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Middle school earth sciences resources for Microsoft Word under $5
Bill Nye Fossil video
This 18 question worksheet provides a way for students to follow along with the Bill Nye Fossil video. The video and worksheet cover the following concepts: fossils, La Brea Tea pits, mold vs cast, extinct, paleontologist, petrification, and rock layers. An answer key is included
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3rd - 7th
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Earthquake Jello Lab Activity STEM
This lab or activity is a hands-on and collaborative learning lesson that incorporates the following:
STEM
Earthquakes
Geology
Engineering
Design
Real-World Connections
Problem Solving
Inferencing and Predicting
Materials: this handout, mini-marshmellows, toothpicks, jello
Overview: Students will work together to tackle a real-world problem: engineers are constantly working to design and build buildings that can survive the impact of serious earthquakes. I show students some videos and picture
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5th - 10th
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Human Impact on the Environment Poster Project
The purpose of this assignment is to research a chosen topic on how humans are currently having an impact on the Earth and then create an educational, environmental poster/public service announcement. The posters will cover topics such as pollution, deforestation, eutrophication, poaching, global warming, invasive species, genetically modified organisms, and more.This assignment includes project descriptions, expectations, student work examples, and grading rubric. This is an editable assignment
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4th - 8th
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Mapping the Ring of Fire Worksheet with keys for Earthquakes and Volcanoes.
This is great worksheet to show students how a seismologist would collect seismic data and plot the coordinates on a map. The coordinates map out the boundaries of the Ring of Fire. You might have to spend a little time teaching the students how to read longitude and latitude but if they have had any experience graphing coordinates in Math then it shouldn't be too difficult. The biggest problem is the East is on the left side of the map and West is on the right. I had to spend a little time with
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5th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
, MS-ESS2-2
Geologic Time WebQuest | Earth Science, History of the Earth
Berkeley has a really nice interactive website about Geologic Time. This WebQuest walks students through the interactive in Part I, and in Part II, they get to research a dinosaur of their choice. This usually took my students one class period (40ish minutes). I used it in my 7th grade Earth Science class (I no longer teach 7th grade).The document is in Word, so feel free to modify it as needed for your class.*******WARNING: WEBSITES CHANGE ALL THE TIME. This is out of my control, and sometimes
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â The BIG Middle School Earth Science Bundle!
Cycles of Matter Webquest
Updated as of 01/20/23!! This webquest takes students through animations of the water cycle, carbon, oxygen and phosphorus cycles, and nitrogen cycle. There are fill-in-the-blank and short answer questions that go along with each animation. This activity introduces students to the big idea that all matter is recycled and is never created or destroyed. *Answer Key included
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7th - 12th
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Geologic Time Scale Scavenger Hunt
Students will use the Geologic Time Scale as a resource to answer the questions about earth's history. There are 13 questions, copy of a time scale, and answer key. Students will explore extinctions, periods, eras, glaciation and order of life on earth.
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6th - 9th
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Tides Lab Using Water Balloons - Hands On Experience That Kids LOVE!
This lab is a really fun way to use discovery and investigation to teach students how gravity and inertia cause tides, along with the moon. The cost is low (a package of water balloons and yarn) and it is a great activity to get kids moving and outside. They work in small groups and go through a series of steps and procedures and record data. This was one of the most fun labs of the year for students and was instrumental is having kids understand why we have high tides on the side of the Earth c
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6th - 12th
Friend or Foe Garden Game: Pests and Pollinators
This is an original game I invented and used at school gardens in California and Texas - HUGE HIT! It's fun to challenge students' knowledge and INTUITION about creatures that might be found in nature and around the garden. All photos are original!
Students learn by playing the game. Find out which insects are beneficial and why. Instead of instantly swatting at all insects, students will respect the role they play, e.g., predator, member of the food web, pollinator, etc.
To play, two groups
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3rd - 6th
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Trees, Forestry and Deforestation 5E Lab-Distance learning possible
Update for distance learning: Students could do this lab at home with a tree in their backyard, neighborhood, or park. They need a cheap measuring tape, a cardboard triangle, string and a weight. Through zoom or a video, teachers can help students through the math. Another option is for the teacher to make a video measuring a tree and the corresponding math. Students can do the follow-up questions on their own.This is a full 5E designed for inquiry. It is advanced enough for AP, but accessible f
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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NGSS:
HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-6
, HS-ESS3-4
Also included in:Â Unit 5 Bundle for AP Environmental Science
Rainbow Topographic Map Activity
This is a simple and effective way to introduce topographic maps. Students will need a variety of colored pencils. This activity was originally created as an intervention for re-teaching purposes. Perfect for students who need visuals for understanding.
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3rd - 8th
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
These 24 questions go with the Journey to the Center of the Earth movie released in 2008. All questions are science related and follow the order of the movie. There is a 3 page set of fill in questions for regular education students It also includes a four page multiple choice set of pages for special education students and a two page answer key. Topics include layers of the earth, minerals, and other general science topics.
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6th - 9th
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Bill Nye Climate Video Guide Sheet
This 14 question worksheet provides a way for students to follow along with the Bill Nye Climate video. The questions are all fill-in-the-blank. The video and worksheet cover the following concepts: temperature, precipitation, types of climates, equator, land features effecting climate, El Nino, atmosphere, plants and animals of different climates.
The worksheet goes in order of the video so students don't lose their place while filling in the guide sheet. There is plenty of line space for stu
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5th - 9th
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PBS The Dust Bowl Ken Burns Movie Guide Answer Key Episode 1 2 Part Documentary
The Dust Bowl - 2012 ‧ Documentary ‧ 4 hoursThe 1930s drought of North American prairie farmland, and its consequences during the Great Depression.Episode 1 – The Great Plow Up – 2012 - TV-PG – 1h 51mIn the early 20th century, homesteaders converge on the southern Plains, where wet years, rising wheat prices and World War I produce a classic boom. Then, in 1931, a decade-long drought begins, exacerbated by the Great Depression.38 questions with time stamps and answer keyPart 2 Reaping the Whirlw
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6th - 12th
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Creative Curriculum Trees Study Visuals
28 Pages of Visuals for the Creative Curriculum "Trees" study. It starts with Large images of trees, parts of trees, things made out of trees, etc.. to print out for around the room. Then the rest of the document is smaller pictures for you to show on a SMARTboard as question of the day or print out.Visuals range from types trees, images to help identify different kinds of trees, parts of a tree, things made out of wood, and then questions of the day about things that come from trees and animal
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PreK - 6th
Soil Horizons A-B-C Formation Lab Activity Edible
Hands-on activity that teaches students everything they need to know about soil. I finally did this activity for the first time today-11/5/13 and it was great. Students actually form Horizon C through the weathering of "bedrock", Horizon A, and Horizon B through "leaching".
Students learn soil horizons, which forms 1st, how they form, soil composition, how living things impact the soil, and many other things related to soil.
Thanks and Enjoy.
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1st - 8th
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The Edible Layers of the Earth Lab
This is easy and pretty much all you need is to buy is a bag of m&m's!
My students loved this and made great connections between the actual layers of the Earth and how it correlates with m&m's. There is also an answer key included. Very easy to follow directions.
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6th - 9th
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Interpreting Weather Maps
In this activity, students practice being meteorologists by interpreting weather maps. The activity includes three different weather maps with standards-aligned interpretation and analyses questions.
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5th - 10th
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Science Activities Moon Phase, Eclipse, and Tides Webquests Activity Editable
NO PREP! Two different webquests on two different pages that can be used together or separately. Easy to incorporate and can be used as one class period or two depending upon grade level etc. These webquests can be used together or separately. The first webquest focuses on moon phases and eclipses, and the second webquest is about tides. Students explore websites to find information and answer the questions. The file is editable to adapt to your needs - p.1-2 is set up to be printed as a two sid
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5th - 11th
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Bill Nye:S1E2 The Earth's Crust Plate tectonics video sheet (with answer key)
Bill Nye: The Earth's crust Plate tectonics video sheet.
Very easy for my 6th grade EC classes, it's multiple choice answers. This way they get a chance to watch the video and not spend all of the time on reading and answering the follow along questions.
Includes answer key.
Click here to check out my 45% off retail price: Plate tectonics, plate boundaries, and Earth layers Bundle that includes this resource.
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4th - 7th
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Meteorology Webquest
In this webquest, students practice being real-world meteorologists forecasting and interpreting weather maps. They use current weather websites to track current conditions and to predict future conditions. They explore the different types of weather maps meteorologists use to track different aspects of the weather. The webquest allows ample room to individualized student exploration. Students can explore different types of maps of their interest, as well as different places around the world
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6th - 9th
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Soil Profile (Horizon) Poster activity with grading rubric
Soil Profile (Horizon) Activity with grading rubric Includes all the basic requirements including using the 3 main soil horizons with definitions on the poster (definitions are on the rubric). Definitions include Topsoil Humus Subsoil Bedrock Parent rock Grading point system is premade for easy expectations and grading. On a word document so you can edit any parts you would like to. Simple easy activity that most students enjoy Used in my middle school cl
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4th - 9th
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Coriolis Effect Balloon Lab
The Coriolis Effect is a very challenging scientific concept to understand, and it is hard for kids to wrap their brains around it when it's so far removed from their classroom and lives. This hands-on lab activity allows students to model the Coriolis Effect - feel and see it happen right before their eyes. Students use balloons as the Earth and draw the winds as the balloon earths spin on their axis. They can see the Coriolis Effect happen and see the directions that the winds blow on both the
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5th - 9th
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Atmosphere Air Pressure and Temperature Graphs
In this activity, students will analyze and evaluate a two atmosphere graphs. The first graph shows the relationship between altitude and air pressure. The second graph shows the relationship between altitude and temperature. The graphs include standards-based analyses questions. Additionally, the activity helps students build graphing and data skills.
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6th - 9th
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