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Common Core RST.6-8.2 laboratories
Physical & chemical changes s'mores lab 5th 6th 7th 8th elementary middle school
This interactive physical science lab with full teacher key, teaching tips, and even a student permission slip reinforces the concepts of physical and chemical changes.This lab works perfectly for classes that utilize interactive notebooks. The lab is sized (no shrinking or enlarging when copying!) and has dotted lines to guide students when cutting (to avoid wasting class time). Other versions of the lab are included for classrooms that do not utilize interactive notebooks. Students will be ful
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5th - 8th
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PhEt Law of Conservation of Energy Skate park BASIC webquest
This is a great webquest activity for introducing the law of conservation of energy.Phet.edu is a great source of simulations for all fields of math and science. For this sim you will go to Energy Skate Park BASIC.You should spend some time playing around with the site before using it. You must also make sure your school's firewall will allow you to use HTML5 or Java applets. PHET.EDU MAY NOT WORK ON iPad!!! Please check with your IT department or run Phet.edu BEFORE purchasing this file!!! You
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Grades:
6th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-PS2-4
, HS-PS2-2
, MS-PS2-2
, HS-PS2-1
, MS-PS2-5
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Also included in: Hands-on Science Semester Labs Bundle
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
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5th - 10th
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Cell Chat Lab Stations - Organelles, Plant and Animal Cells
These 11 "Cell Chat" lab stations will ensure that your students have mastered the concepts that you cover in your unit on cells. Students will work together to solve a problem, complete a task, and /or carry out a small experiment at each of the 11 stations. I use the word “chat” to emphasize to my students that they are to work together and have a productive discussion at each lab station in order to maximize their understanding and mastery of the concepts being covered. What is included in t
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Grades:
8th - 11th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-1
Community Ecology Unit - Habitats and Communities, Ecological Relationships
This printable, editable, and digital bundle of resources on Community Ecology covers community interactions, such as competition, symbiosis, predator-prey relationships, ecological disturbances and succession. Please complete list of topics below. This bundle includes everything you need to teach a unit on community ecology to your life science or biology students. Resources include a Powerpoint presentation packed with colorful and interesting photographs, homework/study guide, 2 labs, a set
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Grades:
9th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, HS-LS2-1
Phylum Porifera and Phylum Cnidaria Bundle
This bundle Includes everything you need to teach a unit on Phylum Porifera and Phylum Cnidaria to your life science or biology students. Most resources are available in BOTH printable and digital formats.The bundle contains a 64-slide PowerPoint presentation, lecture notes for the teacher, a guided notes outline for the students, a lab activity, homework assignments/study guide, 2 sets of task cards, set of 2 quizzes, 2 crossword puzzles, 4 Jeopardy Review Games, and a final unit test. I have
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Grades:
8th - 12th
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Analog and Digital Signals NGSS Middle School Science CER Unit MS-PS4-3
This FUN, ENGAGING and HANDS ON set of NGSS middle school activities and lessons explores and models analog vs digital signals using a spring toy (Slinky)! This mini-unit of labs explicitly shows students why digital/digitized signals are more reliable than analog signals through a CER (Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning format) that aligns to the NGSS standard MS-P4-3: Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-PS4-3
Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
Speed Velocity and Acceleration Activity
Teach students about speed, velocity, and acceleration with this science lesson and hands-on paper airplane activity. This lesson will teach students what speed, velocity, and acceleration are, the formulas used to calculate motion, and have students review their learning through the flying of paper airplanes. In addition, students will learn how to measure motion through the activities in this lesson. Like this lesson on speed, velocity, and acceleration? Check out the force and motion unit and
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Force and Motion Unit
Lichens Reading Passage and Lab Activity
This resource includes two separate activities on lichens that can be used in your units on Fungi or Community Ecology. The first activity is an informational text and critical reading activity, and the second activity is a lab involving lichens. The reading includes facts about the mutualistic nature of lichens, the structure of lichens, and the important role that lichens play in the environment. Choose to use the traditional printable version, or the paperless, digital Google Apps version. B
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Grades:
8th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
Also included in: Biology Curriculum Full Year Bundle
Phases of the Moon Unit
Students will learn about the moon and moon phases using this print and digital activities unit. The phases of the moon unit includes a teacher presentation, two student packets, moon phases activities, a graphic organizer, one moon lab activity, a moon diary, a lunar phases review, and a birthday moon project. Like these activities on the moon and lunar phases? Check out the earth science bundle and save 20% by clicking here. Students will demonstrate knowledge of: the moon; how it was formed,
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
Fall Science Activities for October
Integrate fall into your science curriculum using these fun autumn-inspired activities. Students will celebrate pumpkins, Dia de Los Muertos, and Halloween as they complete the activities based around the science topics of physical and chemical changes, the skeletal system, life and energy cycles, and design and engineering STEM lessons. Like this activity? Check out the monthly science bundle and save 20% by clicking here. October science topics covered: Life cyclesEnergy cyclesPhysical and che
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-LS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Also included in: Monthly Science Activities
Goldilocks Schmoldilocks: A Problem-Based "Heat and Energy" Unit (PBL) for MS
Goldilocks Schmoldilocks: A Problem-Based "Heat and Energy" Unit for Middle SchoolSummary: In the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Goldilocks arrives at the three bears house to find 3 very different bowls of porridge – one too hot, one too cold, and one just right. Yet, all three bowls were poured from one pot and left to sit out the same amount of time. Why are the three bowls so different? In this unit, students learn about heat and energy so that they can unravel this fairy tale co
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-PS3-4
, MS-PS3-3
, MS-PS3-5
, MS-ETS1-3
NGSS Synthetic and Natural Resources Investigation and STEM Project MS-PS1-3
This phenomena-based, low prep and engaging NGSS and STEM Investigation and Project teaches middle school students that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society in various ways MS-PS1-3. This incredible activity has been newly updated as a digital PDF with worksheets for home or distance learning! Students are presented with the phenomenon of floating garbage in the sea through a video clip and investigate one of several listed materials in the trash to ultimately learn
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-PS1-3
Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
Drought Article and Questions on Resource Availability Worksheet NGSS MS-LS2-1
This digital PDF is a fun and engaging, cross curricular science lesson on resource availability and its effect on the growth of organisms that requires students to read an article on how California’s drought has had effects on plants and animals. Great for distance learning, it illustrates how the lack of a resource, such as water, can affect populations and includes cause and effect questions as well as a Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning CER question. It can be used as a complete lesson, sub pla
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-1
Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
The Water Cycle - A Drop In The Desert (NGSS MS-ESS2-4)
In this explore and explain sequence, students identify where water can be "found" in the desert by participating in a "reader's theater" activity and analyzing the story. Then, students participate in a simulation where they move through the water cycle as a molecule of water, tracking how they move and in what state of matter. They use this information to develop their understanding of the ways energy from the sun and gravity drive the movement of water through Earth's systems. They reinfor
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-4
Also included in: The Water Cycle - 5E & NGSS MS-ESS2-4 & MS-LS2-1
Winter Science Experiments
Integrate the winter season into your science curriculum as your students test three real-life problems. Students will use materials to test which substance melts ice the fastest, which substance dissolves peppermint the fastest, and which temperature is best for hot cocoa. These cold weather inspired activities will engage and motivate your students all winter long or before and after holiday breaks or snow days! Like this resource? Check out this lesson on mittens and gloves. Students will: te
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Winter Activities and Experiments
Graphing Activity: Historic CO2 Levels (Paleoclimate)
A great activity for Earth Day in the middle school, or for teaching climate change in an Earth Science class!----------------------------------------------------Middle school students often know that CO2 levels on earth are rising, and that there is a lot of concern about how the climate will change as a result of this increase.However, most students are not aware of the historic and cyclical changes of CO2 here on Earth that affect history climates, often referred to a Paleoclimate.-----------
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6th - 9th
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Winter Activities and Experiments
Integrate the winter weather into your classroom this holiday season with these engaging activities and experiments that will have students research snow, solve real-life problems, and design and create prototypes. This bundle of lessons can be used as sub plans, in small group stations, or as whole class projects. This winter activities and experiments bundle includes: Winter Weather: Snow WebQuest Mittens vs Gloves Activity and ProjectSeasonal Experiments: Which temperature is best for hot co
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4th - 6th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Science and Engineering Practices: Watersheds
Tired of the same old Watershed activities you've seen for the last 25 years? Here are 8 brand new ideas you can use ☺!Based on the NGSS's Science and Engineering Practices, this product includes lots of practice with concepts relating to ☔Watersheds☔!------------------------------------------Included in this product:✨One activity for each S.E.P. (285-minutes total!) -- Topics include analyzing a variety of maps to determine watershed information, types of soil and how they affect watersheds, us
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7th - 12th
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Science and Engineering Practices: Nebular Theory and Solar System Formation
Updated Oct. 2023!Based on the NGSS's Science and Engineering Practices , this product includes lots of practice with concepts relating to ✨Nebular Theory and Solar System Formation✨!------------------------------------------Included in this product:✨One activity for each S.E.P. (230-minutes total!)✨Teacher instructions✨Materials list✨Answer key------------------------------------------Why S.E.P.s?★Give students multiple ways to demonstrate learning★Allow students to DO science rather than memor
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Science and Engineering Practices GROWING BUNDLE!
Rocks and Minerals Identification Lab Activity for Earth Science Unit
Engage your students in the intriguing world of geology with Rocks and Minerals Identification Lab Activity, designed to deepen their understanding of mineral properties and identification. Through hands-on experimentation, students explore a variety of mineral characteristics, including hardness according to the Mohs scale, streak, cleavage, magnetism, luster, electrical conductivity, and more. With the aid of a comprehensive key, students embark on a journey to identify 12 mystery minerals, ho
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, HS-ESS1-6
, MS-ESS2-3
, HS-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS3-1
...
Also included in: Earth Science Activities and Lesson Plans Bundle
Evolution by Natural Selection M&M Interactive Lab Report | Hands-on Activity
Looking for an interactive Evolution by Natural Selection Science Lab experiment? Our Interactive M&M Lab Report allows students to explore the process of Evolution by doing a fun M&M game.Welcome to a world of pure imagination! Where M&Ms are bugs that live in a rainforest. Each group of different colored M&Ms represents a different insect species. As your teacher reads each global issue, one color or species of M&M will become extinct. Observe what happens when the environm
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-1
Materials Matter: A "Properties of Matter" Unit (PBL) for MS
Materials Matter: A Project-Based “Properties of Matter” Unit for Middle School with Distance Learning OptionSummary:You are a new fashion designer hoping to specialize in jewelry or “wearable art” for the stars. Teen idol and pop singing sensation Divano Singh has decided to give you your big break. He wants a piece of wearable art that will set him apart at the next Teen Choice Music Awards. He has given you free reign both with the design and the materials used. To quote Divano, “I don’t c
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-PS1-2
, MS-PS1-3
, MS-ETS1-1
Electromagnetism Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, and Laboratory Sheet
This lesson is an introduction on the principles of electromagnetism. It first goes over how electromagnets are created using solenoids and the relationship between electricity and magnetism. It also goes over how we used electromagnets in our everyday lives. The worksheet follows the power point presentation. The laboratory teaches students how they can create their own electromagnet using classroom materials.
Key Terms Include:
Electromagnetism
solenoids
electromagnets
magnetic field
electri
Grades:
5th - 9th
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