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Earth sciences Common Core W.4.2 resources
Rocks and Minerals, Types of Rocks, The Rock Cycle Worksheets & Reading Passages
Are you looking for rocks and minerals worksheets that cover igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks with no additional prep? This rock cycle introduction practice set of activities and non-fiction reading comprehension passages are easy to use and your students will love the variety. Learn the types of rocks and minerals through observations, writing prompts, non-fiction rocks and minerals reading comprehension passages (print & Google Forms options), and more. Including the rock cycle.
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Rocks and Minerals Unit
Rock Cycle Activities Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions Close Reading
These rock cycle close reading passages and activities are the perfect tools to help students practice close reading skills during the month of March or during any rock cycle unit. This week-long lesson on The Rock Cycle: Where do rocks come from? follows a close reading model and includes a teacher guide and notes to make teaching the lesson easy! Students will be required to use close reading skills to practice making logical inferences, citing textual evidence, and drawing conclusions from th
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: St. Patrick's Day Close Reading Comprehension Passages March BUNDLE
Weathering and Erosion Worksheets Activities Reading Passages and Assessments
Struggling to find age-appropriate weathering and erosion worksheets for upper elementary students? These reading comprehension passages and activities are perfect for your weathering and erosion unit. With these no-prep activities, just print, and use in class. What’s the difference between weathering and erosion? Your students will know by the time they complete this set of activities. Learn erosion vs weathering through compare and contrast, cut and paste activity, flip book, writing prompts
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Weathering and Erosion Worksheets Bundle
Geology Informative Essay Writing Prompt - Paired Passages - Graphic Organizer
With this resource, students use information from two unique passages to write an evidence-based informative essay explaining how water changes earth's surface. Many extras are included to help your students along the way including a graphic organizer, sample essay, and rubric. If your students have to take a standardized writing test where the writing prompt includes passages/articles, then this product is a must-have! Click the preview to get a closer look!Save when you buy the bundle! This wr
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3rd - 5th
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Water Pollution Water Filter STEM
This environmental project challenges students to create a water filter to use with grey water to conserve water resources. The water filtration lab is a perfect Earth Day project. The engineering design process helps students investigate, plan, create, improve, and evaluate their filter. Students observe and collect data to write a report on findings. Leveled texts and writing prompts round out this jammed packed set! ☝ Click HERE to Save 25% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and STEAM BUNDLE! ☝ (
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3rd - 5th
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5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Also included in: STEM Activities STEM Challenges
Three Types of Rocks Informative Writing Prompt with three Passages/Articles
With this resource, students must use information from three different passages to write an informative essay that explains the three different types of rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. Many extras are included to help you along the way. If your students have to take a standardized writing test where the writing prompt includes passages/articles, then this product is a must-have!*Please note that this writing prompt is just part of my YEAR LONG BUNDLE. The yearlong bundle includes 5
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3rd - 5th
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Planets Research Report: Multi-Draft Informative Writing for Grades 3-5 (CCSS)
“I have done planet research writing for several years. This was a helpful resource to have everything ready to go.”“This made research so much easier for my students! Everything was scaffolded and easy to follow. Their reports came out great!”“I used this with ELL students as a research project. It was well laid out and I could adapt it easily to my students' needs. It did a good job walking students through the writing process.”Instead of doing several Informative Essays, I like to focus on j
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3rd - 5th
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4th Grade NGSS Earth Science Unit
This NGSS-aligned unit includes science, literacy, and math activities to teach systems on Earth's surface. The topics include plate tectonics, weathering, erosion, natural hazards, and changes to the Earth that are visible in formations and the fossil record. Included in this packet:Resources for Input: - Unit essential question- Inquiry chart printable- Observation chart photos- Printable Cognitive Content Dictionary and teacher samples- I Just Thought You'd Like to Know About Patterns in Eart
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4th
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4-ESS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS2-2
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Also included in: 4th Grade NGSS Science Unit Bundle
The Rock Cycle Unit | Rock Cycle Activities | Rock Cycle Informational Text
Rock Cycle: This HUGE integrated unit on the rock cycle combines hands-on science activities with reading and writing informational text. Students will love these engaging rock cycle activities. Students will learn about the three types of rocks: sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. Students will learn how these rocks are formed and reformed through the rock cycle. This unit is full of all kinds of engaging activities. It includes inserts for interactive notebooks or lap books that can also be
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4th
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4-LS1-1
, 3-LS4-3
Light Reflection STEAM and STEM Challenge
Are your students studying reflection and light? This Physical Science STEAM and STEM challenge provides a hands-on learning approach to understanding how reflection impacts human sight! This project requires students to develop a model which describes how light reflecting from objects enters the eyes, causing sight. The activity incorporates the engineering design cycle and includes a leveled text. Students use their observations to write a learning report before a classroom showcase. Writ
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3rd - 5th
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4-PS4-2
Also included in: STEM Activities STEM Challenges
Shadow Length Direction STEM and STEAM
Learning about Earth's rotation, light and shadows? In this Earth Science Shadow STEM, students create a shadow catcher to see how Earth's rotation effects shadows. Students use the engineering design process in this shadow activity to investigate, plan, create, improve, and evaluate their catcher. Observations and collected data is used to write a report on their findings. Leveled texts and writing prompts round out this jammed packed set! Next Generation Science Standards: NGSS 5-ESS1-2, 1-ESS
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1st - 5th
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1-ESS1-1
, 5-ESS1-2
Also included in: STEM Activities STEM Challenges
Magnet STEM & STEAM Force and Motion
Are your students learning about magnetic repel and attraction? This hands-on magnetic station helps students understand magnetism! Students use the engineering design process to modify a product using magnets to help make a task easier in this invention magnet lab. Also included: a leveled text, submission report, a classroom showcase, and writing prompts! ☝ Click HERE to Save over 25% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and STEAM BUNDLE! ☝(Currently: 16 NGSS Aligned Projects) ❤ All STEM Projects are
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2nd - 4th
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3-PS2-3
, 3-PS2-4
Also included in: STEM Activities STEM Challenges
Arbor Day Differentiated Reading Passages
Arbor Day Differentiated Reading Passages for Upper Elementary and Middle Grades! This 18-page packet is full of great resources to make it easy for you to plan meaningful academic discussions about the history behind why Arbor Day exists. Students will love learning about planting trees, memories, and the tradition behind why we observe this day.This packet includes the following:Differentiated Reading Passages and Writing Prompts:Labeled with one star (grades 4 & 5) or two stars (grades 6
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4th - 6th
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NATURAL DISASTERS Research Project plus Information report writing guide 3rd-6th
Natural Disasters and Forces inquiry research project guide, with support resource for writing information reports. Teach students how to inquire into a range of natural forces causing disasters across our world. Learn about their causes and characteristics, and what makes a natural force become a natural disaster. PRAISE FOR NATURAL DISASTERS / FORCES (already enjoyed by over 140 educators prior to the massive update in April 2023 from 36 pgs. to 180 pgs.)⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ "I absolutely love this
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3rd - 6th
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Earth Science For Fourth Grade - Earthquakes, Fossil Fuels, and Volcanoes
This resource includes all my Earth Science Activities for 4th Grade. Students will learn about earthquakes, volcanoes, weathering, and erosion. They will read informational text and do fun labs for earth science. Save 20% by purchasing this bundle.4-ESS1-1. Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. 4-ESS2-1. Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or
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4th - 5th
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4-PS4-2
, 4-PS3-4
, 4-ESS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 4-PS3-3
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Water Erosion STEM and STEAM Challenge
Students develop a creek bank preservation solution in this Earth Science project. Using the engineering design cycle, students use their observations and collected data to write a report. Writing prompts and science leveled text round out this jammed packed set! ☝ Click HERE to Save over 25% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and STEAM BUNDLE! ☝ (Currently: 16 NGSS Aligned Projects) ❤ All STEM Projects are OPEN ENDED, allowing student flexibility to create and test unique designs. ❤Next Generation
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3rd - 5th
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2-ESS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 4-ESS2-1
Also included in: Weather Unit
Weather Project- Observe and Record {Science and Writing}
This differentiated science and writing project is a meaningful addition to your weather unit, with an added exposure to geography (map skills), and land forms (national parks). Students will track weather data from national parks and use the data to predict the weather for the following day. In this project, student plan a trip to three National Parks, each in different areas of the United States. Students track the weather for four days and then predict the weather they will experience durin
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Earth and Life Science Project Bundle
Mystery Science Kit | Grade 4- Mystery 2- Gravitational Energy + Collisions
When my school district began using the Mystery Science curriculum, I fell in love. However, I found that the video lessons and activities on their own did not provide me with enough material to turn these important lessons into a full week of teaching- I wanted to stay on one topic to really have the time for student discovery, incorporating literacy, and fun research.It is completely no-prep for you, and is ready for printed or digital practice right now!Unit- Energizing EverythingLesson Topic
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3rd - 5th
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4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-PS3-2
Also included in: Mystery Science | Grade 4 | Complete Unit Bundle | Energizing Everything
Earth Day Virtual Field Trip - 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade
Join me on a virtual field trip! On this field trip, students will use their critical thinking, reading, writing, and listening skills to explore and learn about our incredible Earth. Students will learn about recycling, climate change, composting, national parks, wildlife, and more! They will also get to explore the world using Google Maps and other websites with virtual tour capabilities! ⭐Check out the quick preview video for a taste of what this field trip has to offer. This resource includ
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2nd - 5th
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Energy Island Book Companion Project
**No-Prep activities that integrate natural and alternative resources into math, reading, writing, and problem solving!Help your students go deeper into understanding how to help our planet by applying skills in multiple disciplines. These activities are a great companion to the book "Energy Island" by Allan Drummond!Skills assessed include:-addition and subtraction with regrouping-arrays-sequencing-problem-based thinking-informative writingIf you like this product, be sure to check out the Than
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2nd - 5th
Severe Weather Research Project
Encourage your students to take ownership of their own learning with this exciting Severe Weather Research Project! These task cards include all of the directions and rubrics you need to get students learning about different types of severe weather and presenting their learning in interesting ways.Types of Weather:TORNADOSHURRICANEEARTHQUAKEVOLCANOBLIZZARDDROUGHTWILDFIRETSUNAMIEach type of weather has its own set of research questions to guide students through their learning.Types of Project Pr
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3rd - 5th
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3-ESS3-1
, 3-ESS2-2
, 4-ESS2-1
Mystery Science Kit | Grade 4- Mystery 1- Volcanoes + Earth's Patterns | Digital
When my school district began using the Mystery Science curriculum, I fell in love. However, I found that the video lessons and activities on their own did not provide me with enough material to turn these important lessons into a full week of teaching- I wanted to stay on one topic to really have the time for student discovery, incorporating literacy, and fun research.It is completely no-prep for you, and is ready for printed or digital practice right now!Unit- The Birth of RocksLesson Topic- V
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3rd - 5th
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4-ESS1-1
, 4-ESS2-2
Reduce Reuse Recycle Electronic Waste Informational Essay Writing Common Core
Use my product to help your students write informational essays about how to reduce, reuse, and recycle electronic waste! This is bound to be a high-interest topic, as many kids these days have (or want to have!) phones, music players, tablets, laptops, computers, and TVs. It also ties in nicely with "earth science" and "Earth Day" in the spring as students think about how to protect the environment from too much waste. They will begin by reading two different texts about recycling. Then they'll
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3rd - 5th
Rock Cycle Experiments, Informative Writing, Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
Students will be able to explain and work with all three forms of the rock cycle - igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary! This product has four NGSS aligned inquiry-based sections, and includes the following:Rock Cycle Demonstrations and Models:-A brief reading introducing igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks-Modeling the rock cycle with clay-Draw and explain igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks-Water erosion experiment-Build sedimentary models-Crayon igneous rock models-Classic ba
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