Facilitate your science labs and expand your students' understanding of the scientific process and method by using this simple and student-friendly template. The template includes Purpose, Hypothesis, Experiment, Observation, Analysis, and Conclusion. It is presented in three different formats for differentiation - one has lines, one has bullet points, and the last has open spaces.
Check out my two other versions of the Scientific Method by CLICKING HERE for Version 1 or by CLICKING HERE for Version 2. Each version simply presents the content in a different format to meet the needs of your specific students.
Invest your students in stem fair and create easy documentation regarding project intent with this simple and user friendly submission for for science fair. Students will be required to list their required materials and answer a few questions about what they plan on doing for science fair. Students will sign their name and ate their submission form which will serve as a solid foundation moving forward as you track all students in your classroom.
Check out my Science Fair Evaluation Rubric!
Also, check out my Science Fair Peer Scavenger Hunt Activity!
And lastly, you can find my Science Fair Poster Board Expectations!
Facilitate the organization of science projects and experiments with this fun, engaging and purposeful outline. Students will answer prompts such as Title, Purpose, Observation, Conclusions and more. Students have a second page to record data, make a table, and ground their conclusions in evidence. It is color coded for ease of directions, and students will find the organization meaningful and fun!
Check out this awesome exploratory task card where students will learn about polarity and closed circuits. Students will be required to identify the locations of a battery and bulb that are contact parts and then will explore how to create a circuit that lights the bulb.
A guided worksheet with directions will allow students to complete this activity independently, in small groups, at a center or as a whole class. You will need a D battery, wiring and a bulb for this activity.
Check out this awesome task card that allows students to work hands on through exploration to identify materials that are conductors and differentiate them with materials that are non-conductors.
You will need the basic materials for a circuit including a battery, wiring, a light bulb and then a variety of materials that student can test the conductivity with. The activity includes directions, a worksheet, and instructions.
This is meant to be independent work but can easily be used for small group, center work, or whole group instruction.
Looking to supplement the traditional curriculum? Want to get your students excited about nature and appreciate its powerful and dynamic attributes? Well check out this fun and interactive Adopt A Tree activity which includes drawing, researching, observing, recording, documenting, writing, and monitoring!
Students will follow 8 steps in which they will learn about their tree and record data related to it. It will help if you have a leaf identification chart, and students will need access to the internet or an encyclopedia to maximize the research component of the activity. Students will have their own Adoption Certificate upon completion as well!
This simple homework sheet is for two nights, and requires students to identify things at home that are solutions and mixtures on night, and then describe and identify a physical change and do the same for chemical change. All responses are short answer and require students to apply what they learned in class.
This simple five question exit ticket assessment covers pitch and volume and has a variety of multiple choice, fill in the blank and short answer. Students will have to give an example of a high pitch and low pitch as well as understand what causes the difference.
This assessment can be used as a quiz, test, or study guide. It covers parts of an atom including nucleus, protons, electrons, neutrons and more; it also covers topics about physical and chemical changes. There is a variety of matching, multiple choice and draw and labeling.
Supplement your classroom Word Wall, with student having their very own method of tracking. This open ended system allows students to roganize and record words that matter to them in their own way. Student can draw pictures, list words, make conotations and more. This book can easily be reproduced for each subject, put into binders, glued to notebooks or used in isolation. Students will be empowered to take ownership over their vocabulary development and will be more successful with whatever subject it applies to!
Facilitate your science labs and expand your students' understanding of the scientific process and method by using this simple and student-friendly template. The template includes Purpose, Hypothesis, Experiment, Observation, Analysis, and Conclusion. It is presented in two different formats for differentiation - one has lines and one has bullet points.
Check out my two other versions of the Scientific Method by CLICKING HERE for Version 2 or by CLICKING HERE for Version 3. Each version simply presents the content in a different format to meet the needs of your specific students.
This 12 question study guide can easily be used as a homework assignment, assessment, exit ticket, independent work, or group work. Students will be questioned on topics of the types of soils and their basic composotion. They will also need to know the types of rocks and where they are found and some basic properties. All question are short answer but many are single word or two responses.
This is an insulator and conductor quiz that has a variety of questions including sorting, multiple choice, and extended response. Students will need to determine if materials are conductors or insulators, will have to compare the two terms and exemplify an understanding of the two.
This fifteen question assessment combines multiple choice and short answer questions and covers topics including comparing physical and chemical changes, measurement, and other properties of matter. This great assessment is the perfect quiz, test, or review for your students!
This is an awesome exploratory learning project for students to learn about and experience color! Students will color two wheels, each with one slice colored in for each color of the rainbow. THIS WILL REQUIRE SOME SORT OF STRING. Thread the string through the two holes as sampled in the ANSWER KEY. Students will then hold each end of the string, and wind up the wheel in the center. When they release the winding, the wheel should spin like a top. Students will then take notes and answer the accompanying questions to describe what they are experiencing. This project will let students explore rainbows, white light, components of light and more!
Check out this awesome project that will captivate and engage students will providing opportunities to apply knowledge and further develop understandings as they relate to animals. These projects has multiple components with an aligned rubric for scoring that dives into animal adaptations, how this helps them in their environement, the food chains that they are a part of and the habitat they live in. Students will do research and answer multiple questions with regards to vocabulary, and elaborating on each of the aforementioned topics.
Students will have a blast, and won't even realize they are learning. This can easily be adapted to be implemented as an in-class project as a whole class, in groups, independently or as a homework assignment.
Invest students in building their vocabulary, increasing their spelling and improving their handwriting all while having fun! For these worksheets, students will draw an image on the beach, in the mountains, in the desert, and in the woods and then write what it is below each image. The drawing will allow great student buy-in and will hook them into wanting to label it. As students develop they can describe their image with more words and/or larger words!
This activity works perfectly as an introduction to a lesson, a fun homework, a quick assessment after learning new letters, or a Do Now to get students thinking!
Check out my alternative Draw and Label worksheets.
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Check out this bundle that includes a one page study guide that aligns nicely to the assessment. The study guide is very open-ended and requires students to write a 5-sentence paragraph while the assessment includes some fill in the blank, some short answer, and some extended response. This study guide is perfect to assign for homework, while the assessment will give you great insight into students' understanding of sound and its properties.
Check out this awesome assessment that comes with a perfectly aligned study guide that covers topics of for and motion as well as gravity. Questions are presented in multiple choice and short answer on the assessment and multiple short answer multiple short answer questions on the study guide. This can be used in variety of formats from independent work, homework, group work and more, and then coupled with the assessment to offer insight into students' understanding. An answer key is included.
Check out this awesome, visual, and informative powerpoint. There are 9 total slides that cover topics including condensation, evaporation, precipitation, and more. Additionally, topics are discussed that look at how plants and animals play a role in the water cycle. Items are also looked at that include runoff, groundwater, etc.
Students will be highly engaged in this very visual and fun presentation that they can easily jot down key details, important vocabulary, as well as create a drawing of the water cycle on their own from.