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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Grouping Plants and Animals – Sorting Activity (K-1)
Sort plants and animals using different characteristics with a set of task cards and picture cards.
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Animals With Scales, Fur, Shells and Feathers Worksheet Pack
Investigate different animal body coverings by sorting and coloring animals with feathers, fur, scales and shells.
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Seasonal Changes PowerPoint
Show your students this 26-slide Seasonal Changes Powerpoint all about the changing seasons, and develop their understanding of seasonal changes in the environment.
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What's the Season? Teaching Slides
Help your students explore the four seasons and how they affect everyday life using this colorful teaching presentation.
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The Earth's Seasons PowerPoint
Use this fact-packed digital teaching resource to show your students the names and characteristics of Earth’s four seasons.
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Order of Seasons Task Cards
Use these task cards to allow students to practice ordering images of seasonal changes across the year.
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Will It Cast a Shadow? Interactive Game
Explore how light behaves when it strikes different materials with a self-checking ‘Will It Cast a Shadow?’ Interactive Game.
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I Spy - Light Levels Interactive Activity
Observe and discover the importance of light with an interactive ‘I Spy’ Light Levels Interactive Activity.
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Casting Shadows Sorting Activity
Help students grow their understanding of how light and shadows work with a printable Casting Shadows Sorting Activity.
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Where is My Shadow? Game (K)
Predict and explore where shadows appear when light strikes an object with an engaging ‘Where is My Shadow?’ Game.
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Shadow Matching Game - Bingo
Explore the concept of shadows and engage your students while playing an exciting Shadow Matching Game.
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Locate the Light Source Worksheets
Explore how the position of a light source changes the way shadows appear with our Locate the Light Source Worksheet Pack.
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Light Interactions Sorting Activity (K)
Explore light interactions and materials that allow all, some, and none of the light to pass through them with our Light Interactions Sorting Activity.
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What's in the Box? - Light Observation Activity
Help your young learners discover the need for light to see objects with this What's In the Box? Light Observation Activity.
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More Light vs Less Light Interactive Game
Compare the effects of different amounts of light on the appearance of objects and have fun with our More Light vs Less Light Interactive Game.
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Dark, Dim, or Bright? Light Observation Activity Slides
Help your kindergartners see the usefulness of light energy and how it helps us see things clearly with our ‘Dark, Dim, or Bright’ Light Observation Activity slides.
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What’s Hiding in the Dark? Light Game (K)
Help your young learners discover the need for light to see objects with our ‘What’s Hiding In The Dark? Light Game for Kindergarteners.
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Light Level Observation Worksheet (K)
Explore and observe the importance of appropriate lighting with a ‘Looking at Light Levels’ Observation Worksheet for Kindergarten.
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Bright, Dim, or Dark? Light Levels Sorting Activity
Introduce your students to the importance of lighting with our Bright, Dim, or Dark? Light Levels Sorting Activity.
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Playdough Constellation Activity Mats
Explore the cosmos and get hands-on with objects in the sky using our Playdough Constellation Activity Mats.
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Properties of Materials - Graphing Worksheets
Explore materials and mathematics with engaging Properties of Materials Graphing Worksheets.
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"I Wonder..." Wall - Bulletin Board - Inquiry Display
Promote scientific thinking in your classroom with an interactive, brainstorming "Wonder Wall" classroom display.
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Push and Pull Toy Sorting Activity
Explore types of forces and practise classification skills with a printable Push and Pull Toy Sorting Activity.
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How Do Toys Move? Worksheet
Explore motion and how things move with a printable ‘How Do Toys Move?’ Worksheet.
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Roll, Slide or Bounce? Toy Sorting Activity
Explore movement, sorting, and classification with a printable ‘How It Moves’ Toy Sorting Activity.
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How It Moves - Digital Toy Sorting Game
Explore motion and categorization with an engaging Interactive Toy Sorting Game.
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How Does It Move? Game
Engage your little learners in the study of motion with a self-checking ‘How Does It Move?’ Game.
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Spin or Slide Sort - Science of Movement Activity
Group objects based on how they move with an engaging Spin or Slide? Science of Movement activity.
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How Animals Move PowerPoint Presentation
Observe, describe and categorise the ways in which living things move with an interactive ‘How Animals Move’ PowerPoint slide deck.
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Movement of Animals Worksheets - Cut and Paste
Cut and sort to show how different animals move with our Movement of Animals Worksheets.
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Cut & Compare Animals Worksheet Pack - Ways Animals Move
Use our Cut and Compare Animals Worksheet Pack to help your students practice scientific classification and explore ways that animals move.
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Interactive Animal Movement Game
Explore animals and how they move with an interactive Animal Movement Game.