Science Tasks with Real Photos | Independent Work Tasks | SPED Autism
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Science Tasks with Real Photos | 19 Independent Work Tasks for Special Education & Autism Classrooms
Fill your work stations and science tasks boxes with this science tasks and clip card set featuring REAL PHOTOS throughout! This "Big Box" of Work Tasks: Science Skills Edition is packed with 19 print and use independent work tasks targeting core elementary science concepts: Seasons, Living/Non-Living, Day/Night, and Natural vs. Man-Made Resources.
With over 100 printable pages featuring REAL PHOTOS for authentic visual support (perfect for students with autism and emerging learners who benefit from concrete imagery), this set fills task boxes, work bins, science centers, independent workstations, and small group activities for an entire year. Tasks include clip card format (clothespin tasks!), sorting activities, matching tasks, interactive wheels, and write-and-wipe cards — all designed for independent student practice.
★ Perfect for: Special Education Teachers, Autism Classrooms, Self-Contained Classrooms, Resource Rooms, Life Skills Classes, General Education Science Centers, Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), Paraprofessionals, ABA Therapists, Early Childhood, PreK, Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade (Special Education)
What's Included — 19 Science Work Tasks:
🌸 Seasons:
- Task 1: Match the Seasons (Season to Season)
- Task 2: Clip or Circle the Season
- Task 3: Sort Winter/Spring
- Task 4: Sort Summer/Fall
- Task 5: Write and Wipe the Season
🌱 Living and Non-Living:
- Task 6: Clip or Circle Living/Non-Living
- Task 7: Living/Non-Living Wheels
- Task 8: Sort Living/Non-Living 1
- Task 9: Sort Living/Non-Living 2
- Task 10: Living/Non-Living Write and Wipe Cards
☀️ Day and Night:
- Task 11: Match Day and Night (Picture to Picture)
- Task 12: Find Day — Clip It!
- Task 13: Find Night — Clip It!
- Task 14: What Time of Day Do We…? (Write and Wipe)
🌳 Natural vs. Man-Made Resources:
- Task 15: Match the Natural Resources
- Task 16: Circle or Clip Natural or Man-Made
- Task 17: Natural or Man-Made Resources Sort 1
- Task 18: Natural or Man-Made Resources Sort 2
- Task 19: Clip the Characteristic (Living/Non-Living, Natural/Man-Made)
100+ printable pages total — all with REAL PHOTOS!
Science Concepts Covered:
Seasons: winter, spring, summer, fall, seasonal characteristics, seasonal sorting
Living vs. Non-Living: plants, animals, objects, characteristics of living things
Day and Night: daytime activities, nighttime activities, sun and moon, time of day
Natural vs. Man-Made Resources: natural resources, man-made items, resource identification and sorting
How to Use These Science Task Boxes:
These hands-on activities are designed to drop right into your existing task box system, science center rotation, or independent workstation setup. Use them for:
- Independent work systems (perfect for TEACCH-style structured work)
- Science centers and learning stations
- Task box rotations
- Morning work bins
- Small group science instruction
- 1:1 teaching sessions
- Early elementary science lessons
- SPED science curriculum support
- Speech therapy vocabulary building
- Para-led skill practice
Many tasks include differentiation options (clip, circle, sort, or write-and-wipe formats) so you can meet students at their level.
Skills Targeted:
- Identifying the four seasons
- Distinguishing living from non-living things
- Recognizing day vs. night scenes
- Identifying natural vs. man-made resources
- Science vocabulary
- Sorting and categorizing
- Matching skills
- Visual discrimination
- Fine motor practice (clip cards with clothespins)
- Early writing skills (write-and-wipe)
- Independent work skills
- Following directions
- Critical thinking and classification
There are over 100 printable pages included! See the preview video to see many of the tasks in action!
★ Part of the "Big Box" Work Tasks Series! This is one of several "Big Box" Work Tasks sets — each focused on a different skill area. Look for the companion Behavior & Emotions and Life Skills Big Box sets.
If your students enjoy working with real photos, they may also enjoy the Sorting Mats With Real Photos Set or "Sorting Our World" File Folder Games Bundle found below:
