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Science Common Core W.8.7 resources
Inventions Unit - Create Your Own Invention Project - Activities Questions STEM
Invention Convention: Learn about Inventors and Create Your Own Invention! This package includes engaging resources to complete an invention unit. Students learn about inventors and inventions and create their own invention project. Their "Invention to Change the World" is then displayed at a class Invention Convention. Everything needed is included - just print and teach!âś…All activities are classroom tested and include creative handouts, information sheets, and detailed instructions.âś…This work
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4th - 8th
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Internet Activities - Rockets, Space Shuttles, Satellites and Rovers
28 printable or digital internet investigations on space exploration. Students use a laptop, tablet or smart phone to search online for information about... NASA, space suits, accidents in space, animals in space (dog, monkey, rabbits, mice, spiders, flies…), people in space, rockets, the Apollo space program, space shuttles, SpaceX, going to the Moon, going to Mars, Luna 1, Sputnik 1, Explorer 1, Voyager 1, Messenger, the lunar rover, Sojourner, Chang’e 4, Hubble telescope, Chandra, satellites
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3rd - 10th
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Also included in:Â Space BUNDLE
Disease & Pathogens Report | 1 Day Mini-Research Project Google Slides™ Activity
Teach research skills with a smaller, manageable topic. Encourage curiosity with your students and allow them to explore the disease of their choice. This product is great for a non-fiction study in ELA or a science-based assignment. This digital product includes 15 slides:1 example slide11 Google Slides templates ( 3 for virus, 3 for bacteria, 2 for fungus, 2 for parasite, 1 "blank")1 How to mask an image slide1 editable rubric1 slide for sourcesThe Google Slides templates can be edited in View
The CRAAP Test - A lesson to help identify quality sources for research
If you are sick of seeing Wikipedia or Google as a source on a paper, check this out! My students find it hilarious and it's very effective. We go over what the different letters in CRAAP mean and how to score a source based on the information provided by the source. What's Included in The CRAAP Test?Editable Google Slides PresentationEditable Google Doc Worksheet Looking for more writing activities? Check out my other resources here: • Formal & Informal Writing Lesson with Guided Notes &a
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6th - 12th
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Group Research Project Templates BUNDLE
If want your students to exercise their research skills, collaboration skills, and creativity all in one place, these resources give you everything you need for ANY topic! Don’t put all that extra work on yourself to come up with a project from scratch. Just fill these templates with the topic your class is studying and you’ll have everything you need—from start to end—to watch your students learn and create together!This is the FULL SET of everything needed for a general collaborative creative
Science Through Magic Systems -- Project Based Science
Need a project-based science unit that challenges and excites your students? Science through Magic Systems is the best of creative thinking, research, and science. This product can be used as an independent research assignment, a full class project, a way to push high fliers or even a way to engage struggling students who love fantasy. This product is great for common core research standards 6-12 W.7 and W.8. And is easily applicable to the Next Generation Science Standards.
Black History Month - African-American Inventors
22 investigations of African-American inventors and entrepreneurs. Students search online for information about each inventor's year of birth and death, gender, schools or college attended, jobs, inventions, and other interesting things from their life:Gladys West, George Washington Carver, Henry Sampson, Lewis Howard Latimer, Elijah McCoy, Garrett Morgan, Madame C. J. Walker, Benjamin Banneker, Otis Boykin, Frederick McKinley Jones, Granville Woods, Thomas L. Jennings, Marie Van Brittan Brown,
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Black History Month BUNDLE - High School
Middle School BUNDLE
This bundle contains 557 printable activities for 6th grade, 7th grade and 8th grade students: frequently misspelled words, internet research activities, quotations, villains and heroes, ASL fingerspelling, taking selfies, discrimination and stereotypes, blindness, stealing, how to make people laugh, the purpose of school, Helen Keller, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Martin Luther King Jr., Native Americans, Spanish missions, rock-climbing, geometry, adjectives and nouns, divergent thinking,
Grades:
6th - 8th
Hispanic Scientists Hispanic Heritage Month Science Activity & Reading Comp
Discover the amazing contributions of Hispanic scientists and inventors with this engaging and collaborative hexagonal thinking activity! Take a deeper look into the lives, contributions, and character traits of diverse scientists and inventors. This is the perfect Hispanic Heritage Month project for secondary science classes! Also... great for Hispanic Heritage Month Bulletin Boards and Science Sub Plans. Product Highlights:Hexagonal Worksheet Templates: Students extract information about their
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Black History Month Science & Reading Comprehension - Scientists & Inventors
Celebrate Black History Month! Discover the amazing contributions of African American scientists and inventors with this engaging and collaborative hexagonal thinking activity! Take a deeper look into the lives, contributions, and character traits of diverse scientists and inventors. This is the perfect Black History Month project for secondary science classes! Also... great for Black History Month Bulletin Boards and Science Sub Plans. Product Highlights:Hexagonal Worksheet Templates: Students
Grades:
8th - 12th
The Eye and Vision - One-hour Internet Research Projects (Google and YouTube)
21 printable or digital projects for students to search online for information about the eyes and vision: color-blindness, how blind people read and write, why eyes are different colors, how our brain decodes optical illusions, why we wear sunglasses, which animals see long distance, how aging affects vision, and more, how word order affects how we read, how the brain sees things, how your eyes work, what causes blindness, what blind people see in their dreams, staring, why selfies are so popu
Grades:
4th - 12th
Also included in:Â The Senses BUNDLE
Science Morning Work Prompts
This set includes 10 weeks of daily thought-provoking science journal prompts. These prompts are a great way to integrate science, math, research skills, and writing. Your download will include a PowerPoint presentation of prompts and an answer key. Try out 1 week free! The preview includes all of week #1!I like using these prompts as "welcome work" when students first come in to class, but there are many other ways you could incorporate these prompts: science centers, homework, early finishers,
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4th - 8th
Solar Energy BUNDLE (Global Warming and Climate Change)
92 printable or digital pages exploring renewable solar energy and global warming + climate change: internet activities - 15 WebQuest and Google activities,analyze global warming charts and graphs - 17 pagescompare and contrast - 10 pageswriting prompts - 25 pages brainteasers and word puzzles - 25 pagesPRINT: I created PDF versions that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click on "Add one to cart" and download your copy. DIGITAL ACTIVITY: I cre
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4th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-5
Astronomy, Planets, Solar System, & Space Objects 1 Day Mini-Research Project
Teach research skills with a smaller, manageable topic. This product is great for a non-fiction study in ELA or a science-based assignment. Encourage curiosity with your students and allow them to explore the planet, solar system, space, or astronomical object of their choice. Great for distance learning!This product includes 7 slides:5 Google Slides templatesExample slideLink to Sign-Up Google SheetHow To: Mask an ImageThe Google Slides templates can be edited in View > Master.Similar Produc
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Scientific Method Templates: Differentiated for ALL Grades and ANY Experiment
Scientific Method TemplatesTotal of 18 DIFFERENT templates using a 5-step Scientific Method Process.When used regularly, this pattern-based tool guides students through the logical thinking processes and the process of the scientific method. It can be used with any experiment and is differentiated to make it accessible to all grade levels. This resource include differentiation through Step Numbers, Single Word Steps, Steps as Phrases, Picture Representations, and Sentence Starters. Scientific M
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K - 12th, Higher Education
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-1
, 2-PS1-1
Biomes & 5 Themes of Geography Project (The Amazing Race)
The Amazing Race producers are looking to do a biome themed season next year and they need your help! This integrated project asks focuses on biomes, ecology and the 5 themes of geography. In order for each student's chosen location to be considered, they will need to conduct research and complete a 13 page application for review.
This document includes:
-Lesson Overview
-Student Task Overview
-Application packet
1. General Title page info
2. Location Snapshots (illustrations of 5 key things
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4th - 9th
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Dangerous Insects and Spiders and Arthropods - Internet Activity
35 pages for students to search online for facts about dangerous insects and spiders and arthropods: fire ant, yellow jacket,mosquito,housefly,puss caterpillar,spotted lanternfly,tent caterpillar,spotted wing fruit fly,Asian giant hornet,assassin caterpillar,human botfly,kissing bug,tsetse fly,Africanized bee,blister beetle,velvet ant,bark beetle,termite,cockroach,army ant,bed bug,emerald ash borer,assassin bug,louse,flea,locust,parasitic worm,house centipede,centipede,chigger, deer tick,scorpio
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Bacteria - Internet Research Projects
10 printable or digital pages for students to investigate bacteria: Escherichia Coli (E. Coli), Streptococcus Pyogenes (Strep Throat), Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), Neisseria Gonorrhoeae (Gonorrhea), Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (Tuberculosis), Acinetobacter Baumannii, Klebsiella Pneumoniae (Pneumonia), Clostridium Difficile (C. diff), Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, and Burkholderia Cepacia: PREVENTION: Is there a way of preventing it?SYMPTOMS: What are the symptoms that let you know you’re infected?TR
Grades:
6th - 12th
Internet Research on Scientists
21 printable or digital pages for students to search the INTERNET for information on Scientists: Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, Charles Darwin, Niehls Bohr, Nicolaus Copernicus, Stephen Hawking, Louis Pasteur, Johannes Kepler, Alexander Graham Bell, Erwin Schrodinger, Gregor Mendel, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Hooke, Leonardo da Vinci, George Washington Carver, Richard Feynman, Mary Leakey, Antonie von Leeuwenhoek, Richard Dawkins. Students research websites to find
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Grades:
4th - 12th
World's Strangest Animals Research One Pagers- 6th, 7th, 8th Research Activity
Embark on an extraordinary expedition into the fascinating world of the planet's most peculiar creatures with this research activity! Students will have the opportunity to delve into the realms of 25 of the world's strangest animals, exploring their habitats, peculiar traits, distinct feeding habits, and other captivating aspects that set them apart.Within this engaging activity, students will venture into the depths of the animal kingdom, unearthing the curious wonders that dwell within it. Fro
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â End of the Year Activities Bundle- 5 Resources Included
Internet Research on Reptiles and Amphibians
15 printable or digital pages to engage your students in Internet Research on Reptiles and Amphibians. Students use a phone, tablet or laptop to search online about the alligator, tree frog, sea turtle, Komodo dragon, chameleon, rat snake, crocodile, bullfrog, desert tortoise, iguana, rattlesnake, anaconda, box turtle, cobra, and more. PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click on "Add one to cart" and downlo
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4th - 10th
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Decades Research One Pagers- 6th, 7th, 8th Grade Research Activity
Embark on a captivating journey through the transformative decades of history with this engaging research activity! Students will have the unique opportunity to explore and research pivotal decades that have shaped our world. This project not only enhances research skills but also provides a profound understanding of the societal, cultural, and historical changes that unfolded during each era.Within this activity, students will dive into the captivating depths of history, uncovering the defining
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6th - 8th
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Health, Disease, & Disorders Research Paper Middle and High School Writing Unit
Use this (fully editable) unit to help your students explore a disease or disorder of their choice and synthesize information from multiple sources. This product helps to guide your students through a research paper methodically and step-by-step.**If you're looking for a short, more concise option, check out my 1 Day Mini-Research Project | Disease & Pathogens | Google Slides™ Templates**This product is an editable Google Document. The document is 16 pages (15 ready-to-print/ready-to-share +
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7th - 10th
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Science Calendar Making Project (also good for Chemistry, Biology and more)
This is a fun and simple research project that is appropriate for science, chemistry, biology, physics or tech classes. This project is a great way to hit many of the COMMON CORE STANDARDS for Writing and Language for Grades 6-11. Download the preview to see the entire list of common core connections.
OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT:
Students make a science (or chemistry, physics, biology, anatomy, technology or astronomy) themed calendar for the school year (September to August).
OUTLINE OF THE
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6th - 10th
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Learning science offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. In fact, it helps students:
- Question the world around them and seek evidence-based explanations
- Cultivate their ability to observe, experiment, and analyze data
- Nurture a sense of curiosity, awe, and wonder about the natural world
- Understand natural phenomena and the laws that govern the universe
With a solid foundation in science, teachers can help empower students to think critically, solve problems, make informed decisions, and engage with the world around them in meaningful ways.
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