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Laura Candler's Science Resources
Welcome to the Science File Cabinet. Here you'll find dozens of free printables and helpful website links for the upper elementary or middle school science classroom. The resources and links on this page are organized into the follow categories. Click each heading to jump directly to a topic. If you have problems viewing or printing the files below, please read the Helpful Hints on my Adobe Acrobat Reader Help Page.
- General Science
- Environmental Science
- Force, Motion, and Simple Machines
- Landforms, Weathering, and Erosion
- Weather and Climate
- Tropical Rain Forest Resources
- Laura Candler's Cooperative Learning Science Books
Featured General Science Freebies
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More General Science Resources
- LabTV - Excellent free weekly videos
from the National Defense Education Program - Lab TV Graphic Organizer
- Science Safety Rules (small 8.5" x 11" poster)
- Science Safety Rules (half page to glue in journal)
- States of Matter Game
- Bouncing Ball Experiment
- Energy Investigation
- Steps of the Scientific Method
- Ice Cream in a Bag
Featured Environmental Science Freebies
More Environmental Science Resources
- The Story of Stuff Lesson (Grades 5 and up)
- Rain Forest Note-taking Foldable (Directions on Corkboard Connections)
- Rain Forest Resources
- Tropical Treasure Hunt (Internet Search Activity)
- Animal Adaptations Chart
- A - Z Animal Website
Force, Motion, and Simple Machines
- Simple Machines Activity on Edheads.org
- Scoring Summary for Edheads Simple Machine Activity
- Link to web page of Examples of Simple Machines
- Online Activity: Forces in Motion
- Engineering Interact Website (Great Interactive Games for Force and Motion)
- Simple Machines in Cars (Thanks to Alissa for submitting this website!)
- Simple Machines in Autos (Thanks to Ms. Kim's class for suggesting this site. Be sure to scroll down and click on the links about each simple machine. There are some great free resources linked to this page!)
Featured Geology Freebies
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Matching Topo Maps to Models In this picture, my students were looking at each other's topo maps and trying to match them to the models they had made from clay. Follow the directions for How to Make a Topo Map on the NASA website, and then refer to my Topo Map lesson suggestions for information about the activity you see here.
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Landforms, Weathering, and Erosion
- Quakin' Questions (for Scholastic Earthquake Article)
- Google Earth Landforms Activity Letter
- Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Sorting Activity
- The Rock Cycle Animation
- Modeling Clay Recipe for Topo Map Lesson below
- How to Make a Topo Map (outside link to NASA Space Place)
- Making a Topo Map Lesson Suggestions
- Create and Print Topo Maps Online (outside link)
Featured Weather and Climate Freebies
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Weather and Climate Resources
- The Water Cycle Animation (Basic Terms)
- Water Cycle Animation (Advanced Terms)
- Weather Resources for Teachers and Students (Based on NC 5th grade curriculum; compiled by Tiff Britt)
- Weather Front Animations
- Water Cycle Reader's Theater from Enchanted Learning
- BrainPop Water Cycle Video
- Water Cycle Simulation Game Directions
- Water Cycle Simulation Game Visuals
- Water Cycle Activity for Versatiles (See Versatiles demo on Cusenaire site)
- Water Cycle Test (online self-scoring quiz)
- Cloud Viewer Card (Cloud Types)
- Weather Activities at Edheads.org (Reporting and Predicting Weather)
- Climate Comparison Charts
- Cloud Type Presentation (link to outside program)
- Weather Wiz Kids Website
- Destination Climate Zone Webquest
- Weather Survey Data (Note: Weather Data was collected on January 4, 2012 by asking Facebook fans to share their location, the outside temperature, the general weather conditions, and the time & zone. The Weather Survey Data page is a list of the raw data collected without the names and photographs of those who participated.)
Laura Candler's Cooperative Learning Books published by Kagan
If you like my free materials, you'll also enjoy my books! Click each book cover below to find it on Amazon.com.!
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Free Sample Lessons From Laura's Science Books
Note from the publisher: Sample blackline masters are intended solely for classroom use, not to be transmitted or reproduced. Copyright Kagan Publishing. All rights reserved.
- Tropical Treasure Hunt (from Exploring the Rain Forest) - This lesson is an Internet treasure hunt structured for students working in teams of four. The file is large, so you'll have to wait several minutes to download it to your computer. If you have trouble printing the entire lesson, try printing each page separately.
- Creeping Colors Take-home Activity (from Science Buddies) This activity is designed to be completed at home, with a cooperative learning follow-up lesson in the classroom. You'll also find complete directions for the student activity and the cooperative follow-up.
- Science Buddies Letter to Parents
- Science Buddies Lab Report
