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⭐⭐ 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

⭐⭐ Now in print OR Google Slides! This amazing two unit bundle covers the extensive 3-LS4 performance expectations! The first unit covers; 3-LS4-1 - Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. The print and go packet gives students everything they need and more for this performance expectation. Explore the world of fossils with your students with several interactive, engaging lessons. Your students will love t

Great for distance learning use! This HUGE bundle contains EIGHT high-interest informational texts to support NGSS life and earth science units! Each resource begins with an engaging informational text before students APPLY what they learn with comprehension questions and an activity. Activities vary for each resource including; graphing data, analyzing maps, designing solutions, creating a poster, writing a presentation, matching concepts and sketching ideas. Great to use as classwork, homew

Great for distance learning! Three amazing informational texts bundled into one! Each informational text comes with comprehension questions. Also included in the texts are activities for students to apply their knowledge; Graphic organizersGraphing dataFinding a solutionSketching picturesYour students will enjoy reading each of these high interest informational texts! Yellowstone Wolves - During the 1930's, people viewed wolves as dangerous and destructive animals and sought to remove them f

This interactive resource is designed to introduce elementary students to the fascinating world of patterns found in nature. The journey begins with an introduction to common patterns in found nature like symmetry, spirals, waves, and tessellations, paired with student practice to solidify understanding. A video link guides students through a creative tessellation project, combining art with learning. Students then step outside to explore and identify real-life examples of patterns in their surr

Engineering Design includes three different stories which end in a dilemma for your little engineers to solve! Each story requires students to use the engineering design process to create and build a basic design to help the characters achieve their goals. This is a fun and engaging way to introduce students to the engineering design process as they build out of blocks, cups, craft sticks and more. Very easy classroom materials are required for each design. Each story comes with step by step

Want a super fun resource to review fractions? All you need is a couple of bags of Gummy Bears to bring smiles into your classroom while reviewing fractions! Students use Gummy Bears to apply all they have learned. This resource is a great visual way for students to review for an assessment AND standardized tests! Students work with their own bag of Gummy Bears, however much of the review is whole-class collaboration in finding fractions! Also included is a teacher set-up page and answer key.

Want to give a fun treat this Valentine's Day? Students are introduced to Little Gnome who lost his way while delivering his Valentine cards. Students are asked to help Little Gnome get home with the help of his gnome friends. Students work through a series of 5 worksheets with addition and subtraction problems. Each worksheet also has LIttle Gnome's friends giving him encouragement and directions home! Students self-check their work before beginning the next worksheet with complete answer k

Fun activity for students by making a line graph of bean plant growth using two different variables before answering comprehension questions. This resource supports NGSS scientific practices by analyzing and interpreting data and well as support for life science units. Also, this resource supports math CCCS standards for elementary. Clean, colorful pages make this resource appealing to students and teachers! Complete comprehensive student instructions allows students to work independently

How has the population of earth changed in the last three hundred years? Students analyze a graph of human populations on earth from 1750 to present before answering questions about the graph and making a prediction of earth's population by the year 2050. This versatile activity is great for science, social studies or math! This activity is the introduction to the unit Earth and Human Activity and is fully aligned with NGSS.

Little Gnome needs some help! After picking sugar berries in the forest, he can't seem to find his way back home! Students complete 5 worksheets, each with a different gnome giving Little Gnome directions home! After each worksheet is completed, students received the next worksheet, getting closer and closer to Little Gnome's home! After all five worksheets are completed, students are given a beautiful coloring page of Little Gnome and all his friends in the forest home! Worksheets are as f

Give your students a Thanksgiving treat with this amazing math bundle! In the first deck, students solve addition and subtraction problems and in the second deck, students count by 5's, 10's, and 100's! Pilgrims, pies, turkeys, and much more make these decks fun and festive for the Thanksgiving season! Plus, each deck has a fun Lego building block activity at the end! CCSS Math aligned! To Use Boom Cards -To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern bro

A fun, engaging and collaborative activity that allows student groups to act as a chocolate chip resource company! The purpose of this activity is for students to understand the difficulty of mining earth's resources without destroying the environment. Students must mine as many chocolate chips as they can while being mindful of preserving the environment that holds the resource. After the resource has been mined, students calculate their profit before deducting any fines if the environment i

Happy holidays! Warm your student's hearts with this amazing holiday deck set in Owl Town! Students complete 27 cards practicing patterns with holiday owls. The deck begins with a funny joke about owls. After students complete the deck, the answer is revealed! Fun and festive; you and your students will love this adorable deck! This deck is CCSS math aligned with 4.OA.C.5! To Use Boom Cards -To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chro