End of the Year Science Awards
It’s so much fun to give students awards at the end of the school year. It’s a really warm and fuzzy way to close the year as you can give attention to everyone’s strengths! These awards highlight the incredible ways science can reflect the traits we value most: creativity, kindness, persistence, and curiosity. Your students will remember how you made them feel, and this is a wonderful way to make that moment special.
What's Included:
- 65 unique science-themed award titles, inspired by concepts, scientists, objects, systems, and phenomena.
- Positive character traits and work ethic-focused captions for each award, emphasizing social-emotional growth, kindness, curiosity, creativity, resilience, and collaboration.
- A mix of serious and witty awards that appeal to a wide range of student personalities and interests.
- Ready-to-use award certificates in PDF and Google Slides versions.
How to Use:
- Use the chart to match students to awards based on their personalities, contributions, or growth during the year. On the PDF version, student names, presenter name, and date will automatically fill in on the certificates!
- Celebrate each student’s uniqueness with an award that feels tailored just for them!
Tips for Success:
- Consider pairing the awards with a certificate ceremony and/or a science-themed celebration.
- You could optionally use the Google Slides version as a presentation!
- Let students guess or vote on who will get which award before the reveal—it adds excitement!
- Use the awards as conversation starters about the science concepts behind them.
