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Back to School Science Kickoff Week Activities | Grades 3-5

Start the school year with engaging, low-prep science activities that build classroom community while introducing important science skills! This 5-day science kickoff pack helps students practice observing, inferring, collecting data, solving problems, and working safely in a science classroom.

Perfect for the first week of school, science centers, morning work, sub plans, or review throughout the year.

Activity Duration: This resources is designed to fill a 25-30 minute science block for 1 week. Extra pages are included just in case students finish earlier than expected.

What’s Included:

🦉 Day 1: Getting to Know Your Scientists

• Student Science Profile
• Science Bingo classroom community activity

🔍 Day 2: Observation vs. Inference

• Observation and Inference practice sheet
• Missing Mystery Camper investigation
• Evidence-based reasoning questions

🧪 Day 3: Lab Safety Challenge

• Safe vs. Unsafe sorting activity
• Science Safety Hunt picture challenge

🥚 Day 4: Save the Egg STEM Challenge

• Plan, predict, test, and improve engineering activity

📊 Day 5: Favorite Color Class Poll

• Prediction activity
• Data collection survey
• Data analysis questions

Bonus Activities:

• Science Wonder Wall
• My Science Goals
• Science Decoder Puzzle
• Additional Observation vs. Inference Practice

Skills Covered:

✔ Observations and Inferences

✔ Scientific Thinking

✔ Lab Safety

✔ Data Collection and Analysis

✔ STEM and Engineering Design

✔ Classroom Community Building

✔ Goal Setting and Reflection

Great For:

• First Week of School
• Back-to-School Science
• Science Centers
• Morning Work
• Early Finishers
• STEM Activities
• Substitute Plans

Grade Levels: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, and 5th Grade

Give your students an exciting start to the school year while introducing the skills scientists use every day!

This resource includes dyslexia-friendly font.