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.

Check to see if your students can spell words based on the phonics spelling pattern, 'ai' and 'ay.'  This spelling test has 20 words.  Students fold over the words to the back, the teacher administers the test, and the students can then unfold the words and self-correct.  For every word they miss, they need to spell it 3 times correctly.

Discover the Fascinating Tales of Skip the Squirrel: Three Engaging Perspectives

Students will dive into the world of balancing using levers and fulcrums. Through a virtual simulation called "Phet Balancing Act," students will explore the concepts of balancing masses and manipulating distances from the fulcrum.

Students will answer 20 questions based on bar graphs or pictographs.  The last three questions have the students create a pictograph based on a bar graph.

This document contains two passages comparing the advantages and disadvantages of young students owning a cell phone.  The second page contains a 5 paragraph sample essay on why students should own cell phones.

If you are a science teacher and don't have a water rocket lab, you should begin.  This experiment is the highlight of our year.  This is a doc for a higher-end physics class and contains math calculations.  Students have restrictions as to rocket design.  We launch twice.  On the first day, we build, launch, and calculate distances.  The next day we do the say, but his time they should be making repairs to see if they can get it to fly further.

Students will practice measuring objects to the nearest quarter inch.  They will also analyze line plots.  This is designed to reteach the concept for those students who are struggling.

Students will practice measuring objects with quarter-inch measurements.  They will also practice creating line plots based on measurements and tables.