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8th grade science activities $10 and up
Physical Science Curriculum - FULL YEAR Bundle
This no-prep paper AND digital paperless bundle is a complete physical science curriculum with ALL of the notes, labs, activities, practices, projects, quizzes, and tests you need to teach an entire year of physical science. Every major physical science unit is covered and listed below. Everything is provided for two levels – CP (College Prep, or on grade level) and Honors (advanced) to aid in differentiating for varying levels of students. Not only that, but the student packets come in a pape
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8th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-PS3-4
, HS-PS1-8
, HS-PS1-1
, HS-PS2-5
, HS-PS3-2
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Frog Dissection Lesson & Model - 3D Paper Scienstructable
Ready to make your dissection lessons less messy, less chaotic and stress-free? Our hands-on, authentic, and eco-friendly 3-D paper frog dissection model lessons are the perfect way for your students to dissect and explore frog anatomy in a way that's humane, budget-friendly and easy on the planet. Each paper frog dissection model lesson includes a student-friendly reading that covers in-depth organism anatomy structure and function, a black-line and a color dissection specimen template provides
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5th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS4-3
, MS-LS4-1
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS4-2
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Also included in: Dissection - Vertebrate Animals Bundle - Distance Learning
Science is Weird - Bulletin Board Classroom Posters
Show your students how strange, crazy, and weird science can be by decorating your bulletin board with these 40 posters. Each poster gives a surprising or weird fact related to science. You can choose to either set up a larger display with the included banner or use the smaller poster for a weekly interactive bulletin with one fact a week to last you the school year! Students will definitely take notice of these eye-catching posters, and it may even inspire them to do further research! INCLU
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6th - 8th
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Coordinate Plane Graphing Mystery Pictures, No PREP Science Sub Plans, Math
Click on italic link below to see more images:CoordinatePicturesImages Heather C.Rated 5 out of 5Extremely satisfied"I'm in love with this resource! I love all the different characters especially Scar! My students were engaged and can now plot points correctly."Favorite math activity for students! Teachers have commented how students love this activity! Even teachers love doing them! :) This activity will SAVE YOU over 150 plus hours of class work! Education related and even use it for sub plans
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Science Warm Ups and Bell Ringers - Full Year Integrated Resource
These science bell ringers are an excellent way to engage your students as soon as they walk into your classroom. This comprehensive FULL YEAR resource includes everything you need to start each science class off with an engaging warm-up activity. Please Note: The videos in this resource require the use of YouTube. Also, this is the same product that was once active in Presto Plan's TpT store. Please do not double purchase if you already have it.Teach More Specific Sciences?Life Science Warm-Up
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6th - 8th
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Earth Science Interactive Notebook - Complete Bundle
SCIENCE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK FOR EARTH SCIENCEThis product is a compilation of ALL Earth Science Interactive Notebook chapters. This download will save you 20% off the individually listed chapters!Each activity enables students to process the information given by the teacher then allows them to use self-direction to apply their new knowledge. The engaging activities always vary in order for all students to use and benefit from different learning styles. Activities included correlating with the
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Science Interactive Notebook - Ecosystems and Ecology Activities
Engage your students with over 30 Interactive Notebook activities and digital Google Slides for all of your ecology unit needs. Our interactive notebook flippers will have your kids "flipping" their way to learning all about organisms interect with one another and their environment. Disseminate these lessons as you see fit through creating a PowerPoint, in a class discussion or as small group activities. The possibilities are endless!WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS LESSON:• 135+ pages (30+ activities) o
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Grades:
5th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-5
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
Also included in: Science Interactive Notebook Bundle - Life Science and Biology
Science Curriculum Bundle | Special Education | Matter| Planets | Simple Machine
Science Curriculum (adapted) for Special Education in Self-Contained ClassroomsAdapted science curriculum for grade level topics is so hard to find for students with special needs. This age appropriate leveled curriculum contains 6 resources of quality leveled symbol supported science materials to meet the needs of all students. WHY YOU NEED THIS RESOURCE:I created this leveled science curriculum with self-contained classrooms in mind. I couldn't find anything that had engaging material with pag
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K - 12th
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Science Bell Ringer Journal for the Entire School Year: Middle & High School
Science bell ringer journal for the entire school year including 275 journal prompts for middle and high school students. This product provides teachers with an entire school year of science-themed journal prompts in an organized and focused way. The journal is organized by month with 25 entries per section. Students will strengthen their reading, science, writing and critical thinking skills with these unique, higher level thinking bell ringers. This product is created by Mrs Brosseau's Bind
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Science Interactive Notebook - Human Body Systems
Engage your students with 35 Interactive Notebook activities for all of your human body unit needs. Our interactive notebook flippers will have your kids "flipping" their way to learning all about the major systems of the human body. Disseminate these lessons as you see fit through creating a PowerPoint, in a class discussion or as small group activities. The possibilities are endless!WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS LESSON:• 190+ pages (35 activities) of NON-EDITABLE activities in PDF format including d
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Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-7
, MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-8
Also included in: Science Interactive Notebook Bundle - Life Science and Biology
STEM Activities & Challenges for the Whole Year! (Middle School / Jr. High)
This bundle includes 36 hands-on Junior High STEM Activities for kids in 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade. That's one engaging STEM Challenge for each week of the school year!***If you are interested in a differentiated version of this resource for grades K-8, please click here. There are 22 activities included that span all of these grade levels.The STEM activities in this bundle will challenge students to complete the given task by working in groups, although they can also be completed indi
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6th - 8th
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Plate Tectonics Activity BUNDLE 8 NGSS Earth Science Activities
SAVE 30% and get 8 NO PREP activities to add ENGAGEMENT and NGSS RIGOR to your Plate Tectonics Unit! Students will learn more about plate movement, seafloor spreading, the Ring of Fire, and other plate tectonics topics. This bundle includes the following resources:Graphing Evidence of Sea Floor Spreading ActivityPlot the Ring of Fire Mapping ActivityHawaiian Hot Spot ActivityConvection Diagram ColoringMapping the Mid-Atlantic RidgeCreate a Plate Movement Flip BookPlate Boundaries Game (FREE BO
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, HS-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS2-2
, MS-ESS2-1
Biology Escape Room Science: Genetics, Heredity, Mitosis, Meiosis, Evolution etc
This bundle includes all of the biology escape rooms listed below. Update: All the escape rooms in this bundle now include a fully digital version. Don't worry, you can still choose to complete this escape room entirely through printing.An editable template of the questions is also now available so you can adjust each escape room to meet the needs of your classroom!Important: Please view the Video Preview (found within the thumbnails above) for an explanation on how to decode the levels.Each
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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Cell - 3D Models Plant Cell and Animal Cell
The Cell 3D Model Bundle includes the following cells: • Animal Cell 3D Model• Plant Cell 3D ModelThe Nitty Gritty Science Cell Model Bundle makes use of the NGSS Science and Engineering Process, it also supports the following targeted performance standard from the NGSS: MS-LS1-2. Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways the parts of cells contribute to the functionModeling can begin in the earliest grades, with students’ models progressing from concrete “pi
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5th - 10th
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Electricity and Magnetism Unit
This no-prep paper AND digital paperless product is all of the notes, labs, activities, practices, and tests you need to teach your electricity and magnetism unit in your physical science class. Content covered includes electric charge, transfer of charge, current, voltage, resistance, Ohm’s Law calculations, parallel and series circuit drawings, total resistance calculations (Honors only) and the basics of magnetism. Links to video lectures are included for all notes. All assessments are di
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Grades:
8th - 10th
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Also included in: Physical Science Curriculum - FULL YEAR Bundle
Life Science Color by Number Bundle | Cells, Photosynthesis, Genetics & More!
This bundle includes eleven color-by-number review worksheets related to the field of Life Science. Click the preview to see what is included. How are my Color By Numbers Useful?✔ Use as a summative assessment✔ Use as a test review or a quiz✔ Use as an emergency science sub plan✔ Use for classwork, homework, early finishers, extra credit, stations activity, and more!✔ Includes non-cutesy graphics that both tweens and teens will enjoy coloringIncluded in this BundleCharacteristics of Living Thing
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6th - 9th
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Biology Interactive Notebook Bundle
This set includes interactive notebook activities for 8 topics throughout biology. There is a wide range of activities to choose from, including differentiated activities for different levels. This unit can be used as a stand alone curriculum or as part of an existing curriculum. Please note that I am adding more digital versions each week/every other week. The amount of notebooks that I've made available as digital varies depending on when you purchase. 1. Cells Interactive Notebook- (includes
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Ecology Unit Bundle
This unit supports distance learning- a PDF with links to Google Drive is included in order to assign student activities remotely.Ecology 3 week unit with 200+ pages including interactive notebook activities, task cards, review games. Covers ecosystems, energy flow, food webs, population growth, biogeochemical cycles and biomes. This unit can be used as a stand alone curriculum or as part of an existing curriculum. 4-5 week unit plan with answer keys and unit planner included!✽✽ Ecology Notes ✽✽
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-4
, HS-LS2-1
, HS-LS2-6
, HS-LS2-2
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Also included in: Biology Curriculum Full Year Bundle
Human Body Systems Stations BUNDLE
Looking for a FUN and engaging way to teach your students about the body systems? Students can travel from station to station - OR- you can print smaller versions and have the students use the cards as independent centers. Their task is to analyze the cards in different ways and write the answers on the sheet provided (see preview). Inspired by the Bodies Exhibit, my exhibition labs always go above and beyond- exploring interesting facts, medical conditions, as well as the traditional classroom
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8th - 11th
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Evidence of Evolution Activity BUNDLE NO PREP BUY 3 GET 1 FREE
NO PREP! SAVE BIG when you combine 4 evolution evidence activities! Please click VIEW PREVIEW (above) to take a closer look at each resource!This bundle combines 4 evidence of evolution activities, including:Homologous Structures: Compare and Contrast ActivityVestigial Structures: Reading, Analysis, and Graphic OrganizerEmbryological Evidence: Sorting and Predicting ActivityDNA and Protein Evidence: Paper LabDescriptions:Embryological Evidence Sorting Activity - Engaging analysis of embryolog
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS4-3
, HS-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-2
Motion and Force Unit
This no-prep paper AND digital paperless product is all of the notes, labs, activities, practices, and tests you need to teach your motion and force unit in your physical science class. Content covered includes describing motion, distance, displacement, speed, velocity, acceleration, graphing motion, net force, Newton’s Laws, Law of Universal Gravitation, and Law of Conservation of Momentum. Links to video lectures are included for all notes. All assessments are differentiated for two levels
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Physical Science Curriculum - FULL YEAR Bundle
Middle School Science Curriculum - Complete 5E Lesson Bundle
This is the ultimate lesson plan bundle for science teachers. The lesson plans are designed to take the focus off of lesson preparation and put it back into teaching. *** Top Middle School Science Curriculum All-Time on TpT ***All lessons are aligned to middle school NGSS and TEKS standards. You can view the alignment guides by clicking the appropriate set of standards.What's Included in Each Lesson PlanEngagement:Objective and I CAN statements – 11x17 for class displayBlank Objective and I CA
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6th - 8th
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Emergency Science Sub Plans
Science Literacy Emergency Sub Plans for Secondary Science pack containing 5 emergency sub plans that are meaningful, easy to use, and relate to student lives. Best of all, they will last the entire class period and are completely self-contained. *Digital Version included to support distance learning*You'll find a link to Google Drive in the download. Don't worry about having to scramble unrelated resources together to make a sub plan. Each of these 5 sub plans is the right size to keep your st
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8th - 11th
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Evolution Unit Bundle
This comprehensive evolution unit has everything you need to teach principles of natural selection, evidence for evolution, Darwin's history, and mechanisms of macroevolution and microevolution. This NGSS aligned evolution bundle takes your students on an adventure through evolution from notes to the test, and all the fun stuff in between: reading exercises, labs, games, web quests, and more are included in this evolution unit! Google Links are also included for the evolution activities have bee
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-LS4-2
, HS-LS4-1
, HS-LS4-3
, HS-LS4-4
, HS-LS4-5
Also included in: Biology Curriculum Full Year Bundle
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Importance of learning science
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Learning science offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. In fact, it helps students:
- Question the world around them and seek evidence-based explanations
- Cultivate their ability to observe, experiment, and analyze data
- Nurture a sense of curiosity, awe, and wonder about the natural world
- Understand natural phenomena and the laws that govern the universe
With a solid foundation in science, teachers can help empower students to think critically, solve problems, make informed decisions, and engage with the world around them in meaningful ways.
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One of the best parts about science class is all of the possibilities for hands-on, collaborative learning! Think: labs, experiments, inquiry-based activities, and design challenges. These activities encourage students to explore scientific concepts by observing, asking questions, and conducting investigations. Additionally, with small group centers, students can engage in group experiments, discussions, and projects that require them to collaborate, share ideas, and solve problems together.
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