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Science Teaching Supplies, Educational Materials, Books, Classroom Supplies and Teacher Resources (13 products)

 

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science teaching suppliesThe Best of The Mailbox Science

Grade Level: Preschool / Kindergarten
Price: $17.95 $15.26
Product #: 2001493
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Enrich children's understanding of their world with this timesaving collection of science experiences from The Mailbox magazine. You'll find a variety of favorite units and features that will actively involve your little ones in their learning.

These creative ideas will help you integrate science into all of your daily activities-from circle time to center time. Patterns and reproducibles for centers, experiments, and group activities make preparation quick and easy. Inside this invaluable classroom resource you'll find:

  • Science-based thematic units with across-the-curriculum activities
  • Activities that encourage students' active participation
  • Helpful ideas for science centers
  • Experiments
  • Independent and small-group activities
  • Critical-thinking activities
  • Literature links
  • Student Reproducibles
  • Patterns

Science units in this book cover the early childhood science topics that you need, including:

  • Trees
  • Pumpkins
  • Winter Weather
  • The Five Senses
  • Dental Health
  • Plants
  • Butterflies and Birds
  • Sound
  • And many more! (See the Table of Contents for a complete list)

Pages: 159
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First grade - third grade science teaching resourceBest of the Mailbox Science (Grades 1-3)

Grade Level: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Grade
Price: $17.95 $15.26
Product #: 2001494
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Help your students explore and understand important science concepts with the fun activities in this teacher resource book. The hands-on activities are easy to set up, and the ready-to-use reproducibles save you time.

The activities in this teaching resource will make science fun for students and strengthen essential skills . Inside you'll find the following:

  • Science-based thematic units with across-the-curriculum activities
  • Background information
  • Helpful ideas for science centers
  • Experiments
  • Independent and small group activities
  • Critical-thinking activities
  • Literature links
  • Student reproducibles
  • Patterns

Units in this teaching resource book cover the life, earth, and physical science topics that you need, including:

  • Life Science
  • Germs
  • Monarch Butterfly
  • Animal Homes
  • Spiders
  • Owls
  • Bears
  • Animals in Winter
  • Reptiles
  • Dandelions
  • Seeds
  • Life Cycles
  • Pond Life
  • Ocean Life
  • Ants
  • Bones
  • Dental Health
  • Senses
  • Moon
  • Solar System
  • Clouds
  • Water Cycle
  • Rocks
  • Magnets
  • Matter
  • Sound
  • Light
  • Electricity
  • Simple Machines
  • Force

Pages: 160
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The Mailbox Magazine

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Science Teacher Materials Resource BookSeasonal Science

Grade Level: Preschool - Kindergarten
Price: $17.95 $15.26
Product#: 2061005
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Introduce preschoolers and kindergartners to basic science concepts all year long with 25 timesaving, seasonal thematic units. This teaching book is just what you need to get your little ones interested in science. It includes 25 thematic science units for fall, winter, and spring, including:

  • Rocks
  • Water
  • Colors
  • Sun and Shadows
  • Rain
  • The Heart
  • Plants
  • Healthful Habits
  • Birds
  • Bubbles
  • Plus 15 additional high-interest topics!

Packed with creative ideas, each of the book's 25 seasonal science units provides

  • Practical, fun-to-do activities
  • Exciting, easy-to-manage, hands-on experiments
  • Simple explanations of experiment outcomes
  • Engaging reproducibles, recording sheets, and patterns

Because the ideas in this teaching resource were developed by real early childhood teachers, you can be confident that they're developmentally appropriate and practical in terms of materials, prep time, and classroom management. No matter what season of the school year it is, make sure Seasonal Science is on your bookshelf! You pick the season and we'll provide the science!

160 pages
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Science Skill Builders Teacher SuppliesScience Skill Builders

Grade Level: Second - Third Grade
Price: $15.95 $13.56
Product #: WR00195
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Prepare students for the new science assessment tests. Helps build many essential science and reading skills.

This engaging teacher resource book is organized into 20 six-page lessons. The book covers four content areas: earth, life, health, and physical science. Each of the four content areas has five lessons. Each lesson includes a two-page article adapted from Weekly Reader magazine or from Science Spin magazine. Each article is accompanied by a two-page reading comprehension and vocabulary activity and by a two-page hands-on science activity that gives students practice to reinforce concepts contained in the articles.

More and more educators are demanding materials to ensure that students are prepared for the new science assessments. Science Skill Builders reflects the type of reading passages that students will see on standardized science tests. It also helps students develop competency in science content and skills with practical, hands-on application of scientific principles through classroom experiments and observation.

The 20 six-page lessons in each book:

  • Cover the full range of topics in earth, life, physical, and health sciences
  • Help students develop content-area reading comprehension skills
  • Include classroom experiments and observation activities that provide hands-on application of scientific principles
  • Include science vocabulary and concepts students need to know

Reproducible, 8 1/4" x 10 7/8", 128 pages, b&w.
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science activitiesFull-Color Science Literacy Activities

Grade Level: First and Second Grade
Price: $21.99 $18.69
Product #: 1003171
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A wonderful addition to any first or second grade science curriculum. This book was created especially for the busy teachers of young students. The hands-on, developmentally appropriate activities are sure to provide your students with fun-filled learning experiences.

The activities are full-color and will add some spice to the regular classroom material. The contents in the book provide a variety of ways to reinforce science concepts and skills while maintaining student interest. The activities are easy to implement with little or no preparation at all.

The activities are meant to support and be a resource for teachers as they teach these content skills. The activities provide review and practice in the following areas of science:

  • five senses and how they help us learn
  • living and nonliving things
  • plant parts and their functions
  • different environments or habitats of plants and animals
  • different characteristics of animals
  • life cycle of a plant, frog, or butterfly
  • basic functions of the different parts of the human body
  • water cycle
  • the sequence of seasons and what activities happen in each season
  • how fossils are made and how scientists collect fossils
  • different kinds of dinosaurs and what facts scientists have learned about them
  • natural resources that are used by people
  • solids, liquids, and gases
  • magnets
  • sink and float

Each activity is set up with an easy-to-follow lesson. First, each lesson states the objective or learning skill and the materials needed. Most of the materials are provided inside this book. Next, the lesson outlines in what kinds of groupings the activity can be implemented. Most of the activities can be adapted in multiple ways and can be "custom tailored". They can be implemented as a whole class lesson, small group, partners, independently, or in a science center. The activities can also be adapted for a variety of student levels.

Suggestions are listed in the actual directions of the activity or they are suggested in the "Ideas" section. The "Ideas" section contains many helpful hints on such things as storage of materials or ideas to either enhance or extend the activity. Overall, the book is an asset to any first or second grade teacher.

Pages: 176
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science projects and activitiesCreative Kids: Simple Science Fun

Grade Level: Second - Sixth Grade
Price: $15.99 $13.59
Product #: 1003196
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Children are introduced to quick and easy science experiences which are amazing, exciting, and intellectually stimulating.

This book ventures into all three areas of science study: life (e.g., growth, food chains, and habitats), earth (e.g., air, soil, and water), and physical (e.g., matter, light, and force).

Each experience has been designed to be quick and easy. With only minor or no preparation required, children are introduced to science experiences which are amazing, exciting, and intellectually stimulating.

Experiment with air pressure, homemade chemicals, gravity, and water to discover principles of physical science.

Investigate Earth by learning how a volcano erupts, how rocks become smooth, and what is in the air we breathe.

Examine the basis of life, why plants grow toward the sun, and how fish swim underwater.

Simple Science Fun begins to teach children the value of decision-making, which will become a necessary skill as they grow.

Pages: 160
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Science Teaching Supplies / MaterialsScience in a Box

Grade Level: Second - Third Grade
Price: $22.95 $19.51
Product #: 2060894
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  • 26 ready-to-use science activities
  • Reinforce key concepts found in state standards
  • Provide more practice with follow-up center activities
  • Save time with reusable kits on life, earth, and physical science topics

Make science easier for you to teach and for your students to understand with these exciting hands-on activities devoted to life, earth, and physical science topics. You'll find ready-to-go materials for 26 simple, fun science activities you can store in shoe boxes and use year after year. All content supports National Science Education Standards.

All you need to do is pull out an activity's ready-to-go pages, gather a few common supplies, and store it all in a shoe box.

Materials provided for each box include:

  • one high-interest, whole-class science activity
  • colorful ready-to-use visuals, patterns, or manipulatives
  • reproducible pattern pages or recording sheets
  • a simple explanation of the activity's expected outcome
  • a center idea to extend and reinforce the featured science skill

Assemble the boxes all at once or just as you need them. In no time, you'll have your own classroom library of science activities to use year after year!

160 pages
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science skills activities and centersLiteracy Centers for Science Skills

Grade Level: Preschool, Kindergarten, First Grade
Price: $19.99 $16.99
Product #: 1003399
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Introduce young children to exciting, hands-on science experiences. Use full color manipulatives to appeal to their sense of curiosity and willingness to explore and experiment. The easy-to-use activities are based on standards and accompanied by age-appropriate assessments.

Full-color, hands-on centers encourage students to make their own scientific discoveries. Simple literacy activities explore different areas of Life Science, Earth and Space Science, and Physical Science. Student cards and reproducibles are ready-to-use. Teacher pages include instructions to create standards-based activities and ideas for presentation, assessment, and extensions.

Includes activities in the following science areas:

  • Nature of Science - developing the skills of questioning, planning, predicting, implementing, and observing as a way of learning
  • Life Science - the study of living things, their characteristics, and their relationship to the environment (Topics: ladybugs, spiders, animals and their eggs, coral reefs)
  • Earth and Space Science - the study of Earth's elements and structure (rocks, soil, metals, water, air) as well as its place in the universe (Topics: shadows, lakes and rivers, stars)
  • Physical Science - the study of matter and its properties (size, shape, color, composition, etc.); the position and motion of objects; the nature of light, heat, electricity, and magnetism (Topics: trees and wood, water around me, tools and machines)

Pages: 176
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Go Green Science Teaching Materials K-1Ready, Set, Go Green!

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $8.99 $7.65
Product #: 3235723
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Eco-Friendly Activities for School and Home

On your mark, get set, go green!

Did you know that every person in the United States creates about five pounds of trash a day? Did you know that recycling one ton of paper can save 17 trees? Did you know that people in North America use more water than any other people on Earth? If not, then welcome to Ready, Set, Go Green!

Environmental awareness is everywhere in the media today. It is a huge concern for many adults, and this is impacting children as well. Ready, Set, Go Green! explains current environmental topics in a way that students will understand. The goal is to increase students’ sensitivity and concern about the environment while encouraging them to have fun at the same time. This book is filled with interesting facts and figures, fun activity pages, quick and easy tips, and project ideas.

Features:

  • Fun-Filled Activities
  • Easy Tips and Project Ideas
  • Curriculum Connections
  • Environmental Checklist
  • Quiz and Glossary


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Go Green Science Teaching Materials Grades 2-3Ready, Set, Go Green!

Grade Level: Second - Third Grade
Price: $8.99 $7.65
Product #: 3235731
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Eco-Friendly Activities for School and Home

On your mark, get set, go green!

Did you know that every person in the United States creates about five pounds of trash a day? Did you know that recycling one ton of paper can save 17 trees? Did you know that people in North America use more water than any other people on Earth? If not, then welcome to Ready, Set, Go Green!

Environmental awareness is everywhere in the media today. It is a huge concern for many adults, and this is impacting children as well. Ready, Set, Go Green! explains current environmental topics in a way that students will understand. The goal is to increase students’ sensitivity and concern about the environment while encouraging them to have fun at the same time. This book is filled with interesting facts and figures, fun activity pages, quick and easy tips, and project ideas.

Features:

  • Fun-Filled Activities
  • Easy Tips and Project Ideas
  • Curriculum Connections
  • Environmental Checklist
  • Quiz and Glossary


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preschool kindergarten science student made booksI Can Make It! I Can Read It! Science

Grade Level: Preschool, Kindergarten
Price: $12.95 $11.01
Product #: 2003521
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Your proud young readers will say, "I can make it and I can read it!" when they complete these irresistible, interactive booklets. You can be sure they'll want to share their reading success with friends and family too.

These student-made booklets help develop essential science and early literacy skills through rhyming, repetitive, or predictable text. As they color, cut, paste, and write, your little ones will also be developing their fine-motor skills.

Choose from 20 booklets to complete your science curriculum, such as animal habitats, plant growth, and butterfly life cycle. Fun formats include shape books, accordion books, pop-up books, and more! Curriculum extensions, literature links, and ideas for sharing at school and at home are also included.

This book includes the following favorite themes for science:

  • Scientific Process
  • Animal Growth
  • Animal Habitats
  • Plant Growth
  • Seed Growth
  • Insects
  • Butterfly Life Cycle
  • Seasons
  • Weather
  • Clouds
  • Colors and Textures
  • Five Senses
  • Nutrition
  • Natural Resources
  • Rocks
  • Magnets
  • Solid, Liquid, Gas
  • Float and Sink
  • Recycling
  • Sun and Moon

Pages: 96
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Butterflies Science Teaching Supplies Leveled Reader Book, Leveled ReadingButterflies Leveled Reader

Grade Level: First - Second Grade
Price: $5.95
Product #: WR40593
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Packed with interesting facts about insect characteristics, life cycles, and communities. Simple, repetitive text closely linked with delightful, full-color photography makes this leveled reader book exceptionally appealing to the youngest readers. Includes a glossary, a list of books and web sites for further information, and an index.

This leveled reader informs readers about many butterflies' astonishing transformation, hibernation, and migration.

7"x7", 24 pages, full-color photographs
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