If you are looking for some fun back to school science ideas for your upper elementary class, you’ve come to the right place! Check out 6 of my favorite science resources for Back to School.
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1. Science About Me
Get to know your students and help students start thinking about science in their own lives. This free resource, Science About Me, is a simple and fun activity for students to complete the first week of school.
From their favorite uses of electricity to the phase of the moon on their birthdays, students will begin to see the world through a scientific lens.
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2. Interest Inventory
This Interest Inventory Freebie designed for upper elementary grades allows you to understand your students’ attitudes toward different subjects and their preferred learning methods.
This insight can guide you in tailoring your instruction methods, ensuring an engaging and responsive teaching approach.
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3. iLearn Science
iLearn Science for grades 4-6 will help you lead your students through fun activities that will help them use science tools and work through their first investigation of the year.
Let’s look at iLearn Science for 4th through 6th grades.
✅ Teaching slides include important information, discussion questions, and activities!
✅ Teacher guides and schedules will make planning a breeze!
✅ Tools and measurement stations will ensure students know how to use lab materials.
✅ Choose the scientific method version or the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning version to introduce scientific investigations using Skittles!
✅ Notebook activities are embedded to create organized, meaningful science notebooks.
✅ Student notes are ready to print and go, saving you precious time!
iLearn Science Slides and Lab Activities will help you kick off your year of science fun! Perfect for Back to School! Your students will learn about safety, tools, measurement, data analysis, and the scientific method or C-E-R (claim, evidence, reasoning). See it on TpT: iLearn Science
iLearn Science Jr. will help you kick off your year of science fun! Since the original for older students was so popular, I created a version for 2nd and 3rd grade students. See it on TpT: iLearn Science Jr
4. Lab Team Roles
Set up some guidelines for teamwork, practice lab roles, and make a notebook entry using the cup challenge.
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5. B2S Science Scavenger Hunt
Perfect for instilling a love for science, it offers an exciting blend of teamwork and exploration. Students will engage in an outdoor quest, discovering everything from shadows to soil types, while learning and bonding with their peers. Choose from three difficulty levels to ensure the best fit for your class.
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6. Interactive Science Notebook Set-up
Setting up science interactive notebooks for the new year? This resource will help you start the year with fresh, organized notebooks!
Teacher Information Included:
Notebook Set-up Day
Best Practices
Materials Management
Quality Work
Student Output
Printables Included:
Cover Page Options
Rubric
Output Ideas
Big Money Word$
Sentence Stems
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