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Spring Activities for Middle School Science
By Science and STEAM Team
Are you looking for spring science and STEAM challenges to do with your middle school students?
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Several of the resources incorporate ELA too!
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Digital Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) Nearpod Middle School Mini Labs
By Danielle Mortimore
These mini-labs are great to introducing students to NGSS and SEPs! Perfect for that first or second week of school!
This assignment is a great intro and refresher into middle school science. It includes a wide range of activities that everyone will enjoy. Perfect for introducing students to NGSS based science.
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I used it for grades 6-8. It was perfect for our 6th graders because some of them had never had a designated science course before. It was perfect for our 8th graders, because it really made them think what science really is all about. Each SEP takes about 20-30 minutes! It encourage students to work together and is great for setting those group work expectations early in the year.
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Complex Machines WebQuest & Word Search Puzzle
By Innovations in Technology
This webquest / Internet scavenger hunt is a perfect one day activity for middle schoolers to learn more about complex machines. It is appropriate for middle school science, engineering or technology classes.
The lesson includes the student handout and an answer key, along with a short list of sites that teachers can provide to students to help with the quest if they choose. Two versions of the WebQuest are included to let teachers print the questions or to provide them digitally as an interactive page in an editable Microsoft PowerPoint file. Additionally, a word search puzzle with answer key is included, perfect for early finishers or to use as a part of the lesson.
This is a great lesson to leave with a sub too!
This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.
Files Included:
• Teacher & Student Resources
• WebQuest questions for students - print and digital versions (editable)
• WebQuest Answer Key (non-editable, .pdf)
• Word Search Puzzle with Answer Key
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CHEMISTRY Elements, Compounds and Mixtures Escape Room [Digital]
By The French Scientist
CHEMISTRY Elements, Compounds and Mixtures Escape Room Activity contains 4 puzzles to solve. It is a great resource intended to reinforce students' understanding in class as a part of the warm-up, review tasks, or end-of-year test prep. This non-prep resource includes a digital version which is great for flipped classrooms or distance learning.
Digital Version includes:
- 1 Google Forms Link (Self-Grading)
- Teacher Instructions
- Answer keys
Contents:
- Differentiate elements, compounds and mixtures
About the Escape Room:
- When you purchase this resource, you will be given a link that will allow you to access the escape room in Google Form. You will then be able to share that file with your students using methods including:
- The puzzles have been designed to quiz students in Google Forms. You may adjust the settings according to your personal preferences.
Is this resource editable?
If you see ANYTHING that needs modifying, or if you have any questions, please contact me via the Q&A. Thanks!
Have fun and happy teaching!
By Science and STEAM Team
With this earth science lesson, students will review the basics of the water cycle by watching a video by NASA and answering some questions.
*This lesson is part of the MS-2ESS-4 Unit.
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Middle School Science - Levels of Organization with the Human Eye Slides
By Danielle Mortimore
Looking for a ready to go lesson about levels of organization of life from cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, to organisms? This interactive lesson will have your students testing their sight using color blind tests. It includes...
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Geology WebQuest & Word Search Puzzle
By Innovations in Technology
This webquest / Internet scavenger hunt is a perfect one day activity for middle schoolers to learn more about geology with these fun questions. It is appropriate for middle school science or technology classes.
The lesson includes the student handout and an answer key, along with a short list of sites that teachers can provide to students to help with the quest if they choose. There are also some additional links to sites if teachers want to expand the lesson. Two versions of the WebQuest are included to let teachers print the questions or to provide them digitally as an interactive page in an editable Microsoft PowerPoint file. Additionally, a word search puzzle with answer key is included, perfect for early finishers or to use as a part of the lesson.
This is a great lesson to leave with a sub too!
This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.
Files Included:
• Teacher & Student Resources
• WebQuest questions for students - print and digital versions (editable)
• WebQuest Answer Key (non-editable, .pdf)
• Word Search Puzzle with Answer Key
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Drought Lesson: Analyzing and Interpreting Data for Use with Google Slides™
By Science and STEAM Team
With these science lessons, students will be given a nonfiction text about droughts, data from reliable sites, links to other sites, and graphic organizers to help guide students with their research.
You can share this resource with your students through Google Classroom™ or Google Drive™. Students can then type directly on this document and share it back with you.
*This is part of our MS-ESS3-3 unit and our MS-ESS3 Bundle: Earth and Human Activity.
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Invasive Species Wanted Poster
By Danielle Mortimore
Fun invasive species inquire lesson. Students create a wanted poster for invasive species either locally or globally. This lesson includes two different ways to give this assignment:
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Thomas Edison - WebQuest & Word Search Puzzle
By Innovations in Technology
This webquest / Internet scavenger hunt is a perfect one day activity for middle schoolers to learn more about Thomas Edison and his inventions with these fun questions. It is appropriate for middle school social studies/history, science, or technology classes.
The lesson includes the student handout and an answer key, along with a short list of sites that teachers can provide to students to help with the quest if they choose. There are also some additional links to sites if teachers want to expand the lesson. Two versions of the WebQuest are included to let teachers print the questions or to provide them digitally as an interactive page in an editable Microsoft PowerPoint file. Additionally, a word search puzzle with answer key is included, perfect for early finishers or to use as a part of the lesson.
This is a great lesson to leave with a sub too!
This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.
Files Included:
• Teacher & Student Resources
• WebQuest questions for students - print and digital versions (editable)
• WebQuest Answer Key (non-editable, .pdf)
• Word Search Puzzle with Answer Key
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Natural Disasters Lesson: Analyzing Data for Middle School
By Science and STEAM Team
With these science lessons about natural disasters, students will be given a nonfiction text and data from reliable sites, links to other sites, and graphic organizers to help guide students with their research. They will get data about droughts, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, and wildfires.
You can share this resource with your students through Google Classroom™ or Google Drive™. Students can then type directly on this document and share it back with you.
*This is part of our MS-ESS3-3 unit and our MS-ESS3 Bundle: Earth and Human Activity.
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Blaise Pascal - WebQuest & Word Search Puzzle
By Innovations in Technology
This webquest / Internet scavenger hunt is a perfect one day activity for middle schoolers to learn more about Blaise Pascal and his inventions with these fun questions. It is appropriate for middle school social studies/history, science, math, or technology classes.
The lesson includes the student handout and an answer key, along with a short list of sites that teachers can provide to students to help with the quest if they choose. There are also some additional links to sites if teachers want to expand the lesson. Two versions of the WebQuest are included to let teachers print the questions or to provide them digitally as an interactive page in an editable Microsoft PowerPoint file. Additionally, a word search puzzle with answer key is included, perfect for early finishers or to use as a part of the lesson.
This is a great lesson to leave with a sub too!
This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.
Files Included:
• Teacher & Student Resources
• WebQuest questions for students - print and digital versions (editable)
• WebQuest Answer Key (non-editable, .pdf)
• Word Search Puzzle with Answer Key
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By Science and STEAM Team
With this WebQuest, students will learn about seven biomes using the NASA website. This engaging activity is perfect for distance learning and includes an answer key. It's also great for subs!
✅Please make sure you have access to YouTube before you purchase this.
What others are saying about our science lessons.
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"Great resource for NGSS!"
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⭐ Ecosystem Populations: NGSS: MS-LS2-4
⭐ Endangered Animals: NGSS: MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5
⭐ Endangered Plants: NGSS: MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5
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Grace Hopper - WebQuest & Word Search Puzzle
By Innovations in Technology
This webquest / Internet scavenger hunt is a perfect one day activity for middle schoolers to learn more about Grace Hopper and her work in computer technology with these interesting questions. It is appropriate for middle school social studies/history, science, or technology classes. This WebQuest is a quick introduction to a unit on forensics.
The lesson includes the student handout and an answer key, along with a short list of sites that teachers can provide to students to help with the quest if they choose. There are also some additional links to sites if teachers want to expand the lesson. Two versions of the WebQuest are included to let teachers print the questions or to provide them digitally as an interactive page in an editable Microsoft PowerPoint file. Additionally, a word search puzzle with answer key is included, perfect for early finishers or to use as a part of the lesson.
This is a great lesson to leave with a sub too!
This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.
Files Included:
* Teacher & Student Resources
* WebQuest questions for students - print and digital versions (editable)
* WebQuest Answer Key (non-editable, .pdf)
* Word Search Puzzle with Answer Key
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Gravity Webquest for Middle Schoolers
By Science and STEAM Team
With this earth science lesson, students will learn about gravity and how it affects the universe. This engaging activity is perfect for distance learning and includes an answer key. It's also great for subs!
*This lesson is part of the MS-1ESS-2 Unit.
✅Please make sure you have access to YouTube before you purchase this.
What others are saying about our science lessons.
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"Great resource for NGSS!"
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Related Resources
⭐ Human Impact on the Environment - Focus on Plastics: NGSS: MS-ESS3-3
⭐ Global Climate Change: NGSS: MS-ESS3-5
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⭐ Middle School NGSS Checklist
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Guglielmo Marconi - WebQuest & Word Search Puzzle
By Innovations in Technology
This webquest / Internet scavenger hunt is a perfect one day activity for middle schoolers to learn more about Guglielmo Marconi and his inventions with these interesting questions. It is appropriate for middle school social studies/history, science, or technology classes.
The lesson includes the student handout and an answer key, along with a short list of sites that teachers can provide to students to help with the quest if they choose. There are also some additional links to sites if teachers want to expand the lesson. Two versions of the WebQuest are included to let teachers print the questions or to provide them digitally as an interactive page in an editable Microsoft PowerPoint file. Additionally, a word search puzzle with answer key is included, perfect for early finishers or to use as a part of the lesson.
This is a great lesson to leave with a sub too!
This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.
Files included:
* Teacher & Student Resources
* Student WebQuest Questions - 2 versions (Print version in MS Word; digital version in MS PowerPoint - editable)
*WebQuest Answer Key (non-editable, .pdf)
* Word Search Puzzle with Answer Key
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Gravity and its Affect on the Universe WebQuest for Use with Google Slides™
By Science and STEAM Team
Gravity and its Affects of the Universe WebQuest has been made for use in Google Classroom™. You can share this resource with your students through Google Classroom™ or Google Drive™. Students can then type directly on this document and share it back with you.
A pdf file is included, complete with the answer key.
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Exploring Careers: Energy Career Cluster (NEW Cluster 17)
By Innovations in Technology
This career unit gives students an introduction to the Energy career cluster and what a career in this field would be like. This is perfect for a career, technology, CTE or business class.
The included PowerPoint presentation can be used by the teacher for whole class instruction or provided to the students electronically (or as a printout) for them to review individually. Students use close reading skills with a short informational passage to learn about the career field and answer questions to use critical thinking skills and demonstrate their understanding. Two different puzzles are included to learn different jobs in the career and to reinforce vocabulary skills. An individual research project to learn more about an influential individual in the energy field using Microsoft PowerPoint (or Google Slides) offers students an opportunity for a real-life look into this career. A group project about renewable energy using research and the Engineering Design Process to build, explain, and present to the class allows students to utilize critical thinking skills and teamwork. Finally, a short reflection questionnaire gives students the opportunity to reflect and analyze their learning as they determine if this career field is of interest to them.
The project was created for grades 7-8 but could easily be used with high school students. The teacher can choose to use some or all of the provided lesson options included in this resource.
Materials Required
· Access to computers for each student (or pair of students) optional for many parts of this lesson
· Internet access (optional for many parts of this lesson)
· Access to Microsoft Word (or Google Docs), Microsoft PowerPoint (or Google Slides)
Materials for Group Renewable Energy Project:
· A variety of recyclable materials such as cardboard, empty water bottles, paper, empty spools, etc.
· Tape, glue, hot glue guns (with glue), scissors, X-acto knives, cutting mats, goggles, staplers, rubber bands, paper clips
· Other supplies (optional): Straws, popsicle sticks, toothpicks, balsa wood.
Project Duration (approximate)
· Introduction to Energy Careers PowerPoint presentation - .5 (50 minute) class period (or may be given to students individually for reference)
· Introduction to Energy Careers Reading and Questions - .5 - 1 (50 minute) class period
· 2 Puzzles (jobs and vocabulary) - 1 (50 minute) class period (for both)
· Research Project: Influential Individuals in the Energy Field (Technology based Project) – 2-3 (50 minute) class periods
· Group Renewable Energy Project – 4-5 (50 minute) class periods
· Reflection Questions - .5 (50 minute) class period
NOTE: This is also a part of the Career Exploration: 17 Career Cluster Bundle
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Wildfires Lesson Analyzing and Interpreting Data for Use with Google Slides™
By Science and STEAM Team
With these science lessons, students will be given a nonfiction text about wildfires, data from reliable sites, links to other sites, and graphic organizers to help guide students with their research.
You can share this resource with your students through Google Classroom™ or Google Drive™. Students can then type directly on this document and share it back with you.
*This is part of our MS-ESS3-3 unit and our MS-ESS3 Bundle: Earth and Human Activity.
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⭐ Human Impact on the Environment - Focus on Plastics: NGSS: MS-ESS3-3
⭐ Global Climate Change: NGSS: MS-ESS3-5
⭐ Environmental Issues Research Project: NGSS: MS-ESS3-3
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Fun Facts about Weather WebQuest & Word Search Puzzle
By Innovations in Technology
This webquest / Internet scavenger hunt is a perfect one day activity for middle schoolers to learn more about weather with these fun questions. It is appropriate for middle school science or technology classes.
The lesson includes the student handout and an answer key, along with a short list of sites that teachers can provide to students to help with the quest if they choose. Two versions of the WebQuest are included to let teachers print the questions or to provide them digitally as an interactive page in an editable Microsoft PowerPoint file. Additionally, a word search puzzle with answer key is included, perfect for early finishers or to use as a part of the lesson.
This is a great lesson to leave with a sub too!
This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.
Files Included:
* Teacher & Student Resources
* WebQuest questions for students - print and digital versions (editable)
* WebQuest Answer Key (non-editable, .pdf)
* Word Search Puzzle with Answer Key
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