If you've been wondering how to make Magic School Bus videos a bit more meaningful and purposeful, check out this simple worksheet to supplement watching the videos. Very simply, the first half prompts students to describe how the characters used their observation skills. The second half incorporates five additional questions that ask for specific observations of the characters using their five sense. This is a great addition when a substitute is present or just to enhance interaction with the video. It doubles as a nice Lesson Plan bonus :)

For sale is a very simple 4 question multiple choice exit tickets for the water cycle. Students will need to match the definitions with the vocabulary words: evaporation, condensation, transpiration and precipitation. These assessments are printed three two a page and an answer key has been included for your convenience.

Check out this fun and engaging template for students to track weather patterns. Broken into 5 categories including sunny and clear, cloudy, rainy, windy, and snowy, students will fill in a box above each category based on that day’s observed weather. Two templates are included in this product including a weekly tracking form and a larger monthly format, to fit your needs. Students will develop weather skills, observation and inquiry skills while also improving their bar graph knowledge!

Check out this simple and organized way for students to apply their skills for identifying the weather. This template prompts for the date, the temperature, observations of clouds and rains, and drawing to represent what they see and filling in a thermometer which has both Celsius and Fahrenheit. This fun and engaging activity is a great way for students to solidify their learning in an interactive way! Be sure to check out some of our other weather-based activities as well!

Check out this 8 question fill in the blank study guide about Earth’s Surface. Students will respond to questions related to lava and magma, erosion, and the layers. An answer key has been included for your convenience. This study guide is also aligned to our Earth’s Surface Quiz and Earth’s Surface Assessment.

For sale is a simple graphic organizer for students to record their analysis of matter looking at the various properties. This template includes mass, volume, color, texture, and an open-ended “other” section. Students can put these in their interactive journals and or can use dry erase markers on it if laminated.

Broken into three sections, this worksheet is designed for students to demonstrate and practice their understanding of animals that perish. The first sections students will make connections and identify three animals they know. They will then narrow these animals down to two and identify the organism, event and result for their perishing process. They will then be prompted to elaborate on one of these in section three. This can be done cooperatively, independently and used for homework or class practice!

Check out this 19 questions worksheet that covers the vocabulary related to energy. Some of this vocabulary includes potential and kinetic as well as heat, light, sound, thermal, wind and much more. It is broken into three parts, each of which have a separate word bank. These can easily be blanked out for differentiation purposes. It can be adapted as a quiz, test, homework, independent work, or group work. An answer key has been included for your convenience!

Check out this fun and engaging project that allows student to develop their understanding of adaptations. This project requires a tool for research such as a computer. Embedded with directions, this project allows students to work individually or collaboratively as they identify a plant or animal to research and understand. Looking specifically at adaptations, students will seek to understand how their adaptation helps them. Included is a reference sheet students will create based on their identified animal or plant as well as a tracking form for students to fill out based on their peers research.

This 13-question assessment can offer valuable insight into students' understanding of rocks including the properties of metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous. Questions posed include their origins, how they are formed, what they look like and more. There is a word bank to facilitate spelling but it is just of the three types of rocks. At the bottom there are bonus questions prompting for specific examples of each. This can easily be differentiated as a classwork assignmet, independent work, a quiz or a test. An answer key has been included for your convenience!

This fun and engaging project, clearly lays out the expectations for a simple interactive creation project in which students make a model of the basic human skeleton. Students are expected to include the major seven bones that outline our bodies, as well as include clear labels and answer a few simple questions. There is a rubric at the bottom, with pre-made scoring outlines to simplify assigning a fair and appropriate grade. The students will have a blast with this project, and they will deepen their understandings of the human skeleton!

Check out this three part assessment that covers topics of states of matter. One part has students drawing a model of the atom proximity for each state, another sections has a matching portion with different vocabulary words and the third part has comparing various states with one another. This can easily be used as a quiz, test, homework, guided notes, independent work and so much more. You can also check out my multiple choice option in my store as well. An answer key has been included for your convenience!

This 5-question multiple choice assessment provides clear and informative insight into students' understanding of the water cycle. It can easily be used as a quiz, test, active thinking, exit ticket, or independent work. It includes topics and vocabulary such as evaporation, condensation, water vapor, precipitation and more! An answer key is included for your convenience!

Check out this awesome experiment that helps students understand the dissolving and diffusion process. Students will apply change over time observations. The directions and template included describe the experiment and offer a template to record, collect, and analyze data. Students will need three cups set up, one cold, one hot, and one room temperature. They will drop food coloring in each and record what they see in minute increments. Through this experiment, they will understand how temperature impacts the diffusion and dissolving rate of a liquid into another liquid (through a very visual way).

Check out this 11 questions worksheet that can be used as a quiz, test, study guide, homework, or in class assignment. It is presented in both multiple choice, fill in the blank and short answer questions that cover the topics of good and bad insulators and the same for conductors. Examples of each are needed to be known to be successful. This is a great way to gain insight into students understanding. An answer key has been included for your convenience!

Quantifying the results of science fair or stem fair is always difficult since there are so many pieces that go into it. Check out this four part rubric that allows for 1-4 points for each section. Students can score a total of 16 points which can then be multiple by 6.25 to be out of 100. This rubric is broken into the following sections: Display, Demonstration/Presentation, Scientific Thought, and Skill. Each domain has a clear explanation of the expectations for each of the four points that are possible. This is a great way to be transparent and provide feedback for students to reflect and improve on. Be sure to check out our other Science Fair resources as well!

Check out this simple and student-friendly rubric which is meant to be used to evaluate student science journals. The rubric is broken into four categories, of which students can score between a 1 and a 4. Each score for each section includes explicit description of what you need to obtain that score. A guide on the bottom shows how to calculate up to a percentage grade. This is meant to be provided to the students, so they know what is expected of them with the journals, and then used to grade at the end of the quarter, or semester, or year. Sections included cover topics of Organization, accuracy, elements, and illustrations. Best wishes! Be sure to also check out my other rubrics as well!

Check out this awesome guided notes template for students to record their learning about the 11 organ systems in the human body. Some of these systems include the respiratory system, digestive system, skeletal system, nervous system and more. Each of the systems has three correlating boxes too fill in which include the function, the vital organs or components, and an interesting fact. This can easily be adapted and differentiated for an assessment, worksheet, guided notes, quiz, homework, test, small group work and so much more! An answer key has been included for your convenience!

Check out this 5-question multiple choice assessment that covers simple machines. This can easily be used as a quiz, test, exit ticket, or independent work. It will offer valuable insight into students' understanding of their learned content knowledge. Topics and vocabulary included are ramps, pulleys, levers, inclined pages and general overview of simple machines. An answer key has been included for your convenience.

Check out this awesome week long project in which students can explore simple machines in a more interactive way. With clear directions and expectations for each day, this project will push students to research one simple machine. You will need to create a sample for students to see, based on your expectations, but throughout the week, students will create some sort of presentation (ppt, poster, skit, etc.) and will ultimately present to their peers. I would suggest having students record notes on each others' presentations, as they will solely become the master of one. This can easily be adapted though for students to research each simple machine each day as well. A rubric and student-friendly directions are included!