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Middle school test preparation basic principles activities
Scientific Method Activity - Easy Paper Airplane Science Experiment Lab
This easy scientific method activity will get your kids excited about following the steps of the scientific method! This interdisciplinary unit incorporates paper airplane science experiments, math, STEM, & writing to provide a fun hands on science experience. Click on the PREVIEW button to see more of what is included! ⭐ What is Included:information and outline for instructionsupply/materials listsample schedule for the activitiesvocabulary list and definitionsword wall cardsstudent vocab
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4th - 6th
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Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions - Reading Test Prep
Are you looking for READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGES with Rigorous Questions that truly model the State Testing Format? Then look no further!This file contains 10 original Reading Comprehension Passages designed for STATE TEST PREP Practice. __________________________________________________________________"I was looking for test prep practice for 2-part questions and using text evidence, and this resource has been amazing! I appreciate that the topics are very high-interest--my students love the
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4th - 7th
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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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Also included in: Back to School Bundle | Middle School Science
The Ultimate Whiteboard Game Board Bundle | Games for Engagement
The Ultimate Whiteboard Game Board Bundle is the only resource you need to transform mundane worksheets into engaging activities. Gone are the hours of reworking boring curricula. The Ultimate Whiteboard Game Board Bundle allows you to use your school's resources to inspire perseverance, teamwork and maximum effort.This bundle was designed with 3 goals in mind:to spark instant engagementto simplify planning to motivate students to give their best effort on even the most boring assignmentsInclud
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1st - 8th
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Changing States of Matter SORT (Cut & Paste) Review or Assessment- NOW DIGITAL!
This interactive and hands-on card sort activity will allow your students to see how the atoms in matter change as they change states due to the amount of heat given to that matter. This is a great way to teach, practice and asses this tricky concept in a kinesthetic way! Use this for your upper elementary or middle school science class.Start by asking students the question: How can the states of matter can be changed from one form to another? [ex. " What happens to solid ice when heat is added?
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4th - 6th
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Organisms in Ecosystem: Producer, Consumer, Decomposer Text, Review, Sort
This interactive and hands-on sort activity will allow your upper elementary students to show their knowledge of organisms in an ecosystems food chain in a kinesthetic way! It allows you to challenge your students to think critically when completing this cut and paste to show you what they know. Students can read about producers, consumers and decomposers then apply their knowledge in the sorting activity. This resource is great for teaching, practice or assessment of knowledge. Included in this
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3rd - 6th
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How to Study for a Test - Doodle Notes - Study Skills Sketchnotes
We tell our students to study for tests all the time, but often we forget to teach them HOW to actually study for exams! That’s where this Study Skills resource comes in. It’s designed to give students practical tips and tricks for studying for tests in ELA or any class! With this resource students will complete fun doodle notes (or sketch notes) and then rotate through fun learning stations.This Study Skills resource is designed to help students develop skills for studying for tests. First,
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5th - 8th
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ESL Writing Lessons and Activities | Grades 1 - 6 | WIDA ACCESS Test Prep
Looking for writing activities that build skills for WIDA ACCESS? These ESL writing activities for primary and upper elementary English learners are perfect for year-long instruction and practice and are especially helpful prior to taking the WIDA ACCESS writing assessment.Primary Unit - Writing activities for grades 1-3 English language learners, perfect for small group instruction! Also, test prep and target the skills needed for the WIDA ACCESS Writing Assessments. This resource engages all l
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1st - 6th
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Test Taking Strategies ESCAPE ROOM - Test Prep - ALL subjects - Reading Passages
The Test Taking Strategies Escape Room (Test Prep) will take students on a secret mission around the classroom, reading comprehension passages, answering questions and solving puzzles! This escape room has students decode basic test taking strategies/test prep to help them succeed on a test and calm their test anxiety. Make reviewing testing strategies fun! The Test Taking Strategies Escape Room has students walking around the classroom breaking codes. The codes include ciphers, Morse code, cryp
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4th - 8th
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Physical and Chemical Changes Sort Cards | Print and Digital
Looking for a hands-on way to reinforce the concepts of physical and chemical changes? This resource was made to provide engaging activities to assess the concepts of physical and chemical changes. These sorts can be completed individually or as a whole group activity. They can be completed in the classroom or online. This contains:•Two sets of small sort cards for physical and chemical changes•Two sets of large sort cards for physical and chemical changes•Pocket pattern that can be used in inte
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2nd - 8th
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Physical and Chemical Changes Activity and Worksheets: Elephant's Toothpaste
This is definitely a favorite activity! In this experiment, students watch the chemical change that happens when hydrogen peroxide, yeast, and dish soap react to make ELEPHANT'S TOOTHPASTE - SO much foam! This lab is so exciting and has major wow factor! In this version, students learn about physical and chemical changes with this fun reaction! The activity can be done as a teacher demonstration, or working in lab groups. After completing the activity, students read about physical and chem
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4th - 6th
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NGSS:
5-PS1-4
, 5-PS1-2
Growth Mindset Lessons, Activities, Bulletin Boards and Posters
This growth mindset resource includes EVERYTHING you need to teach about growth mindset in a meaningful way!TYPABLE AND GOOGLE SLIDES VERSION NOW INCLUDED! With your purchase, you'll receive 3 growth mindset PDFs in a .zip file:* Complete teacher's guide with step-by-step instructions for each of the ten lessons* Link to a page on my site with embedded video clips for teaching growth mindset* 20 page interactive student journal (all the materials you need for each activity)* 10 pages of a growt
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3rd - 8th
Figurative Language Stories SET 2! Close Reading for Common Core Grades 4-8+
I created these stories and activities to further challenge my students in comprehending, identifying, analyzing, and revising figurative language. The stories in this set are meant to be longer and slightly more complex than the stories in my original Figurative Language Stories set, shown on the right. The average length for each story in the first set is 150 words, while the paragraphs in Set 2 average 300 words.
This pack includes 6 original, all new reading passages for teaching and review
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Close Reading Bundle for Grades 4-8: Bundle Palooza @ Lovin' Lit!
Scientific Method Task Cards
This set of 45 task cards is designed to teach, review, and reinforce the APPLICATION of the scientific method. Students will write hypotheses, identify independent and dependent variables, describe experimental and control groups, read tables and graphs, form conclusions, make predictions, and more. Choose to use the traditional printable version, or the paperless, digital Google Apps version. Both Google Slides and Google Forms versions are included.What is included in this resource?Teacher
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Science Skills Bundle: Metrics, Measurement, Scientific Method, Graphing
Potential and Kinetic Energy Card Sort
This interactive and hands-on card sort activity will allow your students to differentiate between many different examples of kinetic and potential energy. This resource contains 8 pages of cards (4 per page) for a total of 32 different cards. These cards are great for review, rotations, partner work, or independent study for your tactile/kinesthetic learners. Included in this set is the following:-2 Category Cards-2 Definitions (with modified definitions also included)-14 Examples with picture
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Science Card Sort Bundle (Part 1) - Includes 10 Complete Sets
Graphing Stations: Middle School Science NGSS Aligned Graphing Activities
This student-centered NGSS-aligned graphing lesson is fun and interactive! My class gave it a thumbs up! It was created specifically for Middle School grades 6-8 NGSS Practice 4: Analyzing and Interpreting Data. These graphing stations are a great way to get students to interact with different forms of data. The graphing stations include:⭐ A Graphing Notes Printable - The notes explain the different types of graphs and how they are most commonly used. This is a great resource for students to ref
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6th - 8th
Science Equipment End of the Year Reflection Activity- NOW DIGITAL!
Want your students to reflect on all the awesome things you've done this year? The growth they've made? The challenges they've overcome and the super science they have learned? This activity is perfect for the last days of school- to choose some of their favorite activities and celebrate the challenges they have overcome!Check out the options in this product for the students to choose from: A light bulb, flask or clipboard. NOW DIGITAL for distance learning!Also included in this product is a
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4th - 8th
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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
State Test Prep Games Testing Strategies Motivation Encouragement BUNDLE
Are you looking for a way to keep test prep fun and engaging? This state test prep bundle includes various test prep games, test-taking strategies, testing desk treat ideas with encouraging notes, motivational posters, and fun review activities that will instantly grab your students' interest and end boring end-of-year review activities! Easily prepare your students for state test prep success!⭐⭐⭐BUNDLE AND SAVE! Get 20% off by purchasing this bundle! In this download, you will get:Test Taking S
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3rd - 6th
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State Testing Motivational Notes / Candy Encouragement Notes for Test Motivation
Candy Sayings for STATE TEST MOTIVATION TREATS! - Your students have worked hard preparing for the state standardized test. Why not reward and encourage them by using these motivational desk treats with candy pun messages? Students can be quite nervous and stressed on testing day and these candy motivational messages not only encourage them but the writing prompt also helps to put students in the right frame of mind. Your students will know you believe in them by reading the positive affirmati
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3rd - 6th
Bill Nye the Science Guy : PHASES OF MATTER (video worksheet / sub plans)
*Video is needed for completion of this purchase.* Please make sure you have access to the video prior to making your purchase.Want more BILL! BILL!! BILL!!! – CLICK HERE!*This worksheet can be used to accompany the Bill Nye video PHASES OF MATTER (Season 1, Episode 8).PHASES OF MATTER (Season 1, Episode 8)The worksheet has a series of questions that help students stay focused on various science facts about the PHASES OF MATTER. Areas covered: phases, phase change, matter properties, energy tran
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5th - 8th
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Graphing Practice for Science
These are easy to use and effective graphing practice sheets that also come in a differentiated form for different learners. Versatile uses including classwork or homework. Two practice sheets as follows:1) Interpreting Graphs- students analyze graphs (bar graph, line graph, pie chart, scatter plot).2) Graphing Practice- it's just how it sounds! Students practice their graphing skills by converting text into nice visuals :)Also included are differentiated versions of each. These versions are par
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6th - 10th
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Independent and Dependent Variables Color By Number | Science Color By Number
This activity includes 10 questions identifying the independent variable, dependent variable, constants, and controls from the description of a planned experiment.What do I have to do?These color by numbers are no prep! Print the answer sheet on one side and the coloring on the other or print both on one side to save ink and copier counts.How do I use color by numbers?• Review• Early finishers• Substitute work• Use the answer sheet as a quiz!• Brain breaks• Behavior rewardsWhat is included?⭐ 1 S
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Science Color By Number Growing Bundle
Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy Reading Comprehension Passage
This easy to read, one page passage about heat transfer:defines heat as the transfer, or movement, of thermal energydescribes thermal energyexplains 3 different ways heat can move: radiation, conduction, and convection (with examples of each)It includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illustrations are included to accommodate black and white printing. The passage also has a compa
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4th - 7th
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NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, MS-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-2
Also included in: Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy Unit Bundle of 6 Science Lessons
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