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Middle school archaeology laboratories
MS-ESS1-4 Index Fossils Lab Stations Activity | Printable, Digital & Editable
About SNAPs Lab Stations ActivitiesSNAPs Lab Stations Activities require students to use science, math, literacy, problem-solving and engineering skills. They are designed to enhance students' understanding of scientific concepts and help students apply scientific ideas to the real world. Each station activity promotes skills so to develop students into proficient and competent scientific thinkers.SNAPs lab activities have five components:• Science Skills Station to develop science skill profici
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
Also included in: Earth Science Lab Stations Bundle | Printable, Digital & Editable
Plate Tectonics Unit Bundle | Printable, Digital & Editable Components
Save 40% by purchasing ALL my Plate Tectonics teaching materials!Important Notes:• Download a FREE Unit Bundle to learn more about all my products.• Save $$$ with the Earth Science Complete Curriculum• Save $$$$ with the Integrated Science Complete Curriculum• Consider Daily Lessons as an economical alternative to this unit bundle (see below)• This product includes FREE downloads of ALL future Plate Tectonics products.******************************************************************************
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
, MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS2-2
, 4-ESS2-2
, 4-ESS3-2
Determing Relative Age of Rock Layers: An Investigative Approach
In this activity students get a chance to apply their knowledge and understanding of paleontology to determine the relative age of rock layers and what types of conditions existed to produce them, as well as conceptualizing the use of index fossils to gleam information about Earth's geologic history.
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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Earth's History Unit Bundle | Printable, Digital & Editable Components
Save 40% by purchasing ALL my Earth's History teaching materials!Important Notes:• Download a FREE Unit Bundle to learn more about all my products.• Save $$$ with the Earth Science Complete Curriculum• Save $$$$ with the Integrated Science Complete Curriculum• Consider Daily Lessons as an economical alternative to this unit bundle (see below)• This product includes FREE downloads of ALL future Earth's History products.******************************************************************************
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, 4-ESS1-1
Make a Cast Fossil Paleontology Science Lab Experiment PRINT and DIGITAL
This hands-on science lab activity walks students through a science experiment to create a replica cast fossil using Plaster of Paris and small plastic organisms. This resource includes: teacher directions, discussion questions, and extension activities 3 slides of background information on what cast fossils are and how they form 10 slides of step by step instructions, with photos, to walk students through how to create their cast fossils. a student response worksheeta scoring rubrica force copy
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, 4-ESS1-1
, 3-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-1
Also included in: Fossils and Paleontology Unit Bundle of 8 Science Lessons
MS-ESS3-2 Earthquake and Volcano Mapping Lab | Printable, Digital & Editable
About SNAPs Lab Stations ActivitiesSNAPs Lab Stations Activities require students to use science, math, literacy, problem-solving and engineering skills. They are designed to enhance students' understanding of scientific concepts and help students apply scientific ideas to the real world. Each station activity promotes skills so to develop students into proficient and competent scientific thinkers.SNAPs lab activities have five components:• Science Skills Station to develop science skill profici
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
Also included in: Earth Science Lab Stations Bundle | Printable, Digital & Editable
MS-ESS2-2 Tectonic Plate Boundaries Lab Activity | Printable, Digital & Editable
About SNAPs Lab Stations ActivitiesSNAPs Lab Stations Activities require students to use science, math, literacy, problem-solving and engineering skills. They are designed to enhance students' understanding of scientific concepts and help students apply scientific ideas to the real world. Each station activity promotes skills so to develop students into proficient and competent scientific thinkers.SNAPs lab activities have five components:• Science Skills Station to develop science skill profici
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-2
Also included in: Earth Science Lab Stations Bundle | Printable, Digital & Editable
MS-ESS2-1 The Rock Cycle Lab Stations Activity | Printable, Digital & Editable
About SNAPs Lab Stations ActivitiesSNAPs Lab Stations Activities require students to use science, math, literacy, problem-solving and engineering skills. They are designed to enhance students' understanding of scientific concepts and help students apply scientific ideas to the real world. Each station activity promotes skills so to develop students into proficient and competent scientific thinkers.SNAPs lab activities have five components:• Science Skills Station to develop science skill profici
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-1
Also included in: Earth Science Lab Stations Bundle | Printable, Digital & Editable
Soil, Rocks and Minerals Unit Bundle | Printable, Digital & Editable Components
Save 45% by purchasing ALL my Soil, Rocks and Minerals teaching materials!Important Notes:• Download a FREE Unit Bundle to learn more about all my products.• Save $$$ with the Earth Science Complete Curriculum• Save $$$$ with the Integrated Science Complete Curriculum• Consider Daily Lessons as an economical alternative to this unit bundle (see below)• This product includes FREE downloads of ALL future Soil and Rocks and Minerals products.*********************************************************
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-1
Make a Mold Fossil Science Lab Experiment PRINT and DIGITAL
This paleontology activity walks students through a science experiment to create a mold fossil using salt dough. This resource includes: teacher directions, discussion questions, and extension activitiesbackground information on what mold fossils are and how they form11 slides of step by step instructions, with photos, to walk students through how to create their mold fossils.printable salt dough recipesa student response worksheeta scoring rubrica force copy link to a digital Google Slides vers
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, 4-ESS1-1
, 3-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-1
4-ESS2-2 Tectonic Plate Boundary Landforms Lab | Printable, Digital & Editable
About SNAPs Lab Stations ActivitiesSNAPs Lab Stations Activities require students to use science, math, literacy, problem-solving and engineering skills. They are designed to enhance students' understanding of scientific concepts and help students apply scientific ideas to the real world. Each station activity promotes skills so to develop students into proficient and competent scientific thinkers.SNAPs lab activities have five components:• Science Skills Station to develop science skill profici
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
4-ESS2-2
Also included in: Earth Science Lab Stations Bundle | Printable, Digital & Editable
MS-ESS2-3 Continental Drift Theory Lab Activity | Printable, Digital & Editable
About SNAPs Lab Stations ActivitiesSNAPs Lab Stations Activities require students to use science, math, literacy, problem-solving and engineering skills. They are designed to enhance students' understanding of scientific concepts and help students apply scientific ideas to the real world. Each station activity promotes skills so to develop students into proficient and competent scientific thinkers.SNAPs lab activities have five components:• Science Skills Station to develop science skill profici
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
Also included in: Earth Science Lab Stations Bundle | Printable, Digital & Editable
MS-ESS1-4 Earth's History Lab Stations Activity | Printable, Digital & Editable
About SNAPs Lab Stations ActivitiesSNAPs Lab Stations Activities require students to use science, math, literacy, problem-solving and engineering skills. They are designed to enhance students' understanding of scientific concepts and help students apply scientific ideas to the real world. Each station activity promotes skills so to develop students into proficient and competent scientific thinkers.SNAPs lab activities have five components:• Science Skills Station to develop science skill profici
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
Also included in: Earth Science Lab Stations Bundle | Printable, Digital & Editable
Digging for Fossils Lab Earth Science
In this lab you use a chocolate chip cookie as a representation of how archeologists/paleontologists excavate sites. Have your students engage in an exciting lab where they dissect a chocolate chip cookie using forceps (tweezers), q-tips, tooth picks, water, paper towels, and cotton balls.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Relative and Absolute Dating Bundle
These resources will help your students learn about relative and absolute dating. Make this topic fun and hands on with engaging lab activities! Check out the preview of each product. An editable quiz is also included as a bonus file. Be sure to follow my TpT store by clicking on the green "follow me" next to my seller picture to receive notifications of new products and upcoming sales. Don't forget to leave feedback to earn TpT credits that can be used for future purchases! Want free tips and r
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Grades:
8th - 10th
Pangea (Pangaea) and FOSSILS: Come Explore and Answer HOW WE KNOW!
Kids know about Pangaea but do they know WHY WE THINK PANGAEA ONCE EXISTED? Probably not! Everyone knows about the puzzle fit but is that really enough scientific evidence? No way. In this activity, come explore the relationship between Pangaea and index fossils.
This activity is a portion of the larger fossil tutorial/matching/identification LAB posted on TPT.
FULL VERSION CLICK HERE
Students begin with a tutorial on fossil terminology (definitions and images): cast fossils, mold fossil
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
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Rocks and Minerals Unit Bundle | Printable, Digital & Editable Components
Save 40% by purchasing ALL my Rocks and Minerals teaching materials!Important Notes:• Download a FREE Unit Bundle to learn more about all my products.• Save $$$ with the Earth Science Complete Curriculum• Save $$$$ with the Integrated Science Complete Curriculum• Consider Daily Lessons as an economical alternative to this unit bundle (see below)• This product includes FREE downloads of ALL future Rocks and Minerals products.************************************************************************
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-1
Slow and Rapid Changes to Earth Unit | Printable, Digital & Editable Components
Save 40% by purchasing ALL my Slow and Rapid Changes to Earth teaching materials!Important Notes:• Download a FREE Unit Bundle to learn more about all my products.• Save $$$ with the Earth Science Complete Curriculum• Save $$$$ with the Integrated Science Complete Curriculum• Consider Daily Lessons as an economical alternative to this unit bundle (see below)• This product includes FREE downloads of ALL future Slow and Rapid Changes to Earth products.**********************************************
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-2
, 4-ESS2-1
Rocks and Minerals Observation Chart
This is a simple fill in chart for students as they are observing different rocks and minerals. I just started the 4th grade unit on Rocks and there are just so many possibilities.
Here they observe five different rocks with hand lenses and write in what they observe about each rock. On the second page, they can draw a picture of each rock and give a brief explanation of the differences and similarities.
Rock differences, Rocks and Minerals, 4th grade science, Comparing rocks, comparing mine
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Fossil Excavation with a Cookie
Can't take your students to a fossil dig? Bring the "dig" to your students! Each student receives a chocolate chip cookie and follows this PDP guide as they conduct an excavation! My students absolutely "dug" this activity and I'm so excited to share it with you.
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Grades:
1st - 7th
FOSSILS PROJECT
Fossils. Geology. Anthropology.Nothing intrigues a middle school student like a good mystery.Challenge your students to explore,discover and question as they probe the mysterious fossilized Laetoli trackway discovered by the famed anthropologist Mary Leaky.I teach this mini unit within my Rocks and Minerals unit. The inquiry question posed is: What do rocks reveal about our past? Students soon discover that fossils in rocks contain tantalizing clues about Earth's past.The outline of the unit is
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
Soil Unit Bundle | Printable, Digital & Editable Components
Save more than 40% by purchasing ALL my Soil teaching materials!Important Notes:• Download a FREE Unit Bundle to learn more about all my products.• Save $$$ with the Earth Science Complete Curriculum• Save $$$$ with the Integrated Science Complete Curriculum• Consider Daily Lessons as an economical alternative to this unit bundle (see below)• This product includes FREE downloads of ALL future Soil teaching products.*********************************************************************************
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Cell Phone Cladograms
Introduce cladograms with something that almost every student has, cell phones! Trace the evolution of cell phones with the 10 cell phone picture/information cards.
Also included...
3 differentiated versions of the data table:
- Completed data table
- Data table with only the categories and cell phones identified, perfect if you want students to complete the data table
- Completed data table with important information highlighted
4 differentiated versions of the cladogram:
- Completed cla
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Types:
Biology - EVOLUTION: 5E CER Evolution Skull Lab - includes Skull Pictures!
High School Biology - Evolution: 5E CER Evolutionary Skull Comparison Lab: ** COMES WITH PRINTABLE SKULL PICTURES for ALL IMAGES: A-K**Includes:This lab is designed to use 11 skulls, although you could use more or less depending on what you have. This lab includes all 11 Printable skull cards if you don't have access to any skulls. The following is the answer key for the 11 Printable Skull cards:A - Homo sapien sapien (modern man) B - Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthal) C - ChimpanzeeD - Austral
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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