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Science ChoiceBoardsAn overview/review activityfor 3rd-5th grade scienceconcepts in a choice boardformatBy Caitlin Miller Caitlin Miller

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CyclesScience Choice BoardChoose activities to complete.Create a diagram of 2food chains from thesame ecosystem, thencreate a diagram of afood web using theorganisms from bothfood chains.Explain how completemetamorphosis andincomplete metamorphosisare similar and different.Include a diagram of eachtype.Diagram an underwaterDiagram andexample of the CarbonDioxide-Oxygen Cycle. summarize the waterGive each organism in cycle. Include at leastyour diagram a speech 8 processes involvedbubble talking about thein the water cycle.cycle.Diagram the life cycle ofa ladybug and the lifecycle of a dragonfly.Create a Venn diagramcomparing the twocycles. Caitlin MillerCreate a comic stripexplaining howsedimentary rock canturn into moresedimentary rock.

SpaceScience Choice BoardChoose activities to complete.Create a detaileddiagram of the planetsin orbit around our Sunin the correct order.Compare and contrastrotation and orbit in aVenn Diagram.Diagram rotation ofDiagram the orbitalthe Earth and how the movements involvingamount of sunlightthe Sun, the moon, andwould be different at 4 Earth. Explain how theyaffect moon phasesdifferent places onand seasons.Earth.Create a colored posterconvincing people to comevisit the sun. Include at least3 features they would getto see. Caitlin MillerCreate a tableillustrating, naming andtiming the 8 moonphases.

Earth and It’s ResourcesScience Choice BoardChoose activities to complete.Diagram weathering,Describe how a delta iserosion, and depositionformed. Include anas they would apply to aillustration of each step.glacier.Write a poem as anDiagram an outsideode to soil properties.park and label 5alternative energyAn ode is written toresources found in yourpraise or glorifypark.something.Create, color, and labelsymbols to represent eachof these 5 resources:biofuels, hydroelectric, wind,solar, and geothermal. Caitlin MillerDiagram andsummarize theformation of fossilfuels in 3 steps.

MatterScience Choice BoardChoose activities to complete.Draw a thermometerDiagram the relativeshowing the melting pointdensity of water, 2 solidsand a thermometer showingand 3 other liquids in agraduated cylinder. Write the freezing point of water.two sentences comparingExplain how thethe relative densities totemperatures can be thewater.same.Write a story about thelife of an ice cube in firstIllustrate and describeperson detailing hischanges in matter once it how to find the mass ofis removed from thean irregular object.freezer and placedoutside in summer.Write a song aboutmagnetism and what it willand will not attract andwhy. Caitlin MillerCreate a T-chart withdiagrams comparingthe solubility of at least6 substances.

EnergyScience Choice BoardChoose activities to complete.Diagram a parallel circuitIllustrate the acronymM.E.L.T.S. to show what and a series circuit. Explainit means without words. how they are different.Write a story about howreflection and refractionwere each used to savethe day in different ways.Write a song about force,motion, friction, and howthey all go together. Caitlin MillerCreate a table ofconductors ofelectricity andinsulators of electricity.Summarize in detail howto test them.Write a question with adiagram wherestudents would haveto know light travels ina straight line to solveit.

The EnvironmentScience Choice BoardChoose activities to complete.Illustrate and describe theDiagram and explainphotosynthesis and it’s before and after changes toan ecosystem by theimportance for animalsoverpopulation of grazers.and humans.Diagram a forestIllustrate two parents and ecosystem and label atleast 3 producers, 3their offspring labeling atleast 3 inherited traits andconsumers and 23 learned behaviors.decomposers foundthere.Write a song about anorganism being forced toget M.A.D. and what thatmeans. Caitlin MillerDiagram a real animal andlabel at least 3 physicaladaptations and onebehavioral adaptationexplaining how each helpsit survive.

Thank you for purchasing my Science Choice Boards. There are 6 choice boards with 9different activities on each. Each choice board allows you or the student to choosehow many activities have to be completed for differentiation. Topics covered include3rd, 4th and 5th grade TEKS. The six choice board topics are: Space, Cycles, Matter,Energy, Earth and it’s Resources, and the Environment. I like to let them fold a largepiece of manila construction paper into fourths and let them chose 4 activities. I alsolike giving each student in a group a different choice board, then they have to teachtheir completed choices to the others in their groups. As my students complete thesethis year, I will add pictures of their work. I hope you enjoy this activity! For moreactivities, please visit my TpT store and my blog cs and Fonts from: Caitlin Miller

Include a diagram of each type. Diagram an underwater example of the Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen Cycle. Give each organism in your diagram a speech bubble talking about the cycle. Diagram and summarize the water cycle. Include at least 8 processes involved in the water cycle. Diagram the life cycle of a ladybug and the life cycle of a dragonfly.