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Physical science Common Core CCRA.W.2 resources
States of Matter Digital Activities - Solid, Liquid, and Gas Science Activities
These digital States of Matter activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all k
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1st - 2nd
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Physical Science Lesson Plans - Matter, Energy, Force Motion, Magnets Activities
This bundle of digital Physical Science activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.These Learning Quests provide literacy and research a
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1st - 2nd
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NGSS:
3-PS2-3
, K-PS2-1
Big Bang Theory Evidence NGSS MS-ESS1-2 MS-ESS1-2 Includes Spanish
This resource is engaging, low maintenance, no prep, NGSS aligned, hard copies or virtual! By the end of this activity your students will have a much deeper understanding of The Big Bang Theory. AND! It includes a Spanish version for your ESL/ELL/Newcomer students!This activity can be completely student centered with zero direct instruction from you which takes students 50-90 minutes depending on ability level. Or, you can do the expanding universe balloon model yourself as a demo and embed lots
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Grades:
6th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-2
, HS-ESS1-3
, MS-PS4-1
, HS-ESS1-1
, HS-ESS1-2
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1st Grade NGSS Physical Science COMPLETE STEM Unit! Light & Sound- (1-PS4)
This integrated 1st grade STEM curriculum unit is perfect for exploring all of the Next Generation Science and Engineering Standards (NGSS) for physical science! This fun and engaging unit is full of science investigations, engineering challenges, integrated ELA and math activities (CCSS), technology components, and tons of other useful STEM resources! With easy-to-follow lesson plans this unit provides a fluid scope and sequence to guide teachers through the 1st grade Next Generation physical s
Grades:
1st
NGSS:
1-PS4-4
, 1-PS4-2
, 1-PS4-3
, 1-PS4-1
Physical Chemical Changes Solids Liquids Gases 5E Activity Oobleck MS-PS1-1
Oobelck (corn starch and water) will blow your student’s minds!!! This is a timeless lab that I have been using since 2000, but I have modified it into a cutting edge lesson. This lab includes five total activities, so you can modify it from 1 hour to 1 week. It hits multiple learning styles with YouTube links, Venn Diagram, a lab activity, graphic organizers, word banks, sentence starters, a science article with a Common Core Claim Evidence Reasoning Chart, an assessment and a key to everything
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Grades:
5th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-PS1-4
, MS-PS1-2
, MS-PS1-1
Science of Sublimation - Middle School STEM - Dry Ice Lab - 5E Lesson
Science gets spectacular as students actively engage in phenomena-based inquiry, observation, model creation, and analysis of phase changes and sublimation. Dry ice is the perfect substance to explore this unique phase change!I love finding the wonder of science concepts in every day activities that are exciting for students to explore. My “Science of” series does just that. In this edition, students explore the science of sublimation, when a solid changes into a gas, skipping the liquid phase.
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5th - 8th
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Forms of Energy Robot Project l Science, Writing, and Art
This fun and engaging robot project is a meaningful way to assess understanding of the different forms of energy. Students will design and draw a robot that produces at least three forms of energy and then write about it! The project starts with a quick review of the different forms of energy. Then students are introduced to the assignment and work on sketching their robot using at least three forms of energy. For the final part of the project, they redraw the robot and color it, labeling the fo
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3rd - 5th
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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
Build a house project for architect and structure unit STEM
Build a house challenge: Project Based learningIncorporate this resource pack to your structure, engineering/building unit. Students plan and carry out their own house design. Introduce this project by reading books about houses around the world. Building that background knowledge about stability and parts of a house/ building will prepare your students before they set off to design and build their own house using easily accessible craft materials. Here is the link to a free ebook story: A Palac
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K - 2nd
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Claim Evidence Reasoning Practice Reading CER Digital NGSS California Wildfires
With this product students will understand the science behind the weather that causes wildfires by reading an article and filling in a Claim Evidence Reasoning Chart/Graphic Organizer. Students will use evidence in the article that unique weather conditions in California create devastating conditions for wildfires that support the claim of the author.This resource is now Distance Learning optional! You get a link to make a virtual copy for Google Classroom!This is great for a current event, sub
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Human Impacts NGSS MS-ESS3 Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER)
Spooky Halloween Science - Middle School STEM - Dry Ice & Sublimation - Activity
Science gets SPOOKY this Halloween as students actively engage in phenomena-based inquiry, observation, model creation, and analysis of phase changes and sublimation. Dry ice is the perfect substance to explore this Halloween with your students! I love finding the wonder of science concepts in every day activities that are exciting for students to explore. My “Science of” series does just that. In this special spooky edition, students explore the science of sublimation, when a solid changes into
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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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
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
Crash Course Kids | Space Science Full 14 Episode Playlist | YouTube Guide
This Crash Course Kids - Space Science - The Sun and Its Influence on Earth Playlist YouTube Guide challenges students to get the most out of these 14 entertaining, short, yet substantive videos. Discover the forces and principles that define our universe, focusing on gravity's pivotal role. Uncover how energy travels from the sun to Earth, the transformations within the solar system, and the intriguing science behind Earth's rotation and revolution. Learn about the seasonal changes influenced b
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
5-ESS1-2
, 3-LS4-3
, 5-PS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 5-LS1-1
Walk the Line Lab Motion Graphing Lab Activity -Kinematics in 1D Lesson 3 Part 2
Get your physics classes outside, moving, and learning about 1D Motion Graphing with this Music themed inquiry-based laboratory experiment! Your students will LOVE this lab! This lesson covers two 90-minute class periods or three 50-minute class periods. Simply print, copy, and teach!What is an Interactive Notebook?These pages can be used by printing, hole punching, and using inside an interactive binder or by printing at a smaller scale to paste into a student notebook.An interactive notebook i
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-PS2-3
Series and Parallel Circuits STAR* Virtual Lab Google Docs™ DINB
When studying Series Circuit, Parallel Circuit, and Ohm's Law, use this complete 'Series and Parallel Circuits' Physical Science Virtual Lab to investigate: “If I take out one of the two bulbs in a circuit, what happens to the other bulb?” Students will manipulate a materials using the simulation in PhET: Students will create a series and a parallel circuit with a battery, wire and two bulbs. Bulbs will be removed and the results recorded. Voltage measurements will be recorded.This single Go
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5th - 10th
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Bill Nye - S02E01 - Magnetism | Magnets | Electromagnet | Video Guide
Share the brilliance of Bill Nye The Science Guy with your students! This short video guide for S02E01 is a supplemental resource to help students learn about magnetism.Challenge students to master what makes a magnet, why the Earth is one giant magnet and why the northern lights glow. Students will define key vocabulary such as attraction and repulsion. Optionally, students can follow along and add variations to the experiments depicted in the video. Finally, conduct extended research on variou
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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NGSS:
3-PS2-3
Also included in: Bill Nye Season 2 | Full Series Bundle | 20 Episodes | SAVE 25%
It's Magnetism | Step by Step Paragraph Packet | Informational Writing
Are you looking for a way to integrate your science lessons with paragraph writing? Our It's Magnetism Paragraph Packet leads young writers through each step of the writing process as they write a well-developed informative paragraph about what they learned in class about magnets and magnetism. When student writing is complete, use the included rubric to assess and bulletin board letters and graphics to display student work!Our Paragraph Packets are designed to guide primary students through ea
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Bill Nye - S05E08 - Atoms and Molecules | Nucleus | Protons | Electrons | Guide
Share the brilliance of Bill Nye The Science Guy with your students! This short video guide for S05E08 is a supplemental resource to help students learn about atoms and molecules.Challenge students to learn about atoms, their particles and the molecules they form. Students will define key vocabulary such as the nucleus, protons, neutrons, electrons, electricity and atomic number. Optionally, students can follow along and add variations to the experiments depicted in the video. Finally, conduct
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS1-1
Also included in: Bill Nye Season 5 | Full Series Bundle | 20 Episodes | SAVE 25%
Bill Nye - S01E08 - Phases of Matter | Solid | Liquid | Gas | Video Guide
Share the brilliance of Bill Nye The Science Guy with your students! This short video guide for S01E08 is a supplemental resource to help students learn about the phases of matter.Challenge students to increase their knowledge of matter and its solid, liquid and gas phases. Explore how matter changes phases and the differences between water and nitrogen. Discuss absolute zero and what happens to molecules as they heat up and cool down. Optionally, students can follow along and add variations to
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS1-4
Also included in: Bill Nye Season 1 | Full Series Bundle | 20 Episodes | SAVE 25%
Energy Forms and Changes STAR* Virtual Lab Google Docs™ DINB
When studying Conservation of Energy, Energy Systems and Energy Transfer, use this complete 'Energy Forms and Changes' Physical Science Virtual Lab to investigate: “How can turning a crank, catching falling water, sunlight or boiling water make electricity?” Students will manipulate a materials using the simulation in PhET: Using several different energy forms (mechanical, electrical, thermal, light and chemical) we will look at how energy transfers from a source to several different useful pro
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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High School Astronomy
This is a 1/2 credit earth science course that covers stars, galaxies, our solar system, planets, and space exploration. When combined with the geology course, it fulfills 1 credit of high school physical science.
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Grades:
8th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-ESS1-4
, HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS1-3
, HS-ESS1-1
, HS-ESS1-2
...
A States of Matter STAR* Virtual Lab for Google Docs™️ DINB
When studying When studying Atoms, Molecules, and States of Matter, use this complete “States of Matter” Physical Science Virtual Lab to investigate: “What determines if water is a solid, liquid or a gas?” Students will manipulate a materials using the simulation in PhET: In a closed system, water molecules will have heat added or removed and the resulting molecular motion will be recorded. Maximum and minimum temperatures will be recorded.This single Google Sheet™ has all the materials to pe
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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