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7th grade environment center microsofts
FOOD WEB Dice Roll Game For Events Causing Changes in Populations- Biodiversity
Fun and engaging, digital interactive game to determine the effects of natural or man made disturbances on the biodiversity of populations of organisms in a FOREST food web. Easy prep and great for Earth Day or environmental science units! Students first use the given food chains to draw lines connecting interacting organisms on the forest ecosystem food web. Then they roll a pair of dice to determine which detrimental event occurred. They DELETE the lines connecting the affected organisms on
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-3
, 5-LS2-1
, MS-LS2-4
STEM Water Pollution FILTER Design Project Lab EARTH DAY MS-ESS3-3, MS-ETS1-2
Tap into your students’ creativity as they engineer, design and create water filters as part of a STEM unit on water pollution and primary sewage treatment discussing human impact on the environment. This follows the MS-ESS3-3 EARTH AND HUMAN ACTIVITY standards and the MS-ETS1-2 and MS-ETS1-3 ENGINEERING DESIGN standards. The challenge is for the students to use household materials to create layers in their water bottle filters to clean a batch of teacher created “dirty water”. Once they have h
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ESS3-3
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: 10 STEM PROJECTS For Middle School- Physics, Life, Environmental Science
Air Masses, Fronts, Weather Maps & Symbols (Weather and Climate Unit)
This is a 52 slide PowerPoint lesson which describes the types of air masses; maritime, tropical, continental, polar. The types of fronts; cold front, warm front, stationary front, occluded front. The symbols that each front represents on a weather map as well as the difference between high and low pressure. It also looks at weather maps and how to read them. It has many different graphics, pictures, and animations that reinforce the topics. Addresses the Common Core Earth Science strand weat
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Grades:
4th - 12th
INVASIVE SPECIES OF THE DESERT FOOD WEB Dice Roll Game MS-ESS3-3
Fun and engaging, interactive game to determine the effects of invasive species on the biodiversity of populations of organisms in a DESERT food web. Great for Earth Day or environmental science units! Students first use the given food chains to draw lines connecting interacting organisms on the desert ecosystem food web. Then they roll a pair of dice to determine which nonnative plant or animal has invaded. They DELETE the lines connecting the affected organisms on their digital food webs. A
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-3
, 5-LS2-1
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-ESS3-3
SCIENCE STATIONS: GREENHOUSE EFFECT (Great for Observations!)
Learn all about the Greenhouse Effect with this in depth Station Activity. I have used these stations two ways: 1) As true stations where the students rotate. 2) Each station completed on a separate day. I use the coordinate graphing as an extra. Students bring it with them to every station and if they finish early they have something to do.
Station 1 - Informational Text - Read informational text about the Greenhouse Effect. Answer the questions that follow in complete sentences.
Sta
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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INVASIVE SPECIES Research Project-Graphic Organiser Research Prompts MS-ESS3-3
Students choose an invasive species plant or animal from a chart to research. They use a graphic organiser with research prompts. Discussions include the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity. Included in this resource:Teacher Notes2 Page Reading Passage on Invasive SpeciesExamples of Invasive Species ImagesExamples of Plants and Animals Invasive Species For Students to ChooseResearch Graphic Organizer for Invasive AnimalResearch Graphic Organizer for Invasive PlantMy
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
HS-LS2-7
, MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-1
, MS-ESS3-3
Winds : Its Causes and Types
The given module is designed in order to impart the basic knowledge about the generation of GLOBAL WIND AND LOCAL WIND on surface of earth. It will be useful to the teachers in their WEATHER UNIT and to the students of grades from 4th to 9th.
This presentation is consists of:
How is wind produced?
Factors causing the wind
Pressure belts
Types of WIND
o 1. Global winds
-Trade winds
-Easterlies winds
-Westerlies winds
2.
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 9th
Make a Cloud in a Bottle Lab!
This lab allows students to make their OWN cloud in a bottle. The lab tells them how to change the pressure in the bottle which will result in cloud formation inside the bottle if the lab procedure is followed correctly!
The lab includes questions that they complete while they do the lab.
There is an attached completed answer sheet for the lab as well!
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 10th
Types:
Plant Sort: Flowering & Non-Flowering
1. Laminate and cut the cards above (first 10 are non-flowering, second 10 are flowering)2. Glue sorting mat onto front of envelope/file folder3. Decide which way to play! a. Whole Group: give each student a card and spread out around room, then say ‘go’ and have students find pairs (2 students both having flowering OR both having non-flowering plant) b. Partners: Matching Gam-: flip cards upside down, take turns selecting 2,
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
Types:
ROLE OF ANIMAL GROUP BEHAVIOR ON INDIVIDUAL SURVIVAL Discussion/Research HS-LS2
Students evaluate and research evidence that animal group behaviors such as herding, schooling, and flocking benefits the individuals of a species and increases their chances to survive and reproduce. (HS-LS2-8) Certain patterns of interactions in many different ecosystems have been adopted by many different groups of animals to ensure their survival as a whole.This project can be used in several different ways and it includes 12 full color images in an 8 1/2" x 11" format with a discussion/rese
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, 3-LS2-1
, HS-LS2-8
Also included in: Bundle of GROUP ANIMAL BEHAVIOR Activities MS-LS2-2, HS-LS2-8
The Life Cycle of a Plant: Avocado Editable Activities & Worksheets | Garden
This product could be used for science class, science club and garden club.Have students draw the steps for the life cycle of an avocado. I actually bring in an avocado and cut it in half. Students make observations and draw what they see and write a few words to describe it. I also bring in a pit that opened up, one that has sprouted a bit, one that has the tree growing and one that is planted in a pot. Students love it. You can adjust the activities based on your student needs.All the pages a
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
NGSS:
3-LS1-1
Also included in: Earth Day Activities, Crafts, Writing and Worksheets | Plant Life Cycles
Food Chain or Food Web Word Search or Wordsearch
30 words scattered in all directions including diagonal and backwards. Ecosystem, decomposers, tertiary, primary, secondary, prey, producers, energy pyramid, autotrophs, eagle, carnivore, consumers, herbivore, photosynthesis, scavengers, trophic levels, food web etc....
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Types:
OCEAN FOOD WEB Dice Roll- Events Causing Changes in Populations- Biodiversity
Fun and engaging, interactive game to determine the effects of natural or man made disturbances on the biodiversity of populations of organisms in an OCEAN food web. Great for Earth Day or environmental science units! Students first use the given food chains to draw lines connecting interacting organisms on the ocean ecosystem food web. Then they roll a pair of dice to determine which detrimental event occurred. They DELETE the lines connecting the affected organisms on their digital food web
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-3
, 5-LS2-1
, MS-LS2-4
Ozone Layer Depletion - Causes / Affecting factors /Ozone hole etc...
This power point presentation is mainly focused on today's most challenging issue as Depletion of Ozone layer with major factors affecting it.
The slides includes the following things:
What is Ozone?
• What is Ozone Layer?
• Causes of Ozone layer depletion
• Ozone depletion substances
• Role of CFCs ,HCFCs, Chlorine atoms and other
pollutants
• Ozone hole
• Mechanism of hole formation
• Effects of Ozone depletion
• As a human being what can we do to protect Ozone
layer?
You will find lots mor
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Grades:
4th - 10th, Staff
Tornado and Hurricane Mini Lab
Students will get a hands on experience by creating hurricanes in a bowl and a tornado in a bottle. Students will be required to answer questions to farther deepen their understanding of these natural disasters.
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
Human and The Environment PowerPoint Presentation
Human and Their Environment
This power point is full of pictures that can help students to learn more and study lively
There are sub topics:
*** Effects of human activities on the environment***
1.Negative and Positive impacts
2.Deforestation
3.Air pollution
4.Water pollution
5.Land pollution
6.Noise pollution
7.Light pollution
with their causes and effects
*** Human interaction with the environment influences
the development of science and technology***
1. Biotechn
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Animal COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR Matching Sort Cards Multiple Uses Valentine’s Day
Six different animal courtship behaviors that affect the probability of successful reproduction are used in this matching pairs game. Perfect for Valentine’s Day! The activities are compared to similar human activities. Dancing, vocalizing/singing, homebuilding, bonding, gift giving and fancy dress are covered. Included in this resource:Teacher NotesNGSS StandardsReference Chart of Animals and Behaviors16 Matching PairsCheck out my blog post about how I use these in my classroom .Animal Courts
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-4
Redwood Trees: Giants of the Forest Lesson + 16 T/F and 5 Short Answer Questions
This lesson titled "Redwoods: Giants of the Forest" is one and a half pages of informational text followed by two pages of true and false questions along with short answer questions. The lesson explains: what gives them their red-brown color; why the trees are so huge in size; why they are so old; their height and which 3 trees are the tallest; how thick their bark is; what makes them fire and insect resistant; why they were valuable for lumber; why the goverment passed laws to protect the trees
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Grades:
4th - 7th
DESIGN A METHOD OF SEED DISPERSAL Structured STEM Project with Rubrics, Check in
Middle school students design and create their own method of seed dispersal during this fun and engaging STEM engineering project dealing with the structures that increase reproductive success! (MS-LS1-4, MS-ETS1-2 and 4-LS1-1). Students decide how their seeds move, spread or get transported away from the parent plant, and whether it’s by biotic or abiotic means. Building their own plants and seeds can be so much fun and students learn about dispersal methods, such as wind, water, animals or
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 4-LS1-1
, MS-LS1-4
Also included in: 10 STEM PROJECTS For Middle School- Physics, Life, Environmental Science
Biography RACHEL CARSON, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST w/ 20 Reading Comprehension Qs
This lesson is called “Rachel Carson: Scientist and Writer Who Sparked the Environmental Movement.” It describes the life and career of Rachel Carson who watched as more and more chemicals were developed. It didn’t seem to her that anyone was thinking of the consequences. Useful insects as well as harmful ones were destroyed.Plus harmful chemicals accumulated in the soil, water and in the animals. Rachel Carson saw the danger and then issued a warning. The warning came in her book Silent Sp
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
SPECIAL ANIMAL SENSES Digital Activity Drag and Drop MYSTERY DESCRIPTIONS
Included in this resource are 22 digital drag and drop images and mystery descriptions of special animal senses. The descriptions do not name the animal but describe specific, unique senses used by one of the animals in the photos. The students must use the description to decide which animal it fits.The animal images are outside of the slide window so students pinch in to see the images and drag them into the charts.Both vertebrates and invertebrates are included so a higher level discussion can
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
NGSS:
4-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-8
Water and Air Pollution Test
There are 10 items of water pollution = 1 page
There are 10 items of air pollution = 1 page
The test consist of Vocabulary, grammar, causes, effects and conservation.
This Presentation is related to:
1. Light Energy Test/Worksheet
2. Light Energy Reading Scinece
3. Energy PowerPoint Presentation
4. Energy Test/worksheet
5.Energy Test
6. Heat Energy Powerpoint Presentation
7. Heat Energy Reading Science
8. Earth Day Reading Science
9. Recycle Worksheet G.3-6
10. Martin Luther King,
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
INTERDEPENDENT ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS Matching Sort GAME Cards -Symbiosis MS-LS2-2
Four different interdependent relationships between animals(mutualism, commensalism, parasitism and predator/prey) in ecosystems are used in these matching activities and game. There are multiple uses with this set. Included in this resource:Teacher NotesNGSS StandardsReference Chart for Teachers with Animals/ Relationships16 Image Cards16 Relationship Cards(Commensalism, Mutualism, Parasitism, Predator/Prey)Students can use the cards as a basic matching game as they pair the type of relationsh
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
Data Practice: Interpreting and Creating
This packet gives students great practice in analyzing and interpreting data tables, charts, and graphs, as well as creating them. The practice is rigorous, and builds a solid foundation of data interpretation, analyses, and graphing skills. These are critical skill sets for students to have in life - data literacy is huge in society, politics, economic, science and more! They are also important skills for students to have on all EoG tests.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
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