I am a proponent of my students getting to be involved in science- it’s not a secret that they love hands-on activities. The problem was that the activities the standard curriculum provided just weren’t cutting it.
Simply reading and answering questions wasn’t helping my students understand the scientific concepts. To make my life easier, I made Science Weekly Five stations for my students (and my sanity!).
The stations are simple, yet powerful. I’ve designed these centers to be minimal prep work for you, with maximum academic learning for your students. Each set of stations follows the same pattern.
The stations are Read, Explore, Organize, Extend, and Vocabulary. Students have activity sheets that go with each station, so they are recording their learning as they go. I have also included a KWL Chart for you, as well as a Key Points Check for each station set so that you can collect formative or summative data.
These stations are written for a 3rd-4th grade reading level, and the topics taught come physical, earth, and life.
The goal of these stations is to create hands-on and collaborative learning experiences that are both engaging and academically sound. There are seventeen topics with Science Weekly Five stations, and each topic has 5 stations (hence the name).
The stations can be done in a rotation style, whole group, one station at a time while other activities are occurring, or any other combination you can think of.
You can find out more about the Science Weekly Five by clicking the image below. I hope you love using these stations in your classroom as much as I have!
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