Less than $5 1st Grade Science Centers (by date, oldest first)

Choose between three versions of this "All about Insects" emergent reader! The booklet will have 8 pages total (including the cover). The first version has all words printed. The second has words printed in a dotted font so they can trace certain words. The third has fill-in-the-blank sections for students to answer as they follow along in your lesson (use the copy with all words printed as your guide). Mix and match the booklets to best fit the needs of your students. The clip art from David's Simple Teaching is the perfect blend of kid-friendly and realistic. Great for elementary and special education.

Use with my Parts of an Insect Worksheet for a quick, easy, and fun NO PREP assessment. Then, let them put their knowledge to work with an insect sorting activity!

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Turn Easter Peeps into a fun play dough! Includes recipe and investigation report. More information can be found in my blog post here!

This no prep activity allows students to show what they've learned in the Parts of an Insect Emergent Reader or use it alone or as part of your own insect unit.

Students will sort crawly creatures into two categories: Insects or Not! A paragraph is included at the top to make sure the students remember just what makes an insect an insect.

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Students will cut out images of a butterfly in every stage of its life and paste the images in the correct order. This is a simple science lesson that will offer a visual to pair with a lesson on the life cycle. It could also be used as an assessment at the end of the lesson.

Coloring bookmarks with Kawaii-style illustrations of scientists and inspirational and motivational quotes by famous scientists: Marie Curie, Louis Pasteur, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and more, printable coloring bookmarks/cards for kids DIGITAL DOWNLOAD, these could be used as a fun coloring activity at a party, in the classroom, or done as a homeschool craft.

For best results print them on thick cardstock paper or could be printed on colored paper to be given out as is without coloring.

1 Pdf with 8 different bookmarks in two sizes.

Large bookmark measures about 8.25" by 2.5",

and smaller sets are 7" by 2".

US letter-size pages 8.5” by 11”.

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We can eat all kinds of plants. This parts of a plant sort includes real photographic images to sort. This sort includes flowers, seeds, leaves, stems, roots, and fruits. There are six pictures for each plant part.

Pictures Included:

Flowers: broccoli, cauliflower, artichoke, squash blossom, dandelion, honeysuckle

Fruits: raspberry, apple, lime, pepper, banana, blueberry

Leaves: lettuce, kale, mint, purple cabbage, spinach, parsley

Roots: radish, sweet potato, parsnip, carrot, onion, garlic

Seeds: corn, almonds, beans, peas, sesame seeds, coconut

Stems: leek, asparagus, celery, rhubarb, scallions, bamboo shoots

This product includes two different types of sorting activities. One set has full page size sorting mats for students to organize each plant picture. The second set has header cards in two sizes (one large sized for table top activities and a smaller size that can fit inside a task box). The picture cards work with both sets of sorting activities.

Posters, Anchor Charts and Answer Keys

This set also includes a set of posters or anchor charts. These charts can be used to check the answers of the pictures sorted or as an instructional tool to teach about the plants we eat before students begin the sorting activity. These posters also allow teachers to differentiate this activity for students. Those who need more support can use these posters as a guide to filling out their sorting mats.

How to Use:

Students will place the sorting mats on a table or on the floor. They will look at each plant picture and place it on the correct mat.

Where to Use:

• Science Center
• Morning Tub or Basket
• Small Group Activity
• Wall display or anchor charts

The real photographs in this set provide students with easy to recognize images of different edible plants.

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Natural and Manmade Resources

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Living and Nonliving Animals

Sort animals by their specific features with these science sorting cards and mats that feature real animal photographs. Each category has 4-6 unique pictures to sort. You can also mix and match the pictures to whatever category they fit. Use the sorting cards as headers for students to sort under, or use the sorting mats with hook and loop fastener dots to make a sorting mat science center.

Sort animals by the following characteristics:

• 2-legged
• 4-legged
• Animals that fly
• Animals that live in groups
• Animals that jump
• Animals that lay eggs
• Animals that live alone
• Animals that swim
• Animals with claws
• Animals with feathers
• Animals with fur
• Animals with hooves
• Animals with horns
• Animals with scales
• Animals with shells
• Animals with spots
• Animals with stripes
• Animals with tails
• Animals with tusks
• Animals with wings
• More than 4 legs
• No legs

When to Use

• Science Center
• Hands On Assessment
• Small Group Activity

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Review students' knowledge of renewable and nonrenewable resources with this fun sorting activity!

Students will sort the pictures based on whether the object in the picture is a renewable resource or a nonrenewable resource.

This packet includes a sort for animals that are awake during the night and animals that are awake during the day. This sort includes real photos for students to sort into the appropriate category.

What is included

• Sorting Cards for nocturnal and diurnal animals (two versions)
• Sorting Mats for nocturnal and diurnal animals (two versions)
• Animal sorting cards, 6 nocturnal and 6 diurnal animal cards

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Practice sorting natural vs. man made resources in this great science activity! This can go great in a morning tub or a science center.

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Practice sorting solids, liquids and gases in this great science activity! There are 2 sets of sorting mats for each solid, liquid and gas for students to sort on.

When and how to use:

• Morning Tub Activity
• Science Center Activity
• Quick Assessment

Other Science Sorting Activities:

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Use this science sort for classifying animals. This animal classification sort makes a great science center or assessment. The sort is presented in two formats and includes cards for mammals, birds, fish, insects, reptiles, and amphibians. There is also a sorting mat for vertebrate and invertebrate animals.

What is Included:

• Sorting cards for mammals, birds, fish, insects, reptiles, amphibians, vertebrate and invertebrate animals
• Sorting mats for mammals, birds, fish, insects, reptiles, amphibians, vertebrate and invertebrate animals
• Six animal cards for each class

How to Use

• Science Center
• Hands On Assessment
• Small Group Activity

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Sort animals by their habitat with these science sorting cards and mats that feature real animal photographs. Each category has 3-6 unique pictures to sort. You can also mix and match the pictures to whatever category they fit. Use the sorting cards as headers for students to sort under, or use the sorting mats with hook and loop fastener dots to make a sorting mat science center.

Habitats Included:

• Antarctic
• Arctic
• Beach
• Desert
• Forest
• Grassland
• Ocean
• Pond
• Rain Forest
• Swamp

When to Use

• Science Center
• Hands On Assessment
• Small Group Activity

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Sort animals by what they eat with this simple sorting activity. Students will sort animals based on whether they are carnivores, herbivores or omnivores. This product includes real animal photographs and two versions of this sort.

What is included?

• Sorting Cards for Carnivores, Herbivores and Omnivores
• Sorting Mats for Carnivores, Herbivores and Omnivores
• Six animals cards for each category

How to Use

• Science Center
• Hands On Assessment
• Small Group Activity

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Use these notebooking pages to record what you are learning about plants. Cover concepts like parts of a flower, plants we eat and what plants need to live and grow.

The pages can fit inside a spiral notebook or composition book.

There are three different concepts covered in these pages:

1. Parts of a Flower - This page covers flower, stem, leaf and root. Use the flower provided or have students draw their own to go under the flaps.

2. We Eat Plants - This page covers all parts of plants and the foods we can eat from each part. Students draw or find pictures in magazines/grocery fliers to put under each flap.

3. What do plants need? - This page shows plants need air, water, food and light to grow. Use magazines to cut out pictures or draw pictures to represent each under the flaps.

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The Plants We Eat Sort

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Practice sorting recyclable pictures by plastic, glass, metal and paper in this fun sorting activity. This can go great in a morning tub or a science center. Other Science Sorting Activities: Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources Living and Nonliving Things Needs and Wants

Are your students learning about needs and wants? This sorting activity is a great addition to your unit to add to your science center!

Your 1st and 2nd graders with these fun fluency poems about solids, liquids, and gases! These easy-to-read poems come in both color and black and white versions, perfect for science centers or reading practice. Ideal for teaching states of matter while building reading skills!

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Poems Included

1. Solids

2. Liquids

3. Gases

Additional Features:

• Color and Black-and-White Versions for easy printing and differentiated instruction.
• Perfect for 1st and 2nd Grade Fluency Practice, Guided Reading, Literacy Centers, or Science Reading Activities.
• Helps students improve reading fluency, comprehension, and expression while learning.

Kids will really enjoy sequencing the life cycle of a pumpkin! This pumpkin lifecycle worksheet hat craft is simple, but so engaging and perfect for any pumpkin unit or pumpkin life cycle book! Just print and let your students get to work! Students will color, cut out the life cycle steps and glue them in order on the headband of the pumpkin This will be a great addition to your October Fall Pumpkin unit! The kids will look adorable walking around with them, these are no prep Hat (Pot) Templates + Headbands of the simplest life cycle of a pumpkin. The head strips have four pictures to color the sequence life cycle of pumpkins.

Available in both color and black & white. Simply print and go!

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How to use the Pumpkin Craft?

• Print and allow the kids to cut.
• Trace the Pumpkin life cycle words.
• Cut and paste the stages of the pumpkin life cycle in order.
• Glue or staple pot onto the head bands.

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This will be a great addition to your September Fall Apple unit! The kids will look adorable walking around on September 26, these are no prep Hat (Pot) Templates + Headbands of life cycle of an apple tree. The head strips have four pictures to color that sequence the life cycle of apples. A fun way for students to share their apple knowledge in the classroom.

Available in both color and black & white. Simply print and go!

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How to use the Johnny Appleseed Craft?

1. Print and allow the kids to color.
2. Have each child change their name to rhyme with "Johnny." For example, Sarah becomes "Sonny" or let them use fun rhyming words like "Bunny" to make it creative!
3. Trace and color the Apple life cycle head bands.
4. Glue or staple pot onto the head bands.

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