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This activity is centered around the concept of motion. This activity defines motion and gives instruction and examples on how it cat be calculated and graphed. This activity includes informational text on calculating and graphing motion as well as a variety of problems to check for understanding. There are problems that involve solving for speed, distance traveled, and time in motion. Distance vs. Time and Speed vs. Time graphs are discussed. Twelve distance vs. time graphs and twelve spe

This is an activity that requires students to interpret distance/ position vs. time graphs and speed vs. time graphs. This activity includes 12 distance vs. time graphs and 12 seemingly identical speed vs. time graphs. Students are required to select the most accurate description of each graph from a set of four statements. This activity is designed to illustrate the necessity of paying attention to the axes. The interpretation of a distance vs. time graph may be completely different than th

Graphs and Graphing Data: Tables, Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, and Pie Charts. This is a 27 page science/math reading comprehension activity with multiple choice and short answer questions throughout. This packet is meant to be a stand-alone activity for elementary and middle school aged children on some of the more common graphs used in science, mathematics, and business. There are informative passages on tables, bar graphs, line graphs, and pie charts. Multiple variable bar and line graphs

Included in this product are 200 Science Vocabulary cards in the popular I Have.. Who Has... format. There are six science vocabulary review games in total. I designed these for use in my own classroom, however each set is designed to target vocabulary common in most 5th grade science curricula. The science review topics included are: Science Review Game 1: Force and Motion (30 cards) Science Review Game 2: Matter and Energy (40 cards) Science Review Game 3 : Weather (Basic Vocabulary) (

Students will use given distance and time data to create distance vs. time graphs and illustrate the motion of an object. Students must accurately plot the data given and then accurately describe the motion of the object. This activity is differentiated. Students may either write their own descriptions from the graphs they create, or they can select a description from the choices provided and cut and paste it in to place. This is a great way to apply mathematics concepts and force and moti

This is a cut and paste matching activity on weather instruments. Ten weather instrument images are included. These two activities will help your students become familiar on both the appearance of these instruments and the weather data they are intended to collect. *****Please Read***** These matching activities are also included in one of my other products which also contains larger images of each weather instrument for a bulletin board set. It is available for $3.00. The following link

This packet is designed to teach students about mass and weight while also teaching them about the instruments most commonly used to measure them. This unit includes 16 pages of informative text, student projects, science labs, and assessment opportunities. Students will make a balance and a spring scale from common materials. They will also test some of the most fundamental laws of science. Students will become familiar with mass and weight and how they are measured. Vocabulary is strongly

This is an activity designed to teach your students about pie charts and how to use data to calculate percentages. This activity includes: 1. one page of informational text that details the function of a pie chart 2. one page that instructs your students on how to calculate percentages from known totals 3. three pages designed to give your students some practice with pie charts and performing percentage calculations 4. a student activity page which will allow them to create a pie ch

This is a set of ten full size weather instrument images to help your students master their weather instrument vocabulary. Great for focus walls or bulletin boards, these cards will help your students recognize the function of a variety of weather instruments. Included with this bulletin board set are three student assessment activities. Two are cut and paste activities, and the third is a fill-in-the-blank, context clue activity. Once completed, they would make a great addition to a science

This motion quiz is based on force and motion concepts. Students must be able to compare one half of motion to another, infer motion from distance time graphs, and calculate variables of motion such as: speed, distance traveled, and duration of motion. There are twelve total questions on this motion quiz. The first four questions require students to compare one half of motion to another and are in multiple choice format. The second four questions require students to interpret distance time

This resource is comprised of main idea and supporting detail sort pages for students to complete. These were created to support NC ELA standards while reviewing content relevant to science and social studies, however they are applicable to any 3-5 curriculum. Students are to cut out the scrambled sentences and arrange them by topic with the main idea sentence at the top of each group. There are 14 sorting pages and all. An answer key is provided.

This is a four page activity on line graphs. This product included three line graphs with ten questions each. There is also a page included for students to make their own line graph. Each graph includes a different scale. Addition, Subtraction, and Comparing skills are stressed in these activities. ****PLEASE READ***** This product is included in one of my other products titled, "Graphs and Graphing Data: Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, and Pie Charts." That product is much larger and includes ad

This product contains 6 self-directed labs on physical and chemical interactions of matter. This product is loaded with science vocabulary and informational text. The first three labs provide examples of physical interactions/changes of matter. The next three are examples of chemical interactions/changes of matter. The labs are designed to be performed in sequence over a period of roughly two weeks. Each lab explains the last and introduces/reviews science terminology. These labs were desig

This is a comprehensive product on the phases of the moon. There are six pages devoted to student comprehension of the phases of the moon. These pages would make a great addition to a science notebook. Student responses are needed throughout. This product also includes several detailed diagrams to help your students gain a spacial understanding of the sun-moon-earth system. Students are required to apply what is learned from the informative text to complete several projects on their own.

This is a 40 card set of I Have... Who Has... for vocabulary related to matter and energy. These cards were made to cover common vocabulary for NC Essential Standards, but they would make a great addition to any curriculum that covers matter and energy as well. *** I Have.. Who Has... Bundle*** 6 Games/ 200 Vocabulary Words 5th Grade Science Vocabulary I Have... Who Has... Bundle - 200 Vocabulary Words

This product is four pages of bar graph practice and assessment. This product contains two single bar graphs with ten questions that accompany each of them. Various scales are used. Students are required interpret the information represented on the graph. Students will have to perform addition and subtraction within 100 to answer many of the questions. Students will have to make estimations and comparisons of data. I have also included a double bar graph for the students that quickly maste

This is a letter that I send home to parents in case they would like to do a little science project over the winter break that we perform in class on the final days of the year. This letter contains instructions for the family to make "Borax Snowflakes." This is a very inexpensive and relatively safe experiment to perform at home or in the classroom, and students always enjoy making them in class to take home before the break. Then, they get to go home and amaze their family with their scienti

This is a weather I have... Who has... game to help your students become masters of weather vocabulary. This product contains a total of 60 weather-themed cards that focus on weather vocabulary. Two games are included, with 30 cards intended to be used for each game. Instructions for this fast-paced weather review game are included. Laminate each set and they will last the rest of your teaching career! *** I Have.. Who Has... Bundle*** 6 Games/ 200 Vocabulary Words 5th Grade Science Vo

This is a two page activity designed to be an introduction to the Bar Graph. It is intended to demonstrate the usefulness of a bar graph for quick comparisons of groups of data. This is an informational text with an example of a bar graph and multiple choice questions that follow. It would be great for in introduction to graphs, a homework assignment, or a classwork grade.

Force and Motion Vocabulary Review This is a 30-card I have... Who has... game that addresses common vocabulary associated with force and motion standards. These cards were designed to meet the demands of end of grade testing in fifth grade for North Carolina's Essential Standards, but they are great for any grade that teaches force and motion. Meets standards 5.P.1, 5.P.1.1, 5.P.1.2, 5.P.1.3 Print them out, laminate them, and they will last the rest of your teaching career. The follow