5th Grade

Adios, Textbook! 9 Ways to Teach Science Without a Book

Do you remember those days of reading a science lesson in the textbook, answering questions, repeating the process three more times, and then tackling a

Why I Love Science Stations Units

What Are Science Stations? My line of Science Stations Units were created for 4th-6th grade students to have an opportunity to explore science topics at their

5 Ideas to Teach Why We Have Seasons

Why do we have seasons? Here are 5 activities to help your upper elementary students understand why we experience seasons.

7 Ideas to Teach Ecosystems and Food Webs

Food webs is one of my favorite topics–so you’ll see LOTS of great ideas to teach students about the flow of energy throughout an ecosystem.

Grade Science Notebooks in 10 Minutes (or less)

Grade Interactive Notebooks in 10 Minutes (or less!)

Interactive Notebook Grading SolutionI’ve got a time-saving tip to avoid stacks and stacks of notebooks that need grading and feedback. I’ve posted a lot

The Scary, Scary Output of Science Notebooks: Advice for Teachers

I get loads of questions about the Output aspect of notebooking. If you read no further, read this: Be flexible. Advice Allowing time for student output

Classroom Management Solution: Lab Teams

The Challenge: Lab Work Teacher: (hands out the lab sheets and materials tray) “Alright, we’re going to start the group activity now!” Student A: (grabs

5 Ways to Make Your Science Notebooks More Interactive

Notebook is a verb! It’s active. Students are talking. You’re talking. They’re doing stuff. You’re doing stuff. It’s interactive! In this post, I focus on

7 Ideas for Teaching Mixtures (Including Solutions)

Do you teach upper elementary? Teaching your students about mixtures, including solutions? You’ll love this list with 7 of my FAVORITE teaching tools. Let’s start

5 Ideas for Teaching States of Matter

When I first started teaching about states of matter, I neglected to emphasize the role of shape and volume in classifying physical state. This is

5 Phenomenal Ideas to Teach Light: Reflection and Refraction in 5th Grade

Let’s teach about the reflection and refraction of light for 5th grade. Even though this can be a confusing topic, your students will reach mastery

Time to Teach: 7 FUN Ideas for Physical Properties of Matter

Let’s teach 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students about physical properties of matter. What are physical properties of matter? Physical properties of matter are

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