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Middle school archaeology handout activboard activities
Jurassic Dinosaurs, Coloring Pages, Zen Doodle Coloring Sheets, Activity
Dinosaurs are cool! Surprise your students with 10 zen doodle, dinosaur coloring pages to allow for educational, mindful coloring in your classroom. This is the safest way to show your students dinosaurs, I promise! All coloring pages are hand drawn by Ms Artastic with love and care. Also, she really, REALLY, loves dinosaurs. "Quiet, all of you! They're approaching the Tyrannosaur paddock!" - Jurassic ParkDo you want a FREE Year-Long Art Making Guide to help jump start your art lesson planning w
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Zen Doodle Coloring Pages, Year Long Bundle Activity
Maya Calendar Pack
A digital download of the materials required for both making and learning how to read the 52 Maya calendar round. Includes a template of the calendar, with 5 separate rings to cut out, information on how to use it and a quiz.A great teaching aid in understanding how the Maya calendar works. The template can be printed for each child and they can make their own calendar to keep!Consists of 4 A4 sheets.
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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ARCHAEOLOGY BUNDLE - Crossword, Word Search & Scramble Worksheet Activities
Use this bundle of five engaging puzzles to supplement your own unit on archaeology. Puzzles make fun no prep activities for early finishers, bell ringers, morning work, handouts, homework, unit or lesson plan supplements, sponge activities, introductions to new topics, classroom themes, and sub files.The archaeology puzzles come with a two page glossary of the 26 vocabulary words they will introduce. You can pass the glossary out at the same time as the puzzles or have the kids review the term
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4th - 7th
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Archaeologist Classroom Artifact Worksheet
Archaeologist Classroom Artifact Worksheet
This simple 2 -page worksheet encourages students to think like an archaeologist by selecting an object from your classroom to analyze as if it was 500 years in the future.
A directions sections explains how students must theorize what the object's purpose was, who used it, and what it tells them about our civilization. After taking notes on the object in a provided space, students turn over their papers and write a narrative about their findings and
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5th - 9th
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Bill Nye the Science Guy - Fossils
Includes 3 different handouts with answer keys to accompany the Bill Nye the Science Guy video for Fossils. The handouts include 2 fill-in-the-blanks (same questions, but 1 includes a word bank) and a fill-in-the-blank for the song at the end! You can use any of the handouts to fit your needs including just singing the song at the end without filling in the blanks! The questions are in order so they do not have to worry about searching all over the page to complete it all.
The videos can be p
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Law of Superposition Practice CER - NO PREP
Looking for a way to assess your students understanding of the law of superposition and rock strata? Look no further! This practice CER is perfect for you!Included:Background Information about 4 speciesDiagram (illustration) of four different rock layers with fossils insideCER QuestionAnswer KeyInformationThe CER question asks students to identify the correct chronological order of the species using their knowledge of rock layers, geologic time, and the law of superposition.As always, any feedba
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6th - 8th
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MS-LS4-1
Also included in: 8th Grade Science Practice CER BUNDLE - NO PREP
Properties of Minerals Anchor Chart
This anchor chart displays and defines the physical properties of minerals (color, streak, hardness, luster, cleavage and fracture).
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3rd - 6th
Fossil Excavation with a Cookie
Can't take your students to a fossil dig? Bring the "dig" to your students! Each student receives a chocolate chip cookie and follows this PDP guide as they conduct an excavation! My students absolutely "dug" this activity and I'm so excited to share it with you.
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1st - 7th
Back to School Archaeology Lesson Plan - Beginning of the Year Social Studies
Let your students pretend to be archaeologists and conduct a dig in their classroom in this back to school activity, or whenever you want to introduce them to the field of archaeology. Students will analyze artifacts and record their observations, then do a follow-up writing task. This activity will help your students develop their information writing, critical thinking, and vocabulary skills. ✓ Please note: * This resource is included in a money-saving Back to School Bundle, which you can fin
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5th - 8th
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Bill Nye the Science Guy - Archaeology
Includes 3 different handouts with answer keys to accompany the Bill Nye the Science Guy video for Archaeology. The handouts include 2 fill-in-the-blanks (same questions, but 1 version includes a word bank) and a fill-in-the-blank for the song at the end! You can use any of the handouts to fit your needs including just singing the song at the end without filling in the blanks! The questions are in order so they do not have to worry about searching all over the page to complete it all.
The video
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Bring in a Bag of Artifacts! Students learn about archaeology and each other!
This is a half-page handout that gives directions for a fun activity that allows students to learn about each other while broadening their understanding of how archaeologists use artifacts to uncover clues about early human life.The handout summarizes the role of an archaeologist, defines artifacts, and describes the activity. Students are asked to fill a paper bag with 3-5 items from home that will give the class clues about their lives. They bring in the filled bag the next day, and their cl
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3rd - 8th
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Amplify Evolutionary History Digital Choice Board
Looking for an online activity? Want a great review of the Evolutionary History unit for students? This resource is perfect for e-Learning. I used these with my students all year and they loved it!This is a Google Slides resource that can easily be uploaded to Google Classroom or Canvas so the students can work at their own pace. This is also EDITABLE! Don't like one of the activities? Switch it out with one of your own!Digital Choice Board created for students on the topics of Evolutionary Hist
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Amplify 8th Grade Digital Choice Boards Bundle
Relative Dating and the Principle of Superposition Fossil Activity NGSS* Aligned
This fossil activity will have your students collecting information about fossil layers on the first day and then using the fossils to place the layers in chronological order. I have typically used this lesson after I have introduced fossils and the principle of superposition. I have included a few ideas of what I use for those introduction activities for you in addition to the fossil activity. This fossil activity has really helped my students to better understand how relative dating and the
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7th - 10th
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MS-LS4-1
Rock Cycle Crossword Puzzle
Rock Cycle Crossword PuzzleThis is a crossword puzzle that is easy to use as a homework assignment, warm-up or for test review. This product comes with student sheet and answer sheet.Vocabulary Includes: CementationCompactionExtrusiveFoliatedIgneous rockIntrusiveLavaMetamorphic rockNon foliatedRockRock cycleSedimentSedimentary rockErosionDepositionCompositionWeatheringSolidificationMagmaStrata StratificationTextureCopyright information: Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one te
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6th - 10th
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Cave Art of the Stone Age Google Slides Pear Deck
Engage your students with a journey into the past and analyze the historical significance of cave art with these interactive Pear Deck slides! Your students will watch a brief National Geographic video about cave art and take a virtual tour. They will also have the opportunity to draw their own cave art and describe the differences between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras. This lesson includes constructive writing tasks with analysis questions about different types of cave art.By analyzing sou
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Early Humans Stone Age BUNDLE Pear Decks, Google Docs, and more!
Types of Rocks: Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary, Rock Cycle Handouts
Oh, yes! Everything goes in cycles, even rocks! Invite your kiddos to discover the rock secrets through these short simple activities and handouts for your interactive science classroom. Rocks come in various cool colors, shapes, textures, and sizes and are found all around us, but how much do your kiddo really know about them? Together, you divide in the world of knowledge to explore the three types of rock — igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary — and learn examples of each kind. This set of p
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: ITD Science Membership Gr. 3 - 5 - Ultimate Bundle
Making Fossils!
⭐⭐Now in Google Slides as well ⭐⭐Your students will love this hands-on activity of making fossils in either clay or Play-doh. After fossils are made behind a folder (Shh, it's a secret), students attempt to identify the other groups' fossils and record their findings on a data sheet. Finally, the big reveal! Each group reveals what the object is that made their fossil. Students are delighted with this activity all while strengthening their scientific practice s
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3rd - 6th
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Lesson Bundle: NOVA "Four-Winged Dinosaur"
This is a 3 day lesson plan using the 1-hour NOVA documentary "The Four-Winged Dinosaur." This 2008 documentary is a bit dated, but still does a great job showing the process scientists use to analyze a new dinosaur fossil and what it means for the origin of flight in birds. If you're doing a unit on genetics and/or evolution, this is a solid choice. I recommend using this documentary as part of a larger unit on transitional fossils.This product includes:- Lesson slides for 3 days, including bel
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6th - 12th
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MS-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-2
History Neanderthals Cold Case Activity - Key Information Source Analysis
Introduce key concepts of source analysis to your students with this engaging investigative activity!This activity is designed for historical skill building in Grades 5-8. It is part of a lesson on The Neanderthals, available for purchase here.Students will learn how to analyse and extract key information from sources and apply their knowledge to crack the cold case of what happened to the Neanderthals.Teachers have the option to implement the activity prep free using worksheets, or combine with
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Case Cracker Mega Bundle: Unlocking Mysteries Across Subjects!
FOSSILS: NSTA Submitted - Colorful and Fun (BRINGS THE PAST TO LIFE!)
Travel back in time! Experience a fossil tutorial/lab/activity like NO OTHER. Submitted to the NSTA for professional curriculum evaluation and award recognition. See preview!
No fossil samples, NO PROBLEM! The activity is made for teachers/parents without samples. However, if you have fossil samples the lab will be truly enhanced.
This is a multi-faceted pedagogical approach with a variety of student activities. Engaging, colorful, and content rich! INCLUDING A DETAILED FOSSIL LAB AN
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3rd - 10th, Adult Education
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Flap To The Future-Worksheet for Online Game
About Flap to the Future:The Cornell Lab's Bird Academy created Flap to the Future to help players understand the adaptations birds evolved that help them fly. How birds evolved flight is still hotly debated by biologists and paleontologists, so what we’ve presented is a simplification of lots of fascinating scientific knowledge and questioning.rEVOLUTIONary Adaptation: FeathersPlayers start the game as Tawa, a small dinosaur that lived 200 million years ago in the floodplains of what is now th
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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HS-LS4-4
, MS-LS4-4
Worksheet Key: NOVA "Four-Winged Dinosaur"
This is the answer key for a worksheet that goes with the 1-hour NOVA documentary "The Four-Winged Dinosaur." This 2008 documentary is a bit dated, but still does a great job showing the process scientists use to analyze a new dinosaur fossil and what it means for the origin of flight in birds. If you're doing a unit on genetics and/or evolution, this is a solid choice. I recommend using this documentary as part of a larger unit on transitional fossils.This product includes:- The answer key for
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6th - 12th
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MS-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-2
Also included in: Lesson Bundle: NOVA "Four-Winged Dinosaur"
Otzi Investigation - Death Theories Google Slides Pear Deck
Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your students about the theories behind Otzi the Iceman's death? These short and interactive Pear Deck slides are perfect for incorporating into a center, flipped classroom assignment, or as a whole group discussion - the possibilities are endless! With this lesson, students will learn the skills necessary for analyzing sources, which is an essential skill for DBQs. Additionally, they will practice important ELA skills such as finding and citing eviden
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6th - 8th
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Science Fusion 8th Gr - The Dynamic Earth - Earth's History: RELATIVE DATING
These are cloze notes made for Science Fusion - Grade 8 - The Dynamic Earth, Module E - Unit 2, Earth's History - LESSON 2: RELATIVE DATING. The Science Fusion student workbooks are colorful and very user-friendly, but there are only few questions built into the reading to help with comprehension, and nothing really to help with taking notes. So I created these printable note-sheets which go along with the student workbook reading. Read aloud, or have students take turns reading aloud, while the
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8th
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