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7th grade basic principles study guides for Easel Activities
Fast Facts for Science - Competition in Ecosystems
This file contains bulleted notes for teachers and students. Topics covered include animal defenses, types of symbiosis, and interdependence. A student notes template (anchor chart) is included. The template has multiple formats for any size of science notebook. Assessment Options: A paper and pencil assignment is included, as well as a link to a Google Forms assignment that buyers can copy.I use this to summarize instruction in a way that students can hold on to. Often my fifth graders can't us
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4th - 8th
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MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, 5-LS2-1
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
Also included in: Fast Facts for Science - Complete Bundle
Invertebrate Phyla Classification Activity Set
This listing features two activities designed to assist middle school life science or high school biology students practice their classification skills on the eight major phyla of invertebrates in Kingdom Animalia. In the Invertebrate Phyla Classification Quest Activity, students will match the letter assigned to the phylum name at the top of the page with the listed organism in the three columns below. There are fifty-three different invertebrates for students to classify. In the right margin,
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7th - 10th
Volcano Formation Coloring and Analysis Classification Activity
I created this full-page worksheet to help my middle school earth science students compare and contrast the formation and properties of three different structural types of volcano - cinder cone, composite, and shield. Students will draw, color, and label the progression of eruptions for all three classes of a volcano on the first page. Students will color and trace the edges of the growing layers of igneous rock as well. On the backside, students will identify whether the sixteen informative sta
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Middle School Earth Science Activity Bundle Special
The Scientific Method - Steps to the Inquiry Process Handout and Study Guide
The Scientific Method and Inquiry Process Handout and Study Guide. Help students conduct science experiments. Printable reference guide to the steps to the inquiry process, or scientific method, either by observation or experiment. Illustrates the steps to making valid and reliable observations and experiments in easy kid-friendly language. Printable and Digital Resource: Includes an Easel Activity ready for learning with digital tools. Assign online in Google Classroom or use a link in any LM
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4th - 7th
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Stresses and Deformation of Earth's Crust Fill-in-the-Blank Review Activity
This full-page activity is a fill-in-the-blank guide for a unit in middle school earth science about stresses and deformation of Earth’s crust. There are seven paragraph-long sections, each containing a boxed-in word bank. The themes for the sections are as follows.StressDeformations Faulting Faulted mountains and valleysFolding Fault or fold? Plateaus, domes, and the floating crust Some of the terms covered are anticline, syncline, ductile, rift valley, fault, fold, dome, plateau, mantle, conti
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Middle School Earth Science Activity Bundle Special
Plate Tectonics Fill-in-the-Blank Study Guide
This full-page study guide about plate tectonics features six fill-in-the-blank sections, each with its word bank. I annually assign it in my middle school earth science class. The layout provides adequate space for students to write their answers on the lines. Each section covers a different subtopic with the convenient grouping of terms for compare and contrast review purposes. The titles of the sections in this fill-in-the-blank reading guide are drifting continents of Earth, evidence, the sp
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Middle School Earth Science Activity Bundle Special
Fast Facts for Science - Animal Taxonomy
This file contains bulleted notes for teachers and students. Topics covered include levels of classification, kingdoms of organisms, and major animal phyla. A student notes template (anchor chart) is included. The template has multiple formats for any size of science notebook. Assessment Options: A paper and pencil assignment is included, as well as a link to a Google Forms assignment that buyers can copy.I use this to summarize instruction in a way that students can hold on to. Often my fifth g
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Fast Facts for Science - Invertebrates Bundle
Minerals Review Quest Worksheet
This full-page activity is a comprehensive review about minerals. I scripted it for a middle school earth science course, but it could be used as an accommodation or as a remedial review at the high school level. This review covers the definition, formation, and composition of minerals. It also offers analysis of the methods geologists use to identify minerals. This review activity is divvied into three sections. There are twenty-six true/false statements in the first section. Students are dire
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Middle School Earth Science Activity Bundle Special
Severe Weather Summary Matching Activity
Severe weather alert! This one-page matching activity will help students reinforce their understanding of fifteen terms relating to severe weather. I facilitate this activity in my middle school earth science course. The vocabulary terms covered include microburst, tornado, blizzard, straight-line wind, thunder, typhoon, drought, flood, flash flood, hail, lightning, dust devil, dust storm, hurricane, and thunderstorm. I included a word bank at the bottom and a key with the answers in colored fon
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6th - 8th
Plant Tropisms - Cootie Catcher Activity -Printable and Digital
This lesson is digital and you can add your own customization.Cootie Catchers, or Fortune Tellers, are a fun activity for students to reinforce vocabulary individually or with a partner. If time allows, there is also room for students to illustrate an example in the space where they write the vocabulary word. If you teach upper elementary or middle school science, check out my store for more lesson ideas. I always appreciate feedback and if you like what you see, give me a follow!
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Plant Tropisms Worksheet, Quiz and Activity Bundle
Fast Facts for Science - Aquatic Ecosystems
This file contains bulleted notes for teachers and students. Topics covered include marine ecosystems, major oceans, and freshwater ecosystems. A student notes template (anchor chart) is included. The template has multiple formats for any size of science notebook. I use this to summarize instruction in a way that students can hold on to. Often my fifth graders can't use their notes for class work or activities because they can't make sense of what they wrote. Help your students get clear science
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Fast Facts for Science - Complete Bundle
Fast Facts for Science - Birds
This file contains bulleted notes for teachers and students. Topics covered include groups of birds, their characteristics, and structures for flight. A student notes template (anchor chart) is included. The template has multiple formats for any size of science notebook. I use this to summarize instruction in a way that students can hold on to. Often my fifth graders can't use their notes for class work or activities because they can't make sense of what they wrote. Help your students get clear
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Fast Facts for Science - Vertebrates Bundle
Genetics 101 Introduction Lesson
Genetics and heredity have been and will continue to be a national standard staple for biology. It is sometimes difficult to open a new unit. What is the proper scope and sequence? What is the best starting point after a pre-unit assessment? Have the students mastered the basics before we throw them into the cauldron of solving mini-story problems of probability?This activity helps my students start their genetics unit with a firm foundation of the basics. I wish I would have had this resource i
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7th - 10th
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Physical Change versus Chemical Reaction Classification Worksheet
Students in physical science and in chemistry often need help distinguishing physical changes from chemical reactions. This activity will help students achieve that learning target. Students will classify thirty-six scenarios as being a physical change, or as a chemical reaction. Students will also define each type of change and describe the patterns that profile each one. This full-page lesson begins with an introductory paragraph that provides background information about each kind of process.
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Physical Science Semester Activity Bundle Special
Lever Classification Worksheet Set
This bundled activity set includes two worksheets that will bolster students' understanding and ability to classify levers. In this lesson, students will perform the following tasks.Write the classification of lever for fifty-two objectsAnswer short answer questionsLabel the fulcrum, effort (input) arrow and the resistance (output) arrow on six diagrams, two times for each class of lever. Map out the orientation of the effort, load, and fulcrum for each class of lever in a table.This PDF file wi
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Physical Science Semester Activity Bundle Special
Fast Facts for Science - Reptiles
This file contains bulleted notes for teachers and students. Topics covered include groups of reptiles, their characteristics, and common comparisons. A student notes template (anchor chart) is included. The template has multiple formats for any size of science notebook. I use this to summarize instruction in a way that students can hold on to. Often my fifth graders can't use their notes for class work or activities because they can't make sense of what they wrote. Help your students get clear
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Fast Facts for Science - Vertebrates Bundle
Fast Facts for Science - Animal Behaviors
This file contains bulleted notes for teachers and students. Topics covered include instincts, cyclical behaviors, and learned behaviors. A student notes template (anchor chart) is included. The template has multiple formats for any size of science notebook. I use this to summarize instruction in a way that students can hold on to. Often my fifth graders can't use their notes for class work or activities because they can't make sense of what they wrote. Help your students get clear science infor
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Fast Facts for Science - Complete Bundle
Taxonomy Crossword Puzzle - PDF or TpT Digital Activity
This product will always be sentimental because it was the first one I published through TPT. Product Features:Two versions of the crossword puzzle, one with a word bank and one withoutThe clues are on the same page as the answer grid.A complete keyThis lesson is now available as a TPT Digital/Easel Activity! Students learning remotely can complete the answers in the text boxes and submit the assignment to the instructor's Dropbox.This crossword puzzle covers the following terms - domain, morpho
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7th - 10th
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Fast Facts for Science - Arthropods
This file contains bulleted notes for teachers and students. Topics covered include kinds of Arthropods, appendages, and Arthropod characteristics. A student notes template (anchor chart) is included. The template has multiple formats for any size of science notebook. Assessment Options: A paper and pencil assignment is included, as well as a link to a Google Forms assignment that buyers can copy.I use this to summarize instruction in a way that students can hold on to. Often my fifth graders ca
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Fast Facts for Science - Invertebrates Bundle
Getting Personal with Minerals Worksheet
Greetings! This full-page middle school earth science class review contains five sections. In the first section, students are presented with twenty-one listed properties. Students circle only the properties that accurately describe a mineral. The second section is matching for the following test names used to identify minerals: luster, shape, color, streak, cleavage, fracture, hardness, density, and special properties. The third section has three short answer questions - two that probe why certa
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Middle School Earth Science Activity Bundle Special
Conduction, Convection, and Radiation, oh my! Classification Activity
Students often confuse the three ways thermal heat is transferred. I created this two-page classification lesson to help my eighth grade physical science students gain experience patterning and identifying examples of conduction, convection, and radiation. I provided a brief definition of each term in the inset text box at the stop of the student page. Students then classify the type of thermal heat transfer for twenty-nine scenarios. Students are directed to answer each class of thermal heat tr
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Physical Science Semester Activity Bundle Special
Fast Facts for Science - Segmented Worms
This file contains bulleted notes for teachers and students. Topics covered include kinds of Annelids, organ systems, and parasites. A student notes template (anchor chart) is included. The template has multiple formats for any size of science notebook. Assessment Options: A paper and pencil assignment is included, as well as a link to a Google Forms assignment that buyers can copy.I use this to summarize instruction in a way that students can hold on to. Often my fifth graders can't use their n
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Fast Facts for Science - Invertebrates Bundle
Solar System Review Guide
Greetings! Middle school science students will complete the following tasks for this full-page activity.Make surface and atmospheric comparisons between the terrestrial planets and the Jovian planets (gas giants)Rank the terrestrial plants by atmospheric density and temperatureCompare and contrast the sun surface features (prominence, sunspot, and solar flare)Compare and distinguish the galactic objects by filling in a flow chart and answering short answer questions (comets, asteroids, meteoroid
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: TpT Digital/Easel-Ready Middle School Science Solar System Mini Unit
Fast Facts for Science - Amphibians
This file contains bulleted notes on amphibians (Class Amphibia), their characteristics, and structures, along with an anchor chart for student notebooks.Some of the Key Terms Included:✔ Terrestrial✔ Aquatic✔ Arboreal✔ Ectothermic✔ Spawn✔ Herpetology✔ EstivationHow to Use This Product:✔ Conduct a Mini-Lesson.✔ Support a science unit.✔ Build an assessment.✔ Develop a slideshow.✔ Teach about Sponges!Benefits✔ Students get a grasp on the simplest animals.✔ A format that's adjustable for all kinds o
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Fast Facts for Science - Vertebrates Bundle
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