Teaching science shouldn't be complicated. You need a resource that's simply laid out for you so that you can deliver rigorous lessons that your students crave (without all the work that comes with creating it)!

Luckily, you've got The Classroom Nook! I've taken the leg work out of creating a unit that is complete from top to bottom, interactive, engaging, and just plain FUN for you and your students.

HOW IT WORKS:

Each lesson has 3 components to help you structure your instruction effortlessly.

• Introduction - During this portion of the lesson you'll review previously learned content and add on or introduce new concepts and content vocabulary that students will be working on that day. You'll start as a whole group using anchor slides before breaking out into small groups for hands-on practice.

• Lesson Activity - During this time of your lessons students will "get their feet wet" through hands-on experiments and practice, often in partners or small groups. Students will interact with each other and apply what they are learning in real-world activities. They'll record their learning all in one place in their students activity packet.

• Lesson Reflection - Bring students back together at the end of the lesson to review, share, and discuss what they have learned during the lesson activity. Students reflect on what they've learned through journal questions right in their student activity packet.

You'll love how clear the lessons are laid out to help you easily navigate this unit. Everything you need is in one place to help you teach a variety of concepts on matter.

CONCEPTS COVERED:

• What is matter?

• Mixtures and Solutions

• Properties of matter

• Measuring mass (lab experiment included)

• Measuring volume (lab experiment included)

• Density (lab experiment included)

• Physical changes and the water cycle

• Chemical changes

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• Teacher Guide with everything you need for each lesson. All needed resources are downloadable directly from the guide making prep a breeze! The teacher guide includes a unit overview and daily lesson plans. The lesson plans include detailed information about student objective, materials needed, teacher preparation required, and the steps on how to conduct the lesson. You'll even find sample anchor charts, discussion questions and answer keys embedded right into the teacher guide. Teacher video tutorial to help you get organized

• Student activities to go along with each daily lesson. Students resources are printable OR digital (available in Google Slides). Activities range from note-taking, to journal responses, to lab experiments, and more! Please note that although student resources are digital and can be used in a virtual learning environment, there are some necessary hands-on activities that will require students to have access to science tools (ex. graduated cylinder, balance scale, etc...) Lab activities can also be done as a demonstration in-person or virtually if tools are not readily available for all students.

• 41 anchor slides provided in PowerPoint, PDF, or PGN image files. These slides help you teach each lesson.

• 2 originally written articles for teaching about mass and volume (printable or digital)

• Reader's theater script to teach about the water cycle

• States of Matter LINKtivity® interactive digital learning guide (Google Classroom compatible)

• 28-piece bulletin board set in full color to reinforce important concepts

• Review game to play in small groups

• Unit Test (Answer Key Provided) (Google Classroom compatible)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Enjoyable. One of my students said, "I love these because it feels like we aren't doing anything school related. Fun." - Autumn D.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "WOW. This is an amazing resource! Very detailed and complete, multiple options to make it accessible for all different types of learning and technology. Impressive. Thank you so much!" - Katie, 5th grade teacher

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Thank you Thank you Thank you!!! This has been such a great resource to use with my 5th graders during virtual learning. All the slides and the student activity pack are colorful and informative. I love how organized and helpful each lesson was made. I find this extremely organized and easy to follow." - Aimee, 5th grade teacher