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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

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

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

⭐⭐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

⭐⭐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

⭐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

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

Engineering Design is a Complete NGSS unit covering all three K-2-ETS1 standards and completely designed for beginner engineers! This interactive unit is engaging and fun for you and your little engineers. This product is all you need to cover all K-2-ETS1 standards! Product includes: Engineering introduction - students learn who engineers are and what they doFinding a solution - students are given a picture and they must identify the problem before thinking of a solutionWhich tool is better -

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 in print OR Google Slides! Engaging, enriching, and even entertaining! This resource dives into the law of conservation of mass using eight different student-centered stations. This sometimes daunting concept is broken down into easy-to-understand terms as each station encourages students to find solutions and/or answers to different concepts of the law. Several stations require students to collect data to graph in order to find evidence to prove the law correct. Print and go student jo

Complete NGSS aligned unit covering 5-ESS23! Print and go packet OR Google slides includes everything you need with very little prep and materials! Save yourself time while engaging your students in NGSS! Unit includes everything from daily warm-ups to differentiated unit tests and everything in between! Google Slides includes terminology, beautiful color pictures, and engaging daily warm-ups. Also included is a station activity in which students form small groups to read about current enviro

Enjoy creativity in your classroom with this exciting educational adventure: "Make a Musical Instrument Project." This hands-on resource transforms learning into a harmonious blend of exploration, research, and craftsmanship, all while utilizing easily accessible classroom and recycle bin materials. Whether in print or digital formats, this no-prep resource is designed for an effortless and engaging experience, inspiring students to craft their own musical masterpieces ending with a class jam se

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