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Middle school informational text laboratory pdfs
Chemical Reaction Activities with Pennies - Penny Science Lab - Oxidation
Are you looking for a really fun chemical reaction lab? You will love Chemical Reactions with Pennies! Chemical reactions are fun to study! These three labs using pennies for chemical reactions demonstrate many science concepts. An easy and exciting set of experiments that demonstrate chemical reactions and other science concepts! This resource includes three hands-on lessons aligned with NGSS for 5th grade and Middle School Chemistry. The three lessons use easy-to-find materials such as pennie
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Grades:
5th - 7th
NGSS:
MS-PS1-4
, 5-PS1-1
Also included in:Â Middle School NGSS Science Bundle & Bell Ringers & 5-E Lessons & Assessments
Weathering and Erosion Middle School Earth Science
This is an activity on weathering and erosion. It includes a lab, reading passages, and follow-up pages. Students will love the engaging lab on weathering! Students will see how the earth's processes like weathering and erosion have changed the surface of the Earth over time. This resource includes:informational text passages on weathering and erosiona lablab pagesFollow-up pagesanswer keysThis resource is designed to meet the standard for NGSS Earths Systems:MS-ESS2-2. Construct an explanation
Grades:
5th - 7th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-2
Also included in:Â Middle School NGSS Science Bundle & Bell Ringers & 5-E Lessons & Assessments
Density Column and Relative Density of Liquids and Solids - Stacked Layers
Students learn about density by making a density column! Students will be able to see that density is a property of matter. This resource includes a really fun, hands-on lesson, a close reading activity with a nonfiction passage, Interactive Notebook flaps and folds, and response pages. Density Column Includes:Lesson PlanLayered BookTwo pages of informational textResponse pagesInteractive Notebook InsertsThis lesson is aligned with NGSS for 5th grade and Middle School:NGSS 5-PS1-1.Develop a mod
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in:Â NGSS Middle Chemical Reactions and Density Bundle
Make an Electromagnet STEM Challenge
Students will make an electromagnet using STEM engineering skills. They will design, test, and refine their electromagnet through investigation. Aligned with NGSS for third and fourth grade.This resource includes two lessons. One is a STEM Engineering lesson on making an electromagnet. The other is a reading informational text lesson that comes with a 3-page informational text article on magnets. This resource includes flaps and folds for interactive notebooks. This lesson is aligned with NGS
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, 3-PS2-3
, 3-PS2-4
Also included in:Â 4th Grade Science NGSS PLUS Reading Informational Text Passages CCSS
Density Integrated Science, Math and ELA Lessons NGSS Aligned.
Density is an interesting property of matter. This unit starts with phenomena. This resource integrates three subjects into two great lessons on density. The integrated math, ELA, and science lessons on density will help your students understand this concept. Students will learn about density in solids and how to calculate the volume of a rectangular solid.This Density Unit Includes:•Step By Step Directions•Two Lesson plans•Reading passage•Follow up pages•Interactive notebook insertsNGSS Alignme
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in:Â NGSS Middle Chemical Reactions and Density Bundle
Scientific Method Sequence Display Cards
Scientific Method Display Cards are a great resource to reinforce the steps to the scientific method as well a supporting science fair project work. This product includes two levels of differentiation, one with picture supported text and the second level using sight word sentences. It is recommended that the two levels are attached to the front and back of sentence strips to create an instructional activity that can be used to address diverse literacy skills within the same activity.Scientific
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K - 12th
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Properties of Water - Adhesion and Cohesion - Drops of Water on a Penny
Students will love these fun experiments with water and they will learn about cohesion, adhesion, and surface tension. Students will learn about cohesion and adhesion in this unit. It includes reading passages and three labs. Students will love the drops of water on a penny lab!Properties of Water Adhesion and Cohesion Includes:Three Labs with 5 E lessonsTwo pages of Informational textResponse pagesNGSS Standards Addressed:5-PS1-1. Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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NGSS:
5-PS1-3
Also included in:Â 5th Grade NGSS Science Curriculum Plus Reading Informational Text Units
Plant Life Experiment - Colorful Carnations Using Scientific Method (STEM)
Students will love this investigation and experiment exploring a plant's life cycle. Create a rainbow carnation garden from white carnations and food coloring. Meets Common Core Standards. This packet includes all the essentials plus optional expansion materials that are common core aligned. Student worksheets focus on a step by step approach to the scientific method. There are several opportunities for cooperative learning in small groups. The preview for this product is extensive, but this is
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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Earth's Spheres and Cycles Unit STEM Oil Spill Lab
This is a great interactive, engaging unit bundle targeted for an older age group grades 5-9. This unit displays the content in a variety of ways and has built in hands on activities. I choose to utilize the bundle as seen bellow. It is up to you how you choose to implement it into your classroom. I hope it brings you as much success as it did for me! Day 1: Introduced Earth's Cycles and Spheres Unit Read Earth's Spheres Article as class and completed comprehension check Day 2: Earth's Sp
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Chemical and Physical Changes / Interactions of Matter/ Fun Science Labs 5.P.3
This product contains 6 self-directed labs on physical and chemical interactions of matter. This product is loaded with science vocabulary and informational text. The first three labs provide examples of physical interactions/changes of matter. The next three are examples of chemical interactions/changes of matter. The labs are designed to be performed in sequence over a period of roughly two weeks. Each lab explains the last and introduces/reviews science terminology. These labs were desig
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5th - 12th
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Plants Respond to Stimuli
All living things respond to stimuli. Plants respond to light by turning their leaves toward a light source, gravity, by directing the growth of their roots downward and temperature by how well the plant itself will grow. Plants Respond to Stimuli is a set of 3 labs designed to assist students in discovering how plants respond to light, gravity and temperature. Each experiment has a duration time of about a week’s worth of observations. They each require minimal materials which can be found rea
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Ultimate Halloween Science Unit!
Are you looking for a Halloween Science Unit that is not just themed Halloween but they actually learn real science, literacy, and Halloween Topics? If so, this is the unit for you.
The Ultimate Halloween Unit will have your students preparing for those science and literacy standards and they won't even know it!
Here is what is included in the Ultimate Halloween Science Unit:
Halloween Labs:
Students will conduct two labs that use simple to find materials. These Halloween Labs focus ha
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Bread Mold Experiment
This activity was used to go along with a "Characteristics of Living Things" unit. This product contains directions for setting up an experiment that explores how moisture affects the rate of mold growth on bread. Students are required to identify the parts of the experiment, form a hypothesis, and collect data over the course of 1-2 weeks. This product also contains a graphing component, where students create a double line graph to show how moisture affected mold growth over the course of th
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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The Practice of Science Unit and Lesson Plans
The Practice of Science Unit lessons
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The Practice of Science Unit has everything you need to start the year off teaching science. This unit teaches the basics of science which will form the foundation for everything your students will learn in science during the upcoming school year. Students are taught how to complete a lab with step by step instructions and given the reasoning behind each step and component in the scientific process.
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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Earth Science Rocks: Reading Passages, Interactive Notebook, & Lab
This Rocks Unit is a perfect way to incorporate reading skills into the content area.
Unit includes Close Reading passages for:
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Igneous Rocks
The Rock Cycle
Suggestions for use are included, and each passage includes quick check questions for comprehension assessment
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Interactive Notebook Activities
Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic Rocks (individual foldables as well as 2 different foldables for all
Grades:
4th - 8th
Mass, Distance, and Gravity Inquiry and Phenomena Based Science Lesson
You will love how easy this experiment based lesson makes teaching science through inquiry and phenomena! Perfect for grades 3-5 science and STEM.An engaging way to learn about the relationship between mass, distance, and gravity.You get:•Teacher Planning Guide with ideas and examples•Sample Teacher Planning Guide for a model project•Project Week Lesson Plan•Mystery Challenges (Activate and Build Schema)•Mystery Challenge Think Sheet•Research Scavenger Hunt•Read All About It Informational Text•P
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in:Â 5th Grade Science Full Year Tennessee Standards
History / Psychology: War Propaganda
This analysis of the mass use of propaganda during war is rich with interesting and insightful details that is certain to provoke energetic classroom discussions. Useful in both an American or World History class, and/ or in a Psychology class, this activity offers a wide-range of perspectives and pieces of evidence for students to closely inspect, evaluate, and discuss. Also included in this analysis are two short assessment pieces that measure reading and listening comprehension skills, as wel
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Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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CCSS:
Spring STEM Challenge - Density Rainbow in a Jar
This bundle gives your students a chance to experience the effects of density firsthand. Your students will create their liquid rainbows in a jar while learning about density and how rainbows form! This activity can be used as a fun seasonal activity or can be incorporated into your lesson plans and graded for science and more!What's included:Activity overviewLab steps6 lab questionsAn informational reading about densityRainbow research worksheetCorresponding crossword puzzleGrading Rubric with
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
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The Water Cycle an Intergrated Science, Reading and Writing Unit
This unit contains 3 labs, two reading passages, a writing prompt,and vocabulary activity in the following formats:a literature based reading passage and expository reading passage designed to interest and instruct the students on the concept s of how water changes phases of matter and the water cycle. This unit also includes three hands on activities or labs formatted to instruct the science concept as well as the scientific process to students. These labs guide students to explore in lab #1:
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Paper Airplane v. Airplane Reading Worksheet
This can be used as an informational text in language arts about flight or to accompany the Paper Airplane Lab in science (found in my TPT store!)
This is a BDA worksheet (before, during, after) that includes vocabulary and contrasting exercises.
This reading can be downloaded for free in my TPT store!
Grades:
4th - 7th
Paper Airplane STEM Lab
A super simple paper airplane STEM Lab! In this lab, students are given a chance to create their own paper airplane using a sheet of printer paper and paperclips. Then, it's off the airport to see who can make their plane fly the furthest. Lab Instructions: Teacher I usually have my students complete The Force Fours of Flight and questions first to kind of build background knowledge and to kind of get them hooked. Plus, it allows them to already be familiar with the forces of flight prior to the
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Biology Reading: River Blindness--Cause and Treatment
Looking to supplement an assessment or classroom activity with an interesting and challenging expository reading? Look no further! This reading on River Blindness (Onchocerciasis) and the parasitic worm behind it is an outstanding resource for grades 7-12, and beyond. Written in a highly informative and creative manner, this beautifully illustrated reading takes students into the fascinating world of parasitic diseases in general, and onchocerciasis in particular. Perfect for in-class use as an
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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NGSS:
HS-LS2-6
NGSS Density And Buoyancy Workbook
NGSS Density And Buoyancy Workbook is a collection of ready to use lessons, activities, labs, graphs and problem solving worksheets. This workbook is great for supplementing your science curriculum:
This workbook includes:
Density Lesson
Calculating Density
Density Problems
Rockin’ Density Problems
Constructing and Analyzing Density Graphs Density, Sinking, Floating and Density Graphs Test Changing the Density of a Liquid worksheet
The Floating Egg Experiment
Is it a Floater or a Sinker Activ
Grades:
4th - 12th
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How do Airplanes Fly? What makes paper airplanes fly?
These two readings have been complied using information from several online resources which are found at the bottom of the second page.
Use these two readings to accompany the research section of the Paper Airplane Lab on my TPT store.
**Reading comprehension worksheet to accompany the readings is available in my TPT store!**
Grades:
4th - 7th
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