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12th grade science activities under $5
End of the Year Science Activity or Last Week of School 3D Lab Coat Activity
If you’re looking for a fun and engaging science activity for the last day or week of school, for any time of the year including holidays such as Mother’s Day, a winter or spring activity, St. Patrick's Day, or Christmas, have students decorate a 3D lab coat with pictures, arts, phrases, science concepts and/or vocabulary and color them to give away or to display on a bulletin board, table, or Christmas tree (Chemis-tree!) -- so fun! This activity is even great for back to school on the first da
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5th - 12th
Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
Design A "Green" Island: Climate Change Project PBL (NGSS Aligned, Editable)
It is the year 2100 and climate change has become a more serious problem than ever. Global temperatures have risen higher than they have ever been in the past. A new island has been found that has been untouched by humans. In this project, students will compete to be the group to colonize that island. Their goal is to create an island that is desirable to live upon but also has a small carbon footprint. Students will be required to perform calculations and make choices about what types of food/a
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5th - 12th
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Genetics - Digital Punnett Squares - Self-correcting
This assignment is designed to provide students with immediate feedback as they learn genetics - Punnett squares. No prep! Simply post the assignment on Google Classroom for students. Each correct answer turns green and reveals a letter of the riddle answer. There are 14 digital Punnett square questions designed to help students improve their understanding of dominant and recessive traits, heterozygous and homozygous genotypes, and the probability of inheriting a certain phenotype. I honestly wo
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Digital Punnett Squares BUNDLE - Genetics | Distance Learning
Forensics Blood Typing Lab Investigation- Print & Digital
Save yourself the hassle (and $) of ordering blood typing kits for your Forensics class! My no fail blood recipe and blood typing serum recipe uses household products to simulate those expensive kits.Challenge your students to solve the case by presenting them with blood samples from a crime scene along with blood samples from suspects and a victim. Your forensics class will follow the instructions presented in their PRINT and GO student data worksheet to solve the case! This lab is a FAVORITE i
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Forensics Lab Bundle: 10 "Must-Do" Labs for Forensic Science
'Forensic Files' Video Guide - 30+ Forensic Files Listed by Topic!
Find the perfect Forensic File video episode for your students to watch - one that is related to the topic you are studying! 'Forensic Files' Videos are FREE on the internet (YouTube, Peacock, imdb) - and a fantastic way to show your students Crime Scene Investigators in action! My first year teaching Forensics I spent hours each weekend previewing Forensic Files videos, looking for ones that matched the particular Evidence topic I was teaching that week. I compiled them into a reference list th
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Forensic Science BUNDLE - Projects, Labs, Activities
Ecological Succession: Primary & Secondary - Two Cut Out Activities
This product includes 2 cut-out & glue activities on primary and secondary succession from ecological succession. Students will cut out diagrams and place them on their correct position on the primary & secondary succession backgrounds. This product contains the activities in both black and white, and a colored version. Terms used: pioneer species, intermediate species, climax community, lichens, annual plants, perennials, shade tolerant, shade intolerant, pine, hickory, shrub, and et
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9th - 12th
Cell Clinic- Cell Organelles Diagnostic Activity
Assess your students' knowledge of cell organelles with this fun CELL CLINIC- CELL ORGANELLES DIAGNOSTIC ACTIVITY. In this activity, students take on the role of "Dr. Cellular" and travel to 7 exam rooms, making observations about each patient before diagnosing their malfunctioning organelle. This engaging activity is a great way to assess your student and is ready-to-go! No prep involved. Need a digital option? No problem! I have included both a print and digital version of this activity, maki
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7th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-3
Marshmallow Challenge - STEM and Team Building Activity - PowerPoint Lesson
★ Top Selling Resource ★ The Marshmallow Challenge is a great team building activity that can be adapted for any grade level (even adults) or subject area. This activity is sure to get the participants collaborating and critically thinking! A perfect activity for days before or after winter break.
Students are challenged to work together to build the tallest, free-standing tower made out of simple household items within a certain amount of time. A handout is included that asks students to an
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Dragon Meiosis Activity: Simulate Meiosis with Dragons - NGSS: Distance Learning
In this quick-and-easy activity, students move through the basic steps of meiosis, using coloring pencils, in order to visualize possible gametes that a dragon could produce. The activity proceeds as follows:1. Students answer pre-activity questions about meiosis2. Students use a chart, and homologous chromosomes to determine the genotype and phenotype of the parent dragon.3. Students draw what the parent looks like4. Students use colored pencils to draw, and track the movement of homologous ch
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7th - 12th
Team Building STEM Cup Challenge Activity!
Looking for a fun ice breaker activity for your students? Try this STEM cup challenge! Students will work through a series of challenges in order to build different cup towers. They will work on their problem solving and communications skills while learning! Follow me on instagram! @lifewiththemiddles
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3rd - 12th
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Speciation Activity: Students model Mutation, Natural Selection, and Evolution
Students often have trouble with the concepts of Natural Selection and Evolution of a species. Where do new traits come from? Does the environment cause mutations to happen? Or does the mutation come first? How does geographic isolation lead to speciation? This is a fun, easy, low-prep activity that allows students to experience the process of evolution (speciation) due to random mutation and geographic isolation. Students get a solid understanding of where new traits come from and how changes i
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6th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-LS4-2
, HS-LS4-1
, HS-LS4-4
, HS-LS4-5
Speed & Acceleration Activity: The Case of the Vandalized Mascot
***Now compatible with Distance Learning!!!*** Spark your students' interest the next time you teach ACCELERATION with this engaging CSI style activity. Students are presented with a dilemma, the school's mascot has been vandalized with a paintball gun! Crime scene investigators provide the students with important information that they will then use to determine the speed and acceleration of the paintball guns that were collected from suspects. After creating speed and acceleration graphs, stud
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6th - 12th
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MS-PS2-2
, HS-PS2-1
Get to Know You High School and Middle School: Student Visual Resume
When getting to know students online, it's important to put faces with names and to build relationships through technology. These student visual resumes will help you do just that! Students will get to tap into their creativity and reveal their personality through these get to know you templates. Though I provide a video tutorial for students, you can edit the directions to fit your needs. Students will edit in PowerPoint or Google Slides to create a beautiful visual resume for your class!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Minute Mysteries Brain Teasers Riddles Breaks Logic Deductive Reasoning Puzzles
With visual hints and fly-in solutions! These are a fun to use if you have a couple extra minutes at the end of class. Encourage students to work more efficiently and reward them with a minute mystery at the end of class for finishing early. They can also be a great introduction to one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories OR to a Slip or Trip lesson. The rules are simple: (1) Students ask yes or no questions (2) Teachers respond accordingly to guide students to the correct answer
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6th - 12th
Dimensional Analysis: Zombie Survival
A new twist on dimensional analysis. This activity is for after you have taught dimensional analysis. Students need to apply the skills they learned to see if they can escape in time to avoid the incoming zombies. You can have the students compete individually or in groups and whichever individual or group gets the six problems correctly answered first is the winner.There is a worksheet for the students, a Zombie Survival Fact sheet with some conversions. The students will need to use the inform
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Dimensional Analysis: Winter Months Bundle (Factor Label Method)
Lung Anatomy Printable
This easy and visual lung model is an easy way to teach kids lung anatomy and how lungs work to keep us breathing. Attach it to a straw with two plastic sandwich bags and have kids inflate in and out to see how lungs work. It makes a fun science anatomy craft or activity for kids homeschool or in the classroom!
The paper printable includes the nose, lungs, and mouth so all you need is to add straws and plastic bags to blow out the lungs.
Check out the full tutorial on my website here: www.hel
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PreK - 12th
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Enzymes Graphing Activities
This is a 6-page editable graphing activity for students on enzymes and the reaction rates of chemical reactions that occur within living cells. Students will calculate reaction rates and answer questions on vocabulary such as activation energy, substrate, and active site. Students will complete cause and effect questions about the effect of temperature and pH on the functioning of enzymes. This activity serves the dual purpose of reinforcing concepts about enzymes as well as an "always needed"
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9th - 12th
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Biomolecule/ Macromolecule Murder Mystery Food Analysis Lab Activity PDF&Digital
This food analysis hands-on (or Google Slides) activity will get the kids up and moving around during this lab investigation. It will capture garner the attention of not only your kinesthetic or hands-on learners, but also your lower performing students and intentional non-learners (INLs) as they attempt to deduce who the suspect is that killed the victim. The experiment can provide an interesting source of discussion about each of the suspects, which can spark lively discussions over the macro
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8th - 12th
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Chemistry Review Coloring Pages | PTable Practice, Element Symbols, Atomic Mass
Here is a great way to review some of the basics about atoms: element names and symbols, atomic numbers and masses, number of protons, neutrons and electrons and the number of atoms in a molecule. And your students get to color! They’ll love this!If you like this style of worksheet, you will love my Chemistry Review Bundle Chemistry Review Bundle which includes 16 pages like these here. All of these review pages are also including in my cost-saving, amazing Chemistry Bundle!This resource cons
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7th - 12th
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Predator Prey Relationships Reading and Graphing Activity - Community Ecology
Students will dive into a reading activity on predator prey relationships, followed by a graphing activity that uses historical data from the Hudson Bay Company on lynx and rabbit populations over a 90 year period. Perfect for population ecology or community ecology units, this activity reinforces graphing skills and uses analysis questions to get students using their critical thinking skills. Students will gain practice analyzing data and using graphs to make predictions. Choose to use the trad
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8th - 12th
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MS-LS2-2
, HS-LS2-1
, HS-LS2-8
Also included in: Biology Curriculum Full Year Bundle
El Medio Ambiente y Costa Rica Digital Environment, Earth Day Spanish Sub Plans
Are you looking for an engaging activity for el medio ambiente in your Spanish class with authentic resources? This editable Google activity was designed to introduce the environment in Spanish and Costa Rica and would be perfect for Earth Day in Spanish class. It makes a great digital sub-plan or Spanish worksheets for upper-level Spanish classes too. Editable Medio Ambiente Cultural Stations Google Doc Includes✅ Interpretive Communication - authentic Reading & Listening in Spanish ✅ Presen
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Homeostasis, Positive/Negative Feedback SELECT Handout + Key by Amoeba Sisters
This is a zip folder that contains: 1. a two page select PDF handout (can be printed from and back if desired) that corresponds to our Amoeba Sisters Homeostasis and Feedback video on YouTubeand 2. a corresponding answer key What should I know about this Amoeba Sisters select handout? This select student handout from this zip folder is not available for free on our website like most of our student handouts. Select handouts are in similar format to our regular, free handouts. However, the video
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8th - 12th
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Create-A-Fracture: Broken Bones and Fracture Types Activity | Skeletal System
Captivate your anatomy students and spice up your skeletal system unit with this hands-on, bone-breaking, fully-prepped lesson on types of fractures. All you need to do is read the teacher instructions, grab some scissors and glue, and press print! No prior teaching required! Part 1: In this activity, you will provide your students with the Create-A-Fracture packet which includes 14 fracture definitions and a space to glue each type of broken bone. Students will cut out 14 humerus bones (include
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10th - 12th
Also included in: Anatomy and Physiology Full Year Curriculum
Forensics: Innocence Project Lesson & Research Activity
Save yourself TIME AND ENERGY with this no-prep Innocence Project Lesson & Research Activity! This resource bundle begins with a lesson over The Innocence Project where students will complete the included "Science Scribbles" notes sheet. Then, students will conduct their own research and create a banner that showcases what they learned. Need a digital option? No problem! This bundle includes both PRINT and DIGITAL versions of each resource, making it perfect for distance learning, online c
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9th - 12th
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