Matter Maker

A 5-day project-based learning unit where third-grade students become severe weather experts. Students explore weather vs. climate, analyze data, and design a Weather Survival Guide for a chosen severe weather hazard.

A 3rd-grade non-fiction reading comprehension lesson focused on the mysterious deep ocean and its unique creatures. Includes a chunked, scaffolded passage with stop-and-think check-ins and large-print multiple choice questions.

An immersive 4-slide digital presentation to introduce 3rd-grade students to the ocean's Midnight Zone, bioluminescence, and water pressure. Features high-contrast dark-mode slides with giant text, clear diagrams, and discussion prompts.

An interactive multi-day science unit exploring the water cycle through hands-on experiments, visual models, and interactive activities. Students investigate evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection while tracking energy transfers driven by the Sun.

A structured introduction to the scientific method, helping students learn and recall the foundational steps of scientific inquiry through a color-coded graphic organizer and teacher reference key.

A 1-page teacher support guide and answer key for the Abyss Explorers worksheet. Includes clear lesson objectives, a 45-minute pacing timeline, direct answers to the stop-and-think check-ins and multiple choice questions, and grading criteria for the student journal entry.

A comprehensive 4-day scientific sequence on bats designed for grades K-3. Students explore bat anatomy, species diversity, myths vs. facts, and create a hands-on construction paper craft.

An investigation-focused science lesson where students explore how light travels, reflects off objects, and is detected by our eyes. Students learn to distinguish between light sources and reflectors, understand how the eye and brain process images, and apply these concepts to everyday phenomena.

A 2-page print-ready reading comprehension worksheet for 3rd grade about the Midnight Zone of the ocean. Features chunked text, Stop-and-Think check-in boxes after each chunk, a visual ocean-depth gauge, and a second page with large-print multiple choice questions and a reflection journal prompt.

A 5-day, 15-minute daily science sequence for 3rd graders exploring solids, liquids, and gases. Aligned to the 5E instructional model and centered around the Generation Genius states of matter video, complete with vocabulary, daily quick-lessons, and a final evaluation quiz.

An interactive, highly visual science lesson introducing food chains and food webs. The lesson guides students through core ecological vocabulary (producers, consumers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores) and breaks down the worksheet's energy paths using a step-by-step chunked approach with visual transition supports.

A highly scaffolded and accommodated version of the Walking Water Exit Ticket, designed for students with reading and writing learning disabilities. It includes a supportive scientific word bank, a fill-in-the-blank Bell Ringer, sentence starters, and simplified reading passages.