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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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Virtual Field Trips: 25 engaging trips that make fun end of year activities
This document contains 25 links (with descriptions about each link) to free virtual field trips. You click on the link and are taken to a sight that has both information and media--such as a virtual tour of a museum or a live feed of a webcam or a 3d manipulative view, etc.
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K - 12th
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Tides Lab Using Water Balloons - Hands On Experience That Kids LOVE!
This lab is a really fun way to use discovery and investigation to teach students how gravity and inertia cause tides, along with the moon. The cost is low (a package of water balloons and yarn) and it is a great activity to get kids moving and outside. They work in small groups and go through a series of steps and procedures and record data. This was one of the most fun labs of the year for students and was instrumental is having kids understand why we have high tides on the side of the Earth c
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6th - 12th
Crime Scene DNA Fingerprinting Lab with Key for Bar Codes
This is one of my favorite activities! The students really have a lot of fun with this lesson. After a brief talk about how the DNA in each of us is different, I relate that to how each food item has a different bar code as well. I use bar codes (DNA samples) and place them around my room on various objects. The students have to match the DNA sample (bar code) with the bar codes on their paper to see which perpetrator was at that particular crime scene. You can change the names on the bar code s
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4th - 10th
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Digital Electricity Lesson: Building a Circuit - PhET Simulation & Questions
Post this digital lesson to your Google Classroom for your middle school science class to engage and experiment with electrical circuits! This simulation can be used for distance learning or in science labs with limited equipment. It can be printed out and used as a worksheet too. Students can build circuits with a variety of materials including batteries, wires, switches, resistors, conductors, and insulators.This editable digital resource includes:kid-friendly instructions with visual supportl
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Digital Electrical Circuit Lessons Bundle - PhET Simulation & Questions
Virtual Circuits Inquiry Lab - Phet resource
This inquiry lab takes students through the process of building different types of circuits in the Phet Circuit Construction Kit: DC only. Students will build series and parallel circuits and explore the differences between them. They will also be able to explore their own circuits and there is an extension for building a series-parallel circuit as well.UPDATE FEB 1, 2022 - NOW WITH ANSWER KEY! If you have previously purchased this resource, I have finally gotten around to adding the answer key.
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Grades:
5th - 10th
NGSS:
HS-PS2-5
, 3-PS2-3
, MS-PS2-3
, MS-PS2-5
Magnet and Compass Virtual Lab - Phet resource
This is a virtual lab investigation for students to explore magnets, magnetic fields, and how they interact with a compass. This lab is perfect for distance learning or situations where you do not have access to hands-on materials.February 2nd, 2022 UPDATE: Now with an answer key AND two student versions of the assignment. The basic assignment which can be used with younger student (no digital drawings involved), and a slightly more advanced version that includes the digital drawing tools for ol
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5th - 9th
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NGSS:
3-PS2-3
, MS-PS2-3
, MS-PS2-5
Student Run Newscast PBL (5 lesson plans, 5 news segments, 23 student jobs)
Student Run Newscast Project Based Learning This resource is a bundle of my 5 New Segment Project Based Learning Enrichment Packets, complete with job descriptions, graphic organizers and the writing process. Each one is centered around completing a news segment that when put altogether, creates a complete classroom news broadcast. Each segment includes engaging tasks, graphic organizers, informative writing lessons and research strategies that give students a voice and choice in their i
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2nd - 8th
Evolution by Natural Selection Interactive Tutorial
First off, this is NOT a typical PowerPoint that simply lists main idea bullets. This is an interactive tutorial using engaging pictures, animations, and questions that require student input in order to proceed. This tutorial will guide students through the process of evolution by natural selection. The tutorial begins by taking readers through an introduction of Charles Darwin and his voyage on-board the HMS Beagle. Next, the tutorial will guide students thought the principles of natural select
Grades:
6th - 12th
PhET Forces and Motion Webquest
Access a free PhET simulation and allow students to work independently in discovering the effects of forces on objects.
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5th - 8th
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Rocks and Minerals Webquest Science
Rocks and Minerals Webquest Science Unit - Help students explore Rocks and Minerals through websites that feature interactive games, activities, videos, and text. Among many other exciting activities, students go on a rocks and minerals "expedition" that will keep them engaged and motivated. My students greatly enjoyed doing this project as an independent activity or partner activity. Students are able to type directly onto the WORD document because the gray text boxes self-expand to fit the st
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4th - 8th
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Heat Transfer - Land & Sea Breezes
PowerPoint includes:
An introduction to "heat" and "temperature"
3 methods of heat transfer: Conduction, Convection, Radiation
Sea Breeze vs. Land Breeze:
-convection currents
-direction of breeze flow
-animations
-Check for understanding breeze identification
Extension idea: Students create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the two types of breezes.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Global and Local Convection PowerPoint! ClimateRegions/Winds/Currents/Land&Sea
This PowerPoint explains how convection affects weather patterns and climate.Students must know that because warm air near Earth’s surface rises and then cools as it goes up, a convection current is set up in the atmosphere. There are three atmospheric convection areas in the northern hemisphere and three in the southern hemisphere: arctic region, temperate region and tropical region. Students will learn the wind belts located in that region: polar winds, trade winds and westerlies. Colorful gr
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Digital Electricity Lesson: Series vs. Parallel Circuits Simulation & Questions
Post this digital lesson to your Google Classroom for your middle school science class to engage and experiment with series and parallel circuits! This resource provides structure to fun experimentation with PhET, an excellent, free, and engaging simulation tool. Students will build circuits with a variety of materials to learn how circuit design impacts the flow of electricity. This simulation can be used for distance learning or in science labs with limited equipment. It can be printed out and
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Digital Electrical Circuit Lessons Bundle - PhET Simulation & Questions
Water Cycle Demonstration-Every Phase (Stations Activity)
This turned out awesome. You will not be disappointed. Every phase of the water cycle.
This will allow you to show your students every phase of the water cycle. (Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff, Accumulation)
It will also allow you to show your students that water is evaporated and anything else in the water is left behind. (blue water evaporates, clear water condenses)
Station #6 allows you to demonstrate the entire water cycle. There are 7 total interactive stations to kee
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Evolution Simulation by Minute Labs Worksheet Questions / Virtual Lab
Awesome online simulation and videos for evolution. There didn't seem to be any questions available so I made my own. Hope this helps you and your class. It touches upon some basic evolution vocabulary such as natural selection, artificial selection, traits, heritability, mutations, speciation, etc. Designed for about a 60 minute period. Link to the simulation is here if you'd like to check it out: https://labs.minutelabs.io/evolution-simulator/
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6th - 12th
Following Directions Activity: Fun Practice with Writing & Following Procedures
Brief: In this activity, students practice writing step-wise instructions for constructing a small object (legos, K’nex, household materials…it doesn’t matter). Then, students switch with one another, and try to construct the intended object using their classmates’ instructions. Finally, they self-assess their success. It is a fun and creative way to teach following directions, descriptive writing, and procedure writing for science experiments. A. NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS HEREINDCI’s: E
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4th - 12th
Model My Watershed - Runoff Simulation
Students explore the Model My Watershed Simulation (https://runoff.modelmywatershed.org/) and learn more about the surface of the Earth impacts on runoff, infiltration, and evapotranspiration. Students will see how much of 5cm of precipitation is transported once it reaches the surface of developed areas, forests, crop land, etc. Students should be able to better understand the following termsEvapotranspiration Infiltration Impervious Pervious PrecipitationRunoff Answer key included!
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Grades:
6th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS2-4
, HS-ESS3-6
, MS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-4
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Populations Lab: Design a Study to Estimate the Size of a Population - NGSS
This activity proceeds as follows:1. Students brainstorm about why it is important to estimate the population of organisms2. Students learn how to estimate population using the “sampling” technique3. Students learn how to estimate population using the “mark and recapture” technique4. Students design a study to estimate a real population, and carry out their study.5. Extension Activity: Students read an article about the overfishing of Bluefin tuna, which is down to 4% of the population that it w
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Build an Atom goes with FREE simulator at pHet-Distance Learning
After 16 years of teaching this is the BEST way I have found to teach students the basics of an atom! It is totally self directed using a very intuitive simulator. This worksheet in part is avalible for free at the pHet website but I have edited it over the last 3 years I have used it for clarity for my students and to reinforce key points. This includes a 4 page activity to go with the simulator and a 2 page follow up quiz. Also includes a answer key for all pages.
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Physical Science Testing Review Bundle
Planet Sun Space Solar System Universe Size Comparison Pictures Gr 3 4 5 6
This is an AMAZING PowerPoint. It shows pictures of the inner planets to emphasize the comparison of their sizes, then it shows them in relation to the outer planets and the Sun. Next, it shows other stars that are even larger than the Sun. Every year when I use this, my students are awe-struck.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Fish Dissection Guide
Dissecting a fish is a great way to teach your students about body systems! Students can explore the respiratory system by examining the structure and function of gills. This complete dissection guide (45 slides!!) will lead your students through the step-by-step process of dissecting a fish AND teach them about the structure and function of each fish organ.
Three options:
(1) Display this presentation on your board and lead your students step-by-step.
(2) Give your students this dissection
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Virtual Lab: Balanced & Unbalanced Forces Tug of War PhET
Students discover the difference between balanced and unbalanced forces with a Tug of War PhET. This packet will help guide student learning. To complete the virtual lab, students write an argument (claim-evidence-reasoning) to support the claim that an unbalanced sum of forces causes a still object to start moving.
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Grades:
6th - 11th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-PS2-2
, HS-PS2-1
Proper Microscope Drawings PowerPoint
This PowerPoint provides expectations and examples of proper scientific drawings when making microscope observation. This is NOT a simple main idea/bullet point slide show. This is a multimedia presentation filled with engaging images and animations to better assist with learning.Better yet! You can preview the entire PowerPoint prior to purchase on my YouTube channel. If purchased, the PowerPoint will NOT be narrated. However, all else remains as appears in the YouTube video.Preview on YouTube
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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