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Middle school environment handout pdfs
Environmental Science Work Packet - Tragedy of the Commons
This 8 page workbook explores the theme of "The Tragedy of the Commons" within 6 different environmental topics. Each worksheet contains a brief reading, reflection questions and a critical thinking component. These worksheets can be used as stand alone resources to teach about The Tragedy of the Commons or as supplemental materials.PRODUCT PREVIEW ABOVE! Click Here For More Environmental Science ResourcesTopics Include:Page 1: The Tragedy of the Commons (General Introduction) Page 2: Overg
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7th - 12th
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FOOD CHAINS & WEBS Crossword Puzzle Worksheet - 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Grade
Use this crossword puzzle worksheet as a supplement while teaching a science unit on the environment and food chains. There are a total of 16 vocabulary words with the definitions given for the clues. Crossword puzzles make fun no prep activities for early finishers, bell ringers, morning work, handouts, homework, reading comprehension and lesson plan supplements, themed classrooms, sponge activities, introductions to new topics, and sub files and they can also be used as a test or quiz.The wor
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4th - 7th
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Living Environment Regents Review (New York State Biology)
A TIMESAVING and EASY way to prepare your students to score well on the NEW YORK STATE LIVING ENVIRONMENT REGENTS EXAM. This is a complete 25-page TOPICAL review packet, including NYS Labs and answer key to help students (and teachers) prepare for the Living Environment Regents Exam with a focus on the key points that are often tested on the Regents Exam, and are core basic biological concepts. This resource is organized topically, with one page each for the following topics, as well as one pag
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Biology: Buy The Store Lifetime Money-Saving Bundle
Keystone Species Video Handout with Free Video Link
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This keystone species video handout accompanies an engaging and dynamic documentary about the interconnection between keystone species, trophic levels, and ecosystems. It includes questions (in sequence) to accompany HHMI Biointeractive’s 20 minute documentary titled Some Animals Are More Equal than Others: Keystone Species and Trophic Cascades.The video is free and found on the hhmi Biointeractive’s website HERE or on YouTube HEREThis handout is perfect for an introduction or enrichment
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7th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-LS4-3
, HS-LS2-6
, HS-LS4-5
Also included in: Biology Resource Bundle - Growing Bundle of All My Biology Resources
Yellowstone Wolves - 3 Part Informational Text
During the 1930's, people viewed wolves as dangerous and destructive animals and sought to remove them from Yellowstone National Park. This three-part informational text takes students on a journey from the wolves removal in the 1930s to their amazing return in the 1990s and the subsequent transformation of Yellowstone's present-day ecosystem. The ecological changes after their removal were widespread and evident. An excellent lesson about the power of nature's interconnections and the casca
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4th - 8th
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MS-LS2-2
, 5-LS2-1
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
Introduction to Environmental Science Work Packet
This workbook contains 13 handouts that are perfect bell ringers or reinforcement activities for the principles of Environmental Science or Biology. Each worksheet is beautifully illustrated and comes with a brief reading and reflection questions. Questions are varied and build up from simple comprehension questions to inference and prediction questions. PREVIEW THIS PRODUCT ABOVE!Check Out Our New Shirt! Packet topics include:Page 1 - Introduction to EcologyPage 2 - Abiotic vs Biotic Fact
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6th - 9th
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ECOSYSTEMS, BIOMES & HABITATS of the World Crossword Puzzle Worksheet Activity
Use this crossword puzzle to introduce or reinforce a unit on biomes. It covers 22 vocabulary words and includes fun clues that kids will enjoy figuring out. Crossword puzzles make great no prep activities for early finishers, bell ringers, morning work, handouts, homework, unit or lesson plan supplements, sponge activities, introductions to new topics, and sub files and can also be used for a quiz.The vocabulary words covered in this crossword are: Alpine, Altitude, Aquatic, Arctic, Biome, Cha
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4th - 7th
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch | Ocean Pollution | Earth Day unit
Are you looking for interesting and unusual ways to learn about human impacts on the environment? Planning for Earth Day, Clean Up Australia Day, Oceans Week, World Environment Day or World Water Day. If your students don't quite understand the importance of recycling, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch will alert them to the real impacts that just one plastic bottle can have.While many people are unaware of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, it is a major issue affecting global environmental health
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5th - 8th
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Chasing Coral Documentary
Engage your students with this heart-wrenching documentary about the endangerment of coral reefs! I've provided chronological questions to accompany the documentary, directed and produced by Jeff Orlowski (which can be found on Netflix). I have also provided a KEY! This product could be used for any science class, particularly biology or an environmental science class. It is also a wonderful documentary to show on EARTH DAY. The emphasis is on the human impacts on the environment. It takes about
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6th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-LS2-7
, HS-LS2-6
Primary and Secondary Ecological Succession Guided Graphic Notes
Use these class notes to enhance your lesson about the differences between primary ecological succession and secondary ecological succession. Guided graphic notes are a great way to help your students make associations between words and visual images. Sketching, doodling, or coloring notes gives students an opportunity to personalize their learning and improves their retention of the things they are learning. Research shows a powerful memory effect when images and words are linked to each other
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6th - 8th
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MS-LS1-5
, MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-4
Also included in: Ecology Unit Bundle
WEATHER & CLIMATE Crossword Puzzle Worksheets - 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Grade
Use these crossword puzzle to introduce or reinforce weather vocabulary with your class. The two puzzles cover a total of 34 words and include fun clues that kids will enjoy figuring out. Crossword puzzles make great no prep activities for early finishers, bell ringers, morning work, handouts, homework, unit or lesson plan supplements, sponge activities, introductions to new topics, and sub files and can also be used for a quiz.Each puzzle comes in four versions, so you can pick the one that bes
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3rd - 6th
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FOOD CHAINS & WEBS Word Search Puzzle Worksheet - 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Grade
Have some fun while teaching a science unit on food chains and food webs with this word search worksheet. The definition of each of the vocabulary words is given to help them remember the meaning of each word.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 words included are: Carnivore, Competition, Consumer, Decomposer, Eco
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4th - 7th
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Ecosystems and Interdependence for Interactive Notebooks (w/Distance Learning)
Now you can add an interactive layer to this PDF and assign it to your students through Google Classroom!This PDF includes 39 full pages of various flippables, graphic organizers and activities designed for an Interactive Science Notebook to be used during a unit on Ecosystems and Interdependence. (13 pages are teacher answer keys). Most foldables and flippables are left blank on the inside. This will allow you to fully customize each one for whatever curriculum or grade you teach with the infor
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Special Bundle for Lauren P.
Bill Nye - Rocks and Soil
This product is intended to use while viewing the "Bill Nye the Science Guy - Rocks and Soil" episode and includes 4 different worksheet choices: True/False Multiple Choice Fill in the Blank (with word bank) Fill in the Blank (no word bank)The different worksheet choices are intended to allow educators to select the version that best suits their class or individual student’s needs. Each worksheet contains 15 questions that carefully guide students through the episode from beginning
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3rd - 8th
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Properties of Water Cut N'Paste Activity
The properties of water are one of the hardest concepts for students to grasp. It’s important to use tons of visuals and hands-on learning for students to actually see and feel the properties.
The properties of water/concepts that are included in this stations lab are:
• Hydrogen Bonding
• Adhesion
• Cohesion
• Expanding When Freezing
• Universal Solvent
• Specific Heat Capacity
This activity comes with
1. 6 puzzles – 1 puzzle per property of water
2. Puzzle pieces
3. 10 question quiz, exit
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8th - 12th
Animal Adaptations Worksheet/ Crossword Puzzle
Animal Adaptations Crossword Puzzle: is a fun vocabulary review for students and contains the following:
1. Blank Version without word bank
2. Blank Version with word bank
3. Answer Key
4. Vocabulary Words:
♦ Adaptation
♦ Camouflage
♦ Carnivore
♦ Echolocation
♦ Ecosystem
♦ Environment
♦ Herbivore
♦ Hibernation
♦ Instinct
♦ Migration
♦ Mimicry
♦ Nocturn
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in: Animal Adaptations Task Cards and Activities Bundle
Ecosystems Mini-Charts | Food Webs, Food Chains, Photosynthesis, Consumers
Ecosystems Mini-Charts topics include abiotic and biotic parts of an ecosystem, plant needs and photosynthesis, food chains and food webs, types of consumers, symbiosis, and the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle.Check out the Science Mini-Charts Bundle!Ideas for Use:» Absent Students: Keep a page of each set of cards on hand for absent students. While the card cannot replace instruction, students can still get the “big idea” from the lesson they missed in a short period of time. After gluing the car
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Science Mini-Charts Bundle | Accommodations, Notes, and Reference Cards
Adaptations and Natural Selection HW/Worksheet
Review/research on adaptations and natural selection. An example is given and then students find adaptations for 6 different animals. THIS PRODUCT IS PART OF THE FOLLOWING BUNDLE-CHECK IT OUT FOR A DEAL!Adaptation Lesson Bundle including stations, cut and paste and task cardsMore great stuff on Ecology and Adaptations!Design A Bird Beak Adaptations STEM activityThe Lorax Book / Movie think questions-define natural resources & sustainabilityAnimal Adaptations in Winter task cards, pass game w
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3rd - 8th
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Hurricane or Tornado Research Project - Storm Chaser Journal - Digital & Print
Extreme Weather - Digital & Print - This is a creative way to have students study either a tornado, hurricane or ice-storm. Rather than a typical research project (where I have problems with "cut & paste" assignments) I ask students to write about a storm from a first-person perspective of a storm chaser or storm scientist. Includes Detailed assignment sheetResearch templatesWorks Cited templateStorm Journal writing paper Grading rubricLink to a digital versionCheck out my other Weathe
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7th - 10th
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Soil Horizons and Soil Components Coloring Sheet
This coloring sheet was made for my Environmental students. I wanted a visual for them to see the horizons and their components. This coloring sheet includes (O, A, E, B, C, and R). I also added a portion to show that permeability is a measure of the size of the soil component (clay, silt, and sand). (I was then able to have the students perform an experiment where they found the soil composition of different samples of soil.) It also could be used as a form of notes.
AP Environmental, Enviro
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3rd - 12th
WEATHER & CLIMATE Vocabulary Word Search Worksheet - 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Grade
A word search puzzle featuring meteorology vocabulary words. A great activity for early finishers or as a fun take home worksheet. 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.Here is a list of the weather related vocabulary words included in this puzzle: Anemometer, Barometer, Blizzard, Climate, Cyclone, Doppler Radar, Dr
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - Word Search Worksheet Mega Bundle
Biotic and Abiotic Factors Doodle Docs Notes or Assessment in Digital and Print
Your students can learn about biotic and abiotic factors. They can even identify various examples of biotic and abiotic factors. But what if they could complete an engaging illustrated notes activity or assessment while learning? This Biotic and Abiotic Doodle Docs learning resource is a perfect for notes, practice, or assessment, with four levels of differentiation to meet students' needs. As the teacher, you simply print and go with the no-prep, ready to use resource. Or, assign the resource d
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6th - 9th
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NGSS:
5-LS2-1
, MS-LS2-4
, HS-LS2-6
, HS-LS2-8
Language of Science Biology Vocabulary Prefix and Suffix Worksheet with KEY
This is a phenomenal back-to-school activity to get students thinking about science vocabulary terms. It is also a great introduction to biology, environmental science, or general science. The worksheet includes different question types to give students the opportunity to analyze unknown scientific words from different perspectives.I have found it extremely helpful to model how to find the words and form a definition that makes sense before sending students off to work on their own or in groups.
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7th - 10th
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WEATHERING & EROSION Word Search Puzzle Worksheet - 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Grade
Introduce and review vocabulary relating to weathering and erosion with this captivating word search puzzle worksheet. 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 27 hidden vocabulary words are: Animals, Chemical, Continual, Decomposing, Deposition, Dust Storm, Erosion, Exfoliation, Flooding, Frost, Glaciers, Gradual, G
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3rd - 6th
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