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8th grade astronomy resources for Easel Activities
Space Astronomy Galaxy Types Activity Classify Objects in Universe
Fun galaxy activity for an astronomy unit! GO PAPERLESS and avoid color copies - use the included digital Google Slides version!⭐Get this activity at a huge discount in our Astronomy Activity Bundle!In this activity, students will:Read about different types of galaxies. (2 pages)Answer several text-dependent analysis questions.Practice classifying pictures of 10 real galaxies.Teacher Notes:This resource is not editable. This resource is adapted from the widely available Astronomical Society of
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ESS1-6
, MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
Also included in: Earth Science Reading Comprehension Articles Bundle with Space
Solar System Tour of the Planets | Graphic Organizer | Middle School Astronomy
This Solar System Introduction to the Planets Gallery Walk Tour and Graphic Organizer activity includes two versions of a visual graphic organizer that the students use to take notes on interesting information about the planets! The student notes pages can be taped together to create a full graphic of the solar system including the asteroid belt.There are two mini-posters for each planet and one for the main asteroid belt that contain vital information, interesting information, a diagram and rel
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-3
Tides and Eclipses - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Do your students struggle with scientific literacy? Do you find yourself at a loss for how to promote vocabulary retention? Are waning attention spans becoming a larger and larger problem in your classroom from year to year? If you answered yes to any of those questions then this resource is for you. I believe that teaching literacy is the job of every teacher, not just the heroes in English and Language Arts. And the only way we can help our students improve is by modeling and giving them chanc
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: Earth's Place in the Universe Bundle
Solar System Activity: Scaled Down Size & Distance Model of Our Solar System
Bring the Solar System down to Earth with this activity that scales down the sun, planets, and distances between them! An excellent out-of-the-classroom group activity for your inquisitive students!Watch your students' eyes widen as preconceptions are challenged and misconceptions are swept away.Then watch their eyes light up while they work together to measure distances and hold up planets, fusing math and science together into one unforgettable experience.This activity is not only fun, but i
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Grades:
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
Solar and Lunar Eclipses Task Cards Activity (Total Solar Eclipse 2024)
These task cards are a great way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of lunar and solar eclipses.
This product contains 24 cards with multiple choice questions about the different types of eclipses. A recording sheet and an answer key are included. Blank cards are also included for questions to be added, if wanted. The same 24 cards are also available as open ended questions.
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1. Task Cards
2. Cootie C
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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Mars Virtual Field Trip Explore the Mars Rover
Take a virtual field trip to space and to Mars and explore the Mars Rover. Perfect activities, worksheets, and tasks for middle and high schoolers for Mars and Space Science. This PRINT and Go resource is perfect for distance learning or classroom use to help students explore and take a field trip without ever having to leave the classroom. All questions and activities can be answered from exploring the virtual field trip site. Rather than just look around using the 360 view, these tasks give
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 12th
Moon Phases Task Cards Activity (Great for Total Solar Eclipse 2024)
Moon Phases Task Cards: These task cards are a great way for students to improve their skills with identifying the phases of the moon and their knowledge of the Sun, Earth, Moon system as a whole.
There are two versions of this product: 24 cards with multiple choice questions, and the same 24 cards but with the multiple choice questions taken out to work as open ended questions. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Important: If you enjoyed this product, check out my other Scie
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Grades:
2nd - 9th
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NGSS Earth Science Curriculum | Printable, Digital & Editable Components
SAVE $$$ by purchasing ALL my Earth Science Teaching Materials!Additional Notes• This curriculum includes FREE downloads of ALL FUTURE Earth Science products.• Vocab activities are being added - CHECK MY PROGRESS• This curriculum includes Nature of Science teaching materials. *********************************************************************************************************PAYMENT PLANS• My curricula offer the BEST value in my TpT store but are sold at the highest price point• I now offer
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, 5-ESS2-2
, MS-ESS2-3
, MS-ESS3-2
, 3-ESS3-1
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Weight On Different Planets Space Gravity Activity Worksheet MS-PS2-5 MS-PS2-4
Give middle school students a better understanding of their relative weight on different planets as they have fun finding out how heavy or how light they would be elsewhere in the solar system! Includes PRINT and GOOGLE SLIDES versions! ⭐ Get this resource at a HUGE discount in our done-for-you Gravity Unit!This worksheet has students take either their own weight (or another weight of their choosing) and use it to calculate their weight on other planets in our solar system and the moon. (The
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS2-4
, MS-ESS1-2
, MS-PS2-5
Also included in: Fun Space and Astronomy Activities BUNDLE NGSS MS-ESS1
Eclipses and Moon Phases Worksheet Review HIGHER RIGOR
4 CONTENT-DENSE PAGES - Reflect the RIGOR of NGSS by having students practice answering higher-level thinking questions about the Earth-sun-moon cycle. ⭐ You may also be interested in our Moon & Tides Activity Bundle! Each of the 29 questions requires students to READ, ANALYZE and THINK - there is NO vocabulary, NO matching, NO fill in the blank, etc. Most questions include diagrams. This document helps to prepare students for state standardized tests because it provides diagrams that show m
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ESS1-4
, MS-ESS1-1
Comets, Meteors, Meteoroids, Meteorites, & Asteroids Task Cards Activity
These task cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of space rocks.
This product contains 24 cards with multiple choice questions about comets, meteors, meteoroids, meteorites, and asteroids. A recording sheet and an answer key are included. Blank cards are also included for questions to be added, if wanted. The same 24 cards are also available as open ended questions.
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Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
Solar System Vocabulary Search Activity | Seek and Find Science Doodle
Students will enjoy learning about the Solar System with Seek & Find Science Doodles. Solar System key terms include Rotation, Revolution, Gravity, Sun, Orbit, Meteorite, Planet, Meteor, Asteroid, and Comet. Great for student engagement and retention. Your students will love searching for science and will have a fun coloring sheet when they are done! This is a No Prep Activity! Perfect to use in interactive notebooks- just print and go! Includes- Solar System Doodle/Color Sheet with key term
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Moon Phases and Seasons Task Cards (Google Classroom compatible)
Now you can add an interactive layer to this PDF and assign it to your students through Google Classroom!This PDF includes 36 task cards to help students demonstrate mastery on predicting the sequence of events in the lunar cycle and modeling how the tilted Earth rotates on its axis causing day and night and revolves around the Sun causing changes in seasons. Student answer sheets and teacher answer key are provided. Ideas on ways to use them in the science classroom are also included. For stude
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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Also included in: A Whole Watt-a Task Cards Bundle
Tides (cut and paste) Activity
This is a sorting activity on basic information about tides (high, low, spring and neap). It includes illustrations and information about causes, water levels, when each tide occurs and the moon phase.Students cut, sort and paste information then answer summary questions.Use this activity in an interactive notebook or as a formative assessment / Exit Ticket.An Easel digital activity is included. This can be used for distance learning or assigned as practice on any Learning Management System (LMS
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Science Interactive Notebook - Space Unit
Earth's Tilt Seasons Worksheet Diagram Analysis Middle School
Have students analyze a diagram of Earth's orbit to demonstrate their understanding of seasons. Each question requires students to analyze the diagram for:Earth's tilted axisSeasonsEarth's movements and motions in spaceRotation versus revolution Equinoxes and solsticesThe concentration of light hitting Earth⭐Get this worksheet at a discount in our SEASONS WORKSHEET BUNDLE!Teacher Notes:Covers NGSS MS-ESS1-1INCLUDES ANSWER KEY Please note: This resource is NOT editable.SAVE $$ with our SEASONS W
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-6
, MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: Reason for the Seasons Worksheet Bundle NGSS MS-ESS1-1
The Big Bang Theory - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Do your students struggle with reading comprehension? Do you find yourself at a loss for how to promote vocabulary retention? Are waning attention spans becoming a larger and larger problem in your classroom from year to year? If you answered yes to any of those questions then this resource is for you. I believe that teaching literacy is the job of every teacher, not just the heroes in English and Language Arts. And the only way we can help our students improve is by modeling and giving them cha
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ESS1-2
Also included in: The Universe & Space Science Reading Comprehension Bundle
Star Systems & Galaxies - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Do your students struggle with scientific literacy? Do you find yourself at a loss for how to promote vocabulary retention? Are waning attention spans becoming a larger and larger problem in your classroom from year to year? If you answered yes to any of those questions then this resource is for you. I believe that teaching literacy is the job of every teacher, not just the heroes in English and Language Arts. And the only way we can help our students improve is by modeling and giving them chanc
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-2
Also included in: The Universe & Space Science Reading Comprehension Bundle
Earth's Seasons Graphic Organizer
This is a graphic organizer that allows students to visually see how each of the seasons take place during a specific time in the Earth's revolution.
Students need to color in the Earth at both equinoxes and solstices. Where students color indicates the locations on Earth receiving direct or indirect sunlight.
Using these diagrams, students should be able to support an explanation as to why the seasons occur.
This packet includes
Seasons diagram for the Southern Hemisphere
Seasons diagram f
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Gravity & Orbits Virtual Lab
Students use PhET Sim to explore gravity and orbits in an inquiry based lab.Check out the Sim here::https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/gravity-and-orbits/latest/gravity-and-orbits_en.htmlThis lab asks the question: How do gravity, mass, and distance affect movement in our Earth-Sun-Moon system?Using the interactive simulation, students experiment by changing variables to create different scenarios. They will then report their observations and draw conclusions. To conclude, students will complet
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-2
Also included in: Earth's Place in the Universe Bundle
Holst's-The Planets Worksheets
Have your students predict what they will hear (and then document what they actually heard) as they are introduced to each movement of Holst's The Planets. Four versions are included for each movements. Also included are worksheets that allow students to imagine and "design" what a movement about Earth would sound like. This resource now has a digital layer so you can use this as a digital assignment in Google Classroom. Watch one or both of my videos about how you can add a digital layer to sel
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Moon Phases - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Do your students struggle with scientific literacy? Do you find yourself at a loss for how to promote vocabulary retention? Are waning attention spans becoming a larger and larger problem in your classroom from year to year? If you answered yes to any of those questions then this resource is for you. I believe that teaching literacy is the job of every teacher, not just the heroes in English and Language Arts. And the only way we can help our students improve is by modeling and giving them chanc
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: Earth's Place in the Universe Bundle
Tides, Solar and Lunar Eclipse Word Search Puzzle Vocabulary Activity Worksheet
#WordSearch Your kiddos will enjoy looking for hidden words in this fun solar and lunar eclipse word search activity. The words are hidden in various directions - horizontally across or backward, vertically up or down, diagonally up, down or backward. The words may also intersect which makes the activity more fun and challenging! Your students can uncover the secret message by using the unused letters to fill in the blanks. They have to start from the bold, underlined letter and move from left
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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Lunar and Solar Eclipses Worksheet Middle School
This is a straightforward middle school-level review activity that covers solar and lunar eclipses, focusing on the positions of the sun, Earth, and moon during each. It's great for in-class review or for a homework assignment. ⭐⭐⭐Get this at a discount in our Eclipses Bundle! ⭐⭐⭐Teacher Notes:NGSS MS-ESS1-1INCLUDES ANSWER KEY.Please note: This resource is not editable.⭐⭐⭐ Click here to get 5 FREE EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE lessons! ⭐⭐⭐
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: Lunar and Solar Eclipse Activities and Worksheet Bundle
Mission To Mars -- PBL Space Exploration and Mars Colony Design
Mission To Mars -- PBL Mars Colony DesignBackground InformationIn Mission To Mars, students propose and design "fully functional" Mars colonies. I designed this project due to the real-world relevance today. Mars exploration is becoming increasingly closer to experiencing human footsteps.This Mars colony design project utilizes various roles and abilities of the students ranging from scientific research to creativity and design. Students are asked to do the following:1. Brainstorm key vocabulary
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Grades:
4th - 12th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-ETS1-1
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