EQ: What are Mixtures and Solutions? This is a bundled lesson that includes the student interactive notes and the Power Point presentation. Student discussions (Turn and Talks) embedded in presentation. Students will differentiate between mixtures and solutions. Students will identify or describe the factors that affect solubility. Students will explain how mixtures of solids can be separated based on their observable properties. Students will love the bright and colorful slides and the opportunities to apply their newfound knowledge with their partner!

This resource includes the science vocabulary terms, definitions, and visual examples for my Mixtures and Solutions PowerPoint presentation and student guided notes. Make a word wall on your bulletin board that supports your lesson! This resource supports my free Power Point Lesson What Are Mixtures and Solutions?

NO PREP PRINTABLE! This puzzle works well for days you have numerous absent students, for test prep, or when you have a substitute teacher scheduled. As a teacher you have no missed teaching time! This puzzle reviews 12 vocabulary words about the forms and types of energy including reflection, absorption and refraction. You will receive one puzzle, word clues, word bank, and an answer key. This crossword reviews vocabulary presented in my “Forms of Energy” PowerPoint and Student Interactive Notebook Lesson 12 vocabulary words included: Potential Kinetic Mechanical Chemical Sound Absorb Thermal Light Energy Electrical Refraction Reflection

NO PREP PRINTABLE! This puzzle works well for days you have numerous absent students, for test prep, or when you have a substitute teacher scheduled. As a teacher you have no missed teaching time because this puzzle reviews 16 vocabulary words about plant reproduction, growth and lifecycles. You will receive one puzzle, word clues, word bank, and an answer key. 16 terms included: Flowering Plants Non-Flowering Plants Conifers Pollination Pistil Anther Stamen Ovary Ovules Pollen Wind Fertilization Germination Petal Seed Dispersal Lifecycle This crossword is included in my lesson Plant Growth, Reproduction and Life Cycle Lesson See Additional Crossword Puzzles in my store

My students love this lab! This lab has both qualitative and quantitative components. The qualitative component gives my students a scientific excuse to eat the popcorn! This lab serves as a reinforcement and application of Types of Heat Transfer! This lab should be done after students have learned the three types of heat transfer. Your students should be able to think back to the examples given in the lesson. Contains all lab directions, lab worksheet and follow up questions that should be answered individually. This lab is the final lesson that follows along with the Power Point available in my store titled “Types of Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection and Radiation”.

This file contains a 30 question unit test on the human body, and a cross word puzzle that reviews 21 vocabulary words and organ functions. The crossword could be used as a review or as a study guide. The test has 18 questions on vocabulary terms (organ, organism and organ system) and matching organs to organ functions. There are three questions specifically about the brain, and the remaining 9 questions are labeling organs on diagrams. As always, keys are provided for both the puzzle and the quiz. This can be used as a supplement for my What are Organs and Body Systems PowerPoint and Interactive Student Notes

NO PREP PRINTABLE! This puzzle works well for days you have numerous absent students, for test prep, or when you have a substitute teacher scheduled. As a teacher you have no missed teaching time because this puzzle reviews 15 vocabulary words about the Life Cycles of Animals including all stages of incomplete and complete metamorphosis. You will receive one puzzle, word clues, word bank, and an answer key. This crossword reviews vocabulary presented in my “How Do Animals Change and Grow” PowerPoint and Student Interactive Notebook Lesson 15 vocabulary terms included: Lifecycle Amphibians Mammals Three Nymph Four Larva Pupa Reptile Molt Adult Embryo Bird Tadpole Resemble

NO PREP PRINTABLE! This puzzle works well for days you have numerous absent students, for test prep, or when you have a substitute teacher scheduled. As a teacher you have no missed teaching time because this puzzle reviews 14 vocabulary words about the Interaction of Living Things including food webs and food chains as well ass related vocabulary. You will receive one puzzle, word clues, word bank, and an answer key. This crossword reviews vocabulary presented in my “Interactions of Living Things” PowerPoint and Student Interactive Notebook Lesson. 14 terms included: Consumer Decomposer Carnivore Food Web Predator Energy Air Photosynthesis Prey Food Chain Omnivore Herbivore Producer

Your students will have fun visiting Santa’s Workshop and meeting elves getting “energized” on the slopes through a short story. Students must determine which form of energy is being used and how it is transformed in the story while the elves are sledding down the slopes and ice skating! The story also shows how our actions and willingness to help someone else brings joy. On the next printable your student will read specific scenarios of the elves playing in the snow, throwing snowballs and rounding up reindeer. Finally, your students will complete a crossword puzzle that reviews all the vocabulary and types energy used in the story. These pintables allow you to have fun with the Christmas holiday while reviewing science concepts and you lose no teaching time during this busy time! Bundle Contains: Short Story and Answer Key (PDF) Identify Forms of Energy and Key Forms of Energy Crossword Puzzle and Solution

EQ: How do I Classify Living Things? This lesson addresses standards for 3rd and 5th grade (Classify animals into major groups (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, vertebrates and invertebrates, those having live births and those which lay eggs) according to their physical characteristics and behaviors. Looks at the Big Idea: Diversity and Evolution of Living Organisms This is a bundled lesson that includes the student interactive notes and a 17 slide Power Point presentation. Student discussions (Turn and Talks) embedded in presentation. Also included in this bundle is a Classification Card Sorting Activity to help your students apply what they have learned in the lesson as well as an optional Exit Ticket for a quick assessment. Everything you need to teach the lesson! This standard is tested on the annual 5th grade state benchmark exam. I used this in my 5th grade class to review a concept they had learned two years earlier to prepare for their exam.

EQ: How does matter change? This lesson addresses standards for 4th and 5th grade ( Investigate and describe that many physical and chemical changes are affected by temperature. Identify some familiar changes in materials that result in other materials with different characteristics, such as burning, rusting, and cooking.) Looks at the Big Ideas: matter can undergo a variety of changes, and matter can be changed physically or chemically. This is a bundled lesson that includes the student interactive notes and the Power Point presentation. Student discussions (Turn and Talks) embedded in presentation. Everything you need to teach the lesson!

This PowerPoint presentation and guided student notes address the EQ: What are Stars and Galaxies? The student notes are in a booklet format which is perfect for their ISN. This lesson aligns with the Common Core Standards for 5th grade. It also covers the 3rd grade standards, which need to be reviewed before the annual 5th grade benchmark exam. All images are from the Hubble Telescope and NASA. Lesson concludes with embedded links for two short video clips on galaxies and constellations, as well as a Turn and Talk activity to get your students discussing their newly gained knowledge!

EQ: How Do Animals Change and Grow? This lesson addresses the 4th and 5th grade standards: Compare and contrast the major stages in the life cycles of animals, such as those that undergo incomplete and complete metamorphosis. In this lesson students will, explore life cycles of various animals, describe complete metamorphosis (4 stages) using animals that undergo this change, describe incomplete metamorphosis (3 stages) using animals that undergo this change, compare and contrast differences in body structures of the different stages (egg, larva, pupa, adult, nymph). This is a bundled lesson that includes the student interactive notes and the colorful and engaging fifteen slide Power Point presentation. Student discussions (Turn and Talks) embedded in presentation, and a link to a short video clip to finish lesson with a visual recap. Everything you need to teach the lesson! This is a 4th grade standard, but it assessed on the annual 5th grade state benchmark exam. If you are looking for the life cycle of plants, flowering and non-flowering, see my Plant Growth, Reproduction and Life Cycle Lessons with Interactive Student Notes.

This 26 slide PowerPoint presentation and student guided notes addresses how the Earth’s land-forms are shaped and reshaped through both slow and rapid processes. This lesson describes the basic differences between physical weathering (breaking down of rock by wind, water, ice, temperature change, and plants) and erosion (movement of rock by gravity, wind, water, and ice). Students will be provided with examples of how physical weathering and the erosion processes change Earth’s surface (constructive and destructive). This PowerPoint uses stunning photographs that I have either purchased or taken myself. This lesson meets the 4th grade standards (NGSS: SC.4.E.6.4: and Common Core Standard: 4-ESS2-1). However this standard is tested on the annual 5th grade benchmark state exam. If you are a 5th grade teacher, use this lesson to review for your 5th graders.

This 27 slide presentation explains 6 forms of energy (mechanical, light, sound, chemical, thermal(heat), and electrical). It also addresses kinetic and potential energy and how it relates to each form of energy. It also defines the vocabulary words reflection, refraction and absorption. This lesson introduces energy transformations and has students apply their knowledge with “Turn and Talks” and actively completing their Student Interactive Notebook by taking guided notes and labeling diagrams. Both the presentation and the notes are included. As always, two sets of notes are included, one for absentee or IEP students, as well as the standard set.

This PowerPoint contains 87 FCAT 2.0 Science Grade 5 questions and answer slides. It covers all 18 life science standards that are taught throughout grades 3rd through 5th, but are tested on the 5th grade benchmark. As a 5th grade science teacher you are responsible for content previous teachers were supposed to teach in the earlier grades. Life science makes up 25% of the FCAT science test. As I experienced, science in the earlier grades was overlooked because it was not tested until the 5th grade, or my students had “forgot” a lot of the content. This PPT reviews all the Life Science standards. I use this as a review game. I have included the rules and directions for grudge ball, and have also included 32 Bazinga action cards and directions for that game. If you prefer not to use as a review game, this can be used for a ‘Problem of the Day’ or whole class test preparation. If I use as a Problem of the Day, I require that my students give me the correct answer, but also I require that they explain why the remaining three options cannot be correct. This is part of a review bundle. I have purposely broken it into each separate area of science. That way if you are strong in one area or didn’t get all content from another area, you can pick and choose which areas of review your students need. I have a lot of experience with benchmark state testing. When I taught 8th grade science, I was consistently ranked the 2nd or 3rd highest public school in the state. I moved down to teach 5th grade science and after my first year, moved up 18 spots, from last place in my county

This PowerPoint contains 115 FCAT 2.0 Science Grade 5 questions and answer slides. It covers all 37 PHYSICAL science standards that are taught throughout grades 3rd through 5th, but are tested on the 5th grade benchmark. As a 5th grade science teacher you are responsible for content previous teachers were supposed to teach in the earlier grades. Physical science makes up 29% of the FCAT science test. As I experienced, science in the earlier grades was overlooked because it was not tested until the 5th grade, or my students had “forgot” a lot of the content. This PPT reviews all the Physical Science standards. I use this as a review game. I have included the rules and directions for grudge ball, and have also included 32 Bazinga action cards and directions for that game. If you prefer not to use as a review game, this can be used for a ‘Problem of the Day’ or whole class test preparation. If I use as a Problem of the Day, I require that my students give me the correct answer, but also I require that they explain why the remaining three options cannot be correct. This is part of a review bundle. I have purposely broken it into each separate area of science. That way if you are strong in one area or didn’t get all content from another area, you can pick and choose which areas of review your students need. I have a lot of experience with benchmark state testing. When I taught 8th grade science, I was consistently ranked the 2nd or 3rd highest public school in the state. I moved down to teach 5th grade science and after my first year, moved up 18 spots, from last place in my county! Also in my store: FCAT 2.0 LIFE Science- Grade 5 Review and Optional Game Cards FCAT 2.0 EARTH Science- Grade 5 Review and Optional Game Cards

This 25 slide presentation and interactive student notes addresses 4 standards: Recognize that plants use energy from the Sun, air, and water to make their own food. Describe structures in plants and their roles in food production, support, water and nutrient transport, and reproduction. Investigate and describe how plants respond to stimuli (heat, light, gravity). Classify flowering and nonflowering plants into major groups such as those that produce seeds, or those like ferns and mosses that produce spores, according to their physical characteristics. Within the PowerPoint are embedded video clips to reinforce your students learning, as well as “Turn and Talks” to get your students discussing their newly gained knowledge! I have left these slides editable so you can add or change any questions you think are necessary. This bundle includes student notes in an Interactive Science Notebook format (see preview for photo of completed foldables) that corresponds to the presentation and a activity to apply concepts taught on plant classification. This is a third grade standard, but it is a tested concept on the annual fifth grade state benchmark exam nation wide.

Its that time of year again! This PowerPoint contains 128 FCAT 2.0 Science Grade 5 Earth Science questions and answer slides. It covers all 21 Earth Science Standards that are taught throughout grades 3rd through 5th, but are tested on the 5th grade benchmark. As a 5th grade science teacher you are responsible for content previous teachers were supposed to teach in the earlier grades. Earth science makes up 29% of the FCAT science test. As I experienced, science in the earlier grades was overlooked because it was not tested until the 5th grade, or my students had “forgot” a lot of the content. This PPT reviews all the Earth Science standards. I use this as a review game. I have included the rules and directions for grudge ball, and have also included 32 Bazinga action cards and directions for that game. If you prefer not to use as a review game, this can be used for a ‘Problem of the Day’ or whole class test preparation. If I use as a Problem of the Day, I require that my students give me the correct answer, but also I require that they explain why the remaining three options cannot be correct. This is part of a review bundle. I have purposely broken it into each separate area of science. That way if you are strong in one area or didn’t get all content from another area, you can pick and choose which areas of review your students need. I have a lot of experience with benchmark state testing. When I taught 8th grade science, I was consistently ranked the 2nd or 3rd highest public school in the state. I moved down to teach 5th grade science and after my first year, moved up 18 spots, from last place in my county!

In this unit on Rocks and Mineral students learn that both Rocks and Minerals can be identified by their properties. Students will identify the physical properties of common minerals, including hardness, color, luster, cleavage, and streak color, and recognize the role of minerals in the formation of rocks. Students will explain the role of minerals and their importance in rock formation. Students will identify the three categories of rocks: igneous, (formed from molten rock); sedimentary (pieces of other rocks and fossilized organisms); and metamorphic (formed from heat and pressure). They will differentiate between the three different categories of rocks based on how each is formed and/or their physical properties. This is a bundled lesson that includes the student interactive notes and the Power Point presentation. Student discussions (Turn and Talks) and video clips embedded in presentation. A Review Crossword Puzzle and solution to review 20 vocabulary terms is also included. Everything you need to teach the lesson! This is a 4th grade standard but is annually assessed on the 5th grade state benchmark exams.