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Physics activities for Easel
Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy Reading Comprehension Passage
This easy to read, one page passage about heat transfer:defines heat as the transfer, or movement, of thermal energydescribes thermal energyexplains 3 different ways heat can move: radiation, conduction, and convection (with examples of each)It includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illustrations are included to accommodate black and white printing. The passage also has a compa
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, MS-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-2
Also included in: Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy Unit Bundle of 6 Science Lessons
Light Energy Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to understand, one page passage explains what light energy is and how it moves. It describes concepts like electromagnetic waves, the speed of light, reflection, and refraction. The passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illustrations are included for your convenience. The passage also has a companion YouTube video. Show the video before or after reading the p
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
4-PS4-2
, MS-PS4-2
, 4-PS3-2
Also included in: Geeta's Custom Science Shorts Reading Comprehension Bundle
Light Energy Unit: Science Stations/Centers or Labs, Activities & Experiments
This deluxe light energy unit includes five labs that can be set up as stations or centers, a full-blown experiment, extension activities, review, and assessment. Your kids will love the hands-on investigation – and you will too! This is the science unit you’ve been waiting for.Working in stations or centers saves time and uses less materials.Directions for each project are simple and easy to follow. Kids can work independently! Kids become engaged in fun activities that build understanding of l
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
4-PS3-2
Force and Motion STEM Carnival
With the force and motion STEM carnival, students will apply scientific principles of force and motion to engineer carnival games.
Included:
-26 engineering design task cards (examples include: catapult basketball, lid hockey, skee ball, magnet claw, car race, cotton ball launch, and more!
-planning sheet for students to record the rules and object of their game
-science vocab page for students to make connections between their game and the scientific vocabulary (force, motion, energy, magnets
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
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Walking Dead Lab (An Exploration of Speed, Velocity & Acceleration)
Now you can add an interactive layer to this PDF and assign it to your students through Google Classroom!Use this exciting lab to help students discover speed, velocity and acceleration and how various motions are represented graphically. This product includes almost everything you will need for this lab with the exception of measuring tape, timing device, and metal washers (or other similar weights). Before the lab, students are assigned a task (job cards are included) and 4 different "walker
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
Also included in: Custom Bundle for Marc W.
Dimensional Analysis: Zombie Survival
A new twist on dimensional analysis. This activity is for after you have taught dimensional analysis. Students need to apply the skills they learned to see if they can escape in time to avoid the incoming zombies. You can have the students compete individually or in groups and whichever individual or group gets the six problems correctly answered first is the winner.There is a worksheet for the students, a Zombie Survival Fact sheet with some conversions. The students will need to use the inform
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in: Dimensional Analysis: Winter Months Bundle (Factor Label Method)
Conductors and Insulators Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage about conductors and insulators:defines heat transfer as the movement of thermal energyexplains that some materials transfer heat and electricity better than others gives examples of thermal/electrical conductors and how they are used gives examples of thermal/electrical insulators and how they are used It includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Slides. Color and black l
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, MS-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-2
Also included in: Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy Unit Bundle of 6 Science Lessons
End of Year Science Activities - Summer School Curriculum & STEM Project
Keep them engaged with these end-of-year science activities in comic form! This is more than your basic science reading passage and project. This print-and-go potential and kinetic energy lesson plan will captivate your entire class in hands-on learning as they explore the energy transfer that occurs between kinetic energy and potential energy. Everything is presented in a science cartoon format!Cool School Comics combines the allure of comics with unique visual learning strategies to revolution
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
NGSS:
MS-PS3-4
, MS-PS3-2
Thermal Energy Activities and Heat Transfer Lab - Science Unit for 3rd, 4th, 5th
This complete unit includes eight sets of hands-on thermal energy activities, a heat transfer lab, video links, flash cards, review sheet, and assessment to help third, fourth, or fifth grade students understand key science concepts.Open the preview to take a closer look at the unit. You’ll see that the activities offer safe (and fun!) ways to explore heat in the classroom.First, using inquiry, students explore key thermal energy concepts. For each guiding question, they explore two or three sim
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
4-PS3-2
Potential and Kinetic Energy Task Cards (Google Classroom compatible)
Now you can add an interactive layer to this PDF and assign it to your students through Google Classroom!This PDF includes 32 task cards that allow teachers to assess their students' knowledge of potential and kinetic energy (please see the extensive list of content that is covered below). A student answer sheet and teacher answer key are provided. An editable task card is included so that you can add your own task card question or task.The following content/topics are included:•classifying exa
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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Also included in: A Whole Watt-a Task Cards Bundle
Kinetic vs. Potential Energy Virtual Lab
Using PhET simulations, students explore the relationship of kinetic and potential energy in a closed system. Students become aware of the Law of Conservation of Energy and also experiment with friction. The original version of this lab uses the following web page:https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park-basicsHowever, PhET has created a new and improved version of this sim available here: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/energy-skate-park/latest/energy-skate-park_all.htmlT
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS3-4
, MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-3
, MS-PS3-5
, MS-PS3-1
Also included in: Energy & Work Unit
Sound Energy Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to understand, one page passage about sound energy explains:sound travels as mechanical waveshow sound is created when a force causes matter to vibratethat sound waves travel at different frequencieshow sound waves move faster or slower through different types of matter The passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. It includes color and black-line illustrations for your convenience.
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
4-PS3-2
Also included in: Geeta's Custom Science Shorts Reading Comprehension Bundle
Radiation, Conduction & Convection Color-by-Number
Looking for a fun, engaging way to review radiation, conduction & convection with your students? Try my color-by-number activity! I teach 8th grade boys & even they LOVED this!
With this activity, your students will be asked 10 questions & they will have to determine if each one is describing radiation, conduction, or convection.
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Grades:
4th - 10th
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Light- Reflection and Refraction: Task Cards
To complete this set of task cards students will look at an example and tell if light is reflecting or refracting. A student recording sheet and answer key are included. Have fun teaching! Need more resources? This is part of a BUNDLE
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Also included in: Light - Reflection and Refraction BUNDLE
Static Electricity Electric Charges and Field Lines Activity PRINT and GOOGLE
Students "play" with static electricity charges and are challenged by an electric field game. Includes both PRINT and DIGITAL versions! This is a straightforward 2 part worksheet (separated so they can be done individually) that guides students through 5 different online simulations (from two different websites) to explore the basics of electric charges and electric fields. Part One focuses on electric charges and Part Two focuses on electric field lines. The website is given for each simula
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS2-3
, MS-PS2-5
Also included in: NGSS Aligned Middle School PHYSICAL SCIENCE Curriculum Bundle
Newton's Third Law Activity Worksheet Action and Reaction Forces
Engage some CRITICAL THINKING to review Newton's Third Law and action/reaction forces! Supports NGSS MS-PS2-2 and MS-PS2-1.Includes both PDF and DIGITAL GOOGLE SLIDES versions!⭐ Get this activity in our NEWTON'S LAWS UNIT at 40% OFF! ⭐Students are provided with 9 simple scenarios. Each is followed by 3 statements, two of which are true and one that's a lie. Students determine the LIE and then answer follow-up questions regarding forces. Then, following the model of the 9 examples they comple
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS2-2
, MS-PS2-1
Also included in: Newton's Laws Activity Bundle ALL EASY PREP 20% OFF
Density and Convection Currents Worksheet and Article Reading PRINT and GOOGLE
This reading passage is a great addition to both density and thermal energy (heat) units and is also useful when teaching weather and plate tectonics (convection in the mantle). Includes both print and Google versions!In this activity, students will:READ an article about how density creates currents in various situations, such as ocean currents, weather, plate tectonics, and currents in heating homes.ANSWER text-dependent follow-up questions.Teacher Notes:ANSWER KEY INCLUDED.Please note that th
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ESS2-3
, HS-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS2-1
, MS-PS1-4
, MS-ESS2-6
...
Also included in: Physical Science Reading Comprehension Articles Bundle
Potential Kinetic Energy Project Forms of Energy Transformations Activity
Challenge students to create a simple TOY based on ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS. Students use free or cheap supplies for their projects, but the results are incredible!⭐ Get this resource at a HUGE discount in our Energy Unit! ⭐How It Works:Students get a letter from a toy company asking them to design a toy that demonstrates an energy transformation. The letter gives them clear and specific parameters and includes a student-friendly rubric. The students present their toys to the "board of director
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-5
, HS-PS3-3
Also included in: NGSS Energy Activity BUNDLE
Force and Motion Science Unit for Early Elementary
This is a complete five/six week unit full of experiments and activities to teach about the basic concepts of force and motion - particularly push, pull, friction, and gravity.
In this unit you will receive an introduction to teaching force and motion, material lists, procedures, and data recording forms for NINE experiments, and photos to guide your work all the way. Each section is so comprehensive, that you could even hand it to a substitute teacher, and they would have everything they need
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Grades:
K - 1st
Types:
Also included in: Science Units Bundle for Early Elementary
STEM Heat Project Thermal Energy Transfer Insulator Device MS-PS3-3
Students BUILD a device to minimize thermal energy transfer and then TEST its effectiveness.This project is designed for a heat, thermal energy, and insulators/conductors unit, covering NGSS MS PS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer. At home, students design and construct a device that holds heat. They can use any materials that they have access to, and therefore don't have to buy anything. Keeping
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS3-4
, MS-PS3-3
, MS-ESS2-6
Also included in: NGSS Aligned Middle School PHYSICAL SCIENCE Curriculum Bundle
Newton's Three Laws of Motion Webquest
This webquest is a fun way to incorporate technology into the 5E model of teaching Newton's 3 Laws. It can effectively be used as part of the Engage or Explore lessons. After an introductory section, there are simulations and manipulations to go along with each of the 3 laws. This product has been updated with the EASEL feature, perfect to use with distance or virtual learning! It can be assigned to students in a Google Classroom. You can either use the digital overlay already created, or c
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
Also included in: Six Science Webquests Bundle
Its a Gas Lab Activity: Kinetic Molecular Theory and Gas Laws
This lab activity is designed to encourage students to apply the Kinetic Molecular Theory and the gas laws to eight examples that they observe.
Students will work in groups to analyze and evaluate behaviors of gases in eight stations. Students will then sketch what they see, write an explanation of what’s happening, (in terms of the Kinetic Molecular Theory), and justify which gas law best fits the example.
Included in this activity packet are:
Station cards
Student notes on the Kinetic Molecul
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Types:
Ocean Currents, Waves & Tides Worksheets No Prep | Printable & Digital
This is a great supplement for students to review/assess and strengthen their knowledge about OCEAN CURRENTS, WAVES & TIDES.It includes total 10 worksheets. Every worksheet is informative, engaging and different from one another. Students will enjoy completing each worksheet.It can be used as a small group, science center, mini assessment, a study guide, quiz or individual activity.You can take out the print of this WORKSHEETS on standard A4 size (8.5x11.7 inch) with very good quality of res
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
Real World Uses of Magnets Reading Article and Worksheet Magnetism Sub Plan
This magnets reading passage gives students a REAL-WORLD CONNECTION to what they're learning! Students will read about how magnets are used in the world around us - from electric motors to speakers to MRI machines. Includes both PRINT and DIGITAL versions! ⭐ Get this at a HUGE discount in our Physical Science Top 10 Lists Bundle!In this activity, students will:READ a 2-page article about the top 10 ways we use magnets in the real world. Each use is covered in one paragraph.ANSWER text-depende
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-PS2-5
, MS-PS2-3
, MS-PS2-5
Also included in: Physical Science Reading Comprehension Articles Bundle
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