Check out this awesome science lab that can be used for independent practice, small group, centers, or whole group instruction. Students will love to learn about static electricity through this exploratory hands on learning experience. The included worksheet will facilitate learning and guide reflection as the task card gives step by step instructions. You will need salt and balloons to complete this activity.

This simple and well-organized tracking form allows students to track the moon as it appears to them over a one month period. As explained in the directions, the students will draw a representation of the moon every three days totalling 10 images in 30 days. The students will have to record observation notes including components such as the time they observed it as well as anything else they noticed. They will also have to attempt to identify the moon phase. This student centered project can easily be assigned as a homework for students to realize that the moon phase changes gradually over a month period as well as how the time of day the moon is visible changes as well. Students will be so excited to be able to draw, and take ownership over something that is such a normal part of their world!

This simple homework sheet is for two nights, and requires students to identify things at home that are solutions and mixtures on night, and then describe and identify a physical change and do the same for chemical change. All responses are short answer and require students to apply what they learned in class.

Check out this awesome exploratory task card where students will learn about polarity and closed circuits. Students will be required to identify the locations of a battery and bulb that are contact parts and then will explore how to create a circuit that lights the bulb. A guided worksheet with directions will allow students to complete this activity independently, in small groups, at a center or as a whole class. You will need a D battery, wiring and a bulb for this activity.

This simple five question exit ticket assessment covers the basic info of planets such as the gas giants, terrestrial planets, the first planet to the sun, the last planet to the sun and more. Questions are presented in multiple choice form and are meant to serve as a quick snapshot of what students know or learned about in reference to introductory materials on planets. Be sure to check out my Planet Labels and Descriptions Printable.

Facilitate your science labs and expand your students' understanding of the scientific process and method by using this simple and student-friendly template. The template includes Purpose, Hypothesis, Experiment, Observation, Analysis, and Conclusion. It is presented in three different formats for differentiation - one has lines, one has bullet points, and the last has open spaces. Check out my two other versions of the Scientific Method by CLICKING HERE for Version 1 or by CLICKING HERE for Version 2. Each version simply presents the content in a different format to meet the needs of your specific students.

Facilitate your science labs and expand your students' understanding of the scientific process and method by using this simple and student-friendly template. The template includes Purpose, Hypothesis, Experiment, Observation, Analysis, and Conclusion. It is presented in three different formats for differentiation - one has lines, one has bullet points, and the last has open spaces. Check out my two other versions of the Scientific Method by CLICKING HERE for Version 1 or by CLICKING HERE for Version 3. Each version simply presents the content in a different format to meet the needs of your specific students.

Facilitate your science labs and expand your students' understanding of the scientific process and method by using this simple and student-friendly template. The template includes Purpose, Hypothesis, Experiment, Observation, Analysis, and Conclusion. It is presented in two different formats for differentiation - one has lines and one has bullet points. Check out my two other versions of the Scientific Method by CLICKING HERE for Version 2 or by CLICKING HERE for Version 3. Each version simply presents the content in a different format to meet the needs of your specific students.

This is an insulator and conductor quiz that has a variety of questions including sorting, multiple choice, and extended response. Students will need to determine if materials are conductors or insulators, will have to compare the two terms and exemplify an understanding of the two.

This is an awesome exploratory learning project for students to learn about and experience color! Students will color two wheels, each with one slice colored in for each color of the rainbow. THIS WILL REQUIRE SOME SORT OF STRING. Thread the string through the two holes as sampled in the ANSWER KEY. Students will then hold each end of the string, and wind up the wheel in the center. When they release the winding, the wheel should spin like a top. Students will then take notes and answer the accompanying questions to describe what they are experiencing. This project will let students explore rainbows, white light, components of light and more!

This is an extremely easily reproducible lab. Find a variety of items and objects to present to a group of students. Allow them to examine them and describe the physical properties they can identify. With that, then have the students create three categories to classify their items into. The students can then be challenged to create three new groups. This lab challenges students to group items and think about how scientists use properties to classify things.

Check out this awesome task card that allows students to work hands on through exploration to identify materials that are conductors and differentiate them with materials that are non-conductors. You will need the basic materials for a circuit including a battery, wiring, a light bulb and then a variety of materials that student can test the conductivity with. The activity includes directions, a worksheet, and instructions. This is meant to be independent work but can easily be used for small group, center work, or whole group instruction.

This simple and well structured assessment will requires students to demonstrate their knowledge of the major subatomic particles including protons, neutrons, electrons and the nucleus as well as the location, charge, and relative size of them. Students will also have to draw a representation to confirm their understanding of the content. Can easily be used for an Exit Ticker, a quiz, group work, homework and more!

This assessment can be used as a quiz, test, or study guide. It covers parts of an atom including nucleus, protons, electrons, neutrons and more; it also covers topics about physical and chemical changes. There is a variety of matching, multiple choice and draw and labeling.