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High school physical science center pdfs
Science Experiments for a Year - Differentiated w/ 3 levels of Recording Sheets
Science Experiments for Kids for the Year!!! Looking for some fun summer activities for summer school or to end the summer boredom!! Or just some fun hands on science enrichment activities for your science block or for Science Fridays!? Let's face it...kids LOVE science experiments!!! It opens up a whole world of wonder, imagination, critical thinking, and hands on experiences!!! It's just FUN!!! This phenomenal Science Resource includes:100 + SIMPLE ExperimentsExperiments that only require simp
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PreK - 12th
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Element Families of the Periodic Table Informational Text Distance Learning
This Element Families of the Periodic Table Informational Text Activity will give your students a visual introduction to the families of the periodic table, including the element behaviors, uses, and common properties! This product includes eight mini-posters, one for each of the element families on the main group of the periodic table: Alkali Metals, Alkaline Earth Metals, Boron Group, Carbon Group, Nitrogen Group, Oxygen Group, Halogens, and Noble Gases. The mini-posters give overview informat
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8th - 10th
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HS-PS1-1
Scientific Method Activity Worksheets: Gummy Bears Science Experiment Candy Math
Scientific Method: This scientific method gummy bears lab is a fun way to have students learn about the scientific method.This lab contains the following:1. Question: What will happen to gummy bears if they are placed into different solutions: Water, Vinegar, Water and Baking soda, Water and Salt?2. Make Observations3. Developing a hypothesis4. Procedure5. Data Tables6. Graphing7. Post-Lab QuestionsImportant: This lesson is in my Scientific Method Activities Bundle(35% OFF!)Also Check ou
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4th - 10th
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Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection, Radiation Marshmallow Lab
This investigation is meant to deepen student understanding of heat transfer! Students get to examine convection, conduction and radiation while heating marshmallows at three different stations.
The 4 pages for students include sections for the students to:
- demonstrate understanding of heat transfer prior to investigation
- predict outcome of investigation
- understand procedures for investigation
- record guided and detailed observations
- analyze the data collected
- reflect on the data col
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6th - 9th
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Scientific Method Independent/Dependent Experimental Variables & Questions Game
This one is AWESOME! Explore the fundamentals of experimental design: independent variable, dependent variable, control variables and, articulate the question that will guide the scientific investigation. Students will arrange variable cards on a shuffleboard and based on their arrangement, formulate a question to investigate the relationship between their independent and dependent variables. Thirteen experimental scenarios to choose from. No additional materials are required to complete this a
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3rd - 9th
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MS-LS1-5
, MS-ETS1-2
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-3
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Introduction to CER: Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Lesson with Examples- DIGITAL
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) is a method for teaching students to think and write scientifically. CER is useful when writing a conclusion or explaining the results of an experiment or activity. Students are encouraged to not just give a one-word response, but to make a claim, then justify their answer with data from the experiment, and finally connect the data with scientific reasoning.You can use the CER method in science to allow students to be able to support their ideas with evidence. T
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5th - 9th
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Hot Cocoa Science - Middle School December STEM Activity - Christmas Science
Who doesn't love hot cocoa?! Engage your middle school scientists while exploring the effect of temperature (thermal energy) on marshmallows and candy canes in hot cocoa. Students will practice their science and engineering practices skills by making predictions, planning investigations, making observations, analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and they'll love every minute of it! Students will also be exposed to crosscutting concepts by looking for patterns when comparing melting marshmallows
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6th - 10th
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Bohr Diagram Atom Manipulatives Activity
When students construct the periodic table in this Bohr Diagrams Atom Manipulatives activity, they will see the patterns that exist in the table without you saying anything. These cards depict Bohr Diagrams for elements #1-20 of the periodic table. This activity is great to use once your students understand that the “identity” of an atom can be determined by its number of protons, and that in a neutral atom the protons equal the electrons. It also aligns nicely with NGSS Standard HS-PS1-1 (Use t
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7th - 9th
Science Vocabulary Roots & Affixes - YEAR LONG - Word Wall - Middle School
Use these engaging vocabulary and/or word wall cards to teach your students true science literacy. Study one or more per week or pair them up with your unit! There are over 150 ROOT/AFFIX CARDS that provide an important root or affix commonly used in the field of science. Print them out on brightly colored card stock and use them as a warm up, in your science centers, or as a classroom word wall geared toward your middle school science classroom. Students will use the accompanying recording she
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6th - 10th
Ionic Bonding Manipulatives Puzzle Activity
These Ionic Bonding manipulative puzzles should help both your kinesthetic and visual learners to grasp the concept of positive and negative ions and the exchange of electrons as ionic bonds. A happy cat and an angry ant help students to remember that cations are positively charged and anions are negatively charged.The ionic pieces fit together like puzzles to help students visualize why certain numbers of ions come together to form complete compounds. The activity sheet walks students through s
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8th - 10th
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Counting Atoms in Chemical Formulas Pixel Art Digital Review Distance Learning
Try this engaging digital review activity after teaching your students how to count the number of atoms in chemical formulas that contain subscripts and coefficients! You will share a Google Sheets link with them that will allow them to Make A Copy of their own Abracadabra Pixel Art activity. There are 2 differentiated levels (located on Sheet 1 and Sheet 2 of the spreadsheet). Either tell students which level to complete, or have them all complete Level 1 and then try Level 2! They will count
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8th - 10th
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MS-PS1-1
Also included in: Physical Science Pixel Art | Middle School Science Review Bundle
Newton's Laws of Motion Discovery Stations
These 12 Newton's Laws of Motion Discovery stations will allow your students to sort out Newton’s three laws of motion for themselves!Each station is easy to set up and each one takes about 3 minutes for the students to complete. Attached are directions for the teacher, including the materials list (all materials are easy-to-come-by things like plastic cups, eggs, marbles, toy cars, washers, etc.). The only thing that you may need to look for ahead of time are two Newton spring scales and one or
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Motion and Forces Unit | Speed Velocity Acceleration Newtons Laws Forces
Covalent Bonding Manipulative Puzzle Activity
These covalent bonding ‘puzzle’ card manipulatives provide a hands-on method of creating covalent bonds and help students to visualize the single, double, and triple covalent bonds that occur between the various non-metals. My students seemed to find it much easier to draw the Lewis Dot Diagrams and ball-and-stick diagrams for different molecules when they had the options for electron arrangement in front of them. I use this activity the day after teaching Lewis Dot Diagrams and doing my Cornell
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7th - 9th
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Experiment Variables Notes, Sort & Application: Independent, Dependent- DIGITAL!
Do your students struggle with the variables in an experiment? Help them understand the concept of variables with this lesson. Included are:* 2 notes pages (one that includes constants and one that is just independent and dependent variables)*2 versions of a sorting activity (one that includes constants and one that is just independent and dependent variables) * An application activity where students come up with their own experimentThis product is differentiated with several options for all k
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Introduction to Science and the Scientific Method Bundle of Sorts!
Atoms Worksheet
Students will label parts of an atom, use the periodic table to gather information about atoms, and sketch Bohr diagrams. Students will also practice calculations to determine the amount of neutrons for any particular atom.
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6th - 9th
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Levels of Organization in Living Things SORT: Atom to Organism
Looking for a new way to teach the Levels of Organization in living things? This is it! Instead of just showing a slide show....have students access previous knowledge and critical thinking skills to figure out the levels on their own! I use this to introduce the levels of organization in living things. I am including several options: *one that sorts the levels from atom to organism *one that sorts the levels from cell to organismFor each of these sorts, I have included 2 versions, one with the
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4th - 10th
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Speed Velocity Acceleration Pixel Art Digital Review
Try this engaging digital review activity after teaching your students how to manipulate the speed formula [s = d/t] to find the speed, the distance, and the time of motion, and the acceleration formula [a = (vf – vi)/time]. This is a worksheet alternative as students will calculate answers and input numerical answers and units into a spreadsheet that reveals a magic picture with correct answers. I suggest requiring the students to write their work on a separate sheet of paper while they complet
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8th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-PS2-1
Also included in: Physical Science Pixel Art | Middle School Science Review Bundle
Mass, Volume and Density Practice Lab
This lab is awesome for providing hands-on experience measuring mass and volume, as well as calculating density of regular and irregularly shaped objects. It is also great practice for measuring skills with rulers, digital scales or triple beam balances!
My students always enjoy it-I know yours will too!
This lab goes great with my Measuring Matter Lesson!
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5th - 9th
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Classification of Matter Elements Compounds Mixtures Pixel Art Digital Review
Try this engaging digital review activity after teaching your students about the fundamentals of classifying matter–- differentiating between elements, compounds, and mixtures. (Note-- the concept of diatomic elements is included). This is a digital worksheet alternative! Students will decide how to classify a given picture or word clue by choosing from options in a dropdown menu on a spreadsheet. As correct answers are chosen, a magic picture is revealed.To do this activity, you will share a Go
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7th - 9th
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MS-PS1-1
Also included in: Physical Science Pixel Art | Middle School Science Review Bundle
Ionic Bonding and Ionic Compound Student Blended Learning Stations
Looking for differentiated activities to introduce, or review, Ionic Bonding, and Ionic Compounds? Check out the Student Learning Stations covering this topic! Stations are a great way to get your students up and moving around the room; while differentiating to meet the needs of the various learners in your classroom. As someone who has employed stations in my own classroom, these activities are a great way to engage and motivate students; and allow you to act as a facilitator or work with sm
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9th - 11th
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Periodic Table Pixel Art Digital Worksheet Review
Try this engaging digital review activity after teaching your students how to read and navigate the Periodic Table! They will need to know about atomic number (proton number), atomic mass, chemical symbols, the family names, where the metals, non-metals, and metalloids are located, that the group # is related to the number of valence electrons and that the period # is related to the number of electron shells in the main group elements, and the basic trend of reactivity (towards the outer sides e
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7th - 10th
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HS-PS1-1
, MS-PS1-1
Types of Waves Foldable - Great for Interactive Notebooks
Students will create a Frayer model foldable which will help them understand the different types of waves: mechanical, longitudinal, transverse, & electromagnetic. This foldable will require students to define the target vocabulary word, draw a picture, and generate illustrated examples + non-examples for each vocabulary word. This is an excellent way for students to master difficult science vocabulary.How is this product useful?✔ Helps students master science vocabulary✔ Requires critical t
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5th - 9th
Science of Winter Sports - Middle School Physics STEM - Sledding - Curling- Ski
Teach physics concepts this year through the exhilarating sports of the winter olympics. This NGSS unit is a dive into the sports of Curling, Bobsledding, and Downhill Skiing and includes a research project in which students can investigate the science behind their favorite winter sport. Close reading passages anchor your students learning, supported by graphic organizers and activities to show the properties of motion in action. Included in this bundle: - Downhill Skiing Close Reading Passage &
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6th - 10th
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt
This is a great way to get students familiar with the Periodic Table after learning the basic concepts of metals, nonmetals, metalloids, protons, neutrons, electrons, rows, and periods. A great activity for early finishers, science centers, homework, a quiz, or when there is a sub. Students will need to use the Periodic Table that is in the book. Included in your download you will receive the following:-- 2 Worksheets that consist of 28 questions a piece.--Answer Key**Note** this product can als
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Atoms & Periodic Table BUNDLE
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