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7th grade science projects for Easel
Camping STEM Challenges
STEM Camping Challenges are three activities that your students will love while exploring the theme of camping. Students will design and construct boats, tents, and fishing poles. These challenges will engage your students as they design, engineer, and test their creations. Students will go through the Engineering Process as they build and test their creations using various materials to construct it. ⭐This product is included in my STEM BUNDLE #2 Challenge! Your students will love designing, cr
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 7th
CCSS:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges Entire Year includes End of the Year STEM Activities
Real World Robot Research Project for Middle School Robotics and STEM Sub Plans
Why do we need to know about robots? What are robots used for today? What are examples of robots in everyday life? This real-world robot research project will help your middle school students discover answers to these questions and more!Get all the Intro to Robotics resources here and SAVE! In this engaging project, students meet Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core State Standards (CCSS) as they research a real-world robot of their choice. Your students will use assigned web
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Engineering and STEM Careers Research Project and Activities for Middle School
Teaching students about exciting STEM careers is one of the most important things we can do to inspire our next generation of scientists and engineers! But, what does it mean to have a career in STEM? What are some STEM career examples? You can answer these questions and more with this multi-day research project. Grab all the Engineering resources and save today!In this project, students meet science, reading, and writing standards as they research an engineering career of their choice and creat
Grades:
6th - 9th
MS-ESS2-6 Climate Project - Ocean Currents & Global Winds
Bring your weather and climate unit to life with this fun, 5-day project! With this resource, you will have everything you need to guide your students through this NGSS, student-centered investigation of a city of their choice. Students will gain a real-world perspective on how the latitude, global winds, and ocean currents affect the climate of a coastal area. This investigation is in 5 parts: Choose a city and determine its latitudeResearch and summarize the city's climateResearch and model (u
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-6
Also included in: Weather Activity Bundle
7 Earth Day Activities : Informational Texts Plus More!
Earth Day Activities! Informational Texts Plus More. These informational texts also make great practice for standardized test!Celebrate Earth Day's 53rd anniversary! Earth Day is officially on Monday, April 22, but you can celebrate all week by reading nonfiction texts and doing corresponding activities: The Plastic Problem, Water Wisdom, and Go Green! The Power of Renewable Energy. There is also a Recycling Facts Infographic, an Endangered Species Webquest, a dripping water lab, a Dandelion
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-3
Invention "SHARK TANK" Classroom Competition, Step-By-Step Guide w/ Handouts
PDF or Digital! Shark Tank! Classroom or school invention competition! It's never too early to encourage your young entrepreneurs. I've included everything you need with this resource to have a "Shark Tank" inspired classroom competition in your own classroom. Students will use innovative math, social studies and science skills with partners to create a product that will help students with specific problems at school. Great for teaching inventions, personal finance with profits, losses and etc
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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2050: Sustainable Cities -- City Design Project
2050: Sustainable Cities -- City Design ProjectBackground InformationSustainable Cities is a collaborative project-based learning activity in which students brainstorm and design a green city from scratch! In collaborative groups, students choose roles as various city planners to design a "fully functional" sustainable city. This project is incredibly relevant today with climate change being a serious global threat to human societies.The project utilizes various student abilities and interests r
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Grades:
6th - 11th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-LS2-7
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-ESS3-2
, HS-ESS3-4
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Physical and Chemical Changes Foldable - Great for Interactive Notebooks
Students will create a Frayer model foldable which will help them understand the difference between a physical property, chemical property, physical change, and chemical change. The foldable will require students to define the target vocabulary word, draw a picture, and apply the information by generating examples and non-examples for each vocabulary term. The foldable is designed to fit on a standard 8.5 x 11 paper and requires printing two pages (double-sided). This resource makes a great inte
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Cell Organelles Project 3D Model Plant or Animal Cell Activity
Clear, straightforward instructions lead to great projects. Students make a model of a cell using only "stuff" they already have at home - they don't have to buy anything!Related NGSS Standards: MS-LS1-1 and MS-LS1-2NGSS Science & Engineering Practice: Developing and using models Student Sheet Contains:Easy-to-follow instructionsClear grading criteria and rubricSuggestions for building materials kids can find around their house Teacher Notes:Please note: this resource is not editable.You
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-1
Also included in: NGSS Aligned Middle School LIFE SCIENCE Curriculum Bundle
Solar System Activity: Scaled Down Size & Distance Model of Our Solar System
Bring the Solar System down to Earth with this activity that scales down the sun, planets, and distances between them! An excellent out-of-the-classroom group activity for your inquisitive students!Watch your students' eyes widen as preconceptions are challenged and misconceptions are swept away.Then watch their eyes light up while they work together to measure distances and hold up planets, fusing math and science together into one unforgettable experience.This activity is not only fun, but i
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Grades:
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
NGSS Human Impact on the Environment Project YOUR HOME TOWN PDF and GOOGLE
Students investigate a problem in THEIR OWN LOCAL ECOSYSTEM! Includes PRINT and GOOGLE versions! ⭐Get this activity at a discount in our Human Impact ACTIVITY BUNDLE!In this research project, students will:Learn more about a problem within a local ecosystemDiscover what solutions have already been tried (if any)Suggest a solution to the ecological issueUse the teacher's choice of a website tool to create a presentation This student handout includes:Detailed introduction and instructions10 Sugg
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-LS2-7
, MS-LS2-5
, MS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-4
Energy Pyramid Foldable - Great for Interactive Notebooks
Students will create a Frayer model foldable which will help them understand how energy moves through different trophic levels within an ecosystem. Students will complete Frayer models for 4 different trophic levels: producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers. This Frayer model foldable will require students to define the target vocabulary words, draw a picture of the concept, and apply this information by generating examples and non-examples for each vocabulary wo
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Grades:
5th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-LS2-3
Also included in: Ecology Foldables - BUNDLE
Build A Biosphere - Ecology and Sustainability Project
Looking for a fun way to wrap up your ecology unit? This project brings ecosystems to life and captures imaginations as students answer the question: What would it take to create a self sustaining habitation on another planet? This project begins by introducing the concept of a biosphere with this free reading on the Phoenix Biosphere. (File also included in your project download.)Then your students will be guided through the process of designing the first true extraterrestrial human colony! Wi
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-5
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
Also included in: Middle School Life Science Curriculum - FULL YEAR
Robot Hand STEM Activity (Printed & Digital)
With only straws, string, tape, and paper, students create a movable hand to grab objects! This STEM challenge guides students through learning about the human hand and how to design and build their own hand. Students will be amazed at the ability of their paper hand to pick-up and move objects! Includes editable Google Slides for a digital or printed STEM journal plus an instructional STEM video led by a mechanical engineer and editable teacher slides! Included in this product:Teachers guide wi
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Middle School Distance Learning: Digital STEM Activity Bundle
STEM Activity Challenge Marshmallow Catapult (Middle School)
STEM Project for Middle School—6th, 7th, and 8th grades.In this activity, students will work in groups to create a catapult from popsicle sticks. They will modify their catapult in order to produce the best launch possible. Kids will have a great time launching mini marshmallows across the room while learning about potential and kinetic energy.***If you are interested in a differentiated version of this resource for grades K-8, please click here.This STEM Activity Challenge includes teacher inst
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
Also included in: STEM Activity Challenges 16 Pack #2 (Middle School)
Renewable Energy Wind Power Car Earth Day STEM Activities for Middle School
Are you looking for an engaging Earth Day STEM activity? Do you want to extend student learning about renewable energy and global warming? This wind-powered car STEM challenge is perfect for your STEM or Science classroom!Looking for more STEM Challenges? Click here to get activities for the whole year and SAVE!First, students will learn about global warming and wind energy as a renewable resource. Then they'll research methods for capturing wind energy. Next, they'll use the engineering design
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 5-ESS3-1
, MS-ETS1-1
Potential Kinetic Energy Project Forms of Energy Transformations Activity
Challenge students to create a simple TOY based on ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS. Students use free or cheap supplies for their projects, but the results are incredible!⭐ Get this resource at a HUGE discount in our Energy Unit! ⭐How It Works:Students get a letter from a toy company asking them to design a toy that demonstrates an energy transformation. The letter gives them clear and specific parameters and includes a student-friendly rubric. The students present their toys to the "board of director
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-5
, HS-PS3-3
Also included in: NGSS Energy Activity BUNDLE
Invasive Species Ecosystems Project
Introduce ecosystems, or wrap up a unit with this fun project based learning activity! This assessment ties together several ecology topics such as:resource availabilityinteractions of organismscycling of matter and energycompetitionpopulations are affected by various physical and biological components of ecosystems. Students will investigate how an invasive species of their choice has impacted its non-native ecosystem as well as describing planned solutions for maintaining biodiversity. After s
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-5
, MS-LS2-4
Also included in: Ecosystems - FULL UNIT
Natural Resources Research Project
Students research and create a presentation about a material natural resource of their choice. Students investigate:-the resource and what it is made up of-how the resource forms-where the resource is distributed around the world-why it is distributed that way-uses of the resource-the harvesting process and its consequences related to the environmentIncluded in this file is:-project outline and note-taking guide-peer evaluation form-link to Google slide template for student presentations-grading
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Grades:
5th - 9th
Thermal Energy Insulated Cup STEM Challenge Conductors and Insulators Project
Looking for an engaging way for your students to solidify and apply their knowledge of thermal energy, heat transfer, conductors, and insulators? Then it’s time for a hot cocoa party! In this exciting physical science STEM challenge, students are tasked with designing and building an insulated cup that will keep hot cocoa warm. The project supports Next Generation Science Standards, including the performance expectations MS-PS3-3 and MS-ETS1-1.Looking for more middle school STEM challenges? Grab
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-PS3-3
, MS-ETS1-1
Also included in: Winter STEM Activities for Middle School
Halloween STEM Activity: Candy Grabber STEM Activity
Fall or Halloween STEM Activity - updated with digital STEM journals and teacher slides!**Note: this challenge is identical to the Valentine's Day Candy Grabber Challenge but with a Halloween and fall theme!**This engineering design challenge is perfect for a fun and educational STEM Halloween project! Note: the word "Halloween" is not in the product - the pages are in black and orange with a candy graphic. Students will work in teams to design and build a device that uses the power of levers to
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
STEM Heat Project Thermal Energy Transfer Insulator Device MS-PS3-3
Students BUILD a device to minimize thermal energy transfer and then TEST its effectiveness.This project is designed for a heat, thermal energy, and insulators/conductors unit, covering NGSS MS PS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer. At home, students design and construct a device that holds heat. They can use any materials that they have access to, and therefore don't have to buy anything. Keeping
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS3-4
, MS-PS3-3
, MS-ESS2-6
Also included in: NGSS Aligned Middle School PHYSICAL SCIENCE Curriculum Bundle
Plate Tectonics Project Choice Activity
Highly flexible take-home choice project! Kids LOVE this earth science project because they can choose from a variety of ways to show what they have learned about plate tectonics. Many options are listed, from art projects and models to videos and presentations (and more!). ⭐ You may also be interested in our Plate Tectonics Activity Bundle! ⭐Students are given the concepts that must be included in their project, including topics in the following categories: Plate boundary typesCrust typesLa
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
, MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS2-2
, MS-ESS2-1
STEM Activity Challenge - Index Card Bridge (Middle School)
STEM Project for Middle School—6th, 7th and 8th grades.In this S.T.E.M. lab, students will work in groups to build a bridge from index cards that will span some “raging waters” (blue construction paper). Their bridges will be tested by adding pennies until it falls!***If you are interested in a differentiated version of this resource for grades K-8, please click here.This STEM Activity Challenge includes teacher instructions, student instructions (worksheet), grading rubrics, a demonstration vi
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
Also included in: STEM Activity Challenges 16 Pack #2 (Middle School)
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