3rd grade science resources
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STEM Bins® / STEAM Bins® Elementary STEM Activities: Morning Work,Fast Finishers
The original STEM Bins® and STEAM Bins®***TOP 5 ALL TIME BEST-SELLING RESOURCE ON TPT!***INCLUDES A FULL STEAM VERSION, SPANISH VERSION, AND FRENCH VERSION!!!★SUPPLY LIST FOR STEM BINSWant to see my STEM Bins® up close and personal?! Watch my STEM Bins 101 video series on YouTube! ★STEM BINS 101 VIDEO SERIESClick below to see my answers to Frequently Asked Questions about STEM Bins® :★STEM BINS FAQSTEM Bins® and STEAM Bins for K-5th Grade are the perfect hands-on, play-based solution for:Early
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PreK - 6th
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STEM CHALLENGES for ENTIRE YEAR: Christmas & Winter Elementary STEM Activities
***SAVE BIG WHEN YOU PURCHASE THIS DISCOUNTED ALL YEAR BUNDLE!***This best-selling bundle contains 9 months of engaging STEM & STEAM Activities for your little engineers, with 3 STEM Challenges and 1 Bonus Brainbuilder per month for a total of 36 NGSS Aligned STEM Activities!*INCLUDES BACK TO SCHOOL, FALL, HALLOWEEN, THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, WINTER, VALENTINE'S DAY, ST.PATRICK'S DAY, EASTER, SPRING, END OF THE YEAR, and SUMMER STEM ACTIVITIES AND CHALLENGES!***TOP 20 ALL TIME BEST SELLING PR
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K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Compare and Contrast Animals Reading Comprehension Passages
Study compare and contrast nonfiction text structure with 6 short passages, questions, and graphic organizers about similar animals. Options include print, Easel Activities, Google Forms (passages), and Google Slides (Venn diagrams). Each passage features one paragraph of informational text and 4 multiple-choice questions. Animals include apes and monkeys, hares and rabbits, hedgehogs and porcupines, moths and butterflies, porpoises and dolphins, and spiders and insects. Summarization questions
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3rd - 5th
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Life Cycle of Plants Unit, Investigations & Plant Life Cycle PowerPoint NGSS
This complete, hands-on science unit for teaching about the life cycle of plants centers around an engaging 9-lesson teaching Power Point using “real life” pictures your students will love. Ideal for first, second and third grade, students learning the stages of the life cycle, plant needs, parts of a plant and seed, germination, chlorophyll, photosynthesis, pollination, plant adaptations, and seed dispersal. Content-rich, this unit is loaded with over 20 activities and science experiments, writ
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1st - 3rd
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K-2-ETS1-2
, 2-LS4-1
, 2-LS2-1
, 2-LS2-2
Christmas STEM Challenges (December) - Christmas & Winter STEM Activities BUNDLE
These Christmas/Holiday STEM/STEAM activities are perfect to engage your elementary engineers in December! Three STEM challenges and one Bonus Brainbuilder are provided and can be completed as stations or in isolation.Includes the following LOW PREP STEM Challenges:Santa's ParachuteShelf for the ElfTallest TreeBonus Brainbuilder: Gingerbread EscapeNow includes the following Winter STEM (Not Holiday Specific) Challenges:Special DeliveryToy ShelfWinter TreeIncludes the following components for EAC
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K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Science Interactive Notebook | 3rd 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade Science Notes
Let's journal! Science Interactive Notebook All in One Bundle is perfect for teachers who are looking to incorporate Interactive Science Notebooks in 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, or 6th grade. There are SO many topics: safety and science practices, matter, mixtures, ecosystems, adaptations, life cycles, energy, light, force and motion, human body, earth, space, and MUCH more!Take a closer look! Download the preview for 10 free printables.This file includes 260 foldable activities, cut and pa
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3rd - 6th
Animal Research Project Animal Report Pennant Banners
These Animals Report Pennant Banners come with over 100 fun pennants for displaying your animal research project on the amazing animals of our world. Perfect for any time of the year, these pennants are a great way to supplement your science instruction as well as help your students organize their research. Save time by integrating your science and ELA instruction! In addition to being excellent informational organizers for your students, these animal pennant banners are great to use for bulle
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: Biography AND Animal Report Pennant Banner Bundle
Water Bottle Flip STEM Challenge + STEM Activity
The ORIGINAL water bottle flip STEM activity and lab! Water bottle flip at school? Absolutely! Students will love this on-trend STEM challenge inspired by the popular YouTube water bottle flipping challenge where students toss a water bottle and attempt to land it straight up. Practice scientific method with some probability, fractions and data collection in the mix while having fun!***Now includes all student recording pages on Google Slides™ and TpT Easel for use on devices.***This self-paced
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3rd - 6th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Water Cycle Experiments Activities Craft Project Worksheets Vocabulary Cards
Save time planning for your water cycle unit with these hands-on experiments, craft project, vocabulary cards, and activities.You receive:• step by step instructions for 3 water cycle experiments• coordinating pages for each experiment that test students' understanding• links to digital Seesaw recording pages for easy tech integration• 2 sets of vocabulary cards (hand-drawn pictures & real photographs) for the following water cycle words - evaporation, collection, precipitation, condensation
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K - 3rd
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STEM Bins® Teambuilders for Back to School and End of the Year - STEM Activities
★ GRAB MY NEW STEM BINS TEAMBUILDERS GROWING BUNDLE!★ STEM Bins® Teambuilders are a wonderful way to build your classroom community and allow students to practice and reflect on essential character skills. They are ideal for use at the beginning of the school year as you are introducing STEM Bins to your class, and are also perfect for collaborative STEM activities at the end of the school year. The following STEM Bins® Teambuilders are designed to accompany my STEM Bins® ,found at the following
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PreK - 5th
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Landforms & Map Skills Unit BUNDLE
Make learning about geography come to life with this landforms and map skills bundle unit for young learners! Your students will have the opportunity to explore the landforms that shape our Earth, as well as beginning map skills. This bundle contains a variety of printables, projects, crafts, and much more. Also available in...Landforms and Map Skills DIGITAL BundleLandforms and Map Skills PRINT & DIGITAL Mega BundleLANDFORMS pack includes:Recommended book list Landforms posters (landform, b
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1st - 3rd
Human Body Systems Project & Lift-the-Flap Model w/ Human Body Reading Passages
This unit has always been one of my very FAVORITE units to teach! Kids love to learn about the amazing, surprising, and sometimes downright icky things that happen in their bodies, and this life-size model has the hands-on component to make their learning engaging, meaningful, and memorable.This resource includes leveled reading passages for each organ and “lift-the-flap” pieces that provide a place for kids to record information directly on their models. Your kids will take learning beyond th
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3rd - 5th
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Solar System Activities Unit with Solar System Projects and Worksheets
This MASSIVE BUNDLED Solar System Activities Unit gives you a wealth of fun, informational and engaging materials to help you present the Solar System, our little corner of the universe, to your kids! Use these close reading passages, writing activities, graphic organizers, interactive notebook activities, task cards, posters and projects and more to build excitement about the solar system and space science with your students!BY POPULAR DEMAND I HAVE CREATED THIS SOLAR SYSTEM BUNDLED UNIT TO IN
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2nd - 6th
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Butterfly Life Cycle Complete Science Unit
Make learning about the butterfly life cycle even more fun with butterfly activities that combine science, reading and writing with hands on experiments. Students learn the stages of the butterfly life cycle, explore pollination, the compound eye, metamorphosis, adaptations, and so much more! Whether or not you raise live butterflies, this quality science resource is the perfect addition to your life cycle of butterflies activities. This complete science unit is packed with over 25 highly engagi
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1st - 3rd
Winter STEM Activities and Challenges with Paper ❄️ Snowflakes ❄️
**BEST SELLER!** Winter STEM / Snowflake STEM activities! Create a variety of snowflakes with these 3 STEM engaging challenges. For these challenges, the only material that is necessary is plain paper. This is a great companion activity if you are reading about Snowflake Bentley (Wilson Bentley).Looking for the digital version of this resource?Winter STEM Challenges - Digital Version✅ What You'll Get ✅Teacher Instructions and sample imagesWarm up activities: How snowflakes form in nature (1 page
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3rd - 8th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Also included in: FLASH SALE ⭐ Low Prep STEM Activities Engineering Design Process
STEM Bins® Speed Builds STEM Activities (Morning Work, Early Finishers, Centers)
STEM Bins Speed Builds Activities are ideal for hands-on morning work, early finishers, enrichment, and team building. They are designed to supplement my original STEM Bins pack. Two different difficulty levels are provided: “Build it Flat” and “Build it Up” to accommodate a range of learning levels. "Build it Flat” cards are recommended for Pre-K-2nd Grade and "Build it Up” cards are recommended for advanced 1st Grade-5th Grade. There are 12 cards provided per difficulty level and 6 different
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PreK - 6th
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Halloween STEM Challenges & Activities BUNDLE - Pumpkin Catapult, Candy Towers
These Halloween themed STEM/STEAM activities are perfect to engage your elementary engineers in October! Three STEM challenges and one Bonus Brainbuilder are provided and can be completed as stations or in isolation.Check out my Video Tour and Demo of all components on YouTube below!LOW PREP HALLOWEEN STEM CHALLENGES VIDEOIncludes the following LOW PREP Halloween STEM Activities and Challenges:Pumpkin Catapult and 6 Pumpkin Catapult Games (Stations)Candy TowerSpider Web BridgeBonus Brainbuilder:
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K - 5th
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Forms of Energy Set with Heat Light and Sound Activities 1st 2nd 3rd Grade
This is a fabulous set for teaching forms of energy for kids including light, heat (thermal), and sound! It is very interactive and super fun for the students! Hands on experiments, a flip book, worksheets, anchor charts, a test, and more are included. This set has ALL you will need to teach different Forms of Energy to your students! This has been recently updated to include 2 versions to include heat or thermal vocabulary!✅Save $$$$$$ and purchase this as part of my 2nd Grade Science Bundle!
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1st - 3rd
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1-PS4-2
, 1-PS4-1
Rock Cycle Lab Activity (with Starbursts)
Rock Cycle: Modeling the Rock Cycle with StarburstsThis activity is a perfect follow up for a class who has just been introduced to the rock cycle. You will need starbursts (or other fruit chews of multiple colors) and plastic sandwich bags. Students begin with 'sediments' which they turn into a sedimentary rock, apply heat and pressure to turn it into a metamorphic rock, and then you (the teacher) will need to take them home to turn them into igneous rocks. All teacher directions, with photo
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3rd - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-1
Also included in: Rock BUNDLE: Types of Rocks and the Rock Cycle
Winter STEM Activities and Challenges (January) BUNDLE
This winter themed STEM/STEAM package is perfect to engage your elementary engineers in January! Three STEM challenges and one Bonus Brainbuilder are provided and can be completed as stations or in isolation.Includes the following LOW PREP WINTER STEM ACTIVITIES:Sledding RampHibernation StationSnowball StructureBonus Brainbuilder: Snowflake SymmetryIncludes the following components for EACH CHALLENGE:Detailed Lesson Plan with Standards, Supply Checklists, and Suggested Read AloudsDigital Google
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K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, K-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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States of Matter - Reading Passages, Comprehension, Activities, Labs, Task Cards
This matter science unit contains reading passages with comprehension questions, activities, science labs, task cards, and vocabulary reference posters that you can use to enhance your unit on matter. Please download the preview file to see all pages included in this unit!Pages included:Matter reading passage and comprehensioncrossword puzzlemultiple choice activitymind mappicture wordword sortSolids reading passage and comprehensionword search and fill in the blankgraphic organizerLiquids read
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Science Bundle
Christmas Science Labs & STEM Activities | December & Winter 4th grade 5th grade
Do you need some FUN science activities to do before Winter Break? These FIVE Christmas science labs are engaging, educational, and the most fun your students will have this year! This newly-updated resource has been a crowd-pleaser for 8 years!LABS1. Milk and CookiesProperties of MatterThe more milk a cookie absorbs, the happier Santa is! Students conduct an experiment to determine which of three cookies absorbs the most milk. (Option: Santa Scenario or Generic Milk and Cookies)2. Snowball La
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3rd - 6th
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Plants Units - Plant Life Cycle, Parts of a Plant - Science Reading, Worksheets
This Plants unit is a perfect supplemental resource to use for teaching parts of a plant and plant needs. These science worksheets and reading passages cover topics such as parts of a plant, plant life cycle, plant needs, and more. There are different types of resources, too. There are reading comprehension passages about plants, graphic organizers, writing pages, cut and glue activities, and even a few fold-and-go mini books!Plant Topics covered include:General Plant InformationPlant PartsPlant
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1st - 3rd
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Ecosystems & Biomes Foldable Accordion Activity
Ignite your students’ curiosity and fill the gaps in your science curriculum with this captivating ecosystems activity! Designed for upper elementary grades, this ecosystem project provides an easy-to-use tool for teaching about ecosystems, biomes, and more. Explore the types of ecosystems, engage in ecosystem reading passages, & grasp the concepts of biomes and ecosystems with a printable & digital version. Engage, educate, and empower your students with this interactive craftivity book
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Ecosystem BUNDLE
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