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7th grade environment simulations
The Virtual Biodiversity Game
Students can use this Google form to make choices that determine how many species survive or go extinct in their ecosystem. Through 5 rounds, students are exposed to concepts such as biodiversity, biomes, climate, niches, pollution, and human impact. Students make choices and can see the impact it has on biodiversity (the number of species)This interactive activity is a great introduction to biodiversity. It is a great tool to get students thinking about what contributes to increased or decrease
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-5
, MS-LS2-1
, HS-LS4-6
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
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Halloween Science Game Teaching Biodiversity
The perfect game for Halloween (or any time of year)!In my classroom, this game not only produced lots of laughs, but provided an excellent illustration of biodiversity within an ecosystem that I referred back to often as an example in later class periods.This game consists of two simulations. Each student during each simulation will have a card with a monster. The teacher lurks about the room as a disease. Some monsters are immune to the disease, and some are not. If implemented well (that mean
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5th - 8th
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Speciation Activity: Simulate Evolution of New Species: NGSS: Distance Learning
In brief, students begin by generating questions based upon experimental results (Powerpoint Slide included). Then, they read about several types of speciation. Then, students simulate speciation within a hypothetical population of frogs, using manipulatives to create a model. Finally, students answer post-activity questions.A. NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS HEREINDCI’s: LS3.B: Variation of traits LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and DiversityCross Cutting Concepts: Patter
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Biomagnification Simulation with Skittles
Biomagnification SimulationWhat will the students be doing?In this hands-on activity, students will simulate the biomagnification of a chemical (mercury or DDT) throughout a marine ecosystem. Students will then determine which organisms are most affected by the chemical. After this simulation, students will be able to define and explain biomagnification. This is a fun activity to do with your students. I used it during an evaluation and the principal loved it!What is included?4 Student Workshee
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6th - 12th
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Ocean Floor Mapping Battleship Game
Teacher Review: "My students are obsessed with this activity! They even ask to play during indoor recess!" - Turner's Teaching Troop (January 22, 2020)Ocean Floor Mapping Battleship includes 36 unique maps of the ocean floor, a recording sheet, a detailed lesson plan with suggested pre-game activities, a blank map students can use to draw their own ocean floor, a diagram showing the layers of the ocean, and easy to follow game instructions. Field tested with sixth-graders, this game challenges s
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Earth Science Games Bundle
World Population Growth Poster Project Activity | Human World Geography
Explore just how big the world’s population really is with this two-part activity that includes an eye-opening simulation and a creative poster project while stretching their math skills.The posters make for a fun and engaging hallway display for the whole school to learn from!These activities come as both print-and-go PDF and editable, paperless Google files and are included in the complete Human Population Growth Unit.Greatness is being able to make the incomprehensible easy to understand.A mi
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7th - 12th
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Antibiotic Resistance Lab: Simulate the Evolution of a Superbug - NGSS
In brief, students begin by answering an intriguing “bell ringer” (Powerpoint Slide included). Then, they simulate the use of an antibiotic on bacteria. The bacteria then mutates, requiring them to try an different antibiotic the following round. Finally, the two strains perform conjugations, and students try both antibiotics on the new strain, to no avail. They discover that a superbug has evolved. Students take data, graph the data, and analyze the data by answering post-lab questions. A.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Ecosystems- Roadrunners and Coyotes NGSS Middle School LS2-1
Turn your students into an active ecosystem. This activity is similar to the classic Oh Deer simulation with a roadrunner and coyote twist. This sequence of NGSS aligned activities/assessments includes two simulation activities in which students are in the roles of a population of roadrunners, a predator (coyote), and resources (food, water, shelter). Students collect, graph, and analyze data to look for cause and effect relationships in an ecosystem. Reading and writing pages are included along
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-1
Intro to Economics: Needs V. Wants
An engaging way to begin a unit on economics! This fun and hands-on activity will have students explore the important concepts of human needs versus wants through an engaging rocket ship simulation. Students will be vicariously drawn into an emergency situation in which they must collaborate, and agree as to what items they consider as ‘essential’ for their survival on their rocket ship mission to live on a far away planet. An interactive Slide Presentation will help guide the groups on their jo
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5th - 10th
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Interactions Within Ecosystems - a complete science unit
Interactions Within Ecosystems is a comprehensive science unit for middle years students with very little prep required by teachers. It is completely laid out with teacher notes and a sequence of activities. Students will learn about many ways in which organisms interact within an ecosystem. In this unit, students will learn about the following science concepts: organisms, biotic and abiotic things, individuals, populations, communities, species, interaction, habitats, ecosystems, microorganis
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5th - 8th
Evolution Game: Mutation and Speciation in Action!
You know you have a winning lesson when your entire class of students begs you to let them continue playing a learning game in their free time. That’s the case with this evolution game: not only does it help students experience how evolution works through mutations, cross-breeding, speciation, extinction, and diversity, but it is really fun and creative. Students start out as a flock of white, flightless birds that only eat worms. By rolling dice and pulling mutation and event cards, they mutate
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
, MS-LS3-1
, MS-LS4-2
, MS-LS4-4
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The Biodiversity Game | Human Effects | Environmental Effects | VA LS.8-9
This life science game shows how biodiversity depends on the environment that organisms are living in. New species are gained or lost based on environmental and human changes. This is a fairly simple activity, which allows the teacher to easily differentiate based on the ability level of the present class. Differentiation suggestions could be: modify instructions/game rules; have students answer questions individually, with partner(s), or whole class; have students create their own "biodiversity
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5th - 9th
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Human Impact Sustainability Overfishing Simulation Activity
Overview:Hit the point home on sustainability with this overfishing simulation activity. In this activity, students will play the role of fisherman removing fish (paper clips) from a pond. They will explore how sustainable fishing practices strengthen ecosystems and increase the amount of useable resources.Why You'll Love It:Easy to implement (few supplies required)Engaging and hands-onGenerates discussion with a real world exampleStudents Will:Work in pairs to simulate unregulated and regulated
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Grades:
6th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-LS2-5
, MS-LS2-4
Also included in: Ecology Unit Growing Resource Bundle
Extreme Weather Interactive Simulation Lab- Tornados, Thunderstorms & Hurricanes
**NO FLASH REQUIRED** This is an ONLINE, INTERACTIVE SIMULATION LAB about Extreme Weather. My students enjoyed this lab because it presents the material in a fun, game-like manner.Includes: PART I: Build a Tornado & determine the Fujita Scale based on the damage it caused. PART II: Build the largest Thunderstorm from three weather variables. PART III: Build a Hurricane and see how land and cold water weakens it and PART IV: EXTRA CREDIT - Another Hurricane Simulation..The Lab is Step by
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5th - 11th
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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
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-7
, HS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-5
, MS-LS2-4
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Also included in: Ecology, Environmental Studies, and Earth Science Activities Bundle
Biodiversity – A Digital Scavenger Hunt Activity
Biodiversity - A Digital, Device-Based resource that will get your kids out of their seats, engaged, utilizing technology, and collaborating to solve real problems and test their knowledge.This activity is the coolest thing I've created and your kids are going to love it, mine do. Think of a scavenger hunt, then add devices (Smartphones, Chromebooks, Laptops, or Tablets), engaged students, and learning through assessment and you have this resource.Quick Disclaimer. In order to use this activity,
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7th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Mega Biology Resource Collection - Fully editable and growing bundle
Climate Change – A Device-Based Scavenger Hunt Activity
Climate Change - A Device-Based Scavenger Hunt Activity. This activity is the coolest thing I've created and your kids are going to love it, mine do. Think of a scavenger hunt, then add devices (Smartphones, Chromebooks, Laptops, or Tablets), engaged students, and learning through assessment and you have this resource.Quick Disclaimer. In order to use this activity, your classroom must have at least 1 device per 3 students. Smartphones, Chromebooks, Laptops, and Tablets will all work perfectly.
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Grades:
7th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
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Also included in: Climate Change Mega Bundle - Lessons, Activities, Assessments
Hacking Cladograms: Analyze Cladograms & Make Your Own - NGSS: Distance Learning
In this NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) aligned activity, students (Part 1:) Read about family trees, and relate family trees to cladograms (Part 2:) Learn to interpret cladograms, walking through examples, and then (Part 3:) create their own cladogram using structural data from six hypothetical creatures. The activity is designed so that students can autonomously work through it with facilitation by the teacher. Time Frame: Depending on the length of your classes, this activity can ra
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Hybrid Genetics Card Match-Up Activity
Want a fun, hands-on way to teach the genetics concepts of selective breeding and hybridization in your middle school science class? Then this hybrid activity is the perfect "match" for you! Get your students thinking critically about the advantages and disadvantages of selective breeding and how the creation of hybrids impacts evolution. **Use of this resource does require prior knowledge of selective breeding and hybridization. Used alone, in pairs, or in small groups, these hybrid matching fl
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Grades:
5th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-LS3-2
"Deer Dash!" Populations and Carrying Capacity Ecology Activity
This resource is an excellent chance to allow your students to have fun together in a friendly competition, while either learning or solidifying their understanding of several ecology concepts and key terms. This activity focuses on carrying capacity and population concepts, but can be used to explore predation, competition, community relationships, ecosystem balance, resource pulses, and other environmental factors contributing to the fluctuation of animal population. This large space activity
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
, HS-LS2-4
, MS-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS3-4
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The Tragedy of the Commons Simulation (Slides, Worksheet, Instructions)
This engaging and fun game demonstrates very clearly the concept of the "Tragedy of the Commons" in a fun game followed by a quick class slides presentation. The product includes the class slides that walk the class through the simulation, a teacher instructions guide, a student worksheet for following along with the game, and a pdf print-out to create the "slips of paper" used in the simulation.This game is a class favorite that creates a lasting memory of our inclination towards competition ov
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Modeling Biomagnification Lab: Next Generation Science Standard Aligned (NGSS)
In Brief: Part 1: Students read some background on biological magnification, and answer pre-reading questions. Part 2: Students create a visual/mathematical model of biological magnification for a marine food chain. Part 3: Students create a graph of to represent the data. Part 4: Students answer conclusion questions based upon their model. A. NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS HEREINDCI’s: LS1.C Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosyste
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Biodiversity of Garguilo Island
Students role-play as a group of field scientists hired to study BIODIVERSITY and overall health of an imaginary island. Students must count the amount of animals found at different ecoregions around the island, making graphs to compare. They then must reference a map to determine which species is healthiest and highest in biodiversity.A high interest, fun, hands on lab experience for students ranging from 6th-12th grade. Use as either an introduction or a review of the concept. The experience h
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Global and Local Convection PowerPoint! ClimateRegions/Winds/Currents/Land&Sea
This PowerPoint explains how convection affects weather patterns and climate.Students must know that because warm air near Earth’s surface rises and then cools as it goes up, a convection current is set up in the atmosphere. There are three atmospheric convection areas in the northern hemisphere and three in the southern hemisphere: arctic region, temperate region and tropical region. Students will learn the wind belts located in that region: polar winds, trade winds and westerlies. Colorful gr
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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