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Physical science Common Core CCRA.SL.4 resources
End of Year or Summer Activity on Electromagnetic Waves Spectrum NGSS HS-PS4-5
Newly updated as a digital PDF for in person, home or distance learning, this OPEN-ENDED and ENGAGING NGSS middle or high school research project challenges students to investigate the behavior and interactions of one of the electromagnetic waves and devices to fulfill the NGSS Performance Expectation HS-PS4-5. Communicate technical information about how some technological devices use the principles of wave behavior and wave interactions with matter to transmit and capture information and energy
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-PS4-5
Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Activity
Your middle school students will love making real life data driven decisions about energy sources for a fictional city. After they analyze the renewable and nonrenewable energy sources they'll create a presentation to persuade a panel why their choices are right for the city. Sharpen your student’s critical thinking, persuasive writing, and presentation skills this with project on energy sources! This project will give your middle school students the chance to analyze the energy needs of a ci
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
Also included in: Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Sources Project Bundle
2nd Grade NGSS Physical Science COMPLETE STEM Curriculum Unit Bundle!! (2-PS1)
This unit is a comprehensive STEM curriculum that covers ALL of the Next Generation physical science and engineering standards (NGSS- 2-PS1-1, 2-PS1-2, 2-PS1-3, 2-PS1-4) for 2nd grade and also has built in technology integration options, math application opportunities, and an integrated literacy component in EVERY lesson. Throughout this unit students will be actively engaged in fun, interactive, hands-on, inquiry based learning through student-led activities. These lessons were created and comp
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Grades:
2nd
NGSS:
2-PS1-4
, 2-PS1-1
, 2-PS1-2
, 2-PS1-3
NGSS Properties of Materials- Flexibility Experiment & Lesson! (2-PS1-1)
The more students are able to test the various properties of materials, the better understanding they gain in why we use certain materials for a particular purpose. This lesson allows students to investigate and test the FLEXIBILITY of different objects! Perfect for your 2nd grade physical science unit! Students will predict, test, and use data collected to rate materials on a flexibility scale. Students will also practice the skills of justification and apply their learning to real word scenari
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Grades:
2nd
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NGSS:
2-PS1-1
, 2-PS1-2
2nd Grade STEM- NGSS- COMPLETE Matter and Its Interactions Science Unit! (2-PS1)
This integrated 2nd grade STEM curriculum unit is perfect for exploring all of NGSS that focus on Matter and its Interactions! This fun and engaging unit is full of science investigations, engineering challenges, integrated ELA and math activities (CCSS), technology components, and a number of other useful STEM resources! Get ready to have your students explore the wonders of matter and their properties through engaging, inquiry based hands on activities! All lessons included in this unit are N
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Grades:
2nd
NGSS:
2-PS1-4
, 2-PS1-1
1st Grade NGSS Sound Unit! (1-PS4-1) Over 30 Resources!! CCSS Aligned!
This engaging STEM mini-unit is a NGSS and Common Core aligned integrated unit that uses science, technology, engineering, math and LITERACY to provide meaningful and inquiry-based learning experiences for your students. This product has over 15 hours of S.T.E.M. Instruction. All the disciplines are interwoven throughout the unit to provide a true STEM curriculum. With easy-to-follow lesson plans this unit provides a fluid scope and sequence to guide teachers through the 1st grade Next Generatio
Grades:
1st
Types:
NGSS:
1-PS4-1
Protect Your "Eggstronaut" Egg Drop Project
These google slides will walk your class through designing a lander to protect an astronaut during space travel. It gives background information and provides students with critical thinking questions about space exploration and the engineering of spacecrafts. Combine this with the project worksheet found in another listing.
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Protect your "Eggstronaut" Project
Protect your "Eggstronaut" Project
These activities will walk your class through designing a lander to protect an astronaut during space travel. It gives background information and provides students with critical thinking questions about space exploration and the engineering of spacecrafts.
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Science Project Choice Menu for ANY Topic! Great for End of Year!
I have loved using this project at the end of the year, after testing is complete, and I really want to give students the opportunity to take a topic of choice and run with it. I also think this project would work in the back-to-school transition time, to really help me get to know the students interests and motivations. I could even see using this project with a specific unit of study. I've really just had so much fun with it.
This activity, because it allows the students complete freedom of c
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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CCSS:
TED Talk Guided Notes Student Handout- Wildfires and the Environment
This TED talk worksheet is an activity that is a perfect addition to your NGSS science lesson on combustion or the environment- it is designed to be used with the TED Talk where Paul Hessburg discusses megafires and how human impact has contributed to their intensity in recent times. Students can use this resource to answer questions and learn more about megafires, human impact, Native American's connection to fire, and how Fire Management has changed in the last 100 years. TED Talks are an exc
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ESS3-1
Protect your "Eggstronaut" Egg Drop Worksheet
This worksheet will walk your class through designing a lander to protect an astronaut during space travel. It gives background information and provides students with critical thinking questions about space exploration and the engineering of spacecrafts. It follows the basic format of engineering design process and the scientific method. Combine this with the google slides found in another listing.
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Protect your "Eggstronaut" Project
Potatoes on Mars
This is a culminating project that I use for my unit on Metabolism. It is based on the book/movie, “The Martian” and utilizes the science from the book to have students determine if they would be able to survive on Mars just like the character Mark Watney does. Once students see the problem solving involved in this process, they are tasked with creating a proposal for NASA about the single best crop they should take to begin a colony on Mars. This project asks students to work collaboratively,
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 11th
NGSS:
HS-LS1-5
, HS-LS1-7
, HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-2
, HS-LS1-2
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STOMACH PAINS - A DESIGN BRIEF
This design brief was written to extend the study of acids and bases through exploring indicators and titrations or as part of a unit on consumer science or customer awareness. This challenge can also be used as a performance assessment in a number of areas including quantitative analysis, laboratory procedures, and proficiency in recording and reporting.
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Grades:
7th - 11th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-ETS1-2
, HS-PS1-5
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: CHEMISTRY DEESIGN BRIEFS
Space PreK- K (Printable) Flashcards & Worksheets Lesson for ASD
Autisim Home school made easy!!! (Bundle lessons 18 Space)~Preschool~ ~ Kindergarten~ ~1st Grade~* Flashcards*Worksheets* Activities* DIY book covers* Coloring Sheets* Tracing sheets49 pagesprintable only** Lesson week 18 Space & Solar System ~ Learn what is space. How do we see or explore it? Learn about our Solar System (our 8 planets). What do we have in our solar system? **(Instructions in worksheets and activities to help with executive functioning, fine motor, and speech.)(Combined wi
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Also included in: Complete Autism PreK-K Curriculum
States of Matter Tic Tac Toe Choice Board
Give your students choice when learning about solids, liquids, and gases! This Tic-Tac-Toe menu is designed to assess student understanding at the end of, or throughout, a unit on the states of matter. Each row or column contains at least one choice that requires students to compare the important properties of more than one state of matter.
Designed to support the full range of multiple intelligences, the nine choices provide all students with activities of interest (including one "create your
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
Science Bell Ringers - Waves
Science Bell Ringers and Warm Ups: Waves Edition Use these science bell ringers to introduce or review topics with your class all while saving you time. Use them at the beginning of your class as students come in to give you a few minutes to greet students, take attendance, or set up your lesson. These bell ringers will last five weeks! Digital learning? No problem! Included is a Google Slides version that you can assign to students. Want to be COPY FREE? No problem! Students can respond to thes
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
4-PS4-2
, 4-PS4-1
FREE Candy Cane Science Observation Worksheets | Holiday STEM Experiment
Engage your student scientists with a holiday STEM experiment that combines candy canes with hands-on science, using various liquids to dissolve candy canes before their eyes! These FREE observation pages are a sample from my full winter resource, The Candy Cane Science Experiment!Sample Includes:1 Question, Hypothesis, & Results Worksheet1 Observation Recording WorksheetWant more December Fun? Click here!Don't forget that leaving feedback earns you points toward FREE TPT purchases.Be sure
Grades:
K - 3rd
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Also included in: Candy Cane Math & Science Activity Bundle | Christmas Hands-On Learning!
NGSS Light and Sound Integrated Unit, grade 1
This is an all encompassing unit based on the NGSS for grade 1, focusing on light and sound. The unit covers 12 days and includes resources such as literature titles, video links, and hands on activities to provide inquiry based lessons. The unit begins with sound, then introduces light and connects the idea that both sound and light travel in waves.
Driving Questions addressed:
How do people communicate using light and sound?
Why do we see objects?
Why do we hear sounds?
Grades:
1st
Types:
Chernobyl Miniseries Episode 5 Worksheet with Discussion Questions and Answers
Based upon the critically-acclaimed Chernobyl miniseries from HBO, this video guide accompanies episode 5 of the 5 part drama. The film is a painstakingly accurate account of the worst nuclear accident in human history. This can be used in a physics class for topics of nuclear chemistry, world history class for historical discussions of the accident and the Soviet Union during the cold war, environmental science class for the effects of the accident on the environment, or a biology class discus
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Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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CCSS:
Also included in: Chernobyl Miniseries Episodes 1 through 5
5 Senses Unit
This unit will engage students in using their 5 senses to explore the world around them. The unit was designed for early elementary and special education learners. The will color each body part practice writing it's name and do activities with mystery cup and baggies to practice using 1 sense at a time. Students will learn the foundational skills and vocabulary needed to use all 5 senses to describe the properties of materials. This packet can be completed together as a class, at a center or lef
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-1
Digital Escape Room-Chemistry Edition (PeriodicTable, Ions, pH, Cons. of Matter)
Digital Escape rooms keep students interested, engaged, collaborating, and participating in a series of critical thinking skills!This Chemistry Escape Rooms features a silly, fun storyline, with a surprise ending. Students must solve for four codes in order to get back to normal size after accidentally touching a shrinking potion! Students must use their chemistry knowledge (Atoms, Periodic Table, Ions, pH, and Conservation of Matter) in order to escape this digital world! Let the kids have some
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Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS1-5
, MS-PS1-1
Simple Machines Wedges & Screws
The activities in this lesson plan will provide students the opportunity to explore how wedges and screws can help to reduce the amount of effort needed to do work. Many of the lessons build upon the idea that shorter steeper ramps require more work compared to lower, longer ramps. Six engaging hands on activities offer different levels of challenges for students. Students make predictions or answer questions to spark interest in the concepts, then actively engage in experiments that lead to a
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
Science Fair Intro Google Slides
Interested in starting a science fair at your school? This resource will help you to introduce project choices for the Giants in Science science fair. The slides are completely editable and customizable for your individual school or classroom. The slides walk you through the three project choices available (scientific inquiry, research a scientist, or original invention). The slides will help you to set expectations for students and give them a brief overview of each project choice. Please note:
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Science Fair Bundle
Distance Learning Electric Circuit Activites
Electric Circuits activities are a great supplement to the Electricity Unit. Reading and response worksheet is used to review concepts about open closed, series, and parallel circuits. I Have, Who Has cards provide a fun way to reinforce vocabulary and main concepts of the unit. Posters and smaller cards match symbols to the parts of electric circuits are a great way to introduce circuitry. Practice reading diagrams with the worksheet, then follow the directions to build several series and paral
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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