Comparing Plants with a Venn Diagram

A Venn Diagram is a graphic organizer that helps compare/contrast things. 

Have students compare/contrast 2 or more plants.

• In the middle circle, write things about the plants that are alike.
• In the outer circles, write things about the plants that are different.

The students could draw a Venn Diagram in their English Language Arts or Science notebook or you could download a FREE Venn Diagram from Learning Workroom's website.

Click Here: www.LearningWorkroom.com

Go to Free Worksheets


If the students need help, they could use dictionaries, online encyclopedias, or science books to research plants further.

Light Waves and Sound Waves Comparison

If the students have participated in a study of both LIGHT and SOUND, they could now create a GRAPHIC ORGANIZER comparing Light Waves and Sound Waves.

The students could draw a graphic organizer in their notebook or you could download a FREE graphic organizer from Learning Workroom's website such as the Venn Diagram.

Click here: https://www.LearningWorkroom.com

Go to Free Worksheets

If the students need help, they could use dictionaries, online encyclopedias, or science books to research these topics further.

Here are some facts that could be included in the students' graphic organizers

• Light and sound both travel as waves.
• Light waves and sound waves are both forms of energy.
• Both types of waves change their speed when they travel through various media.
• Both light waves and sound waves can be reflected and refracted.
• Light waves travel faster than sound waves.
• Sound waves travel slower than light waves.
• Light waves do NOT require a medium through which to travel
• Sound waves require a medium through which to travel.
• Light waves can travel through space or in a vacuum.
• Sound waves can not travel through space or in a vacuum.
• Sound travels best through opaque objects. 
• Light does not travel through opaque objects.

Also if you would like 2 free word search puzzles (Light Energy and Sound Energy, you may download free copies at my website. 

https://www.LearningWorkroom.com

(Go to the free science worksheets page.)

Light Energy

Sound Energy

Have fun teaching science!

Electricity Venn Diagrams

English Language Arts and Science

After the children have learned some facts about both Static and Current Electricity and Series and Parallel Circuits they can create Graphic Organizers to compare and contrast. They can use a Venn Diagram or other graphic organizer to list their facts.

In the center (overlapping parts of the circles) list how the things are alike and use the outer parts of the circles for listing how the things are different.

After they complete the graphic organizers, older students can write essays comparing the two forms of energy or the two circuits with the information in their Venn Diagrams or other graphic organizers.

You can visit Learning Workroom's website for a FREE Venn Diagram Worksheet that you can download and print.

Click here: Learning Workroom Website

Go to: Free Worksheets

Earth and Moon Comparison

After the children have learned some facts about both the Earth and Moon they can create a Graphic Organizer to compare and contrast the Moon and Earth. They can use a Venn Diagram or other graphic organizer to list their facts. Here is an example of a Venn Diagram to get them started.

After they complete the graphic organizer they can write an essay that compares the two objects.

You can visit Learning Workroom's website for a FREE Venn Diagram Worksheet that you can download and print.

Go to: http://www.learningworkroom.com

Click on "Free Worksheets

Use a Venn Diagram to Compare Animals

I think Graphic Organizers are great for kids! An easy one to use is the Venn Diagram where you get to compare and contrast 2 or more things.

A simple Venn Diagram has only 2 circles that overlap. In the center, where the circles overlap, is where you list how the 2 things are alike and the outer circles are for listing how the 2 things are different.

Let the kids compare 2 or more animals using Venn Diagrams.
For example, they could compare and contrast a dog and a frog.

They are alike in that they both have a backbone and they both have 4 legs.

They are different because the dog is a mammal and warm-blooded, whereas the frog is an amphibian and cold-blooded.

Older students can compare 3 or more animals in each Venn Diagram (just add more circles). They can also use the facts in their graphic organizer(s) to write an essay about their animals.

You can visit Learning Workroom's website for a FREE Venn Diagram Worksheet that you can download and print.

Go to: http://www.learningworkroom.com

Click on "Free Worksheets