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8th grade science rubrics for Gifted and Talented $5-10
Science Fair Assistant: Letters, Rubrics, Timelines and more | 100% Editable
About this ProductThe resource includes a collection of documents to help teachers plan and execute a Science Fair. This product contains the following editable word documents (.docx):• 2 Announcement Letters to Parents and Students• 3 Recruiting Letters to Parents, PTA and Judges• 3 Thank you Letters to Students, Parents and Judges• Student pacing timeline for a primary research project• Student pacing timeline for a secondary research project• Science Fair presentation schedule time-slot works
Grades:
3rd - 10th, Staff
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Also included in: Science Fair Bundle | Printable, Digital & Editable
Invention Convention - Student Led STEM Project
Looking for a fun way to wrap up your engineering unit? This project brings inventions to life and captures imaginations as students answer the question: What does it take to invent something new?Your students will be guided through the engineering design process of designing as they solve a problem with technology! This project guides students through the following steps in a 16 page booklet:To Do Checklist Define a Problem Brainstorming SolutionsPre Conference Form with TeacherDevelop a ModelM
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Engineering - FULL UNIT
Genetic Condition Brochure Project (Gene Mutations)
Are you teaching genetics with your middle school students? This project is a great research extension project for any genetics unit. Have each student research and report on one genetic condition that arises from a genetic mutation. This project has the students designing their own brochures and presenting their findings to their peers. (The project sheet gives a short description of the importance of genes and mutations, but assumes some background on what genes are/do)
This teaching bundle
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6th - 9th
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An introduction to 3D Printing
Includes: PowerPoint, 3D printing videos, 3D printing examples, 10 week program, rubric, worksheets, 3D printer anatomy, safety tips and more
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Staff
Paper Roller Coasters
Paper roller coasters is sure to be a project students will love! It is an engineering project that requires collaboration, problem solving, exact measurement, and a knowledge of physics. Students will explore and put to test Newton's Laws of motion while building their vertical paper roller coaster made out of card stock, tape, and a foam board for the base. You will be amazed at your students creativity in designing and problem solving. I love how cost efficient this STEM project is, using onl
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5th - 9th
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MYP Design Cycle Year 2 & 3 Fully Explained (Lesson with activities)
A great lesson to introduce your students to the MYP design cycle. It has many activities for students to practice each section. When working on their design projects it becomes a great reference if they get stuck. It includes a few extras as well including citations review, importance of command terms, and a few links to you tube videos. This took me 20 plus hours to create. Why reinvent the wheel, grab this and your first 5 lessons of design class are all set to go.
Grades:
7th - 8th
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Middle School Level Research Paper Helps & Google Slides Presentation
Middle School Level Research Paper Helps & Google Slides PresentationInclusionsGrading RubricCriteria ChecklistResearch Paper Outline TemplateHints and Things to Remember ListResearch Paper ExpectationsEditing ChecklistNote Taking SheetPossible Topics ListResources to Get Started List
Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS Cells PBL (Project Based Learning) FULL Unit Plan
This unit plan is a Project Based Learning (PBL) unit for teachers to use to introduce the topic of cells, cell types, organelles, cell size, and cell diversity.
In this unit, students will be assigned a task and they must work together as a group to engineer a cell to accomplish said task. The end product is a cell model, detailed poster, or CAD design. Teachers will facilitate learning during the unit by providing students structured mini-lessons and activites.
Each day has been outlined wi
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7th - 11th
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Cookie Cutter 3D Printing
Students will learn how to use the FREE online software program Tinkercad to make their own 3D printed cookie cutters. They use the engineering process to guide their instruction. Students test out their products with modeling clay before using real cookie dough! This project is complete with teacher lesson plans, student handouts, and rubric. It hits the NGSS standards for engineering and technology for grades 3-5 and middle school. The only thing you will need is a 3D printer!
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Rock Cycle Story - Science/Creative Writing
Are you teaching the rock cycle and in need of an authentic assessment that integrates writing?
This is a rock cycle writing project that students love! The students will plan and write a story told from the perspective of a rock going through the rock cycle. Their stories should be creative but also scientifically accurate!
Included -
- clear directions that are divided into parts
- planning sheets to ensure that students write stories that include three accurate changes
- a short exam
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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Earth Moon and Sun System Assessment (with rubric and scaffolding information!)
This product should be used as the final assessment for the NGSS Standard MS-ESS1-1 where students are asked to create a model of the Earth Moon and Sun system, and how all of the phenomena work together. This covers the ENTIRE standard. This assessment includes:- Rotation vs revolution of - Eclipses- Moon phases- Tilts of axis's and orbits- Seasons- Equinoxes and Solstices etcI've included 2 pages of all the information that should be taught prior to this assessment as teachers notes at the end
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Grades:
7th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
, MS-ESS1-1
NGSS: SEP: Formative Assessment Rubrics and Student "I Can Statements"
This product contains formative assessment rubrics for each of the 8 NGSS Science and Engineering Practices and a rubric for the Engineering Design Standards for middle school students and sample “I can” learning targets for each SEP. I do not use these rubrics for final grades but rather as guides for planning instruction and goal setting with students. The NGSS are written as a grade band for grades 6-8 and represent what students should be able to do by the end of the 8th grade. The rubrics
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: NGSS and 5E NGSS Professional Development BUNDLE
Teaching Growth Mindset and Perseverance Within STEM Challenges
How do you teach students to not give up or shut down when STEM Challenges seem too hard? It's one thing to tell them to have a growth mindset, never give up, and keep trying and another thing altogether to teach them to actually do that!Growth mindset is a skill that has to be taught. Like most everything else, talking the talk means nothing if you don't walk the walk!This bundle focuses specifically on helping your students understand how to handle frustration and failure productively during S
Grades:
2nd - 8th
PBL: Mapping Your School on a Coordinate Grid: CORE (Geometry and Number Sense)
For an in-depth preview go here: http://pblparadise.blogspot.com/
CORE Standards
6.G.3 Draw polygons in the coordinate plane given coordinates for the vertices; use coordinates to find the length of a side joining points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate. Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
6.NS.6.b Understand signs of numbers in ordered pairs as indicating locations in quadrants of the coordinate plane; recognize th
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Pedigrees Activity With Grading Rubric (Project, Lab or Activity Grade!)
Looking for a activity to see if your students have reached mastery? This activity test the students knowledge and skills as they are lead into creating a pedigree. The student will be prompted with clear directions/procedures to create their pedigree on a large family called "The Smith's". This pedigree activity is great for middle or high school science classes. And a rubric is included for easy grading! I personally use this activity as a lab grade in my general biology class. Don't forget to
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Weather Forecasting Report- News Meteorology Project for Weather Unit
This is a great project for the end of your weather unit. Students can show their understandings of different weather phenomenon like fronts, radar, temperature, pressure systems and how they all work together. Included: An easy fill in the blank outline for a report that the students will use when interpreting a weather map just like a meteorologistTips for teachers using thisOutline for how to use it in classRubric for easy grading and an outline for the students to know they are on trackSign
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Grades:
6th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-4
, MS-ESS2-6
, MS-ESS2-5
Winter Animal Research Activities for Agriculture & Science
This research fun bundle leans into the excitement of the holiday season with four Animal activities. Included is a Pet-Safe Holiday Food Research activity with Poster and Presentation options, True False or Opinion Partner Activity, Ugly Winter Animal Sweater and a Compare and Contrast Santa Writing Prompt that asks students to help Santa out by compiling a list of goodies he should bring to Children who also ask for a kitten or a puppy for Christmas.Bonus: Christmas Word find for early finishe
Grades:
6th - 12th
Self-Assessment Reflection Forms ELA 8
Build student ownership of learning and growth mindset with this formative assessment tool. Each sheet allows students to evaluate their own learning progress, provide supporting evidence from work samples, reflect on challenges, and develop an action plan for future practice. The system includes a set of Marzano learning scales specific to each Common Core standard for eighth-grade ELA.Useful for:Documenting growth toward learning targetsPlanning student-led conferencesCreating a student-center
Grades:
8th
Also included in: ELA Learning Scales Bundle 8
Newton's Laws of Motion Student Choice Projects (with Rubrics)
Students will be able to show their understanding of Newton's Laws of Motion, as well as show off their creativity skills, with this project. Students will have the choice of creating their choice of product, which include Comic Books, Posters (both "old school" paper posters and electronic posters), Books, Presentations, and/or Videos/Movies. Each product also includes a rubric for assessment!
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Grades:
7th - 11th
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Gifted Education Unit- Design Your Own App
As of 2017, 77% of Americans own a smartphone or tablet. It is estimated that in 2020, people will spend $189 billion on apps. Design Your Own App is an excellent extension for students to use critical thinking and problem solving skills to develop a new innovative app. Their new app can be used to entertain, connect people, educate, or make everyday living easier. Students will create a thorough description of how to app works and a visual design of the app. Finally, students will have the opp
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Chemical Bonding Tic-Tac-Toe Project
Project Based Learning Summative Project - To be completed after both ionic and covalent bonding have been discussed. Learning goal for this activity1. Students will compare the process of covalent and ionic bonding2. Students will understand what takes place during ionic bonding and covalent bonding3. Students will explain how ionic and covalent bonds are same and different.4. Students will identify ions and lewis structuresCritical vocabulary you must address in your three products. Cation,
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
NGSS:
HS-LS3-1
, HS-LS4-4
, HS-LS3-2
Interactive periodic table project
This is a two part project. Students are given a small pizza box in which they have to create a square for their element to be a part of the class periodic table. The at-home portion of the project is the creation of the square. The in class project is to create a commercial to "advertise" the element assigned. Each box cover is then transformed into a "QR" type code using an augmented reality app such as
Aurasma.
Includes 2 rubrics: 1 for the at home portion and a 2nd for the in-class p
Energy and Matter in Ecosystems Bundle (Bellwork, Projects, and Review Game)
5th Grade Energy and Matter in Ecosystems BundleSupplement your unit on producers/consumers/scavengers/decomposers, food chains, food webs, energy pyramids, predator/prey dynamics, ecosystems, and invasive species with this bundle of warm up, review, project, and presentation activities.Includes:Bellwork - 18 warm up questions, ready to display in classInvasive Species Presentation - Have students research and present about an invasive species with this set of instructions, rubric, sign up sheet
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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NGSS:
5-LS2-1
, 5-PS3-1
Invertebrate Biology Art Project: Medieval Bestiary Art Project with Rubric
This is a great project for the end of the Biology Invertebrate Unit.
The students love the creative aspect and have fun inventing new animals.
The project includes full instructions, samples, rubric, and assessment.
A Medieval Bestiary is a book (usually illustrated) with symbolic and amusing descriptions of fabled beasts.
Purpose:
The purpose of this assignment is to provide the students with an opportunity to create their own page of a Medieval Bestiary which will include an image of a
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