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High school Earth Day algebra laboratories
Climate Change Stations Lab - Student-Led Climate Change Stations
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Student-led lab stations are a great way to get your kids moving and interacting with content in a variety of fun and engaging ways! Students will learn, interact, and engage with new content about climate change, global warming, and the greenhouse effect! These ten stations focus on greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide emissions, greenhouse effect, and the causes and effects of climate change. All stations are neatly presented, have easy to understand directions, and require minimal prep fr
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Grades:
8th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ESS2-4
, MS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-6
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Also included in: Earth Science Stations Labs Growing Discount Bundle
Distance Formula Lesson (Discovery Lab)
This is a discovery activity that will guide your students to deriving the distance formula using the Pythagorean Theorem. This is a partner activity that is an introduction before you give notes.
This resource includes:
-Background Building Activity
-A Discovery Activity
-Reflection
Grades:
7th - 10th
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CCSS:
Also included in: Pythagorean Theorem Activities
Global Warming Climate Change Unit Text Activity Quiz Test Lesson Plan Bundle
SAVE OVER 45%! This climate change unit is engaging, data-driven, and provides a large variety of activities and assessments. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO TEACH A COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE CHANGE UNIT IS INCLUDED. All of the work has been done for you - from start to finish! Reflect the rigor of NGSS with the included texts, engaging activities, and assessments. This unit has a little bit of everything, even a sub plan. The resources included provide numerous opportunities for data analysis and cri
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-4
, HS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-4
Human Impact on Environment Activities: Land Use, Urbanization, & Sustainability
This is an engaging bundle of environmental science activities on land use and urbanization. Students will learn about urban planning, heat islands, the history of urbanization, impacts of cities & climate change. Human impacts on the environment are interwoven throughout these lessons to provide students with a good basis for any environmental science or APES course. This activity set is the perfect addition to a sustainability unit in a high school Environmental Science course. Teacher pag
Subjects:
Grades:
10th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ETS1-3
, HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-4
, HS-ETS1-1
Also included in: Environmental Science Lab and Activity Bundle for High School
Experimental Probability Activity (dice lab)
In this activity students work with a partner to roll a pair of dice (many times) and record the sum of the dice in a data collection sheet. Once the data has been collected the students are walked through the process of calculating the experimental probability for each sum and then the theoretical probability for each sum and are asked questions about the differences they find between the values. Students also make a bar graph using the percentages for theoretical probability and can visually s
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Grades:
7th - 11th
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Backyard Project - Perimeter, Area, and Volume - Real World Applications
This project is the culmination of the perimeter, area, volume unit. It can be used as a task for the Common Core, or real world application of the measurement unit. Students estimate the cost to build a backyard, with a swimming pool, deck, shed, playset area, garden, and brick walkway. Using the calculations and costs associated with purchasing materials needed to construct the different parts, students will generate the total cost of the project, without labor. With the dimensions provide
Grades:
8th - 10th
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Algebra Lab: Quadratics - Using the Vertex Formula with Water Rockets!
Are you the type of teacher who will go that extra mile to get your students involved. Then have I got a lab for you! Build and launch water rockets to help your students connect with quadratics and the vertex formula.
With just a few simple and inexpensive PVC parts from the local home improvement store, and a bicycle pump, you can build yourself a simple and fun water bottle rocket launcher. And the rockets are simple 2-liter soda bottles, but boy do they fly!
See my students launching wa
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
Pond Water MICROORGANISMS BIOINDICATORS of Water Pollution 46 Reference
Students observe and identify pond water microorganisms with microscopes to determine if it is polluted or not. Here are 46 reference cards of protists and invertebrates with pollutant tolerance levels indicated. Some common protists and pond organisms can be used as bioindicators. Are you studying MS-ESS3-3 or HS-ESS3-4 and discussing the impact that humans have on our waterways? For years I have taken my middle school classes to a nearby pond to collect organisms to look at under the microsc
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-4
How Many Licks to the Center of a Tootsie Pop? Statistics!
Looking for novel way to get your middle school students excited about math and statistics?!
This file contains everything you need to conduct the experiment (except the Tootsie Pops!) that answers the age old question "How many licks does it take to get the center of a tootsie pop?" The lesson covers mean, median, mode, range, outliers, tables, graphs, box and whisker plots, data collection, pre and post discussion questions, experimental procedures, and student reflection. I also provided a s
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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Microorganisms as BIOINDICATORS OF WATER POLLUTION In a Pond Activity BUNDLE
Here is a set of 46 bioindicator microorganism identification cards for students to use as they search for creatures using microscopes looking at pond water. Also included is a data collection form and a final project rubric. Please see the descriptions and previews of each of the two products.
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-4
Graphing Activity: Historic CO2 Levels (Paleoclimate)
A great activity for Earth Day in the middle school, or for teaching climate change in an Earth Science class!----------------------------------------------------Middle school students often know that CO2 levels on earth are rising, and that there is a lot of concern about how the climate will change as a result of this increase.However, most students are not aware of the historic and cyclical changes of CO2 here on Earth that affect history climates, often referred to a Paleoclimate.-----------
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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Vector Addition "Road Trip" Lab Activity
Overview:In this activity, students will use both the tip-to-tail graphing method and the analytical components method of vector addition in order to determine the resultant displacement of two, cross-country, trips which each have three individual "legs."Materials:Ruler, Protractor, Pencil, Calculator, Handout
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Grades:
10th - 12th
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Nonrenewable Energy Resources - Cookie Mining Activity
THIS RESOURCE IS PART OF MY EARTH BUNDLE FOR A BIG DISCOUNT! Give your students a hands on and authentic learning experience as you study the processes behind obtaining fossil fuels. This cookie mining lab provokes students to strategize, work collaboratively, and gain understanding on the difficulties with mining nonrenewables for energy resources. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Students will have a change to analyze and interpret seve
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Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Environmental Science Bundle - Repurposing Project and Lab Activities
Water Conservation Lab: Design & Carry Out a Study - NGSS: Distance Learning
In this activity NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) aligned activity, students (Part 1:) design and carry out a study to calculate how much water will be saved if they turn the water off while brushing their teeth, and (Part 2:) design and carry out a loner-term study at home to calculate how much water can be conserved. The lesson proceeds as follows: 1. First, students watch a short video on water conservation, and the growing water shortage crisis worldwide. They answer a few questio
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Flip Book Transformation Project
Students create a flip book using Power Point to discover and/or apply properties of geometric transformations. The student handout provides detailed instructions on how to create the flip book which includes using the “duplicate slide” feature in Power Point. Students are required* to create a minimum of 10 slides with 4 different movements. Students are given the opportunity to choose what type of movements they use within given parameters. This choice provides the opportunity for great di
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in: Transformations Bundle
Investigating the Spread of a Viral Outbreak
Students in grades 5 - 9 model the spread of an infectious disease under the entertaining theme of a zombie outbreak. One student unknowingly is patient zero and students simulate the spread of an airborne illness. This highly engaging activity covers health topics, nature of science, and math skills as students graph data in a line plot. Higher level students can be challenged to find the function of the exponential growth of the outbreak.
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Math Lab: Terminating and Repeating Decimals/DISTANCE LEARNING/NO PREP
This is a GREAT lab for students to discover the value of patterns in our wonderful world of mathematics! * In the lesson, students DO discover a relationship between fractions and decimals beginning with NINETEEN FRACTIONS THAT STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO DIVIDE THE NUMERATOR BY THE DENOMINATOR ON EACH.* Students learn the meaning of the terms "terminating" and "repeating" relative to decimals.* Students learn how and when it is appropriate to use the bar above repeating decimals. *
Grades:
6th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Solving Systems of Equations by Substitution Station Rotation
A Hands-On Approach to Solving Systems of Equations by Substitution. This activity helps students to really understand the substitution method by having them physically replace a variable with its equivalent value.
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Grades:
8th - 10th
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Mission to Mars Lab: Design a Ship to Feed Astronauts |NGSS| Distance Learning
This ecology project is packed full of NGSS standards, and engages students in STEM activities. It proceeds as follows:1. First, students consider the hurdles involved in a manned-trip to Mars2. Then, students use concepts in ecology to design and create a self-sustaining food room for astronauts3. Finally, students evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of their mini-ecosystem Time Frame: The initial set up of the project requires one or two classes. Students can then make observations for a f
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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Inverse Function Investigation with Desmos.com
In this online investigation, students use Desmos.com as a substitute for the traditional graphing calculator to investigate properties of inverse functions. This is a great introductory activity into inverse functions as it gives students a visual understanding of what a function and its inverse can look like. In the activity, students are instructed to create a table of values for a function, create the table of values for the inverse function, and graph the line y=x. In so doing, students
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Grades:
8th - 9th
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CCSS:
Scatterplots Linear Regression Line of Best Fit Forearms & Height (Editable)
After teaching my students about scatterplots, correlation, and the line of best fit, I take a day for them to do a hands-on lab, in which they measure their height (in inches) and their forearm length (from the tip of their elbow, to the bony point on their wrist), and we plot the class data, write the equation of the line of best fit, and then use the equation generated both forwards and backwards. They will need 45 minutes to an hour to do this in class.
I have found that if the students br
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
Geometry - Graphing Special Lines-Parallel and Perpendicular-Two Investigations
This activity contains two investigations. First Investigation:• On the graph provided, students graph each of the pairs of points and draw a line through the pair of points.• The students study the two lines and conjecture that the two lines are parallel.• Then the students find the slope of the two given lines to notice that when the lines were parallel the slope of the two lines are equal.• Students repeat these three steps with four more points. • After students know that two parallel lines
Grades:
8th - 10th
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Geology Aquifers fun edible lab Middle School Science and Homeschool
Do your middle school science students love to eat candy in school? Do not fight it but embrace it by having them build an edible aquiferThis lesson is terrific both for the classroom teacher and homeschoolMake science FUN Included in this lesson is1. Prelab with questions2. Detailed instructions on the materials and procedure3. Extension if you would like to have your students go further into the subject Materials Clear plastic cupsIce cream scoopSpoonsDrinking straws Blue/red food coloringV
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
Also included in: Earth Science Geology Bundle for Middle School Science & Home School
Google Earth: Latitude & Longitude Lab
Have your students travel the world on Google Earth while learning about Latitude and Longitude! Students will use Google Earth to search for various locations throughout the lab and state their latitude/ longitude locations. Students will end by answering questions based on latitude/ longitude diagrams from the NYS Earth Science Regents Exam. Perfect for Distance Learning!
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Grades:
8th - 12th
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Also included in: Earth Science Starter Pack!
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