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Middle school physical science worksheets for Microsoft Word
Motion Review Worksheet: Distance Time Graphs
A nice, simple review of motion and interpreting distance-time graphs. I put together various different distance-time graphs to allow students practice in interpreting them. Great for middle school or introductory high school courses. I have included a key.
Main topics: motion, speed, reference point, velocity, speed (distance time) graphs, slope
If you like this activity, you can follow these links to other lessons and activities in my motion and forces units.
Motion PowerPoint Presentat
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Net Force: Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Practice Problems
I created this net forces worksheet to help my students practice finding the net force and to determine whether forces are balanced or unbalanced. For the first 15 questions, students draw a free body diagram to describe the forces acting on an object. Then, they determine the magnitude and direction of net force and describe whether or not the object's velocity is affected. For the last 5 questions, student summarize how balanced and unbalanced forces affect an object's motion. I hope this l
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5th - 9th
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Forms of Energy and Energy Transformations Practice
This activity provides students with energy practice! it starts with identifying different forms of energy in common life scenarios and items: mechanical, kinetic, potential, heat/thermal, radiant/light, sound, electrical, nuclear and chemical. It then moves on to identifying energy transformations: the starting form and the final form. The practice is best used after the "Energy Powerpoint" and the "Energy Guided Notes". I find it important to scaffhold the practice - to do a few of each type
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5th - 9th
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"Inertia Games" Lab Activity - Newton's 1st Law of Motion
Students are introduced to the concept of Newton's 1st Law of Motion and inertia by completing six (6) different challenges/games in this lab activity. Example of one of the game challenges:a. Get a plastic cup, index cards, and a quarter. b. Place the index card on top of the cup so it is centered over the opening. Put the quarter on top of the index card. c. Using your finger pull the index card out from under the quarter. You are trying to get the quarter to drop into the cup. d. Compl
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5th - 10th
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Newton's Third Law of Motion Practice Problems
The Newton's Third Law of Motion Practice Problems has questions and diagrams to really help students break down and understand the meaning of this law of interaction. In the first part, students look at simple examples to describe the action reaction force. Then, they identify the magnitude and direction of the reaction force given the magnitude and direction of the action force. Lastly, they look at several examples including a spring scale, air balloon, and car collision example to explain
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6th - 9th
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Newton's Second Law of Motion Practice Problems
This file helped my students understand and solve for force, mass, and acceleration using Newton's second law of motion. There are 22 word problems with varying degrees of difficulty. I also included a detailed answer key which detailed step by step explanations and answers. The answer key can be printed out for student reference and review.
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6th - 9th
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Mythbusters Breaking Glass Episode Mechanical Waves Worksheet Movie Guide (+Key)
*** Currently looking for link to free video for you ***- Comes with Complete Teacher Key- No Prep, just copy!- 11 Short Answer Questions - 50 Min Mythbusters Episode covering Mechanical Waves called 'Breaking Glass'- Could be done along with the video, or given as an assessment afterwards. - 'Real World' example of Mechanical Waves for students
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7th - 12th
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
Distance-Time Graph Practices
This is a collection of 5 practice worksheets for students to practice interpreting distance-time line graphs to help them determine areas of steady speed, at rest, and acceleration as well as calculating speed. One of the sheets even asks students to complete a chart from the graphed data. I created these and use them to teach 8th graders, but they would certainly be suitable for upper elementary, middle school and a basic practice for early high school students. These correlate perfectly wit
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6th - 9th
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Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt
A nice, simple review of the periodic table. Students will find symbols, names, as well as other trivia in the periodic table (like which elements are named after planets?). Also included are the lyrics to "The Elements" by Tom Lehrer (a great sing-a-long).
If you like this activity, you can follow these links to other lessons and activities in my atoms and elements unit.
Atoms and Isotopes PowerPoint Presentation
Giants of the Atom PowerPoint Presentation
Atomic Models Activity
Isotop
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Bill Nye Energy Video Guide Sheet
This 14 question worksheet provides a way for students to follow along with the Bill Nye Energy video. The questions are all fill-in-the-blank. The video and worksheet cover the following concepts: energy, potential energy, kinetic energy, movement, fossil fuel, energy transfer, microwaves, heat energy.
The worksheet goes in order of the video so students don't lose their place while filling in the guide sheet. There is plenty of line space for students to fill in their answers. This worksheet
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4th - 8th
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Motion Review Worksheet: Speed Time Graphs
A nice, simple review of motion and interpreting speed-time graphs. I put together various different speed-time graphs to allow students practice in interpreting them. Great for middle school or introductory high school courses. I have included a key.
Main topics: speed, velocity, acceleration, speed vs. time graphs, slope
If you like this activity, you can follow these links to other lessons and activities in my motion and forces units.
Motion PowerPoint Presentation
Acceleration PowerP
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Atomic Structure: Parts of an Atom Worksheet
The Parts of an Atom worksheet contains 3 pages of drawings, charts, and questions to help students understand the atom. Students define an atom, label the parts, describe and compare the protons, neutrons, and electrons, and determine the meaning of atomic number and mass number. This clear and concise lesson was effective in getting the students to describe the parts of an atom. I included a detailed answer key with explanations for each of the questions.
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5th - 9th
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Types of Forces: Gravity, Friction, Applied, Normal Force Worksheet
The Type of Forces Practice Problems includes 28 questions to help students understand the different types of forces (applied force, normal force, gravity, friction, tension, spring force) and its effects on motion. In the first part, students match the different types of forces with the definition and description. Next, students find the net force and describe what happens when balanced and unbalanced forces act on an object. Lastly, students look at different examples and determine the type
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6th - 9th
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Sound and Light Wave Review
A simple worksheet I use in class for reviewing sound and light waves. Simple vocabulary and wave anatomy is presented. Worksheet is suitable for elementary or high school although it would probably be overly simplistic for a high school physics course except as a pre-test. Satisfies CA Physics Standards 4a, 4b,and 4d. Created by Rob Whitbey.
Keywords: Wave, Sound, Light, Wavelegth, crest, trough, longitudinal, tranverse.
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5th - 10th
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Conduction, Convection, Radiation Popcorn Lab
Students will investigate the differnces between conduction, convection, and radiation by making popcorn. The students LOVE this lab!
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5th - 8th
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Calculating and Graphing Speed - The Tortoise and the Hare TEKS 6.8C 6.8D
Need help connecting calculating speed to motion graphs?
I use this worksheet to reinforce what my students know about motion graphs and have them connect that to speed calculations. We walk through this together. I have them graph the Hare first and have them tell me what they know about his speed based on what we graphed. Then we calculate his speed and compare it to what was predicted. I do the same with the Tortoise. The we compare which parts of the graph indicate a change in speed and fina
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6th - 8th
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Speed and Velocity Review Worksheet
A nice, simple review of motion, speed, velocity, and acceleration. Students will practice calculating speed, velocity, and acceleration from questions, pictures and graphs. Great for middle school or introductory high school courses. I have included a key.
Main topics: motion, speed, velocity, speed (distance time) graphs, slope, acceleration
If you like this activity, you can follow these links to other lessons and activities in my motion and forces units.
Motion PowerPoint Presentation
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction, Absorption Practice (Light & Sound)
This is a graphic organizer to use after teaching about the Behavior of Waves. Students must identify the wave behavior in the illustration and give a detailed explanation about how they came to that conclusion using evidence. A clue is given for each to aid with the image.This could be used as a formative or summative assessment.It is a word document so you are able to change the pictures, if desired.
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5th - 9th
Light Practice (Reflection, Refraction, Absorption)
This assignment is aligned to match the Texas SE 5.6C. The students first do a matching of vocabulary then look at 10 different images of light rays to determine if it is reflection, refraction, or absorption. This a perfect homework assignment, or independent activity, it could also be used in small grouping to tutor students who are struggling.
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4th - 6th
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Newton's Laws of Motion Worksheet and Review
This is a great way to review all three of Newton's Laws of Motion. This review worksheet is great to use before a test or quiz to reinforce all three laws of motions. The file is a Word document so you may edit it to fit your needs. An answer key is also provided.Updated 2021 - fixed the typos mentioned in the reviews.
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7th - 11th
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Ionic and Covalent Bonding Worksheet with Key
This worksheet (and Answer Key) is a great way to assess students' prior knowledge of ionic and covalent bonding. It is a great pre-assessment for high school chemistry classes, and a wonderful review activity for middle and high school classes that have already learned about bonding in class. On this sheet, you will find one example of a covalent bonding reaction and one example of an ionic bonding reaction. For each example, there are four questions that are specifically written to target stud
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6th - 12th
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Amplify Science- Thermal Energy All Articles Reading Comprehension Sets Bundle
Product Description- This product contains 225 reading comprehension questions for all five (5) of the articles in the Thermal Energy unit: "Absolute Zero""How Air Conditioners Make Cities Hotter""Molecule Collisions and Newton's Cradle""Thermal Energy is NOT Temperature""Dumpling Dilemma: Oil or Water?"For each article, there are three sets of questions: Set 1) 10 or 20 multiple choice questions, Set 2) 5 or 10 multiple choice and 5 or 10 short answer, and Set 3) 10 or 20 short answer. In total
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Amplify Science- Thermal Energy Unit Supplemental Resources Bundle
Motion Graphs: Position vs. Time and Velocity vs. Time
The purpose of the Motion Graph is to help students understand an object's motion on a position versus time and velocity versus time graph. In the position vs. time activity, there are three graphs for students to describe the position and speed of the object. Students are asked to identify the axis, describe the movement of the object, and explain whether the speed was constant or changing. In the velocity vs. time activity, there are two graphs clearly labeled to help students understand th
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6th - 9th
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