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PhET States of Matter: Basics ACTIVITY GUIDE Now includes both printable PDF and Google Slides versions! The PhET: States of Matter Basics Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation on States of Matter. Students will examine the motion of atoms and molecules of various substances in their solid, liquid, and gas state. Your students will hit the ground running without the need for a lengthy introduction from you. Just print the activity guide or share from your G

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Biology, Environment, Science

NGSS:

MS-PS1-4

, MS-PS1-2

, MS-PS1-3

, MS-PS1-1

Also included in: PhET Activity Guides Chemistry BUNDLE / Distance Learning

The Virtual Biodiversity Game

Created by

Darlene Tieu

Students can use this Google form to make choices that determine how many species survive or go extinct in their ecosystem. Through 5 rounds, students are exposed to concepts such as biodiversity, biomes, climate, niches, pollution, and human impact. Students make choices and can see the impact it has on biodiversity (the number of species)This interactive activity is a great introduction to biodiversity. It is a great tool to get students thinking about what contributes to increased or decrease

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Simulations

NGSS:

MS-LS2-5

, MS-LS2-1

, HS-LS4-6

, MS-ESS3-4

, MS-ESS3-3

...

National Parks Virtual Field Trip with Reading Passages, Explore 5 US Parks

Created by

Michelle McDonald

Take a virtual road trip to learn about the top 5 most visited National Parks in the United States! Students will use multiple print and digital sources to draw information to answer questions about the National Parks. A reading passage is included for each of the five U.S. National Parks your students will visit. A printable and Google Slides version are included in this file. Students will learn about the following:Great Smoky Mountains National ParkGrand Canyon National ParkZion National Park

Subjects:

Geography, Science, Social Studies - History

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Basic Principles, Biology, General Science

CCSS:

RI.5.7

, RI.6.7

, RH.6-8.7

Survival Games: An Fun, Adaptations-Based Challenge for the Evolution Unit

Created by

Bio and Phys Bouquet

Explore the theory of evolution with your students as they create a creature that can survive a changing environment!Students will select from thirty two different adaptations, all with different survival perks, in order to design an organism that can (hopefully) survive drastic environment changes. In a Dungeons-and-Dragons-esque style, each adaptation provides points in certain categories of survival. My students become quickly enthralled with the challenge of picking just the right combinatio

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Activities, Games, Simulations

Also included in: Biology Activities & Worksheets Bundle

Human Population and Resource Consumption Natural Capital & Resources MS ESS3-4

Created by

Teaching Science With Lynda R Williams

This resource is focused on the increasing human population and its impact on the consumption of natural resources. Students will learn why the human population has grown and the impacts on resource use. This resource includes a simulation of human population growth and natural resource consumption. This resource is aligned with NGSS MS ESS3-4 and Utah SEEd 8.4.2. ✅ They will learn about natural capital and human resources.This Human Population Unit includes:A slide show on human population grow

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, General Science, Science

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Simulations, Lesson

NGSS:

MS-ESS3-4

Also included in: 8th Grade Science for Indiana Science Standards Full Year Science Curriculum

Genetics and Heredity Lab: Celebrity Babies and Punnett Squares!

Created by

TeachingwithFree

Come let's explore the world of genetics by creating Celebrity Babies! Students will use Punnett Squares and the concepts of heredity to become genetic counselors for some of the most popular celebrity couples of today! Included in this activity is: 1. Student Lab Worksheet2. Teachers' Guide3. Baby Templates4. Celebrity Couples (w/simulated genotypes)*Updated December 2022- New Celebrity Couples! 32 Celebrity Couples! Students LOVE this activity and will definitely leave your classroom with a

Subjects:

Biology, General Science, Science

Grades:

5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

NGSS:

HS-LS3-3

, HS-LS3-1

PhET Build an Atom activity guide

Created by

Now includes both printable PDF and Google Slides versions!The PhET:Building an Atom Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation on Building an Atom. Students will experiment with adding protons, neutrons, and electrons to an atomic model to create atoms of different elements. Your students will hit the ground running without the need for a lengthy introduction from you. Just print the activity guide or share from your Google Drive. Students can watch the intro

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Engineering, Physical Science, Physics

NGSS:

MS-PS1-1

Also included in: PhET Activity Guides Chemistry BUNDLE / Distance Learning

Fiber Analysis Virtual Forensics Lab -- Burn Tests & Color Stain Comparisons!

Created by

2 STEM girls

This activity is ready for distance learning! This is a NO PREP LESSON designed for students to complete a virtual fiber examination lab. Students are tasked with identifying the source of 2 unknown fibers found at a crime scene. This is a 3-part virtual lab that begins with students making observations on 7 common fiber burn tests. In part 1 of the lab, students observe 2 unknown fabric burn tests and use a dichotomous key to identify the type of fiber the unknowns are made of. In part 2 of

Subjects:

Forensics, Science

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

Laboratory, Simulations

PhET Simulation Online Lab: Electric Circuits, Resistors in Series & Parallel

Created by

Step by Step Science

Using this electric circuits PhET guided inquiry lab your students will gain an in depth understanding of the difference between resistors in series circuits and resistors in parallel circuits. I have done these activities with my students many times and they always find them fun and engaging. The best part is that your students won't even know they are learning as they complete the included inquiry-based laboratory assignment sheet. The PhET Circuit Construction Kit: DC simulation can be found

Subjects:

Grades:

8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Laboratory, Simulations

Also included in: Electric Circuits Bundle No. 1: Resistors in Series and Parallel

PhET Reactants, Products, and Leftovers Activity Guide / Distance Learning

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Now includes both printable PDF and Google Slides versions!The PhET: Reactants, Products, and Leftovers Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation on Reactants, Products, and Leftovers. First, students will experiment with building sandwiches to see how the number of ingredients determines the number of sandwiches they can make. Then, students use the same concept to predict Reactants, Products, and Leftovers and to identify Limiting Reactants in chemical reactio

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 11th

Types:

Basic Principles, Science

NGSS:

MS-PS1-2

, MS-PS1-1

Also included in: PhET Activity Guides Chemistry BUNDLE / Distance Learning

STEM Lab Activity Balloon Rockets - Newton's Third Law of Motion

Created by

Mister Phamtastic

Students will experiment with balloon rockets to observe and study Newton's Third Law of Motion and the principles of rocket propulsion. Students will collect, analyze, and graph data from the launches in this STEM lab activity.

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 12th

Types:

Activities, Simulations, Lesson

PhET Forces and Motion Basics Activity Guide

Created by

Physical Science, Physics, Science

The PhET: Forces and Motion Basics Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation “Forces and Motion Basics”. Students will discover how balanced and unbalanced forces affect an object’s motion and then explore the relationship between force, mass, acceleration, speed, and friction on the motion of objects. The activity guide takes students through the 4 parts of the simulation: Net Force, Motion, Friction and Acceleration. Students are encouraged to make predictions

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

NGSS:

HS-PS2-2

, MS-PS2-2

, HS-PS2-1

Also included in: PhET Activity Guide Physics Bundle

PhET Build a Molecule activity guide

Created by

Now in both printable PDF and Google Slides formats! The PhET: Build a Molecule Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation on Build a Molecule. Students will experiment with combining atoms of different elements to discover new molecules. Your students will hit the ground running without the need for a lengthy introduction from you. Just print the activity guide or share from your Google Drive. Students can watch the intro video and away they go. The best p

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

NGSS:

MS-PS1-1

Also included in: PhET Activity Guides Chemistry BUNDLE / Distance Learning

PhET Projectile Motion activity guide

Created by

General Science, Physical Science, Physics

The PhET:Projectile Motion Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation on Projectile Motion. Students learn how the motion of a projectile is affected by changes in the initial height, initial speed, cannon angle, and other variables with or without the affects of wind resistance. This activity guide follows closely with the newest (HTML5) version of the PhET Projectile Motion simulation. Your students will hit the ground running without the need for a lengthy in

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 12th

Types:

Anatomy, Biology, General Science

NGSS:

MS-PS2-2

Also included in: PhET Activity Guide Physics Bundle

Introduction to Cells Virtual Lab Bundle

Created by

Building Brix of Science

Get over 30% off each lab with the Introduction to Cells Virtual Lab Bundle! These four interactive lab assignments will help your students understand Living vs Nonliving Things, Cell Size, Cell Types, and Cell Organelles. Students will learn:Living or Nonliving?⚗️Test their pre-existing knowledge of the Characteristics of Life⚗️Compare and Contrast Living and Nonliving Things⚗️Label Items such as Feathers, Atoms, Bacteria, and Milk as Alive or Not Alive⚗️Explain why Viruses are not Living Thing

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Laboratory, Simulations

NGSS:

MS-LS1-2

, MS-LS1-1

, MS-PS1-1

World Population Growth Poster Project Activity | Human World Geography

Created by

Let's Cultivate Greatness

Explore just how big the world’s population really is with this two-part activity that includes an eye-opening simulation and a creative poster project while stretching their math skills.The posters make for a fun and engaging hallway display for the whole school to learn from!These activities come as both print-and-go PDF and editable, paperless Google files and are included in the complete Human Population Growth Unit.Greatness is being able to make the incomprehensible easy to understand.A mi

Subjects:

Environment, Geography, World History

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Projects, Simulations

CCSS:

...

Design a Zoo: A Digital Project Based Learning Experience

Created by

PBL Learning Lab

Thanks for choosing this project based learning experience for your students! They are sure to have fun, be creative, and learn some valuable skills. In Design a Zoo, students take on the role of a design consultant asked to create a new zoo. Students will need to: –Name the Zoo –Create a welcoming sign –Select the animals –Design animal habitats –Create information sheets –Create a budget –And present their work to a "Board of Directors" This experience is designed to be completed without sub

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Science

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Projects, Simulations

Fetal Pig Dissection: Paper Lab & Regular Lab - NGSS Aligned: Distance Learning

Created by

Next Gen Sci Guy

Body Systems and Organ – Fetal Pig Dissection This product comes with two versions of the Fetal Pig Dissection Lab: 1 paper model version, and 1 normal version (which would require you to purchase fetal pigs). It also comes with an answer key, and links to annotated videos of the dissection. In this activity NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) aligned activity, students (Part 1:) complete a quick matching section for 11 organ systems, (Part 2:) Determine the gender of the pig, and age of th

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, Science

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

PhET Energy Skate Park Basics Activity Guide

Created by

General Science, Physical Science, Science

The PhET: Energy Skate Park Basics Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation “Energy Skate Park Basics”. Students will discover the relationship between Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy, and Speed and how a skater’s motion is effected by changes in Mass and Friction. Then, students can apply what they have learned by designing their own track that will perform in a predictable way. The activity guide takes students through the 3 parts of the simulation: Intro,

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Biology, General Science, Science

NGSS:

MS-PS3-2

, MS-PS3-3

, MS-PS3-1

Also included in: PhET Activity Guide Physics Bundle

Competition for Biotic & Abiotic Factors Stamp & Dice Game

Created by

Sciencerly

If you have played the Traveling Nitrogen Activity found at: http://www.windows2universe.org/teacher_resources/nitrogen_activity.pdf this game is exactly like that but modified for biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem. Students will travel as a white-tailed deer to different lab stations to simulate competition for abiotic and biotic factors in an ecosystem. Directions (from actual worksheet): 1. Pick a start location….DO NOT sta

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Interactive Learning Hub by Sarah Austin

Intro to Economics: Needs V. Wants

Created by

An engaging way to begin a unit on economics! This fun and hands-on activity will have students explore the important concepts of human needs versus wants through an engaging rocket ship simulation. Students will be vicariously drawn into an emergency situation in which they must collaborate, and agree as to what items they consider as ‘essential’ for their survival on their rocket ship mission to live on a far away planet. An interactive Slide Presentation will help guide the groups on their jo

Subjects:

Economics , Environment, Other (Social Studies - History)

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Simulations

Interactions Within Ecosystems - a complete science unit

Created by

Off the Page

Interactions Within Ecosystems is a comprehensive science unit for middle years students with very little prep required by teachers. It is completely laid out with teacher notes and a sequence of activities. Students will learn about many ways in which organisms interact within an ecosystem. In this unit, students will learn about the following science concepts: organisms, biotic and abiotic things, individuals, populations, communities, species, interaction, habitats, ecosystems, microorganis

Subjects:

Biology, Environment, Science

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Simulations

Also included in: Science Bundle - Structures and Forces, Ecosystems, Flight, and Electricity

Density PhET Lab | Mystery Blocks | Self-Grading Google Form & Virtual Lab Guide

Created by

Flow State Science

This is a self-grading, guided virtual lab that explores the relationships of volume, mass, and density using the simulation, Density Lab: Mystery Blocks by PhET! Students are challenged to identify the unknown material of mystery blocks by calculating their density to compare with the known materials in the Density Table. Students follow step-by-step instructions in the google form while tinkering with the simulation, manipulating the variables, making observations, and recording qualitative/qu

Subjects:

General Science, Physics, Science

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types: