Teacher Resources
Science labs and graphic organizers for grades PK to 12. Every product is sold through Teachers Pay Teachers, and each cover below links to its listing.
Elementary Science, Grades PK to 5
Graphic organizer packs and two full labs are built the same way at every grade band. Each organizer comes as a model first, a guided page with its data printed on it, and a blank master for the teacher's own lesson. Each pack opens with a standards index that prints its performance expectations in full.
Elementary Science Graphic Organizers Super Pack, Grades PK-5: $29.00
All five packs in one volume, 281 pages, covering all seventy K-5 science performance expectations. Additional teacher licenses are $14.50 each.
PK-K Science Graphic Organizers: $8.00
Fifteen organizers, 52 pages. Teacher think-aloud pages, activity surfaces, and cut-out pieces pages for children who cannot yet read the page.
Grades 1-2 Science Graphic Organizers: $8.00
Sixteen organizers, 73 pages, in large print with word banks on the page.
Grade 3 Science Graphic Organizers: $8.00
Twelve organizers, 51 pages, including a claim-evidence-reasoning frame and a bar graph built from a data table.
Grade 4 Science Graphic Organizers: $8.00
Eleven organizers, 48 pages, including a fair test planner and a fishbone diagram.
Grade 5 Science Graphic Organizers: $8.00
Eleven organizers, 49 pages, including a claim-and-counterclaim chart and a model-and-revise page.
Beaver Lab: Why Does the Beaver Build a Dam? : $9.00
Preschool and kindergarten investigation of what living things need and how a beaver changes its environment, in six sessions with records by drawing, circling, placing, and dictation.
Bird Lab: What Can We Borrow from a Bird? : $9.00
Grade 1 investigation of bird parts and bird families, closing with a student-designed tool that borrows a bird part, in six sessions.
Mold Lab: Life Cycle of a Fungus (3-LS1-1) : $9.00
A full lab in five sessions spread across about two weeks, 36 pages. Students build a model of the mold life cycle, test it against a photographic evidence pack, and revise it.
Radish Lab: Seeds, Water and Light (2-LS2-1) : $9.00
A full lab in five sessions, 52 pages. The class plans a seed test together, observes four cups daily, and develops one evidence-supported clam.
Push Lab: Which Push Makes It Roll Farther? (Grade 3)
Senses Lab: How Do Eyes, Ears, and Roots Do Their Jobs? : $9.00
Grade 4 investigation of plant and animal structures and how animals take in information and respond, in six sessions.
Dead Leaf Lab: Where Does the Dead Leaf Go? : $9.00
Grade 5 investigation of matter moving through an ecosystem, tracked in two test jars across about four weeks, in five sessions with eight short check-ins.
Free Elementary Samples
Free Science Graphic Organizer Sample Pack, PK-K to Grade 5
One complete organizer from each grade band, printed exactly as it appears in its pack. 17 pages.
Free Session 1 Sample: Mold Lab (3-LS1-1)
The opening of the Mold Lab, complete enough to run the first session. 8 pages.
Free Session 1 Sample: Radish Lab (2-LS2-1)
The opening of the Radish Lab, complete enough to run the first session. 9 pages.
High School Science
Photosynthesis Lab: Something from Almost Nothing, BIO LAB 001 (HS-LS1-5): $9.00
Students trace where the new mass in a sprouting plant comes from, building and revising a model against evidence that complicates it.
Free Day 1 sample: the complete first day, listed free on TpT.
Elastic Potential Energy Lab: Springs vs. Rubber Bands, PHY LAB 001 (HS-PS3-2): $4.00
A lab on stored energy in springs and rubber bands.
Free companion: Hooke's Law Lab, on spring constants and springs in series and parallel, listed free on TpT.
Ecosystem Dynamics Lab: One Dam Changes Everything, ECO LAB 002 (HS-LS2-6): $6.00
Introduction to Forensic Science Labs: Evidence and Hazards, FSI 1.1 LAB 001: $9.00
The opening lab of the forensic science line, on evidence handling and lab hazards.
Forensic Science Mystery Cases: $7.00
Two one-period whodunit investigations for grades 7-12. Each case carries a student case file, an evidence log, and a teacher edition with full solutions.
How to Make a Gravity Well: Free
A PVC build guide for orbital motion demonstrations, listed free on TpT.
Also free
The Inquiry Builder creates an NGSS lesson plan based on a topic and the constraints you set. It is free during beta at syzygyscience.com/inquiry-builder. The Framework Overview is a free download from the homepage.
In Development
Full lab books in forensic science, biology, and physics are in development. Join the mailing list at syzygyscience.com/join to hear when each book is released.