You’ve made it! The end of the year is (finally) here! As you wrap up your final days with this year’s crew of science students, you likely could use an activity or two to close this chapter together on a positive note. Here are a few of my favorite last day of school science activities to launch you and your students into summer break!
Who doesn’t love coloring? I’ve created these color by number resources to give students the opportunity to practice and review the science skills and vocabulary they’ve developed by the end of the school year. I know you’ll find these worksheets make a good use of free time in the last week(s) of school.
As an added bonus, these activities require minimal prep for the teacher and won’t create any extra mess to clean up. (A huge plus as you work to clean and organize your classroom before summer.)
These color by number sheets also make excellent resources to send home to parents of middle school students to use for brain-building activities throughout the summer. They review the important things learned throughout the year and will keep them fresh and ready for the beginning of the year.
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Get your students laughing and thinking on the last day of school with this classic tower-building challenge. This fun last day of school science activity requires minimal prep and is a great way to close out the year with some happy memories from science class.
Students will work collaboratively on three tower challenges:
If your students enjoy playing with Legos, this is the resource for you! In this collaborative partner activity, students with be split into two groups. One group will be asked to leave the classroom temporarily while their partners’ are each asked to disassemble a toy made of Legos.
As they deconstruct their toy, they must take detailed instructions that a partner could use to reassemble the object. When everyone is done, the first group will return to the classroom and attempt to build the Lego toys using only the written instructions from their partners.
This simple activity is sure to get a ton of laughs and is a great way to drive home the importance of using details in scientific writing. This activity can easily be used by science teachers with kids of all ages. Reward their hard work this year with a little bit of Lego fun!
If you are looking for the perfect way to fill some downtime during the last week of school, these problem solving puzzles are a great thing to try! These self-check vocabulary puzzles are a fun way to review this year’s content one last time before your students go. These puzzles can be done independently or with a buddy. They also could be used in fun classroom competitions or to earn last day of school prizes!
These vocabulary puzzles can be especially helpful during shortened class periods or even homeroom time.
I don’t know about you, but my students rarely have as much fun in science class as they do on days that include cool science experiments. Fill your last day (or week) of school with fun activities that your middle schoolers (or secondary students) are sure to remember and love. Each of these experiment ideas can be done with simple ingredients and give your students one last fun opportunity to practice their scientific observation skills.
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