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High school science activities under $5
Element Superhero Project - Chemistry Project - Periodic Table of the Elements
Includes a Digital (Google Slide) Version and a Printable Version — All Versions are EditableThis project is an engaging way to learn about the physical and chemical properties of elements. Most element projects only mention superheroes. However, many elements align more with a villain than a superhero (Like Chlorine!). In this activity, students will have the creative freedom to personify one element on the periodic table into a superhero—or a villain. I have included a huge bundle of resources
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Chemistry Activities - Mega Bundle - Back to School Science
Solar System Project: Research a Planet & Convince People to Move Planet Project
Solar System Project: Create a Commercial Skit to convince Human Earthlings to Move to Another Planet! Students LOVE this Solar System activity because it combines planet research, group work and performance! Students choose one of the planets (Pluto is included, Earth is not!) to research and then they are responsible for creating a commercial skit persuading humans to move there! This Planets Project is a great fit for elementary through high school!This Solar System Project includes:- Projec
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3rd - 10th
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Scientific Method Activity Worksheets: Skittles Graphing Science Experiment
These skittles labs are a fun way to have students learn about the scientific method.Lab contents:1. Skittle Colors Lab:A. Question: Which color skittle is most common in a package of skittles?B. Developing a hypothesisC. ProcedureD. Data TablesE. GraphingF. Post-Lab Questions2. Skittles Mass and Amount LabA. Question: How accurate are Skittles packages to one another in terms of mass and total number of Skittles?B. Developing a hypothesisC. ProcedureD. Data and AnalysisE
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4th - 9th
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Life Size Digestive System Model Printable for Review or Projects
Paper Models can be a great tool for reviewing structure and organization. Here are some ways to use your paper model of the digestive system:
1. Print a set on card stock. Have students work in groups to assemble the model as a review activity. No gluing or taping required - students can assemble and dissemble as much as necessary!
2. Have students work in groups or pairs to make a life size model of the human body. Provide roller paper for students to trace and cut out an outline of their bo
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1st - 10th
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Heat Energy Transfer: Ice Cream Lab
Your students are sure to LOVE this lab! Who wouldn't? It includes ICE CREAM! Teach heat energy, phase changes, and energy transformations with this 5-E MODEL ice cream lab activity. Your students will begin with an ENGAGE question, followed by an EXPLORE activity (making ice cream), an EXPLANATION of what took place in the lab and end with an EXTENSION research question.Topics Covered:✅Types of Energy✅Heat Transfer✅Phases of Matter/Phase ChangesIncluded in this download:✅Ice Cream Recipe✅Lab In
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4th - 11th
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Science First Week Activity Gab Lab Stations First Days Getting to Know You
Use these Science Gab Lab stations to elicit conversation about science content and help your students to get to know each other during the first days or weeks of school! These stations are meant for grades 7-10 and for early in the school year, semester, or term when your students are first learning each others’ names and getting to know one another! They will appreciate the chance to talk about themselves and complete small coloring tasks along with engaging with interesting science content! T
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7th - 9th
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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
Butterfly Extreme Difficulty Dot-to-Dot / Connect the Dots
Connect the dots to reveal the picture of the butterflies. There are 979 dots to connect in this dot to dot - an extreme challenge for kids and adults alike! Include this fun and challenging activity in a lesson about butterflies, insects, or biology. Great for elementary life science class. Print this dot to dot for your classroom, year after year. PDF format. Dot to dot is on pg 1. Answer key on pg 2.If you enjoyed this dot-to-dot, you may also like another butterfly dot-to-dot I created, depi
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2nd - 9th
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Also included in: Butterfly Extreme Difficulty Dot-to-Dot 3-Pack PDF Bundle
Food Chains & Food Webs Whodunnit Activity - Printable & Digital Game Options
Nothing like a good criminal investigation to liven up food chains and food webs! Based off my popular CSI projects, I have created Whodunnits? The Whodunnits plan to focus on single content topics as opposed to units and will focus more on skill building than application. Every day can't be a project day, so Whodunnits can be an engaging out-of-their-seat activity to practice important skills. In a Whodunnit, students will work in teams to solve 10 practice problems that increase in difficulty.
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Biology Whodunnit Activity Bundle - Printable & Digital Game Options
Evolution Pesticide Resistance Natural Selection Activity
This is a hands on activity where students can visualize pesticide resistance (evolution) over time. A population of deer ticks have become resistant to Permethrin. The students are asked to label 6 generations of deer ticks based on percentages given (there is some basic math required). Covers the following: Evidence for evolution, microevolution. Pesticide Resistance, Drug ResistanceThis includes a paperless version to support your digital needs! The download includes both a print version and
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7th - 10th
Moon Phases Activity Foldable: Cootie Catcher: Total Solar Eclipse 2024 Craft
Moon Phases: These moon phases cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning the phases of the Moon. Folding Directions (with pictures) are Included.
Moon Phases Cootie Catchers Contents (5 Versions):
1. Identify the Moon Phase from the picture
2. Identify the Moon Phase from the picture (low ink version)
3. Students shade in the Moon Phase to Identify
4. Students Identify the Moon Phase from descriptions
5. Students identify the Moon Phase from descriptions (low ink
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2nd - 9th
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Intro to the Periodic Table (Groups and Periods) -- Notes and Worksheets
Teach your students about groups and periods of the periodic table using this great, detailed set of notes and worksheets! This worksheet set guides students through the following topics:How is the periodic table organized? What are groups and periods on the periodic table? Identifying metals, nonmetals and metalloids on the periodic table. Identifying elements using group number and period number.Identifying the various groups of the periodic table (alkali metals, halogens, etc.) This set inclu
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7th - 11th
Also included in: Periodic Table -- Unit Bundle
Kinetic and Potential Energy Webquest Activity
Put learning into your students' hands with this KINETIC AND POTENTIAL ENERGY WebQuest Activity! Just PRINT and GO....that's it! This highly engaging activity allows your students to research, manipulate, illustrate, explore and assess themselves as they create their own understanding of Mechanical Energy. Need a digital option? No problem! I am including a digital version of this activity. Please note: the digital version is delivered as a link to a Google Slides document that you can assign y
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6th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-PS3-1
Evidence of Evolution Stations
Get your students fully engaged as they travel on a journey to examine fossil evidence, discover how relative dating and radiometric dating work, compare homologous and vestigial structures, embryological evidence, analyze DNA evidence, research antibiotic resistance with a webquest, and even complete a geological time scale. The Evidence of Evolution Stations has students rotating to 8 different stations to analyze these different forms of evidence. Activity is designed for any middle school or
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6th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-LS4-3
, MS-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-2
, MS-LS4-4
Atoms Color by Number | Atomic Structure Science Color By Number Review
In this activity, students will answer 12 questions regarding the structure of atoms. Once finished, they will use the answers to color the corresponding parts of a fun atom mandala coloring page. And best of all, the questions are editable! You can change the wording or create different questions to match your needs.Included:➤ Student Question Sheet➤ Student Coloring Page➤ Teacher Keys➤ Editable Question TemplateNote: The editable question template was created using Google™ Slides. You can type
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Chemistry Color By Number Bundle - Science Color By Numbers
Introduction to the Periodic Table of Elements Activity
Introducing the Periodic Table? This is my all time favorite lesson to teach. Introduce the Periodic Table with this puzzle, and have students telling YOU how the Periodic Table was organized!Students work together to discover the best way to organize colored/numbered shape pieces. All you need for this activity is a color printer, sandwich bags (or paper clips) and a prize for the winning group (not totally necessary, but fun). Handout, answer key and lesson plan included. This is the BEST acti
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6th - 11th
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Also included in: Atomic Theory Bundle with Student Workbook
Create A Creature Ecology Project: Adaptations, Symbiosis, Food Webs
Create A Creature Ecology Project
Students will demonstrate mastery of the ecology unit by completing this project, which focuses on integrating adaptations, symbiosis, food webs, and more. The project is highly creative and should result in unique products for each group/student. The Teacher Guide provides more information on how to prepare and implement the project, but it is fairly print-and-go and can be completed as an individual or group project depending on the needs of your class. I tak
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7th - 10th
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Scientific Method Activity Worksheets: Gummy Bears Science Experiment Candy Math
Scientific Method: This scientific method gummy bears lab is a fun way to have students learn about the scientific method.This lab contains the following:1. Question: What will happen to gummy bears if they are placed into different solutions: Water, Vinegar, Water and Baking soda, Water and Salt?2. Make Observations3. Developing a hypothesis4. Procedure5. Data Tables6. Graphing7. Post-Lab QuestionsImportant: This lesson is in my Scientific Method Activities Bundle(35% OFF!)Also Check ou
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4th - 10th
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Analyzing Darwin's Finches- Evolution Graphing Activity
How do we know Darwin was right about evolution via natural selection? In this activity students will read/learn about Peter and Rosemary Grant, a couple from Princeton University who traveled to the Galapagos to conduct research. Students will learn what happened to the finch population on Daphne Major following a severe drought, and again following an El Nino. Students will graph data from the Grant's research and answer questions. This is a great activity to include with the HHMI video clip f
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8th - 11th
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NGSS:
HS-LS4-3
, HS-LS4-4
, MS-LS4-4
, HS-LS4-5
Also included in: Evolution Bundle
Chemical Reactions and Balancing Chemical Equations
This is a complete lesson for students to learn about chemical reactions and balancing chemical equations.Students will: learn how the Law of Conservation of Mass relates to balancing chemical equations; identify evidence for chemical reactions; be able to count the number of moles and atoms in a chemical formula; be able to balance chemical equations; identify the types of chemical reactions such as synthesis, decomposition, combustion, single-replacement, double-replacement.A 39-slide power p
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Cell Organelles Speed Dating Activity
CELL ORGANELLES SPEED DATING ACTIVITY- Print & Digital Your students are going to love learning about Cell Organelles with this SPEED DATING IN THE CLASSROOM ACTIVITY! This is a student favorite in my own classroom and your students are sure to love it as well! I like to use this activity to introduce cell organelles to my students, but it can also be used as a review and reinforcement activity. Need a digital option? No problem! I have included a digital option for this resource, making i
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7th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-1
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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Classification Cladograms and Trees Activity
Stuck finding a resource that helps teach cladograms and evolutionary trees? Look no more. This is a 5 page PDF that is a great introductory tool to cladograms and evolutionary trees. It is completely self-contained so it would also make a great sub plan on the subject! I've received some wonderful feedback on this item and I'm glad to be assisting students in learning about this topic! *Bonus- digital version included as a Google Drive link to support distance learning. What's covered:☞ Analysi
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9th - 11th
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DNA Crime Lab! Can you solve the case?
Each group is given a long paper strip of DNA, a 3-page story of the missing necklace and directions on how to fingerprint and sequence their DNA. Scissors act as the restriction enzyme, cutting the DNA between every GGCC into varied length segments. As the segments are pasted into the corresponding rows on the sequencing board (imitating gel electrophoresis), the DNA fingerprint of each suspect will emerge. So, who stole the necklace? Be a crime stopper!With a focus on literacy and collabora
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7th - 10th
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