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Elementary biology rubrics
Scientific classification of Living Things Project 6 Kingdoms of Life Poster
“Six Kingdoms of Life Poster Project” is a guideline for designing a poster displaying the scientific classification of life - six kingdoms of living things: animals, plants, fungi, protists, eubacteria, and archaebacteria. It is a cross-curricular activity to engage in project-based learning when building a strong foundation for the concept of classifying live organisms.Provide your students an opportunity to convey researched information in a creative yet accessible and understandable way. Whe
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3rd - 8th
Biodiversity Final Project Shoebox (Diorama) Ecosystems
This final project can be used as a cumulative task to assess students understanding of biodiversity, food webs and ecosystems as well as how humans benefit from and impact biodiversity. This project is broken into sections: *Learning Goals: students will learn why they are completing this project*Task: what is being asked of them*Planning: students will begin brainstorming their ideas and begin rough copies of their work*Rubric: aligned with the Ontario Grade 6 curriculumThe task itself is brok
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Biodiversity BUNDLE
5th 6th Grade 4 Scientific Method Lab Science Rubric Student Self Assessment
You will download two science rubric assessments (teacher and student self assessment) for grading a grade 4, 5th, or 6th grade scientific method lab. The first science rubric may be used by the teacher to assess the students' skills in identifying scientific method lab concepts, such as, the hypothesis, following the procedures, collecting data, using materials, and accuracy of results. The assessment is on a four point scale. The second assessment is the student self assessment of the firs
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4th - 6th
Text Based Essay Informational Writing on Bees Differentiated Paired Passages
Do you need state writing test prep? Your students will do a close reading of two articles on bees and beekeeping with an expository writing prompt. Both texts come in two reading levels, allowing you to differentiate instruction. Then, your kids will fill out graphic organizers for either five paragraph, four paragraph, or one paragraph essays. A teacher's guide gives you instruction tips and an editable rubric makes grading easier. You can print them all or assign them digitally through TPT
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5th - 6th
NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
Also included in: Expository Text-Dependent Essay Bundle, Lions, Bees, and Africa, Easel
Biome Diorama Project Handouts {Biome Project Directions}
Biome Diorama Project Handouts {Biome Project Directions}:Complete directions are included to assign your students an interactive biome project. Students will create a diorama and present their biome to the class. Included in this product is a directions sheet, a rubric, a research/presentation outline, slips for students to randomly pick their biome, and a note to the teacher about how I have conducted this project. This truly is a worthwhile experience for students.I ♥ Followers! All new pr
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4th - 6th
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Mini Project
Students show their understanding of photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and how they work together in this mini project. Many options are listed so students can show their mastery in a way that suits them best.
Rubric included.
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5th - 8th
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Unicellular Organisms Project Rubric
This project rubric contains instructions for students on requirements for the project as well as a rubric you can grade their final product with. Students will research their choice of 2 different unicellular organisms and create a product to display what they have learned. This project aligns directly to 5th Grade NCSCOS Science standard 5.L.1.1, but can be applied to any grade level learning about this topic.
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3rd - 8th
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Animal Diorama Project with Rubric
This is a complete animal diorama project, in which the students choose an animal and create an animal and habitat diorama in a shoebox along with a four paragraph report about the animal. The students will write about the animal's characteristics, habitat, diet, and what they learned. The report can be adjusted down to a fill-in-the-blank type of activity if paragraph writing is too difficult for the students; there is a planning sheet included to make this possible.
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2nd - 4th
Cell Model Project Guide and Rubric
This is a 5 page document includes project requires for students to create both an animal and plant cell model as well as prepare a short presentation. The pages include model and presentation expectations, parent's signature, diagrams of both plant and animal cells, and a grading rubric.
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4th - 6th
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What Plants Need and What They Are Made Of {Covers NGSS 5-LS1}
This resource includes EVERYTHING you need to cover NGSS 5-LS1! Students complete their booklet using a 23 slide presentation which comes as a PowerPoint as well as a Google slide presentation! The presentation provides students with all the information they need written in an understandable format with pictures, diagrams, and video links. The four main needs of plants are covered before students dive deeper into the content to complete a CER arguing what plants are made out of. CER is broken
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4th - 6th
NGSS:
5-LS1-1
Biome Project Rubric
My students complete a Biome in a Box project at the end of our unit. They are expected to include 5 plant and animal species in the project. I really encourage students to get creative and make their project look realistic. This is the rubric I created for students to use as they complete the project. I also included a place at the bottom to calculate the grade.
Vertebrate & Invertebrate Research Brochure
Vertebrate & Invertebrate Research Brochure- This resource allows students to record information about their favorite vertebrate and invertebrate. This file includes:Brochure (2 types: brochure to glue to their notebook and a stand alone brochure)Rubrics (2 types: rubric with points and blank rubric)Bibliography pageVertebrates & Invertebrates Interactive Notebook
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Vertebrates and Invertebrates BUNDLE
Evolution vs. Extinction: Life Science Project (PBL)
In this two week project, students will synthesize their understanding of ecosystems, climate change, and natural selection. Students will begin the project by conducting background research on two animals. They will then predict the effects that climate change will have on each organism. One of the two organisms will go extinct. Students will predict what effect the extinction will have on that organism's ecosystem. The second organism will evolve. The students will brainstorm what adaptations
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5th - 9th
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Human Body System Project
This 2-3 class period activity focuses on students researching one body system of their choice. This free choice project is an engaging way to enter into the study of the human body. The purpose of this activity is for students to understand that every system in our body has a structure and a function. All of the parts of the system help the system function properly. Another important part of this project is to have students make connections between systems in the body that are interdependent. N
Animal Habitat Project
Animal habitat project to go along with animal or life cycle research. This is great for an end of unit project. Students can use a shoe box to create a habitat for an animal. This is great since it can be an in-class project or a take home project. There is directions attached as well as a rubric to help students to know what is expected from them. This document also includes a send home letter to parents to acknowledge and sign for the project.
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1st - 3rd
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Cell City Project
Included in this product is the directions for a group project. Students will create a diagram of a city using the different organelles as part of the city such as, power plant being the mitochondria. There is also a graphic organizer students complete as a group to help organize their ideas and explain their reasoning for each part of the project. A rubric is also included for easy grading!
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5th - 8th
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Energy and Matter in Ecosystems Bundle (Bellwork, Projects, and Review Game)
5th Grade Energy and Matter in Ecosystems BundleSupplement your unit on producers/consumers/scavengers/decomposers, food chains, food webs, energy pyramids, predator/prey dynamics, ecosystems, and invasive species with this bundle of warm up, review, project, and presentation activities.Includes:Bellwork - 18 warm up questions, ready to display in classInvasive Species Presentation - Have students research and present about an invasive species with this set of instructions, rubric, sign up sheet
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
5-LS2-1
, 5-PS3-1
Human Organ Superhero Comic - culminating activity
This comic strip activity is a culminating activity for the Human Organ Systems component of the Grade 5 Ontario Science curriculum.
The following expectations are covered:
Science:
3.1 identify major organ systems in the human body and describe their roles and interrelationships
3.2 describe the basic structure and function of major organs in the respiratory, circulatory,and digestive systems
3.3 identify interrelationships between body systems
3.4 identify common diseases and the organs and/o
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5th
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Last Week of School Activity: New Student’s Survival Guide to Science
Need to fill time near the end of the school year? This product is for you! Students will work in groups or by themselves to create a "Science Survival Guide" for the incoming students next year. This can take a couple days, or a week if you stretch it out!.
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5th - 12th
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5th Grade Microorganism Project Rubrics & Instructions BUNDLE
I used this in my fifth grade classroom this year and the students loved it! After studying harmful and beneficial microorganisms (S5L3 in the Georgia Standards), students were able to choose a product to create for me to assess them. They made informational projects for "WANTED" microorganisms. I used it as a summative assessment in addition to a traditional paper/pencil test.
Students could choose between:
-Poster
-Informational SlideShow
-Commercial/Video
For each of these projects, a ru
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5th
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Energy and Matter in Organisms Bundle (Bellwork, Lab, Projects, and Review)
5th Grade Energy and Matter in Organisms BundleSupplement your unit on photosynthesis, producers, consumers, food chains, and introduction to ecosystem dynamics with this bundle of warm up, review, lab, and project activities.Includes:Bellwork - 22 warm up questions, ready to display in classLeaf It to Me! - Leaf investigation lab to help students recognize structure/function of leaves as it relates to photosynthesisWhere Did You Get That Energy? - Challenges students to create a series of food
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
5-LS2-1
, 5-PS3-1
, 5-LS1-1
Life Cycle of a Firefly
This is a Great Resource for your Preschool Science Unit. Included you will Find: Teacher’s Guide 5 Full Color Mini Posters depicting the Life Cycle of a Firefly Egg Larva Pupa Firefly (2 views) 4 Small Cards for Sequencing (using Same Clip Art in Color) 4 Small Cards for Sequencing Work Sample (using Black and White Line Drawings) Label and Rubric for Work Sample This product supports the Preschool Content Standards for Science. Explore characteristics of living things: Explore the nature of
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PreK
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Also included in: Firefly Bundle
Year 3 Biological Science Unit - Curriculum Aligned + Grade Descriptors
This package is all you need to present, assess and report on an engaging and hands-on Biological Science unit to year 3 students. Fully aligned with the Western Australian and Australian Curriculums, it includes investigations, and activity sheets that are quick and easy to prepare and implement. As outlined in both curriculums it also includes a focus on how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures classify and use living and non-living things in their everyday lives.
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3rd
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Cell Cycle Comic Project -- Instructions, Rubric, Cartoon Rough Draft
In this Cell Cycle Comic Project, students will turn the steps and terminology of the cell cycle into a CREATIVE cartoon. Following the guidelines and instructions given, students will brainstorm cartoon and character ideas for their cell cycle comic. The comic must be an analogy of the cell cycle process and contain the key vocabulary terms. A grading rubric has been provided as well as cartoon inspiration for the students. Space has been given for the brainstorm phase, rough draft and final co
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4th - 9th
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