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8th grade science Common Core RI.6.8 resources
Middle School Science Curriculum NGSS Aligned Full Year Science Lesson Bundle
Do you want to save time in planning for middle school science? This Middle School Science Curriculum Bundle addresses all the DCIs for Middle School NGSS. Complete units with phenomena-based 5E Science Lessons for 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade.Save more than 30% by purchasing this bundle! ❤️ Get back to the fun of teaching science! Let me do the planning for you!Why do you need this bundle?phenomena-based resourcesengaging activitiesaligned to standardsSave time and money!Access to my updates****Inc
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-5
, MS-ESS1-4
, MS-ESS2-3
, MS-LS1-7
, MS-ESS3-2
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Weather Reading Passages Worksheets Tools Weather & Climate Severe Zones Clouds
Weather and Climate Worksheets - Reading Comprehension Passages, Questions, and Annotations It contains 6 Engaging, Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages with Directions for Student Annotations! Reading Comprehension Questions also included! Questions & Answer Keys for Each of the 6 Reading Passages! COMMON CORE ALIGNED! Aligned with Weather and Climate Interactive Notebook (not required to use this resource, but recommended) OVERVIEW OF EACH READING PASSAGE:1.) Weather and Clouds Types
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4th - 8th
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Electricity & Magnetism: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about electricity and magnetism through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions5 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading level
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Physical Science: Differentiated Passages Bundle
Forces and Motion: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about forces and motion through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions7 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading levels for ea
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Physical Science: Differentiated Passages Bundle
The Scientific Revolution Reading Passages - Questions - Annotations
The Scientific Revolution Worksheets - Reading Comprehension Passages, Questions, and Annotations This resource is designed for a Scientific Revolution unit. It contains 5 Engaging, Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages with Directions for Student Annotations! Reading Comprehension Questions also included! Questions & Answer Keys for Each of the 5 Reading Passages! COMMON CORE ALIGNED! Aligned with The Scientific Revolution Interactive NotebookQuick overview of topics covered in this re
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5th - 9th
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Climate Change & Global Warming & The Greenhouse Effect Human Impact MS-ESS3-5.
Do you need to teach your students about climate change and global warming? Students will learn about human impact on climate change and global warming with these engaging activities. They will learn about the Greenhouse Effect. They will learn about the factors that have caused global temperatures to rise over the past century. They will learn about various contributing factors to climate change.✅ The Greenhouse Effect is necessary for our planet to stay at a healthy temperature, but too much c
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
Landforms: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about Landforms through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions7 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading levels for each passa
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Earth Science Differentiated Passages Bundle
Light and Sound Energy: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about light and sound energy through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions7 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading levels f
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Physical Science: Differentiated Passages Bundle
Rocks & Minerals: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about Rocks and Minerals through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions3 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading levels for e
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Earth Science Differentiated Passages Bundle
Ecosystems Reading Passages - Questions - Annotations
Ecosystems Worksheets - Reading Comprehension Passages, Questions, and Annotations This resource is designed for an Ecosystems unit. It contains 5 Engaging, Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages with Directions for Student Annotations! Reading Comprehension Questions also included! Questions & Answer Keys for Each of the 5 Reading Passages! COMMON CORE ALIGNED! Aligned with Ecosystems Interactive Notebook (Not required to use this resource, but recommended) Quick overview of topics cove
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4th - 8th
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Matter & Energy: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about matter and energy through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions5 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading levels for ea
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Physical Science: Differentiated Passages Bundle
Science Reading Task Cards
Use this set of 75 science informational text task cards with ANY type of science reading material for students in Grades 6 - 12. Simply choose the cards you want to use with any science article, reading, current event, lab handout, or passage from the text. Teaching students how to "read science" may be one of the most important lessons you teach in your science class.In today’s world, student’s must be able to read, comprehend, and analyze science informational reading passages!Students must
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8th - 11th
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Solar System Project & Moon Phases Activity & Seasons & Stars and Galaxies
Do you need to teach about the solar system and Sun, Moon, and Earth? This Earth and Space NGSS bundle covers all Middle School Earth’s Place in the Universe standards. Students will develop models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system, explain gravity in galaxies, and determine the scale and properties of objects in the solar system. Perfect for 6th-grade science.Benefits of this Unit:well organizedEngaging labs and activitiesReading passagesStandards-alignedUnits in the bundle include:5-E lessonsNonfic
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
, MS-ESS1-1
Seeds, Plants, Pollination, & Reproduction Differentiated NF Reading Passages
In this resource, there is a nonfiction reading passage summarizing Seeds, Plants, Pollination, & Reproduction. General overview of how pollination occurs is given. It is differentiated for your high, mid, and lower level students. Integrate science content with your reading texts and meet each reader's needs with this set. Guided Reading levels are M, O, and Q.$Why should I purchase this passage set?$• Textbooks aren't what they used to be...if we have them at all. Often textbooks are writt
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4th - 8th
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Human Body Systems: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about human body systems through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions7 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading levels for e
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Life Science Differentiated Passages Bundle
Ecosystems: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about Ecosystems through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions5 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading levels for each pass
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Earth Science Differentiated Passages Bundle
Ecosystems Activities & Interactions & Food Webs & Resource Availability
This HUGE Bundle addresses the NGSS MS LS Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics. Students will learn about interactions between organisms, cycling of matter and flow of energy, physical and biological components of an ecosystem, and designing a solution to address an ecological problem.This Bundle Contains:Slide ShowsReading PassagesResponse PagesInteractive Notebook InsertsLabsLab PagesAssessmentsEcosystem ActivitiesThis Ecosystem Bundle Includes:Ecosystems Patterns and InteractionsEcosystem Food
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-5
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
Science Passages: Nonfiction Texts bundle
In this science text bundle, there is a nonfiction reading passage based on 27 topics covered in Georgia Fifth Grade Science. Each nonfiction science text is differentiated for your high, mid, and lower level students. Integrate science content with your reading texts and meet each reader's needs with this set. There are differentiated close reading passages, comprehension questions, fill in the blank higher order thinking questions/diagrams/graphic organizers, and writing prompts for each topic
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4th - 8th
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Earth's Cycles Reading Passages - Comprehension Questions Oxygen Nitrogen Carbon
Earth's Cycles Worksheets - Reading Comprehension Passages, Questions, and Annotations It contains 4 Engaging, Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages with Directions for Student Annotations! Reading Comprehension Questions also included! Infographic / Visual Reference Pages for Each Cycle! Questions & Answer Keys for Each of the 4 Reading Passages! COMMON CORE ALIGNED! Aligned with Earth's Cycles Interactive Notebook (not required to use this resource, but recommended) OVERVIEW OF EACH R
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4th - 8th
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Phineas Gage Nonfiction Book Study Guide -- Includes DIGITAL file options!
This is a 120+ page Common Core aligned complete book study for the nonfiction text, Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The Table of Contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. GO DIGITAL! Choose printed or paperless resources! The student packet, quizzes, and final exam are available as Google Drive™ files. A voc
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6th - 8th
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Solar System: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about the solar system through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions6 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading levels for eac
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Earth Science Differentiated Passages Bundle
Middle School NGSS Science Bundle & Bell Ringers & 5-E Lessons & Assessments
This NGSS Middle School Science Bundle is my biggest bundle! It includes all my middle school science units, Bell Ringers, Jeopardy-style games, Assessments, and Informational Text Science Units for Middle School. It addresses all the NGSS standards for 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade NGSS science. Save when you purchase this bundle! Save 30% by purchasing this bundle! (Best Value)This NGSS Science Bundle Includes:Middle School Science Units✅ The science units for this bundle include:(PDF and PPT)MS-PS1
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-5
, MS-ESS1-4
, MS-ESS2-3
, MS-LS1-7
, MS-ESS3-2
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Weather & Water Cycle: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about weather and the water cycle through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions7 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading lev
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Earth Science Differentiated Passages Bundle
Science Differentiated Passages Bundle
Science Differentiated Passages BundlePrintable + Digital Paperless Versions IncludedWith this resource, students will learn about all things science from life science to physical science to earth science by reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. There are 109 original reading passages included on 5 reading levels covering grades 3-8, totaling 545 passages. Questions (as well as answer keys) aligned to Common Core State Standards are included for each passage. Students can r
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