Earth sciences Common Core RST.6-8.2 activities

Science Reading Comprehension

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

NGSS:

5-ESS2-1

Also included in: Earth Science Curriculum

Earth Science Reading Comprehension Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle Grade 5 and 6

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Lighten your workload with these easy-to-use earth science reading passages. Practice comprehension with colorful articles and a range of questions.With science questions and comprehension articles based on CCSS standards, feel at ease with the knowledge that nearly all of the work will be done for you.Titles include:Plate Tectonics, Rock Cycle Erosion and Deposition, Properties of Rocks and Minerals, Geological Time.Science Reading Comprehension Outline:This product contains passages especially

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Informational Text, Reading

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.5.1

, RI.5.2

, RI.5.3

, RI.5.4

, RI.5.10

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Also included in: Science Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions PDF Bundle 5th-6th Grade

Solar and Lunar Eclipses Activity Tides Worksheets

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PERFECT FOR THE SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024! Teach your students about tides, lunar, and solar eclipses through a teacher presentation, notetaking activity, science worksheets, graphic organizers, and digital check-ins. Your students will learn about the characteristics of low, high, spring, and neap tides, as well as lunar and solar eclipses. In addition, students will understand the relationship between the Earth, moon, and sun. Also included are links to various NGSS approved simulations to deepen stu

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Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

NGSS:

MS-ESS1-1

Also included in: Full Year Science Curriculum

Earth Rotation Revolution Seasons NGSS Activity

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Teach your students how Earth's rotation and revolution cause day, night, and seasons using ideas to introduce earth's seasons through phenomena, a teacher presentation on rotation, revolution, seasons, solstices, and equinoxes, student fill-in notes, science text, graphic organizer, and review activities aligned to NGSS standards. Like this activity on earth's rotation and revolution? Check out the bundle here and save over 20%. Students will be able to: Identify what rotation isDescribe how th

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Elementary Ali - Teacher's Workstation

CCSS:

NGSS:

MS-ESS1-1

Also included in: Full Year Science Curriculum

Weather vs. Climate Science and Literacy Lesson Set (TEKS)

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Weather vs. Climate Science and Literacy Lesson Set (STAAR & Common Core) - Common Core and 5th grade STAAR (TEKS) aligned Easy to follow! Fun for the students!These activities are created to incorporate reading and writing into the Science curriculum. This lesson is designed to fit the typical 45-50 minute Science class time, while leaving time for other learning activities such as using an interactive science notebook, word wall activities, and writing in planners.These activities are crea

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Reading, Science

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

Also included in: Everything 5th Grade Science Mega Bundle (TEKS & NGSS)

Solar System Planets Project

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Do you need a fun way to assess student knowledge of the planets in our solar system? Your students will get a kick out of this planet research project that will have them demonstrate their knowledge of the characteristics of a terrestrial or gas giant. Like this project? Check out the bundle and save 20% by clicking here. Students will: Demonstrate their knowledge of the characteristics of either Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus or Neptune by researching and including inform

Subjects:

Projects, Activities, Assessment

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

CCSS:

RST.6-8.1

, RST.6-8.2

, RST.6-8.4

Also included in: Planets and Solar System Unit

Sun Layers and Atmosphere Activity

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Inform your science students of the sun's interior and atmospheric layers using the included three pages of PRINT and DIGITAL reading worksheets, comprehension questions, and sketch note review activity. Students will learn about the core, radiation zone, convection zone, photosphere, chromosphere, and corona. They will also learn about special features of the sun, such as sunspots, the prominence, solar flares and solar winds. Like this activity? Check out my earth science bundle and save 20% b

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Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

Solar System Activities Inner and Outer Planets

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Teach your students about the inner and outer planets, comets, asteroids, and meteors of the solar system through reading worksheets, comprehension questions, and graphic organizers. Students will learn about the characteristics of terrestrial and gas giants, where the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are located in the solar system, as well as other space objects such as asteroids, comets, and meteors. Like this lesson? Check out the solar system unit an

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Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

CCSS:

Also included in: Planets and Solar System Unit

Planets and Solar System Unit

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Teach your students about the planets, asteroids, comets, and meteors of our solar system with this bundle of science worksheets, graphic organizers, a project, and a digital game. Students will demonstrate their learning of terrestrial and gas giant planets through comprehension questions, graphic organizers, a review game, and a mock social media "Planetgram" project. Like this solar system unit? Check out the bundle and save 20% by clicking here. Students will learn: Characteristics inner pla

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Grades:

5th - 7th

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CCSS:

Star Systems and Galaxies Activity Unit

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Introduce your earth science students to stars, star systems, and galaxies with the included reading worksheets and doodle sketch note graphic organizers. Students will read to learn about the characteristics, life cycle, and types of stars as well as the different types of galaxies. Digital activities are now included! Like this resource? Click here to check out the earth science bundle and save over 20%. Students will learn: About the characteristics of a starCompositionSizeColor and temperatu

Subjects:

Activities, Graphic Organizers

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

CCSS:

NGSS:

5-ESS1-1

Moon Phases Activities

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Teach students about the phases of the moon using this print and digital classroom lesson. Students will learn how the moon formed, its looks, how it affects the earth and moon phases. This lesson includes a teacher presentation, student fill-in note sheet, student worksheets, practice activities, and a classroom poster. Love these moon activities? Check out the lunar phases unit and save 20% by clicking here. This moon phases lesson includes: Teacher instructions on how to use the materials to

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Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

NGSS:

MS-ESS1-1

Also included in: Full Year Science Curriculum

Natural Disasters Activities and Project

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Need engaging lessons and activities to teach your students about extreme weather? Students will love learning about the following natural disasters; earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, tsunamis, and hurricanes. In addition, students will learn what type of natural disaster is, where, when, and how they occur, and safety precautions that should be taken. Like this Extreme Weather Natural Disaster Bundle? Check out my environmental bundle and save 20% by clicking here. This extreme weather bundle

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

RI.5.1

, RI.5.2

, RI.5.10

, RST.6-8.1

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Winter Solstice Activity Worksheets for the First Day of Winter

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Earth Sciences, Science, Winter

Looking for an informative, no prep activity to teach your students about the winter solstice? This print AND digital lesson includes 3 worksheets teaching students about the winter solstice. Comprehension science worksheets assess understanding of the December 21 solstice in the northern and southern hemispheres. This winter activity gives student-friendly information about what a solstice is and how it differs in the northern and southern hemispheres. Also included is an engaging activity for

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Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Professor Doubter NGSS SCIENCE Resources

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Also included in: Full Year Science Curriculum

Erosion Activity and Project STEM Conservation NGSS Middle School MS-ESS3-1

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This PDF resource is a fun, creative, and engaging NGSS middle school research and engineering project incorporating STEM that challenges students in 6 different erosion and soil conservation scenarios to save their house/land! In this PBL (problem-based learning) resource with worksheets, students research the type of erosion and brainstorm, design, build, and present a product to prevent or stop it. It teaches students about the effects of erosion on various places and how the uneven distribut

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Engineering, General Science

Grades:

4th - 10th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

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NGSS:

MS-ETS1-2

, MS-ESS3-1

, MS-ETS1-4

, MS-ETS1-1

Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle

Earth Science Curriculum

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Do you need ways to engage your earth science students on the topics of lunar phases, stars, galaxies, solar system, Earth's layers, Earth's rotation and revolution, tides, eclipses, weathering, erosion, rocks, and minerals? This bundle of earth science curriculum lessons offers a variety of learning methods to help students better understand concepts related to planet earth. This earth science curriculum includes science text worksheets and digital Google Slides, comprehension questions, projec

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Grades:

6th - 8th

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CCSS:

Topographic Mapping Lesson with Worksheet, Power Point, and Map Reading Activity

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Earth Sciences, Engineering, Geography

This lesson goes over how topographical maps are constructed, what their symbols mean, and what we use these maps for. The worksheet follows along with the power point presentation to keep students engaged. The map reading activity gives a students a simple topographic map that they have to answer questions by interpreting the map. This lesson is designed for late elementary through intermediate grades. Key Terms Include: - topography - contour lines - contour intervals - index contours - scal

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Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

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Snow Winter Weather Activity

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Earth Sciences, Science, Winter

Students and teachers love snow days, but do your students understand what snow is, how it forms, and what snowflakes look like? This lesson is perfect before holiday breaks, as science sub plans, or to complement a weather unit to teach students to use specific digital links to research and learn about the winter weather and snow. In addition, they will learn about 8 different types of snowflakes and how they form, different types of winter storms, and how to stay safe in the snow. Like this ac

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Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

Also included in: Winter Activities and Experiments

Soil Conservation No Prep Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, and Vocab Activity

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Earth Sciences, Environment, Vocational Education

This lesson goes over the different ways that we can conserve our soil and keep it fertile. This lesson also covers the Dust Bowl that occurred in the 1930s. The worksheet follows along with the power point presentation to keep students engaged it also works for review. The vocabulary matching activity provides all the definitions and vocabulary words used in the lesson. This lesson is designed for late elementary through intermediate grades. Key Terms Include: - natural resources - fertility

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Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

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Stars Characteristics and Life Cycle Activity

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Teach your students about a star's characteristics and life cycle through science text and graphic organizers. Students will read through the text to learn about the size, composition, brightness, and surface temperature of a star, the Hertzsprung - Russell diagram, and the life cycle that includes low and high mass stars, red giants, supergiants, supernovas, white dwarf, black dwarf, black hole, and neutron stars. Next, students will demonstrate their understanding by filling in graphic organiz

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Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

CCSS:

Also included in: Full Year Science Curriculum

Soil Formation Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, and Web Soil Survey Activity

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Basic Principles, Earth Sciences, General Science

This lesson goes over how soil is defined, what soil is composed of, and how it is produced. The worksheet follows along with the power point presentation to keep students engaged and works as a review sheet. The web soil survey takes you to the USDA's Web Soil Survey application and allows students to pin point what sort of soil surrounds their school or home. This lesson is designed for late elementary through intermediate grades. Key Terms Include: - soil - humus - fertility - loam - bedroc

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Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

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Rocks and Minerals Activity Worksheets

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Teach your students all about rocks and minerals using this print and digital activity that details what rocks and minerals are, how to identify types of rocks such as sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous, and the rock cycle. This rocks and minerals science lesson allows students to read the text to better understand what rocks and minerals are, how they form, how they are grouped, and their real-life uses. In addition to the science text, there is a hands on activity and a graphic organizer to

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

RST.6-8.1

, RST.6-8.2

, RST.6-8.10

NGSS:

MS-ESS2-1

Also included in: Full Year Science Curriculum

Air Pollution Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, and Review Page

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Earth Sciences, Environment, General Science

This power point presentation goes over different types of air pollution such as emissions and the effects of air pollution. I have used this presentation at the late elementary school level to eighth grade. It could also be used as a refresher course in early high school science classes. The terms that are defined in this presentation are: - air pollution - emissions - photochemical smog - temperature inversion - acid rain - indoor air pollution - carbon monoxide - radon - the ozone layer - t

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 10th, Higher Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

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