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7th grade earth sciences research microsofts
Meteorology Webquest
In this webquest, students practice being real-world meteorologists forecasting and interpreting weather maps. They use current weather websites to track current conditions and to predict future conditions. They explore the different types of weather maps meteorologists use to track different aspects of the weather. The webquest allows ample room to individualized student exploration. Students can explore different types of maps of their interest, as well as different places around the world
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6th - 9th
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Biome Choice Board Project
One aspect of differentiating instruction is allowing students to make choices in their learning. Students begin by completing a short research assignment on eight biomes. Then they choose one biome to further research and complete a detailed project. This biome project allows students to have a choice in their project. They are given a choice between eight biomes. (Tropical Rainforest, Desert, Tundra, Taiga, Savanna, Temperate Deciduous Forest, Chaparral, and Alpine) Then they choose one of eig
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4th - 8th
Editable Astronomy Webquest: NASA - Asteroids, Comets, & Meteors
Enjoy this editable sub plan or webquest covering asteroids, comets, & meteors. Students will use NASA's Solar System Exploration website to learn more about these celestial objects. This handout can easily be used for a block schedule activity, two day sub plan, or edited for a single class 50 minute class period. Perfect for a space unit in Earth Science or your Astronomy class.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: BUNDLE: Astronomy Webquests
Earth's Natural Resources Research Project
A research project for students to research and gain a deeper understanding of natural resources and the current problems facing the world. Includes requirements, sample project ideas, and brainstorming topics.Standard:(iii) Energy resources are available on a renewable, nonrenewable, or indefinite basis. Understanding the origins and uses of these resources enables informed decision making. Students should consider the ethical/social issues surrounding Earth's natural energy resources, while lo
Tides and Moon Phase Graph Activity using NOAA
Students will develop a graphical model of the Earth-Sun-Moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases and how they affect our tides.
NGSS-MSESS1-1
In this activity, students will go to the NOAA website and collect tidal data from a region around the US. Students plot a month of tidal data and predict the moon phases based on how high the high tides are and how low the low tides are (spring vs neap tides). Students are amazed to find that their predictions are right by looking a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Tectonic Plates & Plate Boundaries PowerPoint (Convergent, Divergent, Transform)
This is a Power Point presentation discussing basic information about tectonic plates and tectonic plate boundaries - convergent, divergent, and transform. Each type of boundary includes a diagram of what is happening at the boundary, characteristics of the type of boundary, and several real-life photos of the boundaries. This presentation is made to be used either as an introduction to the concept, or to be used as a review when wrapping up your unit on tectonic plates.Guided student notes (w
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Tectonic Plates & Plate Boundaries PowerPoint & Guided Notes
MS ESS3-2 Catastrophic Events Research Project
You work for a homeowners’ insurance company and have been given the task to inform your customers of the hazards of severe weather events. You will research one of five types of severe weather: hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms or floods and produce an informative booklet to give to customers. Use the following instructions to guide you in completing your project.My kids loved this project due to the fact that there were choices involved and creativity. Enjoy
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6th - 8th
Mass Extinction Interactive
This worksheet is designed to be used with the mass extinction interactive by HHMI website, biointeractive.org It includes an introduction, research questions and analysis.
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6th - 12th
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Environmental Science Current Event Project
Want your students to research and analyze science in the news?This product guides students to find an Environmental Science current event article that interests them, read the article, and analyze it. Students are provided with multiple websites to find an article on. They must identify the main idea and 5 facts from the article. They will then answer additional questions that prompt them to think about why the research from the article is important and how research on the findings should co
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Natural Hazard City Report (MS-ESS3-2)
Overview: Students in small groups select a natural hazard and create a report for a fictional city about the potential risks that the hazard poses as well as ways that the city can prepare for the hazard in order to minimize the damage.
NGSS Standard
MS-ESS3-2: Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Objectives: Students will demonstrate their ability to…
research a particular
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6th - 8th
Outer Planets Lesson, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Unit
This lesson bundle now contains 8 lessons (50 minutes each) and a 17 page work bundle that chronologically follows the entire lesson bundle. Students and teachers follow a slideshow road map that includes important fill-in notes, video and academic links, questions and answers, graphing exercises, built-in quizzes, games, end of the the bundle assessment, and much more. This bundle converts nicely to google classroom and also includes both a printed and digital version of the work bundle if wor
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5th - 10th
Severe Weather: Storms Reading Comprehensions
This is a collection of five severe weather storm reading comprehensions: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Thunderstorms, Winter Storms and Floods. The articles are written in friendly and engaging language. Each article is a little more than a page long and includes standards-aligned comprehension and analyses questions. Each article also includes a diagram of how the storm forms and of the storm in action. The article can be used for literacy groups, individual DEAR or homework reinforcement. I also l
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5th - 9th
My Mineral Research Project - Explore the world of Rocks and Minerals
Minerals are all around us. They are necessary for life, they are part of the walls in the school, they help heat our houses and provide us with clean drinking water. But what are they? Where do they come from? What do they really look like? How do we get them? What are they worth? This project leads students to investigate a mineral of their choice and create a presentation or poster about it. I have included a rubric for grading the work (20 points, 15, 10, and 5 points) to help students under
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7th - 12th
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Rock Cycle Project
Project that has the students research topics involving the rock cycle and then create a poster that represents the cycle. The overview includes questions that students must answer about the major aspects of the rock cycle.
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5th - 9th
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Editable Astronomy Webquest: NASA Solar System Exploration - Terrestrial Planets
Enjoy this editable sub plan or webquest covering the terrestrial planets. Students will use NASA's Solar System Exploration website to learn more about these rocky planets. Purchase the Gas Giants webquest as well to continue the activity or simply purchase the bundle now. Perfect for a space unit in Earth Science or your Astronomy class.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: BUNDLE: Astronomy Webquests
Freshwater Resource Bundle - Printables, Readings, Case Studies, Presentations
This bundle is helpful as it has plenty of ready-to-use resources to help you teach water on earth, and for students to develop their understanding of key concepts related to the topic.These key concepts include, but not limited to:Water distribution on EarthAccess to freshwater & sustainabilityWater sourcesWater issues & solutionsWater scarcityWater stressCase Studies/Info Sheets (Danube River, Murray Darling Basin, Israel, Tigris, Euphrates, South Africa, China, India, Aral Sea)Aquifer
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7th - 12th
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The Sun, Earth, and Moon~ Rotation vs Revolution; Seasons, Day & Night
This detailed PowerPoint helps explain the difference between what causes day and night and the seasons.
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5th - 9th
Storms Project
In this project, students create a powerpoint about the major severe storms (hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, thunderstorms, winter storms) and additional severe weather issues (fire spouts, waterspouts, wildfires, el nino, la nina, etc.) The project activity guide includes a checklist of requirements for each section. For each storm, students will need to explain how it forms, where it forms, weather associated, a well-known storm story, how to prepare/safety. This activity is a great way for s
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5th - 9th
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Famous Scientist Research Project Bundle
Description:Do you want to expose your students to a diverse group of scientists? This bundle includes four different sets of scientists: life, earth, physical, and engineers which includes over 60 different scientists. For each set, students get to select one scientist from the PowerPoint/Google slides, research that person (links to websites are included), and then create a one-pager about their person. This is a fun lesson that gives students a lot of choice and allows them to be creative in
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5th - 9th
Climate Zone Brochure
Let students teach one another about Climate Zones with this project. Students create a travel brochure featuring one of the 5 Major Climate Zones: Polar, Temperate, Tropical, Dry and Highland. In the brochure, students provide various attributes of the particular climate zone including temperature, precipitation, vegetation and more. Upon completion, students present their travel brochures to one another.
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5th - 8th
Earth's Four Spheres Mini Project
I created this product to spark some interest in learning and reviewing the content about the four spheres of Earth (biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere.) Students research a location in which many sphere interactions take place and answer questions given about their topic. I picked locations students may visit one day such as the Grand Canyon, Fallingwater, Niagara Falls, etc. I give them a list of places so they don't have to come up with one on their own.
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7th - 10th
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Journey on the Rock Cycle PowerPoint (Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic Rocks)
This is a Power Point presentation discussing basic information about the rock cycle - igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic rock, the processes that result in the formation of each kinds of rocks, etc. Each type of rock is explained in detail, along with diagrams of the processes and several real-life example pictures. Key vocabulary includes: igneous, intrusive igneous, extrusive igneous, sedimentary, sediments, weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation, lithification, and metamor
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3rd - 7th
Characteristics of Earth
Topic: Characteristics that make earth habitable
This presentation includes 4 factors that make life on earth possible, including proximity of the sun, water, atmosphere, and magnetosphere. Also included are an open-ended evaluative question and class research activity. Conclusion questions are given in the product, as well.
Aligned to TEKS 7.9A
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2nd - 10th
National Parks Brochure
With this travel brochure, we read the book The Camping Trip That Changed America and researched national parks from, https://www.nps.gov/index.htm which opened up discussion for preservaiton of nature, endangered species, landforms, researching, and more.
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1st - 8th
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2-LS4-1
, K-ESS3-2
, K-ESS3-3
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