General Science Centers

Students will learn about reflection and mirrors through engaging and fun investigations.

The “Science Kids” series is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning. All activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your students.

Activities include:

*Sorting reflective and non-reflective materials

*Double Mirrors

*Triangular Mirrors

*Symmetry

*Concave and Convex Mirrors

*Sensory Play on a Mirror

*Final Project- Create a Mirror Sculpture

Click to see my entire Science Curriculum

Spare some time in your class? How about this FUN & DIVERSE TASK CARDS BUNDLE!

How to Use This Resource?

• Whole Class Game: Scoot! Get your students moving with a fun game of Scoot. Place the task cards around the classroom and have students rotate, answering the question at each station before moving on.
• Fast Finishers' Challenge: Challenge early finishers to tackle these task cards as an enriching activity to solidify their understanding.
• Scientific Scavenger Hunt: Turn your classroom or schoolyard into a scientific scavenger hunt! Hide the task cards around the designated area and have students hunt for them, answering the questions they find.
• Science Jenga! Add a scientific twist to the classic game of Jenga! Number the Jenga blocks and assign each number to a specific task card. When a player pulls a block, another player reads the corresponding card and the first player answers the question.
• Formative Assessments: Use these task cards as quick quizzes or formative assessments to gauge student understanding of various science concepts.
• Interactive Whiteboard Fun: Project the task cards on your interactive whiteboard and have students brainstorm answers together as a class.

Do you need to have vocabulary development in the area of science? This resource includes 65 vocabulary words that are essential for the NGSS. Each word contains a graphic to help your students. The cards are perfect for a science word wall. Words are color coded for each unit.

red - motion and stability NGSS

green - life science NGSS

blue - earth science NGSS

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Are you looking to engage your students with a hands-on, interactive unit for Earth Science? This rock cycle unit includes everything you need to nurture and excitement for Earth Science and covers all your standards related to the cycle of rocks and rock formation.

You’ll love this 5-day unit because it is packed full of the resources you need for investigating the rock cycle. You’ll find detailed lesson plans, web-based investigations, a rock cycle simulation,  a reading passage about the rock cylce, an interactive science notebook page, and a rock cycle game.

If you’re teaching in an inquiry-based classroom, you’ll be pleased to find this unit is structured to follow the inquiry cycle-tuning in, finding out, sorting out, going further, and drawing conclusions.

A peek inside the Rock Cylce unit

• video or reading response
• crayon rock simulation
• web-based interactive lesson
• rock cycle reading passage 
• rock cycle interactive science notebook page
• ride the rock cycle game

Your students will love this hands-on classifying rock cycle unit from the rock cycle simulation to the web investigation. They’ll also be eager to show off their learning with the culminating rock cylcle game.

You’ll love how easy it is to plan and prep! Make a few copies gather a few supplies, and your rock cycle unit planning is done!

Extend your rocks and minerals with one of these complimentary units: 

Distinguishing Between Rocks and Minerals Earth Science Unit

Identifying Minerals Earth Science Unit

Types of Rocks Earth Science Unit

Weathering Erosion and Deposition Earth Science Unit

Rocks and Minerals Cooperative Review Activities and Test

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Your students will have a blast learning about adult and baby animals with these hands-on animals and babies activities for kindergarten! This printable contains adorable real photos of adult and baby animals. Including both wild and farm animals, they make the perfect addition for your kindergarten science centers. This bundle contains 8 printables and activities including matching games, puzzles, posters, labels and graphic organizers. Each activity will help learners to associate the young one with its respective parent. For a detailed look at all activities included in this resource, please see the preview above.

The bundle is split into wild and farm animals due to the number of animals included. For a complete list of animals included check the list at the bottom of the description.

The activities and printables included in this bundle are:

- Flashcards

- Picture and Label Cards

- Posters

- Puzzles

- What Goes Together?

- Dominoes

- Memory Game

- Labels and Graphic Organizers

How to use: Adult and Baby Animals Science Activities for Kindergarten

The center activities are best used when printed on cardstock and/or laminated. You can choose to implement these centers in an independent way or use them with small-groups.

All the photos are real life photos. The baby animal photos are absolutely adorable and learners will simply love these photos!

Here's what my happy customers are saying about this resource:

"Perfect for our unit on animal offspring. Great variety and organized well. Thank you!"

Farm Animals included are:

• Sheep (lamb)
• Goat (kid)
• Cow (calf)
• Dog (puppy)
• Horse (foal)
• Chicken (chick)
• Goose (gosling)
• Duck (duckling)
• Pig (piglet)
• Donkey (foal)
• Rabbit (kit)
• Cat (kitten)
• Rat (pup)
• Cockatoo (chick)
• Guinea pig (pup)
• Ferret (kit)
• Frog (tadpole)
• Squirrel (kit)
• Turkey (poult)
• Camel (foal)

Wild Animals included are:

• Tiger (cub)
• Lion (cub)
• Elephant (calf)
• Polar Bear (cub)
• Cheetah (cub)
• Panda (cub)
• Fox (cub)
• Crocodile (hatchling)
• Leopard (cub)
• Hippo (calf)
• Rhinoceros (calf)
• Hedgehog (hoglet)
• Raccoon (kit)
• Seal (pup)
• Deer (fawn)
• Herring gull (chick)
• Giraffe (calf)
• Zebra (foal)
• Sea lion (pup)
• Hyena (cub)
• Penguin (chick)
• Vulture (chick)

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Here are 20 easy, simple science experiments young students will love that require a minimal amount of materials that can easily be found in most classrooms or households. You will love the variety of experiments that will be sure to motivate student's curiosity as they explore the world around them.

Here is a list of science experiments found in this product.

• Exploring Ramps
• Bending Water with Static Electricity
• Sort things that are Magnetic and not Magnetic
• Moon Phases
• Ice Cube Investigation
• What Melts in the Sun?
• Me and My Shadow
• Erosion
• Sink or Float
• Air Pressure
• Blowing up Balloons
• How Do Clouds Make Rain
• Make A Rainbow
• Can Light Pass-Through?
• String Telephone
• Rocks That Fizz
• Fossils
• Decomposing (Rotten Tomatoes)
• Germs
• Fingerprints

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Phases of the Moon

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This 61-page resource pack designed to make learning about the five senses engaging and fun for preschool and Pre-K students! This bundle includes 5 carefully crafted activities, all centered around the theme of the five senses, making it an ideal tool to support early learners.

Why you'll love it: This bundle is instantly ready to use, saving you time and effort in lesson planning. It brings together a variety of resources, including worksheets, activities, cards, display posters, and more, all focused on boosting your students' understanding of their senses. Teaching the five senses is crucial for a child's overall development and learning, and this bundle provides everything you need to ensure that your lessons are effective and enjoyable.

Perfect for any preschool or Pre-K classroom, this bundle will help your students explore their senses in a way that’s both educational and fun!

Activities included in this printable Bundle:

- Five Senses Sorting

- Learning the Five Senses

- Five Senses Clip Cards

- Five Senses Flash Cards

- Five Senses Posters

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This is a set of worksheets to label the parts of the insects. The worksheets are to write the parts from a Word Bank or cut and paste. Most are 6 parts of the bug to label. This perfect for independent work, in a science center, as a whole class at home or in the classroom. It helps work on writing or the skills of using scissors and gluing/pasting.

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Included in this pack....

• Write the Parts from the Word Bank (in color and black & white)
• Cut & Paste the Parts (in color and black & white)
• 1 Answer Key

Bugs/Insects included in this pack....

• Butterfly
• Dragonfly
• Grasshopper
• Ladybug
• Praying Mantis
• Snail
• Ant

There are currently 7 bugs/insects included in this bundle. If I should add more in the future, they will be added to this bundle and the price will increase. There are no plans to add more, but it's possible. Do you have a request for a bug/insect? Use one of the methods below (social media) to let me know!

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These cards are great for introducing students to animals from all over the world! Low prep...just print, cut, and laminate. Perfect for writing centers, flash cards or word walls! Included are animals from the dessert, the farm, the rainforest, the ocean, the pond, and the forest, as well as household pets and animals specific to Australia, Asia, and Africa. A total of 130 animals are featured on these vocab/word wall cards! This set also includes a write and wipe version of the cards so you can laminate them and use them in writing centers! This gives you a total of 130 animal vocab cards and 130 write and wipe cards. Please fully download the preview to get an idea of which animals are included...many are unique animals not found in other sets! Looking for other vocabulary cards? Need vocab words that you don't see below? Click here to let me know what you're looking for and I'll add it to my to do list! Vocabulary/Word Wall Cards Endless Bundle with FREE Updates for Life *ALL vocab sets for 30% or more off* Spring Holiday Vocabulary Cards Weather Vocabulary Cards Four Seasons Vocabulary Cards Winter Sports Vocabulary Cards Christmas Nativity Vocabulary Cards Winter Holiday Vocabulary Cards More coming soon... ***************************************************************************** Before you go... Follow me to be the first to know about discounts, sales, and new products! Get credit to use on your next purchase • Leave feedback for any purchases you've made and TeachShare will give you a credit toward your next purchase! Plus, feedback helps me make better products tailored to what my customers are looking for. *****************************************************************************

Math I Have, Who Has games covering binary numbers, coordinate plane, expressions, equations and inequalities, integers, metric units of measurement,

percentages, roman numerals, slope intercept form

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A great addition to discussions about space-related private and public partnerships; also current and future space research and projects. (See our related products for more depth on: NASA's history; the Moon landing; and astronauts and training)

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This product includes:

A. What is the Future of Space Research and Exploration? crossword puzzle

B. Thinking “Outside the Box” – Space Exploration vocabulary word search puzzle

C. From Competition to Cooperation crossword – from the Space Race to the world working together

D. What is the Universe? Why Do We Search It? crossword puzzle

E. Meet the New Astronauts Team – new group chosen for manned flights

Photos:

• Robots on Mars
• SpaceX Dragon
• SpaceX Falcon Heavy
• Twin Study (Scott and Mark Kelly)
• NASA Commercial Crew
• Mars -- in our future?

New FREE Bonus photos with recent NASA developments (added June 2019):

• Artemis Program – NASA’s new lunar exploration program, which will put the first woman on the moon. Features images of astronaut Sally Ride, Greek Goddess Artemis and the Gateway Lunar Platform.
• NASA’s Newest Missions and the Space Launch System – explores the new Space Launch System and features an artist’s illustration of the rocket as well as a photo of one of its engines.
• Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle – explores details of the new spacecraft, set to be tested in the next year or so, and features an illustration of Orion in flight as well as a photo of it being built.
• Lunar Gateway – describes the new Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, which will provide a platform for the Artemis moon landing program and deeper space exploration. Features a large artist’s rendition of the Gateway and docking Orion Spacecraft.
• Space Launch System for Artemis Program – NASA image SLS with brief explanation of it, and arrows pointing out its components
• Artemis I Flight Mission Map – NASA map of mission route from Earth to the Moon and back in 2022
• The Astrobee – NASA’s new system of small, free-flying robots is already in action on the International Space Station. Features a close-up of a robot and astronaut Anne McClain.

AND another FREE Bonus photos with recent NASA developments, specifically the Mars Rover Perseverance (added March 2021):

• Mars Crossword Puzzle – filled with interesting facts about Mars, from its moons and weather, to its similarities to (and differences from) Earth, to the current efforts to explore the planet using robot rovers.
• Mars Word Search Puzzle – Reinforces 10 key vocabulary words used in the Crossword Puzzle

FREE BONUS RESOURCES – 5 Mini-Posters with Images and Facts

• Is Mars in our Future? Briefly explains our efforts to explore space and Mars; with mage of Mars, and drawing of the solar system
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Are you ready to ignite the spark of scientific curiosity in your young learners? Look no further than our comprehensive resource, "Science Explorers: Hands-On Experiments for Young Minds." Designed specifically for first-grade students, this collection of engaging and educational experiments is perfect for igniting a passion for science and fostering a love of discovery.

With a total of fifteen captivating experiments, this resource provides a diverse range of hands-on activities that cover various scientific concepts. Each experiment is carefully crafted to be age-appropriate, ensuring an accessible and enjoyable learning experience for young minds. From exploring buoyancy and magnetism to witnessing the power of static electricity and chemical reactions, these experiments offer a well-rounded introduction to fundamental scientific principles.

Imagine the excitement as students observe a floating egg, create rain in a jar, make balloons fly, or discover the wonders of a lemon volcano. They will witness mesmerizing rainbow patterns in milk, explore the effects of salt on melting ice, and even engineer their own aluminum foil boats to hold as many pennies as possible without sinking. The resource also includes experiments that delve into the world of plants, encouraging students to nurture their green thumbs.

Each experiment is accompanied by clear step-by-step instructions, materials lists, and explanations of the scientific concepts at play. With safety considerations in mind, we have included appropriate supervision guidelines and encouraged responsible experimentation throughout.

"Science Explorers: Hands-On Experiments for Young Minds" is not just a collection of experiments; it's an invitation to engage, question, and discover the wonders of the scientific world. It encourages active learning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills while fostering a sense of awe and excitement in young learners.

Whether you are an educator seeking to enhance your classroom curriculum or a parent looking for engaging activities to do at home, this resource is your go-to companion for hands-on scientific exploration. Empower your first-grade students to become budding scientists as they embark on a thrilling journey of discovery with "Science Explorers: Hands-On Experiments for Young Minds."

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This first unit in the "Science Kids" series helps students learn how to be scientists. Every activity in this packet is aligned with one of the five stages of scientific inquiry. This packet supports the Next Generation Science Standards.

The “Science Kids” series is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning.

The packet includes:

• Color posters of the five stages of scientific inquiry (Click here for free sample)

• Explanation of the stages of scientific inquiry for teachers

• A two-week long, step-by step scientific investigation about balls and wagons

• Printable scientific recording sheets for tracking hypotheses and data

• Discussion guide

• Ideas for sharing student learning

Click to see my entire Science Curriculum

Do you need a science word wall? This resource includes 77 vocabulary words that are essential for the NGSS. Each word contains a graphic to help your students. Words are color coded for each unit.

orange - organisms to molecules NGSS

red - motion and stability NGSS

green - earth systems NGSS

yellow - energy

turquoise - earth and human activities

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Are you looking to engage your students with a hands-on, interactive unit for  Earth Science? This distinguishing between rocks and minerals unit includes everything you need to nurture an excitement for Earth Science and covers all your standards related to distinguishing the difference between rocks and minerals. 

You’ll love this 5-day unit because it is packed full of the resources you need for introducing the difference between rocks and minerals. You’ll find a detailed lesson plan, interactive lab instructions, a student lab report, a reading passage about rocks and minerals, an interactive science notebook page, and a rocks vs. minerals craft.

If you’re teaching in an inquiry-based classroom, you’ll be pleased to find this unit is structured to follow the inquiry cycle-tuning in, finding out, sorting out, going further, and drawing conclusions.

A Peek Inside the Distinguishing Between Rocks and Minerals Unit:

• create a classifying system to distinguish between rocks and minerals
•  make mock rocks
• be a geologist for a day
• take apart rocks
• rocks vs. minerals reading passage
• rocks vs. minerals interactive science notebook page
• make a rock vs. mineral mobile

Your students will love the hands-on rocks vs. minerals science labs from making their own rocks to taking rocks apart. They’ll also be eager to show off their learning with the culminating rocks vs. minerals craft activity.

You’ll love how easy it is to plan and prep! Make a few copies gather a few supplies, and your rocks vs. minerals unit planning is done!

Extend your rocks and minerals with one of these complimentary units: 

Identifying Minerals Earth Science Unit

Types of Rocks Earth Science Unit

Rock Cycle Earth Science Unit

Weathering Erosion and Deposition Earth Science Unit

Rocks and Minerals Cooperative Review Activities and Test

Or save time and money with the whole bundle:

Rocks and Minerals - Earth Science Bundle - Rocks and Minerals Labs & Activities

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Other Science Resources:

Thermal Energy and Heat Interactive Science Labs

Electricity Interactive Science Labs for Electrical Energy

Life Science Food Chain Sequence Game

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Are you looking for an easy way to explain facts about the moon and the moon phases? Students are naturally curious about the moon. These high-interest, low prep activities will explain the moon and the moon phases in a way in which students can easily make connections and understand. You can also use this as a digital resource for your students in Google Classroom for remote learning. As students learn about the phases of the moon they can follow up with this wide variety of differentiated activities.

This Moon Product includes the following:

1. Cut and paste Phases of the moon activity (the digital version has moveable pieces and audio)
2. Draw in phases of the moon
3. Write in phases of the moon
4. Students can create their own monthly calendar by shading the moon as it appears in the sky each evening.
5. You will receive a fun, simple experiment to do with the students using a basketball and a flashlight with a recording sheet.
6. This product also includes an explanation in kid-friendly language to describe the phases of the moon, moon facts, and the Apollo 11 first landing on the moon.
7. Question and Answer sheets about moon facts, phases of the moon, and the first landing. (differentiated)
8. A diagram and explanation of the solar eclipse (in color and black and white)
9. A diagram and explanation of the lunar eclipse. (in color and black and white)
10. A fill-in-the-blank moon fact sheet with a word bank and without a word bank for further differentiation.
11. You will receive an eight-page mini-booklet to learn about the moon (in both color and black and white )
12. A writing prompt for students to respond to about what they would do if they went to the moon. The writing prompt is on both primary and secondary lined paper to differentiate instruction or to best meet the needs of your students.
13. Phases of the Moon Flash Cards- Learn and play games such as Go Fish, Memory, Find a Partner, and more!
14. Phases of the Moon Cootie-Catcher-An interactive, engaging, fun way to learn about the phases of the moon. Direction on how to assemble along with a video tutorial is included.
15. I also included an answer key or you could use this as a mini-poster to discuss the phases of the moon.

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***You can now use this product digitally in Google Classroom or print out worksheets to use in your class.***

If you are interested in just a drop feature for students to drag and drop the phases of the moon into the correct spaces, please see the following:

Phases of the Moon Digital Activity with Drag and Drop Elements

If you are interested in just the Let's Learn about the Moon mini-booklet, please see the following:

Moon Facts Mini-Booklet-

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This resource is amazing! My daughter is on the spectrum and she has high test anxiety. The variety of activities in this pack gave her a lot of practice, she enjoyed doing games using these.

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You can find this activity in my Science Interactive Notebook for Kindergarten and First Grade. Be sure to check out this product as it includes many of the standards for Next Generation Science.

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A great warm-up for learning about NASA and joining in on the excitement of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing's 50th Anniversary in 2019. (See our related products for more depth on: the Moon landing; astronauts and training; and the future of space exploration.)

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This set includes:

A. NASA – U.S. Space Program (part 1) – activity page - history of NASA

B. NASA – U.S. Space Program (part 2) – activity page - training; inventions

C. NASA – U.S. Space Program vocabulary building word search puzzle

D. People Behind the Astronauts crossword puzzle (Careers and Mission Control)

E. What is the Universe? Why Do We Search It? crossword puzzle with a bit of humor

F. Inventions Made Possible by NASA Research word search puzzle

Challenge Puzzles: More About NASA (for those who just can’t get enough)

G. 1–2–3 Liftoff! crossword

H. 1–2–3 Liftoff! vocabulary word search puzzle

Photos:

• Sputnik
• Yuri Gagarin
• Dwight Eisenhower creates NASA
• Alan Shepard
• John Glenn
• Apollo 11 crew (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins)
• Astronaut on moon
• Hubble
• Challenger disaster

New FREE Bonus photos with recent NASA developments (added June 2019):

• Artemis Program – NASA’s new lunar exploration program, which among other goals will put the first woman on the moon. Features images of astronaut Sally Ride, Greek Goddess Artemis and the Gateway Lunar Platform.
• NASA’s Newest Missions and the Space Launch System – explores the new Space Launch System and features an artist’s illustration of the rocket as well as a photo of one of its engines.
• Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle – explores details of the new spacecraft, set to be tested in the next year or so, and features an illustration of Orion in flight as well as a photo of it being built.
• Lunar Gateway – describes the new Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, which will provide a platform for the Artemis moon landing program and deeper space exploration. Features a large artist’s rendition of the Gateway and docking Orion Spacecraft.
• Space Launch System for Artemis Program – NASA image SLS with brief explanation of it, and arrows pointing out its components
• Artemis I Flight Mission Map – NASA map of mission route from Earth to the Moon and back in 2022
• The Astrobee – NASA’s new system of small, free-flying robots is already in action on the International Space Station. Features a close-up of a robot and astronaut Anne McClain.

AND another FREE Bonus – photos with recent NASA developments, specifically the Mars Rover Perseverance (added March 2021):

• Mars Crossword Puzzle – filled with interesting facts about Mars, from its moons and weather, to its similarities to (and differences from) Earth, to the current efforts to explore the planet using robot rovers.
• Mars Word Search Puzzle – Reinforces 10 key vocabulary words used in the Crossword Puzzle

FREE BONUS RESOURCES – 5 Mini-Posters with Images and Facts

• Is Mars in our Future? Briefly explains our efforts to explore space and Mars; with mage of Mars, and drawing of the solar system
• A New Age of Robot Exploration! Discusses the Mars 2020 Mission and Perseverance Rover’s landing and activities; with three Rover photos
• From Drawing Board to Reality! NASA graphic that illustrates what happened during the Perseverance Rover landing, step by step
• 7 Minutes of Terror! Describes the critical minutes when scientists hold their breath to hear back from the Rover after its perilous descent to the surface of Mars; with images of Rover and Skycrane
• Jezero Crater Landing Site – Explains why scientists chose the Jezero Crater to land the Rover and explore; with images and drawings related to the crater

¿Estás listo para encender la chispa de la curiosidad científica en tus jóvenes estudiantes? ¡No busques más! Nuestro completo recurso, "Exploradores de la Ciencia: Experimentos Prácticos para Jóvenes Mentes", está diseñado especialmente para estudiantes de primer grado. Esta colección de experimentos atractivos y educativos es perfecta para despertar la pasión por la ciencia y fomentar el amor por el descubrimiento.

Con un total de quince experimentos cautivadores, este recurso proporciona una amplia gama de actividades prácticas que abarcan diversos conceptos científicos. Cada experimento está cuidadosamente diseñado para ser adecuado a la edad, garantizando una experiencia de aprendizaje accesible y divertida para las mentes jóvenes. Desde explorar la flotabilidad y el magnetismo hasta presenciar el poder de la electricidad estática y las reacciones químicas, estos experimentos ofrecen una introducción completa a los principios científicos fundamentales.

Imagina la emoción que experimentarán los estudiantes al observar un huevo flotante, crear lluvia en un frasco, hacer que los globos vuelen o descubrir las maravillas de un volcán de limón. Presenciarán patrones de arcoíris fascinantes en la leche, explorarán los efectos de la sal en el derretimiento del hielo e incluso diseñarán sus propios barcos de papel de aluminio para sostener la mayor cantidad de centavos posible sin hundirse. El recurso también incluye experimentos que se adentran en el mundo de las plantas, animando a los estudiantes a cultivar su pasión por la jardinería.

Cada experimento va acompañado de instrucciones claras, listas de materiales y explicaciones detalladas de los conceptos científicos involucrados. Con la seguridad en mente, hemos incluido pautas adecuadas de supervisión y fomentado la experimentación responsable en todo momento.

"Exploradores de la Ciencia: Experimentos Prácticos para Mentes Jóvenes" no es solo una colección de experimentos; es una invitación a participar, cuestionar y descubrir las maravillas del mundo científico. Fomenta el aprendizaje activo, el pensamiento crítico y las habilidades de resolución de problemas mientras despierta una sensación de asombro y emoción en los jóvenes estudiantes.

Ya sea que seas un educador buscando mejorar tu plan de estudios en el aula o un padre en busca de actividades interesantes para hacer en casa, este recurso es tu compañero ideal para la exploración científica práctica. Capacita a tus estudiantes de primer grado para que se conviertan en científicos en ciernes mientras se embarcan en un emocionante viaje de descubrimiento con "Exploradores de la Ciencia: Experimentos Prácticos para Mentes Jóvenes".

Prepárate para despertar la curiosidad y encender la pasión por la ciencia en tus jóvenes estudiantes. ¡Que comiencen los experimentos!

Otros recursos que puedan ser tu interés:

Cuaderno de experimentos científicos

Agradezco a los diseñadores gráficos el uso de las siguientes imágenes:

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Image by Freepik

Using ingredients commonly found in the kitchen, students will begin to develop an understanding about the properties of matter and how matter can change when different ingredients are mixed together.

The “Science Kids” series is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning. All activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your students.

This packet includes:

• Explanation of the stages of scientific inquiry for teachers

• Six investigations that encourage HANDS ON learning (with explanations of “How it works”)

• Printable scientific recording sheets for tracking hypotheses and data

• Guide for helping students develop an independent investigation

Do you need a science word wall in Spanish? This resource includes 70 vocabulary words that are essential for the NGSS. Each word contains a graphic to help your students. Words are color coded for each unit.

orange - organisms to molecules NGSS

red - motion and stability NGSS

green - earth systems NGSS

yellow - energy

turquoise - earth and human activities

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