End of Year laboratories

End of Year, Forensics, Science

Check out these 7 FUN, low-prep END OF THE YEAR science activities! Are you an exhausted teacher looking for an exciting and hassle-free way to wrap up the school year? I have you covered! I put together this variety pack of 7 memorable science activities designed to engage and educate upper elementary and middle school students. With minimal teacher preparation required, these activities are perfect for busy educators who want to create lasting memories with their students before summer break!W

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Simulations

NGSS:

MS-LS1-5

, 5-PS1-3

, 5-PS1-4

, MS-LS1-3

, 5-ESS3-1

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Exploring Physical Changes - A Science Unit for Primary Students

Created by

Chocolate Covered Classroom Creations

This fun, engaging, unit will help your students to fully understand physical changes! This unit is a great mix of inquiry and guided experiments. Science students will work with a variety of materials in order to learn about physical changes. Your primary students will love this unit so much that it would even be a great set of activities to pull out at the end of the year. What is Included?Beautiful Word Wall CardstwistingcuttingmixingmouldingstretchingbendingcrushingbreakingshreddingPhysical

Subjects:

End of Year, Science, Spring

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Centers

Does it float? Science Lesson Plan- physical science (water)

Created by

3 Sweet Peas

This lesson plan will help introduce students to the idea of buoyancy and density through a read aloud and a fun hands on experiment. Description: This lesson is on density and its impact on an objects buoyancy. Specifically, that density (not simply size) impacts whether an object will float or not. The students will work as class and in groups to determine which objects will float and which will not recording their answers and creating a graph along the way. All resulting in the students deve

Subjects:

End of Year, Physical Science, Science

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Worksheets, Laboratory, Lesson

Forensic Science Fingerprints Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Low Prep Activity

Created by

End of Year, Forensics, Science

Look for fun end of year activities, middle school teacher? This forensic science fingerprinting activity is a CSI-type lab investigation for middle school students, students will identify FINGERPRINTS to solve a "crime." Unlike other forensics activities, this lab will not give your students nightmares!This activity is perfect for traditional classrooms, enrichment programs/camps, homeschool co-ops, and homeschool students. This is a great alternative to graphic or scary CSI activities. This la

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Simulations

NGSS:

MS-LS1-5

, MS-LS1-3

Also included in: Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation Activities - Middle School Curriculum

Food Science Lab: The History of Frozen Pizza

Created by

Growing and Cultivating Students

This is a fabulous lab that walks student through how frozen pizza is made, allows them to be creative and invent a new flavor and eventually they will make their own pizza. I use this in my middle school curriculum and they love it! It can be purchased individually or it also is a part of the bundle which can be found here!Objectives: 1. Visualize how frozen pizza is made. 2. Explain the history of frozen pizza. 3. Explain how some pizza ingredients are created. 4. Create their own pizza with r

Subjects:

Career and Technical Education, End of Year, Family Consumer Sciences

Grades:

7th - 9th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Laboratory

Also included in: Middle School Bundle

Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Urinalysis Simulation Activity

Created by

Chemistry, End of Year, Forensics

Looking for fun end of year activities, middle school teacher? This is a FUN Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation (CSI)! In this investigation, students will perform a mock urinalysis on four suspects. In doing so, they will learn about common health problems that can be detected through urinalysis. These health problems commonly arise from dietary choices. Students will make observations of the color and clarity of the urine, test each suspect’s urine for proteins and sugar, and determine

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

End of Year, Physical Science, Science

NGSS:

MS-LS1-7

Also included in: Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation Activities - Middle School Curriculum

Making Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag

Created by

math and science lover

This is a really FUN activity. The students make ice cream in a bag. I have used it as an activity for physical science and phase changes. I have also just used it as a fun end-of-the-year activity. I also included some activities that I have my students do while they are waiting to make their ice cream or waiting for other kids to finish their ice cream. I have the kids create their own ice cream flavor. This is easily turned in to a writing assignment.

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Back to School, End of Year, Holidays/Seasonal

8 EASY and Engaging Mad Scientist Science Experiments for the Classroom

Created by

Mrs Noe Knows

8 easy and fun science experiments for the classroom tried, tested, and used by a 4th grade teacher! I use these experiments once a month for a "Mad Scientist" classroom management reward. You could display the slides whole class for students to follow step by step instructions or use for yourself. All of these experiments use items you already have in your classroom OR can buy very cheap. Each slide includes the experiment, materials needed, step by step instructions, and a picture.

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Games

Chemistry End of the year outside measuring lab High School review

Created by

The Lesson Pony

Are you looking for a way to motivate your high school chemistry students, here it is!! During the last days of the year take them outside to work in groups to review measuring and estimating skills. Just print and goThis lesson contains1. Students will estimate 2. Perform the actual measurements3. Compare English and MetricMaterialsMeter stick Thermometer Graduated cylinder Large beaker

Subjects:

Chemistry, End of Year, Measurement

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

Chemistry, End of Year, Physics

Also included in: Metric and Measuring labs

Convection Heat Energy Fun Science Lab Middle & High School Science

Created by

The Lesson Pony

Blast off! Be sure to get several empty tea bags ready, because this is one experiment your crew will want to do repeatedly. What’s going on? When the teabag is set on fire, the air is trapped, gets hot, and creates a thermal current. Then, poof! It escapes, taking the bag along for the ridMaterialsUnused Teabag one with a string and stapleMatchesPiece of aluminum foil or a glass plateSharpieScissorsGoogles Students will learn how convection currents can convert a normal tea bag into a flying ro

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 9th

Types:

Worksheets, Laboratory

NGSS:

MS-PS1-4

, MS-PS1-2

, MS-PS1-6

Science Baking Lab Particle Motion work sheet

Created by

Korthinthemiddle

This lab emphasizes science standards while also having fun! This is a lab perfect for students who are doing online learning or are homeschooled because they will likely have something they can bake at home.FREE Exit Ticket (make a copy)

Subjects:

Cooking, End of Year, Science

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Back to School, End of Year, Holidays/Seasonal

NGSS:

MS-PS1-4

, MS-PS1-5

, MS-PS1-6

No Food Please! Sign

Created by

Karee

This sign is unique for classrooms or spaces where they are allowed to have drinks, but no food. Includes one PDF page that is 8.5"x11". Feel free to print a few to place in different location in your space/room.

Subjects:

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Laboratory, Posters, For Principals & Administrators

End of The Year Physics Tik Tok Mini Project

Created by

Science Explained SB

Have your students create a Tik Tok short over a topic that they have learned over the year. This mini project includes guidelines for completing the assignment, and a rubric for grading out of 100 points. This is 100% editable and ready to go!Follow me Here to see all of my new content.For more: lessons, labs, notes, videos, and ideas, check out my YouTube Channel "Science Explained"

Subjects:

End of Year, Physics, Science

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Laboratory

The Science of Glow Sticks

Created by

Education Et Cetera

This activity is a great way to add a science lesson to a NEON or GLOW day with your students! The only materials you will need are glow sticks (I used three per table group), three clear cups, and cold/warm/hot water. Have the students work through the steps in the scientific method by predicting what they think will happen when they place one glow stick in each cup. For fun, I recommend doing this with the lights off and windows partially blacked out so it’s really fun for the students to watc

Subjects:

Chemistry, End of Year, Science

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

End of Year, Math, Statistics

Consistency in Baking: A Data Story

Created by

Grad Academy

This is a guide on how to use the consistency in baking results & group sheets. This is a statistics assessment:5 number summarymeanrange & IQRStandard deviationbox and whisper plotsYou don;t need to use this as an assessment but it's a great way to teach the importance of data and how it's useful in a commercial setting. This practical will also help students understand mean and standard deviation. i find that students know how to calculate mean, median and mode but no matter how many t

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Games

Chemistry: Sherlock Holmes Mysteries

Created by

Smart Science

This is an end-of-the-year week long investigation intended for honors high school chemistry. There are 12 different Sherlock Holmes type "cases" [intended for up to 24 students working in lab teams] that students solve for faculty and staff members across campus, with the ability to modify/rotate and reuse scenarios annually. It is designed to be a mystery where students actually go and collect a sample from faculty/staff collaborators, each with a different Chemical Mystery that they need sol

Subjects:

Chemistry, End of Year, Forensics

Grades:

11th - 12th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Laboratory

Silver Mirror Flask Lab / Silver Mirror Ornament Lab

Created by

Problems Experiments and Solutions

Silver mirror lab (tollens reagent) for a high school chemistry class. End of year gift and Christmas lab versions included. This procedure uses a three step chemical reaction and sugar reduction to plate metallic silver on the inside of an object creating a mirror. Preview the full product as a copyright pdf. The actual download is a pdf version without the watermark. Teacher guide page included that provides instructions for how to make the solutions for the two different versions of the lab.

Subjects:

Chemistry, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, End of Year

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Biology, End of Year, Science

NYC Food Web Activity

Created by

BellaMente Resources

Students interpret a food web that contains some of NYC's marshland organisms:- Identifying producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores;- Assessing how an increase or decrease in one would impact another;- Generating their own food web.

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Growing and Cultivating Students

Also included in: Ecology Lab/Project Bundle - Sub-Lessons

How do you milk a cow? Learn to milk activity!

Created by

Use this activity guide as an add on to any activity or lesson plan! This easy activity, reading, and exit slip allows students to grasp the concept of how a cow is milked!IncludesReading and Video IntroductionTeacher Activity Guide Ext SlipObjectivesStudents will develop an understanding of hand milking versus parlor milking.How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases:**Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. S

Subjects:

End of Year, Thanksgiving, Vocational Education

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Laboratory

Also included in: Agriculture Science I Bundle - First Semester

STEM Activity-UV Beads

Created by

Elizabeth Smith Education

STEM EXPERIMENT STEM is the general trend for science activities in today's courses. STEM activities can be implemented at any time throughout the course. It is not content specific, but requires scientific knowledge and critical thinking skills to complete. STEM activities focus on real-world issues and problems, they are hands-on or open-ended inquiry, investigative or experimental, foster collaboration, are rigorous, and allow for multiple right answers. This will be a great activity

Subjects:

End of Year, Physical Science, Science

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Also included in: STEM Activities | Bundle

Insect Study Photo Journal, Insects Scavenger Hunt or Fun End of Year Activity

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