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Middle school earth sciences activities for Google Apps
Leap Year 2024 Reading Passages Leap Year Day Activities Worksheets
Leap Year activities for upper elementary made simple this 2024! Are you getting ready to learn about Leap Year in your classroom? Your students will read, learn, and think critically about why there is the concept of leap years while practicing close reading strategies with these informational passages. Completely updated for 2024 with new revisions, activities, and answer keys included! This set also includes two versions of each text: One with the scientific and historical information about t
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Holiday Reading Comprehension Passages Activities Worksheets
Uneven Distribution of Natural Resources Activity Analyze Maps Graphs MS-ESS3-1
Great way to practice data analysis as students learn about natural resources! Students analyze MAPS and GRAPHS of natural resource distribution and use. Includes both PRINT and GOOGLE SLIDES versions of the activity.⭐ Find this activity in our DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES UNIT! This document includes:10 Natural Resource Data Stations: Each station has maps and graphs to analyze for information such as resource distribution, use, risk of depletion, and impact on the environment. Each stati
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7th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
Ecosystems & Food Chains Digital Activities (Google Slides, PowerPoint)
This Google Slides Presentation is filled with activities and editable informational slides to supplement your unit on ecosystems and food chains! Students will begin by filling out a KWL chart so students can share what they want to learn. Then select from a number of engaging, high-interest activities to assign students for further practice and review. Answer keys are included!Most text on the informational slides is editable so you can customize them to meet your needs! You can...change defin
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2nd - 6th
Plate Tectonics Activity: Pangea Puzzle: Continental Drift
Pangea Map Puzzle Activity: Students use evidence to re-form the supercontinent Pangea! Using both fossil and geologic evidence, students will understand how Alfred Wegener supported the theory of Continental Drift. This activity does take time, but it's a great way to get your kiddos DOING! Fantastic follow up/ application question included.This resource now contains both PRINT and DIGITAL COPIES of this activity. A link has been added for the digital version. If you already purchased this, you
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
Also included in: Plate Tectonics Activity Bundle: Worksheets - Notes - Activities
Earth's Spheres (biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere) Activity
Teach your students about Earth's four spheres using this science text and activity. Students will read to learn about the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere and then complete the graphic organizer activities to demonstrate their learning. Students will also read and answer scenarios about how the spheres interact with one another, and the impact humans have on Earth's spheres. Like this Earth's spheres activity? Check out the Earth science bundle and save 20% by clicking here. St
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4th - 6th
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NGSS:
5-ESS2-1
Also included in: Earth Science Curriculum
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition | Experiments & Lab Sheets | Digital Assessment
{UPDATE! - MAY 2024} This activity guide is FULL of engaging and hands-on opportunities for students to explore weathering, erosion, and deposition! Students will use CANDY to demonstrate how the earth's surface changes through experiments and labs. And it now includes a printable and digital summative assessment!⭐️ PERFECT FOR A BLENDED LEARNING CLASSROOM! ⭐️Included in the resource:Teacher prep & helpful instructional strategies3 candy labs on weathering, erosion, depositionRecording shee
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4th - 6th
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Weathering and Erosion Sorting Activity | Digital and Printable
Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Sorting is a hands-on activity designed to help your students understand three important processes that change the earth’s surface over time. After a short introductory lesson, students will work with a partner or team to sort and classify examples of weathering, erosion, and deposition. This product includes a teacher’s guide with a step-by-step lesson plan, activity directions, illustrated sorting cards, and an answer key. Printable and Google Slides version
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4th - 6th
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NGSS:
4-ESS2-1
Also included in: Weathering and Erosion Activity Bundle | Digital and Printable
Earth's Systems The Four Spheres Digital Activities (Google Slides, PowerPoint)
This Google Slides interactive presentation is filled with activities and editable informational slides to supplement your unit on Earth's four major systems: The Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, and Geosphere! Students will begin by filling out a KWL chart so students can share what they want to learn about Earth's four spheres. Then select from a number of engaging, high-interest activities to assign students for further practice and review.UPDATE 7/21 - Most text on the informational slid
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Science Digital Activities BUNDLE for Google Slides™ or PowerPoint
Ring of Fire Mapping Activity and Questions - Earthquakes and Volcanoes
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ In this fun and engaging ring of fire mapping activity, students plot the coordinates of past earthquakes and volcanoes along the ring of fire using an easy to read Pacific-centered world map. Students will then draw other geologic features on their maps such as trenches, mountain ranges, hot spots, and mid-ocean ridge. After the map is complete, students will answer 25 analysis questions. Editable MS Word version, PDF version, and Google Slides version are all included!I complete this w
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Grades:
8th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
, HS-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS2-2
, HS-ESS1-5
Also included in: Plate Tectonics Growing Discount Bundle
Rock Cycle Activity Worksheets Interactive Notebook Types of Rocks Diagram Lab
Rock Cycle Unit for Interactive Science Notebook! {DIGITAL & PAPER INCLUDED!}***Important Update - Now includes additional, colorful Digital Google Slides Version for Google Classroom! Designed for Distance LearningThis resource is part of the Earth Science (Entire) Curriculum.Earth Science SeriesThis product contains interactive cut and paste learning material for students to create an organized science interactive notebook. This resource is aligned with Rock Cycle Reading Passages and Rock
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3rd - 6th
Middle School Science Curriculum - Complete 5E Lesson Bundle
This is the ultimate lesson plan bundle for science teachers. The lesson plans are designed to take the focus off of lesson preparation and put it back into teaching. *** Top Middle School Science Curriculum All-Time on TpT ***All lessons are aligned to middle school NGSS and TEKS standards. You can view the alignment guides by clicking the appropriate set of standards.What's Included in Each Lesson PlanEngagement:Objective and I CAN statements – 11x17 for class displayBlank Objective and I CA
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6th - 8th
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The Moon - Phases, Eclipses, and Tides Digital Activities (Google Slides)
This Google Slides Presentation is filled with activities and editable informational slides to supplement your unit on The Moon! Students will learn about the moon's phases, eclipses, and how it effects the tides. Students will begin by filling out a KWL chart so students can share what they want to learn about the moon. Then select from a number of engaging, high-interest activities to assign students for further practice and review. Answer keys are included!UPDATE 7/21 - Most text on the infor
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Science Digital Activities BUNDLE for Google Slides™ or PowerPoint
Plate Tectonics Complete 5E Lesson Plan
Make lesson planning the easiest part of your day! All the materials you need to teach an engaging, multi-day lesson on plate tectonics are included in this Plate Tectonics 6th, 7th, 8th Grade Complete Lesson. Minimum prep and student-led learning allow you to focus on real student success! Your junior high students will answer these essential questions:What is plate tectonics?What are the three types of plate boundaries?What crustal features are formed at plate boundaries? What makes this Kesle
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-2
Also included in: Middle School Science Curriculum - Complete 5E Lesson Bundle
Plate Tectonics Activity Bundle: Worksheets - Notes - Activities
Plate Tectonics Activity Bundle: Worksheets - Notes - ActivitiesThis is a complete unit! Print and go! Searching for exceptionally engaging notes, worksheets and activities on plate tectonics? From continental drift and pangea, seafloor spreading, convection currents, layers of the Earth, to plate boundaries. Notes, worksheets, activities, readings, homework, sorting cards, task cards, and a summative assessment: everything you need! Students will be doing, moving, and thinking--- and EVERYTHIN
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6th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
Earth's Systems - The Four Spheres Bundle (Print, Digital Activities, Google)
This bundle contains everything you need to teach your unit on Earth's Systems - The Four Spheres: Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, and Geosphere! Students will learn through engaging, high-interest activities in both print and digital formats. Topics Include: The four spheres: hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere, atmosphereInteractions pf Earth's major systemsHow each sphere affects other spheresEffects of the hydrosphere (the water cycle)Vocabulary includes: precipitation, condensation, erosi
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3rd - 6th
Introduction to Maps, Map Reading, Topography, and Geography Unit
In this maps skills and introduction to map reading, map features, and basic geography, students are introduced to the common elements that all maps have and a variety of different map styles, including climate maps, political maps, physical maps, road maps, topographic maps, and economic and resource maps! ✮✮ This resource is now Google 1:1 compatible! ✮✮Students first learn about map titles, keys, the compass, and the scale, then are engaged with learning about the variety of different maps
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4th - 7th
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All About Fossils: NGSS Unit Aligned with 3-LS4-1 and 4-ESS1-1!
Complete fossil unit aligned with NGSS with best-selling FOSSIL STATIONS! Explore the world of fossils with your students in a fun and engaging way with All About Fossils! Students will enjoy learning about fossils with several interactive, engaging lessons. Your students will love the hands-on activities such as; making secret fossils in either clay or Play-doh before the class takes a guess as to what it is, making mold fossils out of bread and Swedish fish and comparing maps of T. rex foss
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
4-ESS1-1
, 3-LS4-1
Also included in: 3rd and 4th Grade Science Bundle (NGSS Aligned)
Solar and Lunar Eclipses Activity Tides Worksheets
PERFECT FOR THE SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024! Teach your students about tides, lunar, and solar eclipses through a teacher presentation, notetaking activity, science worksheets, graphic organizers, and digital check-ins. Your students will learn about the characteristics of low, high, spring, and neap tides, as well as lunar and solar eclipses. In addition, students will understand the relationship between the Earth, moon, and sun. Also included are links to various NGSS approved simulations to deepen stu
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: Full Year Science Curriculum
Earth Science 5E Lesson Plans Bundle
Make lesson planning the easiest part of your day! All the materials you need to teach engaging, multi-day lessons on the science of Earth are included in this Earth Science 5th Grade Complete Lessons Bundle. Minimum prep and student-led learning allow you to focus on real student success!Your grade 5 students will investigate these important topics:· Brightness of the Sun and Stars· Changes to Earth’s Surface· Distribution of Water on Earth· Earth’s Rotation· Earth’s Spheres· Observable Pattern
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5th - 9th
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Seasons Digital Inquiry Resource: Why do we have seasons? 4th 5th Grade Science
Why does Earth have seasons? Students will discover the reasons for the seasons in this NO PREP digital inquiry!Question: Why does Earth have seasons?Objective: I can combine information from multiple sources to explain why Earth experiences seasons.★ Updated Formatting and Response Activities for 2023 ★Activity InformationThis resource includes a PDF with a link to Google Slides files that you can copy and distribute electronically to your students. It is compatible with Google Classroom. It is
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4th - 6th
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Earthquake Volcanoes Tectonic Plates Plotting Activity
This activity will help your students to discover the relationship between the location of Earth’s earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tectonic plate boundaries. Most activities of this nature require students to plot the earthquakes and volcanoes using latitude and longitude coordinates, but for this version, students will use a simple X-Y grid to plot 30 different earthquakes and 9 different volcanic eruptions.Students will choose two colors to represent earthquakes with magnitudes of 8.0 or
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-2
Also included in: Earth Science Curriculum Middle School Science
Human Impact on the Environment Water Pollution Activity Stations Data Analysis
Engage students with CRITICAL THINKING and DATA ANALYSIS as they learn about different aspects of water pollution! ⭐ Get this activity at a huge discount in our Pollution Activities Set! ⭐Eight print-and-go stations are included, each with a different focus. Station cards include text passages to read, data and graphs to analyze, or a map to interpret. As they move through the stations, students answer questions on a corresponding student worksheet. Both PRINT and DIGITAL versions are inclu
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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NGSS:
HS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
Virtual Mineral Box Identification Lab Kit, Properties of Minerals Practice
Do your students need more practice identifying minerals but you need more minerals? Easy quick prep, no need to set up mineral boxes and testing kits. Students can look through a virtual mineral box that includes a video, picture, and information about the mineral. Students practice what they have learned about minerals by collecting information and using it to identify minerals. This product includes 15 minerals, students are presented the minerals in a slideshow, they click on the mineral the
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6th - 9th
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Fossil Fuel Formation Digital Inquiry Resource | Natural Resources 4th 5th Grade
Question: Where do fossil fuels come from, and how do we use them?Objective: I can combine information from multiple sources to explain how fossil fuels form and what we use them for.★ Updated Formatting and Response Activities for 2023 ★Activity InformationThis resource includes a PDF with a link to Google Slides files that you can copy and distribute electronically to your students. It is compatible with Google Classroom. It is not intended to be used in printed format.In this activity, studen
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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