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High school Winter close reading laboratories
Borax Crystal Snowflake Science Activity
Having my students make Borax Crystal Snowflakes before the holidays is one of my all time favorite winter activities! With a few simple materials and a little preparation, your students will have fun learning science while they make a winter ornament that they will treasure for years to come! I still hang mine on my tree each year! This activity is best started in class and finished at home.
This Product Includes:
-Borax Crystal Snowflake Student Card (.pdf)
-Teacher Directions (.pdf)
-B
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5th - 9th
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Christmas Science Activities and Labs
For the winter season, Christmas, or just to celebrate the cold weather :) Included in this package are science activities and printables to excite your students for the holidays and the winter season! Students will learn/engage in the following activities:-Winter Solstice (NO PREP!)-Compare Climates to the North Pole (NO PREP!)-Changing the Melting Point of Ice with Salt-How Much Liquid Water does Snow Make?-Dissolving Candy Canes in Different LiquidsGet ready for some stimulating sub-zero scie
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Holiday Science Bundle: Activities for Every Major Holiday
Snowflakes (using paper chromatography)
This activity uses coffee filters and water-soluble ink pens to make beautiful snowflakes to use as classroom decorations during the holidays! They can be taped up onto windows, used as binder decorations, on the tree, etc. The neat thing about these snowflakes is that students use the principles of chromatography to separate the black ink into it's many colors and learn something while having fun! I use this same activity with juniors and seniors in high school. Kids of all ages have fun w
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PreK - 12th
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Twelve Days of Christmas Science - Holiday Demos and Activities! (Free Poster!)
No More Boring Science presents 12 magical demonstrations for students of all grades. Inside you will find how to make silver christmas trees, huge snowflakes, festive fire, snow globes, beautiful holiday ornaments, and much more! All thanks to science!
Now including a Free Christmas Poster!
These activities have been created with the goal of making it easy for you to obtain supplies. You won't need to call up some expensive chemical supply company, most of this stuff can be found in the groce
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Conduction Convection Radiation Heat Transfer Activity MS-PS3-3 MS-PS3-4
This product will WOW your students and challenge them! This integrated week long activity has real life applications and is engaging, rigorous, fun and easy prep! Your students will master energy transfer after this activity!It’s NGSS aligned, it’s integrated, it’s a rigorous week long 5E and relatively easy prep! I also include 12 pages of very detailed notes, a key and my email if you have any questions. Read below for the details. The following concepts are included:-Energy -Kinetic Energy-P
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6th - 9th
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Forces Motion & Energy MS-PS2-2: 5E NGSS Activity Close Reading & Notes CER
This product will WOW your students and challenge them! It’s NGSS aligned, it’s a rigorous 2 day block period 5E and relatively easy prep! I also include 8 pages of very detailed notes, a key and my email if you have any questions. Read below for the details. The following concepts are included:-Energy -Kinetic Energy-Potential Energy-Energy Transfer-Momentum-Friction-Heat-Sound- Gravitational Potential Energy- Energy of Position and Motion-Chemical Potential Energy-Elastic EnergyNGSS Standards:
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6th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-PS2-4
, MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS2-2
, MS-PS3-1
The Salt Babies
These lessons are aligned and keyed to NGSS (NYSSLS). In this package, students are presented with a recent newspaper article discussing the mysterious deaths of 7 babies in a span of 3 days in March 1962 at a hospital in Binghamton, NY. Students will propose questions and then sift through evidence from primary source documents (newspaper articles from the 1960s) to generate a valid claim as to why they think the babies tragically died in those 3 days (I omitted the 'answer' from the excerpts
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9th - 11th
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Vision Quest-Evolution, Genetics, Ecology, Human Impacts, Systems Interactions
This lesson is aligned to NGSS (NYSSLS) with standards listed on the first two pages. This activity is based on a Reader's Digest article which is great for the context/ human emotional experience, but can be completed without the article. The article talks about a family where both parents were unknown carriers of a mutation that leads to blindness by adulthood. 3/4 of the kids inherited the genes to have the disease and their parents decided to take them on a trip around the world for a yea
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9th - 11th
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We are never, ever, ever getting back together! Cell Division Lab
This Lab is aligned and keyed to NGSS (NYSSLYS) with standards on the first page. In this Lab, students will review the concepts associated with cell division (mitosis) including the role of the protein synthesis in creating the proteins that control and regulate the cell cycle, the basic parts of interphase (focusing on DNA replication, regulation of the cell cycle (p53, DNA repair enzymes) and implications when mutations change the regulator proteins (cancer), purpose for cell division (growt
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9th - 11th
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Crystal Snowflake - Free Science Investigation
Here's a free science investigation to engage your students during this hectic holiday season! Crystal snowflakes allow students to demonstrate and observe the making of a crystal using a saturated solution of Borax and water - easy, cheap, fun AND all your holiday decorations are done for you classroom :)
Have fun with this "cool" science investigation!!
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4th - 11th
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Borax Crystal Snowflakes Lab Activity
This lab activity is used in my 8th grade classroom as a review of physical and chemical changes prior to beginning the chemical bonding and chemical reactions chapters. This is a creative and entertaining way to review the differences between physical and chemical changes, introduce crystal structure, and revisit geology concepts learned in earlier grades. The crystals grow large and quickly on the pipe cleaners. It's fun to hang the "snowflakes" from the classroom ceiling to make your very
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5th - 9th
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Holiday Crystal Trees - Free Science Activity!
Looking for something new and different to do with your students around the winter holidays? In this easy activity, students cut out holiday trees and dab on a solution made from a few household chemicals. In as little as a few hours, crystals will start to grow on the trees! Over time, the crystals will grow larger, making the trees appear even more beautiful. Students will love checking on their trees each day to see how much it “snows” on them!
This FREE download includes:
*Experiment
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5th - 12th
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Chemistry Endothermic Reactions Fake Snow High School Science
Make fake snow with baking soda and shaving cream. Are you looking for a fun, hands-on way to teach your Middle or High school students endothermic reactions? Here it is!! Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) mixed with the acid/lanolin/sorbitol compound (shaving cream) creates a mixture that is cold to the touch, otherwise known as an endothermic reaction. It is fairly rare to get an endothermic reaction in the safety of your home without using anactual chemical lab Part 1Reading about Exothermic a
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8th - 10th
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NGSS:
HS-PS1-4
Snowflake Science-A Winter STEM challenge
Snow doesn't have to get you down! Celebrate the new winter season, first snowfall, or get students excited about what's coming with this STEM Challenge! This product includes the student worksheet in English and Spanish, lesson plan, grading rubric, and a short letter home to families of students. NGSS SEP: Obtain, evaluate, and communication informationDeveloping and using modelsPlanning and carrying out investigationsObjective: It aims to engage students in exploring the uniqueness of snowfla
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4th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS2-4
, MS-ESS2-5
, 4-ESS2-1
Also included in: 15 STEM Challenges Bundle: includes lesson plans, handouts, and more!
Winter "Wonder"land Stations Lab
Do you want your students to get some hands-on experience?!? Do you want to them to practice and strengthen their Claim, Evidence, Reasoning writing?!? This is the perfect hands-on activity for students to complete with a winter theme. Students will travel to four different stations to conduct experiments, learn four different science concepts and practice C-E-R writing. The stations consist of four different concepts: chemical reactions, statice electricity, density and potential and kinetic en
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4th - 12th
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Solar System Christmas Ornament Research Activity | December Science
It's the holiday season! Get festive with your class, and create solar system ornaments! Students will research each planet and document their answers on the ornament. The ornaments can be cut out, decorated and tied together in the order of the planets. This is a fun and creative pre-winter break activity to review the solar system. A teacher's guide is also included to provide more suggestions for implementing this resource in your classroom.Features: - A teacher's guide (1 page)- 8 Ornaments
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Seasonal Science Bundle | Holiday STEM Activities
Reading a Recipe (It's a trick :)
Tired of your students not reading their recipes for lab? This helps to teach them a lesson in how important it is to read before they start. If they don't read the directions, they will do a little extra work, which never killed anyone before.Spoiler: In the directions, they only have to answer questions two and nine, but they'll probably answer them all! bwahahaha!
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7th - 12th
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Understanding Our Town: Theatre Design Project
This assignment has been so fun to use in my literature and drama classes! Students love it.
After reading _Our Town_, students take on the role of a theatre artist--either a costume designer, scenic designer, actor, or dramaturg. They then work toward an artistic project that helps them access and understand the play.
All of the students-as-theatrical-artists must rely on the script, the Director's Concept (included), and high quality external research. After doing research, using both the p
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9th - 12th
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Winter Bundle | Adaptations and Habitats in Winter | January Science
This comprehensive educational resource is designed to help students improve their research skills and learn about unique animals in the arctic and antarctic regions. Featuring 27 different creatures, the Polar Animal Habitats project is a great way to introduce students to new and exciting animals. The included teacher's guide provides instructions for incorporating the project into your classroom, and two reading passages on hibernation and migration are included for further learning. The beha
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4th - 9th
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Weather Animal Tracks in the Snow Middle and High School Science Nature
Following and identifying animal tracks in the snow can be a fun and educational activity for both teachers and studentsWinter wildlife tracking lessons will inspire your students to become amateur naturalistsWhat can scientists learn from tracking animals?Using the data collected from tracking devices, scientists can determine the day-to-day movements of an animal, the size of an animal's home range, what other animals share an animal's range and the types of habitats an animal usesYour studen
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7th - 10th
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NGSS:
HS-LS2-8
Also included in: Weather Bundle Activities, Labs and Readings for Middle School Science
Exothermic Reactions-Make your own handwarmer lab STEM
This lab is one what when students are walking by your class they will slow down and look in your classroom. The lesson includes a one page read about exothermic and endothermic reactions with a quick reading check. In this lab experience, students investigate the energy changes that accompany the dissolution of common laboratory chemicals in water and apply the results to design a hand warmer that is reliable, safe, and inexpensive. EditableHS-PS3-4Plan and conduct an investigation to provide
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: High School Chemistry MEGA Bundle
Chemistry Xmas Cookie Mystery Lab
Are you looking for a fun lab during the holiday season? Here it is, in this activity students are given a Christmas mystery scenario and asked to apply their scientific knowledge to discover who stole the cookies. Written in word so you can easily modify it for your classroom. Teacher MaterialsDecided which test you will have the students test forSelect one of the followingCornstarchBaking SodaSaltPowdered sugarA way to test for conductivity in water VinegarIodineWaterHoppy Holidays!
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9th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-PS1-2
Also included in: Christmas Activities High School Chemistry Fun Labs
Winter and Snowman Dichotomous Key (BOOM CARDS)
Your students will be engaged with this Boom Cards winter/snowman-themed dichotomous key while learning how to spot patterns (NGSS). You can use this activity for winter holidays, after Christmas break or to cure the winter blues. This activity is also an excellent substitute plan because it requires no background teaching, and is exciting and visually appealing to students of all ages. DESCRIPTION: This activity contains 18 fictional creatures that your students will have to identify. Each orga
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6th - 10th
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Christmas Activities High School Chemistry Fun Labs
Great lab experiences are the key to successful chemistry. This bundle will keep your students learning while having fun during the holiday seasons Spread holiday cheer while still teaching important chemical material.Classroom-tested and web quest labs will keep your students on task while still learning science.
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8th - 11th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-LS3-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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