$5 - $10 8th Grade Earth Sciences Resources

This comprehensive bundle is designed for grades 4 to 8 and brings together three engaging sets of reading comprehension passages focused on Light Waves, Sound Waves, and Seismic Waves.

Each passage is carefully crafted to cover key concepts, followed by a variety of questions—short-answer, multiple-choice, and matching activities/graphic organizers—to reinforce learning and assess comprehension.

This bundle will help to enhance your students' understanding of waves in different forms, improve their reading comprehension skills, and spark curiosity about the scientific world around them.

It's an excellent resource for science classes, reading practice, or homeschooling curriculum.

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Need a lesson on plate tectonics/continental drift that gets your students moving and engaged?

This lesson will make learning interesting and fun. Includes: Plates puzzle, suggested songs, suggested videos, PowerPoint linked to online videos, detailed teacher's guide/notes, wrap-up bingo game, and more.

Requires you have Powerpoint, Internet access, and a way to project images on a screen or board for students to view.

Note includes a zip file with three compressed files:

Powerpoint presentation, detailed lesson plan with reproducible and PowerPoint presentation reproducible notes.

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• Do you want to teach students about the components of Earth's Systems that influence climate?
• This resource has five lessons.

Lesson 1: What Causes Wind?

Lesson 2: Global Wind Data

Lesson 3: Ocean Currents

Lesson 4: Where Would You Live?

Lesson 5: Making a Model of Your Ideal Climate

Optional: The Greenhouse Effect

• Included are standards, photos and posters for stimulating discussion, three reading passages, several investigations, data for examining, links to videos, and essential vocabulary cards.

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Back to School Earth & Space Science Reading Comprehension Passages : Discover the wonders of our universe with these printable worksheets for Grade 6 to Grade 8 Science teachers, covering topics from planets to weather systems. Enhance your students' learning experience and spark their curiosity in the fascinating world of Earth and space sciences.

Earth & Space Science worksheets are an essential tool for teachers looking to engage their students in the fascinating world of science. These comprehensive and well-structured resources cover a wide range of topics, from the solar system and celestial bodies to the Earth's atmosphere and geological processes. By incorporating these worksheets into their lesson plans, teachers can provide students with a solid foundation in Earth & Space Science, while also fostering a love for learning and a deeper understanding of the natural world. With a variety of grade-appropriate activities, exercises, and assessments, Earth & Space Science worksheets are the perfect addition to any science curriculum, ensuring that students of all ages and abilities can explore the wonders of our planet and the cosmos beyond.

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Looking for a end of the year self-paced lesson for students to work on during those weird schedule days after testing? This lesson uses critical and creative thinking to create a story about surviving on a deserted island using what they have learned in science! It includes....

• All directions for students and teachers
• Google slides to go through with students
• Chance cards to print out
• Pacing guide
• Teacher and student tips
• Student packet with all the information they need
• Rubric for student AND teacher

This project is great for the end of the year. That weird time between end of course tests and the school year end is challenging. The project is mostly self-paced and great for those days that you only see some classes throughout the day.

Minimum materials are needed!

• 11x7 paper
• lined
• paper
• the packet
• yarn

Student will make a map, complete a packet, and write some journal entries on how they would survive if they were stranded on a deserted island.

Tennessee State Standards

• 6.PS3.1 - Analyze the properties and compare the sources of kinetic, elastic potential, gravitational potential, electric potential, chemical, and thermal energy.
• 6.LS2.4 - Using evidence from climate data, draw conclusions about the patterns of abiotic and biotic factors in different biomes, specifically the tundra, taiga, deciduous forest, desert, grasslands, rainforest, marine, and freshwater ecosystems
• 6.ESS2.5 - Analyze and interpret data from weather conditions, weather maps, satellites, and radar to predict probable local weather patterns and conditions.
• 6.ESS3.2 - Investigate and compare existing and developing technologies that will utilize renewable and alternative energy sources.

NGSS - Middle School

• MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem
• MS-PS1-4: Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
• MS-ESS2-5: Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.

BUNDLE Holidays and Themes Writing Prompts for 7th-9th Grade | Engaging Middle School and Junior High Writing Activities

This collection of engaging writing prompts is designed to help students express themselves, explore new ideas, and develop their writing skills in a fun and inspiring way.
What’s Inside?

• 408 Poetry Prompts
• 306 Creative Writing Prompts
• No Prep Needed

Educational Benefits

• Enhances Writing Skills: Students practice and improve their writing skills through structured and creative exercises.
• Encourages Self-Expression: Prompts provide an outlet for students to express their thoughts, feelings, and ideas, fostering a sense of individuality and confidence.
• Stimulates Creativity: Diverse and imaginative prompts inspire students to think outside the box and explore new ways of writing.

Perfect for Various Settings
This versatile resource is ideal for:

• Classroom Activities: Use as part of your regular writing curriculum, in writing centers, or as warm-up exercises.
• Homework Assignments: Assign as homework to reinforce classroom learning and encourage creative writing at home.
• Supplemental Practice: Great for extra practice, early finishers, or as enrichment activities.
• Home Learning: Perfect for parents looking for engaging and educational activities to support their child's writing development.

Holidays and Themes Included:

1. 4th of July/USA
2. American Symbols
3. Arctic Animals
4. Around the World
5. Asian American History
6. Back to School
7. Beach/Ocean
8. Black History
9. Camping
10. Christmas
11. Cooking/Baking
12. Earth Day
13. Easter
14. Election
15. End of School Year/Summer
16. Fall
17. Farm
18. Father's Day
19. Groundhog Day
20. Halloween
21. Memorial Day
22. Mother's Day
23. Presidents' Day
24. Seasons
25. Space
26. Spring
27. St. Patrick's Day
28. Thanksgiving
29. Valentine's Day
30. Weather
31. Winter
32. Winter Holidays
33. Women's History
34. Zoo

This bundle includes complete workbooks on Plate Tectonics, Fossils, and Evolution for students to learn about the formation of our Earth as we know it now!

What's included:

The Fossil Workbook:

• Vocabulary wall words with visuals
• Guided Notes
• Two Mini Quizzes for check-ins and review
• Cookie Fossil Dig Activity
• 6 different activities for all learning styles

The Plate Tectonics Workbook:

• Vocabulary wall words with visuals
• Guided Notes
• Activities for different learning styles
• Tectonic Plate Sort and Table
• Unit Student-Independent Review Game

The Evolution Workbook:

• Vocabulary wall words with visuals
• Guided Notes
• Mini Quizzes for check-ins and review
• Information Flip Book and Comic Strip Assignment
• Cladograms explanation and practice
• Crossword Vocabulary Review

Color By Number features cute and adorable coloring page of Back to school . These fun coloring pages will help children master their numbers and improve their manual dexterity through coloring. Little ones will enjoy learning the numbers and coloring the pictures. It also helps in developing fine motor skills, counting, number recognition, eye-hand coordination and improves pen controls.

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• square 11'' x ''8.5 designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

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• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys, girls, and teens

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Includes a set of 10 questions with separate answer key. Written at a 9th grade level.

Includes 1 set for each of the 7 episodes of season 2 of Blue Planet.

Ignite middle schoolers' curiosity with our inquiry-based project on imports, exports, energy, and electricity. Cross-curricular and transdisciplinary, it fosters critical thinking through reading, writing, and research. Transform learning with a dynamic, comprehensive experience!

Take a look at the preview to see first-hand what you can expect in this mega-resource that was a labour of love for me!

This 146-page unit will provide you with content, activities, projects, rubrics, simulations and discussion prompts necessary to engage your students for upwards of 2 months in a series of learnings, research and projects which will ultimately have them creating solutions for real world problems relating to food waste, energy sources, importing and exporting and the choices we make relative to our consumption.

Following a cross-curricular approach, I include step-by-step details, thorough lesson plans that will have you and your students deeply exploring some big concepts, connecting subjects, digging deeper, and thinking critically about sustainability and the future of our planet.

Within this mega-resource, you'll find two parts:

• A 57-page teaching guide including a brief overview of the unit, the outcomes you'll be covering, detailed and thorough lesson plans for each day, all assignments, graphic organizers, stations, debates, simulations, answer keys, and rubrics. Many additional projects are recommended and explained for each of the major sections in addition to the lesson plans I provide. It includes printables for all games and activities, research, projects, and success criteria.

• I also guide you on using the second part to this resource:

• A 91-slide teaching document which includes all content, vocabulary, games and concepts relating to:

• Food waste in Canada and the effects on the economy and the environment:

• Perishability of food items.

• A close look at expiries and "best before" dates.

• A quick game on perishability.

• Recommended film and videos.

• Importing and exporting in Canada and its impacts on the economy and the environment:

• Connection between food waste and imports.

• The importance of shopping locally.

• A trivia game on natural resources which are either imported or exported and a breakdown of the destinations of each.

• A segway into imported and exported energy sources - and why we export some of our energies out-of-country and overseas.

• Energy sources in Canada and its impacts on the economy and the environment:

• Why do Canadians export their energy?

• The good, the bad, and the ugly of energy consumption and our abuse with overconsumption.

• The laws and transformations of energy.

• An in-depth look at the different forms of energy, where the energy comes from and how they're used.

• An in-depth look into renewable energy sources.

• An in-depth look into our planet's atmospheric layers, our ozone layer, and the different characteristics of each.

• A look into protests and laws that protect our environment - and a call to action.

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Go Green with this Recycle Sorting Comprehensive Unit, Earth Day Style. This Sort Recycling Comprehensive Unit provides a student with 3 differentiated levels of learning! Level 1 utilized errorless learning for students who need maximum support. In level 2, students are presented with a picture of a recycling item to sort and will choose the correct recycling bin out of 3 choices. Level 3 is for more advanced learners where they are given a recycling scenario in which they need to determine which recycling bin the solution to the scenario goes into.

Through engaging activities such as Google Slides, Offline Interactives, and hands-on task cards, students will gain practical experience in sorting different types of recyclable materials.

This is an excellent resource for a range of students, from those with IEP Life Skills or Social Studies goals, to homeschool parents, as well as elementary students learning how to recycle.

These activities can be used in a variety of learning settings, including virtual learning, whole-group learning, small-group learning, and homework.

WHAT'S INCLUDED?

♻ 90 Google Slides Task Cards (with additional "correct/incorrect" cards", a title card, and 1 instructional card with a "Congratulations" slide after each level

♻ 90 Printable Task Cards for Small Group / Independent Learning (30 Color Task Cards per level)

♻ 90 Interactive OFFLINE (pdf format) Cards (with additional "correct/incorrect" cards", a title card, and 2 instructional cards with a "Congratulations" slide after each level

♻ Editable Congratulations Certificates

* 3 Different Designs in Editable Google Slides Format*

♻ BONUS: You will also have access to 90 Digital Easel cards to play in class or can be assigned to complete at home or during individual work.

NOTE:

♻ The Google Slides activity is BEST assigned/presented in PRESENT mode, allowing the students to self-check their answer and keep practicing until they get it correct!

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♻ To Print Task Cards: The Task Cards, as downloaded, are 1/2 page which are great for students that need a larger size. To print 4x6 index card-sized task cards, select "2 pages per sheet". To print 3x5 index card-sized task cards, select "4 pages per sheet". These are not designed to print directly to index card template paper. What has worked best for my students was to print on heavy-duty card stock and laminate.

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Energy Production and Consumption Analysis: China, Macau, Hong Kong, and Canada

This comprehensive set of worksheets is designed for Grade 6 students to analyze and compare energy production and consumption patterns across different regions, focusing on China, Macau, Hong Kong, and Canada. The package includes three engaging activities & address outcomes related to energy resources and climate change.

What's Included:

1. Analyzing Energy Consumption across China, Macau & Hong Kong
2. Analyzing China's Electricity Production
3. Analyzing Canada's Electricity Production

Key Features:

• Encourages critical thinking and data analysis skills
• Promotes understanding of global energy trends and environmental issues
• Develops comparison and contrast abilities
• Introduces concepts of renewable and non-renewable energy sources
• Includes mini-dictionaries and translators to support vocabulary development
• Integrates cross-cultural perspectives on energy production and consumption

These activities support students in:

• Identifying trends in electricity consumption and production
• Comparing seasonal patterns and regional differences
• Analyzing the impact of various factors on energy use and production
• Exploring the relationship between energy policies and production trends
• Discussing potential solutions for energy conservation

Perfect for:

• Units on energy and environmental issues
• Supplementary materials for science and social studies classes
• Cross-curricular projects combining data analysis and environmental studies
• Developing research and critical thinking skills

By engaging with these worksheets, students will gain a deeper understanding of global energy issues, develop their analytical skills, and be better prepared to discuss and propose solutions for sustainable energy use in the future.

This bundle includes a detailed 2-week lesson plan, a structured 2-week scope and sequence, and a PowerPoint presentation on hurricanes. Ideal for middle and high school educators, it covers hurricane formation, impact, safety measures, and scientific significance.

In this product, students will learn how traits are passed through sexual and asexual reproduction, notes are adapted to meet students individual learning needs, review questions are asked throughout the product, and an adaptation project template is included in this product.

The following vocabulary words: asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction, dominate, hybrid, recessive, selective breeding, adaptation, inbreeding, regeneration, adaptations – camouflage, warning coloration, and mimicry.

Students will learn about how traits are passed through the adapted notes, review, and adaptations project template that are included in this product. Students will also learn the following, what asexual reproduction is, examples of organisms that are produced asexually, a review of what binary fission and budding are, what happens in these two processes, and how it is the simplest type of asexual reproduction. Students will learn there some organisms use asexual reproduction part of the time. Organisms such as fungi, plants, and yeast can go between asexual and sexual reproduction. Students will learn how these organisms go between both asexual and sexual reproduction. Students will learn about regeneration and are provided with examples on how this process works, sexual reproduction in organisms – plants and animals, students will learn about the male and female parts of a flowering plant and how what the process of sexual reproduction is in a plant, dominant and recessive genes are reviewed, and students will be provided with examples when looking at different colored flowers and how and why the offspring would be a specific color, when reviewing sexual reproduction in flowers, students will also learn that a fertilized egg contains DNA from both parents, selective breeding, hybrid, and inbreeding are reviewed and examples are provided to ensure comprehension. Adaptations will be covered in this lesson as well and will cover – camouflage, warning coloration, and mimicry.

At the end of the product there is a how traits are passed review that includes fill in the blank questions with the use of a key based on previously learned vocabulary covered in the product, diagrams that students will be required to draw based on pictures or diagrams that were presented in the product, and short answer comprehension questions.

In this product, students will have the opportunity to answer comprehension questions, complete drawings based on a diagram or picture provided, and answer fill in the blank questions using a key based on previously learned vocabulary words. Students can complete these questions independently, in a group, or with help.

Students are provided with an Adaptations Product template as well. Students will choose one adaptation that was learned about: camouflage, warning coloration, and mimicry, and will use the internet/Google to search for an animal that uses one of these adaptations to survive. Students will answer short answer questions, circle pictures, and draw a picture of their animal.

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The Planets Poster Set includes (9) 18x24 inch posters ready to print and hang!

Meets GA Science standard S6E1c: Analyze and interpret data to compare and contrast the planets in our solar system in terms of: size relative to Earth, surface and atmospheric features, relative distance from Sun, and ability to support life.

Great for the classroom or hallway decorations!

Do you want to make learning about Earth Day FUN? Do you struggle to keep your students motivated and engaged? Then download this Bundle of Earth Day Activities! In these team-building activities, students will learn about climate change, biodiversity, endangered animals, pollution, recycling, air pollution, and more!

TRIVIA GAMES

This resource comes with 50+ multiple-choice questions and instructions for three different games. Games can be played while moving around the classroom or sitting in seats or on the floor. Also included is a handout of the trivia for students to use as a quiet activity at their desks.

Questions include:

• To be classified as endangered, a species’ population must have declined by 50%-70% and have less than how many mature individuals?
• What is the main threat to 85% of all threatened and endangered species?
• In 2008, the polar bear was listed as threatened. What is their biggest threat?  

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This comprehensive research project allows students to explore a variety of topics such as climate change, biodiversity, endangered animals, pollution, and more. It is perfect for small group instruction, substitute plans, homework, and more! When you purchase this scavenger hunt resource, you'll receive the activity in both print and digital formats. The research questions provided allow for scaffolded instruction that can be completed individually, in pairs, or in small groups. You can even use this lesson as a fun team-building or gamified activity. Your students are guaranteed to learn more about Earth Day with this high-quality, no-prep resource!

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• Live links are provided on the last page of the resource
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• Instructions on how to play 3 different trivia games
• Answers (answers to each question are in BOLD)
• Extra handout without answers
• Terms of Use

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This Guided Notes activity covers all objectives for Topic 1 as listed in Cambridge Environmental Management AS 2024 syllabus. This activity can be completed by students as homework (using the power point presentation) or in class, during lecture/topic presentation. This activity aligns with the power point presentation/ lecture for the unit.

The slides are fully editable, so if you want to add, change, or delete something, it's easy! Make it your way!

Major topics: world's continents and oceans, classification of countries by income, classification of resources and the need for sustainability, ecosystems, structure, biotic and abiotic factors, food chains/webs, trophic levels, energy flow from a trophic level to the next, classification of organisms based on their feeding relationships, photosynthesis and cellular respiration, biotic interactions, water cycle and carbon cycle.

For AS Level Environmental Management

Aligned to the newest AICE syllabus for Topic 1: Introduction to environmental management

• 1.1 Continents and oceans
• 1.2 Country classification by income level
• 1.3 Sustainability
• 1.4 The water cycle
• 1.5 The structure and composition of the atmosphere
• 1.6 Ecosystems

This resource will help students AICE the Test!

Are you looking for a fun and motivating lesson for students to learn the physical features and landforms of Africa? Providing students with this hands-on activity will get them excited and give them the drive and desire to learn. Students will dig in as you have them research physical features and landforms, then build a clay model of Africa.

This higher-level learning activity will require them to think about and compare the size, shape & distance of landforms as one would when examining a map projection. Each student will become a team player as they work cooperatively to reach their goal.

This lesson plan includes everything you need:

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• Evaluations
• A grading rubric

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With this earth science curriculum students will learn about how the uneven distribution of natural resources as a result of past and current geoscience processes. Students will review what they have learned and then focus on Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources. This resource has six lessons. Included are a standards poster, photos for stimulating discussion, task cards to aid in student research, links to data, and informational articles about minerals and weathering & erosion. There are also short readings about oil, coal, and natural gas, 15 essential vocabulary cards, and more!

Lesson 1: What are Natural Resources and How Do We Use Them?

Lesson 2: Natural Resource: Minerals

Lesson 3: Natural Resource: Groundwater

Lesson 4: The Tectonic Plates

Lesson 5: Weathering and Erosion

Lesson 6: Show What You Know

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Includes a set of 10 questions for each of the 8 episodes from season 1 of Blue Planet. Each episode comes with a separate answer key.

Written at a 9th grade level.