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Geography: "Shake, Rattle, and Roll": Plate Tectonics Task Cards (Earthquakes)
By Geography & Math Made Easy
Need a fun introduction activity or wrap-up activity to a plate tectonic lesson? Task cards are a great way to engage students in the learning process.
This set includes 24 task cards addressing the Pangaea Theory, moving boundaries, major U.S. faults, Mount St. Helen's eruption, Tsunamis, continental drift, layers of the earth and more.
Includes:
24 task cards
Instructions
Answers
Student answer sheet
Get you students moving around the room. They often learn better when they are moving, collaborating and having fun.
By Science and STEAM Team
- Do you want to teach your students about global climate change and how it impacts the environment?
- This resource has nine lessons that will do just that! Students will be able to ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures.
Lesson 1: Introduction to Climate Change
Lesson 2: Observing Natural Phenomena: Glacier National Park is Melting Away
Lesson 3: The Carbon Cycle
Lesson 4: The Greenhouse Effect
Optional Lesson: The Impact of Agriculture and Industry on the Environment
Lesson 5: Other Impacts of Global Warming/Climate Change
Lesson 6: How is Climate Change Impacting Your State?
Lesson 7: Asking Questions About Data to Clarify Factors That Have Caused the Rise
in Global Temperatures
Lesson 8: What is Your Carbon Footprint?
Lesson 9: A Call to Action: What is Your Carbon Handprint?
- Included are a standards poster, posters for stimulating discussion, links to data and videos, informational articles about the carbon cycle and the greenhouse effect, task cards to encourage students to research specific topics relating to climate change, directions for demonstrations, 12 essential vocabulary cards, and more!
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Back to School Science Reading Comprehension | First Day of School Activities
By The Teaching Resources Company
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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Survival Journal - 6th Grade Science End of Year Project
By Danielle Mortimore
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.
Back to school Color by number Worksheets Coloring Pages - Fun August Activities
By The Students Palace
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.
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE
( PDF + PNG )
square 11'' x ''8.5 designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper
High-resolution images
Unlimited prints
Great for kids, boys, girls, and teens
JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED
This item comes as a high-resolution PDF files that you can download straight after purchasing.
You can print as many copies as you want.
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Blue Planet - Season 1 - Complete Set of Episode Questions
By Quick Assignment Central
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.
Energy/Electricity Consumption & Production Graph Analysis Activities Grade 6-8
By Mark Holmes
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:
- Analyzing Energy Consumption across China, Macau & Hong Kong
- Analyzing China's Electricity Production
- 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.
Forms of Energy Adapted Notes and Review
By Sign with me TOD
In this product, different forms of energy are reviewed. Students will learn that energy exists in other forms, what energy is, how you can't always see energy, stored energy vs. energy in motion and examples for students to make connections with each, kinetic energy, examples of kinetic energy for students to make connections with it in real life, students will locate and circle the different kinds of kinetic energy, potential and kinetic energy and how it can go back and forth (picture explanations are also included to provide a visual), different forms of energy - electrical, light, sound, thermal, chemical, and mechanical energy are reviewed - their meanings and examples of each along with pictures so students can make connections with what they are learning in their personal life, what matter is and how it is in chemical energy, and energy transformation picture examples are provided. Students will then be required to write down the different types of energy that change to other kinds of energy when they are provided with picture examples. Students will also be required to draw picture and write down the forms of energy that were used to show energy transformation. At the end of the product, students can complete the review that includes short answer and multiple choice questions.
Throughout the product, students will answer short answer comprehension questions to ensure comprehension after reviewing each page of notes.
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Bundle Endangered Animals Activities a Research WebQuest and Games
By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot
Do you want to make learning about endangered animals engaging? Do you want to motivate your students to learn? Then download this Bundle Endangered Animals Activities a Research WebQuest and Games! From laws and conservation efforts to rhinos, gorillas, and turtles, students will have fun researching the WebQuest answers or figuring out the correct answers to the trivia questions.
WEBQUEST
This comprehensive research project allows students to explore a variety of endangered animals and those at risk of extinction. Students will also explore laws, conservation efforts, and more as they search various websites for the answers. This research activity 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.
TRIVIA GAMES
With these three engaging trivia games, students will learn about laws, statistics, and information on rhinos, tigers, gorillas, turtles, and more.
These activities are perfect for small group instruction, substitute plans, homework, and more! These individual or team-building activities are ideal for Earth Day, an engaging opener, a brain break, or built into your lesson plans.
This resource comes with 50+ multiple-choice questions and instructions for three different games. 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?
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Introduction to Environment AICE Cambridge Student Guided Notes Unit1
By AICE the Test
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!
Africa Geography Physical Geography and Landforms of Africa, Crossing The Sahara
By Geography & Math Made Easy
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:
- Teacher instructions
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Human Impact on the Environment NGSS: MS-ESS3-3
By Science and STEAM Team
- Do you want to teach your students how to reduce the human impact on the Earth?
- These NGSS lesson plans will help students learn about how people's use of plastics impacts the environment.
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Lesson 1: What Impacts Do Humans Using Plastics Have on Our Environment?
Lesson 2: Positives and Negatives of Plastics
Lesson 3: Plastics in Our Daily Lives
Lesson 4: A Call to Action: How Can We Reduce the Amount of Plastics Using in Our
Classroom, School, or Community?
Lesson 5: STEAM Activity - Building an Animal or Plant out of Plastic Waste
Lesson 6: Review of the Four Spheres
Lesson 7: Other Human Impacts on the Earth
Included are a standards poster, photos for stimulating discussion, task cards with QR codes, links to data, an informational article about plastics, animal reports, note-taking sheets, 13 essential vocabulary cards, and more!
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Blue Planet Season 2 - Complete Question Set Episodes 1-7
By Quick Assignment Central
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.
Ecosystems Adapted Notes and Review
By Sign with me TOD
This product includes vocabulary, notes, and review for students that are learning about ecosystems.
Vocabulary words that are emphasized in this packet include: community, ecosystems, population, estuaries, living things compared to nonliving things in a community and how nonliving things help living things in a community, small fish, kinds of ecosystems, organisms, water supply, and the Florida Everglades.
These notes can also be used as adapted notes for students who need more support. This packet includes notes with short answer questions based on what was reviewed in the notes and fill in the blank questions with a key. Students will learn what ecosystems are what how they are made up of both living and nonliving things, examples of nonliving things and how they help living things, examples of different ecosystems - students can determine what is in each given ecosystem by looking at the pictures provided, students will learn about the Florida Everglades, estuaries and why birds build nests near estuaries, what makes up a community in an ecosystem and why communities are important in an ecosystem, students will review different ecosystems and why specific animals would not survive in or want to live in that ecosystem, brief review of a population - its meaning and students will examine a chart that looks at the biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, and individual. Students will learn about water concerns in the Florida Everglades, why the smallest fish in an ecosystem are most important, and students will look at a food chain chart and answer questions regarding the chart.
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BUNDLE of Earth Day Activities with Research WebQuest and Sustainability Games
By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot
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!
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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.
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Water's Role on Earth NGSS MS-ESS2-4
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- Do you need to teach your students about the hydrologic cycle?
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Solar System Adapted Notes and Review
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This product on the Solar System covers the following: energy from the sun and how it is received, how the sun warms up the land and water, how plants use energy to make food, how the uneven heating of the Earth causes wind, the water cycle and how the sun, water evaporating, water vapor, and rain make up the water cycle, photosynthesis, how plants store energy, how stored energy is passed onto animals, the Sun is a star, how the Sun makes its own light, what planets are, the path that Earth takes to travel around the Sun is called an orbit, where the Sun is located in the Solar System, students will be provided with a mnemonic device to help remember the names of the planets, the Sun, Moon and Earth - their diameter, mass, and information about the surface, inner planets - Earth, Mercury, Venus, and Mars and how they are similar and different from one another, outer planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - their diameter, mass, rings and moons, and how they are called the gas giants, dwarf planet - Pluto and facts about Pluto, when it was discovered and became the 9th planet and when it was reclassified, a fact chart about each of the 8 planets are included and information regarding each of the 5 categories are reviewed about each planet - composition of atmosphere, average temperature, how many pounds a 65lb. person would weight on each planet, how many Earth days each planet speeds around the Sun, and an interesting fact about each planet, and students will use a key to label the planets that were learned.
Throughout the product, students will answer comprehension questions, fill in the blank questions when provided with a key, review of the 8 planets where students will fill in the blanks using the notes that are included in this product, multiple choice questions, and will label diagrams to ensure comprehension as they are learning about the Solar System.
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Sexual and Asexual Reproduction Adapted Notes, Review, and Project Template
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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.
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