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Back to School Science Reading Comprehension | First Day of School Activities
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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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Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) Mini Labs for Middle School
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.
Includes:
- Instructions and tips for each activity
- 8 interactive, engaging activities that require no student devices
- Link to student worksheet
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.
Activity summaries:
- Group/class discussions on what science actually is
- A simple experiment students can do with very little set up
- Developing your own model
- Creating a CER using a funny commercial
- Graphing data that the students collected
- Solving riddles using math
- Engaging in an argument where there may or may not be a correct stance
- Nice chill activity at the end to show what the students learned
Significant Figures Maze Activity Bundle
By Brittany Henderson
Printable PDF & Digital Versions are included in this distance learning ready activity which consists of 3 maze activities and a BONUS handout/resource about significant figures rules (including adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing) is included in this bundle.
Identifying Significant Figures Maze
Multiplying and Dividing Significant Figures Maze
Adding and Subtracting Significant Figures Maze
Important Information
Not all boxes are used in the maze to avoid students from just figuring out the correct route. Students will have to correctly solve at least 12 problems to find their way through the maze.
Distance learning?
- No problem! This activity now includes Google Slides & Easel by TeachShare digital options! Ready to go, no prep needed from you!
Three Forms of Use Included
- Printable PDF
- Google Slides
- Easel by TeachShare
Single Celled Organisms Adapted Notes and Review
By Sign with me TOD
This product includes vocabulary, notes, and review for students that are learning about single celled organisms.
This product covers the following: single celled organisms, single celled organisms and what they are, brief review of the 5 levels of cellular organization and where they are found in the body, healthy and unhealthy bacteria - how it is produced and where it is found, bacteria and how it breaksdown remains of dead animals and plants, single celled organisms - eubacteria, archabacteria, unicellular protists, unicellular fungi, diatoms, amoeba, paramecium, and euglena - what they are, where they are found, what they do, how they move, etc. are reviewed, how organisms get food, diffusion and osmosis - what they are and how what they do, reproduction of a single cell is called binary fission, how parent cells copy information and divide, and budding of single cells, and the process that occurs during budding. Charts are provided to show the process of a single cell reproducing - binary fission and the budding of a single cell.
Throughout the product, students will answer comprehension questions based on the pages of notes. Students will also fill in the missing blanks throughout the product that relates to notes that were reviewed on previous pages. Students will review charts that show the process of single cells reproducing and budding as well.
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Potential and Kinetic Energy Science Review Game Show w/ Energy Transformation
By That One Cheerful Classroom
Make reviewing potential and kinetic energy fun with this engaging, collaborative game show! This kinetic and potential energy review game includes energy transformations, potential energy, kinetic energy, scenarios, sports and vocabulary. Quick and easy setup, plus clear directions makes this game perfect for centers or substitute days, too!
Lead your students to practice knowledge of potential and kinetic energy by exploring it in a fun way. Students will love working on the science concepts while working in teams with friendly competition, and won't even realize how much they're learning!
Here's what you'll get:
- 25 questions
- student recording sheet
- teacher directions
Your students will love practicing the potential and kinetic energy concepts with their teammates. They'll be engaged in discussions, and having friendly competition while reviewing their learning.
Prep is quick and easy... Just copy student recording sheets, display the game on the board, and you're ready for a fun and engaging class!
IMPORTANT!
You must have PowerPoint installed on your computer. Also, this file is not editable.
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Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.
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!
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.
Includes:
- Instructions and tips for each activity
- Instructions and example of what to put on each Nearpod Activity Slide
- 8 interactive, engaging activities that require
- Link to student worksheet
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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- Engaging in an argument where there may or may not be a correct stance
- Nice chill activity at the end to show what the students learned
Compounds and Mixtures "Mini" Labs - Set of 2
By Brittany Henderson
2 "mini" labs that will help students observe and make connections to compounds and mixtures. The first introduces students to the concept of mixtures. The second shows the concept that not all liquids act alike so conclusions can be drawn about how materials interact when put together.
These short activities reinforce or introduce concepts to students. I call these activities “mini labs” because they are simple activities that do not take the whole class period. They are also activities that are safe for use in the classroom and do not have to be done in a lab or with any specialty equipment or materials. I often use these demonstrations to lead into new content, that way as we cover material I can refer back to the things that my students have experienced first hand.
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Mixed Substances Mini Lab
Materials Needed:
Cup
Cornstarch
Water
Stir stick or Spoon
Oil and Water Mini Lab
Materials Needed:
Food Coloring
Water
Jar with a lid (baby food jars are great for this)
Vegetable Oil
Stir stick or spoon
Dish Soap
Forms of Energy Adapted Notes and Review
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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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Electricity Science Game Show Conductors and Insulators, Energy Transformations
By That One Cheerful Classroom
Make reviewing electricity fun with this engaging, collaborative game show! This electricity energy review game includes conductors and insulators, electromagnets, energy transformations, series and parallel circuits, and static electricity. Quick and easy setup, plus clear directions makes this game perfect for centers or substitute days, too!
Lead your students to practice knowledge of electricity by exploring it in a fun way. Students will love working on the science concepts while working in teams with friendly competition, and won't even realize how much they're learning!
Here's what you'll get:
- 25 questions
- student recording sheet
- teacher directions
Your students will love practicing the electricity concepts with their teammates. They'll be engaged in discussions, and having friendly competition while reviewing their learning.
Prep is quick and easy... Just copy student recording sheets, display the game on the board, and you're ready for a fun and engaging class!
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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.