Science Teaching Resources
Elementary teachers, are you ready to get hours of science lesson planning time back?
Welcome to Teach Starter, where science printable worksheets, STEM activities, and more ways to integrate the science curriculum into your classroom are waiting for you. Every science resource in our curated resource library has been created by a teacher for teachers, and every lesson has undergone a rigorous review process by our team of expert teachers to ensure it's ready for your classroom.
Science Teaching Resources
Whether you're teaching the life cycle of a frog to 1st graders, the water cycle to your 4th-grade class, or you're taking your 3rd graders on a journey around the sun and back again with rotation and revolution worksheets, there is something in this collection for every science teacher.
Here are just a few of the topics you'll discover as you dive into our curriculum-aligned resource collection:
- The scientific method
- Earth and space resources
- Matter and energy worksheets
- Environment printables
- Scientific tools
Science Classroom Decor Ideas
Decorating your science classroom? We've got you covered there with plenty of ideas and printables:
- Set up word walls with science vocabulary regarding the weather, natural disasters, and more.
- Line your walls with science classroom posters that introduce students to scientific tools like the thermometer and the microscope.
- Print out space, earth, and other bulletin board banners that make bulletin board set-up a snap!
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Water Cycle Words - Illustrated Word Wall
Boost vocabulary skills and understanding with an illustrated water cycle word wall.
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Classroom Practices to Promote a Green Future - A Teacher's Guide
Create a more sustainably-friendly classroom with this 18-page teacher's guide.
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Day and Night – Worksheet
Encourage your students to illustrate the day and night cycle with this free worksheet.
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Environmental Word Wall
Help your young students learn about recycling and conservation with an illustrated word wall.
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Printable Weather Recording Charts
Use these printable weather charts to graph and analyze the weather for each month.
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Forest Biome Food Web – Worksheet
Challenge students to create a food web and explain how energy flows between organisms with this cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Christmas STEM Project - Elf Trap
Experience hands-on STEM concepts with an engaging Elf Trap Project!
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Water Cycle Crossword Puzzle
Review water cycle vocabulary with a water cycle crossword puzzle.
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Weather Word Wall Vocabulary
Use this teacher-created weather resource to teach weather vocabulary. Build a word wall with your students during your weather lessons.
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Natural Resources Mini Book
Learn about natural resources with this printable mini book.
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Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers – Interactive and Printable Activity
Sort producers, consumers, and decomposers, with this printable and interactive activity.
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Water Cycle Mini-Book (In Depth)
Use this 10-page mini-book when learning about the water cycle.
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Water Cycle Sort – Sorting Activity
Use knowledge of the steps in the water cycle to categorize examples with this sorting activity.
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How Soil Is Created – Teaching Presentation
Learn about how soil is made with this 15-slide teaching presentation.
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Natural Resources Task Cards
Answer questions about natural resources and their uses with this set of 16 task cards.
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Forms of Energy (Heat, Light and Sound) Worksheet
Identify different forms of energy with this cut and paste worksheet.
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Planet Project Template
Practice research skills by exploring each planet and creating a visual display of information.
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Forms of Energy Worksheet
A worksheet about the different forms of energy.
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Inquiry Project - Template
A diverse template to help students craft inquiry questions to produce different types of research projects.
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Forms of Energy Poster
A poster to display in the classroom that shows different forms of energy.
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Living or Nonliving? - Worksheet
A worksheet that explores living and nonliving things.
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Five Senses Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer to use when brainstorming sights, sounds, smells, touches, and tastes.
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My Ecological Footprint - Reference Sheet
Teach your students about the things we do that affect the Earth with an ecological footprint reference sheet.
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Circuit Diagrams Worksheet
A worksheet that explores how to read and write circuit diagrams.
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Animal Fact File Worksheet
An animal fact file for students to complete when learning about a variety of animals.
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Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint – Poster and Worksheet
Explore how to reduce your carbon footprint with this poster and accompanying comprehension worksheet.
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Science Inquiry Discussion Prompts - The Natural World
Practice making observations and scientific predictions about the natural world with engaging Science Inquiry Discussion Prompts.
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Roll or Slide Worksheets - Science Inquiry (K-1)
Explore motion and boost science inquiry skills with Roll or Slide Worksheets.
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Observing Shadows Science Investigation (1-2)
Explore the world of light, shadow, and scientific inquiry with an engaging, outdoor Shadow Observation experiment.
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Bend, Twist, or Stretch? Changing Materials Inquiry Activity
Explore materials, observe physical changes, make predictions, and share scientific observations with a hands-on Properties of Materials Science Investigation.
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'What Will Happen?' Science Prediction Worksheet Pack
Practice making scientific predictions with your little learners using a set of printable Science Prediction Worksheets.
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Natural and Artificial Light Worksheet - Cut and Paste
Sort examples of natural and artificial light with a printable Sources of Light Worksheet for Kindergarten.