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Science Choice

Boards An overview/review activity

for 3rd-5th grade science

concepts in a choice board

format

By Caitlin Miller

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Cycles

Science Choice Board

Create a diagram of 2

food chains from the

same ecosystem, then

create a diagram of a

food web using the

organisms from both

food chains.

Explain how complete metamorphosis and

incomplete metamorphosis are similar and different. 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.

Create a Venn diagram comparing the two

cycles.

Create a comic strip

explaining how

sedimentary rock can

turn into more

sedimentary rock.

Choose ____ activities to complete.

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Space

Science Choice Board

Create a detailed

diagram of the planets

in orbit around our Sun

in the correct order.

Compare and contrast rotation and orbit in a

Venn Diagram.

Diagram rotation of

the Earth and how the

amount of sunlight

would be different at 4

different places on

Earth.

Diagram the orbital

movements involving

the Sun, the moon, and

Earth. Explain how they

affect moon phases

and seasons.

Create a colored poster convincing people to come

visit the sun. Include at least 3 features they would get

to see.

Create a table

illustrating, naming and

timing the 8 moon

phases.

Choose ____ activities to complete.

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Earth and It’s Resources

Science Choice Board

Describe how a delta is

formed. Include an

illustration of each step.

Diagram weathering, erosion, and deposition

as they would apply to a glacier.

Write a poem as an

ode to soil properties.

An ode is written to

praise or glorify

something.

Diagram an outside

park and label 5

alternative energy

resources found in your

park.

Create, color, and label symbols to represent each

of these 5 resources: biofuels, hydroelectric, wind,

solar, and geothermal.

Diagram and

summarize the

formation of fossil

fuels in 3 steps.

Choose ____ activities to complete.

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Matter

Science Choice Board

Diagram the relative

density of water, 2 solids

and 3 other liquids in a

graduated cylinder. Write

two sentences comparing

the relative densities to

water.

Draw a thermometer showing the melting point

and a thermometer showing the freezing point of water.

Explain how the temperatures can be the

same.

Write a story about the

life of an ice cube in first

person detailing his

changes in matter once it

is removed from the

freezer and placed

outside in summer.

Illustrate and describe

how to find the mass of

an irregular object.

Write a song about magnetism and what it will and will not attract and

why.

Create a T-chart with

diagrams comparing

the solubility of at least

6 substances.

Choose ____ activities to complete.

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Energy

Science Choice Board

Illustrate the acronym

M.E.L.T.S. to show what

it means without words.

Diagram a parallel circuit and a series circuit. Explain

how they are different.

Write a story about how

reflection and refraction

were each used to save

the day in different ways.

Create a table of

conductors of

electricity and

insulators of electricity.

Summarize in detail how

to test them.

Write a song about force, motion, friction, and how

they all go together.

Write a question with a

diagram where

students would have

to know light travels in

a straight line to solve

it.

Choose ____ activities to complete.

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The Environment

Science Choice Board

Diagram and explain

photosynthesis and it’s

importance for animals

and humans.

Illustrate and describe the before and after changes to

an ecosystem by the overpopulation of grazers.

Illustrate two parents and

their offspring labeling at

least 3 inherited traits and

3 learned behaviors.

Diagram a forest

ecosystem and label at

least 3 producers, 3

consumers and 2

decomposers found

there.

Write a song about an organism being forced to get M.A.D. and what that

means.

Diagram a real animal and

label at least 3 physical

adaptations and one

behavioral adaptation

explaining how each helps

it survive.

Choose ____ activities to complete.

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Thank you for purchasing my Science Choice Boards. There are 6 choice boards with 9

different activities on each. Each choice board allows you or the student to choose

how many activities have to be completed for differentiation. Topics covered include

3rd, 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 large

piece of manila construction paper into fourths and let them chose 4 activities. I also

like giving each student in a group a different choice board, then they have to teach

their completed choices to the others in their groups. As my students complete these

this year, I will add pictures of their work. I hope you enjoy this activity! For more

activities, please visit my TpT store and my blog at:

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