Follow with me each day as I post my 12 gifts of Christmas for teachers. Each day will have a tip to encourage engaged learning in your classroom and a free gift to accompany that tip. Here goes the eleventh day!

On the eleventh day of Christmas, Elementary Ali gave to me…

Eleven Science Tools Task Cards!

Task cards are becoming a popular strategy to encourage interactive learning. You can create simple tasks for students to explore and practice a skill. Your eleventh gifts of Christmas are eleven Science Tools Task Cards for practicing using common elementary science tools. Here is a look at a couple of the free task cards: