Bellwork template for middle school science.

Each day is a different theme, learning target, and success criteria space. Monday-Wednesday includes spaces for upcoming important dates. Each day features a funny meme.

Monday: Spiral review

Tuesday: Experimental design

Wednesday: Word wall (vocabulary)

Thursday: Graph and data analysis

Friday: TNReady question and article

I usually keep a running file for each quarter and just copy each week's slides. Then I hide the slides I'm not using.

Provides a place to put observations, questions, and draw models to show thinking throughout the lesson.

Students observe a phenomenon (video, activity, lab, demonstration) and are then asked to write down at least 5 observations, 3 questions, and draw a model to show what they are currently thinking.

Provides space for additional models to show how learning evolves throughout the unit.