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Get Back Your Weekends: 16 Editable Science Lessons (6-8 grade)!
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Conquer Science with Fun, Ready-Made Middle School Lesson Plans (Editable!)
Feeling overwhelmed by science curriculum? We've got you covered! Download these 16 EDITABLE Middle School Science Lesson Plans that are jam-packed with engaging topics guaranteed to spark student curiosity and make lesson planning a breeze.
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- Broad Coverage: From the vastness of space to the intricate workings of the human body, these lessons cover a wide range of topics ensuring your students encounter all the essential scientific concepts.
- Engaging Activities: Ditch the boring lectures! Captivate your students with interactive lessons like "Fantastic Voyage: Exploring Cells!" and "Weather vs Climate: Why's it Raining on My Pizza Party?"
- Real-World Connections: Make science relevant by showing students how it applies to their everyday lives. Lessons like "Rock Cycle: From Magma to Mountains!" and "Electricity & Magnetism: Light Up Your Learning!" demonstrate the power of science in the world around them.
- Inspire Future Scientists: Foster a love of learning with lessons on "Evolution & Natural Selection: Survival of the Fittest!" and "Space Exploration: Blast Off to Discovery!" that ignite a passion for scientific exploration.
- Bonus! Expand your students' knowledge with additional lessons on the history of science, famous scientists, and even mixtures & solutions!
Benefits for Students:
- Stronger Grasp of Concepts: Interactive activities and clear explanations solidify understanding of core scientific principles.
- Developed Critical Thinking Skills: Engaging lessons encourage students to question, analyze, and solve problems.
- Cultivated Curiosity: Fun and relevant topics spark a lifelong love of learning and exploration in science.
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Life Cycle of a Butterfly Facts and Questions
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Students will read or follow along as the passage/facts about caterpillars and butterflies. Students will then answer comprehension questions as they read or after they have finished reading. Students will also learn about life cycle and parts of a butterfly. Students will then see a diagram of a butterfly at the end of the product and will then label the diagram using a key.
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Science Sub Plans Endangered and Invasive Species Bundle MS-LS2-4 and 5
By Science and STEAM Team
This money-saving bundle includes both our colored and black and white editions of our Endangered Animals, Endangered Plants, Invasive Animals, and Invasive Plants reading passages and activities for upper elementary and middle school. The teacher can have the colored copies to show students the actual colors of the species, while also having the printer friendly black and white passages to print off for the students!
These passages also make the perfect science sub plans. They are high interest and engaging!
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Science Dictionary for Middle School Bundle
By Science and STEAM Team
Does your middle school need consistent science vocabulary development across Earth, Life, and Physical Science classes? Then this is the resource for you! This bundle contains over 480 words that are used in teaching the NGSS. There are definitions as well as pictures on most cards. Teachers are encouraged to display each overarching area, then place the standard under the area along with the 'I can" bubble. The words for each standard should be placed under it. When used like this it encourages students to read, use, and spell words correctly during their assignments. There are also vocabulary sheets that can placed in student binders or notebooks.
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5 Emergency Sub Plans for Middle School Science - Spring Edition
By Science and STEAM Team
This bundle of science sub plans will keep your students engaged while you are out. Materials are print and go. Each set includes reading passages and recording sheets (and sometimes a little extra). Your substitute doesn't need any prior knowledge of the subject matter to be successful!
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Human Impact Vocabulary and Puzzles for Review MS-ESS3-3
By Science and STEAM Team
This no-prep MS-3-ESS3 resource will give your students an opportunity to review essential vocabulary for your unit.
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- You get 13 essential vocabulary cards complete with definitions and graphics, two crossword puzzles, and a word search (for early finishers).
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By Science and STEAM Team
Do you want to help you students to write a claim specifically for science? Then this is the resource for you! There are sentence starters for each part of the claim (claim, evidence, and reasoning), an organizer on which students can gather their thoughts, and a user-friendly rubric for grading!
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Invasive Species Reading Comprehension Passages
By Science and STEAM Team
This resource contains five non-fiction texts about plants that are considered invasive species. It was made for the MS-LS2-4 and 5 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics NGSS. It covers the following invasive species:
Japanese Honeysuckle
Kudzu
Norway Maple
Purple Loosestrife
Water Hyacinth
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Earth Day Plastics in Our Lives Reading Comprehension Informational Text MS-3ESS
By Science and STEAM Team
Do you want your students to understand the positives and negatives of plastics in our everyday lives?
This article tells about the history of plastics, the pros of plastics, and the problems with plastics today. There is a graphic organizer for students to fill out as they read.
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Endangered Plants Non-Fiction Texts for Reading Comprehension and Activity
By Science and STEAM Team
This resource contains five non-fiction texts about endangered plants. It was made for the MS-LS2-4 and 5 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics NGSS. It covers the following endangered plant species:
Georgia Aster
Golden Barrel Cactus
Green Pitcher Plant
Rafflesia
Venus Fly Trap
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⭐ Plant Adaptations Informational Reading Passages and Activities
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⭐ Invasive Animal Species: NGSS: MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5
⭐ Invasive Species - Animals NGSS: MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5 in Black and White
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⚛ What are Decomposers? Reading Passage for NGSS 5-LS2-1
⚛ Ticks and Lyme Disease Awareness
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Endangered Animals Nonfiction Text for Reading Comprehension and Activity
By Science and STEAM Team
This middle school science resource contains five non-fiction about endangered animals. It was made for the MS-LS2-4 and 5 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics NGSS. It covers the following endangered plant species:
African Elephant
California Condor
Polar Bear
Rusty Patched Bumblebee
Sea Turtle
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⭐ Endangered Plants: NGSS: MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5 in Black and White
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⭐ Plant Adaptations Informational Reading Passages and Activities
⭐ Plant Adaptations Informational Reading Passages and Activities #2
⭐ Invasive Animal Species: NGSS: MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5
⭐ Invasive Species - Animals NGSS: MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5 in Black and White
⭐ Middle School NGSS Checklist
⭐ Back to School: Common Science Misconceptions for Middle School
⭐ Famous Scientists Bulletin Board Posters for Middle School
⭐ Famous Engineer and Inventor Posters for Middle School
⭐ Famous Mathematicians Posters for Middle School
⭐ Famous People in the Area of STEM Posters for Middle School BUNDLE
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⚛ Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Reading Passages for NGSS
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⚛ What are Decomposers? Reading Passage for NGSS 5-LS2-1
⚛ Ticks and Lyme Disease Awareness
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Coral Reefs Reading Passages and More!
By Science and STEAM Team
This engaging resource contains four informational reading passages about coral along with follow-up questions.
What is Coral?
Why Are Corals Reefs Important Ecosystems?
Human Impact on Coral Reefs
Coral Farming
The passages were written with middle-schoolers in mind, but the information is very interesting and complex and would be useful for other grades as well.
There is also a Standards and Suggestions page, task cards with pictures of 18 different corals with a report writing organizer, 10 educational posters, and links to 4 YouTube videos.
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Natural Resources Vocabulary and Puzzles for Review MS-ESS3-1
By Science and STEAM Team
This no-prep MS-ESS3-1 resource will give your students an opportunity to review essential vocabulary for your unit.
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Science Dictionary for Middle School: Physical Science Vocabulary
By Science and STEAM Team
This Middle School science resource over 140 different vocabulary cards complete with definitions. Many cards have an image for those that are visual learners. Besides the Engineering and Design Cards, there are vocabulary cards for the Nature of Science. included are posters for each of the overarching areas (Engineering and Design and the Nature of Science) as well as individual standard posters for each Engineering and Design standard.
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Endangered Plants Nonfiction Text for Reading Comprehension and Activity
By Science and STEAM Team
This resource contains five non-fiction text about endangered plants. It was made for the MS-LS2-4 and 5 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics NGSS. It covers the following endangered plant species:
Georgia Aster
Golden Barrel Cactus
Green Pitcher Plant
Rafflesia
Venus Fly Trap
There are graphic organizers to fill in as the students are reading. There is a link to a video, as well as a couple of other suggestions!
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⭐ Endangered Plants: NGSS: MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5 in Black and White
⭐ Invasive Plant Species: NGSS: MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5
⭐ Plant Adaptations Informational Reading Passages and Activities
⭐ Plant Adaptations Informational Reading Passages and Activities #2
⭐ Invasive Animal Species: NGSS: MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5
⭐ Invasive Species - Animals NGSS: MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5 in Black and White
⭐ Middle School NGSS Checklist
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Science Dictionary for Middle School: Life Science Vocabulary
By Science and STEAM Team
Do you need science vocabulary words where the students can refer to them? This Middle School vocabulary development resource has over 130 vocabulary cards complete with definitions. Most cards have an image for those that are visual learners. Also included are posters for each of the overarching Life Science area ( From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes, Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics, Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits, and Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity) as well as individual standard posters for each Life Science standard.
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Middle School Science Human Activity Nonfiction Texts for Reading Comprehension
By Science and STEAM Team
Do you want non-fiction text to supplement your NGSS lessons plans about Earth and Human Activities Unit? Then this is a great resource for you and your students!
There are 19 articles in this resource, along with graphic organizers to fill out or questions to answer to help guide the students.
The passages were written with middle schoolers in mind, but the information is very interesting and would be useful for other grades as well.
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There are articles about:
- The Pros and Cons of Plastics
- The Four Spheres That Make Up the Earth's Systems
- The Carbon Cycle
- The Greenhouse Effect
- Agriculture
- Industry
- What are Minerals and What Are They Used For?
- Weathering and Erosion
- Deforestation
- Renewable Energy Sources
- Tsunamis
- Wildfires
- Earthquakes
- Volcanic Eruptions
- Hurricanes
- Tornadoes
- Blizzards
- Floods
- Droughts
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⭐ Endangered Animals: NGSS: MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5
⭐ Endangered Plants: NGSS: MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5
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Earth Day Animals Affected by Climate Change Articles in Black and White
By Science and STEAM Team
This printer-friendly, black-and-white resource contains five informational reading passages about animals affected by climate change. There is an engaging graphic organizer for students to fill out as they read. There is also a standards and suggestions sheet and a graph showing increasing global temperatures.
The passages were written with middle-schoolers in mind, but the information is very interesting and complex and would be useful for other grades as well.
Animals included:
polar bears
sea turtles
Monarch butterflies
cheetahs
salmon
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⭐ Plant Adaptations Informational Reading Passages and Activities
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The Carbon Cycle and the Greenhouse Effect Articles for Reading Comprehension
By Science and STEAM Team
Do you want your students to understand the carbon cycle process and the greenhouse effect?
This resource contains two informational reading passages. One about the carbon cycle. It comes with a diagram that students can label after reading the passage to show their understanding. The second passage is about the greenhouse effect and has a short fill in the blank, so they can summarize their understanding.
The passages were written with middle schoolers in mind, but the information is very interesting and would be useful for other grades as well.
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By Science and STEAM Team
Do you want to teach your middle school students about Ecosystem Populations? These middle school science lesson plans were made for the MS-LS2-4 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics NGSS.
Lesson 1: Wetlands: Biological and Physical Components
Lesson 2: Beavers' role in the Wetlands
Lesson 3: Invasive Species in the Wetlands
Lesson 4: Changes in the Physical Components in Wetlands
Lesson 5: Using Other Sources to Obtain Evidence
Lesson 6: Writing a Claim
*Having access to YouTube will enhance the lessons.
There are readings, graphic organizers, essential vocabulary cards, and a rubric for writing a scientific claim.
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⭐ Plant Adaptations Informational Reading Passages and Activities #2
⭐ Invasive Animal Species: NGSS: MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5
⭐ Invasive Species - Animals NGSS: MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5 in Black and White
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⭐ Back to School: Common Science Misconceptions for Middle School
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