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Middle school physical science centers
5 STEM Activities Desert Island STEM Challenge Bridge Catapult Raft Hut STEAM
If your students enjoy doing STEM or STEAM activities, they will LOVE this set of 5 fully-planned out challenges! All five themed STEM challenges center around the story of a shipwrecked traveler stranded on a deserted island. After watching an introductory “movie trailer” and hearing the story of the shipwreck, students will read five of the traveler's diary entries. Each entry will challenge them to design and build something to help him survive and get back to civilization!These STEM challeng
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4th - 7th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Periodic Table of Elements Reading Activity
Teach your students about the periodic table of elements through these seven science texts. Students will understand simple substances, Dimitri Mendeleev, chemical symbols, the periodic table of elements, families of the periodic table, metals, metalloids, and nonmetals. Also included is a student-friendly version of the periodic table in color and black and white. Students will learn about elements and how the table is organized. This activity is perfect when introducing or reviewing the materi
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Periodic Table of Elements Unit
Forms of Energy Science Stations | Light Sound Electrical Thermal Transformation
Forms of Energy Science Stations includes 9 station activities focused on mechanical, electrical, light, thermal, and sound energy.Includes guided student sheets, an answer key, quicker prep, and improved activities for your class!9 StationsRead It: Read about thermal, mechanical, sound, electrical, and light energy. Answer questions.Create It: Place the circuit cards in the correct locations on the diagram mat.Watch It: Watch a video and answer questions.Match It: Match the objects to the type
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4th - 6th
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Changing States of Matter SORT (Cut & Paste) Review or Assessment- NOW DIGITAL!
This interactive and hands-on card sort activity will allow your students to see how the atoms in matter change as they change states due to the amount of heat given to that matter. This is a great way to teach, practice and asses this tricky concept in a kinesthetic way! Use this for your upper elementary or middle school science class.Start by asking students the question: How can the states of matter can be changed from one form to another? [ex. " What happens to solid ice when heat is added?
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4th - 6th
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Physical Change and Chemical Change Science Stations | 5th Grade Science
Keep instruction smart and simple with science stations! Changes to Matter Science Stations includes 9 station activities that focus on physical changes and chemical changes.Includes guided student sheets, an answer key, quicker prep, and improved activities for your class!9 StationsRead It: Read about examples of physical and chemical changes.Create It: Conduct a mini lab in which you combine baking soda and vinegar to blow up a balloon.Watch It: Watch a short video and answer questions.Match I
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4th - 6th
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Science Doodle - Weather and Climate Interactive Notebook BUNDLE
This item is also found in the Earth Science SET of 8 BUNDLES at 30% OFF!This is a great unit all about weather and climate. This big bundle comes with:Weather and Climate Foldable72 Slide Weather and Climate PowerPointMapping WeatherWeather and Climate Tools FoldablePowerPoint to show keys to the foldablesUnderstanding FrontsQuiz about Weather and ClimateVenn Diagram about Weather and Climate32 Task CardsVocabulary SetWriting PromptWeekly WarmupAll KEYS included and foldables fit perfectly in
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3rd - 6th
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Physical Science Doodle SET of 8 BUNDLES *INB BEST SELLER* Easy to Use Notes
****BEST SELLER SET of 8 Bundles****This SET includes 8 BUNDLES all about PHYSICAL SCIENCE at a big savings of 25% OFF! These doodles help students retain content which helps them score big on the state test. Students LOVE the doodles and teachers LOVE the content of these notes!The 8 Bundles include 410 pages, 7 PowerPoints and 14 movies on how to fold and print all the interactive notebook printables.List of BUNDLES included in this SET below:Science Safety, Tools, &the Scientific Method B
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3rd - 6th
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5th Grade Science Escape Room Activity Bundle | Science Review Game
Students will have a blast with this 5th Grade Science Digital Breakout Escape Room Bundle! This bundle contains escape rooms for Matter, Earth's Processes, Planet Earth, Organisms and Environments, and Force and Energy. Students will use their knowledge of 5th grade science to make an EzPz Escape from these science breakout rooms! Students are required to answer station cards and use a decoder to get the codes for digital locks that will break them out of the digital room. Each Escape Room cont
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4th - 6th
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Science Experiments for a Year - Differentiated w/ 3 levels of Recording Sheets
Science Experiments for Kids for the Year!!! Looking for some fun summer activities for summer school or to end the summer boredom!! Or just some fun hands on science enrichment activities for your science block or for Science Fridays!? Let's face it...kids LOVE science experiments!!! It opens up a whole world of wonder, imagination, critical thinking, and hands on experiences!!! It's just FUN!!! This phenomenal Science Resource includes:100 + SIMPLE ExperimentsExperiments that only require simp
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PreK - 12th
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CONDUCTION, CONVECTION, AND RADIATION Heat Energy Heat Transfer Bundle
This Mega Bundle is everything you need to teach your students heat energy/ transfer.
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➥ Heat Energy/ Transfer Task Cards:
This product contains 24 task cards for students to identify conduction, convection, radiation, insulators, and conductors. They must also evaluate where the heat originates from and which object does it travel to in each example. Perfect for small group instruction or as a group activity. Great for formative assessment!
Heat Energy Task Cards
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4th - 6th
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Scientific Method Activity Worksheets: Gummy Bears Science Experiment Candy Math
Scientific Method: This scientific method gummy bears lab is a fun way to have students learn about the scientific method.This lab contains the following:1. Question: What will happen to gummy bears if they are placed into different solutions: Water, Vinegar, Water and Baking soda, Water and Salt?2. Make Observations3. Developing a hypothesis4. Procedure5. Data Tables6. Graphing7. Post-Lab QuestionsImportant: This lesson is in my Scientific Method Activities Bundle(35% OFF!)Also Check ou
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4th - 10th
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Mixtures and Solutions Science Stations | Compounds, Properties, Solubility
Mixtures Science Stations includes 9 centers that focus on compounds, dissolving and solutions, and physical properties of mixtures, and separation techniques.Includes guided student sheets, an answer key, quicker prep, and improved activities for your class!9 StationsRead It: Read about compounds and mixtures, including solutions.Create It: Record the physical properties of each ingredient in a mixture.Watch It: Watch a video and answer questions.Match It: Match mixtures to their corresponding
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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NGSS:
5-PS1-2
Element Families of the Periodic Table Informational Text Distance Learning
This Element Families of the Periodic Table Informational Text Activity will give your students a visual introduction to the families of the periodic table, including the element behaviors, uses, and common properties! This product includes eight mini-posters, one for each of the element families on the main group of the periodic table: Alkali Metals, Alkaline Earth Metals, Boron Group, Carbon Group, Nitrogen Group, Oxygen Group, Halogens, and Noble Gases. The mini-posters give overview informat
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Grades:
8th - 10th
NGSS:
HS-PS1-1
Simple Machines Sort Cut & Paste Examples, Definitions & Application- DIGITAL!
This interactive and hands-on sort activity will allow your students to determine definitions and examples for the 6 different simple machines for your Upper Elementary Science Classroom. In this resource students first cut out pieces from a worksheet that have machines, definitions and examples on them. They then sort these pieces onto corresponding groups and glue them into place. It is a great way to teach, practice and asses this tricky concept in a kinesthetic way!This hands- on activity i
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Forms of Energy Mini Book: definitions, examples, review, cut & paste
This stand-alone resource blends science and literacy for your Upper Elementary Science Classroom! Worksheets are ready to PRINT AND GO!The Forms of Energy Mini Book is an interactive way to teach the definitions of the different types of energy. Examples that are relevant to your students of each form of energy are included as well as a review lesson. This is a mini book for students to create and keep as a resource. It is designed to be copied, cut in 1/2 and stapled. You can choose the pages
Grades:
4th - 6th
Modeling the Rock Cycle with Starburst Science Lab Experiment PRINT and DIGITAL
In this hands-on science lab experiment, students use Starburst candies to model how rocks can change between sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks in the rock cycle. Students will use scissors, hot water, and an iron to simulate weathering and erosion into sediment, melting and cooling, heat and pressure. This resource includes: Teacher directions, discussion questions, and extension activities 5 pages of background information about the rock cycle 11 pages of directions that walk student
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, MS-ESS2-3
, MS-ESS2-1
, 4-ESS2-2
, 4-ESS2-1
Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection, Radiation Marshmallow Lab
This investigation is meant to deepen student understanding of heat transfer! Students get to examine convection, conduction and radiation while heating marshmallows at three different stations.
The 4 pages for students include sections for the students to:
- demonstrate understanding of heat transfer prior to investigation
- predict outcome of investigation
- understand procedures for investigation
- record guided and detailed observations
- analyze the data collected
- reflect on the data col
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6th - 9th
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Energy Transformations (Changes) Text, Review, Examples & Sort
This interactive and hands-on sort activity will allow your students to show their knowledge of energy transformations in a kinesthetic way! Students should have a good understanding of the different forms of energy before this activity (see options below). Challenge your students to think critically to complete this sort and show you what they know. Students read about energy transformation (changes) and then will apply their knowledge in the sorting activity. This resource is great for teachin
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5th - 8th
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10 Sound & Wave Experiment Student-led Interactive Stations w/ Simple Materials
This resource is an excellent way to introduce or practice the concepts of how sound travels to grades 4- 8. There are 10 stations set up for students to move through in any order. The stations focus on how vibrations make waves and that sound waves are made of energy transferring from molecule to molecule. Also covered are types of mediums through which sound travels through best. You can set this up and do the stations together as a class (you'll need more materials this way) or as a student-l
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4th - 8th
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Electric Circuits Worksheets Bundle
This bundle includes:Editable electric energy notes presentations in PowerPoint and Google Slides formats Editable electric energy notes handout in Word and Google Docs formats5 electric circuit worksheets with answer keys (see descriptions below)Electric circuits quiz with answer keyStudent response sheet for an electric conductors and insulators labI use all of this with my 5th graders, though it could be used for other grade levels as well depending upon your curriculum.The activity sheets in
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3rd - 6th
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Energy Transformations Student-Led Station Lab
This modular, student-led activity about energy transformation will keep your middle school class engaged and learning throughout this energy lesson. These comprehensive materials will save you a TON of prep time while giving students a chance to direct their own learning. In this station lab, students will learn to determine relationships between energy transferred, mass, the type of matter, and kinetic energy. This Energy Transformations Station Lab activity is also included in my Energy Trans
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6th - 8th
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Building a Periodic Table ... and more
Students assemble, color, and complete a giant (42.5 x 21.5 inches) 3-D Periodic Table with fold out flaps for each element. The flaps allow this Periodic Table to be filled with information including:- Element Families- Element properties and uses- Elements found in the Human Body- Elements found in the Earth's Crust- Elements found in Earth's Oceans- Elements found in the Earth's Atmosphere- Magnetic Elements- Radioactive Elements- Elements produced synthetically- Elements not found in their
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Grades:
6th - 11th
Also included in: Periodic Table BUNDLE / Distance Learning
Changes in Matter: Physical and Chemical Changes Lab Station Activity
Need a chemistry lab that teaches your students to identify chemical and physical changes AND aligns to Common Core standards? Your students will love this engaging, student-centered Changes in Matter: Identifying Physical and Chemical Changes station activity!Included in Purchase:★ 12 FULLY EDITABLE Lab Activities ★ Blank template to customize as needed★ EDITABLE Student Answer Document (follows Common Core standards)★ Answer Key★ Pictures to guide in set-up of lab stations★ Teacher Instruction
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6th - 9th
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Force, Motion and Energy Escape Room Activity | 5th Grade Science Review Game
Students will have a blast with this Force, Motion and Energy Digital Breakout Escape Roo as they use their knowledge of force, motion and energy to make an EzPz Escape from this science brekout room! Students are required to answer station cards and use a decoder to get the codes for digital locks to break them out of the digital room. There are 5 stations with 4 questions per station. Stations include:1. Energy2. Flow of Electricity3. Light4. Force5. Push/ PullIncludes - Teacher Instru
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Science Escape Room MEGA Bundle | Digital Breakout Review Game
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