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Earth sciences Common Core W.5.2b 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
Types of Volcanoes Activity
Students will erupt with excitement when they work on this fun and flashy circlebook activity that examines three types of volcanoes! Fifteen mix-n-match templates feature ready-to-color illustrations of a Cinder Cone, a Composite Cone, and a Shield Volcano, complete with keys. For longer circle books, students can fill in additional templates with vocabulary words, create pages of volcano facts, research types of lava or the formation of volcanoes, or write a creative story about exploring a vo
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3rd - 8th
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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
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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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
Types of Volcanoes Activity Sheet
This is an activity sheet that focuses on the three different types of volcanoes. Students are asked to draw a cinder-cone volcano, shield volcano, and a composite volcano. In addition to their drawings students are asked to write 1 to 2 sentences describing each type of volcano.
The second portion of the activity sheet requires students to explain how a volcano erupts. The students are required to include several key words in their paragraph.
Finally, students are given a diagram of a volc
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4th - 6th
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Natural Disasters Brochure (Guided Genius Hour Project)
Exploring Natural Disasters is an important element in various subjects - social studies, science, and NOW writing! This brochure assignment allows students to explore a natural disaster from either the United States or around the world and learn about the impact such events can have on the human population.
For this project students are required to:
1) Research
2) Take self-guided notes
3) Organize sources
4) Produce a finished brochure as a final product
Included in this product you will
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3rd - 8th
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Habitat and Animal Research Projects + Create a Creature BUNDLE | No Prep
Take learning about animal habitats up a notch with these fun, engaging, and creative research projects! These no prep, digital and printable projects get students thinking at a higher level as they conduct research and use their new knowledge to CREATE a new animal that would survive and thrive in each of 5 habitats - Desert, Grassland, Ocean, Rainforest, and Tundra!These research projects get students to…EXPLORE each habitatLEARN about the animals that live thereCREATE their own super creature
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3rd - 5th
Volcanoes Unit | Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive, 92 page Volcanoes Unit. It contains passages, questions, and a wide variety of resources needed to teach a rigorous unit on volcanoes.It includes CLOSE Reading nonfiction passages to help teach your students about volcanoes (not familiar with CLOSE reading? It’s okay, we have instructions and anchor charts to help you incorporate it into your teaching). There are text dependent questions aligned with each passage, a set of vocabulary cards wi
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Volcanoes Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Report Bundle
DBQ: Why Are Hurricanes So Dangerous (Mirco-Q)
This is from the DBQ (document based questioning) online library. With a focus on the question, "Why are hurricanes so dangerous?" The Micro-Q focuses on a single document and ends with a one-paragraph student "essay."This is a powerpoint to accompany the Micro-Q 3-day lesson. Included within this PowerPoint are: -2 Accompanying Content Videos-"Ways to Hook Your Reader" Content -DBQ Jobs Descriptions and Easy to Follow Implementation Directions-Grade Level Engaging and Appropriate Graphics
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1st - 5th
Reading Skills Passage - Salty Surprise: How Salinity Affects Density
Maximize your instruction time by covering a lot with a little! This article begins with a brief explanation of why ocean water is salty, then explains the relationship between salinity and density. The packet also includes a word-study sheet that explores the word root sal and the word matter. It even explores onomatopoeias!Students can interact with the text in several ways; you choose how and how much. Here is what's included:404-word reading passage that explains the relationship between sal
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4th - 7th
Climate Change Lapbook Guided Research Project - 100% Editable
This resource is 100% EDITABLE using Microsoft PowerPoint. You can add, subtract, or modify any of the content to suit the needs of your students. Great for differentiation!Most scientists agree that climate change caused by human activity began with the Industrial Revolution in the 19th Century. As economies transformed from agriculture to manufacturing, greenhouse gasses began to collect in the atmosphere causing global temperatures to rise. From glaciers melting in the arctic causing sea leve
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4th - 8th
NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
Total solar eclipse Reading Comprehension - RACE Writing practice worksheets
Eclipse 2024 Reading Comprehension - RACE Writing practice worksheets.RACE Strategy is a structure to answer passage-based, restating the question in a complete sentence, answering all parts of the question, citing text evidence and fully explaining.R: Re-state the questionA: Answer all parts of the questionC: Cite the text to provide evidenceE: Explain your citationPassages are 4th-6th grade reading level for independent work,lesson planshomework,substitute,test prep and review stations.
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4th - 6th
Estuary Biomes Virtual Field Trip Interactive Visit Fast Facts - Click and Go!
Let's take a virtual field trip and learn about Estuary Biomes! You do NOT NEED YOUTUBE or GOOGLE EARTH or COMPUTER SPACE! You do need an internet connection. This virtual field trip is a unique, engaging and fun way to explore various aspects of Estuary Biomes. This resource includes high-quality licensed video, images, audio, diagrams, exercises, research activities, and even has multiple self-correcting assessment points so that your students can check their understanding while they explore t
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4th - 6th
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5-ESS2-2
, 5-LS2-1
, 3-ESS2-2
Ocean Habitat and Animal Research Project + Create a Creature | No Prep
Take learning about animal habitats up a notch with this fun, engaging, and creative research project! This no prep, digital and printable project gets students thinking at a higher level as they conduct research and use their new knowledge to CREATE a new animal that would survive and thrive in this habitat!This research project gets students to…EXPLORE the ocean habitatLEARN about ocean animalsCREATE their own super creature that can survive and thrive in the habitatWRITE about the creature th
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3rd - 5th
Climate Change Lapbook Guided Research Project
If you would like to purchase the 100% EDITABLE version of this product, click here! Great for differentiation!Most scientists agree that climate change caused by human activity began with the Industrial Revolution in the 19th Century. As economies transformed from agriculture to manufacturing, greenhouse gasses began to collect in the atmosphere causing global temperatures to rise. From glaciers melting in the arctic causing sea levels to rise, to an increased amount of natural disasters, the i
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4th - 8th
NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
Earth Day Explorations | 5 Earth Day Lessons for grades 3-5
Ignite a passion for environmental responsibility with our dynamic 3-5 Earth Day lesson plans! Designed to captivate upper elementary students, these low-prep lessons delve deeper into topics such as water conservation, pollution cleanup, and energy conservation. Through thought-provoking discussions and hands-on activities, students will gain a deeper understanding of the impact of their actions on the planet and learn practical strategies to protect our environment for future generations. Fost
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3rd - 5th
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3-ESS3-1
, 5-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS3-1
DBQ: Why Should We Protect the Wolf? (Mirco-Q MV)
This is from the DBQ (document based questioning) online library. With a focus on the question, "Why Should We Protect the Wolf?" This powerpoint is designed for a teacher to be able to use knowledge of the DBQ and immediately teach the content, with little preparation of lessons.This is a powerpoint to accompany the DBQ Micro-Q 3-day lesson. The Micro-Q focuses on a single document and ends with a one-paragraph student "essay."Included within this PowerPoint are: Teacher Lesson Planning NotesIn
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K - 5th
Let's Adopt an Animal! - Science Unit about Animals!
Welcome to the Adopt an Animal Research Project! This is a low-prep, standards based research project that your students will LOVE! Tried and tested in my own classroom, I hope you enjoy this resource as much as I do! I have used it in 3rd grade high ability to teach animal (science) standards, but this could be easily applied to other grade levels as well!Students will research Animals (adaptations, habitats, genetics, and survival skills). This works great for in-person or distance-learning an
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2nd - 5th
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4-LS1-1
, 3-LS4-1
, 3-LS2-1
, 3-LS4-3
, 2-LS4-1
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Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition Student Brochure
Mix it up with your student's output in the classroom by having them design a brochure about WED! This file is editable so you can change fonts, placement of illustration boxes, and even the title. It is interactive notebook ready!
TEKS: 3.7A, 4.7B, 5.7B, 7.8B
NGSS: ESS2.A
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4th - 8th
Intermediate Science| Earth's Movement| Rotation/Revolution Interactive Notebook
This intermediate Science Interactive Notebook on Earth's Movements (Rotation and Revolution) is the perfect non prep science work for all intermediate students (3rd, 4th, 5th). This product contains 15 different pages of all kinds of activities and work for the students to learn about Earth's rotation and revolution. This product containsUnit of Study Cover page (can also be a coloring page for an opening activity)Table of contents labeled already for the studentsKWL chart2 pages of notes (one
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3rd - 5th
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5-ESS1-2
Marine Biomes Virtual Field Trip Interactive Visit Fast Facts - Click and Go!
Let's take a virtual field trip and learn about Marine Biomes! You do NOT NEED YOUTUBE or GOOGLE EARTH or COMPUTER SPACE! You do need an internet connection. This virtual field trip is a unique, engaging and fun way to explore various aspects of Marine Biomes. This resource includes high-quality licensed video, images, audio, diagrams, exercises, research activities, and even has multiple self-correcting assessment points so that your students can check their understanding while they explore the
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4th - 6th
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NGSS:
5-ESS2-2
, 5-LS2-1
, 3-ESS2-2
Weather | Weather Research Report
Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive Weather Research Report resource. It helps make report writing easy! It contains vocabulary, worksheets, questions, organizers, tools and forms to use for your students to create, develop, write, edit, illustrate, present, and assess your students’ Weather Research Report.Students LOVE to study weather! This is a fun, 36 page resource to help your students produce a research report on Weather. This report is also designed to not only to learn
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Weather Unit Bundle | Passages & Questions | Research Report
Rainforest Habitat and Animal Research Project + Create a Creature | No Prep
Take learning about animal habitats up a notch with this fun, engaging, and creative research project! This no prep, digital and printable project gets students thinking at a higher level as they conduct research and use their new knowledge to CREATE a new animal that would survive and thrive in this habitat!This research project gets students to…EXPLORE the rainforest habitatLEARN about rainforest animalsCREATE their own super creature that can survive and thrive in the habitatWRITE about the c
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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