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Science Activities

133 science activities, covering seasons, animals, life science, plus 40 more topics. How teachers use these

Science Activities

133 science activities, covering seasons, animals, life science, plus 40 more topics. How teachers use these

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Activity3rd GradeMagnets Lesson Plan

Materials available in this Magnets Lesson Plan include two Magnet Activities and four Magnet Worksheets.Our Magnet Lesson Plan provides you with

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ActivityPreschoolThanksgiving Flash Cards

These Thanksgiving flash cards give preschool through 2nd grade children 18 self-checking picture and word cards for building holiday vocabulary. A card list answer key is included.

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Activity4th GradeLight Bulb Cut Outs

This light bulb cut outs worksheet gives 4th grade students four bulbs to fill with electricity facts, color and cut out, making a bright science bulletin board that celebrates what the whole class has learned.

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ActivityPreschoolGo Green Recycle Activity

This go green recycle activity helps preschool to 3rd grade students sort everyday items into paper, plastic, metal, and glass, with a practice page and answer key included.

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ActivityPreschoolBirthday Flash Cards

These birthday flash cards help preschool to 4th grade students learn 24 party words like cake, candles and presents. Fold-over picture cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.

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ActivityPreschoolDonut Cut Outs

These Donut Cut Outs quickly give you templates that can be easily cut and applied for classroom decoration or student activities

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ActivityPreschoolBarn Cut Out

This barn cut out activity lets PreK to 3rd grade children color, cut, fold and glue a 3-D paper barn, roof and silo, then stand six farm animals beside it.

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Activity2nd GradeSolar System Activity

This solar system activity is a Space Race game where 2nd to 5th Grade students spin, write and color the eight planets in order. Includes trivia cards, practice and answer key.

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ActivityKindergartenFour Seasons Activity

This four seasons activity has children sort 12 picture cards and play a spinner game. Made for Kindergarten to 2nd Grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeSun Activity

This sun activity sends 1st and 2nd grade children on a read-the-room hunt for twelve sun fact cards, with a recording sheet, a Yes or No practice page and answer keys included.

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Activity2nd GradeMotion Activity

This motion activity helps 2nd to 5th grade students sort everyday actions into pushes and pulls, with 14 sorting cards, a practice page, and an answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeWeather Wiz Activity

This weather wiz activity has 1st to 3rd graders read weather fact cards, decide if each is sunny, rainy, snowy or cloudy, and record them on a sort chart. Answer key included.

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ActivityPreschoolSize Activity

Using this Size Activity, students play Categories to practice identifying the sizes tall, short, big and small.

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ActivityKindergartenTree Cut Outs

This tree cut outs activity is a tree-shaped book for kindergarten to 2nd grade. Children color the cover, draw a tree, write about it, and cut out the pages on the bold line.

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Activity1st GradeMonths of the Year Activity

This months of the year activity is a picture card game for 1st and 2nd grade: put the months in order and sort them by season, with a practice page. Answer key included.

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ActivityPreschoolBar Graph Activity

Using this Bar Graph Activity, students practice using data to create and analyze a bar graph.

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Activity1st GradePlurals Activity

Using Plurals Activity, students add the proper word ending to make a plural noun for correct usage in writing.

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ActivityPreschoolCloud Cut Outs

These Cloud Cut Outs quickly give you templates that can be easily cut and applied for classroom decoration or student activities

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Activity1st GradeMoon Activity

Send students on a read-the-room moon activity with 12 fact cards, a recording sheet and a Yes or No practice page for 1st and 2nd grade, answer key included, so learning about the moon feels like an adventure.

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ActivityKindergartenSummer Graphing Activity

This summer graphing activity has children spin, tally and color a bar graph. Made for Kindergarten to 2nd Grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

From our teachers' playbook

Wonder, test, discover, repeat

What do kids learn in elementary science?

Elementary science is about asking questions and finding answers. Kids explore life science, like plant parts, animals, body systems and cells. They study Earth science: weather, seasons and the layers of the Earth. In physical science they investigate matter, from solids, liquids and gases to physical changes, and forces like pushes, pulls and gravity. Along the way they learn the scientific method: question → hypothesis → test → conclusion. The click is when a child says "Let's test it!" instead of just guessing.

Our favorite ways to teach science

Science sticks when kids do it, see it and talk about it.

Walk through the method

Do one experiment as a class, like "Which ball bounces highest?" and fill in each step of the scientific method together on the board. Then kids plan their own mini experiment using the scientific method worksheet.

Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).

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Label to learn

Have kids color and label animal and plant cells, then compare them side by side. Ask "What does the plant cell have that the animal cell doesn't?" Drawing and labeling turns tricky vocabulary into a picture they remember.

Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).

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Review the vocab

After a matter unit, use the properties of matter review page as a quick check. Kids explain each term in their own words. Retrieval, not rereading, is what locks science words in.

Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).

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Teacher favorites right now: Magnets Lesson Plan, Thanksgiving Flash Cards and Light Bulb Cut Outs.

Questions parents and teachers ask about science

What science topics are taught in elementary school?

Life science (plants, animals, the human body), Earth science (weather, seasons, rocks and the Earth's layers) and physical science (matter, forces and energy). Kids also learn the scientific method.

How can I teach science at home?

Cook, garden, watch the weather and ask "What do you think will happen?" Simple kitchen experiments like melting ice or mixing baking soda and vinegar are great starters.

What is the scientific method for kids?

It is a step-by-step way to answer a question: ask a question, make a guess called a hypothesis, test it, observe what happens, and draw a conclusion.

How do I make science fun?

Let kids get hands-on. Experiments, nature walks, drawing what they observe and songs about science ideas all make it memorable.