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6th grade science printables for Microsoft Word
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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Science Achievement Award 2
*** EDITABLE!!! *** >>> view preview for best image>EDITING IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH MAC<Whether it's the end of a unit, science fair, or the school year, acknowledge your students with award certificates. The Science Achievement Award certificate is great for upper elementary through high school students.
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4th - 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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A Bug's Life Movie Worksheet
This product is based on the 1998 Disney / Pixar movie A Bug's Life. Includes24 Multiple-Choice QuestionsAnswer Key IncludedPLOT DESCRIPTIONFlik (Dave Foley) is an inventive ant who's always messing things up for his colony. His latest mishap was destroying the food stores that were supposed to be used to pay off grasshopper Hopper (Kevin Spacey). Now the strong-arming insect is demanding that the ants gather double the food -- or face annihilation. To avert disaster, Flik goes on a journey to r
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2nd - 12th
NGSS:
3-LS2-1
Engineering Design Process Template
STEM programs focus a lot of it's learning on the Engineering Design Process. This Engineering Design Process Sheet will allow students to become Engineers in the classroom. They will be able to Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, and Improve a Prototype for any Unit that they are learning about.(Made in a Microsoft Word document so that teachers can edit questions, etc.) If you would prefer an Engineering Design Process:Engineering Design Process- Digital Notebook- Click Here! Word Search- Click here!C
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4th - 8th
Also included in: Engineering Design Process- Bundle
Creative Curriculum Trees Study Visuals
28 Pages of Visuals for the Creative Curriculum "Trees" study. It starts with Large images of trees, parts of trees, things made out of trees, etc.. to print out for around the room. Then the rest of the document is smaller pictures for you to show on a SMARTboard as question of the day or print out.Visuals range from types trees, images to help identify different kinds of trees, parts of a tree, things made out of wood, and then questions of the day about things that come from trees and animal
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PreK - 6th
Henrietta Lacks: Science Literacy
This activity gives students an introduction to Henrietta Lacks. Students will discover how instrumental she was and how she's forever connected to many advances in modern medicine. This activity also includes a link to a wonderful podcast where students can listen and learn more about Henrietta and her family. This topic continues to fascinate my students!
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6th - 12th
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Weather and Climate Word Search Puzzle
WEATHER AND CLIMATE WORD SEARCH PUZZLE
PERFECT ADDITION TO YOUR UNIT ON THE WEATHER AND CLIMATE!!
* 30 words all dealing with the weather and climate on this HUGE word search puzzle. See thumbnail.
* A different type of activity to enhance your teaching!
Your students will get a kick out of seeing if they can find ALL 30 words!
Decorated for fun with appropriate weather and climate symbols. By David Filipek.
(Weather and Climate Word Search Puzzle)
* OTHER WORD SEARCH PUZZLES FOR YOU -
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Word Search BUNDLE 5 Puzzles
Plant Cell Organelle Cut and Paste
Students will create their own plant cell. This activity is AWESOME to include in a science interactive notebook. MOST OF THIS IS EDITABLE, except the pictures, in case you want to add or delete an organelle, or modify a cell's function (change the wording to make it simpler or more complex, or add more detail) depending on your grade level.USE IT FOR AN INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK – Have your students color, cut out, and glue the plant cell into the interactive notebook or on a blank piece of paper
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5th - 12th
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End of Year Science Awards for Middle School and High School {Fully Editable!}
Are you looking for a nice way to recognize your science students for their achievements? Did you buy some nice paper but now you’re fed up trying to figure out the formatting? Would you like an award that looks professional? Then try these Middle School and High School Science Awards!
This set includes:
Certificate of Excellence for Achieving Highest Honors in Science
Certificate of Excellence for Achieving High Honors in Science
Certificate of Excellence for Achieving Honors in Science
The
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6th - 12th
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GENETICS: Artificial Selection: Selective Breeding - Dog Breeder Activity
For Middle School Students: In this Genetics lesson students will become dog breeders. Students will choose between 26 dogs with specific traits that will produce offspring which can complete a chosen task. Highly engaging for students since they take on the role of a dog breeder.
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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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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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Animal Cell Organelle Cut and Paste
Students will create their own animal cell. This activity is AWESOME to include in a science interactive notebook. MOST OF THIS IS EDITABLE, except the pictures, in case you want to add or delete an organelle, or modify a cell's function (change the wording to make it simpler or more complex, or add more detail) depending on your grade level.
USE IT FOR AN INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK – Have your students color, cut out, and glue the animal cell into the interactive notebook or on a blank piece of p
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5th - 12th
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Invertebrate Dichotomous Key Worksheet with 14 Animals
You can use this activity to introduce or reinforce the learning of a Dichotomous Key. Each student picks their own animal and they must identify the animal using the Invertebrate Dichotomous Key. When they have identified their animal, they can make a double bubble map comparing and contrasting their animal with a different animal from a classmate. Or, they can follow the directions on the worksheet to create a poster using researched information about the organisms. You adjust the wording on t
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4th - 10th
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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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Bill Nye Science Guy Movie - Earth's Seasons. Video Worksheet & Key: Fun!
Work while watching a video and after that:
• fill in the blanks, answer to the questions;
• what new facts and words have you learned for the past 23 minutes of video?
• express your feelings about the movie: WHAT episode you like the most and WHY?
Suitable for all grade levels science worksheet
• helps to ignite the thinking process;
• enhances picture analysis, vocabulary building and writing skills;
• initiates classroom discussions.
Activities in this printable worksheet can be comple
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3rd - 11th
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Volcano Project (Making Model Volcanoes)
This is a project that involves researching and making model volcanoes. Students were divided into groups and each group was assigned a specific volcano to research. They were to create a model volcano that resembled the volcano they researched. Then they presented their findings to the class and erupted their volcanoes. It includes 6 pages:
Page 1: Project Description and Outline
Page 2 & 3: Instructions on making the model volcano
Page 4: Student Fill In Chart (I gave each student a ch
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4th - 9th
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Punnett Square Test with Answer Key + Study Guide with Key!
This test is a great tool to assess a student's mastery of a Punnett Square unit. Students need to know key vocabulary terms such as dominant, recessive, homozygous, heterozygous, hybrid, purebred, phenotype, and genotype. The first section on this test is multiple choice. Then, students will have to determine phenotype based on a given genotype and be asked to determine whether a certain genotype is homozygous dominant/recessive or heterozygous. Next, students will be given several problems whe
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6th - 8th
New Science Teacher Back to School Bundle of Resources
Are you a first year science teacher looking for back to school resources to start off your school year? These products will help set you up for the first few days of school whether you're a new teacher or seasoned teacher looking to freshen up the start of the school year in upper elementary or middle school! Get yourself, your students, and your classroom jumpstarted and organized with this bundle. Check out the descriptions and previews for each product for more details!Check out other scienc
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4th - 8th
Water Cycle Science Test for Grades 5-8, EDITABLE
The questions on this four page EDIBLE science test over the water cycle highlights all levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy – remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating and creating and features questions on process skills as well as some from the sequence of a science investigation. The questions are comprised of seven multiple choice, two short essay, fill-in-the-blank, and identification using a water cycle diagram. Answers are included. Points are not assigned to the questions so you
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5th - 8th
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MS-ESS2-4
Predator and Prey Worksheet
Examine the effects of population size on the organisms in an ecosystem through the predator and prey relationship of wolves and elk. This worksheet is a great review or homework assignment that can be used at multiple grade levels. It also offers an opportunity to practice drawing conclusions from a data table and graph. (MS-LS2-2. Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.)
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5th - 10th
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Oviparous Animals and Eggs Matchup Cards
This set of 36 cards consists of 18 pairs of animals and their eggs. This is a great addition to your egg unit. I hope you enjoy them as much as my kids have. Simply cut and laminate. Please leave feedback and check out my other products.
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PreK - 6th
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