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High school earth sciences resources
Weather Webquest - Air Pressure, Air Masses, Weather Fronts, and Weather Maps
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ In this no-prep and ready to go 4-page weather webquest, students will explore, learn, and apply knowledge about air masses, weather fronts, air pressure systems, and weather maps. Highly interactive and students love it!Students do not need any prior knowledge before completing this activity and can do it all on their own! No Prep! This weather webquest makes a great introduction, review, absent student work, sub-plan, guided practice, or student-led teaching tool! All non-flash modern
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-5
Also included in: Earth Science Webquest Bundle
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
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
Environmental Science Curriculum - Full Year of Lesson Plans, Labs, and Tests
These environmental lesson plans will help your students to take charge of their learning! This comprehensive course is interactive, hands-on, and student-centered! Students learn about major environmental issues in modern society through detailed lessons and activities. Units cover the four spheres of the earth (lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere), and human impacts on the environment are interwoven through each lesson to provide students with a good basis for any environmental
Subjects:
Grades:
10th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ESS2-5
, HS-ESS2-3
, HS-ESS2-4
, HS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-7
...
Geologic Time Scale and Evolution of Life on Earth Activities
This worksheet plus timeline activity provides excellent instruction on the geologic time scale, evolution of life on Earth, relative and radioactive dating, order of evolutionary events, transitional fossils, and more. See complete list of topics below. Students will complete a 6-page handout and a 2-page timeline of the history of life on Earth. This activity can be used as a classroom activity or a homework activity during your "History of Life on Earth" or "Evolution" units. Choose to use t
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Grades:
9th - 12th
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS4-1
Also included in: Biology Curriculum Full Year Bundle
Earth Science Interactive Notebook - Complete Bundle
SCIENCE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK FOR EARTH SCIENCEThis product is a compilation of ALL Earth Science Interactive Notebook chapters. This download will save you 20% off the individually listed chapters!Each activity enables students to process the information given by the teacher then allows them to use self-direction to apply their new knowledge. The engaging activities always vary in order for all students to use and benefit from different learning styles. Activities included correlating with the
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Ecosystem Ecology Webquest
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ In this ecosystem ecology webquest, students will complete four online tasks to learn about ecological levels and factors, food chains and webs, energy pyramids, ecological relationships, biodiversity, and more!Students will learn about and apply knowledge of ecosystem ecology it through engaging short videos, tutorials, interactives, and even a build-your-own ecosystem game. Editable MS Word, PDF, and Google Slides all included! This webquest makes a great introduction, review, absent s
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 11th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-5
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
...
Also included in: Biology Webquests Discount Growing Bundle
STEM Oil Spill Challenge - Earth Day STEM Activity
Oil Spill STEM Activity - Great for Earth Day! Learn about the effects of an oil spill on the environment through a hands-on engineering challenge! The goal of this challenge is to clean up all of the oil from the feathers and from the water in the time provided. Students will work in teams to devise a plan to get the oil spill cleaned up in a specified time of work. Distance learning update: Activity has been updated to accommodate distance learning including instructions on creating a material
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ESS3-3
...
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
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
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
, HS-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS2-2
, HS-ESS1-5
Also included in: Plate Tectonics Growing Discount Bundle
Plate Tectonics Activity BUNDLE 8 NGSS Earth Science Activities
Get 8 NO PREP activities to add ENGAGEMENT and NGSS RIGOR to your Plate Tectonics Unit! Students will learn more about plate movement, seafloor spreading, the Ring of Fire, and other plate tectonics topics. This bundle includes the following resources:Graphing Evidence of Sea Floor Spreading ActivityPlot the Ring of Fire Mapping ActivityHawaiian Hot Spot ActivityConvection Diagram ColoringMapping the Mid-Atlantic RidgeCreate a Plate Movement Flip BookPlate Boundaries Game (FREE BONUS)Engaging
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, HS-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS2-2
, MS-ESS2-1
Plate Tectonics - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Do your students struggle with scientific literacy? Do you find yourself at a loss for how to promote vocabulary retention? Are waning attention spans becoming a larger and larger problem in your classroom from year to year? If you answered yes to any of those questions then this resource is for you. I believe that teaching literacy is the job of every teacher, not just the heroes in English and Language Arts. And the only way we can help our students improve is by modeling and giving them chanc
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
, HS-ESS2-3
, HS-ESS2-1
Also included in: Earth Science Reading Comprehension Bundle
Design A "Green" Island: Climate Change Project PBL (NGSS Aligned, Editable)
It is the year 2100 and climate change has become a more serious problem than ever. Global temperatures have risen higher than they have ever been in the past. A new island has been found that has been untouched by humans. In this project, students will compete to be the group to colonize that island. Their goal is to create an island that is desirable to live upon but also has a small carbon footprint. Students will be required to perform calculations and make choices about what types of food/a
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Types:
Worksheet: Plate Tectonics Study Guide, Practice, and Review
This worksheet helps student's understanding of plate tectonics and how plates interact with one another at their boundaries. Students will use the front of the worksheet as a reading selection and study guide and on the back is a practice to test their understanding. Key included!A larger version of the worksheet's map is also included!Recently Added (2/6/21):Plate Tectonics Review! This could be used as a practice to check for understanding, a review before a test, or even for sub plans! This
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
Also included in: Bundle: Ultimate Earth Science Bundle
Global Warming Climate Change Activity Bundle NGSS MS-ESS3-5 ESS3-4
SAVE MORE THAN 30% on this bundle PACKED with high-quality, rigorous climate change activities that are NO PREP and EASY TO IMPLEMENT. This activity bundle has a little bit of everything! Resources Included:Two Truths and a Lie Critical Thinking ActivityClimate Read and Respond CER ActivityAnalyze Climate Graphs WorksheetGraphing Climate Data ActivityMapping Carbon Emissions ActivityIndividual Descriptions:Climate Read and Respond CER Activity: Stimulate CRITICAL THINKING with this read and res
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-4
, HS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-4
Plate Tectonics Webquest
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This Plate Tectonics Webquest utilizes amazing online interactives to teach your students about the plate tectonics, plate boundaries, and features that result from interacting plates. Students will lead their own learning as they complete this editable, printable, and digital webquest.This resource makes a great introduction, review, absent student work, sub-plan, guided practice, or student-led teaching tool! All non-flash modern resources are used - works beautifully on PC, Mac, iPads
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
, HS-ESS2-3
, HS-ESS2-1
Also included in: Earth Science Webquest Bundle
Astronomy Bundle | Space Lessons, Units, Notes for High School Astronomy Course
I LOVE Astronomy! One of my life's missions is to help more people understand the wonders of space and appreciate the Earth. I hope these Astronomy resources will find a home in your classroom and spark curiosity and excitement in your students.This zipped folder will include all of my present and future Astronomy resources at a HUGE discount.SPECIAL BONUS ONLY FOR ASTRONOMY BUNDLE BUYERS!!!Teachers who purchase this bundle will be given access to a private OneDrive folder containing the assess
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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Plate Tectonics Activity: Types of Plate Boundaries
Plate Tectonics Activity: Whether you're introducing or reviewing types of plate boundaries, this print and go activity is a winner! Get your students up out of their seats as they travel to 6 stations, where they will read about each plate boundary- how it's formed, the geographic feature created, and examples on Earth. Students record features and examples in their graphic organizer that serves as a fantastic study guide.There is a full 8 1/2 x 11 Poster on each type of plate boundary:Oceanic
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-2
Also included in: Plate Tectonics Activity Bundle: Worksheets - Notes - Activities
Climate Change Webquest
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ In this climate change webquest, your students will learn about causes and effects of climate change, greenhouse gases, global warming, and the greenhouse effect. Students will complete online interactives with real climate change data, and watch a short video about the causes and effects of climate change. You get an easy no-prep, attractive, and interactive activity that introduces and teaches your students about climate change, and they will apply their knowledge through an interactiv
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-4
Also included in: Earth Science Webquest Bundle
Biogeochemical Cycles Webquest
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This biogeochemical cycles webquest covers the water cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, and phosphorus cycle. This activity on the biogeochemical cycles makes a great introduction, review, absent student work, sub-plan, guided practice, or student-led teaching tool. Your students will complete interactive online activities about biogeochemical cycles.Students trace the flow of nutrients within each cycle, and discover how each nutrient is stored, transferred, and used within living thi
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ESS2-5
, HS-ESS2-6
, MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS2-4
...
Also included in: Earth Science Webquest Bundle
Energy Interactive Notebook | Forms of Energy | Light Heat Kinetic Potential
Energy Unit for Interactive Science Notebook! {NOW DIGITAL & PRINT 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.This product contains interactive cut and paste learning material for students to create an organized science interactive notebook.This resource is aligned with Energy Interactive PowerPoint I would highly recommend usi
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Geologic Time Scale: The No-Adding-Machine-Tape, Annotated, Illustrated Timeline
Suitable for traditional classroom instruction or distance learning (if a printed copy is provided for students).An easy to use resource that includes a fun build it yourself annotated geologic timeline with supporting worksheets. If you teach kids about the geologic timeline, you have probably run into those timeline activities that require kids to use adding machine tape. But have you priced adding machine tape? It can be hard to find, too. So I set out to make a timeline that kids could b
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
Ecological Succession: Primary & Secondary - Two Cut Out Activities
This product includes 2 cut-out & glue activities on primary and secondary succession from ecological succession. Students will cut out diagrams and place them on their correct position on the primary & secondary succession backgrounds. This product contains the activities in both black and white, and a colored version. Terms used: pioneer species, intermediate species, climax community, lichens, annual plants, perennials, shade tolerant, shade intolerant, pine, hickory, shrub, and et
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Natural Disasters
Let's learn about Natural Disasters! This worksheet includes 34 pages with a large variety of activities and exercises about natural disasters. Crosswords, word searches, puzzles and other kinds of activities are included to make it a fun and interesting class. The answers and an answer sheet are included. GOOGLE SLIDES AND FILLABLE PDF VERSIONS INCLUDED!Overview: Page 1-2: Introduction Page 3-4: EarthquakesPage 5-7: HurricanesPage 8-9: FloodsPage 10-11: Volcanic EruptionsPage 12-13: TsunamisPag
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Grades:
5th - 12th
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Also included in: Geography Bundle (Nature, Oceans, Ecosystems, and Natural Disasters)
Weather Doodle Notes | Air Masses and Fronts | High and Low Pressure | Cornell
Conceptually teach how weather systems change the weather conditions in a place. These notes cover the types of air masses (continental tropical, maritime polar, continental arctic, etc.) and their characteristics, how weather fronts form and the basic conditions of cold fronts, warm fronts, and stationary fronts, and the dynamics of high and low pressure systems and the weather that they typically bring. These notes combine two effective note-taking strategies and help students grasp the dynami
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-5
Also included in: Earth Science Doodle Notes | Middle School Science | Cornell Notes
Earthquakes - Lab Activity - Earthquake Risk
Earthquakes - Lab Activity - USA Earthquake Risk
Have students discover High Earthquake Risk zones in the United states with this lab activity.
Materials Needed: Colored Pencils/Access to USA Map
General information regarding Plate Tectonics/Earthquakes helpful
Note: Please See Preview Link Above
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Based on USGS information, students color-code map of the United States based on USGS earthquake Risk levels.
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Students interpret result of map by answering questions regarding locat
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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