$5 - $10 3rd Grade General Science Centers

Spare some time in your class? How about this FUN & DIVERSE TASK CARDS BUNDLE!

How to Use This Resource?

• Whole Class Game: Scoot! Get your students moving with a fun game of Scoot. Place the task cards around the classroom and have students rotate, answering the question at each station before moving on.
• Fast Finishers' Challenge: Challenge early finishers to tackle these task cards as an enriching activity to solidify their understanding.
• Scientific Scavenger Hunt: Turn your classroom or schoolyard into a scientific scavenger hunt! Hide the task cards around the designated area and have students hunt for them, answering the questions they find.
• Science Jenga! Add a scientific twist to the classic game of Jenga! Number the Jenga blocks and assign each number to a specific task card. When a player pulls a block, another player reads the corresponding card and the first player answers the question.
• Formative Assessments: Use these task cards as quick quizzes or formative assessments to gauge student understanding of various science concepts.
• Interactive Whiteboard Fun: Project the task cards on your interactive whiteboard and have students brainstorm answers together as a class.

Are you looking for an easy way to explain facts about the moon and the moon phases? Students are naturally curious about the moon. These high-interest, low prep activities will explain the moon and the moon phases in a way in which students can easily make connections and understand. You can also use this as a digital resource for your students in Google Classroom for remote learning. As students learn about the phases of the moon they can follow up with this wide variety of differentiated activities.

This Moon Product includes the following:

1. Cut and paste Phases of the moon activity (the digital version has moveable pieces and audio)
2. Draw in phases of the moon
3. Write in phases of the moon
4. Students can create their own monthly calendar by shading the moon as it appears in the sky each evening.
5. You will receive a fun, simple experiment to do with the students using a basketball and a flashlight with a recording sheet.
6. This product also includes an explanation in kid-friendly language to describe the phases of the moon, moon facts, and the Apollo 11 first landing on the moon.
7. Question and Answer sheets about moon facts, phases of the moon, and the first landing. (differentiated)
8. A diagram and explanation of the solar eclipse (in color and black and white)
9. A diagram and explanation of the lunar eclipse. (in color and black and white)
10. A fill-in-the-blank moon fact sheet with a word bank and without a word bank for further differentiation.
11. You will receive an eight-page mini-booklet to learn about the moon (in both color and black and white )
12. A writing prompt for students to respond to about what they would do if they went to the moon. The writing prompt is on both primary and secondary lined paper to differentiate instruction or to best meet the needs of your students.
13. Phases of the Moon Flash Cards- Learn and play games such as Go Fish, Memory, Find a Partner, and more!
14. Phases of the Moon Cootie-Catcher-An interactive, engaging, fun way to learn about the phases of the moon. Direction on how to assemble along with a video tutorial is included.
15. I also included an answer key or you could use this as a mini-poster to discuss the phases of the moon.

****Please see the preview for a closer look at what you will be receiving****

***You can now use this product digitally in Google Classroom or print out worksheets to use in your class.***

If you are interested in just a drop feature for students to drag and drop the phases of the moon into the correct spaces, please see the following:

Phases of the Moon Digital Activity with Drag and Drop Elements

If you are interested in just the Let's Learn about the Moon mini-booklet, please see the following:

Moon Facts Mini-Booklet-

Teachers like you said...

Extremely satisfied ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is a dream moon activity. There were no meltdowns because they were not able to make it look the same as the book or guide. It was fabulous! Thank you.

Jenna A.
Extremely satisfied ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Great variety of resources for moon phases. Use what you need. Will probably use different pieces each year depending what my students need!

Katie Abukhodair A.
March 9, 2022
Extremely satisfied ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This resource is amazing! My daughter is on the spectrum and she has high test anxiety. The variety of activities in this pack gave her a lot of practice, she enjoyed doing games using these.

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You can find this activity in my Science Interactive Notebook for Kindergarten and First Grade. Be sure to check out this product as it includes many of the standards for Next Generation Science.

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Here are 20 easy, simple science experiments young students will love that require a minimal amount of materials that can easily be found in most classrooms or households. You will love the variety of experiments that will be sure to motivate student's curiosity as they explore the world around them.

Here is a list of science experiments found in this product.

• Exploring Ramps
• Bending Water with Static Electricity
• Sort things that are Magnetic and not Magnetic
• Moon Phases
• Ice Cube Investigation
• What Melts in the Sun?
• Me and My Shadow
• Erosion
• Sink or Float
• Air Pressure
• Blowing up Balloons
• How Do Clouds Make Rain
• Make A Rainbow
• Can Light Pass-Through?
• String Telephone
• Rocks That Fizz
• Fossils
• Decomposing (Rotten Tomatoes)
• Germs
• Fingerprints

You may also be interested in the following:

Science Interactive Notebook (several of these experiments are in this product)

Phases of the Moon

Solar System Flipbooks

What Melts In the Sun?

Solar System Cut and Paste

Constellations Cut and Paste

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Here you will find motivating, fun ideas and interesting ways to teach young children. From time to time, I may be hosting a few giveaways. Don't miss out on this great opportunity.