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Basic principles Common Core RST.6-8.7 resources
Scientific Method PowerPoint
This is a 33-slide PowerPoint presentation on the scientific method. Students work through a sample problem to identify the hypothesis, the experimental and control groups, the independent and dependent variables, and the conclusion. Steps of the scientific method are covered, but more importantly, the lesson provides examples and practice problems illustrating the application of the scientific method. Analysis questions and answers are included. Choose to use the traditional printable version,
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Grades:
7th - 11th
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Also included in: Science Skills Bundle: Metrics, Measurement, Scientific Method, Graphing
Graphing PowerPoint: Data Analysis and Graphing Practice
This 30 slide PowerPoint and notes bundle (printable and digital) covers the skills of graphing, creating data tables, and analyzing data. This resource will provide your science students with a solid foundation and/or review of these most important science skills. Students will interpret graphs, use graphs to make predictions, learn to organize data in data tables, and learn to construct line graphs, bar graphs, and pie graphs. Many graphing practice problems are included in the notes that
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Grades:
8th - 10th
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Also included in: Science Skills Bundle: Metrics, Measurement, Scientific Method, Graphing
Cladogram Activity - Classification of Living things
This printable or digital problem solving activity teaches students how to build a cladogram and reinforces the important concepts of cladistics to your biology or life science students in grades 8-12. I use this activity when teaching my unit on classification and taxonomy, but it would also be appropriate to use during your lessons on evolution and natural selection. Both printable and digital versions of this resource are included. The student handouts can be printed or used in the paperless
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Grades:
8th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-2
Also included in: Classification of Living Things Unit Bundle Kingdoms Cladograms
Scientific Method Independent/Dependent Experimental Variables & Questions Game
This one is AWESOME! Explore the fundamentals of experimental design: independent variable, dependent variable, control variables and, articulate the question that will guide the scientific investigation. Students will arrange variable cards on a shuffleboard and based on their arrangement, formulate a question to investigate the relationship between their independent and dependent variables. Thirteen experimental scenarios to choose from. No additional materials are required to complete this a
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-5
, MS-ETS1-2
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-3
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Graphing Worksheets and Scientific Method
Teach, review, and reinforce these very important science skills: Graphing, Scientific Method, Analyzing data, Experimental design, and Scientific Writing. Teaching the science skills is of the utmost importance. If the skills are taught properly at the beginning of the school year, your students will be equipped with the tools they need to be successful for the rest of the year. Choose to use the traditional printable version, or the paperless, digital Google Apps version.This resource is
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Grades:
8th - 12th
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CCSS:
Also included in: Science Skills Bundle: Metrics, Measurement, Scientific Method, Graphing
Scientific Method Writing a Clear Lab Procedure
Scientific Writing Activity: Can your students write a clear and concise laboratory procedure? In this simple activity, students will build a unique and unusual structure. Student will then write instructions for how to build the structure. Students will swap sets of instructions and attempt to build the structures of other students.Why is this important?A key component of the scientific method is the recording and publishing of results. In his/her publication, a scientist must give the procedu
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Grades:
6th - 10th
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CCSS:
Also included in: Science Skills Bundle: Metrics, Measurement, Scientific Method, Graphing
Classification of Living Things Task Cards
This set of 77 enrichment, reinforcement, and review task cards for your lessons on "The Classification of Living Organisms" will ensure that your students have mastered the information. Choose to use the traditional printable version, or the paperless, digital Google Apps version. Questions cover early attempts at classification, the Linnaean system, binomial nomenclature, phylogeny, cladistics, cladograms, the three domains, a comparison of kingdoms, and much more! Detailed list of concepts
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Grades:
8th - 12th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-2
Also included in: Classification of Living Things Unit Bundle Kingdoms Cladograms
Metric System Task Cards
This set of 90 metric measurement task cards will ensure that your students get the review and reinforcement they need to master all aspects of the metric system. Printable and digital versions are included. Students will answer questions about the base units, prefixes, their value, and their symbols. Students will work problems converting from one unit to another, record answers in scientific notation, complete density calculations, and calculate the area, perimeter, volume, and surface area
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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CCSS:
Also included in: Science Skills Bundle: Metrics, Measurement, Scientific Method, Graphing
Cells and organelles puzzle activity 6 7 8 9th jr high Texas TEKS 6.12B, 7.12D
Teaching your unit covering cells and cell organelles doesn’t have to be overwhelming or boring. My students love this clue style mystery activity and I bet yours will too! Your students will be having fun and learning as they use their knowledge of cells and organelles to solve the mystery of what happened to the school mascot, Schrodinger the cat. This engaging activity is based on the classic board game “Clue” and can be used as an individual, seated activity or a stations style activity that
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6th - 9th
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fun elemental mystery activity element periodic table atom jr high middle school
This fun and engaging activity gets your students thinking deeply and putting their knowledge of the periodic table to use as they solve elemental mysteries. By using the clues provided, students can identify the elements by reading the periodic table.After identifying elements with the provided clues students are asked to create their own mysteries by writing original clues! I've used this lesson for years in my classroom and my students are always engaged and learning! This lesson was created
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5th - 8th
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Predicting Weather Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, and Weather Map Reading
This power point goes over how professionals use technology to predict weather. It also teaches students how to read weather maps.
Terms Included
- Forecast
- Meteorologist
- Weather Balloons
- Weather Satellite
- Weather Stations
- Computers
- Weather Maps
- Weather Service Map
- Newspaper Weather Maps
There is a notes page and activity page included. Both the presentation and the work page can be found in the zip file. There is an answer key included. The preview file is a pdf of the power
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Grades:
4th - 9th, Higher Education
Ecosystems Task Cards - Energy Flow, Matter Recycling, Biogeochemical Cycles
This is a set of 107 enrichment, reinforcement, and review task cards for your lessons on ecosystems. Both printable and digital versions are included. Students will answer questions about energy flow and the recycling of matter within and between ecosystems. Students will use their critical thinking skills to answer questions about food chains, food webs, and ecological (energy) pyramids. Students will explore the water cycle, the carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle and so much more.Choose to
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Grades:
8th - 11th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-5
, MS-LS2-1
, HS-LS2-4
Also included in: Biology Curriculum Full Year Bundle
Introduction to Weather Learning Activities
This zip file contains many different activities (72 pages of student handouts which includes worksheets, quizzes, two labs and cloze notes handouts. as well as a PowerPoint with a total of 96 slides) which can be used to introduce students to basic concepts about weather. While these lessons were originally designed to correlate to the performance indicators of the New York State Intermediate Science curriculum, the components of this lesson may be easily used in other physical science or bas
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5th - 9th
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Soil Formation Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, and Web Soil Survey Activity
This lesson goes over how soil is defined, what soil is composed of, and how it is produced. The worksheet follows along with the power point presentation to keep students engaged and works as a review sheet. The web soil survey takes you to the USDA's Web Soil Survey application and allows students to pin point what sort of soil surrounds their school or home. This lesson is designed for late elementary through intermediate grades.
Key Terms Include:
- soil
- humus
- fertility
- loam
- bedroc
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Air Masses and Fronts Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, and Review Page
This is a power point presentation that covers how air masses are formed and how they move. It also covers how fronts react when they collide. Diagrams are included in the presentation to help the lesson sink in. I have used this presentation successfully in the middle school grades as well as late elementary.
Key Terms Discussed
- air mass
- maritime polar
- maritime tropical
- continental polar
- continental tropical
- prevailing westerlies
- jet streams
- fronts
- cold fronts
- warm fronts
Grades:
5th - 8th, Higher Education
Spontaneous Generation Reading and Color by Number
This engaging activity is great as a way for students to learn about the experiments performed by Redi, Needham, Spallanzani, and Pasteur in the process of disproving the theory of spontaneous generation. Students first read a 2-page passage about the experiments, which includes high quality illustrations of each scientist and the steps of his experiments. Then, students answer multiple -choice questions about what they’ve read. Correct answer choices provide the colors to use on the color-by-
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7th - 9th
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Scientific Method Worksheet | Independent & Dependent Variables
Do your kids need some scientific method practice with independent and dependent variables, analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and graphing? This adorable EMOJI THEMED scientific method worksheet is a great reinforcement activity. Students will read 4 unique emoji themed experiments to answer questions and create a graph based on the data. There are three differentiated levels for the graphing practice.DIFFERENTIATED GOOGLE DRIVE LINKS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO WORK SEAMLESSLY WITH GOOGLE CLASSROOM!
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7th - 12th
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Atoms & periodic table puzzle activity 6 7 8 9th jr high Texas TEKS 8.5A, B, C
Teaching your unit covering atoms and the periodic table doesn’t have to be overwhelming or boring. My students love this clue style mystery activity and I bet yours will too! Your students will be having fun and learning as they use their knowledge of atoms and the periodic table to solve the mystery of how a real thinking cap experiment went wrong. This engaging activity is based on the classic board game “Clue” and can be used as an individual, seated activity or a stations style activity tha
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6th - 9th
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FREE Graphing and Data Analysis Practice Activity - Science Graphs
Free Graphing Practice Problem Worksheet. Our science students can never get enough practice on graphing, data analysis, and determining the independent and dependent variables. This free graphing activity (includes both printable and digital versions) provides needed practice, but also comes with a set of data analysis questions to ensure students can draw conclusions and answer critical thinking questions.This resource includes:Editable and Printable 2-Page Student HandoutPaperless Digital Ver
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Grades:
9th - 11th
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Also included in: Introduction to Biology Bundle
Air Pressure Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, and Review Page
This is a power point presentation that goes over what causes air pressure, how pressure is measured, plus how altitude affects density and pressure. I have used this with middle school aged students and late elementary students.
Key terms discussed:
-atmosphere
-air pressure
-density
-mass
-volume
-barometer
-mercury barometer
-aneroid barometer
-millibars
-altitude
This presentation has been kept as a pptx. file so the buyer can add or remove animations as they see fit for their classroom.
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Grades:
5th - 9th, Higher Education
The Endocrine System No Prep Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, and Activity
This lesson is a introduction to the endocrine system. The worksheet follows along with the power point presentation to keep students engaged. This lesson is designed for late elementary through intermediate grade levels.
Key Terms Include:
- endocrine
- hormones
- adrenal
- adrenaline
- target cells
- thyroid
- parathyroid
- pancreas
- thymus
- hypothalamus
- pituitary
All files can be found within the zip file. The worksheet, answer key, and activity can be found in the same document file.
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5th - 9th
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Electromagnetism Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, and Laboratory Sheet
This lesson is an introduction on the principles of electromagnetism. It first goes over how electromagnets are created using solenoids and the relationship between electricity and magnetism. It also goes over how we used electromagnets in our everyday lives. The worksheet follows the power point presentation. The laboratory teaches students how they can create their own electromagnet using classroom materials.
Key Terms Include:
Electromagnetism
solenoids
electromagnets
magnetic field
electri
Grades:
5th - 9th
Evolution by Natural Selection M&M Interactive Lab Report | Hands-on Activity
Looking for an interactive Evolution by Natural Selection Science Lab experiment? Our Interactive M&M Lab Report allows students to explore the process of Evolution by doing a fun M&M game.Welcome to a world of pure imagination! Where M&Ms are bugs that live in a rainforest. Each group of different colored M&Ms represents a different insect species. As your teacher reads each global issue, one color or species of M&M will become extinct. Observe what happens when the environm
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-1
Skittle Radiometric Decay Half-life Lab
Did you know you can use Skittles candy to demonstrate absolute dating and radiometric decay! Buy a 1-4 lb bag at your local bulk warehouse store for savings. This lab is a great way to show how isotopes decay by shaking a plate full of random skittles. Students use Skittles to observe "Isotopes" decay over each half life. At the end of the lab (and only IF they have done all their work) they can enjoy their "daughter products". Skittles were used because they are durable, hypoallergenic, and th
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Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
NGSS:
HS-PS1-8
, HS-PS1-1
, HS-PS1-4
, HS-PS1-6
, MS-PS1-4
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Also included in: Hands-on Science Semester Labs Bundle
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