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What is a Bird? part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a mini-lab for primary students to identify the unique characteristics of birds.
Subject: Biology
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Sensory Butterfly Garden part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is an activity in which students use their senses to describe their garden. This is a guided inquiry lesson.
Subject: Biology
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Plant Science Inquiry: From Seed to Flower part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a first grade life science activity where the students practice inquiry skills by developing questions about seeds, planting them and noting details about how they change as they grow.
Subject: Biology
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Investigating the water cycle "snow fun" part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
In this activity students collect snow in a cup, predict how much water will be in the cup when the snow melts. Students are exposed to evaporation as the water "disappears" over time and try to stop this from happening.
Subject: Chemistry
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
The Five Senses - Differentiated Lesson for ESL/Special Needs Students part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This guided inquiry activity is designed to help students understand that people get all of their knowledge from their senses, and that is why our senses are so important.
Subject: Biology
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Magnify It part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is an introduction to a magnifying glass as a science tool.
Subject: Physics
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Birds' Bills part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Students compare and contrast birds' bills and compare them to household items.
Subject: Biology
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Writing Poems from Dragonfly Facts part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a creative writing assignment in which first graders create poetry from scientific information about dragonflies.
Subject: Biology
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
What Lives Under a Rock? part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Students will listen to the book, Under One Rock Bugs, Slugs, and Other Ughs, written by Anthony D. Frederick and illustrated by Jennifer DiRubbio and then make a mini-book observation journal, Under One Rock to record what they see when they go outdoors to investigate what lives under a rock.
Subject: Biology:Ecology:Habitats
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity:Field laboratories
How and Where Things Move part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Students explore a variety of objects to discover the many ways the objects move and what force makes them move.
Subject: Physics:Classical Mechanics
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity


