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10 Amazing Cell Projects for Grades 4-5
Provide 10 differentiated, hands-on/creative project options for upper-elementary students to demonstrate understanding of cell structure and function.
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4th Grade Science Projects
Challenge your fourth graders with science projects that introduce more advanced topics. Investigate electricity and magnetism, delve into earth sciences, or study the solar system. These projects encourage students to think critically and apply their knowledge in new and exciting ways.
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Animal Adaptation Adventure
A science-and-writing project where students research animal habitats, ecosystems, and survival adaptations, then invent and write about their own new creature that has transformed from the student.
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Animal Research Project-Based Learning (Build a Quilt for ANY Animal)
Animal Research Project-Based Learning Resource The Animal Research Project-Based Learning resource is a versatile educational tool, created primarily for teachers and homeschoolers.
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Animal Research Project
Provide a culminating, choose-your-own-animal research project so students can apply and demonstrate what they know after an animal unit, covering classification, diet type, habitat, adaptations, food chain, and life stages.
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Animals: Classification & Adaptation Gr. 4-6
Animals: Classification & Adaptation Gr. 4-6 A comprehensive teaching resource designed to spark students' interest in the animal kingdom. It is tailored for grades 4-6, aligning seamlessly with science curriculum objectives.
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Penny Spinners STEAM Activity
A STEAM activity combining art, science, and engineering: students build a coin-based spinner and collect/analyze data on how long it spins.
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Arctic Fox Comic-Style Report (Arctic Animals)
A no-prep comic-style research report activity (Love of Learning Live) focused on the Arctic fox, in which students research and present findings as a comic.
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Because of Winn Dixie STEM Experiment + STEM Project for Grades 3-5
A STEM design-challenge project connected to the novel Because of Winn-Dixie, in which students engineer a pet-friendly shelter for the character Winn-Dixie using the engineering design loop.
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Science Project: Animal Classification Posters Types of Animals
This elementary science project is a fun and interactive way for your students to learn about animal classes- different types of animals and how we can tell them apart by their unique features! Students can work independently or in small groups to research six animal classes: mammals, reptiles, fish, amphibians, birds, and insects. They…
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Bridge to Terabithia STEM Experiment + STEM Project for Grades 4, 5, 6
Bring literature to life with this exciting STEM activity inspired by Bridge to Terabithia! This challenge sparks creativity and problem-solving as students plan and construct a bridge for King Jesse as he plans to make entrance to…
Earth Day Activities for Meaningful Learning - Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Make Earth Day impactful with this cross-curricular unit focusing on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Through reading, writing, math, and science, upper elementary students explore this major but little-known environmental issue.
Earth Day Craft
A craft/flip-book activity teaching the 3 R's (reduce, reuse, recycle) and Earth Day facts for grades 2-5.
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Eye to Eye How Animals See the World
A homeschool/co-op-friendly lesson plan built around the picture book 'Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World' by Steve Jenkins, guiding a child through discussion, reading, drawing, and video activities to learn about different animal eye designs and functions, then create and present a model of an animal's eye.
Giant Pandas by Gail Gibbons Interactive Read-Aloud Activities
Complete interactive read-aloud/book-companion resource for the nonfiction picture book Giant Pandas by Gail Gibbons, offering print-and-go comprehension, vocabulary, and research activities to use alongside a read-aloud of the book.
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How Did the Dinosaurs Go Extinct? | Persuasive Writing Pack
How Did the Dinosaurs Go Extinct? | Persuasive Writing Pack The How Did the Dinosaurs Go Extinct? | Persuasive Writing Pack is an interactive educational resource designed primarily for students in grades 3 to 5.
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Living & Non-living Terrarium Packet
A science unit teaching the characteristics that distinguish living from non-living things through vocabulary work, critical-thinking activities, and a hands-on terrarium-building and observation project.
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Maze Design Challenge
Guide students through a STEM engineering-design-challenge process to plan, build, and test a physical maze.
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Problem Solver Challenge
A STEM design-challenge activity (WhyMaker Design Challenge) where students identify a real problem in their own life and invent a physical solution using upcycled/craft materials.
Recycling Project + Writing Workshop
As springtime approaches and the school year approaches its end, we begin talking about a few important topics and celebrations with our students.
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Savanna Biome Activity
Savanna Biome Activity engages students to research, write, and illustrate the unique wildlife found in African savanna ecosystems. Students brainstorm examples of savanna animals while the teacher records responses.
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STEAM STEM Activity (Fun Fridays, Morning Work, Brain Break, Enrich)
STEAM project for upper elementary grades that you can being once you click download. You need this quick and easy STEAM project that can be put together in a pinch with supplies you typically have around the house or your classroom.
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Wind Energy | Wind Energy Research Report
A guided research-report packet that walks students through researching and writing a report on wind energy.
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Dear Mr. Henshaw STEM Experiment + STEM Project for Grades 3, 4, 5
A STEM design-and-build project tied to the novel Dear Mr. Henshaw, in which students engineer a device to protect a fictional lunchbox from theft, practicing the engineering design loop.
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Number the Stars STEM Experiment + STEM Project for Grades 4, 5, 6
This hands-on activity combines creativity and problem-solving as students design and build a basket for Anne Marie to get the package safely to Uncle Henrik, based on the novel Number the Stars!