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Informational text Common Core RI.6.1 laboratories
Climate Change & Global Warming & The Greenhouse Effect Human Impact MS-ESS3-5.
Do you need to teach your students about climate change and global warming? Students will learn about human impact on climate change and global warming with these engaging activities. They will learn about the Greenhouse Effect. They will learn about the factors that have caused global temperatures to rise over the past century. They will learn about various contributing factors to climate change.✅ The Greenhouse Effect is necessary for our planet to stay at a healthy temperature, but too much c
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
Weather Fronts and Air Masses and Air Pressure and Weather Maps MS-ESS2-5.
Do your students need to learn about masses, air pressure, and weather fronts? This unit on weather and climate will teach these concepts. This unit will help students understand the relationship of air pressure to weather changes. This resource covers warm fronts, cold fronts, stationary fronts, high pressure, low pressure, and storms. Students will love these engaging activities on air pressure, air masses, and weather fronts.This resource includes two complete units of study.The first is air
Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-5
Middle School Earth Science Changes to the Earth's Surface and Earth's Systems
Are you looking for an Earth Science Bundle? This is a bundle of resources on Earth Science for Middle School. Purchase together here and save 20%. This resource is designed to meet the NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: History of The Planet Earth, Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions, Earth's Materials and Systems, and the Role of Water in Earth's Surface Processes. Students will be engaged in hands-on labs and close reading passages to learn about Earth Systems and how they continua
Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, MS-ESS2-3
, MS-ESS2-2
, MS-ESS2-1
Eclipse & Seasons and Sun, Earth, and Moon and Moon Phases Activity MS-ESS1-1
Phases of the moon, seasons, and eclipses are all part of the Earth, Sun, and Moon System. Students will develop and use a model to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons. The earth, moon, and sun systems interact to cause eclipses, phases of the moon, and seasons. This unit is fully aligned with NGSS MS-ESS1-1 ❤️Included in this unit on moon phases, seasons, and eclipses.a slide showphenomenahands-on labsfour pages of informational text passagesc
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
Layers of the Earth & Earth's Systems MS-ESS2-1 and MS-ESS2-1
Do you want to teach about Earth's Layers?Students will read rich scientific passages on the properties of the Layers of the Earth and participate in hands-on activities to learn about the composition of the Earth’s layers and how they affect changes on the Earth’s surface. This resource is aligned with the NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Earth Materials and Systems and The Role of Water in Earth's Surface Processes. This resource includes:four pages of informational text articles on layers of the
Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-2
Fall Leaf Experiment - Photosynthesis - Seasons - Autumn Science Investigation
This is a great fall science activity. This fall experiment will explore why Leaves change color in the fall. Hint: It has to do with photosynthesis! The hands-on lab will demonstrate that green deciduous leaves have other pigments hidden within. Following the simple directions, students will see the other colors within a leaf appear. This is a really fun and easy experiment to do with simple household materials. The results are dramatic and exciting. ♻️ALSO INCLUDED:This resource also has a CLO
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Grades:
5th - 6th
NGSS:
MS-LS1-6
Also included in: NGSS Middle Chemical Reactions and Density Bundle
Weathering and Erosion Middle School Earth Science
This is an activity on weathering and erosion. It includes a lab, reading passages, and follow-up pages. Students will love the engaging lab on weathering! Students will see how the earth's processes like weathering and erosion have changed the surface of the Earth over time. This resource includes:informational text passages on weathering and erosiona lablab pagesFollow-up pagesanswer keysThis resource is designed to meet the standard for NGSS Earths Systems:MS-ESS2-2. Construct an explanation
Grades:
5th - 7th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-2
Discussion Question: How Geologists Tell Between an Igneous/Sedimentary Rocks
This discussion question asks the student to answer the following question: How does a geologist tell the difference between an igneous and sedimentary rock. The activity includes a rubric, a place for student to do their writing, and a self assessment.
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Discussion Question-Compare a rock and a mineral
This is a written assessment, designed to be used after reading an informational text on rocks and minerals. The discussion question asks the students to write about the differences between a rock and a mineral. The lesson includes a rubric, a place for students to do their writing, and a self assessment.
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Distance Learning Electricity Unit
Electricity Unit introduces basic concepts about current and static electricity. Differentiated reading & response worksheets provide foundation for games and experimental activities. Posters and a Word Search can be used to review vocabulary words and concepts. The board game, Conductor or Insulator?, can be paired with an actual hands on experience with testing conductors and insulators. The six experiments are set up as stations but can be used as single activities.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Discussion Question Use after reading about Metamorphic Rocks
This discussion question asks the students: 1. Why are both heat and pressure necessary to create metamorphic rocks?
2. Why aren’t metamorphic rocks created just from heat? Why aren’t they just created from pressure?
The activity includes a rubric, a place for students to do their writing, and a self assessment.
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Discussion Question: What is the Process for Creating the 3 Layers of Soil?
This activity asks the question: What is the Process for Creating the 3 Layers of Soil? The assessment includes a rubric, a place for students to write their answers, and a self assessment.
Grades:
4th - 6th
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