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7th grade science independent work packets for Google Apps
Punnett Square Practice Worksheets - Digital or Print
Scaffold students understanding of Punnett squares with these three worksheets that build off of one another. Each new page adds another layer of understanding and critical thinking. These three worksheets will help your students practice Punnett squares in the classroom or in a distance learning setting. Each page is separated in PDF and Google format and ready for you to distribute to your students! Keys are included! Need help teaching Punnett squares before your students practice? Check out
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Grades:
6th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-LS3-2
Also included in: Genetics Unit & Heredity Bundle For Middle School - Digital and Print
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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6th - 9th
Classification Lab on Dichotomous Keys - Classification of Living Things
In this dichotomous key classification lab activity, students will rotate through stations using 3 different dichotomous keys in order to classify 27 different invertebrates and vertebrates. As students become masters of classification keys, they will have fun exploring the classification of living things. All pictures and diagrams needed for the activity are included.Both printable and digital versions of this resource are included. The student handouts can be printed or used in the paperless d
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Grades:
7th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-LS4-2
Also included in: Classification of Living Things Unit Bundle Kingdoms Cladograms
Electricity- Circuits, Series, Parallel, Conductor, Insulator, Symbols, Current
Enhance your electricity unit with this big fat pack! Topics Include: Circuits (series, parallel, closed, open), conductors, insulators, electric current, switches, and circuit diagrams / symbols. In this pack you will find a variety of printables, activities, and a 100% editable PowerPoint. *Also includes digital access via Google Slides.What’s included in the pack: (answer keys are included) • PowerPoint review sheets • Series and Parallel Circuits Information reading and comprehension questio
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4th - 7th
Scientific Method Homework Worksheets
This printable or digital worksheet on the steps of the scientific method is packed with problem solving and critical thinking examples and problems. Questions cover hypothesis, control and experimental groups, independent and dependent variables. In given scenarios, students will identify the independent and dependent variables. There are questions of varying difficulty levels, ranging from simple to complex. The student will do more than just list the steps of the scientific method. Student w
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Science Skills Bundle: Metrics, Measurement, Scientific Method, Graphing
Dichotomous Key Activity
This hands-on (printable and digital) activity will ensure that your students become experts on using and building dichotomous classification keys. Students will first use an included classification key to identify the leaves of cone bearing plants, followed by a second activity that requires students to construct their own key to classify 12 different primates.Both printable and digital versions of this resource are included. The student handouts can be printed or used in the paperless digital
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Classification of Living Things Unit Bundle Kingdoms Cladograms
Geography of North America Map Practice Activities | USA Canada Mexico | Google
End the cycle of bored students copying from books to label maps! Your classes think critically with these digital, interactive, geography activities. First, students answer questions about North America by analyzing various physical & political maps of the region. Then, a drag & drop challenge assesses their learning of the locations. This resource also includes a printable worksheet that takes labeling maps to the next level! They create a map of the United States, Canada, and Mexico u
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5th - 12th
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Geography of Europe Map Practice Activities | Print and Digital | Google
End the cycle of bored students copying from books to label maps! Your classes think critically with these digital, interactive, geography activities. First, students answer questions about Europe by analyzing various physical & political maps of the region. Then, a drag & drop challenge assesses their learning of the locations. This resource also includes a printable worksheet that takes labeling maps to the next level! They create a map using only absolute & relative location clues
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5th - 12th
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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
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6th - 9th
Scientific Method PowerPoint
This is a 33-slide PowerPoint presentation on the scientific method. Students work through a sample problem to identify the hypothesis, the experimental and control groups, the independent and dependent variables, and the conclusion. Steps of the scientific method are covered, but more importantly, the lesson provides examples and practice problems illustrating the application of the scientific method. Analysis questions and answers are included. Choose to use the traditional printable version,
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: Science Skills Bundle: Metrics, Measurement, Scientific Method, Graphing
Dichotomous Classification Key Activity
This printable or digital resource is a classification key to a "crazy" animal kingdom of cartoon animals and is perfect for the younger scientists! The simple pictures and key are designed for students learning to use a dichotomous key for the first time. Students are given pictures of some mixed up "animals" and will use the key to find out the name of the animal. There are follow up and analysis questions. Finally, students will write and construct their own classification key to classify
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Classification of Living Things Unit Bundle Kingdoms Cladograms
Geography of Africa Map Practice Activities | Print and Digital | Google
End the cycle of bored students copying from books to label maps! Your classes think critically with these digital, interactive, geography activities. First, students answer questions about Africa by analyzing various physical & political maps of the region. Then, a drag & drop challenge assesses their learning of the locations. This resource also includes a printable worksheet that takes labeling maps to the next level! They create a map using only absolute & relative location clues
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5th - 12th
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Human Impact on the Environment PowerPoint and Notes
What is the ecological impact that humans have upon our fragile environment? This PowerPoint lesson is designed to teach students about the human behaviors that have consequences for our planet, such as the burning of fossil fuels, ozone depletion, overfishing, the clear cutting of forest areas and more. Choose to use the traditional printable version, or the paperless, digital Google Apps version. Our students are the decision makers of tomorrow. It is imperative that we give them the ecolog
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7th - 11th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-4
Also included in: Biology Curriculum Full Year Bundle
Dichotomous Classification Key for Insects and Arthropods
Science students of all ages love to use a classification key to identify organisms. Students begin this activity by using the included dichotomous key to determine the scientific names of 12 insects. In the second part of the activity, students must designed their own key to identity 5 different arthropods. Analysis and follow up questions are included. This activity is suited for scientists in grades 4 - 7. Both printable and digital versions of this resource are included. The student hand
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4th - 7th
Habitat and Niche Practice
Biology students often struggle with the differences between an organism's habitat and its niche. In this printable, editable, and digital practice worksheet, students will first determine the habitat of a variety of living organisms, then match an organism to its niche. Second, students will observe included photographs to determine the habitat/niche of each. This resource provides a thoughtful homework or classwork assignment during your units on ecology to ensure that your students have a sol
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Introduction to Ecology Bundle
Fossils Virtual Field Trip Rock Cycle Earth Science Digital Version
Don't just teach about rocks in Earth Science, the rock cycle, with fossils, how they are formed, and earth science- EXPERIENCE IT with this interactive Virtual Field Trip! Students can explore all about fossils and how they are formed and learn all about them with different ready to go tasks and activities.Take a Virtual Field trip with:360 VR Tour of fossil museumVideo to learn all about fossilsExplore different types of fossils up close with website linksRead about the fossilsWatch a video ab
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Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Geology and Rock Cycle Virtual Field Trip discount Bundle digital
Biology Prefixes and Suffixes
What's in a Name? (A Study of Biological Prefixes and Suffixes.) Master the science vocabulary! Do not let the science vocabulary master you! This is a familiar topic in my science classroom. The new vocabulary words in a first year life science or biology class can be overwhelming. However, many of the vocabulary words contain either a prefix or a suffix that will help the student understand the meaning of the word. With a general knowledge of these prefixes and suffixes, a beginner to the
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Grades:
7th - 11th
Also included in: Science Skills Bundle: Metrics, Measurement, Scientific Method, Graphing
5th-6th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions. Science - Set 5/5
* This resource has (3) FILLABLE science reading comprehension passages for 5th & 6th graders (9 worksheets in total, spread throughout 42 pages with full answer keys). The passages will stimulate your students’ interests and pique their curiosity through science-related lessons. These lessons are COMPLETELY FILLABLE and VERY SUITABLE FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM. *** Click here for a cost-effective (PDF) Version of this set **** The lessons are:1. The Dark Chamber2. Contact Lenses3. Bioluminescence
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Science Reading Comprehension Passages (FILLABLE Bundle) 5th - 6th Grade
Geography of East Asia Map Practice Activities | Print and Digital | Google
End the cycle of bored students copying from books to label maps! Your classes think critically with these digital, interactive, geography activities. First, students answer questions about East Asia by analyzing various physical & political maps of the region. Then, a drag & drop challenge assesses their learning of the locations. This resource also includes a printable worksheet that takes labeling maps to the next level! They create a map using only absolute & relative location cl
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5th - 12th
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Astronomy Moon Phases Oreo Lab NGSS MS-ESS1-1 Digital Resource Eclipse
Students love this lab!!! It's inquiry based, student centered, rigorous and easy prep! It covers NGSS DCI-ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System. The orbits of Earth around the sun and of the moon around Earth, cause observable patterns.What students do:I have the students bring in the Oreos and spoons/knives to class. Or you can spend about $25 on Oreos, which for my class size is 8 cookies per group, with 8 groups per class. Students model what they think the pattern of moon phases are for one
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6th - 10th
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MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-1
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Novel Study - Science Literacy
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind novel study is based on the young reader’s edition. This exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would ch
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5th - 9th
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Light Waves Lesson | Reflection Refraction | Electromagnetic Spectrum
In this week-long self-paced lesson, students will learn about the behavior of light waves, including how they are absorbed, transmitted, reflected, refracted, and diffracted to produce lots of beautiful phenomena. Students will be engaged by a phenomenon and as they progress through the lesson, they will build on their understanding of what's happening with light waves to produce the phenomenon.Students will work through 9 self-paced steps on a Google Doc. They will also work on supporting docu
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Grades:
7th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-PS4-2
Introduction to Cells Close Reading Packet
Introduction to Cells Close Reading Packet- Print & Digital Provide your Biology students with a basic understanding of the history of cell theory with this 9 page, no prep, INTRODUCTION TO CELLS CLOSE READING PACKET. Use as an introduction to your cell unit or to provide review and reinforcement. This packet would also make a GREAT sub assignment!Need a digital option? No problem! I have included a Google Slides version of this packet, making this resource PERFECT for distance learning, onl
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-1
Geography of Southeast Asia Map Practice Activities | SE Asia Region | Google
End the cycle of bored students copying from books to label maps! Your classes think critically with these digital, interactive, geography activities. First, students answer questions about Southeast Asia by analyzing various physical & political maps of the region. Then, a drag & drop challenge assesses their learning of the locations. This resource also includes a printable worksheet that takes labeling maps to the next level! They create a map using only absolute & relative locati
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5th - 12th
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