Earth Science & Space Year Science Interactive Notebook Year Bundle

This Earth Science and Space Science Year Curriculum is prepped and planned from start to finish guiding you and your students through a discovery of 9 unit plans (save over 50% of individually sold bundles!).

Each unit with its backwards design allows students to create a working portfolio or science interactive notebook. No two student notebooks will look like!

New or veteran science teachers benefit with this all-in-one, ready-to-print-and-go science resource to use instantly, while offering student and teachers autonomy and flexibility.

For teachers who need to modify the units or topics, editable versions of the notes, slide presentation, tests and quizzes are all included in each unit plan.

Each UNIT consistently includes:

• Pacing Guide
• Table of Contents
• Student Score Sheet
• Pre-assessment/Post-Assessment
• 4-5 Lessons
• Projects with directions and rubrics
• Summative Assessment (Editable Test)
• Reflection Activity

Each LESSON includes:

• 2 warm ups (pre-post assessments)
• a set of notes (editable version included)
• a slide presentation (editable version included)
• an activity (write/art/color/reflection)
• Formative Assessment (5 multiple choice questions)
• essential questions

UNITS & Topics include:

SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION

1. Lesson- Lab Safety
2. Lesson- Lab Materials and Measurement
3. Lesson- Metric Measurements
4. Lesson- Scientific Method
5. Lesson- Controlled Experiment
6. Lab- Water Drops on a Penny
7. Project- Scientific Method Cartoon
8. Project Famous Scientist Wanted

ROCKS & MINERALS

1. Lesson Mineral Characteristics
2. Lesson Mineral Identification
3. Lesson Igneous Rock
4. Lesson Sedimentary Rock
5. Lesson Metamorphic Rock
6. Rock Cycle Activity
7. Rock and Mineral Creative Cartoon Project

PLATE TECTONICS

1. Lesson- Layers of the Earth
2. Lesson- Continental Drift
3. Lesson- Convection in the Mantle
4. Lesson- Sea-Floor Spreading
5. Lesson- Theory of Plate Tectonics
6. Earth Model Project
7. Plate Tectonics Review Coloring Worksheet

EARTHQUAKES

1. Lesson- Earthquakes and Faults
2. Lesson- Measuring and Locating Earthquakes
3. Lesson- Seismic Waves
4. Lesson- Mapping Earth's Interior
5. Lesson- Tsunami
6. Earthquake Crossword
7. Project- News Report

OCEANOGRAPHY

1. Lesson- Importance of our Oceans
2. Lesson- Ocean Waves and Tides
3. Lesson- Ocean Floor Features
4. Lesson- Surface Currents and Coriolis Effect
5. Lesson- Deep Ocean Currents
6. Project- Ocean Diorama
7. Philosophical Chairs Argument Activity

METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERE

1. Lesson- The Water Cycle
2. Lesson- Earth's Atmospheric Layers
3. Lesson- Atmosphere Energy Transfer
4. Lesson- Wind
5. Lesson- Air Masses and Fronts
6. Project- Creative Writing Cartoon

EARTH, SUN & MOON

1. Warm-ups
2. Earth and Moon's Motion Lesson
3. Seasonal Patterns Lesson
4. Gravity in Space Lesson
5. Moon Phases and Eclipses Lesson
6. Moon Causes Tides Lesson
7. Astronomy Cartoon Project
8. Assessments- Test and Quiz with answer keys
9. Pacing Guide
10. Editable Notes and Slides

SOLAR SYSTEM

1. Lesson- Solar System
2. Lesson- Sun
3. Lesson- Inner Planets
4. Lesson- Outer Planets
5. Lesson- Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors
6. Project- Solar System

STARS, GALAXIES, & THE UNIVERSE

1. Lesson- Characteristics of Stars
2. Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Coloring Activity
3. Lesson- Life Cycle of Stars
4. Lesson- Stars Systems and Galaxies
5. Lesson- Big Bang Theory
6. Project- Trivia Board Game
7. Philosophical Chairs Argument Activity
8. Astronomy Vocabulary Riddle Challenge Game

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