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8th grade physical science centers
Science Experiments for a Year - Differentiated w/ 3 levels of Recording Sheets
Science Experiments for Kids for the Year!!! Looking for some fun summer activities for summer school or to end the summer boredom!! Or just some fun hands on science enrichment activities for your science block or for Science Fridays!? Let's face it...kids LOVE science experiments!!! It opens up a whole world of wonder, imagination, critical thinking, and hands on experiences!!! It's just FUN!!! This phenomenal Science Resource includes:100 + SIMPLE ExperimentsExperiments that only require simp
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PreK - 12th
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Element Families of the Periodic Table Informational Text Distance Learning
This Element Families of the Periodic Table Informational Text Activity will give your students a visual introduction to the families of the periodic table, including the element behaviors, uses, and common properties! This product includes eight mini-posters, one for each of the element families on the main group of the periodic table: Alkali Metals, Alkaline Earth Metals, Boron Group, Carbon Group, Nitrogen Group, Oxygen Group, Halogens, and Noble Gases. The mini-posters give overview informat
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8th - 10th
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HS-PS1-1
Scientific Method Activity Worksheets: Gummy Bears Science Experiment Candy Math
Scientific Method: This scientific method gummy bears lab is a fun way to have students learn about the scientific method.This lab contains the following:1. Question: What will happen to gummy bears if they are placed into different solutions: Water, Vinegar, Water and Baking soda, Water and Salt?2. Make Observations3. Developing a hypothesis4. Procedure5. Data Tables6. Graphing7. Post-Lab QuestionsImportant: This lesson is in my Scientific Method Activities Bundle(35% OFF!)Also Check ou
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4th - 10th
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Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection, Radiation Marshmallow Lab
This investigation is meant to deepen student understanding of heat transfer! Students get to examine convection, conduction and radiation while heating marshmallows at three different stations.
The 4 pages for students include sections for the students to:
- demonstrate understanding of heat transfer prior to investigation
- predict outcome of investigation
- understand procedures for investigation
- record guided and detailed observations
- analyze the data collected
- reflect on the data col
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6th - 9th
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Energy Transformations Student-Led Station Lab
This modular, student-led activity about energy transformation will keep your middle school class engaged and learning throughout this energy lesson. These comprehensive materials will save you a TON of prep time while giving students a chance to direct their own learning. In this station lab, students will learn to determine relationships between energy transferred, mass, the type of matter, and kinetic energy. This Energy Transformations Station Lab activity is also included in my Energy Trans
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6th - 8th
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10 Sound & Wave Experiment Student-led Interactive Stations w/ Simple Materials
This resource is an excellent way to introduce or practice the concepts of how sound travels to grades 4- 8. There are 10 stations set up for students to move through in any order. The stations focus on how vibrations make waves and that sound waves are made of energy transferring from molecule to molecule. Also covered are types of mediums through which sound travels through best. You can set this up and do the stations together as a class (you'll need more materials this way) or as a student-l
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4th - 8th
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Changes in Matter: Physical and Chemical Changes Lab Station Activity
Need a chemistry lab that teaches your students to identify chemical and physical changes AND aligns to Common Core standards? Your students will love this engaging, student-centered Changes in Matter: Identifying Physical and Chemical Changes station activity!Included in Purchase:★ 12 FULLY EDITABLE Lab Activities ★ Blank template to customize as needed★ EDITABLE Student Answer Document (follows Common Core standards)★ Answer Key★ Pictures to guide in set-up of lab stations★ Teacher Instruction
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6th - 9th
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Energy Transformations (Changes) Text, Review, Examples & Sort
This interactive and hands-on sort activity will allow your students to show their knowledge of energy transformations in a kinesthetic way! Students should have a good understanding of the different forms of energy before this activity (see options below). Challenge your students to think critically to complete this sort and show you what they know. Students read about energy transformation (changes) and then will apply their knowledge in the sorting activity. This resource is great for teachin
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5th - 8th
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Building a Periodic Table ... and more
Students assemble, color, and complete a giant (42.5 x 21.5 inches) 3-D Periodic Table with fold out flaps for each element. The flaps allow this Periodic Table to be filled with information including:- Element Families- Element properties and uses- Elements found in the Human Body- Elements found in the Earth's Crust- Elements found in Earth's Oceans- Elements found in the Earth's Atmosphere- Magnetic Elements- Radioactive Elements- Elements produced synthetically- Elements not found in their
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6th - 11th
Also included in: Periodic Table BUNDLE / Distance Learning
Electricity & Magnetism: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about electricity and magnetism through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions5 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading level
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Physical Science: Differentiated Passages Bundle
Newton's Laws of Motion - S.C.I.E.N.C.E. Stations
This Newton’s Laws of Motion S.C.I.E.N.C.E. Station activity is designed to get your students engaged, collaborating, and moving in your daily lesson. A Google Form for distance learning is also included with your purchase. Each station provides a different method for reinforcing important science content. All stations correlate to a task that is represented by a letter in the word SCIENCE. These stations will have students Summarize, Create, Interpret, Experiment, Navigate, Challenge, and E
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Sarah H.
Scientific Method Independent/Dependent Experimental Variables & Questions Game
This one is AWESOME! Explore the fundamentals of experimental design: independent variable, dependent variable, control variables and, articulate the question that will guide the scientific investigation. Students will arrange variable cards on a shuffleboard and based on their arrangement, formulate a question to investigate the relationship between their independent and dependent variables. Thirteen experimental scenarios to choose from. No additional materials are required to complete this a
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3rd - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-5
, MS-ETS1-2
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-3
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Force and Motion Student-Led Station Labs Bundle
Force and Motion Labs - Students will love you for providing them with engaging labs that allow them to learn in a style best suited for their needs. They will also save you a ton of prep time. The Force and Motion station lab Bundle is a series of 8 is a plug and play station labs designed to accompany my FREE Kesler Science Station Lab Series. Download the start-up guide to learn more about how to use it in the classroom.Save Time and $$$Every Differentiated Station Lab Bundle - Buy them al
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6th - 8th
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Conduction Convection Radiation Student-Led Station Lab
This modular, student-led activity about conduction, convection, and radiation will keep your middle school class engaged and learning throughout this energy lesson. These comprehensive materials will save you a TON of prep time while giving students a chance to direct their own learning. In this station lab, students will learn develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of pure substances. This Conduction, Convection, and Radiation Station Lab
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6th - 8th
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Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Student-Led Station Lab
This modular, student-led activity about balanced and unbalanced forces will keep your middle school class engaged and learning throughout this force and motion lesson. These comprehensive materials will save you a TON of prep time while giving students a chance to direct their own learning. In this station lab, students will learn to identify and describe the changes in position, direction, and speed of an object when acted upon by an unbalanced force. This Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Statio
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Force and Motion Student-Led Station Labs Bundle
Newton's Laws Station Lab Bundle - Station Labs
This modular, student-led activity about Newton’s Laws will keep your middle school class engaged and learning throughout this force and motion lesson. These comprehensive materials will save you a TON of prep time while giving students a chance to direct their own learning. In this station lab, students will learn toplan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. These Newton’s Law Station
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6th - 8th
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Introduction to CER: Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Lesson with Examples- DIGITAL
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) is a method for teaching students to think and write scientifically. CER is useful when writing a conclusion or explaining the results of an experiment or activity. Students are encouraged to not just give a one-word response, but to make a claim, then justify their answer with data from the experiment, and finally connect the data with scientific reasoning.You can use the CER method in science to allow students to be able to support their ideas with evidence. T
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5th - 9th
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Science Vocabulary Roots & Affixes - YEAR LONG - Word Wall - Middle School
Use these engaging vocabulary and/or word wall cards to teach your students true science literacy. Study one or more per week or pair them up with your unit! There are over 150 ROOT/AFFIX CARDS that provide an important root or affix commonly used in the field of science. Print them out on brightly colored card stock and use them as a warm up, in your science centers, or as a classroom word wall geared toward your middle school science classroom. Students will use the accompanying recording she
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6th - 10th
Hot Cocoa Science - Middle School December STEM Activity - Christmas Science
Who doesn't love hot cocoa?! Engage your middle school scientists while exploring the effect of temperature (thermal energy) on marshmallows and candy canes in hot cocoa. Students will practice their science and engineering practices skills by making predictions, planning investigations, making observations, analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and they'll love every minute of it! Students will also be exposed to crosscutting concepts by looking for patterns when comparing melting marshmallows
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6th - 10th
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Physical and Chemical Changes Card Sorting Activity
Your middle school science or upper elementary students will use this card sorting activity to practice physical and chemical changes. In the activity, students first define physical and chemical changes and then classify 16 examples of changes (8 physical and 8 chemical). The example cards have both words and pictures. A student activity sheet is included for students to record their answers and further practice the content. What's included in this resource: Teacher information page with comple
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5th - 8th
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MS-PS1-2
Also included in: Physical and Chemical Changes BIG BUNDLE
Christmas Science Activity | Holiday Chemistry Practice
Students will enjoy using their knowledge of the periodic table of elements and atoms with this fun and engaging Christmas activity. This activity has students identifying elements with clues from the periodic table, counting atoms, creating Christmas words with the periodic table and identifying elements with protons, neutrons, and elements. This assignment also comes with bonus Periodic Table of Elements box signs to spell out the holiday words "cheers","cookies", "wish" and "candy cane" for s
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5th - 8th
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Calculating Density | Solving for D=m/v Formula Practice, Maze & Word Search
Students will enjoy calculating density with EzPz Science Formulas. These density formula problems have students solving equations for density, mass and volume in a fun and engaging way! A perfect review for state testing! This is a No Prep Activity! Perfect to use in interactive notebooks- just print and go!Includes 3 student pages - Fun maze with 6 density word problems to solve- Word search with density key words (students must answer clues to get key words) - Solving for density, mass and vo
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5th - 8th
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Snap Circuits Electricity Unit - Lessons, Experiments, Circuits, Batteries, More
Explore the fascinating world of electricity with Snap Circuits Electricity Unit - Lessons, Experiments, and More! This comprehensive resource is designed to engage students in eight interactive Snap Circuit experiments, providing hands-on learning experiences that reinforce essential electricity concepts. Ideal for both classroom and home settings, these fully illustrated lessons are written in friendly language, making them accessible and enjoyable for students.► What's Included?1. Comprehensi
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4th - 8th
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MS-PS3-4
, 4-PS3-4
, MS-PS3-2
, 4-PS3-3
, MS-PS3-3
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Also included in: Snap Circuits Electricity Bundle - Units 1 and 2
Metals Nonmetals and Metalloids Properties Lab
Use this Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids observation lab early-on in your exploration of the elements and the periodic table! Students do not need to know about atoms– they only need to know how to make observations and a general sense of the periodic table. Students will be making observations of the physical and chemical properties of pure element samples, grouping them into categories, and classifying them as metals, non-metals, or metalloids. This is a great inquiry lab that satisfies NGSS
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7th - 9th
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