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8th grade earth sciences resources for Microsoft Word under $5
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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Human Impact on the Environment Poster Project
The purpose of this assignment is to research a chosen topic on how humans are currently having an impact on the Earth and then create an educational, environmental poster/public service announcement. The posters will cover topics such as pollution, deforestation, eutrophication, poaching, global warming, invasive species, genetically modified organisms, and more.This assignment includes project descriptions, expectations, student work examples, and grading rubric. This is an editable assignment
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4th - 8th
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Geologic Time WebQuest | Earth Science, History of the Earth
Berkeley has a really nice interactive website about Geologic Time. This WebQuest walks students through the interactive in Part I, and in Part II, they get to research a dinosaur of their choice. This usually took my students one class period (40ish minutes). I used it in my 7th grade Earth Science class (I no longer teach 7th grade).The document is in Word, so feel free to modify it as needed for your class.*******WARNING: WEBSITES CHANGE ALL THE TIME. This is out of my control, and sometimes
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: The BIG Middle School Earth Science Bundle!
Cycles of Matter Webquest
Updated as of 01/20/23!! This webquest takes students through animations of the water cycle, carbon, oxygen and phosphorus cycles, and nitrogen cycle. There are fill-in-the-blank and short answer questions that go along with each animation. This activity introduces students to the big idea that all matter is recycled and is never created or destroyed. *Answer Key included
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7th - 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
Geologic Time Scale Scavenger Hunt
Students will use the Geologic Time Scale as a resource to answer the questions about earth's history. There are 13 questions, copy of a time scale, and answer key. Students will explore extinctions, periods, eras, glaciation and order of life on earth.
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6th - 9th
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Trees, Forestry and Deforestation 5E Lab-Distance learning possible
Update for distance learning: Students could do this lab at home with a tree in their backyard, neighborhood, or park. They need a cheap measuring tape, a cardboard triangle, string and a weight. Through zoom or a video, teachers can help students through the math. Another option is for the teacher to make a video measuring a tree and the corresponding math. Students can do the follow-up questions on their own.This is a full 5E designed for inquiry. It is advanced enough for AP, but accessible f
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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NGSS:
HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-6
, HS-ESS3-4
Also included in: Unit 5 Bundle for AP Environmental Science
PBS The Dust Bowl Ken Burns Movie Guide Answer Key Episode 1 2 Part Documentary
The Dust Bowl - 2012 ‧ Documentary ‧ 4 hoursThe 1930s drought of North American prairie farmland, and its consequences during the Great Depression.Episode 1 – The Great Plow Up – 2012 - TV-PG – 1h 51mIn the early 20th century, homesteaders converge on the southern Plains, where wet years, rising wheat prices and World War I produce a classic boom. Then, in 1931, a decade-long drought begins, exacerbated by the Great Depression.38 questions with time stamps and answer keyPart 2 Reaping the Whirlw
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6th - 12th
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Bill Nye Climate Video Guide Sheet
This 14 question worksheet provides a way for students to follow along with the Bill Nye Climate video. The questions are all fill-in-the-blank. The video and worksheet cover the following concepts: temperature, precipitation, types of climates, equator, land features effecting climate, El Nino, atmosphere, plants and animals of different climates.
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 stu
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5th - 9th
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Rainbow Topographic Map Activity
This is a simple and effective way to introduce topographic maps. Students will need a variety of colored pencils. This activity was originally created as an intervention for re-teaching purposes. Perfect for students who need visuals for understanding.
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3rd - 8th
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
These 24 questions go with the Journey to the Center of the Earth movie released in 2008. All questions are science related and follow the order of the movie. There is a 3 page set of fill in questions for regular education students It also includes a four page multiple choice set of pages for special education students and a two page answer key. Topics include layers of the earth, minerals, and other general science topics.
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6th - 9th
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Soil Horizons A-B-C Formation Lab Activity Edible
Hands-on activity that teaches students everything they need to know about soil. I finally did this activity for the first time today-11/5/13 and it was great. Students actually form Horizon C through the weathering of "bedrock", Horizon A, and Horizon B through "leaching".
Students learn soil horizons, which forms 1st, how they form, soil composition, how living things impact the soil, and many other things related to soil.
Thanks and Enjoy.
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1st - 8th
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The Edible Layers of the Earth Lab
This is easy and pretty much all you need is to buy is a bag of m&m's!
My students loved this and made great connections between the actual layers of the Earth and how it correlates with m&m's. There is also an answer key included. Very easy to follow directions.
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6th - 9th
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Interpreting Weather Maps
In this activity, students practice being meteorologists by interpreting weather maps. The activity includes three different weather maps with standards-aligned interpretation and analyses questions.
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5th - 10th
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Coriolis Effect Balloon Lab
The Coriolis Effect is a very challenging scientific concept to understand, and it is hard for kids to wrap their brains around it when it's so far removed from their classroom and lives. This hands-on lab activity allows students to model the Coriolis Effect - feel and see it happen right before their eyes. Students use balloons as the Earth and draw the winds as the balloon earths spin on their axis. They can see the Coriolis Effect happen and see the directions that the winds blow on both the
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5th - 9th
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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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NASA Name Badges: Editable
Add some fun to your back to school space theme with these editable student name badges that look like NASA access badges. Simply edit the text with your student names, teacher name, and school name; then print and cut them out. You can add another element to them by placing them in plastic name badge holders!
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PreK - 8th
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Soil Profile (Horizon) Poster activity with grading rubric
Soil Profile (Horizon) Activity with grading rubric Includes all the basic requirements including using the 3 main soil horizons with definitions on the poster (definitions are on the rubric). Definitions include Topsoil Humus Subsoil Bedrock Parent rock Grading point system is premade for easy expectations and grading. On a word document so you can edit any parts you would like to. Simple easy activity that most students enjoy Used in my middle school cl
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4th - 9th
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Movie Guide: PLASTIC PARADISE
This 57 minute film about the giant garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean was oustanding. Available on NETFLIX this documentary explores the giant floating patch of garbage and how it affects albatross populations and other wildlife on the Midway Island atoll. Journalist Angela Sun travels to Midway to explore the situation and its hazards to wildlife and also touches on how BPA's find their way from plastics to the ocean into our food. She also covers health hazards of BPA's from packaging and f
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6th - 12th
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Properties of Water: Stations Lab
This EDITABLE stations lab asks students to explore basic properties of water – a substance they use every day, but actually know little about! I use this after introducing the properties of water, as a good hands-on and visual support for some of these obscure concepts. It includes: eight hands-on stations with directions and questions, student answer sheet for easy response recording and grading, and teacher-setup and troubleshooting notes.• Station 1: Universal Solvent• Station 2: High heat
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7th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ESS2-5
Also included in: Biochemistry Bundle
Atmosphere Air Pressure and Temperature Graphs
In this activity, students will analyze and evaluate a two atmosphere graphs. The first graph shows the relationship between altitude and air pressure. The second graph shows the relationship between altitude and temperature. The graphs include standards-based analyses questions. Additionally, the activity helps students build graphing and data skills.
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6th - 9th
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Planisphere Lab Activity: A Star Wheel for Constellation Exploration
Inexpensive and ingenious! Planispheres are a unique tool for learning astronomy: a make-it-yourself star map, adjustable for any time of night in any month of the year. They are designed to show the position of prominent constellations in the night sky. It's a low-tech way for Ss to learn the location (and thus give meaning to key vocabulary terms) of the horizon, zenith, meridian, ecliptic and celestial equator on the celestial sphere. This lab includes two types of planispheres: one for stan
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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NGSS:
HS-ESS1-4
, 5-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: StayGiant Earth Science Bundle: Astronomy (space exploration)
What Catastrophic Event Am I?
Great Introductory Activity or as a review to the unit. After teaching factors that affect the environment you can use this as an introductory activity or as a check for understanding or as an assessment on catastrophic events.
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5th - 8th
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Differentiated Water Cycle Project- Journey of a Water Drop (Best Seller)
When I taught the water cycle to my 7th grade students (which they should have already learned about before being in my class), I took it one step further and tied in energy levels and states of matter. I had my students show their knowledge of this information in a creative way- the journey of a water drop.For this project, the students get a "choice board" of options (and also have the ability to suggest their own idea). They have to follow a water drop through the water cycle, while referring
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: The BIG Middle School Earth Science Bundle!
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