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Physical science Common Core 2.MD.A.1 resources
Second Grade Science Units NGSS Bundle
Teaching second grade science aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards is quite challenging without quality resources to guide you. These in-depth units address all 2nd grade NGSS topics and enable you to plan and teach high-engagement, three-dimensional science lessons. The six units in this bundle blend three important aspects of science and engineering education: the content, the skills, and the big-picture ideas. These units incorporate phenomena, integrate Crosscutting Concepts, a
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Grades:
2nd
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 2-PS1-4
, 2-LS4-1
...
Forces and Motion STEM Challenge
This science downloadable, force and motion activity, was designed to be used with second through fourth-grade classes. A lesson plan aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards, a picture of the station set up, reading passage and recording sheet for this hands-on STEM are included. 3PS2-2 ❤️Click Here to Follow Us!Related Resources⭐ Forces and Motion Posters for elementary grades⭐ Forces and Motion Mini Booklet⭐ Third Grade NGSS 3-PS2: Motion and Stability and Forces and Interactions Un
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
, 4-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-1
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Also included in: Force and Motion Money Saving Bundle
Sound STEM Activities
Create buzz in your classroom about learning sound! Your students will be eager to learn about sound and how it travels. These challenges are sure to engage your students and help them make discoveries about SOUND! Doesn't that SOUND amazing?! In this resource you will find: -A complete list of Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards-Blank 5E lesson plan format for ALL STEM challenges-Supply Checklist-Parent Donation Letter-Pictures of possible designs along with my tips-4 challenge an
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
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NGSS:
1-PS4-4
, 1-PS4-1
Also included in: Sound Waves & Energy Activities
Friction Experiment - Simple Machines, Force, and Motion Unit
This is a great activity to get your children to really visualize the concept of friction.It follows the scientific method so your students can get used to the terminology!As short as this worksheet might be the activity actually takes quite some time to complete.Your kids will love it!You can use any object to roll down the ramp you make BUT it's very important that the object and height of the ramp remain the same for each test. ENJOY!
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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Properties of Solids with STEM Tower Building Challenge
This properties of solids challenge should be done after students have an understanding of properties of matter. Included in this product are a set of instructions for the challenge, two different planning sheets, a recording sheet for recording the properties of the objects used in the challenge, as well as a tips and suggestions sheet based on my experience.❤️Click Here to Follow Us!Related Products⭐ Tower Building Challenges and Recording Sheets⭐ BUNDLE of Brick Building STEM Challenges for
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
2-PS1-4
, 2-PS1-1
, 2-PS1-2
, 2-PS1-3
Also included in: MATTER Mega Bundle for Elementary Grades
Do you Want to Melt a Snowman - STEM activities
What better winter activity could there be than melting a snowman? In this resource there are 3 different STEM experiments that deal with ice and snow. Give your room a little Arendelle transformation and try to melt Olaf, help him enjoy summer, and be like Elsa and make snow with 2 ingredients.The three activities are as follows:1. Do You Want To Melt a Snowman? The students will try to melt the snowman using their breath, salt, and cold water to explore what causes ice to melt faster2. Olaf's
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-1
Also included in: Winter Snow Queen Bundle
First Grade STEM: Engineering
Twenty-two engineering lessons! Each lesson includes student record sheets, photographs of student work, supply list, correlated read aloud, word bank, and teaching tips. All lessons are fully editable by purchaser, and can also easily be used for kindergarten and second grade. In addition to the lessons, I've included a printable graphic of the engineering cycle, a letter to ask parents for materials, a list of clickable links for even more engineering ideas, and a pacing guide. I created t
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Kaleidoscopes - STEAM Guide
ACCESS WITH OUR HANDY ONLINE LEADER PORTAL! Enjoy this engaging program with our easy-to-use online tools. Craft cool toys while investigating exciting optical inventions. Create delightful pattern wheels and reflective mirrors. Then explore simple machines to activate spinning creations. We’ve included resources for 2 versions to scale for different ages and experience levels. Use snap-together cardboard tubes for younger makers (K-2nd). Or, design your own custom tubes with our templates for a
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Grades:
K - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 4-PS4-2
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
...
Wind Racers - STEAM Guide
ACCESS WITH OUR HANDY ONLINE LEADER PORTAL! Enjoy this engaging program with our new, easy-to-use online tools. Forces and motion meet creative design with this super fun project. Learners create custom wind-powered racers while honing meaningful engineering skills. Have a blast making and experimenting while discovering how things are built, move and work. Explore simple machines while sparking imaginations through open design and learner-led inquiry. Reinforce math & measurement skills whi
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Grades:
K - 5th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
...
Sound of Science
Sound of Science is a STEM PBL: a full 2-week science lesson plan geared towards elementary level students between 1st and 3rd grade. Using the 7E system for full student comprehension, this packet contains everything you need (besides an imagination!) to engage with your students and have a blast while teaching them the principles of sound and music while engaging them in fun engineering, matching, and critical thinking activities. A fully-detailed run-down of the activities, materials, and pro
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Inclined Plane Maze - STEAM Guide
ACCESS WITH OUR HANDY ONLINE LEADER PORTAL! Enjoy this engaging program with our easy-to-use online tools. Our Inclined Plane Mazes are a fun activity that fuse simple machines investigation with creative design. This project adds an exciting, new twist to vintage tilt-maze games. Learners have a blast building and making while crafting their own fabulous toys. Use the templates provided or ignite imaginations while designing custom mazes and constructions. This project can also be used to boost
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Grades:
1st - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
...
Lever Launchers - STEAM Guide
ACCESS WITH OUR HANDY ONLINE LEADER PORTAL! Enjoy this engaging program with our easy-to-use online tools. Countdown to fun learning with our adorable mini rocket launchers! Simple machines meet creative design for open and imaginative discovery. Our Lever Launchers project adds a new twist to old-fashioned popsicle stick creations. Explore engineering and design while inventing your own custom launchers. Plus, have fun honing math concepts as you craft mini rockets. The basic design uses 1 pape
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Grades:
K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
...
Four 2nd Grade Standards Based Class-wide Science Fair Projects
This file contains four 2nd grade NGSSS based science fair projects to do with your class. The idea is to do one of these each quarter, and each one is based on one of the domains of science: the Nature of Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science, and Physical Science. Each project covers multiple standards and are great for learning about both the world and the scientific method. Three of them include data sheets for your kids to write down their observations, and all are engaging and
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
2-PS1-1 Structure and Properties of Matter
Help lead your students down a path of exploration of examining the observable properties of matter. This unit plan mixes hands on labs, interactive journal pages, classroom discussion, teacher notes to help facilitate, and connections to common core math and art!
Focus on: describing materials through color, shape, texture, flexibility, and hardness; explaining and understanding what solids, liquids, and gasses are, labeling their environment with those new descriptions, and interacting with t
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Grades:
2nd
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Blow & Go Racers - STEAM Guide
ACCESS WITH OUR HANDY ONLINE LEADER PORTAL! Enjoy this engaging program with our easy-to-use online tools. Have a blast creating and learning with this action-packed project. Scratch-making inspires cool engineering investigations using basic craft and up-cycled supplies. Design custom racers while exploring how things are built, move and work. Learners investigate simple machines and engineering design while inventing their own custom creations. They also put their math & measurement skills
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Grades:
K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
, 4-PS3-1
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Science - Quantitative and Qualitative Observation Worksheet
This worksheet is designed to help students differentiate between qualitative and quantitative observations. There is a place to record the qualitative observations that students make using the five senses as well as a place to record the quantitative observations using more formal data. Students are also asked to record what tool was used to gather the quantitative data. This is a great activity for students first learning about scientific inquiry and practicing how to make observations and gat
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Grades:
2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Scientific Investigation of Color and Crayons: Experimenting with Crayons
A thematic unit with a focus on color and crayons!
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Grades:
1st - 4th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-3
, 2-PS1-1
, 2-PS1-2
STEM Forces & Motion (3rd-5th) grade Energy Bounce DRIVING STEM
ENERGY BOUNCEStudents are challenged to investigate potential and kinetic energy as they look for patterns in the way a ball bounces. Collect data. Analyze data. Make decisions using data. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS1. What is the difference in kinetic and potential energy?2. What are some examples of energy transversions?Potential energy is energy that is stored in an object. If you stretch a rubber band, you will give it potential energy. As the rubber band is released, potential energy is changed to
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 4-PS3-3
...
Standard and Non Standard Units of Measurement
Looking for a fun way to introduce measuring concepts to your students? This resource will surely ‘measure up’! Thank you for purchasing my Ready, Set, Measure resource! This product can be used to introduce measurement in both math and science! My littles enjoy this resource especially learning about non-standard units of measurement. With this product you will receive: •Measurement vocabulary words for word wall.•How Big Is a Foot Activity Sheet and Journal prompt lined sheet•How Big Are Our F
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
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2nd Grade Physical Science | "Learning with Legos
In this 1 Hour 2nd Grade Physical Science Lesson, students will learn what objects can be disassembled and reassembled.Engage in a read aloud by Andrea Bett, Iggy Peck Architect.Conduct experiment disassembling objects made of matterConclusions are drawn as to what types of matter can be disassembled and reassembled into something new.This lesson addresses the overarching essential question throughout the grade levels “How does energy move through and effect matter?*This lesson includes optional
Going Bananas With Measuring
Let's go bananas with measuring length and mass using standard and non-standard units. Bananas are easy to purchase and make excellent objects to measure and compare. Reading selections provide background information about bananas. Follow up question pages are differentiated for two levels of learners. Experiments range from easy counting to using calculators to find averages and percent. Compare mass of banana with other objects on balance scales, use non-standard units to determine length
Grades:
1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-3
Balanced Boats (Bean and the Boat) STEAM FULL LESSON
Background of Lesson: The students in the after-school STEAM program at Blackburn College are in grades 1-3. There are 26 participants in the program. The students are from Carlinville Primary School which is in a rural community that is primarily Caucasian. These students have been recommended by their teachers for being talented and gifted in mathematics and/or science. Prior Knowledge for Students: The students know that we need measurements to build. They also know how to count inches and ce
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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CCSS:
NGSS:
3-PS2-1
STEM Forces & Motion (6th, 7th, 8th) Energy Bounce DRIVING STEM
ENERGY BOUNCEStudents are challenged to investigate potential and kinetic energy as they look for patterns in the way a ball bounces. Collect data. Analyze data. Make decisions using data. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS1. What is the difference in kinetic and potential energy?2. What are some examples of energy transversions?Potential energy is energy that is stored in an object. If you stretch a rubber band, you will give it potential energy. As the rubber band is released, potential energy is changed to
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-PS2-4
...
Trampoline STEM - Second and Third Grade
Learn about the science of trampolines in this engaging, hands-on, project-based STEM learning activity. This worksheet, which can be used with the free video titled "Middle Elementary - Trampoline STEM" found at https://www.mathmindworkshop.com/trampolparks/ , includes a trampoline investigation, an engineering project, and a simple mathematical analysis. For use in a face-to-face classroom, digital learning class, homeschool group, or just in your backyard for fun!
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-PS2-2
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