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Science Common Core 6.SP.B.4 resources
Middle School Science Graphs Worksheets Print and Digital Bundle
Reading graphs is challenging! Teach your students to master comprehending and analyzing charts, graphs, and diagrams in just a few minutes a day! This mega pack gives students a graph or chart and five questions to help them comprehend and analyze it. Use with Google™ Slides or print them out.If your students are like mine, they collected data well during a scientific investigation, but struggle to understand and interpret what the data means. I solved this problem by creating this digital
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-LS2-1
, MS-ESS3-3
, MS-PS3-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Invasive Species Research and Graphing - Ecosystems - Food Webs - Interactions
This product features a in-depth look at an invasive species, the sea lamprey, and its effects on the Great Lakes ecosystem. Students research the invasive species, as well as a native species, use provided population data to create a line graph, and then analyze the graph to consider the effects of the species on the ecosystem.Links to a website and a video will assist students during their research. Also included is a teacher key.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
, HS-LS2-6
, HS-LS2-2
Middle School Data Analysis Reading Graphs Worksheets
Reading graphs and interpreting data is challenging. Teach your science students to master comprehending and analyzing charts, graphs, and diagrams in just a few minutes a day! This mega pack gives students a graph or chart and five questions to help them read and analyze it.***This is the print version.***Click here to see the print and digital bundle with four FREE bonus charts!If your students are like mine, they collected data well during a scientific investigation, but struggle to underst
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS4-3
, MS-LS4-1
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-LS2-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Middle School Science Graphs Worksheets Print and Digital Bundle
A Math Adventure Through the Solar System
8 FUN math activities included to help your students practice their math skills and learn a little bit about their place in their solar system!Solar System Long JumpOverview: Students figure out their average long jump on Earth, and then based on the gravity of each planet, calculate the distance of that jump on each planet. Solar System WeightOverview: Based on gravity of each planet, students calculate their weight and the measurements of central tendency. Students will then graph their resul
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-PS2-4
, MS-ESS1-3
, 5-PS2-1
Graphing Lessons and Activities for Charty Party Game
Explore the engaging world of graphing with these Graphing Lessons and Activities for Charty Party Game, featuring nine interactive lessons that seamlessly blend learning with the excitement of a party game. Designed to teach line graphs, bar graphs, scatterplots, and more, these lessons are presented in kid-friendly language, making graphing concepts accessible and enjoyable for students. As they analyze graphs during the Charty Party™ game, students not only practice graphing but also delve in
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Physical Science Activities and Lessons Bundle
Middle School Science Digital Graphs Worksheets
Teach your students to master comprehending and analyzing charts, graphs, and diagrams in just a few minutes a day! This digital mega pack of charts, graphs, tables, and diagrams includes five questions to go with each data set. Use with Google™ Slides.***This is the digital version only.***Click here to see the print and digital bundle with four FREE bonus charts.If your students are like mine, they collect data well during a scientific investigation, but struggle to understand and interpret
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS4-3
, MS-LS4-1
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-LS2-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Middle School Science Graphs Worksheets Print and Digital Bundle
Endotherm vs. Ectotherm Graphing // Animal Temperature // Warm and Cold Blooded
Students graph three lines on one graph: one of the air temperature, one of a cold-blooded animal, and one of a warm-blooded animal. They must decided which animal is which by looking at the graph. The students then answer several more questions about the graph. **This file has been updated in 2021 to include a short text about endotherms and ectotherms, as well as a teacher resource page with answers and the finished graph. It is also able to be used with the TPT Easel app.**Topics: Endotherm
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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CCSS:
Middle School/Upper Elementary Scientific Method and STEM Fair Unit
This unit was designed as a way to incorporate STEM into a more traditional Science Fair model with connections to STEM careers. Students are encouraged to choose a topic that they are deeply interested in and they learn how to connect scientific thinking to concepts outside of science class. They are also introduced to future STEM careers and community resources. The unit is directly aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Common Core.
In order to help students achieve t
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Grades:
4th - 11th
Types:
Why Do Things Look Like They Do? Heredity: NGSS MS LS3-1, 3-2(Editable)
NGSS:MS LS3-1, MS LS3-2
CCSS ELA RST.6-8.1, RST.6-8.4, RST.6-8.7, SL.8.5, Math 6.SP.8.4
3 Foldable Activities
New SAT Prep
K-12 Framework and NGSS
This Heredity Unit contains multiple lessons covering the Next Generation Life Science Standard (Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits) MS-LS3-1 and MS-LS3-1, with a focus on the overarching questions: “Why Do Things Look Like They Do?” Common Core Reading (RST.6-8.1, RST.6-8.4, RST.6-8.7), Speaking and Listening (SL.8.5) and Math (6.SP.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
42 Blank Graph Templates: Horizontal & Vertical Bar Graph, Line Graph, Printable
Looking for an array of printable graph templates for all your future bar and line graph needs? Look no further! With 42 different templates ranging for bar graphs, to line graphs, varying in X values and Y values, this combination should be the last graph download you need to worry about for your class. These graphs can even be used as Histograms, Dot Plots, Scatter Plots, or a variety of other graphs to suit the needs of your classroom.I created this template to require all the basics of gr
Grades:
4th - 12th
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What's the Verdict: Sharks vs. Lightning? Modes of Center, Spread, and More!
Put it to the test! Use the age-old expression: "You are more likely to get struck by lightning than to be bitten by a shark!" to learn and practice Measures of Center, Measures of Spread, Measures of Shape, and Statistical Graphing including:MEANMEDIANMODERANGEOUTLIERS [Using IQR +/- 1.5(IQR)]QUARTILES [lower quartile (IQ-1) and upper quartile (IQ-3)]INTERQUARTILE RANGE (IQR)MEAN ABSOLUTE DEVIATION/ M.A.D. ft. ABSOLUTE VALUESYMMETRY/ASYMMETRY OF DISTRIBUTIONCLUSTERS AND GAPSBELL SHAPED CURVE AN
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Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Investigating the Spread of a Viral Outbreak
Students in grades 5 - 9 model the spread of an infectious disease under the entertaining theme of a zombie outbreak. One student unknowingly is patient zero and students simulate the spread of an airborne illness. This highly engaging activity covers health topics, nature of science, and math skills as students graph data in a line plot. Higher level students can be challenged to find the function of the exponential growth of the outbreak.
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Climate Graphing Activity
Help students understand the basics of climate through this graphing activity. Not only does this address the science standards, it also integrates math and data analysis.Included in this printable graphing activity:-Introduction to what climate graphs are-Descriptions of 6 major types of climates-Directions for how to make a climate graph-Climate graph set ups-Data for two locations: New York City and Los Angeles-Analysis questions comparing the two climate graphs (use of CER)-Set of climate gr
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Types:
Toy Car Golf Math STEAM Design - Gifted and Talented GATE 2nd-4th 9 Hours
Engaging math and engineering with ramps and toy cars! Your students will go home and share the news about how absolutely cool school seems now. My mathematically gifted 2nd graders were VERY Challenged by this unit, and I would not hesitate to use it for 3rd grade GATE or in 4th grade as an enrichment for the whole class.Schoolhouse Rock Math: We’re using Zero My Hero and 5’s Multiplication to learn multiplication, repeated addition, and patterns to calculate areas of rectangles—a very advance
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle
Mini Science Fair Project: Surface Tension Lab
This product was created for a classroom science lab designed to be used to introduce students to the scientific method and to doing a "real" Science Fair Project. It includes all parts of the scientific method and the Science Fair components. The experiment includes a blank lab sheet, detailed, step-by-step instructions for completing the lab, a data sheet, instructions for writing a science report, lab "slips" for grading participation in the lab, and an diagram for helping to set up a displa
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Scientific Method Bundle
Skittle Radiometric Decay Half-life Lab
Did you know you can use Skittles candy to demonstrate absolute dating and radiometric decay! Buy a 1-4 lb bag at your local bulk warehouse store for savings. This lab is a great way to show how isotopes decay by shaking a plate full of random skittles. Students use Skittles to observe "Isotopes" decay over each half life. At the end of the lab (and only IF they have done all their work) they can enjoy their "daughter products". Skittles were used because they are durable, hypoallergenic, and th
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
NGSS:
HS-PS1-8
, HS-PS1-1
, HS-PS1-4
, HS-PS1-6
, MS-PS1-4
...
Also included in: Hands-on Science Semester Labs Bundle
Greece Geography 6th Grade Statistics Box Plot Histogram Mean Median Activity
Enrich your study of Ancient Greece using 6th Grade stats skills to analyze Greek climate data. Calculate Measures of Central Tendency (mean, median, mode, range) and Mean Absolute Deviation. Master Data Display with Box and Whisker Plots, Histograms, Dot Plots, Stem and Leaf Charts. Write Statistical Questions. Analyze Data Distribution and Data Variability.All with climate data (temperature and precipitation) from Greece!This Print and Go STEM/STEAM PBL resource includes 70+ pages of climate d
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-6
Climate Change Graphing Activity
Students graph the changes in average global temperature over time, and then analyze, predict, and explain the significance of climate change on the Earth and its people.Students read info related to climate change, then create a graph of average global temperature changes over the past 140 years. Students are then to answer several analysis questions, which could also be used to drive a meaningful classroom discussion about climate change.Included is a teacher's key which shows what the resulti
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Grades:
5th - 11th
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CCSS:
Halloween Stations: Tables and Graphs
Empower your students to brush up on their study skills while celebrating Halloween. Students will work through four stations: Tables, Line Graphs, Bar Graphs, and Pie Graphs. Each station will review the concept, have students analyze a table or graph to draw a conclusion about the data, and then create their own table or graph based on the data provided. After completing the stations, the teacher can present the slides in Canva to review the answers. Links are provided as Canva template links.
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5th - 8th
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Preventing The Spread of Zombie Germs!
Students in grades 5 through 8 can actually measure the effectiveness of hand washing in a scientifically controlled way. Students identify variables, complete data tables, graph results and analyze their data. Teachers will need access to a black light and a small drop of glow in the dark paint. Kids really enjoy this activity and it utilizes many Common Core skills.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Science Graphing Activity NGSS Middle School Earth Science
This resource is a cross-curricular lesson plan that supports NGSS Middle School Earth Science standards for Earth and Human Activity- human population and consumption. The lesson plan teaches students to build and interpret graphs in a science lesson with an integrated math activity. In this resource, students learn, using a Screencast, how to use a data chart to create a graph on a spreadsheet for use with Google Sheets™. The second page includes a timeline of historical events, including the
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-4
Data Displays Rubber Band Rocket Activity: Box Plot, Histogram, Distributions
Make math meaningful to your students with this hands on Data Display Activity! This is a great end of unit, STEM activity that gives real world application to math. Your students will LOVE building and launching their own rockets to collect data that they will display.Objective: Students will construct and launch a rubber band rocket. They will then analyze their data by finding the mean, median, mode, range, & IQR of their results. Student data will be displayed with a box plot & hist
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Grades:
6th - 7th
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Box and Whiskers Plot Weather Project
This is an engaging Data and Statistics Project that integrates math and science. Students will have an opportunity to showcase their knowledge about what they have learned from the Data and Statistics Topic and more specifically Box and Whisker Plots. This project requires students to record the weather in cities around the world and the U.S. using weather.com, give the weather forecast for a specific world and U.S. city, create Box and Whisker Plots with 5-Number Summaries, and make an iMovie
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-5
China Geography 6th Grade Statistics Box Plot Histogram Mean Median Activity
Enrich your study of Ancient China using 6th Grade statistics and Probability skills to analyze China climate data. Calculate Measures of Central Tendency (mean, median, mode, range) and Mean Absolute Deviation. Master Data Display with Box and Whisker Plots, Histograms, Dot Plots, Stem and Leaf Charts. Write Statistical Questions. Analyze Data Distribution and Data Variability.All with climate data (temperature and precipitation) from China!This Print and Go STEM/STEAM PBL resource includes 70
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-6
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