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Middle school other (science) laboratories
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition | Experiments & Lab Sheets | Digital Assessment
{UPDATE! - MAY 2024} This activity guide is FULL of engaging and hands-on opportunities for students to explore weathering, erosion, and deposition! Students will use CANDY to demonstrate how the earth's surface changes through experiments and labs. And it now includes a printable and digital summative assessment!⭐️ PERFECT FOR A BLENDED LEARNING CLASSROOM! ⭐️Included in the resource:Teacher prep & helpful instructional strategies3 candy labs on weathering, erosion, depositionRecording shee
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4th - 6th
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Eclipses Student-Led Station Lab
This modular, student-led activity about eclipses will keep your middle school class engaged and learning throughout this space science 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 develop and use a model of the earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns. This Eclipses Station Lab activity is also included in my Eclipses 5E Lesson Plan, which includes Powe
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Space Labs Bundle - Differentiated Science Station Labs
Elements Compounds Mixtures Student-Led Station Lab
This modular, student-led activity about elements, compounds, and mixtures will keep your middle school class engaged and learning throughout this chemistry 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 recognize that a limited number of the many known elements comprise the largest portion of solid Earth. This Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures Station Lab activity is
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6th - 8th
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Science Christmas/Winter Season Posters - Classroom Decor
Science Christmas/Holiday Posters: Get your students laughing in your class during the Christmas season with this funny set of science posters. Each poster includes a funny holiday-inspired science pun. Display all the posters at once, use them to decorate your door, or share one a day leading up to Christmas break.INCLUDED IN YOUR PURCHASE• A long title poster that reads “Ho Ho HOLIDAY PUNS” (with each of the “Ho” from the periodic table for Holmium with the atomic number and weight )• An ind
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5th - 9th
GUMMY BEAR GENETICS LAB
Gummy Bear Genetics is a lab used to investigate and discover how traits are inherited. The lab replicates Gregory Mendel's famous pea plant experiments. This lab can be used to introduce and discover genetics or as reinforcement. Students will work on making predictions, forming conclusion with evidence, calculating probability, and collaborating to solve an inquiry based lab.Teachers only need paper lunch bags and gummy bears.Lesson includes:Teacher preparations and lab directionsStudent lab a
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6th - 9th
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MS-LS3-1
, MS-LS3-2
Also included in: DNA Unit MEGA Bundle
Scientific Method Experiment with Slime - Solids and Liquids - States of Matter
This scientific method experiment engages students in making slime as they learn about solids and liquids, states of matter and force. This science experiment is easy to use and full of activities to create a memorable learning experience!Click the green PREVIEW button to see more details of what is included.What is Included?Teacher InformationMaterials ListSample SchedulesSlime RecipesExperiment Results (the science behind slime)Think About It! discussion questionsWhole Group ExperimentIndepend
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4th - 6th
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Properties of Light: Reflection & Refraction Labs, Notes, Passages
This unit is the perfect addition to your science curriculum on reflection and refraction! It is completely compatible with interactive notebooks. Included in the bundle:Detailed teacher instructions embedded throughout;FOUR labs to activate prior knowledge and introduce your students to the concepts;Labs include student lab sheets and instruction cards;Light interactions flap book;THREE labs to scaffold and reinforce concepts of reflection, refraction, absorption, and light traveling through
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4th - 6th
Graduated Cylinders - Measuring the Volume of a Liquid Assessment
Having a hard time finding assessments for measuring the volume of a liquid? I always pair this assessment with real, hands-on practice in the classroom. I’ve also used it to introduce this topic with the assessment first so the students know how to read the graduated cylinders before you give them one with water in it. This product features 5 different gradients of graduated cylinders (i.e. some go up by 10s, others by 100s or 50s). There are 6 questions per page and an answer document that goe
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4th - 9th
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Complete Guide to Science Fair Projects Digital Editable Science Fair Rubric
Do science fair projects cause you to feel overwhelmed? This complete guide to science fair projects is designed in chunks to help you and your students stay organized and feel less stressed. This scientific method project includes everything you need to help your students be successful from the beginning to the end! The science fair rubric will help you give feedback easily! This science fair project guide is broken down into five parts to help students stay organized and focused: Topic selecti
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6th - 8th
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Science Lab Safety Unit Bundle in English and Spanish
This bundle has everything you need to teach and assess an upper elementary or middle school science laboratory safety unit. It contains a PowerPoint with notes and INB sheets for students, a set of four warmups/bell ringers, a list of safety rules, a safety activity, a safety bookmark that has multiple purposes, a safety contract, posters, and a safety quiz. All of the resources in this package are in English and Spanish. Get this bundle and check your lab safety unit prep off of your to-do lis
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5th - 8th
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Scientific Method Experiment with Boats - Sink and Float, Buoyancy and Capacity
Students will follow the steps of the scientific method as they create tinfoil boats and learn about sink and float, buoyancy and capacity. This science experiment creates a hands on learning experience that is engaging and memorable for students!Click the green PREVIEW button to see more details of what is included.What is Included?Teacher InformationSample Schedule IdeasMaterials ListWhole Group ExperimentIndependent/Partner ExperimentExperiment Results (the science behind the experiment)Exper
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4th - 6th
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Flower or Plant Reproduction Dissection Lab
After completing this DIFFERENTIATED, EASY-PREP ACTIVITY, students will understand how flowers reproduce and are able to identify the parts of a flower. This resource includes two versions of a flower reproduction lab. This activity allows for hands-on examination of the parts of a flower and how they reproduce, and then ask analysis questions and ask the student to draw conclusions about their findings. One version is a more traditional lab, and the other is more open-ended, or inquiry-based
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8th - 11th
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MS-LS1-4
Also included in: Biology: Buy The Store Lifetime Money-Saving Bundle
Hurricane (Latitude and Longitude) Lab Project (Digital and Paper)
Hurricanes are often in the news near the start of the school year. This EASY NO PREP ACTIVITY is a great way to engage students with real science, or during a unit on latitude and longitude, weather and storms, or at other times during the year. Students will use real hurricane data to plot the path of the hurricane on a hurricane tracking map, use a planetary wind diagram to analyze and make inferences about the data. Lastly, students make suggestions for an emergency plan.It is great to sup
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8th - 11th
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MS-ESS2-5
Also included in: Earth Science: Buy The Store Lifetime Money-Saving Bundle
Experimental Design Project | Scientific Method | Science Back to School
This project helps students to actually BE scientists with an approachable and fun challenge in experimental design! Students choose a type of consumer product for which they will determine the most superior brand out of 3 to 4 brands of that product (for example: Bounty, Scott, Brawny, and store brand paper towels). Students employ the experimental design process by making observations about their products, designing three experiments to test different aspects of the products to determine super
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6th - 9th
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MS-ETS1-4
Bird Beak Adaptation Science Activity for Upper Elementary Science | Editable
Do you want a fun and engaging way for students to try out different bird beak adaptations? This upper elementary science activity gives your students the opportunity to experiment with different tools resembling birds’ beaks. This hands on science lab is perfect for 4th grade, 5th grade, or 6th grade. During this activity, students will visit different food stations and try out various tools simulating some of the more common bird beaks. I bought a lot of my tools from Dollar Tree since I only
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4th - 6th
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Dry Ice Science Experiment - Halloween Experiments - Scientific Method
Science can be engaging and fun! The students will learn more with hands on experiments! Students will follow the scientific method as they work through the 5 different dry ice experiments.This Dry Ice Experiment Pack comes with 5 different labs that you can do with Dry Ice. Dry Ice is frequently used during Halloween time and this will be a perfect experiment set. It is standards based so you can have fun along with including rigor in your lesson or keeping your lesson based on standards.Dry Ic
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3rd - 8th
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Respiratory System Lab Activity
Students can better understand the respiratory system with a hands-on model. This lab guides students to make a MODEL OF A LUNG, and examine how the lung takes in air. They then draw their model and answer ANALYSIS QUESTIONS about it. INCLUDES: short PowerPoint on the respiratory system (what its functions are, and what the parts of the respiratory system are), READY TO PRINT LAB. Uses readily available inexpensive materials. Materials: clear plastic cups, balloons, straws, rubber band, cla
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8th - 10th
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MS-LS1-3
Also included in: Biology: Buy The Store Lifetime Money-Saving Bundle
Science Lab Safety Poster Set- 20 Print & Go Posters
Spruce up your Science Lab with these Science Lab Safety Posters. These posters are the perfect print & go option for busy teachers. This set includes 16 posters in 4 different versions, so you are certain to find something that looks GREAT in your Science classroom. Use as a bulletin board, decorate your door, or hang on the wall...these posters look FABULOUS no matter where you choose to use them. Here are the different versions that are included in this resource: ⭐Black and White- Text O
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5th - 12th
STEAM Challenge: Toy Launcher
This STEM activity is always a huge hit with my students. It was inspired by a challenge I made for myself back in 2015. I wanted to end the year on a fun note with my students by doing something different. I challenged myself to do a week of fun STEM activities with my students and this was one of the activities we tried. Want to know how it went for me that first time around? You can read about my experience here on my blog: https://theardentteacher.com/2015/05/26/a-week-of-stem-activitiesThis
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: STEAM Challenge Week Bundle
Types of Rock & Rock Cycle Activity Guide | DIGITAL + PRINT
{HUGE UPDATE! - 12/2020 - SEE DESCRIPTION FOR DETAILS!} Need engaging materials to teach what can be a pretty mundane topic? Look no further! This resource guide has everything you need to teach and assess your students on the three types of rocks (sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic) and the rock cycle! The activities focus on rock characteristics, how they are formed, where they can be found, and much, much more! Not only are ALL of the materials compatible with interactive science noteboo
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3rd - 6th
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Pre Lab Worksheet for any Science Class Biology Chemistry Lab Safety
Use this pre-lab worksheet to ensure that your science students get the most out of the lab activity. Pre-lab preparation reinforces lab safety. If the student has an understanding of the lab activity before entering the laboratory, there will be fewer accidents, less time wasted, and the student will come away from the lab with an enriching lab experience. The worksheet can be a part of the student's lab report for grading purposes.When asked to read the lab activity as homework the night befor
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Science Skills Bundle: Metrics, Measurement, Scientific Method, Graphing
Family Pedigree Project Lab Activity: Genetics-Poster based on family traits
A pedigree is a family tree that shows the relationships among family members and traces a specific genetic trait within the family. It is a great way to represent the members of a family.
By following a few guidelines, you can make a pedigree chart for your family. You might even be able to find a pattern in the way a family characteristic is inherited.
Using a poster board, create your family pedigree of one particular trait.
Supports NGSS MS-LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of
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7th - 10th
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Marine Science Shark Dissection (virtual or whole group) w/pre+post activities
Product Description: If your marine science kids are preparing to dissect the shark, this is a really good resource to check out. Made for the mixed instructional classrooms during Covid, this is what I use now to lead yearly our whole group dissection of the dogfish and I love it! See preview for sure to really get to know this resource. Here's how this lesson could go: Students complete the Google Form pre-dissection activity for HW, or in class Teacher pairs kids up and prepares the room for
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
The Edible Layers of the Earth Lab
This is easy and pretty much all you need is to buy is a bag of m&m's!
My students loved this and made great connections between the actual layers of the Earth and how it correlates with m&m's. There is also an answer key included. Very easy to follow directions.
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6th - 9th
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