Less than $5 Middle School General Science Lesson (by date, oldest first)

Bring the holiday spirit into your science classroom with this engaging and educational “Christmas Candy Science” lesson pack! Perfect for middle school students, these hands-on experiments use festive candies to explore key scientific concepts aligned with NGSS and Tennessee state standards.

Students will love the festive twist on classic science experiments. This is the perfect activity to do the weird days right before Winter break when students are often absent! Each experiment is designed to reinforce important scientific principles and includes clear instructions to make it easy to implement these activities in your classroom.

Included Experiments:

• Candy Cane Dissolution Experiment
• Skittles Color Diffusion
• Chocolate Melting Point
• Gummy Bear Osmosis
• Baking Soda and Vinegar Balloon Inflation

Includes:

• Teacher tips and directions for each lab
• Materials list
• Student lab worksheets and data recording sheets
• Beautiful Winter themed slides to keep yourself and student on task

NGSS Middle School:

• MS-PS1-2: Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred
• 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-LS1-2: Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function

Tennessee State Science Standards:

• 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.LS1.2: Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function

If you have ever found yourself in need of a no-prep, print-and-go lesson plan that meets standards and upholds a high level of student learning and engagement, this resource is the perfect tool for your teacher's toolbox! It is ideal for days prior to and returning from vacations, between units, emergency sub plans, or simply those days when we just "can't." (And let's face it, we've all been there!) This product features an engaging "Science Talk" activity that will have your students thinking, writing, speaking, and moving all in one class period. In this activity, they must choose between 5 different quotes about science and articulate why the quote aligns with their own perspective. They will have a chance to discuss their opinions in small groups and as part of a full class discussion. The full-length lesson plan can literally be used any day of the school year and is sure to spark thoughtful discussion among your students. Product includes: - Comprehensive Lesson Plan - "Science Talk" Sheet for students to fill out - 5 Corresponding "Science Quote" signs to hang up around your room _________________________________________________________________________________________ Please note that this resource is similar but not identical to First Day of School "Science Talk" Activity and End of Year "Science Talk" Activity. If you have already purchased these lessons, please email language.arts.excellence@gmail.com with your order number and date of purchase to receive this lesson for free! (This must be done prior to purchasing this product.) _________________________________________________________________________________________

Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Animal Classification? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 37 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ Animal Kingdom

✦ Classifying Animals

✦ Characteristics of Animals

✦ Symmetry (Radial, Bilateral, Asymmetry)

✦ Levels of Classification (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species)

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Acids and Bases? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 28 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ List the characteristics of acids and bases

✦ Uses of acids

✦ Uses of bases

✦ Defining litmus paper

✦ Listing natural indicators

✦ Artificial indicators

✦ Define the concept of pH

✦ Define the pH scale

✦ Measure the pH using different ways

✦ Define neutralization reaction

✦ Acid rain

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Plant and Animal Cells? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 27 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ Unicellular Organisms

✦ Multicellular Organisms

✦ Cells Under the Microscope

✦ Animal Cell vs. Plant Cell

✦ Plant & Animal Cell Parts

✦ Organelles

✦ Cell Membrane

✦ Cytoplasm

✦ Nucleus

✦ Mitochondria

✦ Vacuole

✦ Cell Wall

✦ Chloroplast

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Fighting Disease? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 37 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ What do people do with rotten fruits?

✦ Fighting Disease

✦ How many defenses does our body have?

✦ First Line of Defense

✦ What do the eyelashes, mucus, and earwax do?

✦ What do tears, saliva, and acid do?

✦ Why does inflammation make the area red, swollen, warm, and painful?

✦ physical and chemical barriers

✦ Second Line of Defense

✦ Inflammation & Phagocytosis

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Skeletal System part 2? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 27 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ Types of Joints

✦ Movable and Immovable Joints

✦ Joints on a skeleton

• 1- hinge joint
• 2- ball and socket joint
• 3- condyloid joint
• 4- pivot joint
• 5- plane joint
• 6- saddle joint

✦ Deformations of the Skeleton

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Chemical Change (Part 2)? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 26 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ Define chemical equation

✦ Define reactants and products

✦ Write a word equation

✦ Write a chemical equation

✦ What is a coefficient?

✦ Types of chemical Reactions

✦ Synthesis

✦ Combustion & Decomposition

✦ Conservation of Matter

✦ Balancing Chemical Equations

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Vertebrates? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 29 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ Vertebrates definition

✦ Classes of vertebrates (Cold-blooded, Warm-blooded)

✦ Cold-blooded vertebrates definition and examples

✦ Warm-blooded vertebrates definition and examples

✦ Mammals Reproduction (Monotremes, Marsupials, Placentals)

✦ Vertebrates Warm-Blooded (Carnivores, Herbivores, Omnivores)

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Immune System? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 30 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ Fighting Disease Review

✦ What if the first and second lines of defense fail in preventing a pathogen from entering our body?

✦ What is the immune system?

✦ How does the immune system work?

✦ The immune system follows a three-step attack in its fight:

• 1st step is to identify the invading pathogen.
• 2nd step is to kill the pathogen.
• 3rd step is to remember the pathogen.

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Weather? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 31 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ What are the conditions of weather?

✦ What is a temperature?

✦ What is a humidity?

✦ What is a wind?

✦ What is air pressure?

✦ What is precipitation?

✦ What is wind?

✦ How low and high pressures are formed?

✦ When does weather change?

✦ When does a cold and warm front form?

✦ What is the climate?

✦ What are the factors that affect climate?

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Nervous System? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 20 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ What makes up the nervous system?

✦ Main Parts of the Nervous System

✦ What are the functions of the nervous system?

✦ The Five Senses

✦ Functions of Some Organs

✦ Nervous System with Labels

✦ Pathways of Messages in the Nervous System (voluntary and involuntary Action)

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Thermal Energy? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 20 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ Energy definition

✦ Kinetic Energy

✦ Potential Energy

✦ What is Thermal Energy

✦ Temperature and Thermal Energy

✦ Thermometer

✦ Transfer of Heat

✦ Specific Heat Capacity

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Static Electricity? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 14 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ What is an atom?

✦ How is electricity produced?

✦ What is static electricity?

✦ Examples of Static Electricity

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Line graph? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 17 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ What is a line graph

✦ What are the variables

✦ How to draw a line graph

✦ Steps to analyze the line graph

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Writing a Hypothesis in a Scientific Method? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 39 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ Writing a Hypothesis in a Scientific Method

✦ practice writing a hypothesis

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Compare and Conclude? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 22 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ Indicating the similarities and differences

✦ Characteristics or properties

✦ comparing visually

✦ Transitions or signal words

✦ Apply Examples on Compare and conclude

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Invertebrates? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 18 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ Invertebrates definition

✦ Classes of Invertebrates (Cnidarians, Echinoderms, Sponges, Mollusks, Arthropods, Worms)

• Name of each class
• Examples for each class
• Characteristics of each class
• Type of symmetry in each class

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Mirrors and Reflection? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 14 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ Interaction of light

✦ Types of matter

✦ Definition of reflection

✦ Types of reflection

✦ Angle of reflection

✦ Types of mirrors

✦ Properties of the image formed by mirrors

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Protists - Kingdoms of Living Things? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 23 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ Protists definition

✦ Kingdom of Protists:

• Plant-like Protist
• Animal-like Protist
• Fungus-like Protist

✦ Protozoa Environment

✦ Examples of Protozoa

✦ Diatoms

✦ Examples of Fungus-like Protists

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