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Middle school archaeology resources for Microsoft Word and for International Baccalaureate
Types of Fossils Activity
Different types of fossils. True form, cast, mold, and trace fossils. Students will replicate each type of fossil and glue it to the handout.
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1st - 10th
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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: The BIG Middle School Earth Science Bundle!
Relative and Absolute Dating Bundle
These resources will help your students learn about relative and absolute dating. Make this topic fun and hands on with engaging lab activities! Check out the preview of each product. An editable quiz is also included as a bonus file. Be sure to follow my TpT store by clicking on the green "follow me" next to my seller picture to receive notifications of new products and upcoming sales. Don't forget to leave feedback to earn TpT credits that can be used for future purchases! Want free tips and r
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8th - 10th
Question Exploration: How do Index Fossils Help Relative Dating of Rock Layers?
How Do Index Fossils Help Relative Dating of Rock Layers? This Question Exploration helps Ss explain index fossils and relative dating using Steno’s law of superposition, the principle of original horizontality, and the principle of lateral continuity. Question Exploration Routine is an instructional methods that teachers can use to help a diverse student population understand a body of content information by carefully answering a critical question to arrive at a main idea answer. The Concept Co
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6th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, HS-ESS1-6
, MS-ESS2-3
, HS-ESS2-1
IB PYP Exhibition Journal
IB Exhibition Journal takes students step by step through a PYP Exhibition, including choosing a topic, writing a central idea and key concept based lines of inquiry, learner profile checklist, research, and group presentation. Also includes planning calendar, student rubrics and teacher rubrics. General enough to work with an IB unit of inquiry, but delivered as a word document for editing and revising.
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4th - 6th
Website Design Project Using Weebly: Includes MYP Technology Criteria
This is a very fun assessment/project that provides students the opportunity to explore the creative world of web design while working through the process of the Design Cycle. The Unit Question students are working towards is as follows: How can I use technology to properly and safely communicate? Students have the awesome opportunity to create a website about an approved topic using a free online program called Weebly. This bundle includes the teacher directions, student directions, brainsto
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6th - 10th
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Half-Life Labs with M&M's, Licorice, and Plain Paper
This product includes two versions of my M&M half-life laboratory activity. One version is a more traditional Earth Science radioactive dating lab. The other is slightly more advanced Physics inquiry based lab that requires the use of a graphing calculator, like the TI-83 or TI-84. Both versions allow for hands-on examination as in this lab, students will experiment with a half-life model in which M&M candies represent radioactive "m&mium" atoms. The imprinted "M" on each candy repre
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7th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, HS-PS1-8
Also included in: StayGiant Candy Mix Bundle: Lab Investigations
Asking Questions and Critical Thinking - Forming Inquiry / Research Questions
Help your students learn how to identify and ask higher-order thinking inquiry questions in class (science as well as other subject areas) and in life in general because this type of deep thinking promotes a richer classroom environment, critical thinking skills, and lifelong learning!
Getting students to think deeply about what they want to know and generating higher-order inquiry questions is a skill that often, in my experience, needs to be explicitly taught in order the help students from
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PreK - 9th, Staff
Student Behavior Reflection Form (Includes IB Learner Profile Traits)
This is a quick and easy behavior reflection form that students fill out when they get into trouble or break the rules in school. This form makes students reflect on their choices and links it to the International Baccalaureate Learner Profile Traits. Students have to reflect on their actions and set goals for the future in order to claim responsibility for their actions and take ownership by signing the form when it is completed. This is an easy form to file away and serves as great documenta
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6th - 12th, Staff
Candy Bar Rock Layers
This is a hands-on modeling activity to help students better understand the law of superposition and relative aging of rocks. The activity is set up as a lab format.
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7th - 8th
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Mesopotamia Virtual Archeology: Sumer and Babylon Virtual Tour
Students learn about ancient Mesopotamia by using four virtual resources: A virtual tour of an archeological site in Babylon, a 3D Reconstruction of Babylon, An analysis of Sumerian artifacts from a museum, and a video of a Ziggurat. A worksheet is provided to analyze these sources, as well as links to all the sources.
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6th - 10th
Into the Inferno 2016 Netflix Documentary Werner Herzog volcanoes Movie Guide
Into the Inferno - 2016 ‧ Documentary ‧ 1h 47m – TV-PGWerner Herzog and volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer travel the globe and visit volcanoes in Indonesia, Ethiopia and even North Korea in an attempt to understand man's relationship with one of nature's most violent wonders.38 questions with time stamps (2 pages) Answer key (3 pages)
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7th - 12th
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Create A Creature Taxonomy Project
In this activity, which is based on Carlos Linnaeus' animal classification system, student will identify a new creature that they have discovered. They begin by using their creativity to think of a creature that does not exist. It has them identifying the characteristics of three of the five Kingdoms and then takes them through identifying their creature from Phylum all the way to Species.
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6th - 9th
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Algebra IB Middle Years Programme MYP Unit Planner - Function Introduction
This MYP Unit Planner for Functions Introduction includes: Key Concept, Related Concept, Global Context, Statement of Inquiry, Inquiry Questions (Factual, Conceptual, Debatable), Objectives, Summative Assessment, Approaches to Learning (ATL), Contents, Learning Process, Resources, and Reflection.Editable Word documentCopyright Matt Yubas. Feel free to contact me at AlgebraYubas@gmail.com*****************************************************************************All MYP UNIT PLANNERS• MYP Expres
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6th - 10th
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History of Earth Webquest
Webquest that utilizes a phenomenal free lesson created by the University of California Museum of Paleontology program 'Explorations Through Time' A series of interactive modules that explore the history of life on Earth, while focusing on the processes of science.
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5th - 8th
Visual Arts Process Journal Overview/Syllabus -- IB MYP
If the Visual Arts Process Journal or workbook is overwhelming to you or your students, use this handy reference to introduce the concept and expectations to them.
This is a two-page Word document that explains the four domains/concepts/objectives for the MYP and explains to students how to demonstrate their learning in each area.
Also included is a list of web links for students to see examples and references for their visual journals, as well as a few online videos that they will find help
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6th - 8th
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King Tut's Final Secrets, Viewing Guides
National Geographic: King Tut's Final Secrets follows a group of scientists as they use artifacts and technology in order to reconstruct the history of the supposed curse that haunts the tomb of the famous king, bringing untimely death to those who disturb the sacred resting place ~Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Movie Length: 95 Minutes
You will receive the Viewing Guides for this movie. The DVD is not included, but it is readily available on Blockbuster, Netflix, etc.
Viewing Guide 1 cover
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6th - 12th
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Weathering, Erosion, Deposition - Hands-on STATIONS
I use this after students have learned the basics about weathering, erosion, and deposition. My on-level or special needs students use their notes about WED to help them with the follow-up questions to the activity at each station.
Students travel in groups around the room to complete each activity. Warning: as with most hands-on activities, it can get a little messy, but it's well worth it as students remember this activity and you can reference it as you go forward through the geology conte
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5th - 8th
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Info Reading Text - Weird Histroy: Easter Island Mysteries
Click here for "Author's Purpose" additional activityAn informational text article about Easter Island, and its mysterious moai statues! A great activity for studying ancient civilizations, use it as a supplement, extra credit, or substitute teaching plan anytime! This can be done as a web quest assignment using the site. The information is from History.com, the questions are
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Info Reading Text - Weird History Bundle #7
Bill Nye Science Guy Movie – Fossils. Video Worksheet & Key: Fun + Knowledge!
Work while watching a video and after that:
• fill in the blanks, answer to the questions;
• what new facts and words have you learned for the past 23 minutes of video?
• express your feelings about the movie: WHAT episode you like the most and WHY?
Suitable for all grade levels science worksheet
• helps to ignite the thinking process;
• enhances picture analysis, vocabulary building and writing skills;
• initiates classroom discussions.
Activities in this printable worksheet can be comple
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3rd - 11th
T. rex Autopsy Worksheet for National Geographic Video
T. Rex Autopsy is a 2015 documentary airing on the National Geographic channel where a team of four paleontologists dissect a silicon replica of Tyrannosaurus. The four paleontologists were Tori Herridge, Stephen Brusatte, Matthew T. Mossbrucker and Luke Gamble, who is the lead anatomist. The T. rex was based on the most complete fossil, "Sue."This once-in-a-lifetime experiment offers an unprecedented opportunity to explore questions such as whether or not T. rex had feathers; how it fed with
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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MS-LS4-1
, HS-LS1-2
, MS-LS4-2
The Prince and the Pauper--IB Unit on Identity--117 pages
Need a ready-made IB unit? An engaging and interactive reading and writing curriculum, this 117-page IB (International-Baccalaureate) unit was developed and refined over several years. It lasts 5-8 weeks, depending on the pace, depth of teaching, and number of activities you choose. It also includes differentiation and modifications for students with special needs. The focus takes a look at the importance of identity, the feudal system ranks in the Middle Ages, and the disasters and benefits of
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5th - 8th
Geologic Time PowerPoint Project
Geologic Time Scale intro or culminating activity - this creative project has students creating a PowerPoint Presentation about an assigned portion of the Geologic Time Scale (teacher decides to assign eras, epochs, etc. based on class configuration). Info sheet, rubric, project checklist, final grade sheet, and individual evaluation sheet included. Also attached to document is a .mov file of an actual student ppt sample. Great option for differentiating! Word document can be modified for your
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6th - 8th
Lost Treasures of Rome Episode 3 Secrets of the Colosseum - National Geographic
Lost Treasures of RomeNational Geographic - TV-PG – Docuseries – 2022 This series follows international teams of archaeologists on the front line, as they embark on a season of excavations to unravel the secrets of life in the Roman Empire. Crawling beneath Pompeii, unearthing an enormous lost coliseum, and hauling a 2000-year-old battleship ram from the depths of the ocean, they race to unlock the secrets of this ancient civilization. S01E03 – Secrets of the Colosseum – 44 minutesArchaeologist
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8th - 12th
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