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Common Core RST.6-8.7 simulations
Population Ecology Lab Simulation - Modeling Population Growth
This guided inquiry graphing activity (both printable and digital) involves the student in a study of the growth rate of a rabbit population. The student assumes the role of a scientist to determine the birth rate, mortality rate, growth rate, and total population size of the rabbit population over a 20 year period. The data is plotted on a graph where the student will clearly see the initial exponential growth of the population followed by logistic growth. The activity will reinforce the conce
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 12th
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
, HS-LS2-1
, HS-LS2-2
Also included in: Population Ecology Bundle
PhEt Law of Conservation of Energy Skate park BASIC webquest
This is a great webquest activity for introducing the law of conservation of energy.Phet.edu is a great source of simulations for all fields of math and science. For this sim you will go to Energy Skate Park BASIC.You should spend some time playing around with the site before using it. You must also make sure your school's firewall will allow you to use HTML5 or Java applets. PHET.EDU MAY NOT WORK ON iPad!!! Please check with your IT department or run Phet.edu BEFORE purchasing this file!!! You
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-PS2-4
, HS-PS2-2
, MS-PS2-2
, HS-PS2-1
, MS-PS2-5
...
Also included in: Hands-on Science Semester Labs Bundle
Stock Market Game: An Online Activity, & Simulation | Teach Students Investing
Studying the stock market can be difficult, yet life-changing if studied properly! For years I have wanted to help students grasp a comfortable understanding of the stock market. Through semesters of tweaking and formulating, I have come up with this resource that students and teachers alike can approve of! Students will enter an online game, watch their stock returns, write reflection papers, draft summaries of their investment companies, chart returns, and create a reflection of their entire
Subjects:
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Economics Resources: A Bundle of Engaging Resources On Money, Economy, & More
This bundle includes a variety of 9 economic resources from my store that you can add to your various economic units. With a total of 9 fantastic resources on economics, you will be saving 25% by getting this bundled version instead of purchasing the resources individually! That's like getting a few products for FREE! Products included are seen above! Enjoy!Thank You!Thanks so much for stopping by! It's great to meet you! I hope this resource adds value to your classroom. If you have time, I'd
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Not Grade Specific
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Biogeochemical Cycles: The Carbon Cycle Dice Simulation Journey of a Carbon Atom
A journey though the Global Carbon Cycle like you have never experienced before!With a roll of the dice, students will travel around the classroom visiting nine of Earth’s carbon reservoirs: atmosphere, terrestrial plants, terrestrial animals, soil, rock, marine plants, marine animals, surface ocean, & deep ocean.In the process, they will learn a whopping amount of information that will link to many other scientific units of study. Examples include: weather, circulation of air in the tropos
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-7
, HS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-5
, MS-LS2-4
...
Also included in: Ecology, Environmental Studies, and Earth Science Activities Bundle
Introduction to Chemistry Internet Activity “Ionic & Covalent Bonding”
This activity/review aligns with the Common Core State Standards: STANDARD 5 - Matter and Energy"The teacher understands the nature and properties of energy in its various forms, and the processes by which energy is exchanged and/or transformed.5A. understands the atomic and nuclear structure of matter and the relationship to chemical and physical properties5C. understands the cause and effect of chemical reactions in natural and manufactured systems5F. explains conservation of mass and energy a
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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CCSS:
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
Explore the Circulatory System
The heart holds many mysteries. Connect the dots to uncover one of them: how much blood flows through its chambers.
In the lungs, what waste product does deoxygenated blood exchange for more oxygen?
What happens to the oxygen in blood when it leaves the heart?
Aligned with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS):
K-LS1-1. Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimi
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Grades:
K - 9th
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PhET: Circuit Construction Kit DC Activity Guide
The PhET: Circuit Construction Kit DC Activity Guide is used along with the free *Next Generation PhET Simulation “Circuit Construction Kit DC”. Students will discover the nature of direct current by building electrical circuits with batteries, wires, switches, bulbs, resistors, fuses, and other electrical components. In particular, students will learn about:simple circuitsopen and closed circuitsinsulators and conductorsmeasuring voltage and current with instruments (voltmeter and ammeter)the m
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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Ecology Adaptation Lab
This is an outdoor lab where students will be running and hunting pasta. The pasta used is tricolored, which will be used to represent prey in the simulation. The pasta usually comes in green, yellow, and red, so the natural rules of being outside and in the grass will provide camouflage, a natural adaptation, for the pasta.
There are two sets of worksheets that both involve recording data, assessing the data, and defending their thoughts. One set is used for small group and it requires taking
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Grades:
7th - 10th
CCSS:
Lynx Toss: Population Ecology for Middle School
Hands on, modeling activities are key to establishing students understanding of biotic components in an ecosystem. In this activity, students will learn about Canadian Lynx. From there they will participate in a scientific modeling activity, the Lynx toss. While recording their results, students will observe how populations grow exponentially and crash when food sources are scarce. Included in this lesson is an editable presentation, linked through Google Drive that will allow you to customize t
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-LS2-1
Egg Drop Virtual Lab
The Egg Drop Virtual Lab is a great introduction to the engineering design process. Students can select materials and test different designs to see how best to protect their egg from cracking. This is a worksheet for data collection and analysis based on a web-based simulation which can be found at this url: https://www.healthinteractives.studio/bydesign/egg-drop/I created this resource during virtual learning, but I think it can be a very useful lesson for a sub plan, a rained-out egg drop
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-3
Pandemic Island: Infectious Disease Simulation Model Distance Learning COVID-19
"Your team of epidemiologists has been hired by the government of a small, isolated island in the South Pacific to make recommendations for public safety in the event of an epidemic or pandemic. Your first task is to run a simulation model in order to investigate the pattern that an infectious disease would spread through the isolated island population. To get started, they offer a model that was developed by the previous team of epidemiologists. It is a simple six by six grid that represents a
Eclipses and Tides Virtual Lab Simulation
NO FLASH REQUIRED This is a Virtual Lab Simulation that uses 3 online simulations to explore Tides and Eclipses. It is perfect for remote or in-person classrooms.
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ESS1-4
, MS-ESS2-2
, MS-ESS2-4
, MS-ESS2-6
Digital Lab: Potential and Kinetic Energy in a Roller Coaster Ride
Students explore, collect data, analyze, and apply the concepts of kinetic and potential energy using the interactive simulation at https://contrib.pbslearningmedia.org/WGBH/conv16/conv16-int-rollercoaster/index.htmlCan be independent work or teacher led. Great for an introduction to potential and kinetic energy!
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-1
Explore the Respiratory System
Breathe in and breathe out. What happens to your chest?
Our lungs are like balloons. As we inhale oxygen, they inflate. As we exhale carbon
dioxide, they deflate. Construct a paper lung and inflate it.
Spot the tiny dots. What do alveoli do as we take in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide?
Directions:
1) Cut out square; place printed side up. Fold in half horizontally to crease. Flip over and fold on each diagonal.
2) Collapse into a triangle by pulling the edges of the horizontal fold in
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Grades:
K - 9th
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Solar System on your Ceiling
Create a working model of the Solar System on you classroom ceiling and through the school year predict the planets and constellations that will be in the sky each night! Turn your classroom into your students' work of art with depictions and mythologies of the Zodiac, the four seasons in each corner of your room, Solstices & Equinoxes, holidays, birthdays, and the direction of space probes all correctly placed with our Sun in the center. ~ Capture the imagination of every student~ Int
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Grades:
4th - 12th
NGSS:
5-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
, MS-ESS1-1
The Lunar Cycle from Space - An Online Sun-Moon-Earth System Simulation
One common misconception that students have is the inability to see the moon during the day. This moon simulation, provided by PBS Learning Media and made possible with WGBH and NASA, provides students with two different views of Earth. This activity provides a scaffolded lesson for students to interact with the simulation. Students begin by predicting if a new moon can be seen at night. Then, starting with lower level tasks and questions to understand the simulation, students are guided to desc
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
Mass, Gravity, and Spacetime through Gravity Wells!
This collaborative, hands-on station rotation is loaded with resources that will engage students in deep analysis - and deep space! Although this is a materials-heavy project, you’ll hear your students speaking like Astrophysicists by the end of class. This activity has students conduct hands-on research on the relationships between an object’s mass and volume, an object’s mass and its gravitational pull, an object’s gravitational pull and spacetime. There are built-in depth and complexity quest
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS2-4
, MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
, MS-PS2-5
, MS-PS2-1
A Kinesthetic Weather Simulation: Fronts, Density, Temperature, and Air Masses!
If you're looking for a way to make teaching density, temperature, air masses, and weather fronts, look no further! This interactive, hands-on, 3-Scenario game is based on real weather trends throughout North America. Students will work in teams to physically represent the different air masses (cP, cT, mP, and mT) take to create various weather fronts. With physical manipulatives and various forms of reflection (sketch-noting, video-recording, and analysis questions), students will be able to re
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-3
, MS-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS2-4
, MS-ESS2-6
, MS-ESS2-5
Genetics Palooza Unit 5E Style
This unit may contain some activities that are similar to ones you may remember doing in Science when you were in school, only the fun level has been kicked up several notches. It includes an activity to Engage the students in thinking about what genetics really is and then it includes an Explore activity where the reading and rigor level are mixed well with good clean fun as students will use genetics to make a “First Photo” of their new creation! To help the students to Explain more about ge
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Types:
Hummingbird Thought Experiment
This is a a simple, approachable way for students to engage with basic but critical evolutionary topics. Easy enough for 7th graders, engaging enough for high schoolers.This activity features measurement, graphing, critical thinking about how changes in an environment can lead to changes in morphology within a population, and a cross-curricular creative writing activity - all spiced up with a roll of the dice to ensure that each group's experience is different.The writing component also features
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
NGSS:
HS-LS4-2
, HS-LS4-3
, MS-LS4-2
, HS-LS4-4
, MS-LS4-4
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