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8th grade earth sciences internet activities
Natural Disasters
Let's learn about Natural Disasters! This worksheet includes 34 pages with a large variety of activities and exercises about natural disasters. Crosswords, word searches, puzzles and other kinds of activities are included to make it a fun and interesting class. The answers and an answer sheet are included. GOOGLE SLIDES AND FILLABLE PDF VERSIONS INCLUDED!Overview: Page 1-2: Introduction Page 3-4: EarthquakesPage 5-7: HurricanesPage 8-9: FloodsPage 10-11: Volcanic EruptionsPage 12-13: TsunamisPag
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Geography Bundle (Nature, Oceans, Ecosystems, and Natural Disasters)
Atmosphere Virtual Lab: Air Pressure & Temperature
Looking for a no prep activity where students analyze data? In this virtual lab, students collect and analyze data from two digital lab activities about air pressure and temperature in the atmosphere to answer the question: How does altitude affect temperature and air pressure?After collecting and graphing the data, students read the included passage about air pressure and temperature in the atmosphere to support writing their CER argument to explain how altitude affects temperature and pressu
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6th - 8th
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MS-ESS2-5
Also included in: Weather and Atmosphere Bundle for Middle School
Ecosystems PowerPoint Google Classroom | Ecosystem Activities - Interactive
Ecosystems Interactive PowerPoint & Interactive Google Slides! ***UPDATE: Now includes Interactive Google Slides for Google Classroom and Distance Learning! This resource is part of the Earth Science (Entire) Curriculum.***Watch this quick PREVIEW VIDEO to see the PowerPoint in action!This teaching resource is quite the virtual experience! This Ecosystems Interactive PowerPoint can be used as a powerful classroom presentation or students can click their way through it on individual computers
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3rd - 8th
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Plate Tectonics Doodle Notes | Tectonic Plate Boundaries | Cornell Notes
These scaffolded Plate Tectonics Cornell Doodle Notes can be used to introduce or review tectonic plates, how tectonic plates move due to convection currents in the Earth’s mantle, the three types of plate boundaries (transform, divergent and convergent), and how and why the interactions of tectonics plates at plate boundaries create landforms, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. These notes are perfect for a lesson/unit aligned to NGSS MS-ESS2.B (Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interacti
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7th - 9th
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MS-ESS2-2
Rock Cycle PowerPoint & Google Slides Interactive Types of Rocks Reading
Rocks & Rock Cycle Interactive PowerPoint & Interactive Google Slides! ***UPDATE: Now includes Interactive Google Slides for Google Classroom and Distance Learning!This resource is part of the Earth Science (Entire) Curriculum.***Watch this quick PREVIEW VIDEO to see the PowerPoint in action!This teaching resource is quite the virtual experience! This Rock Cycle Interactive PowerPoint can be used as a powerful classroom presentation or students can click their way through it on individua
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3rd - 8th
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Seasons Doodle Notes | Reason for the Seasons | Cornell Notes
Teach the Reason for the Seasons using these scaffolded Cornell Doodle Notes! These notes combine two effective note-taking strategies and can be used to teach about how the Sun’s energy received by Earth’s surface changes with latitude due to Earth being a sphere, about the Earth’s 23.5 degree axis tilt and how this creates opposite seasons in Earth’s Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the distance of the Earth from the Sun during each of the four seasons (to debunk the misconception that the s
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6th - 8th
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MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: Earth and Space Science Curriculum Middle School | FULL YEAR
8 Planets Webquest (Science Space / Solar System / Internet / Distance Learning)
SPACE & PLANETS WEBQUEST8 PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM: MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, MARSJUPITER, SATURN, URANUS & NEPTUNESUBJECT: SCIENCE, STEM, COMPUTERSGRADES: 7-12SPECIFIC WEBSITE: YES! (link provided on webquest)DISTANCE LEARNING: YES!This webquest is a great addition to any unit focusing on Space and Planets. The webquest can be completed at one website www.space-facts.com which also makes it easy to assign for homework, sub plans, distance learning, or to have for emergency plans. Grea
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: SCIENCE WEBQUEST SUPER BUNDLE! (60+ Worksheets / STEM / Internet / SUB)
Severe Weather Lesson: Thunderstorms, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and Winter Storms
This is a paperless interactive lesson, review, and practice for teaching about the severe weather: thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, and winter storms. This package includes a link that is compatible with Google Slides™ and a PowerPoint version as well. This is perfect for middle school science and a great alternative to severe weather worksheets.Put this is your collection of severe weather activities for middle school!A print and digital version is included!⭐⭐ Now with editable text!!! ⭐⭐
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: 7th Grade Science Resources Bundle
Water Cycle Doodle Notes | Evaporation Condensation Precipitation | Cornell
These scaffolded Water Cycle Cornell Doodle Notes can be used to teach about the distribution of freshwater on Earth as well as the processes and reservoirs of Earth’s Water Cycle. The notes cover the percentage of freshwater available for human use, Earth’s water reservoirs, and the processes of evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, sublimation, runoff, and infiltration. These notes were designed to be used as input for NGSS Standard MS-ESS2-4 (The Roles of Water in Earth’s S
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7th - 9th
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MS-ESS2-4
Water Cycle Digital Choice Boards
Looking for an online activity? This resource is PERFECT for e-learning. This is the exact activity I am sending to my students next week. This is a Google Slides resource that can easily be uploaded to Google Classroom so the students can work at their own pace. This product is also EDITABLE! Don't like one of the activities? NO PROBLEM! Switch it out with one of your own!In this Google Slides, there are 3 choice boards that the students will work through. The choice boards are Explore, Review,
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4th - 8th
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MS-ESS2-4
Geologic Time Scale Project - Google Classroom Activity for Distance Learning
Science Google™ Classroom ProjectThis is a self-contained digital lesson that includes two parts.Part 1: Relative DatingThe project begins with a short reading that includes information on the geologic timescale, law of superposition, fossils, and relative dating. Next, students will analyze a rock strata diagram and use what they learned about relative dating to answer 10 questions. Key included. Part 2: Geologic Time Scale BrochureStudents will choose one geologic period and answer research qu
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6th - 8th
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MS-ESS1-4
Also included in: Earth and Space Science Activities - Mega Bundle
Global Warming Climate Change Webquest Activity with Google Docs
Time-consuming, thorough, and curated specifically to target the essential understandings of NGSS MS-ESS3-5: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century. Includes both PRINT and digital GOOGLE DOCS versions! ⭐Get this activity at a steep discount in our Complete Climate Change Unit!This webquest takes students step-by-step through accessing two NASA websites (one current, one archived version). As they read each webpa
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7th - 10th
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MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-4
, HS-ESS3-5
Volcano Research Journal / Volcano Project - PRINT & DIGITAL
Volcano Project - Students pretend to be a scientist studying an active volcano anywhere in the world - luckily during their research the volcano erupts. They must write a first person account of their volcano research. Includes a print (PDF) and digital (Google Slides™) version of the project for distance learning / online learning platforms. My students love the opportunity to learn and write about a volcanic eruption - I love to see what they come up with! Easy to differentiate for a varie
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7th - 12th
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Natural Disasters Bundle
Let's learn about Natural Disasters!This NO PREP bundle includes 10 units with a great variety of activities, exercises and puzzles about natural disasters.Answer keys and answer sheets are included.GOOGLE SLIDES WITH PREMADE TEXTBOXES INCLUDED!Extra: Natural Disaster Puzzles The following worksheets are included: Blizzards Earthquakes Epidemics Floods Hurricanes Landslides Tornadoes Tsunamis Wildfires Volcanic Eruptions Sidebanner
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4th - 8th
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Continental Drift Doodle Notes | Seafloor Spreading | Alfred Wegener | Cornell
These scaffolded Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading Cornell Doodle Notes can be used during your Plate Tectonics unit to teach the concepts of the fossil and geologic evidence that led scientists to theorize about how and why Earth’s landmasses have moved great distances throughout Earth’s history. These notes introduce the scientists Alfred Wegener and Harry Hess and their respective theories of Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading. These notes are perfect to use in a unit on Plate Te
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7th - 9th
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MS-ESS2-3
Interactions of Earth's Spheres Activities - Print and Google Slides™
This is a print and digital interactive science notebook resource that uses Google Slides. There are 6 interactive activities related to Earths spheres including the geosphere, hydrosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. These activities are perfect for an Earth Science class with no prep! Perfect for online learning and in-person instruction.Use these activities for:Sub PlansTest Prep (Florida SSA, Texas STAAR, NGSS)Online LearningHomeworkIndependent reviewStationsInteractive Notebook ActivityStud
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
5-ESS2-1
Also included in: Earth Science Activities Bundle - Digital Google Slides™ and Print
Moon Phases Doodle Notes | Waxing Waning Phases of the Moon | Cornell Notes
Teach about the Moon Phases using these scaffolded Cornell Doodle Notes! These notes can be used to teach about how and why we can see the Moon from the Earth, how much of the Moon is always lit up by the Sun, the terms waxing, waning, crescent, gibbous, and quarter moon and tricks for remembering what these terms mean, and how the Moon phases are related to the Moon’s position relative to the Sun as seen from the Earth. Graphic organizers and diagrams help students understand these concepts.The
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6th - 8th
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MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: Earth and Space Science Curriculum Middle School | FULL YEAR
Plate Tectonics / Boundaries Graphic Organizers - PRINT & DIGITAL
Teaching about plate boundaries and plate tectonics? -These graphic organizers are a great way for students to review different plate boundaries, learn about the Theory of Plate tectonics and organize their notes /ideas. Excellent for review or for group work. Includes 3 graphic organizers to mix and match, a Review/Challenge Activity Summary Activity, Mapping Worksheet, and Extension / Lesson Ideas. Includes answer keys for the graphic organizers.This resource also includes a link to a digita
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Plate Tectonics / Earthquakes / Volcanoes Organizers | PRINT & DIGITAL
Rock Cycle Doodle Notes | Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Weathering Rocks
These scaffolded Rock Cycle Cornell Doodle Notes can be used to introduce or review the concept of the Rock Cycle, the three main types of rocks (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic), and the forces and processes that drive the Rock Cycle. They include a graphic diagram of the Rock Cycle with arrows for the students to label. Finally, there is a ‘Sum It Up’ page at the end reviewing the content from the notes.Cornell Notes are a note-taking strategy in which topic questions are written in a na
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6th - 8th
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MS-ESS2-1
Uneven Distribution of Natural Resources Activity Webquest MS-ESS3-1
Includes both PRINT and digital GOOGLE SLIDES VERSIONS! This 5-part webquest focuses on natural resources and human impact - each section with its own website to explore. This activity is much more interesting and engaging than typical "fill in the blank" activities. Supports NGSS MS-ESS3-1. ⭐ Find this activity in our DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES UNIT! Overall, the webquest addresses 3 major topics:What are different natural resources used for?Where in the world are different natural re
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7th - 10th
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MS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-1
Explore the Ocean Floor with Google Maps
Updated March 2023 to ensure all links workClick around this Google Maps activity to explore the following features of the ocean floor:Shallow Bays and EstuariesContinental ShelfContinental SlopeContinental RiseAbyssal PlainMid-Ocean RidgeOcean TrenchVolcanic IslandsEach feature of the ocean floor has a short informational paragraph, 1-3 links to that feature in Google Maps, and a question that asks students to analyze the feature / link. Example links from the passage:Continental ShelfOcean Tre
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5th - 9th
SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024 Activity STEM ☀️ Stop Motion Animation Technology Skills ☀️
Looking for a way to get hands-on with the upcoming solar eclipse? In this activity, students will create a scene about the solar eclipse, either showing the eclipse from the ground, showing what happens in space, or a scientific explanation animation video. What can YOUR students create?This project walks students through the process and includes everything they need to create their animation!Students can work independently or in pairs to create an animation of their choosing. Students can the
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3rd - 8th
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Planet Report Research Project - no prep planet report for google classroom
Your students will love completing a planet research report with this easy-to-follow digital Planet research project! Students can research any or ALL planets, and use the provided slides to complete their report. Another great idea is to print the project when students are finished to create a great visual display for your classroom!This engaging Digital Planet Report Packet includes:• Planet Research Resource Guide (a list of helpful, student-friendly sites where your students can research th
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3rd - 10th
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Also included in: Solar System Planets Bundle for Google Classroom and Printable
Plate Tectonics Digital Activity (TEKS) for Distance Learning - Google Classroom
Introduction to Tectonic Plates. Interactive Science Activities for Online and Remote Learning. Texas TEKS 6.10C and 6.10D. Students will explore tectonic plate boundaries in this self-guided interactive unit. An introduction to plate tectonics is followed by a summative video with questions to guide notes on key concepts. Students identify the major tectonic plates, and then learn about different geological events that occur at convergent, divergent and transform boundaries. Information and ill
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5th - 8th
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