science bell ringers, Utah SEEd

5th Grade Science Bell Ringers – Sunlight, Shadows, & Brightness of Stars

Do you want to make teaching your 5th-grade science class a little easier?

Use these 5th Grade Science Bell ringers to stimulate your students’ minds or to give yourself a little time to set up.

This set of 20 bell ringers covers the concepts of the sun’s position and shadows, the length of shadows, the brightness of stars, the distance of stars, seasonal constellations, Earth’s rotation and revolution around the sun, day and night, and the reasons for seasons.

Do you want some 5th-grade science bell ringers on light and shadows? They are a great way to review 5th-grade science concepts on Sunlight and Shadows, Brightness of Stars, and Natural Resources. This set includes 20 bell ringers for Earth Science (SET Four) in 5th grade. Each bell ringer will take about ten minutes for students to complete. They come in printable full-page format (PDF) and Google Forms™.

What is included in the 5th grade SET Four Bell Ringers?

20 printable bell ringers (full page)
20 Google Forms™ (self-grading)
Answer Keys

These bell ringers are no prep! Just print and use or use the link for the Google Form™.

Would you like a few minutes at the start of the science lesson to review the material and have the students work on something quietly while you set up for a class?

Students will take about 5 minutes to complete each bell ringer. Don’t waste your precious time creating your own bell ringers—I’ve done the work for you! Give yourself a break! Students will love these 5th grade science bell ringers.

Your document contains a set of 20 bell ringers in both printable and digital format via Google Forms™.

Using the digital versions of the bell ringers is very easy. Just open your document, scroll to the page with the list of Google Forms, and select the bell ringer you want to assign. A fresh copy of the bell ringer will be instantly copied to your Google Drive!

This is a standards-aligned resource covering NGSS 5-ESS1-1, 5-ESS1-2, and 5-ESS3-1, as well as Utah SEEd 4.4.1 and 4.4.2.

With my standards-aligned resources, you can be sure you are covering the material you need.

NGSS 5-ESS1-1: Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.

NGSS 5-ESS1-2: Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.

NGSS 5-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use scientific ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

Utah SEEd 4.4.1: Construct an explanation that differences in the apparent brightness of the Sun compared to other stars is due to scale. Emphasize relative distance from Earth, not the sizes of stars.

Utah SEEd 4.4.2: Analyze and interpret data of observable patterns to show that Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the Sun.

Other science teachers LOVE these bell ringers!

Check out more of the perfect reviews on Teachers Pay Teachers.

These are the best bell ringers. They include fill-in-the-blanks, diagrams, and riddles, and my students are engaged and reviewing the content.
-Samantha P.

Great for reviewing this tricky concept. Questions like the shadow is long and beside you facing east…where is the Sun? Students had to think.
-Kristen S.