Middle School NGSS Earth Science Lab Bundle | Printable, Digital & Editable

SAVE 30% by purchasing ALL my NGSS Aligned Middle School Earth Science SNAPs Lab Activities!

About this Product

SNAPs Lab Stations Activities require students to use science, math, literacy, problem-solving and engineering skills. They are designed to enhance students' understanding of scientific concepts and help students apply scientific ideas to the real world. Each station activity promotes skills so to develop students into proficient and competent scientific thinkers.

SNAPs lab activities have five components:

• Science Skills Station to develop science skill proficiency

• Narrative Station to build science literacy

• Assessment Station to evaluate learning and understanding

• Problem-Solving Station to foster engineering design

• Synthesis Station and Project to inspire higher-order learning

Important Notes:

• Download the FREE SNAPs Setup Guide for best practices, signage and editable rubrics

• Download a FREE SNAPs Lab Stations Activity to learn more about my SNAPs labs

• Save $$ with the NGSS Science Lab Stations Bundle ($500 for 200+ labs)

• Save $$$ with the Earth Science Complete Curriculum

• Save $$$$ with the Integrated Science Complete Curriculum

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DIGITAL LABORATORIES – DISTANCE LEARNING & DIGITAL CLASSROOMS

• Labs are offered in a digital format to support digital classrooms & distance learning.

• Each digital lab activity is designed to work with Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint

• Each digital lab activity CANNOT be edited. However:

- Students can manipulate text boxes

- Students can create tables, graphs and diagrams

- Students can insert images and drawings

GOOGLE FORM ASSESSMENT STATION

• Each assessment station is offered as a self-grading Google Form.

• Questions are all short answer and are 100% editable.

• Suggestions for use are included in the download.

DISTANCE LEARNING COMPATIBILITY

SNAPs lab activities are rated for their ease with distance – independent learning. Refer to the preview for each individual lab for more information about how well each lab works in a fully digital classroom and with distance learning.

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EDITABLE DOCUMENTS

This download includes an editable word document (docx file) of all lab components:

• Pre-Lab and Post-Lab Activities

• The Lab Overview

• Lab Station Activities and Questions

• Directed Synthesis Project (when applicable)

Important Notes:

• Diagrams, illustrations, tables and graphs essential to lab activities are included

• Illustrative clipart is NOT included

• Editable documents and rubrics are included with the FREE SNAPs Setup Guide

Editable files allow you to:

• Edit the scope of the activities so to suit your students’ needs

• Edit the materials required based on resource availability

• Create single-period “mini-labs” using activities at the individual skills stations

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This bundle includes:

Earth’s Place in the Universe

• Seasons & Earth's Tilt Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS1-1)

• Lunar Phases Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS1-1)

• Solar and Lunar Eclipses Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS1-1)

• Formation of the Solar System Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS1-2)

• The Solar System Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS1-2)

• Solar System Trends Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS1-3)

• Earth's History Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS1-4)

• Index Fossils Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS1-4)

• Relative Dating Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS1-4)

Earth’s Systems

• Rock Cycle Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS2-1)

• Water's Role in Shaping Earth Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS2-2)

• Tectonic Plate Boundaries and Landforms (MS-ESS2-2)

• Earthquakes Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS2-2)

• Volcanoes Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS2-2)

• Rapid Changes to Earth Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS2-2)

• Continental Drift Theory Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS2-3)

• The Water Cycle Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS2-4)

• Isotherm and Isobar Maps Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS2-5)

• Air Masses and Fronts Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS2-5)

• Wind Currents Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS2-6)

• Ocean Currents Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS2-6)

Earth and Human Activity

• Uneven Distribution of Natural Resources Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS3-1)

• Earthquake and Volcano Mapping Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS3-2)

• Hazardous Weather Lab (MS-ESS3-2)

• Air Pollution Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS3-3)

• Water Pollution Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS3-3)

• Land Pollution Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS3-3)

• Conservation & Sustainability Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS3-3)

• Human Population Growth Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS3-4)

• Global Warming Lab Stations Activity (MS-ESS3-5)

Labs are organized by Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI).

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS

These lab activities satisfy ALL Middle School Earth Science Next Generation Science Standards. They combine the three dimensions of science learning - science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas and crosscutting concepts - to meet the standard. The labs also make interdisciplinary connections to STEM, Math CCSS and ELA CCSS to build the appropriate skills.

TERMS OF USE

• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.

• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.

• Intended for classroom and personal use only.

• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.

• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.

• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).