce the types of plant adaptations before a quick lesson. Next, students read an informational text comparing different types of plants and how they adapt to survive their environment. Students answer conclusion questions before completing a picture study of Petrified National Park! Related Products• Adaptations Sort• N

Welcome to the fascinating world of frogs! In this engaging and informative resource, students will embark on a journey to discover the incredible life cycle of these remarkable amphibians. Through a variety of activities, such as an informational text with comprehension questions, posters, and embedded videos, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the stages of a frog's life cycle. Students will be introduced to the concept of a life cycles in nature. Through easy-to-understand la

✨ Elevate Your Holiday Learning! Dive into festive fun while hitting educational standards! Explore Simple Machines: Begin with a lively presentation on simple machines, setting the holiday mood. Students then craft a dazzling poster showcasing their newfound knowledge. Unwrap a Tale: Read "How to Catch a Reindeer" and dive into a worksheet related to simple machines in the story. Students craft a handy booklet as a guide to creating two simple machines for catching their very own reindeer –