6th Grade Science Task Cards (by date, oldest first)

Learning the Engineering Design Process includes a variety of hands-on lessons to help students understand how engineers work and encourage record keeping in project based learning.

In these lessons, students are provided with a short matching activity to learn the vocabulary words associated with the Engineering Design Process. A printable template for the Engineering Design Process lets individuals or teams plan their project and follow the steps as the project progresses. Another version of the template gives hints about what students do at each step, which is perfect for differentiation. These can be used with any classroom project, but the lesson includes 12 task cards with different engineering scenarios that are great for students to use to brainstorm and plan a solution. Also included is a sample lesson with rubric for use with the cards.

A PowerPoint presentation of the Engineering Design Process is included with the lesson to introduce the concept to the class prior to starting the lessons, as well as links to other resources to enrich the learning experience.

Files Included with this Lesson

• Teacher Notes and Resources

• PowerPoint presentation

• Vocabulary Matching Activity (with answer key)

• Engineering Design Process printable template (includes version with hints)

• Student Expectations, Project Instructions and Rubric

• Engineering Design Process scenario cards (12) includes blanks for customization

I've used this primarily with 8th graders, but it would work well for grades 5-9. I hope your students enjoy!

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Engage your students with these task cards about Newton's laws. Each card has a different scenario where students are asked to identify which of Newton's laws is being demonstrated. These cards are ready-to-use and easy to implement in your classroom with little to no prep. Print, cut and go! Students will be interacting with Newton's laws in no time!

This activity is designed to help:

• Students practice identifying Newton's laws in a variety of scenarios
• Expose learners to a wide range of real life examples

Not all students need the same support! This resource comes with 2 versions of the recording sheet. One version is set up for a simple 1st, 2nd or 3rd response. The other asks learners to explain why that law was chosen.

Included

• 16 Task Cards
• Printable Recording Sheets - 2 versions
• Teacher Key

Engage your students with these notes and task cards about mass, weight and calculating W=mg. Each card has a different scenario or task to help strengthen understanding of the measurements of mass, weight, their similarities/differences and how to calculate weight, mass or gravity using W=mg.

This activity is designed to help practice:

• Calculating W=mg
• Identifying that mass will not change due to location
• Making predictions about the change in weight due to gravity
• Compare mass and weight
• Recognize scenarios when mass or weight it being measured.

These notes and cards are ready-to-use and easy to implement in your classroom with little to no prep.

Included

• 2 Pages of Notes
• 15 Task Cards
• Printable Recording Sheet
• Google Slides Presentation to Facilitate Note Taking
• Teacher Keys

Engage your students with these notes and task cards about Newton's 2nd law and calculating F=ma. Each card has a different scenario or task to help strengthen understanding of the Newton's second law, how force, acceleration and mass are directly and inversely related and how to calculate force, mass or acceleration using F=ma.

This activity is designed to help practice:

• Calculating F=ma
• Analyzing relationships between mass, force, and acceleration
• Interpreting the 2nd law and applying it to real-world examples
• Applying 2nd law principles to solve problems
• Understanding proportional relationships.

These notes and cards are ready-to-use and easy to implement in your classroom with little to no prep.

Included

• 2 Pages of Notes
• 16 Task Cards
• Printable Recording Sheet
• Google Slides Presentation to Facilitate Note Taking
• Teacher Keys

Engage your students with these no prep Valentine's Day themed graphing and data table task cards. Each card has a different scenario or task to help strengthen the science process skills of graphing and data table organization.

This activity is designed to help practice:

• Making graphs
• Making data tables
• Interpreting information given via graph or table

These cards are a perfect way to celebrate and recognize the holiday, while meeting academic objectives.

Included:

• 20 task cards - 4 print per page
• Printable recording sheet
• Digital cards in Google Slides
• Teacher Key

These science vocabulary tiles are a fun way for students to manipulate content and show off their learning!

Set of tiles comes with a mixture of 189 vocabulary and other words for students to build their own mitosis "poetry." A blank set for you or students to add more words as needed is also included.

These science vocabulary tiles are a fun way for students to manipulate content and show off their learning! Set of tiles comes with a mixture of vocabulary and other words for students to build their own rocks and minerals themed "poetry."

What is Included?

• 29 prompts and questions to get students started
• 255 vocabulary and filler words
• Blank template to write in new/needed words

Vocabulary included supports NGSS MS-ESS2-1

These science vocabulary tiles are a fun way for students to manipulate content and show off their learning! Set of tiles comes with a mixture of vocabulary and other words for students to build their own waves "poetry."

What is Included?

• 30 prompts to get students started
• 156 vocabulary and filler words
• Blank template to write in new/needed words

Included vocabulary words support NGSS: MS-PS-4-1 and MS-PS-4-2

Sunrise/Sunset/Earth’s Axis/Seasons/Shadows/Tilt  Scavenger Hunt 

Hi fellow teachers

I often do scavenger hunts in grade 4 to 7  classrooms. I find them particularly useful when I’m feeling tired or lacking energy (hey, we’ve all been there).

Why do I like them?

1. They are easy to set up, 
2. The students get to move around
3. The students are focussed & engaged
4. The students enjoy it 
5. The teacher is free to take notes, observe and give guidance, if necessary. 

It can look chaotic, but if observed you can see students really trying, really reading the information, and really collaborating and cooperating.

How it works:

There are two components:

1. A two page worksheet (print double-sided, one per student)
2. 12 informational panels that contain the answers to the questions (these need to be printed on one side, cut in half and pinned in various locations around your room).
3. Hand out the worksheet and off they go!

My students are currently doing this very activity as I write!

The whole activity takes about 40 minutes and I might suggest watching a couple of Youtube videos on the topic to ‘get them in the mood.

Good luck!

Introducing the "Water Cycle Task Cards for Special Education" - an interactive and engaging science activity to support life skills development. These specially curated task cards are perfect for individuals in special education settings, providing a hands-on opportunity to learn about the water cycle while building important cognitive and critical thinking skills.

Adapted Science Special Education Task Box Activity for Life Skills

Animal Habitat Task Box

Science Task Box Picture Puzzle

Have students cut and glue the puzzle pieces to match the board for fine motor practice or laminate and velcro for repeated use.

• Desert
• Ocean
• Artic
• Rainforest
• Polar
• Grassland
• Forest
• Wetland
• Domestic
• Farm

Adapted Science Special Education Task Box Activity for Life Skills

Planets/Solar System

Task Box Picture Puzzle

Have students cut and glue the puzzle pieces to match the board for fine motor practice or laminate and velcro for repeated use.

Sun

Mars

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

This special education task box is the perfect science activity for students learning about their body parts. In this life skills, activity students will use their fine motor skills to match pieces of an image to the whole image like a puzzle.

Real photos were used in this product.

Body Parts:

Eyes

Ears

Mouth

Nose

Hands

Feet

Arms

Legs

Instructions:

Print the two images of each body part and cut the first image on the black lines. Laminate all pieces and attach the velcro. Have students attach the pieces to the whole image.

Check out the corresponding activity: My Body Adapted Book

Adapted Science Special Education Task Box Activity for Life Skills

Force and Motion

• Push
• Pull
• Incline
• Decline
• Gravity
• Force
• Position
• Velocity

Science Task Box Picture Puzzle

Have students cut and glue the puzzle pieces to match the board for fine motor practice or laminate and velcro for repeated use.

Adapted Science Special Education Task Box Activity for Life Skills

Organs

• Brain
• Thyroid
• Heart
• Lungs
• Intestines
• Stomach
• Kidney
• Liver

Science Task Box Picture Puzzle

Have students cut and glue the puzzle pieces to match the board for fine motor practice or laminate and velcro for repeated use.

This Magnetic or Not Sort Task Card Set offers a captivating and interactive way for students to explore the properties of objects and deepen their understanding of magnetism. By engaging in scientific inquiry and using visual supports, students in special education or life skills programs can develop critical thinking skills, enhance scientific knowledge, and foster a love for scientific exploration. Enhance your science instruction and engage your students with this versatile task card set today!

Enjoy this Special Education Task Box for Adapted Science Bodies of Water Puzzle Task Card Activity.

Each body of water comes with two cards. One is to be cut and laminated and velcroed and the other is to be kept whole laminated and velcroed. Have students match the five pieces that have been cut to the laminated page that is whole.

Bodies of Water Included:

• Sea
• Waterfall
• Swamp
• Lake
• Pond
• River
• Ocean
• Strait
• Spring

This special education science bundle includes nine topics with the use of adapted books and corresponding task boxes. All of the visual supports are repeated through the adapted books and task boxes to provide repetition and retention. Task boxes provide students the opportunity to practice fine motor skills with the unique puzzle designs.

☞Whether you are working on science iep goals or science standards in your curriculum these science adapted books and puzzles will have you set for the year!

Topics Covered
**►**Bodies of Water
►Landforms
►Continents
►Planets
►My Body
►My Organs
►Weather
►Animal Habitats
►Force and Motion

Adapted Books:

This special education science activity helps students learn through adapted books. Students can engage in this activity by matching visuals to each page as they learn about the different science concepts.

Science Task Box Picture Puzzle:

Have students cut and glue the puzzle pieces to match the board for fine motor practice or laminate and velcro for repeated use.

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Science Special Education Planets in the Solar System Bundle

Adapted Book: Planets in the Solar System
This special education science activity helps students in life skills learn through adapted books. Students can engage in this activity by matching visuals to each page as they learn about the different planes in the solar system.

Science Task Box Picture Puzzle
Have students cut and glue the puzzle pieces to match the board for fine motor practice or laminate and velcro for repeated use.

Mega Bundle

This task box puzzle and adapted book are both included in a mega bundle with corresponding adapted books and task boxes. For each task box in this bundle their is an adapted book with matching visuals to reinforce the retention of each topic. With nine topics included, you are able to change these out each month.

Check out the Mega Bundle HERE!

Special Education Science Task Box Puzzle Bundle

This special education science task box bundle is perfect for life skills classes. It is differentiated to meet the needs or multi-level students. The visuals provide students access to the material who may need more academic support.

Students can practice cutting and gluing these visuals to the matching board or laminate and add velcro for repeated use.

Included in the bundle are the following task box puzzles:

• Bodies of Water
• Landforms
• Continents
• Planets
• My Body
• My Organs
• Weather
• Animal Habitats
• Force and Motion

***FREEBIE INCLUDED

There is a free copy of "My Life Cycle Puzzle" available for you to download with this purchase of this bundle.

Mega Bundle

These task box puzzles are included in a mega bundle with corresponding adapted books. For each task box in this bundle their is an adapted book with matching visuals to reinforce the retention of each topic. With nine topics included, you are able to change these out each month.

Check out the Mega Bundle HERE!