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Help your students explore one of the most exciting modern debates in paleontology: Is T. rex on the wrong branch of the dinosaur family tree? This resource includes TWO engaging, ready-to-print reading passages—one written for high school readers and one adapted for ELL and 7th–8th grade students—that explain how new scientific evidence is challenging the traditional dinosaur classification system. Students will learn how scientists have grouped dinosaurs for over a century, why recent rese

Bring some holiday fun into your chemistry classroom with this Thanksgiving-Themed Types of Reactions Pixel Art Activity! Students will classify 12 chemical reactions (synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, double replacement, and combustion) plus answer 3 more questions related to identifying reaction types. Each correct answer reveals part of a festive Thanksgiving pixel picture — like turkeys, pies, or fall colors! This Google Sheets activity is 100% self-checking, making it perfec

Teach life science ALL YEAR LONG with this EVER GROWING hands-on, seasonal Living vs. Nonliving Sorting Bundle for K–2! Students cut, sort, classify, glue, graph, and write using real-world and seasonal objects. Every resource includes: Perfect for science centers, morning work, sub plans, homeschool, and co-op learning. WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE BUNDLE Resource 1: Original Living vs. Nonliving Sort Real-world objects (tree, dog, seed, shell, toy car, robot, etc.) Includes tricky items like se

Make science meaningful and hands-on this November with a Thanksgiving-themed Living vs. Nonliving sorting activity perfect for K–2! Students cut and sort Thanksgiving objects (turkey, pumpkin, pie, leaf, scarecrow, corn, etc.) into the correct category Living or Nonliving while strengthening science vocabulary, fine motor skills, and early classification skills.This resource goes beyond a typical cut-and-paste worksheet! Give your science block a seasonal twist and build critical thinking

Add a winter twist to your science block! Students classify living and nonliving winter objects like pine trees and polar bears in this interactive cut-and-paste science sort. Encourage reasoning with “tricky” examples like icicles and snowmen while practicing observation, fine-motor, and vocabulary skills. Includes picture cards, sorting mat, and extension activities for a CER or graphing. This is the perfect print and go activity! ❄️ Perfect for: Winter science units, winter centers, o

Bring a little spook to your science lesson with this Halloween-themed Living vs. Nonliving cut-and-paste sort! Students will classify fun seasonal items—like bats, pumpkins, skeletons and candy—while reasoning about what makes something alive. Includes sorting mat, themed picture cards, and extension options for CER and graphing practice for deeper thinking. A perfect blend of Halloween fun and life-science skills!Perfect for: October centers, homeschool co-ops, or Friday fun lessons Skill

Make learning science hands-on with this engaging Living vs. Nonliving Sorting Activity! Perfect for young learners, this cut-and-paste worksheet helps students observe, sort, and classify real-world objects while building science vocabulary and critical-thinking skills. Ideal for science centers, morning work, or homeschool lessons. Includes printable picture cards, sorting mat, and extension pages for a CER or graphing practice —no prep required! ⭐ Perfect for: Kindergarten through 3rd gr

In this ready-to-use science reading activity, students explore how NASA scientists turn space data into sound using sonification! Perfect for grades 6 –9, this engaging passage introduces sound waves, frequency, and amplitude through real NASA examples like the Pillars of Creation and Bubble Nebula. It’s both print-and-go or digital, making it ideal for sub plans, enrichment, or NGSS-aligned lessons on waves and space science. Includes comprehension questions, a critical thinking extension, and

This bundle includes 9 weeks worth of daily science skill prompts. Skills covered include: observations/inferences, measurements, data analysis, graph completion, communicating results and ideas, engineering design and much more! It can be used as a review of material, introduction to new skills or reinforcement. Can be used as individual or partner/group exercises. products included in bundle: science skills bell ringers science skills bell ringers 2 science skills bell ringers 3 These produc

All About Me Stanley Cup! Back-to-School ActivitiesThis All About Me activity is designing your own Stanley Cup to get to know your students better. It is the perfect activity for getting to know your kids on the first day or week back to school. They can truly let their personalities shine through by designing their bottle! Students get to answer questions about themselves on the back of the bottle. All pages are completely editable to best suit what you'd like to know about your students! What

Three weeks' worth of bell ringer questions for your Chemistry class Stoichiometry Unit! This is an excellent assortment of all topics covered in a typical stoichiometry unit and is meant to jog students' memories of concepts at the beginning of class. The bell ringers scaffold from the basics of scientific notation to molar mass to basic stoichiometry to limiting reactants. All questions and sheets are editable to suit your class best.

Do you need a quick and easy scavenger hunt activity for your class this Earth Day? This scavenger hunt worksheet includes 9 objects that are easily found inside and right outside your classroom that are perfect for talking about Earth Day! Students will trace the word and color the objects once they find each object!

Do you need an easy coloring Earth Day activity to accompany your lesson? This coloring page Earth Day pledge activity is to follow a lesson on why protecting our Earth is important! Students can write their pledge in the box and color in the sheet to decorate your classroom!

By engaging students from the moment they enter the classroom, bell ringers set a tone of focus and readiness for learning. These brief, targeted exercises help students transition mentally from outside distractions to academic tasks, priming their brains for optimal engagement. I've created 3 weeks worth of bell ringers to target various science skills to promote in your classroom including: ObservationsMeasurements & EstimationsClassificationInquiry & InvestigationScientific MethodGraphing &

This worksheet (Plus Answer Key) will give your students the opportunity to identify reactants, products, limiting reactants, and excess reactants using pictures and real world examples. It is used to introduce and reinforce the basics of limiting reactants and relate them to examples students are familiar with in life such as making muffins or inflating balloons. The students will also demonstrate their understanding by predicting and drawing the final products when given an equation. This is

A great article about the science behind LEAP YEARS! This is an excellent activity for when you need a substitute or can be used to introduce the orbit of Earth around the Sun. This completely editable google doc allows you to alter the article to include information you cover in your class or give as-is to students! There are 7 questions included along with an answer key. Students will learn about why we have leap years from a science standpoint, when the observance of leap years began, seasona

This is an excellent activity for when you need a substitute or can be used to introduce the symbiotic relationships! This completely editable google doc allows you to alter the article to include information you cover in your class or give as-is to students! There are 8 questions included along with an answer key. Students will learn about how dolphins help fishermen catch fish through a mutualistic relationship, what a symbiotic relationship is, importance of marine ecosystem conservation and

This is an excellent activity for when you need a substitute or can be used to introduce the topic of advancements in science using artificial intelligence! This completely editable google doc allows you to alter the article to include information you cover in your class or give as-is to students! There are 7 questions included along with an answer key. Students will learn about how scientists use AI to help with advancements in medicine in the areas of early detection, tailored treatments based

This Limiting Reactant PowerPoint is perfectly scaffolded to help all students understand how to identify limiting reactants in an equation and how to calculate limiting reactant problems. Included is a PowerPoint, fill in the blank notes that follow along with the PowerPoint, and an Answer Key! The first calculation is labeled and broken down into the individual steps which makes it easy for students to refer back to when they get stuck. This is a great lesson to use with Honors, regular chemis

Dimensional Analysis and Stoichiometry can be difficult concepts for students. This activity is scaffolded so that any learner can be successful! The students will start off with shapes and pictures that allows the content to feel relatable, and then ultimately move onto dimensional analysis calculations. This activity should be used to help students understand the process of dimensional analysis before jumping into stoichiometry problems. This document is editable to suit your classroom needs a