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3rd grade physical science resources for GATE
Natural Disasters STEM
Weather Hazard STEM Bundle - Oh no! The family bought property near a fault line and needs an earthquake resistant home. The weather forecast is for dangerously high winds. The family needs a safe place to go. The city is building an observation tower that will be susceptible to lightning and needs a lightning rod. A heavy flood is coming and the house needs a flood barrier. All of these problems need your young student engineers to solve them! This STEM bundle meets many different NGSS s
Grades:
1st - 5th
Halloween Science Activity Experiment Dissolving Candy Corn
Which liquids will dissolve candy corn? Try it and find out! This science experiment has been provided with differentiated and editable options so that you can use the experiment that works best for your students.There are two ways to do this experiment: find out which liquids will dissolve candy corn, or which dissolve candy corn the fastest. This requires students to record data from a stopwatch or timer, which is a great way to practice those measurement skills.✅ What You'll Get ✅Teacher inst
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K - 5th
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NGSS:
2-PS1-2
Also included in: Candy Corn Science and Fall STEM Activities
Egg Drop STEM PBL Engineering Science Lab - 3rd - 6th Grade
"You all know the story of Humpty Dumpty and his epic fall. What you don’t know is that even though the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty back together, the FBI was able to. That is how Humpty Dumpty became a secret agent..."
Engage your students with this STEM/PBL engineering science lab to help design a device that will assist Agent Dumpty in surviving a jump from a second story window on his next case. Working in collaborative groups students will assess the problem, design a plan, crea
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3rd - 6th
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A Whole Lot of Shaking Going On! STEM Engineering Earthquake Lab (Marshmallows)
Dear Educator,
It’s time to bring some fun to your classroom during your unit on earthquakes! Your students will love this STEM project where they have to build an earthquake resistant building. There are many ways you can use this project – group lab, individual projects, or a culminating unit activity.
This product contains the student lab manual and teacher materials to conduct this experiment in your classroom. Students must design a structure, test their design, note their observations of
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3rd - 8th
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30 Minute Science Lab Activities | Hands-On Experiment Bundle | Reading Passages
Enjoy hands-on lab activities designed to be conducted in 30 minutes. Save time and money with simple supplies and low prep set-up. Included reading passages tie it all together after the lab. Bundle and Save and get all new additions at no extra cost. This is the perfect start for Back-To-School Science and for all year.Each Lab IncludesBackground Information and VocabularyHands-on Experiment PageReading Passage with QuestionsAnswer KeyStudents will engage in a hands-on exploration, conducting
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3rd - 6th
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Arctic Dogsled Racing Design Challenge - STEAM for Upper Elementary
Here’s an applied engineering challenge in which—just like in the real world of engineering—a poor design means limited success or even failure.
In the Iditarod Sled Challenge, students apply their background knowledge of physical science and use logic and imagination to construct a miniature sled that will deliver “serum” to Nome, Alaska, just like Balto once did.
Use this challenge in conjunction with your study of the arctic or the Iditarod--or as a stand-alone engineering challenge for the
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
Science Menu Choice Boards and Menus for Enrichment and Early Finishers - Easel
Looking for engaging science choice boards? These no-prep and differentiated science tic-tac-toe menu boards include activities that are perfect for early finishers, gifted students, and enrichment. Choice board menus are great for reviewing and extending what you've taught in class, making this bundle an excellent resource during the back to school season or at the end of the school year.Everything you need is included! Your students will love completing the meaningful activities in these scien
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, 4-LS1-1
, 5-ESS1-2
, 5-ESS1-1
, 3-LS4-1
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AIR -- An Incredibly Cool STEAM Unit for Upper Elementary!
Balloon cars, hovercrafts, gliders, prototypes, zip-lines and air rockets, helicopters and more . . .
Here is a full unit with more than 20 hours of critical thinking and hands-on activities designed specifically for all 21st Century Learners and nonverbally gifted learners. STEM teachers: this unit guides students through the engineering process time and time again—elementary style!
Not only is this unit packed with critical thinking opportunities and rich in deeper understanding of physica
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
Christmas Science Activity Experiment Dissolving Candy Canes
Which liquids will dissolve candy canes? Will their stripes come off first? Try it and find out! This science experiment has been provided with differentiated and editable options so that you can use the experiment that works best for your students.There are a variety of ways to do this experiment: find out which liquids will dissolve candy canesdiscover whether or not the stripes disappear before the canes dissolve,find out which candy canes dissolve the fastest. This requires students to recor
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Grades:
K - 5th
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NGSS:
2-PS1-1
, 2-PS1-2
Also included in: Candy Cane Science and STEM BUNDLE
STEAM -- Snap n' Shoot Marshmallow Soccer Game
Kid-built in a few hours . . . this goalie, net and goal, and cool marshmallow “snapper” is a complete kid-built soccer game. We don’t have to use our imagination here! Our snapper really shoots the marshmallow ball, and our goalies really defend.
Use this building project as a challenging independent study for upper elementary, as a whole-class engineering project, or use it to make math and science applications like percentages, measurements and geometry, action/reaction, trajectory, etc.
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle
Force and Motion STEM Activity - Pompom Launcher Challenge
Students LOVE launching objects. Why not turn a fun activity into a physical science learning opportunity? Students will gain hands-on understanding of potential and kinetic energy in this low prep STEM challenge by launching a pom-pom projectile! This activity can easily be differentiated and enjoyed by many different age groups. This is not a step-by-step catapult STEM craft but rather students are encouraged to make use of simple recyclables and office supplies to investigate how to best stor
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2nd - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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States of Matter Science Menus - Choice Boards and Activities- 4th - 5th Grade
Are you looking for your enrichment or exemplary tasks to be done for the year? These 3 States of Matter choice boards are perfect for your early finishers or students that need a challenge.You can use this by telling students to complete 3 boxes or as a tic-tac-toe challenge. Each box comes with a matching work page.Print at the beginning of the unit and give to each student so they can work on it throughout the unit.Science Choice Boards Includes:Topic: 3 States of MatterDraw It OutPicture Boo
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Choice Boards *BUNDLE* - Science Menus and Activities & Centers
STEM Design Thinking Recording Sheets with D&C Icons {STEM / STEAM}
This product is a perfect tool for students to use to record their thinking during STEM / STEAM activities in your Depth and Complexity using class. If you are already doing various STEM/STEAM activities (or plan to), these recording sheets will be a great resource to use as you guide your students in the engineering and design thinking process using Depth and Complexity Icons!
Use these D&C STEM Recording Sheets before, during, and after each of your Design Thinking or Design Challenges
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K - 7th
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Forces And Motion Unit | Grade 2 And 3 Newton's Cradle Science And STEM
Discover kinetic and potential energy with a fun marble science investigation. Simple supplies and EASY PREP. Explore deeper with a further exploration. Engage students in a STEM Challenge to create a Newton's Cradle. Includes extensive background information to guide the teacher and students to success. This is a printable PDF. Please read more about Easel below.Students will expand their knowledge of forces and motions by observing the transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy. Throug
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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STEM Kid Engineering and Construction - Roman Polyspastos Crane
It’s kid-built with some guidance in a couple hours and the envy of friends—the ancient Roman polyspastos crane with treadwheel.
Do you have a young engineer who needs an independent study project, a talented builder in home school, or need an engaging summer project for your nonverbally gifted child? If you have an engineering classroom and understand the value of hands-on exploration, the Roman Polyspastos Crane project is right for you. While building with kits or Legos or K’Nex is good, n
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Candy Cane Science and STEM BUNDLE
This is a bundle of a candy cane science experiment to dissolve candy canes plus 2 STEM activities: candy cane chair challenge and candy cane crane challenge.Candy Cane ScienceWhich liquids will dissolve candy canes? Try it and find out! This science experiment has been provided with differentiated and editable options so that you can use the experiment that works best for your students.✅ What You'll Get ✅Teacher instructions and lesson planEditable recording page options 9 pre-made recording
Grades:
2nd - 6th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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STEM in Action: Bird Wings and Gliding-Upper Elementary Gifted and Talented GATE
This lesson is perfect for the teacher who wants their students to explore and find answers rather than go out and get them.
In this engaging discovery and prototyping STEM lesson, students explore how the shape of a wing affects gliding. Students construct a very simple but effective glider and then modify the glider as they explore answers to the question with experimentation and class synergy.
You’ll get everything you need to start today:
--pedagogy to help make the lesson a success
--a
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3rd - 6th
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STEAM Glider Prototype Engineering Challenge for Upper Elem Gifted and Talented
We use the engineering process for this open-ended design challenge. All semester, my GATE kids have been building different gliders from blueprints, direct instruction, specific materials with patterns, and even store-bought balsa wood fighter gliders.
Now it’s time for the real test!
Can students construct—limited to specific resources—a glider which meets the three guidelines in the rules? As a bonus, can students research and apply physics knowledge to their real-world prototyping challen
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Scientific Method Science Menus - Choice Boards and Activities- 3rd - 5th Grade
Are you looking for your enrichment or exemplary tasks to be done for the year? These Scientific Method choice boards are perfect for your early finishers or students that need a challenge.You can use this by telling students to complete 3 boxes or as a tic-tac-toe challenge. Each box comes with a matching work page.Print at the beginning of the unit and give to each student so they can work on it throughout the unit.Science Choice Boards Includes:Topic: Scientific MethodDraw It OutPicture BookT
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Choice Boards *BUNDLE* - Science Menus and Activities & Centers
Mirette on the High Wire CALDECOTT for Primary GATE Hands-on with STEM
Bring Emily Arnold McCully’s Caldecott Winning book, Mirette on the High Wire, alive with this active unit! We combine a rich exploration—primary grades appropriate—of language and science to produce a meaningful learning experience.
Materials: Activity Sheets (included), string, and other common classroom supplies
Time: About 3 hours total if all the parts are included
Level: GATE 1st or 2nd and 3rd
Primary Source Analysis and Inferences: Let’s set the stage by seeing what students ca
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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David Weisner's THE THREE PIGS - Primary GATE with Caldecott Books
Not sure if I had more fun with this or the kids did! Huh? This must be another Primary GATE with Caldecott lesson from Portable Gifted and Talented. Woo hoo!
• Students make a wolf that actually huffs, puffs, and blows down a straw house while they learn about physical science.
• Students create a cool, creative, and witty POP-up story extension which saves the life of one of the three pigs.
• Students learn to orient themselves to cardinal directions, about the position of the sun in the
Grades:
1st - 5th
Engineering Design Process Project-Based Learning BUNDLE for Grades 3 4 and 5
Have some future engineers in your classroom? Looking for project-based learning lessons? Or just want to give all of your students a peek into the engineering design process? This bundle would be great for you!Buy a bundle and save 30% on these ten lessons.This bundle contains the following projects:Spaghetti StructuresWater FiltersBest Play DoughSuspension BridgesBubbles and WandsMini Basketball GamesWind ChimesMinigolf CourseArcadeSnack GrabberEach resource includes a comprehensive lesson pla
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-2
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Caldecott for Primary GATE +STEM
Strong STEM-literacy springboard activities with this nonfiction piece! Pair it thematically with my Mirette on the High Wire Caldecott lessons, and the students will experience literature from inside to outside and from up to down.
You get instructions, ready-to-print activity sheets, Common Core references, and everything you need to set you down the path on this book. Make a quick trip to the local craft store for a really cool extension, or just use common materials in the classroom to ge
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Water Cycle Science Menus - Choice Boards and Activities- 4th - 5th Grade
Are you looking for your enrichment or exemplary tasks to be done for the year? These Water Cycle choice boards are perfect for your early finishers or students that need a challenge.You can use this by telling students to complete 3 boxes or as a tic-tac-toe challenge. Each box comes with a matching work page.Print at the beginning of the unit and give to each student so they can work on it throughout the unit.Science Choice Boards Includes:Topic: Water CycleDraw It OutABC BookText MeAnchor Cha
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Choice Boards *BUNDLE* - Science Menus and Activities & Centers
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