Exit Ticket Ideas for Science

How it works

These exit ticket ideas for science are printable slips, each built on prompts a science lesson can end on. The first asks what the student observed, what explains it and what they still wonder, four to a page.

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Print the exit tickets

Print the exit tickets gives one Letter or A4 page. Cut it along the dashed lines. Type the topic on the first slip before you print and all four carry it.

Each slip works as a science exit ticket template: the prompts are printed and the Topic or Question line is yours.
The last sheet is a filled-in sample from a made-up lesson with a magnet.
On a lab day, the cleanup checklist ends with a line for anything broken or missing.

Questions and answers

What are good exit ticket ideas for science?

Ask for one observation and what explains it, a labeled diagram, a false statement to fix, two things to compare, or where the idea shows up outside school. Each one is a slip on this page.

Are there free printable exit tickets for middle school science?

Yes. Four slips here are written for it: claim and evidence, a model, a graph or data table, and a what-if prediction. They print four to a page, free, with nothing to sign up for.

What exit tickets work for science in 2nd grade?

Slips with little writing: I noticed and I wonder on primary lines, a box to draw what was observed, and a sort into two groups with one line for the rule.

How do I use exit tickets in science class?

Match the slip to the lesson. After a video or a demonstration, use what I saw happen and what surprised me. After new vocabulary, use the science word slip. When time is short, use the six-to-a-page slip: something I would like to test next.

All 18 sheets

Science exit ticket ideas for any lesson 8

After a video or a demonstration: science exit ticket For a lesson the class watched: two lines each for what the student saw happen, what surprised them and how they would explain it to a friend.
Compare two things science exit ticket: alike and different Two lines at the top name the two things, such as two animals, two materials or two forces. Then two lines that start Alike because and two that start Different because.
Draw and label science exit ticket An open box for a diagram, with the hint Label three parts or more, and a ruled box headed My diagram in words. Two half-page slips.
Observed, explains it, still wonder: science exit ticket Four slips with cut lines. Each has Name, Date and Topic lines, then two lines each for one thing observed, what the student thinks explains it and what they still wonder about.
Science in real life exit ticket: where I have seen this A line for today's idea and three lines for where the student has seen it outside school.
Science word exit ticket: what it means in science, where it came up A Science word line, then two lines for what the word means in science and two for where it came up in the lesson. For words that mean something else outside class.
Short science exit ticket, six to a page: what I would test next The shortest slip: Name, Date and Topic lines and two lines under Something I would like to test next. Six slips to a page.
True or false science exit ticket: fix the false statement A Statement line to copy from the board, two lines to say true or false and how the student knows, and two to rewrite the statement if it is false.

Middle school science exit tickets 4

Claim and evidence exit ticket for middle school science A Question line, then two lines each for a claim, the evidence for it and why that evidence supports the claim. Four slips to a page.
Graph or data table exit ticket: the pattern and its cause For a graph or a table the class was given: a line to name it, then two lines each for the pattern the student sees, what might cause it and one more thing worth measuring.
Model exit ticket: what it shows and what it leaves out For a lesson that used a model, a diagram or a simulation: a Model of line, then two lines each for what the model shows, what it leaves out and one way to improve it.
What if exit ticket: change one thing and predict A What if we changed line, then three lines for what the student thinks would happen and three for a reason that uses the lesson.

Science exit tickets for 2nd grade and younger 3

2nd grade science exit ticket: I noticed, I wonder For kindergarten to grade 2: two boxes of primary lines with a dotted midline, headed I noticed and I wonder. Two to a page.
Draw what you observed: science exit ticket on primary lines For students who draw more than they write: an open box to draw what was observed and primary lines that start I saw. Two to a page.
Sorting exit ticket: two groups and my sorting rule Two open columns, Group 1 and Group 2, with three lines each, and a line at the foot for the rule the student sorted by. Four slips to a page.

Science exit tickets with boxes to check 2

Lab cleanup exit ticket with a checklist For the end of a lab: boxes to check for equipment put back, table wiped dry, waste in the right bin and hands washed, and a line at the foot for anything broken or missing.
Science skills exit ticket with boxes to check Four things a student may have done in the lesson, each with a box to check: asked a question, made an observation, measured or counted, used evidence to explain. A line at the foot names the skill to practice next.

Filled-in sample 1

Sample: the claim and evidence slip after a magnet lesson Sample. A full-page copy of the claim and evidence slip, filled in by a made-up student after a lesson with a magnet.