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Free 8th grade basic principles resources for Microsoft Word
Free Food Chain Card Game
This free download includes 21 cards of varying images and the remaining cards have food chain vocabulary. These cards can be used at any age. I use them with kindergarten but vocabulary cards make the activity applicable to the higher grades.
There are 4 pages of cards with 8 cards per page, ready to laminate and use with students.
I include the vocabulary terms:
Plant Eating (herbivore)
Meat Eating (carnivore)
Plant and Meat Eating (omnivore)
Producer
Decomposer
Consumer
Primary Consumer
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K - 8th
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Blood Spatter Detectives Lab
This fun and exciting lab allows students to work in teams of 3 or 4 to determine how changing the distance effects how a drop of blood falls. This lab provides practice with identifying variables and graphing as well as an interesting introduction to forensics. You will notice a rubber stamp icon on the lab sheet. My students know that this means that they must receive a rubber stamp of approval of their hypothesis from me before I will let them proceed with gathering their materials. I play ho
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6th - 10th
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Osmosis Jones Movie Questions
These questions go along with the movie Osmosis Jones. There are 25 questions total. This is a fairly simple worksheet. It could be used for middle or high school.
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7th - 10th
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Chemical and Physical Properties and Changes sorting cards
This a set of 40 small cards that I created to use with an interactive notebook. On each card is either a property or a change that can be classified as chemical or physical. These can be used in a variety of ways.
•Without telling them the goal of the lesson, have students group items without giving them guidance. See what categories they come up with to generate discussion. Use this as an intro into the properties of matter and chemical and physical changes.
•Give each student a card then d
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Scientific Notation Student Notes
These notes coincide with the Scientific Notation PowerPoint that is also available. They allow students to build an understanding of what positive and negative coefficients mean, how to decide which coefficient to use, and how to multiply and divide numbers in scientific notation through comparison and practice. This lesson has worked well in my classroom to teach and review the basics of scientific notation.
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7th - 12th
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Animal and Plant cell organelle structure and function
Power point of animal and plant organelle structure and function.
plasma membrane Barrier between outside and inside of cell
Semi-permeable - made of phospholipids and proteins
cell wall Rigid structure outside the cell membrane
Provides structure/support for plants, fungi & bacteria - made of cellulose, porous, not selective
Nucleus Leader - control center of cell
Contains instructions for making proteins
houses chromatin (blue prints) or strands of DNA
Assembles ribosomes from subunits
Fo
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Lab Report Template MIDDLE SCHOOL and HIGH SCHOOL Science
This is a lab template that is great for students 6th through 12th grade for all science investigations. The template guides students in making a lab report that is professional and accurate with the appropriate items in the appropriate sections. I have my 7th graders use this template and while it is challenging in the beginning of the year, but 8th grade they have it down, If you wanted to simplify it for your sped students, just remove some of the information. I have labs and activities for m
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6th - 12th
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Osmosis & Diffusion Critical Thinking Worksheet
A worksheet with higher-level, critical thinking questions about osmosis (hypertonic vs. hypotonic) that will have students applying their content knowledge to real-world scenarios instead of simply regurgitating. This handout is editable, or ready to go as is! It can be used as independent classwork, homework, or the questions can be split up into stations for group rotations!
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7th - 12th
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Newton's Laws of Motion Slowest Marble Race
The Great Marble Race! This activity is meant to be used as a group project. Students will be racing marbles to see whose marble can race the SLOWEST. Using Newton's Laws of Motion, students will be using a thick poster board or cardboard and other recycled materials to create their race board. They should first understand common force and motion terms such as acceleration, friction, laws of motion, gravity, etc.
This is an assignment handout with guidelines for what is expected of students an
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3rd - 8th
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Dimensional Analysis Practice
This is a tiered dimensional analysis worksheet.
Section 1: Section 1 includes practice of one-dimensional unit conversion. It starts the students with something they are familiar with such as time, and then progresses.
Section 2: Section 2 includes practice of rate unit conversion. They should not move on to this section until mastering section 1. If they cannot convert just distance, they have no business converting speed.
Section 3: Section 3 includes applying unit conversion to real li
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8th - 10th
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Egg Osmosis Lab Report
Editable Egg Osmosis Lab Report
Designed as a post-lab assessment for a lab that includes testing water, vinegar, and corn syrup as variable environments for vinegar soaked eggs.
Also includes graphing (percent change in weight of egg on initial day and end day) and analysis questions.
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5th - 12th
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Cheek Cell and Onion Cell Lab (Plant and Animal Cells)
This is a graphic organizer that students can use while they preform the cheek cell and onion cell lab using microscopes. It prints horizontally so works well as an organizer. It follows the standard Method of Scientific Investigation.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Home Alone Movie Science Review
A review of basic Science concepts using the movie Home Alone
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6th - 8th
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Marshmallow Matter Lab
Students use mini marshmallows to model and compare atoms, elements, molecules and compound. Very clear directions are given through task cards for 4 different tasks prompting students to read, model, draw and write in their interactive science notebook. Notebook page, directions, and teacher background is provided.
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6th - 9th
Gummy Bear Graphing Lab
This very fun lab gives students practice with creating a hypothesis as well as determining variables in an experiment. Then students must convert their data into a graph. Practice collecting data, measuring and analyzing data is also accomplished. Be sure to test your brand of gummy bears first...some will just dissolve. You don't want those. CVS's Gold Emblem and Brach's brand work very well. :)
If you like what you see and can use it with your students, PLEASE come back and leave me feedback
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4th - 9th
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Experimental Design PowerPoint Lesson Student Notes Page
These notes coincide with the Experimental Design PowerPoint. It was designed to help my students with their mastery of the experimental design questions found in Objective 1: Nature of Science on the TAKS test in Texas. It helps students understand how to identify the independent and dependent variables, constants, hypothesis, control group and the conclusion. It also emphasizes that factors that can keep a hypothesis or conclusion from being valid (emotions, opinions, random sampling, and l
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Science Fair (Forms to help students choose a project/Help with Display Board)
This packet is something I've been using for the past four years to help my students prep for the Science Fair.
Included:
1. Planning Guide---Helps students find a topic they enjoy and hopefully gives them a resource to choose a project that won't feel like work.
2. Official Form Page--- This is what I use for their abstract. It's their display board....condensed.
3. Display Board Expectations/tips
4. Sample Lay-Outs
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4th - 11th
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General Anatomy & Physiology: Your Skin: Up Close
A perfect introduction to the Integumentary System, this worksheet carefully examines some of the main features of the human skin. The worksheet has a puzzle section and an identify section. A great resource for students of both middle and high school science.
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6th - 12th
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Paper Airplane Lab (Scientific Method Practice)
This hands-on lab helps students practice utilizing the scientific method by solving a physical science based question: How does the mass of a paper airplane affect the distance it travels? This lab also introduces the basics of force and motion along with the affects of gravity.
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-PS2-2
, HS-PS2-1
Simple Microscope Lab
Here is a quick, traditional introduction to microscope lab. I wrote this for a newcomer ELL class that was just starting to move into science content. These are high school students with a wide variety of backgrounds, some with no formal education in their past and some that had attended private schools in their home country.
This lab sheet has simple directions for students to draw what they see as they explored how to use a microscope. When I use this in my room we set out a selection of
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4th - 12th
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Measurement Lab: Mass, Weight, Volume
This hands-on mini lab was used in my classroom and proved to be quite helpful.
Required materials for each group/partner:
-Triple Beam Balance
-Spring Scale
-Ruler
-Box of tooth picks
-Unsharpened pencils
-Box of unopened tissues
-Calculator
-100ml Graduated Cylinder
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6th - 10th
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Practice Identifying the Parts of an Experiment
This worksheet will help students identify the parts of an experiment after reading small paragraph examples. After reading each paragraph, students will have to identify the control group, the experimental group, the independent variable, and the dependent variable. I used this worksheet for my 8th grade Physical Science class during our Scientific Method unit.
Grades:
5th - 10th
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Water, Water, Everywhere! - Properties of Water Investigation #1
A Hands-on Investigation about the Properties of Water. This investigation is best suited for grades 5-9. However, it can be adapted for the 4th grade. The investigation includes; Teacher Notes, Tables & Graphs, Student Data Sheet, Extensions with Videos & Readings, and a Materials List. The investigation is laid out in a 5-E model. This is the first investigation in a series of five investigations.
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5th - 9th
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Nature of Science Slime Lab
This lab drives home the importance of accurate record keeping, repetition & replication. Using inexpensive ingredients: borax, water, and white glue students will make slime. Students work in teams of 3-4, acting as a development team, this lab shows students a real-world application. Students will answer critical thinking lab questions after activity is completed.
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4th - 9th
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