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Middle school critical thinking physical science independent work packets
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Genius Hour Passion Project: Research Skills for Inquiry Project Based Learning
Your students will love this Genius Hour Passion Project! They'll develop strong inquiry research skills while engaging in project-based learning (PBL). You'll SAVE TIME with this EDITABLE NO-PREP research unit that includes a bulletin board kit, rubrics for assessment, and much more. Genius Hour is a classroom favourite because it allows students to choose a topic of interest and create a presentation. ABOUT OUR GENIUS HOUR PASSION PROJECT RESOURCE✪ PDF files for easy printing and computer com
Grades:
4th - 8th
Fluids Workbook (Grade 8 Ontario Science)
This workbook covers the Grade 8 Fluids unit in the NEW 2022 Ontario Science curriculum (Matter and Energy).Students will demonstrate an understanding of basic fluid mechanics, including the properties and uses of fluids. Topics covered include matter, fluids, displacement, density, weight, mass, volume, buoyancy and pneumatic and hydraulic systems. Interactive, hands-on activities are explained, with follow-up worksheets included. There is a variety of readings, long and short answer questions,
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Grades:
8th
NGSS:
MS-PS1-1
Also included in: Fluids Full Unit (Grade 8 Ontario Science)
Rebus Puzzles 1 Brain Teasers Printable and Digital Easel Activity
Rebus Puzzles are a fun critical thinking activity. Students have to problem solve to figure out the word puzzles. Great logical reasoning puzzles to do with partners or use as a warm-up or bell ringer. Print or use the Easel Activity online. Works well for gifted and talented students who enjoy challenges, but these work with other student populations as well. Includes five 2-page worksheets with 20 puzzles each, so you get 100 brain teasers in total! Also includes a blank page for students to
Grades:
5th - 8th
Electricity- Circuits, Series, Parallel, Conductor, Insulator, Symbols, Current
Enhance your electricity unit with this big fat pack! Topics Include: Circuits (series, parallel, closed, open), conductors, insulators, electric current, switches, and circuit diagrams / symbols. In this pack you will find a variety of printables, activities, and a 100% editable PowerPoint. *Also includes digital access via Google Slides.What’s included in the pack: (answer keys are included) • PowerPoint review sheets • Series and Parallel Circuits Information reading and comprehension questio
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Science Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions PDF Bundle 5th-6th Grade
This collection of reading passages are perfect for teachers who want to focus on science, while keeping it fun at the same time. Comprehension articles are highly interesting and have a range of questions that follow.Diagrams and other science graphics help explain what is being discussed.Science Reading Comprehension: This collection of science comprehension lessons are perfect for teachers who want to focus on reading, while keeping it fun at the same time. Comprehension passages and question
Grades:
5th - 7th
End of Year STEM Project Forces Motion Newtons Laws Assessment Bottle Rockets
This product is one of the most engaging and meaningful activities I do all year long! What kid wouldn’t want to build and launch rockets!?! Just take a look at an email I received from a former student about her memories of the bottle rocket lab and how it changed her life: Hi Mr. Williams,“How is Oak Crest lately?I was in your physical science class a loooooong long time ago (2008) and I thought I'd let you know that your bottle rockets project was what first got me into space propulsion. It w
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Grades:
6th - 10th
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
, MS-PS2-1
Grade 5/6 Science Workbooks (NEW 2022 Ontario Curriculum)
This BUNDLE includes EIGHT independent workbooks for Grade 5 and Grade 6 students, aligned with the NEW 2022 Ontario Science curriculum. Each workbook meets the Ontario Curriculum expectations for an ENTIRE Science unit.In total, the workbooks include 381 pages of student worksheets! Interactive, hands-on activities are explained, with follow-up worksheets included. There is a variety of readings, long and short answer questions, creative writing activities, and drawing prompts included to crea
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Grades:
5th - 6th
Grade 6 Science Workbooks (NEW 2022 Ontario Curriculum)
This BUNDLE includes FOUR independent workbooks for Grade 6 students aligned with the NEW 2022 Ontario Science curriculum. Each workbook meets the Ontario Curriculum expectations for an ENTIRE Science unit.All four Grade 6 Science strands are included: Flight, Space, Biodiversity, and Electrical Phenomena, Energy, and Devices. In total, the workbooks include 185 pages of student worksheets! Interactive, hands-on activities are explained, with follow-up worksheets included. There is a variety of
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Grades:
6th
ELA Enrichment Worksheets to Review Skills for Centers Homework Fast Finishers
Use these 16 Words at Play printables as supplemental materials with your Language Arts program. The playful approach will motivate your students while requiring them to use their critical thinking skills.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:16 WorksheetsAnswer KeysGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A LOT MORE! This resource is part of a money-saving bundle!This bundle includes these resources:Figurative Language WorksheetsPrefixes, Suffixes, & Roots WorksheetsELA Review
Grades:
4th - 6th
Periodic Table of Elements Scavenger Hunt Puzzles: The Complete Set of Puzzles
Ready for a wild ride through the world of elements? Buckle up, educators, because we've got a Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt that'll make your students' heads spin faster than a noble gas!Introducing our Non-Traditional, Student-Friendly, Periodic Table-Friendly, and Downright Awesome Introduction to the Periodic Table! This bundle is packed with so much excitement, you'll need a hazmat suit to contain it!Here's what your students will uncover:Elements named after scientists, because who doesn't
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Math "NO PREP" 80 Emergency Sub Resources & Independent Activities
You'll be ready for anything with this super-sized Math learning resource bundle, offering all the support you will need for creating sub plans and a sub binder and with a vast collection of independent assignments for your Math students that will provide you relief from planning stress for the whole school year! Are you going to be absent from your Grade 5-9 Math classroom for several days or an even longer and indefinite period? Maybe you are you just tired of the standard skills' lessons in y
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Grades:
5th - 9th
Astronomy Moon Phases Oreo Lab NGSS MS-ESS1-1 Digital Resource Eclipse
Students love this lab!!! It's inquiry based, student centered, rigorous and easy prep! It covers NGSS DCI-ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System. The orbits of Earth around the sun and of the moon around Earth, cause observable patterns.What students do:I have the students bring in the Oreos and spoons/knives to class. Or you can spend about $25 on Oreos, which for my class size is 8 cookies per group, with 8 groups per class. Students model what they think the pattern of moon phases are for one
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Grades:
6th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-1
GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1
TEACHERS-PARENTS are you having trouble finding gifted and talented teaching materials in mathematics, problem solving, and critical thinking? “GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 and #8 each have 42 pages of activities specially designed to motivate and challenge your gifted-talented students. All of the activities involve mathematics, critical thinking, and problem solving. Great for those high achieving students in your classes who need something extra to challenge
Grades:
5th - 12th, Staff
May Early Finisher (Gr.5-6) or Challenger (Gr.3-4) Packet | Distance Learning
This independent work packet is a bundle of fun, engaging, and challenging activities designed for Grades 3-6 as an answer to the age-old question:"I'm Done, Now What?"It includes math, history, writing, reading, trivia, brain teasers, logic puzzles and more! This product can also be purchased at a discount as part of the SPRING BUNDLE, or you can buy the FULL SCHOOL YEAR for even more savings!SPRING Early Finisher Bundle!The FULL School Year Early Finisher BundleDistance Learning:This packet is
Grades:
3rd - 6th
The Barren Grounds Lessons and Novel Study
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning**** This Product is featured in my blog: Students Succeed with The Barren Grounds and Misewa Saga **** This no-prep, 6 weeks, learning resource novel study, includes a 35 page student response and answer key (70 pages in total). This unit uses comprehension strategies: Summarizing, Connection, Visualization, Questioning, Character Description, Infer and Transformation to attain deep understanding.This novel study unit is suitable for: a whol
Grades:
4th - 8th
States of Matter Worksheets Solids Liquids Gases Digital or Print NGSS MS-PS1
This lab is VIRTUALLY NO PREP! You will need a computer for each student or you can have students share a computer. You can use this to introduce the concepts, however I typically use it as a review. You can also pick and choose from the activities, I have the students do it in class during a 1 hour 45-minute period and most students finish in about an hour. I also include a KEY for easy grading and prep. This product is a total of 5 activities using some Chemistry websites and PHET University o
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Grades:
6th - 12th
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-PS1-4
, MS-PS1-2
, MS-PS1-1
Light Waves Lesson | Reflection Refraction | Electromagnetic Spectrum
In this week-long self-paced lesson, students will learn about the behavior of light waves, including how they are absorbed, transmitted, reflected, refracted, and diffracted to produce lots of beautiful phenomena. Students will be engaged by a phenomenon and as they progress through the lesson, they will build on their understanding of what's happening with light waves to produce the phenomenon.Students will work through 9 self-paced steps on a Google Doc. They will also work on supporting docu
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Grades:
7th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS4-2
Analog and Digital Signals Lesson | Waves Activities
In this week-long self-paced lesson, students will learn about the characteristics and uses of analog and digital signals. Students will be able to identify analog and digital technologies, explain how waves can be used for communication, and simulate how analog waves can be converted to digital signals and back again. Students will be able to construct an argument supported by evidence for whether the analog or digital version of a type of information transfer is better.Students will work throu
Grades:
7th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-PS4-3
APRIL Early Finisher/Challenger Packet {Grades 3-6}
This independent work packet is a bundle of fun, engaging, and challenging activities designed for Grades 3-6 as an answer to the age-old question:"I'm Done, Now What?"It includes math, history, writing, reading, trivia, brain teasers, logic puzzles and more!This product can also be purchased at a discount as part of the SPRING BUNDLE, or you can buy the FULL SCHOOL YEAR for even more savings!SPRING Early Finisher Bundle!The FULL School Year Early Finisher Bundle***Now includes QR Codes for two
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Physical Science Reading Comprehension Motion and Energy Fifth and Sixth Grade
This useful physical science passages pack allows you to assign, check and review reading comprehension with ease. Includes full answer keys and CCSS aligned questions.Numerous science pictures to help explain difficult topics. Give this reading comprehension product a try today!Titles include:Kinetic and Potential Energy, Force and Motion, Simple Machines, Simple Machines 2, Thermal Energy, Sound and Light Energy.Science Reading Comprehension Outline:This product contains passages especially de
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Periodic Table of Elements Computer Activity Worksheets MS-PS1-1 HS-PS1 Digital
This assignment is NO prep and it’s totally student centered. I use it to front load and introduce the periodic table. If you’re comfortable with a substitute and computers, it can be a great sub plan or you can use it for review. High school chemistry teachers can use it as an intro and then go more in depth later. After this assignment I have my students do my “Periodic Table Baby Book” and the Atom Model Project, to become even more familiar with specific elements and their characteristics.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-PS1-1
, MS-PS1-1
8th Grade Science Review NGSS TEST PREP - 6-8 Science Spiral Review Homework
The 8th-grade spiral review supports the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and is a valuable instructional strategy for preparing students for the 8th-grade state academic achievement science test. Revisiting key concepts in Earth, Life, and Physical Science over 16 weeks (~240 review questions), students can reinforce their understanding, address learning gaps, and build confidence in their science knowledge and skills. See the preview for examples.Spiral Review supporting the updated TE
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Physical Science Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle Grade 5-6
This physical science reading bundle is an excellent way to practice comprehension passages in your class. No prep science with full answer keys included, comprehension questions have varying difficulties and skills required to answer them.Science Reading Comprehension Outline:The bundle contains passages especially designed for 5th and 6th grade. There are pictures and graphs to help explain key areas and each lesson is CCSS aligned. Feel free to practice science reading with the knowledge that
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Systems in Action Workbook (Grade 8 Ontario Science)
This workbook covers the Grade 8 Systems in Action unit in the NEW 2022 Ontario Science curriculum (Structures and Mechanisms).Students will demonstrate an understanding of different types of systems and the factors that contribute to their safe and efficient operation. Topics covered include systems, system components, input and output, industries, social and physical systems, gravity, efficiency, work formula, mechanical advantage, automation and more! Interactive, hands-on activities are expl
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Grades:
8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-PS3-4
, MS-PS2-4
, MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-5
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Also included in: Systems in Action Full Unit (Grade 8 Ontario Science)
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