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High school earth sciences handouts
Design A "Green" Island: Climate Change Project PBL (NGSS Aligned, Editable)
It is the year 2100 and climate change has become a more serious problem than ever. Global temperatures have risen higher than they have ever been in the past. A new island has been found that has been untouched by humans. In this project, students will compete to be the group to colonize that island. Their goal is to create an island that is desirable to live upon but also has a small carbon footprint. Students will be required to perform calculations and make choices about what types of food/a
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5th - 12th
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My Ecological Footprint: Fun Online Activity and Worksheet about Climate Change
Take your class to the computer lab for a fun and engaging activity! Students will use an interactive website to find out how their lifestyle determines their ecological footprint and impacts our planet. This activity is the first step in a fun lesson that spans two classes and gets your students learning about the environmental impact of the choices we make every day. This lesson fits perfectly into a unit or course about climate change, environmentalism, geography or world issues. There is lit
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability Bundle for High School
Plate Tectonics Activity: Types of Plate Boundaries
Plate Tectonics Activity: Whether you're introducing or reviewing types of plate boundaries, this print and go activity is a winner! Get your students up out of their seats as they travel to 6 stations, where they will read about each plate boundary- how it's formed, the geographic feature created, and examples on Earth. Students record features and examples in their graphic organizer that serves as a fantastic study guide.There is a full 8 1/2 x 11 Poster on each type of plate boundary:Oceanic
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6th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-2
Also included in: Plate Tectonics Activity Bundle: Worksheets - Notes - Activities
Plate Tectonics Activity Bundle: Worksheets - Notes - Activities
Plate Tectonics Activity Bundle: Worksheets - Notes - ActivitiesThis is a complete unit! Print and go! Searching for exceptionally engaging notes, worksheets and activities on plate tectonics? From continental drift and pangea, seafloor spreading, convection currents, layers of the Earth, to plate boundaries. Notes, worksheets, activities, readings, homework, sorting cards, task cards, and a summative assessment: everything you need! Students will be doing, moving, and thinking--- and EVERYTHIN
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6th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
Biology Final Exam Review Webquest - Reviews ENTIRE Year! - Biology EOC Review
⭐ ⭐ AN ENTIRE YEAR OF SELF-PACED REVIEW IN ONE NEAT PACKET! ⭐ ⭐As the school year comes to an end, we are generally scrambling to fit in all the curriculum, let alone get a chance to review. This 18-Page editable Biology Review Webquest reviews all the standards of an average high school biology course in a fun, interactive, and no-prep way! Students will watch fun videos, play games, read engaging webpages, and interact with simulations and virtual labs to answer questions, practice skills, and
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9th - 12th
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Weather Map Activity - Weather, Fronts, Pressure, and Precipitation
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This is an engaging and meaningful activity to reinforce weather and practice using and analyzing weather maps! Students create and analyze a current weather map using a live surface weather map using the provided link . Students draw in and label weather fronts, air pressure systems, and precipitation, and answer analysis question about the map to predict future weather.Great for classwork, homework, remediation, review, formative assessment, enrichment, or sub-plans. It’s hands on and
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7th - 11th
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HS-ESS2-4
, MS-ESS2-4
, MS-ESS2-5
Also included in: Weather Growing Bundle
Moon Phases, Eclipses, and Tides Reading Comprehension Activity
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This Lunar Phases, Eclipses, and Tides Reading Comprehension activity will teach your students about lunar phases, tidal locking, solar and lunar eclipses, and spring and neap tides in this engaging, informative, no-prep reading comprehension article loaded with diagrams.Students will read the 3-page article with numbered paragraphs, bolded vocabulary terms, and chunked guided reading questions. Then they will answer summarizing questions such as fill-in-the-blank questions, labeling and
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8th - 11th
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NGSS:
HS-ESS1-4
, MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: Astronomy Reading Comprehensions Discount Growing Bundle
Plate Tectonics Activity: Reading Tectonic Maps Worksheets
Reading Plate Tectonics Maps: This resource was created to help middle school students gain confidence and comfort in reading and dissecting plate tectonic maps. There are three separate maps with questions. Each handout has an answer key. With each map, students are asked to count the number of plates, find plates, decipher direction, speed, or identify land features created by tectonic movement. Use these for classwork, homework, or leave with a sub. This is a print-and-go resource. Please see
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6th - 11th
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Also included in: Plate Tectonics Activity Bundle: Worksheets - Notes - Activities
Galaxies ALL-IN-ONE Lesson | PowerPoint, Notes, Art Activity & More!
If you are teaching GALAXIES you are in luck! This bundle of resources includes a lesson plan, PowerPoint, student notes, practice questions and formative assessment pieces – most of which are completely editable. This lesson bundle also includes a scientific art activity! I’m sharing my love of Astronomy with you, in hopes that your students will love it too!Student learning goals for the Galaxies Lesson:• describe the composition of galaxies, including features of black holes• compare the re
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7th - 12th
Weather vs. Climate - Climate Change Science Doodle Note
Climate change is an important topic for our students to understand. Help them out by teaching or reviewing with the aid of climate change doodle notes covering the difference between weather and climate, and some of the main factors that affect climate. This resource is also part of my Biology GROWING Bundle for which you will receive free updates on all of my future Biology resources.The ZIP file includes:☼ 2 versions of doodle notes (blank vs. FITB)☼ 24x36" Anchor Charts for each doodle note
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Biology Bundle | Lessons, Doodle Notes, Review for Secondary Science
Big Bang Theory ALL-IN-ONE Lesson | PowerPoint, Notes, Flipbook & More
If you are teaching about THE BIG BANG THEORY you are in luck! This bundle of resources includes a lesson plan, PowerPoint, student notes, practice questions and formative assessment pieces – most of which are completely editable. This lesson bundle also includes a flipbook explaining red-shift! I’m sharing my love of Astronomy with you, in hopes that your students will love it too!Student learning goals for the Big Bang Theory Lesson:• explain what happened during the Big Bang• describe how s
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7th - 12th
Cookie Mining Lab - Natural Resources CER Edible Lab Activity
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Fun Hands-On C-E-R! Student model how surface mining impacts the environment with edible ingredients (a cookie!) and write a short CER about the health and environmental impacts of surface mining. Included with the lab handout are pre-lab questions, a step-by step procedure, student directions and map template, analysis questions, and a scaffolded claim, evidence, and reasoning writing activity. Also included in your download is a detailed lesson plan, rubrics, answer key, and differenti
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7th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-4
Also included in: Ecology Bundle - Growing Ecology Resource Bundle
Heat and Temperature: Radiation Coloring with Crossword Puzzle
This is a coloring sheet with text all about radiation, a type of heat transfer. The concept is defined in both text and drawings. Radiation is defined, and several concepts involving radiation are covered in a visual format with supporting text. These concepts include the origin of the word "radiation," distance from source as it relates to temperature, absorption of heat transmitted by radiation by dark and light colored objects, and many examples of radiation. In addition, there is a big
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6th - 9th
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Rock BUNDLE: Types of Rocks and the Rock Cycle
Types of Rock: THE Rock Bundle: Want to teach types of rocks in the most ENGAGING way?! The key to teaching rocks WELL is to teach one type at a time. You'll introduce one rock type at a time: identify and learn about the individual rocks in the group, read about how they form, how they are described and identified, and do an identification lab. Start with igneous, then move on to sedimentary and metamorphic. Finally, students will have a BLAST with my starburst rock cycle lab. Review is include
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7th - 10th
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The Solar System ALL-IN-ONE Lesson | PowerPoint, Notes, News Report & More
If you are teaching about the Solar System you are in luck! This bundle of resources includes a lesson plan, PowerPoint, student notes, practice questions and formative assessment pieces – which are completely editable. This lesson bundle also includes a scientific art activity! I’m sharing my love of Astronomy with you, in hopes that your students will love it too!Student learning goals for the Solar System Lesson:• identify types of celestial objects found within the solar system• compare co
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7th - 12th
Peeling Away Earth's Layers Foldable Activity
Students will learn about the 4 major layers of the Earth as they assemble this Earth's layers foldable and answer the conclusion questions. The foldable is designed so that students will slowly pull back each layer to reveal the next layer that is found beneath. It is sized perfectly to save you paper and fits great in any interactive notebook!See the *PREVIEW* above to get a closer look at the assembled foldable.I typically give students 1 class period (45 minutes) to color, cut, and assembl
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Custom Bundle for Judy L.
Constellations ALL-IN-ONE Lesson | PowerPoint, Notes, Room Transformation & More
If you are teaching about the Constellations you are in luck! This bundle of resources includes a lesson plan, PowerPoint, student notes, practice questions and formative assessment pieces – all are completely editable! This lesson bundle also includes an amazing activity in which you will turn your classroom into a Celestial Dome! Your students will ADORE this activity. I’m sharing my love of Astronomy with you, in hopes that your students will love it too!★★★★★ Check out this video tutorial
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7th - 12th
Climate Change CER, Reading Comprehension, and Graphing Lab
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Everything you need for a climate change unit! Students will read, graph, analyze, draw conclusions, and write about climate change, the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, and human impact on the environment. This bundle includes a climate change reading comprehension and questions, graphing climate change data activity (with real NASA data!) and graph analysis questions, a climate change CER graphic organizer, a climate change CER essay assignment with rubric, teacher lesson plan, and
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9th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-5
Also included in: Climate Change Growing Discount Bundle
Plate Tectonics Worksheet with Questions
This tectonic plates worksheet is designed to help students discover all of the useful information contained on the map, from plate boundaries to latitude and longitude locations.
If you like this resource, please consider my Plate Tectonics Quiz and Answer Key to assess your studens to see what they have learned.
NEW: Plate Tectonics Task Cards
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6th - 12th
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Greenhouse Effect Doodle Notes - Climate Change Lesson for Science
Climate change is an important topic for our students to understand. Help them out by teaching or reviewing with the aid of climate change doodle notes covering the Greenhouse Effect, and how it affects global climate change. This resource is also part of my Biology GROWING Bundle for which you will receive free updates on all of my future Biology resources.The ZIP file includes:☼ 2 versions of doodle notes (blank vs. FITB)☼ 24x36" Anchor Charts for each doodle note☼ Tips on printing the anchor
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Biology Bundle | Lessons, Doodle Notes, Review for Secondary Science
Natural Selection Lab - Use Math Evaluate Natural Selection & Evolution
Natural Selection Lab - Use Math Evaluate Natural Selection & Evolution
Interested in an entire Evolution unit? Save money and check out this lesson bundled with six more plus an assessment here: Evolution Bundle
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6th - 12th
Astronomy Unit Mega Bundle with Student Workbooks
A bundle of bundles! This resource contains BOTH my Sun Earth Moon System Bundle and my Solar System Bundle, with an additional discount! Both have student workbooks (with answer keys). These resources are appropriate for grades 7-10. Below is a link to each bundle. Both previews show ALL student pages. In addition to the student pages shown, there are additional posters, sorting cards, task cards, etc. to print. You'll have the option of using the workbooks (recommended) or printing each lesson
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7th - 10th
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Sun Earth Moon System BUNDLE - with Student Workbook!!
Sun Earth Moon System Bundle with Student Workbook: This bundle has EVERYTHING you need to teach the Sun Earth Moon System. Topics included: Rotation vs Revolution, Earth is a sphere, Moon phases, sidereal vs solar day, why we see the same side of the Moon, Blood Moon, Super Moon, what causes the seasons, leap year, sidereal vs synodic month. This bundle now includes a STUDENT WORKBOOK and it is GLORIOUS! There are two PowerPoint presentations included in this bundle. The student workbook is fou
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7th - 10th
Planet Earth: The Complete Series Videos Questions
All of the BBC Planet Earth Videos: From Pole to Pole, Mountains, Freshwater, Caves, Deserts, Ice Worlds, Great Plains, Jungles, Shallow Seas, Seasonal Forests, Ocean Deep, Saving Species, Into the Wilderness, and Living Together are included in this packet of video questions. These video questions are meant to guide students through the films while emphasizing the interesting scientific facts found in the series. These video questions are appropriate for general middle science classes as well a
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5th - 12th
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