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8th grade science activities for Google Apps
All About Me Science Flask - First Day of School Science Activity
Engaging Back to School Science ActivityYour students will answer "all about me" questions within a flask graphic organizer. Students can color and attach an optional chemical reaction topper. Displaying the flasks on a bulletin board will make your science classroom pop!Science Distance Learning OptionThis resource also includes a digital Google™ Slide version of the flask graphic organizer. Included:➤ Printable "All About Me" Flask ➤ Optional Chemical Reaction Topper➤ Digital "All About Me" Fl
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Back to School Science All About Me - Bundle | Distance Learning
Element Superhero Project - Chemistry Project - Periodic Table of the Elements
Includes a Digital (Google Slide) Version and a Printable Version — All Versions are EditableThis project is an engaging way to learn about the physical and chemical properties of elements. Most element projects only mention superheroes. However, many elements align more with a villain than a superhero (Like Chlorine!). In this activity, students will have the creative freedom to personify one element on the periodic table into a superhero—or a villain. I have included a huge bundle of resources
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Chemistry Activities - Mega Bundle - Back to School Science
Uneven Distribution of Natural Resources Activity Analyze Maps Graphs MS-ESS3-1
Great way to practice data analysis as students learn about natural resources! Students analyze MAPS and GRAPHS of natural resource distribution and use. Includes both PRINT and GOOGLE SLIDES versions of the activity.⭐ Find this activity in our DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES UNIT! This document includes:10 Natural Resource Data Stations: Each station has maps and graphs to analyze for information such as resource distribution, use, risk of depletion, and impact on the environment. Each stati
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7th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
Plate Tectonics Activity: Pangea Puzzle: Continental Drift
Pangea Map Puzzle Activity: Students use evidence to re-form the supercontinent Pangea! Using both fossil and geologic evidence, students will understand how Alfred Wegener supported the theory of Continental Drift. This activity does take time, but it's a great way to get your kiddos DOING! Fantastic follow up/ application question included.This resource now contains both PRINT and DIGITAL COPIES of this activity. A link has been added for the digital version. If you already purchased this, you
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
Also included in: Plate Tectonics Activity Bundle: Worksheets - Notes - Activities
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
Food Chains & Food Webs Whodunnit Activity - Printable & Digital Game Options
Nothing like a good criminal investigation to liven up food chains and food webs! Based off my popular CSI projects, I have created Whodunnits? The Whodunnits plan to focus on single content topics as opposed to units and will focus more on skill building than application. Every day can't be a project day, so Whodunnits can be an engaging out-of-their-seat activity to practice important skills. In a Whodunnit, students will work in teams to solve 10 practice problems that increase in difficulty.
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Biology Whodunnit Activity Bundle - Printable & Digital Game Options
Periodic Table of Elements Review Activity
Acclimate your students to the periodic table of elements using this printable and digital activity as an introduction or review. Using their own table, students will search for different elements using the group, period, element name, symbol, or atomic number. This is excellent practice for your students to navigate the periodic table. Students love the scavenger hunt-like game to find the different elements.Love this periodic table of elements scavenger hunt? Check out the unit and save 20% by
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Periodic Table of Elements Unit
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
Physical and Chemical Changes Sort Cards | Print and Digital
Looking for a hands-on way to reinforce the concepts of physical and chemical changes? This resource was made to provide engaging activities to assess the concepts of physical and chemical changes. These sorts can be completed individually or as a whole group activity. They can be completed in the classroom or online. This contains:•Two sets of small sort cards for physical and chemical changes•Two sets of large sort cards for physical and chemical changes•Pocket pattern that can be used in inte
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2nd - 8th
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Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving STEM Activity Stop Motion
Float into fun this Thanksgiving with a digital STEM activity! This resource pairs perfectly to the beloved read aloud Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.If you have ever had your students create a green screen Thanksgiving day parade, or marched down the hallways with your students and their hand-crafted balloon floats, you know what an engaging, hands-on activity it is. This is a similar, but digital, option. This activity works best on laptops/Chromebooks. ✅ Your students will create a s
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Thanksgiving STEM Mega Bundle
Analyzing Darwin's Finches- Evolution Graphing Activity
How do we know Darwin was right about evolution via natural selection? In this activity students will read/learn about Peter and Rosemary Grant, a couple from Princeton University who traveled to the Galapagos to conduct research. Students will learn what happened to the finch population on Daphne Major following a severe drought, and again following an El Nino. Students will graph data from the Grant's research and answer questions. This is a great activity to include with the HHMI video clip f
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Grades:
8th - 11th
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NGSS:
HS-LS4-3
, HS-LS4-4
, MS-LS4-4
, HS-LS4-5
Also included in: Evolution Bundle
Meiosis and Mitosis Activity
Introduce meiosis and mitosis to your students using the science text packets to guide your classroom to understand the cell cycle and how cells behave. In addition to the science text, your students will complete graphic organizer notes summarizing their understanding of the cell cycle and cell division. These worksheets are a great study guide to have in their binders. Like this activity? Check out the Life Science Bundle and save 20%Students will learn: Basic functions of cell divisionCell c
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Grades:
7th - 9th
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NGSS:
HS-LS1-4
Ring of Fire Mapping Activity and Questions - Earthquakes and Volcanoes
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ In this fun and engaging ring of fire mapping activity, students plot the coordinates of past earthquakes and volcanoes along the ring of fire using an easy to read Pacific-centered world map. Students will then draw other geologic features on their maps such as trenches, mountain ranges, hot spots, and mid-ocean ridge. After the map is complete, students will answer 25 analysis questions. Editable MS Word version, PDF version, and Google Slides version are all included!I complete this w
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Grades:
8th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
, HS-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS2-2
, HS-ESS1-5
Also included in: Plate Tectonics Growing Discount Bundle
Introduction to the Periodic Table of Elements Activity
Introducing the Periodic Table? This is my all time favorite lesson to teach. Introduce the Periodic Table with this puzzle, and have students telling YOU how the Periodic Table was organized!Students work together to discover the best way to organize colored/numbered shape pieces. All you need for this activity is a color printer, sandwich bags (or paper clips) and a prize for the winning group (not totally necessary, but fun). Handout, answer key and lesson plan included. This is the BEST acti
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6th - 11th
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Also included in: Atomic Theory Bundle with Student Workbook
Scientific Method Task Cards
This set of 45 task cards is designed to teach, review, and reinforce the APPLICATION of the scientific method. Students will write hypotheses, identify independent and dependent variables, describe experimental and control groups, read tables and graphs, form conclusions, make predictions, and more. Choose to use the traditional printable version, or the paperless, digital Google Apps version. Both Google Slides and Google Forms versions are included.This resource is perfect for distance lea
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Science Skills Bundle: Metrics, Measurement, Scientific Method, Graphing
Cell Organelles Speed Dating Activity
CELL ORGANELLES SPEED DATING ACTIVITY- Print & Digital Your students are going to love learning about Cell Organelles with this SPEED DATING IN THE CLASSROOM ACTIVITY! This is a student favorite in my own classroom and your students are sure to love it as well! I like to use this activity to introduce cell organelles to my students, but it can also be used as a review and reinforcement activity. Need a digital option? No problem! I have included a digital option for this resource, making i
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Grades:
7th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-1
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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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Physical Science Curriculum - FULL YEAR Bundle
Food Web Project for Google Classroom - Science Distance Learning Assignment
Great for Ecology Distance Learning ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Newly Updated⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐This resource now includes an index that lists the general diet of each organism. Students do not need to research what an animal eats. A simple description is now provided! This is a fully self-contained digital lesson. Students will read about food chains and food webs and design their own models using interactive Google™ Slides. The food chains and food webs are based on the African Savanna ecosystem. The slides include movable pieces
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Ecology Project Bundle for Google Classroom - Ecology Distance Learning
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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Food Chains and Food Webs Activity Worksheets
In this 9-page activity, students will explore food chains, food webs, energy pyramids, trophic levels, energy flow, producers, consumers, decomposers, autotrophs, heterotrophs, and all the vocabulary terms associated with these concepts. I have included this activity in a traditional printable format as well as a paperless digital format for use in Google Drive, Google Classroom, and/or Microsoft OneDrive.This resource includes:Editable and Printable 9-Page Student Handout (50 Questions)Colorfu
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Grades:
8th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-4
Also included in: Biology Curriculum Full Year Bundle
Eye Paper Dissection - Scienstructable 3D Dissection Model
For an EYE-opening exploration, check out our Scienstructable 3-D Paper Dissection model. This authentic paper dissection can be used as a dissection-free exploration, a pre-dissection tool, or as a summative assessment for comparative anatomy. WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 1-3 DAY LESSON:• 18 EDITABLE PowerPoint slides with bellwork, instructions, notes and embedded answer key to handouts• 16 NON-EDITABLE PDF handouts→ Guided reading PDF → Differentiated graphic organizers→ Dissection Template in BL
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Grades:
5th - 11th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS4-3
, MS-LS4-1
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS4-2
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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
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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
Coding with ROBOTS ⭐ Mazes Tracks STEM Robotics Hour of Code Dash Sphero Finch
"This is my absolute favorite robot resource. Students loved to make their own maze and try to get their Sphero through it. It was wonderful for kids to work on teamwork and problem-solving skills.""In one word, "WOW!" My students are obsessed with this product!"Tired of taping mazes all over your floors? Not sure what to do with your class set of robots? Save the tape for STEM challenges and use these coding maze cards instead. Use your robots like Dash, Cue, Sphero, BeeBot, Finch, and Code and
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K - 8th
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Also included in: STEM Teacher ❤️ Favorites ❤️ Bundle Best Sellers in One Place
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