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Problem solving general science Common Core W.8.1 resources
Go-to-Guide for Teaching CERs - Claim, Evidence, Reasoning - Multiple Resources
Do your students struggle with CERs? You aren't alone. This product gives you the tools you need to help your students understand the difference between the claim, evidence, and reasoning. Use this resource in class or online using Google Slides™. This Product Contains Multiple Resources: 1 handout for your student's interactive notebook that explains the components of an argument (Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning) 3 Sample Arguments to help students identify the claim, evidence, and reasonin
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Grades:
5th - 11th
Also included in: CAST (CA Science Test) Skills Review Bundle
Inquiry-Based Endangered Animal Research Project
Inquiry-based learning is a student-centered and teacher-guided instruction approach. It empowers students to become critical thinkers. It increases students’ ability to develop a deep understanding of content while increasing students’ intellectual engagement.
Students start by brainstorming endangered animals and why they would like to research those animals. Then, students pose questions about their endangered animals. Students go through the research process by finding sources and info
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Food Chain and Food Web: Rainforest Card Sort
Food Chain and Food Web: Bring the rainforest to your classroom! Engage your students with an introduction or review of food chains and webs with this themed manipulative activity. Help students analyze the flow of matter and energy through trophic levels by constructing various rainforest food webs and/or food chains.
Food Chain and Food Web product includes:
- 24 organism cards
- Energy arrows (left and right aligned)
- Terms: product, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consum
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Grades:
5th - 12th, Staff
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Complete Guide to Organizing or Running a School Science Fair
Simple and Easy step by step guide to planning an entire school Science Fair!!As a 5th grade Science teacher, I have been the one in charge of organizing and running the school’s Science Fair each year. When I first found out that I was the sole person in charge of making sure the Science Fair ran smoothly, I almost cried! I had no idea how to put something so big together! Just a few years later, I had it down to a “Science”.Here is a packet you can use to help you put together the Science Fair
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in: Everything 5th Grade Science Mega Bundle (TEKS & NGSS)
Critical Thinking Skills | Differentiated ELA Center Activities - BUNDLE
Critical thinking skills are fundamental to student success. Help your students build them with these critical thinking puzzles!Differentiated ELA center activities just got cool and fun! These are ELA center activities that will enrich your middle-school students' critical thinking skills and are fun and novel --- through fun logic puzzles! Relatively new to TpT, these critical thinking puzzles will get your kids solving problems like rockstars!When you keep these critical thinking puzzles hand
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Science CER Writing Templates
Need a simple, ready to use, easy to understand CER template for your middle or high school students to use during their next lab or investigation? Look no further! This set includes 8 different templates which are scaffolded in a variety of ways. Like some parts but want to make them your own? Editable pieces are included!This includes multiple non-editable PDFs that can be printed, or used with a PDF tool to add text boxes and make digital if needed. This also includes an editable Word Documen
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Grades:
6th - 9th
The Omnivore's Dilemma - Research Project Bundle
The Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Readers Edition is an amazing resource for teaching students the research process. It's interesting, relevant to their lives, and is an awesome platform for inquiry based learning.
These resources have all been used in my classroom to genuinely astounding results. When given the autonomy to research an aspect of the food industry that they want to change, students dive deeply into the research--more so than they ever did on tasks I had explicitly assigned.
This bu
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Carrot Lab - Diffusion and Osmosis (Digital/Printable) - NGSS aligned
Arrrr ya ready kids??? Looking for a differentiated, engaging lab activity to teach diffusion, osmosis and the function of the cell membrane? Look no further. This is a new-and-improved version of the old Potato Osmosis lab, with less cutting and the same great results! In this Carrot Osmosis lab, students will immerse baby carrots in water with varying concentrations of salt, and compare the mass of the carrots before and after soaking to measure the impact of movement through the cell membran
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-LS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-LS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Pendulum Lab - Intro Lab for Experimental Design / Scientific Inquiry!
Looking for a differentiated, engaging lab activity to give students a chance to practice high-quality experimentation, data collection, and analysis? Look no further. In this Pendulum Lab, students will test the swing speed of various lengths of pendulum, which they will build themselves. Students will:-Design and conduct an experiment-Organize data in a data table-Visualize data with a graph-Develop a claim and support it with evidence and reasoningWhat’s included:-pdf containing 2 different
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Absorbency Lab - Intro Lab for Experimental Design / Scientific Inquiry!
Looking for a differentiated, engaging lab activity to give students a chance to practice high-quality experimentation, data collection, and analysis? Look no further. In this Absorbency and Paper Towels Lab, students will test the absorbency of different brands of paper towel against the brand their school uses. Students will:-Design and conduct an experiment-Organize data in a data table-Visualize data with a graph-Develop a claim and support it with evidence and reasoningWhat’s included:-pd
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Fiona's Flytraps - Experimental Design Practice - Fill-In Google Slides or print
Fiona is interested in seeing how the bugs she chooses to feed your Venus flytraps affect their growth! This Experimental Design Practice Scenario follows Fiona on her journey through setting up a valid experiment in order to obtain reliable data, and utilizes aesthetic imagery to increase engagement. Let's go!The product contains:1. 4-page pdf student activity2. 10-page pdf teacher guide with answer key and helpful tips3. Google Slides version of student activity, with text boxes for students
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Sally's Sunflowers - Experimental Design Practice - Fill-In Slides or Print!
Farmer Sally is run an experiment to see how to make her sunflowers grow taller! This Experimental Design Practice Scenario follows Sally on her journey through setting up a valid experiment in order to obtain reliable data, and utilizes aesthetic imagery to increase engagement. Let's go!The product contains:1. 4-page pdf student activity2. 10-page pdf teacher guide with answer key and helpful tips3. Google Slides version of student activity, with text boxes for students to complete the activit
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-LS1-6
, MS-ETS1-3
Critical Thinking Activities for Middle School ELA | Defeat the Dragon #2
Critical thinking activities for middle school like these fun puzzles will enrich your students' language and critical thinking skills in an engaging and novel way! These critical thinking activities will get your kids solving problems - and explaining how they did it - like rockstars!With these Critical thinking activities for middle school on hand, you'll turn to them again and again for morning work and for those small moments when you need a flexible activity. Your early finishers will appre
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in: Critical Thinking Skills | Differentiated ELA Center Activities - BUNDLE
Timmy T-Rex - Experimental Design Practice - Fill-In Google Slides or print!
Timmy the T-Rex owns a sprawling 10,000 acre Wyoming ranch where he raises Velociraptors! This Experimental Design Practice Scenario follows Timmy on his journey through setting up a valid experiment in order to obtain reliable data, and utilizes aesthetic imagery to increase engagement. Let's go!The product contains:1. 4-page pdf student activity2. 10-page pdf teacher guide with answer key and helpful tips3. Google Slides version of student activity, with text boxes for students to complete th
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-LS1-6
, MS-ETS1-3
Critical Thinking Scenarios Set #2
Critical Thinking Scenarios are engaging and thought-provoking exercises designed to prompt 8th-grade students to think critically, consider different perspectives, and make thoughtful decisions. These activities are focused on presenting students with complex and ethical scenarios that encourage them to weigh the consequences of their decisions and engage in respectful dialogue with their peers.The scenarios cover a range of topics, such as ethical dilemmas, community service, media literacy,
Grades:
7th - 10th
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SLOPPY COPY - A DESIGN BRIEF
This challenge is one in a series of investigations that concentrates on forensic science (in this case, fingerprinting) and the process skills associated with pursuing such inquiries. It should be noted that students may not find irrefutable evidence in this forensic investigation. It is for this reason that a variety of interpretations may be valid and should be accepted so long as these contentions are supported by data.
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Forensic Science Design Briefs
Natural Resources POWERPOINT Lessons
This PowerPoint contains lessons on Natural Resource. Defines and discusses types of renewable and non renewablew resources. Includes Learning Targets and Success Criteria, Do Nows, Video Activities, video clips, Review Questions (checks for understanding, informal assessment, HOT questions) throughout the lessons. Also contains a review lesson, poster project, and writing final assessment. The file is *EDITABLE* to you can tailor it to your students individual needs. 53 Slides.If you like th
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
Also included in: Energy Bundle! LESSON PLANS & POWERPOINTS
Lights Out: Settlement and Negotiation
When is the last time you had to settle a conflict? The answer to that question is probably today! Solving problems and conflicts is a valuable real-world skill. Using the settlement and negotiation process taught in law skill can help your students develop these important skills and mindsets. In this lesson, students will analyze a real-life legal case. A family creates an extreme holiday display that receives national attention. But Christmas cheer isn't the only consequence of the display. T
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in: *Bundle* thinkLaw First Semester Holiday Bundle
In the Neighborhood: Settlement and Negotiation
When is the last time you had to settle a conflict? The answer to that question is probably today! Solving problems and conflicts is a valuable real-world skill. Using the settlement and negotiation process taught in law skill can help your students develop these important skills and mindsets. In this lesson, students will analyze a real-life legal case. Dale and Debra have trouble sleeping and cannot get any quiet moments in their home because of the constant barking of their neighbors' 150-po
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6th - 8th
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Project Based Learning: Plastics | Microplastics | Oceans | Pollution
Are you looking for a unit on the environmental impacts of plastic pollution? Having trouble finding a unit where students are actively engaged through inquiry? We've got you covered! Our FREE mini unit on plastic ocean pollution and microplastics is the perfect supplement to your curriculum. In this unit, students will be introduced to an incredible, real innovator who created a way to reduce plastic ocean pollution using technology. Students will engage in inquiry, research, and collaborative
Grades:
5th - 8th, Adult Education, Staff
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, 5-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS3-2
Critical Thinking Activities for Middle School ELA | Defeat the Dragon #3
Critical thinking activities for middle school like these fun puzzles will enrich your students' language and critical thinking skills in an engaging and novel way! These critical thinking activities will get your kids solving problems - and explaining how they did it - like rockstars!With these Critical thinking activities for middle school on hand, you'll turn to them again and again for morning work and for those small moments when you need a flexible activity. Your early finishers will appre
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
Also included in: Critical Thinking Skills | Differentiated ELA Center Activities - BUNDLE
Critical Thinking Scenarios Set #1
This critical thinking scenarios activity is designed to engage 8th-grade students in thought-provoking discussions and decision-making exercises. By presenting students with complex and ethical scenarios, the activity aims to prompt critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and problem-solving skills. Students will have the opportunity to consider multiple perspectives, weigh the consequences of their decisions, and engage in respectful dialogue with their peers.The activity encourages students to
Grades:
7th - 10th
Problems in Cellutopia- Cell Campaign Persuasive Project
This 3-4 day cross-curricular class project fits nicely into a Cell Structure and Function unit, right after cell organelles are introduced. Students brush up on their persuasive and argumentative writing skills, read to gather information, draw to convey a message and speak to persuade. This project is a true marriage of NGSS Science Standards and the Common Core.
Daily Plan will vary- but this is what I typically do in my classroom!
Day 1- Project is introduced- set the stage- students get i
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Grades:
6th - 11th
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Amplify Science- Earth, Moon, and Sun Argumentative Response Outline
Product Description: This product is a supplement to argumentative responses contained with Amplify Science's "Earth, Moon and Sun" unit as students answer the chapter 3 question, "When and Why There Are Eclipses?" and chapter 4 question, "Will There Be a Lunar Eclipse of Keplar 47c's moon?This product is primarily a scaffold to be used in conjunction with Amplify's "Reasoning Tool" which, in my experience, is not enough for the students who struggle the most. It contains everything a student mi
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-3
, MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: Amplify Science- Earth, Moon, and Sun Unit Supplemental Resources Bundle
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