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6th grade science resources for Microsoft Excel under $5
Lucky Charms Cereal Data Analysis and Graphing Project St. Patrick's Day
Looking for a way to review data analysis and graphing skills without it being a bore? This Lucky Charms Cereal Data Analysis and Graphing Project is a fun activity to incorporate in March for St. Patrick's Day, but of course it works at any time of the year in a graphing unit or in a math-integrated unit. Your students will smile when you whip out the box of Lucky Charms and tell them that they are to pretend they are the Quality Control Department at the Cereal Company! This activity is fun an
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-4
Spreadsheets and Graphing Weather Data - Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel
Engage your students and make connections between technology, science and the real world with these Google Sheets/Excel graphing activities using weather data. These activities can be used in a computer lab, classroom and in a distance learning situation. The included videos allow students to learn and work independently and at their own pace, which allows you to provide extra support to struggling students. It also makes a great collaborative experience between specialists, classroom teachers
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Jennifer Davis
Arthropod Sorting Activity
Students cut out 15 pictures of arthropods with names above each one. There is a graphic organizer that students use to categorize the pictures as either crustaceans, arachnids, or insects. (Product is in an Excel document in case you want to edit it)
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4th - 7th
Science SOL 6.4 - Energy Transformations - Mystery Pixel Art Picture
This Google Sheets document can be assigned to students via any learning management system (Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas, etc) for students to complete. The box will turn green if the correct answer is entered and a mystery picture will start to appear!This activity is great for students to receive immediate feedback on their work, allowing them to correct any mistakes and ask for help as they go, instead of after completing an assignment!
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5th - 8th
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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Engineers Crossword - Types of Engineers & What they Do - STEM
This completely original Crossword has 25 Clues. (the asterisks indicate a type of engineer) WORD BANK: Aerospace*; Airports; Chemical*; Circuit; Civil*; Computer*; Electrical*; Energy Sources; Engineer; Engineering Design Process; Environment; Hardware; Highways; Install and Maintain; Manufacturing*; Materials*; Mechanical*; Minerals; Mining*; Planetary*; Pollution; Productivity; Software; Structural*; Technical. Sample clues: ...................................................................
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6th - 9th
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Middle School Science Lesson Plan Template - Drop Down NGSS Standards
This simple and easy-to-use design is 100% editable and customizable. You can change the colors, font, and labels, add and delete rows, and more.
Easily select the NGSS standards for middle school science by clicking on the appropriate box and selecting from a drop-down menu.
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High School Science Lesson Plan Template
Space Themed Lesson Plan Template | Middle School NGSS | Excel
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6th - 8th
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Groups and Periods of the Periodic Table Self Checking Activity
This is a self checking activity I used with my students when first introducing Periods and Groups of the periodic table. Students will get instant feedback as they fill out each answer to see if they got it correct. This activity aligns with TEK 8.5C - Interpreting the Periodic Table!
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6th - 12th
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Science SOL 6.4 - Types of Heat Transfer - Mystery Pixel Art Picture
This Google Sheets document can be assigned to students via any learning management system (Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas, etc) for students to complete. The box will turn green if the correct answer is entered and a mystery picture will start to appear!This activity is great for students to receive immediate feedback on their work, allowing them to correct any mistakes and ask for help as they go, instead of after completing an assignment!
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6th - 8th
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Formative Assessment and I Can Tracker
This is a tool that I use frequently to keep formative data on my students and the standards that have been taught. This template can be altered electronically or you can print and complete it as you progress throughout the year. Student names should be added at the top and I Can statements derived from the standards should be added in the second column. As you use formative assessment to analyze student achievement use the tracker to record the results. This can be done in many ways. You can pl
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Science SOL 6.5 - Counting Atoms in Compounds - Mystery Pixel Art Picture
This Google Sheets document can be assigned to students via any learning management system (Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas, etc) for students to complete. The box will turn green if the correct answer is entered and a mystery picture will start to appear!This activity is great for students to receive immediate feedback on their work, allowing them to correct any mistakes and ask for help as they go, instead of after completing an assignment!
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Atoms - VA Science 6 SOL 6.5 Resource Bundle (NEW 2018 Standards)
Science SOL 6.5 - Periodic Table of Elements - Mystery Pixel Art Picture
This Google Sheets document can be assigned to students via any learning management system (Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas, etc) for students to complete. The box will turn green if the correct answer is entered and a mystery picture will start to appear!This activity is great for students to receive immediate feedback on their work, allowing them to correct any mistakes and ask for help as they go, instead of after completing an assignment!
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Atoms - VA Science 6 SOL 6.5 Resource Bundle (NEW 2018 Standards)
STEM - Engineering Design Process CROSSWORD PUZZLE #1 35 Clues
This 35-clue crossword puzzle is based on a 7-step Engineering Design Process. All Content needed to solve this is included (one-page handout). This should take 1-2 class periods. SAMPLE CLUES:1 The sharing of ideas from one person to another. 2 When everyone calls out ideas and they are written down 3 As a group, you'll _____ the best solution. 6 This allows us to come up with creative ways of doing things. 9 People see things from their own ____; diverse viewpoints; 13 A test model or practi
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: STEM / Engineering Design Process BUNDLE
Digital Intervention Tracker - Distance / Remote or In Class Teaching
This intervention tracker is helpful for both online and in class teachers. You will be able to select from a dropdown menu of options. The default options are: UR (Unsuccessful Reteach); S (Successful); C (Complete); W (Student Withdrawn). The dropdown options are color coded within the cell so you can visually track progress. This resource will help you keep track of who you've worked with, when you did, and what the status of that intervention was.You can customize or edit field information t
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Grades:
PreK - 12th
Science SOL 6.1 - Scientific Method Vocabulary - Mystery Pixel Art Picture
This Google Sheets document can be assigned to students via any learning management system (Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas, etc) for students to complete. The box will turn green if the correct answer is entered and a mystery picture will start to appear!This activity is great for students to receive immediate feedback on their work, allowing them to correct any mistakes and ask for help as they go, instead of after completing an assignment!
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Complete Curriculum Map for 6th Grade- all subjects with standards
This is a complete year long curriculum map for 6th grade. ELA and math are aligned with common core standards. Science is aligned with NGSS standards and includes all sciences 6-8th grade since NGSS doesn't break middle school standards by grade. Pick life sciences, biology or earth sciences. The curriculum map also includes social studies that is aligned with Hawaii state standards. The form is a completely editable excel file if you need to adjust for your own state standards. This maps out t
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6th
NGSS Middle School Science Tracking and Planning Tool
Do you need to have all the NGSS standards on one place without clicking through multiple web pages? Do you need to easily track which standards you have taught or have not taught? Do you need to easily view where are the gaps in your course?
Then, this tracking tool is for you.
This tracking tool includes all the science middle school NGSS standards. Allows you to view cross cutting concepts and science and engineering statements, and disciplinary core ideas all in one place.
The spreadsheet
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Creating Data Tables and Graphs in Google Sheets
This is an activity that walks students through the process of organizing and entering data into a data table and then using that data to generate line, bar, and pie charts. Once the graphs are generated, the process of formatting and editing the different parts of each graph is explained.
Elementary Spreadsheet Activities - Exploring Our Solar System
"Exploring Our Solar System" is a great way for the Technology Specialist to integrate science into their instruction or for the classroom teacher looking for ways to enrich their units with technology. This unit consists of several activities that use technology as a tool to find information, enter data to make calculations and create a product that demonstrates their understanding of our solar system.Your students will: • Engage by making connections with new content and their daily lives; •
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Deanna
Beatrix Potter Stories - Literature-based Learning Unit
Who knew that your child could learn vocabulary, the healing power of herbs, how to cook, and gardening, all in the same learning unit?This is a vocabulary unit for three Beatrix Potter stories, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, and The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. In addition to vocabulary definitions, it also includes mini lesson via the links provided. The unit is in Excel format with a main vocabulary page (including the external links to mini lessons and coloring sheets)
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3rd - 8th
Weather Tracking in Excel
Compatible with Google Sheets, Google Classroom, or as a stand-alone file on a PC, this product is a must have for any teacher comparing weather conditions in multiple locations!
BEFORE YOU BUY: This file is part of a larger unit. Save yourself money by purchasing the Super Science Set for Weather and Climate nstead of buying each file separately.
Purchased alone, you get:
⭐ An Excel workbook that enables students to track the weather for 5 different locations as a whole class or individ
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4th - 8th
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Printable Sunrise Sunset Chart
Track the sunrise and sunset all year long with this printable sunrise sunset chart in excel. Paste it onto poster-board and leave it up in your classroom all year long. Enter the times once a week and shade in the "darkness".This is an ideal way to teach elapsed time through a fun math and science project.
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2nd - 7th
LINE GRAPH MAKER (AUTOMATIC)
This spreadsheet allows you to insert your independent and dependent variables into a chart and voila!... a line graph is generated as you enter in each piece of new data! Students love to take their data from a lab and watch as a graph is made right before their eyes! You can change all of the titles on the chart and the graph to suit your classes laboratory experiment needs! Students can easily print out their data to include in their lab reports!
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2nd - 12th
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End of Year Survey
I have students fill out this survey on their last day of school. They always give me and future students great feedback.
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Grades:
5th - 12th
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