In this self-guided activity, students will gain an understanding of how to interpret basic to advanced weather station models. They will read barometric pressure examples and interpret whether the barometer is rising or dropping. Students will learn what many of the symbols on station models represent.
In this assignment, students will access a database with documented tornadoes since 1950. Students will use a Google spreadsheet as a class to gather data from the website. Data they will look into for each year are: Total tornadoes, Longest path, widest path, total F4s, total F4 fatalities, total F5s, total F5 fatalities, the month with the most tornadoes, and deadliest tornado sizes. When all data is collected there is a totals tab that contains three graphs that students can analyze. Students will also investigate and view states that have the most tornado events.
In this spelling worksheet, students will find words that are misspelled, circle them, and then spell them correctly on the provided lines. There are ten sentences in all.
This is a scientific method lab sheet geared to merge a science experiment with grammar by using complete sentences.
This science reading product was created to teach my students the importance of reading instructions, reading technical instructions, and of course, bringing awesome science into the reading curriculum.
Two volcano vocabulary activity worksheets. The first one is a 20-word search. The word search contains images of a shield, cinder, and composite volcano. There are some fun volcano puns that encourage reading and are fun to share. The second worksheet is a crossword puzzle containing a word bank with more words than students need. This helps eliminate students counting how many boxes there are for each word.
This is a simple version of Snakes and Ladders. I use this with my 3rd-grade students as one of many game boards they can choose from when using game cards. This Snakes and Ladders is in the style of St. Patricks Day.
This web tool can allow teachers to build images that represent fractions of circles/pies or polygons. It is simple to use. Just say how many equal parts you want to be represented and then how many parts to shade. You can also determine the line width, shade color, and rotate the shape. Once finished take a screen show of the picture or right-click and save the image.
This website allows students and teachers to visually explore fractions and how they relate to mixed numbers, decimals, and percents. You can set it up by area, region, or set of items. Once you select a fraction it will then demonstrate to students how that relates to mixed numbers, decimals, and percents.
Show students how to use protractors and rulers in this interactive website. Teachers can also easily show polygons and quadrilaterals. Shape color size, and angle are easily changed from one shape to another. You can use this shapes website to show interior and exterior angles. Arcs can also be manipulated.
