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Higher education earth sciences resources under $5
Fossils Virtual Field Trip Rock Cycle Earth Science Digital Version
Don't just teach about rocks in Earth Science, the rock cycle, with fossils, how they are formed, and earth science- EXPERIENCE IT with this interactive Virtual Field Trip! Students can explore all about fossils and how they are formed and learn all about them with different ready to go tasks and activities.Take a Virtual Field trip with:360 VR Tour of fossil museumVideo to learn all about fossilsExplore different types of fossils up close with website linksRead about the fossilsWatch a video ab
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Geology and Rock Cycle Virtual Field Trip discount Bundle digital
Crystals Minerals and Gemstones Geology Virtual Field Trip digital
Don't just teach about rocks, the rock cycle, and minerals and gemstones- EXPERIENCE IT with this interactive Virtual Field Trip! Students can explore all about gemstones, learn what makes a gemstone and a mineral, and explore to learn all about them with different ready to go tasks and activities.Take a Virtual Field trip with:360 VR Museum Tour (Gem & Mineral Museum at the Smithsonian)Learning VideoInteractive Gemstone websiteWebsite readings to learn about gems and mineralsInteractive vir
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Geology and Rock Cycle Virtual Field Trip discount Bundle digital
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of our Planet (Netflix) Educational Movie Guide
Breaking Boundaries, narrated by David Attenborough, follows the journey of world-renowned scientist Johan Rockström as he examines the vital planetary boundaries that keep our Earth stable and provides a road map to bring us back towards the safe zone for a thriving future.This engaging movie guide from Miss Nightingale is designed to highlight the film’s big ideas, prompt rich classroom discussion, and cement student learning. This guide includes:A warm-up activity designed to be completed bef
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Phases of the Moon Foldable
Phases of the Moon Foldable - this foldable has several versions that allows for the teacher to differentiate instruction. Please see the "preview" to see what you will receive. You will need a paper fastener to create the rotational foldable.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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El Niño and La Niña Coloring Page and Graphic Organizer
El Niño and La Niña is a topic that could be confusing for students. Use this coloring page and graphic organizer to make it a bit easier.Ideas for Implementation:• Give students the black and white filled-in version. Have students color the document for a relaxing break (for you and them).• Give students the black and white blank version. Watch a youtube video, read an article, or lecture about the topic. Have students fill in the blank sections.This download includes:• A BLANK copy of the colo
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Inner & Outer Planet Activities
Inner & Outer Planet Activities
This product contains 6 activities/worksheets:
(1) Mnemonic Device Worksheet - students create their own mnemonic device to remember the order of the planets
(2) Order of the Planets Worksheet - students will cutout and paste the planets and place them in their appropriate place away from the sun
(3) Venn Diagram Worksheet - students will compare & contrast the inner & outer planets
(4) Venn Diagram Foldable - students will compare & contrast the
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
"San Andreas" Movie Questions
All of these questions relate to a natural disasters unit... no plot questions just for the sake of asking questions about the plot.This worksheet (with answer key) goes along with the movie San Andreas with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Find out what happens when California experiences several earthquakes above magnitude 7.0. This is a great introduction or review to any earthquake or tsunami unit!You must buy or rent the movie.Included:- A 22-question movie guide.- An answer keyBe sure to follo
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Fluency Task Cards {Wacky Weather Facts}
This set now available in a Big Science Bundle.
I have enjoyed getting fluency centers up and running in my classroom so much, that I have decided to try making some of my own fluency resources...although there are a lot of great fluency center resources out there. This packet includes a sheet on the research base for including fluency instruction and fluency (practice & reinforcement) stations in your classroom.
This is a set of fluency task cards based on wacky & wild information
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2nd - 6th, Higher Education, Staff
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Trees, Forestry and Deforestation 5E Lab-Distance learning possible
Update for distance learning: Students could do this lab at home with a tree in their backyard, neighborhood, or park. They need a cheap measuring tape, a cardboard triangle, string and a weight. Through zoom or a video, teachers can help students through the math. Another option is for the teacher to make a video measuring a tree and the corresponding math. Students can do the follow-up questions on their own.This is a full 5E designed for inquiry. It is advanced enough for AP, but accessible f
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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NGSS:
HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-6
, HS-ESS3-4
Also included in: Unit 5 Bundle for AP Environmental Science
Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change Data Analysis Virtual Lab
Updated links as of March 2022. This lab for in-person or distance learning uses a variety of data from NOAA and other websites to help your students understand greenhouse gases, where they are found and whether they are increasing or decreasing. Then, students analyze data about the effects of climate change with real-time data about temperature, precipitation and other data. Then, students delve into longer term data including ice-core data.This lab walks students through each graph and data s
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-5
Also included in: AP Environmental Science Unit 9 Bundle
Triceratops Extreme Difficulty Dinosaur Dot-to-Dot / Connect the Dots PDF
Connect the dots to reveal the picture of a triceratops, the three-horned dinosaur that roamed the earth during Cretaceous Period. There are 1250 dots to connect in this dot-to-dot, keeping your students busy for quite some time! Include this fun and challenging activity as part of a unit on dinosaurs, prehistoric times, earth science, or biology. Print this dot to dot for your classroom, year after year. Activity on page 1. Answer key on page 2. Page dimensions: 7.5”x10”. Terms of Use - For pe
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2nd - 9th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Extinct & Endangered Animals Dot-to-Dot / Connect the Dots PDF Bundle
Scientific Method Task Cards for Middle and High School
This set of 32 Scientific Method Task Cards will provide Middle and High School Students with Review and Reinforcement of the concepts found while studying the Scientific Method.The following concepts are covered in this set of Task Cards:Collecting Data, Theory, Inference, Data Tables, Hypothesis, Observations, Steps of the Scientific Method, Controlled Experiments, Dependent Variables, Independent Variables, Control Group, Writing a Hypothesis, Sample Size, Conclusions, Error, Experimental Res
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Scientific Method - Measurement - Microscope - Safety Task Card Bundle
Rock Cycle Types of Rocks Virtual Field Trip - Digital Version - Geology
Don't just teach about rocks in Earth Science, the rock cycle, and the three types of rocks, metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous- EXPERIENCE IT with this interactive Virtual Field Trip! Students can explore all about rocks, the rock cycle, types of rocks and explore to learn all about them with different ready to go tasks and activities.Take a Virtual Field trip with:360 VR Tour of Bryce Canyon to explore rock formations and rock typesVideo to learn all about types of rocksExplore different ty
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Geology and Rock Cycle Virtual Field Trip discount Bundle digital
Watersheds...Ground Water vs. Surface Water Foldable
Students can use this foldable to summarize the similarities and differences after they model the effects of human activity on groundwater and surface water in a watershed.
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Consequences of Global Climate Change / Global Warming - PowerPoint
A comprehensive, colorful, and engaging 48-slide PowerPoint presentation exploring the various environmental and socio-economic consequences and effects of global climate change. Clear, objective with easy-to-follow text, explanations, photos, and videos.Climate change topics include: rising sea levels, loss of biodiversity, famine, desertification, and even a colder Europe.Students also learn, however, that there may arguably be a few potential benefits associated with global warming such as in
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Earth Layers Model: Decoding Compositional and Mechanical/Structural layers
Students will complete a colored model of earths layers that will clarify the main differences of compositional and mechanical layers both visually as well as conceptually. They will also be able to identify trends of temperature, gravity, pressure, and density. This is a great activity that will allow students to better comprehend the dynamics of plate tectonics. This could also serve as a earth science practical type of assessment.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Earth Layers: Decoding Mechanical and Compositional Layers with Quiz
Feedback Loops for Climate Change- NGSS-HS-ESS2-2
Climate change is a highly integrated process that is regulated by both positive and negative feedback loops. This worksheet provides detailed explanations of seven phenomenon and will allow students to determine how feedback loops impact climate change. At the beginning of the worksheet, students are introduced to the topic of feedback loops through illustrations and explanations of both positive and negative feedback loops. This resource helps students work towards achieving the NGSS-HS-ESS
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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HS-ESS2-2
Fluency Task Cards {Itty Bitty Insect Facts}
This set now available in a Big Science Bundle.
Are your students learning about insects right now? Then, these cards are a perfect addition to your content area studies.
I have enjoyed getting fluency centers up and running in my classroom so much, that I have decided to try making some of my own fluency resources...although there are a lot of great fluency center resources out there. This packet includes a sheet on the research base for including fluency instruction and fluency (practice
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2nd - 6th, Higher Education, Staff
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House Plant Guided Drawings
The only thing more relaxing than surrounding yourself in a room of house plants, is learning how to draw said beautiful plants! Let your love of greenery spill onto the pages of your sketchbook or into your classroom with this how to draw different house plants guide. In this guided drawing document you and your students will learn how to draw a plant as simple as a cactus, to a more complicated Monstera Deliciosa. Even though this is just a beginner guide to just show you how to draw, you can
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Biome Word Wall Coloring Sheets (6 pages)
This Biome set includes the words: Biome, Tundra, Grassland, Desert, Aquatic, and Forest. You can also purchase an additional set of ecosystem word walls or purchase both the biome & ecosystem set together. Coloring pages have recently become a huge hit all over the world. In my new series of word wall coloring pages, you can bring the excitement of coloring into your middle school and high school science classrooms.Word Walls are an instructional tool used primarily in elementary classrooms
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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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
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5th - 8th, Higher Education
Earth's Rotation Causes Day and Night
Students can use this foldable to summarize (after a demonstration) that Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours causing the day/night cycle and the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky;
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
A Plastic Ocean: Digital or Print Worksheet- Video Questions & Answer KEY!
A Plastic Ocean movie worksheet + KEY! Use this in the classroom or as a PDF in your digital classroom.Here you fill find a movie guide for the documentary "A Plastic Ocean", which can be watched right on YouTube! Also included here is the worksheet ANSWER KEY!*Topics in this documentary include:Pollution caused by plasticThe effects of plastics in food chainsBioaccumulationImpacts on humansCultural and societal causesThe "Great Pacific Garbage Patch"The Effect of plastics on Human HealthBPA /
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: High School Health Curriculum: Full Year, Skills Based Health Education
Planisphere Lab Activity: A Star Wheel for Constellation Exploration
Inexpensive and ingenious! Planispheres are a unique tool for learning astronomy: a make-it-yourself star map, adjustable for any time of night in any month of the year. They are designed to show the position of prominent constellations in the night sky. It's a low-tech way for Ss to learn the location (and thus give meaning to key vocabulary terms) of the horizon, zenith, meridian, ecliptic and celestial equator on the celestial sphere. This lab includes two types of planispheres: one for stan
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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NGSS:
HS-ESS1-4
, 5-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: StayGiant Earth Science Bundle: Astronomy (space exploration)
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