11,000+ results
Middle school earth sciences tools for common cores for Microsoft Word
Earth Science Notes, PowerPoint & Chapter Tests Bundle
Earth Science EDITABLE NOTES, POWERPOINT, and CHAPTER TESTS The EDITABLE NOTES in this download are the SAME VERSION featured in each chapter of my Earth Science Interactive Notebook: The Complete Bundle for an ENTIRE YEAR!The EDITABLE POWERPOINTS feature slides rich in content and allow for you to add or delete information and pictures.The EDITABLE TESTS feature a variety of questions in the form of multiple choice, sentence completion, diagram interpretation and essays.The EARTH SCIENCE EDITA
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 10th
Understanding Rhyme Scheme and Stanzas in Poetry
This item contains activities about understanding rhyme scheme and stanzas in poetry. It includes:
*Directions
*Rhyme Scheme Definition
*Rhyme Scheme Worksheet
*Rhyme Scheme Worksheet Answer Key
*Identifying Rhyme Scheme Worksheet
*Identifying Rhyme Scheme Worksheet Answer Key
*Stanza, Stanza Break, and Refrain Definition
*Stanza Worksheet
*Stanza Worksheet Answer Key
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Types:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Types:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 10th
Types:
CCSS:
Integer Project Bundle
Integer Projects Bundle
Need an integer project idea? This bundle includes 5 Integer Projects that you can use in your classroom. This is great for grades 6-8. I have used these in the past for an alternative to a written integer test. These projects are 21st century and provide real-world application. Great part about this – completely editable.
Projects Included:
-Budgeting Your Money with Integers (with rubric)
-Integer Timeline (with rubric)
-Integer Rules Comic Strip
-I am an Integer
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
, MS-ESS2-2
Editable Google Slides Presentation Rubric
A slide presentation rubric based on Common Core. This rubric can be edited to add or remove assessment details.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Types:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
Also included in: 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
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
Planet Earth: The Complete Series Videos Questions
All of the BBC Planet Earth Videos: From Pole to Pole, Mountains, Freshwater, Caves, Deserts, Ice Worlds, Great Plains, Jungles, Shallow Seas, Seasonal Forests, Ocean Deep, Saving Species, Into the Wilderness, and Living Together are included in this packet of video questions. These video questions are meant to guide students through the films while emphasizing the interesting scientific facts found in the series. These video questions are appropriate for general middle science classes as well a
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 12th
Types:
Sixth Grade Report Card Template: Common Core Standards Based Grading {Editable}
This Sixth Grade ELA and Mathematics report card is fully aligned with the Common Core Standards. This report card is presented in Microsoft Word and is fully editable. Fits on one 8 1/2 x 11 page, using front and back. Also includes a full compilation of Sixth Grade Common Core Standards for ELA and Mathematics (with just a touch of clip art added in). Handy as a record-keeping tool to check off areas that have been thoroughly addressed, especially in times of transition. I hope you find this
Grades:
6th
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.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
Middle Ages and Medieval Times - castles, knights, The Plague
This unit is all about the Middle Ages and medieval times! There are 10 mini-units: Feudalism, Everyday Life, Occupations, Armor/Weapons/Heraldry, Becoming a Knight, Feasts and Tournaments, Castles, Castles Under Attack, Religion, and The Black Death. Each unit includes a page of informational text with a review sheet, a vocabulary sheet, a crossword puzzle, and a word search. In addition, there is a Venn diagram, math word problems, coat of arms shields to decorate, creative writing sheets,
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film For the Birds
After watching Pixar's short film: For the Birds, students will infer by answering three questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
Grades:
K - 10th
Types:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-6
, HS-ESS3-4
Also included in: 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.
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
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.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
Editing Checklist- Narrative Writing
Provide some structure to the editing and proofreading process! This checklist helps students to improve their narrative writing in the editing stage by focusing on what good writers do. Allows for both a self and peer edit. Aligned to the Common Core. Word document format so you can adjust to your grade level or focus. 2 checklists to a page saves paper! Designed by Teacher Traveler.
(Purchase with Informative and Opinion Checklists at a discount.)
**** NEW EXTENDED VERSION AVAILABLE with re
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Student Presentation Rubric - EDITABLE
Student Presentation Rubric - EDITABLEThis rubric was created for students who will be evaluating other students during their presentation. Students check the most appropriate box then add totals.The categories include:CONTENTTopic is appropriateInformation is clearInformation is correctPRESENTATIONOrganization - Intro, Body, and ConclusionPresenter does not readVoice volumeMaintains focus on subjectGraphic/ PowerPoint qualityEye contact w/ studentsSpeaks clearlyStudents will add totals and fin
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
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
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
Showing 1-24 of 11,000+ results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands