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8th grade science projects for Google Apps
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
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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Grades:
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
Real World Robot Research Project for Middle School Robotics and STEM Sub Plans
Why do we need to know about robots? What are robots used for today? What are examples of robots in everyday life? This real-world robot research project will help your middle school students discover answers to these questions and more!Get all the Intro to Robotics resources here and SAVE! In this engaging project, students meet Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core State Standards (CCSS) as they research a real-world robot of their choice. Your students will use assigned web
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Grades:
6th - 9th
The Lion King - Food Chains & Webs, Relationships, & Biomes
**UPDATED TO INCLUDE BOTH DIGITAL (formatting updated as of 4/2024) AND PRINT VERSIONS and you can download the clips file if you don't want students to watch the entire movie** In this activity, students will be expected to watch either the entire Lion King movie or clips to complete the movie guide, which asks ecology related questions. Students will show their understanding of food chains, food webs, symbiotic relationships, and biomes as they watch a favorite movie through a science lens. Af
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
NGSS:
HS-LS2-4
, HS-LS2-6
, HS-LS2-8
Famous Scientists Research Project - Digital - End of Year Science Activity
Science Google™ Classroom Activity | Engaging Science ProjectStudents will research a scientist and design a digital wanted poster. This activity is 100% paperless! Teachers, all you need to do is download and share the Google™ slides with your students. Your students will love the custom graphics and realistic wanted poster templates I have created. To further understand what is included, please read below.Included:✔ Student Direction Page (sets clear guidelines) ✔ List of Famous Scientists✔ Tw
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5th - 8th
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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
Animal Research Project Templates | Research Reports Writing Animal Adaptations
Create the EXACT animal research project you want for your students with these customizable animal report templates. Choose from 25 digitally designed (EDITABLE) templates in Google Slides for your end of the year research projects or anytime throughout the year. Students will use the slides to share all about an animal they researched while working with all sorts of text features (headings, table of contents, photos, captions, fun facts, bold words, glossary, and more).Want more report template
Fetal Pig Paper Dissection -Scienstructable 3D Dissection Model
Soooweee, this pig model looks just like the real thing and is the perfect alternative or supplement to your fetal pig exploration! You'll love our eco-friendly 3D Scienstructable dissection models which can be used as a dissection-free exploration, a pre-dissection tool, or as a summative assessment for comparative anatomy. Let's get shakin' bacon!WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 5-7 DAY LESSON:• 25 EDITABLE PowerPoint slides with bellwork, instructions, notes and embedded answer key to handouts• 28 NON
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
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
Invasive Species Project - Wanted Poster - Distance Learning Google Classroom
Great for Ecology Distance Learning Students will create a wanted poster that displays the ecological crime of one invasive species. This project includes BOTH a Google™ slide digital version and a printable (pdf) option. This way, if you need a print and go assignment or a digital Google™ classroom assignment, you are covered. To further understand what is included, please read below.Printable and Digital Pages Included:Student direction page (sets clear guidelines) Invasive species sign up she
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Ecology Project Bundle for Google Classroom - Ecology Distance Learning
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
...
STEM Activities and Challenges Low Prep Engineering Design Process and Careers
The best variety of low prep STEM activities you'll find! These 20 STEM and STEAM activities can be completed with readily available materials and minimal prep - you can even use these for sub plans! Students will get hands-on exploring different STEM careers with these activities. Each activity is designed to take about one class period however the activity can span across two class periods to give ample time for redesigns and re-testing, or for a repeat challenge using different materials.Thes
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Engineering and STEM Careers Research Project and Activities for Middle School
Teaching students about exciting STEM careers is one of the most important things we can do to inspire our next generation of scientists and engineers! But, what does it mean to have a career in STEM? What are some STEM career examples? You can answer these questions and more with this multi-day research project. Grab all the Engineering resources and save today!In this project, students meet science, reading, and writing standards as they research an engineering career of their choice and creat
Grades:
6th - 9th
Skeletal System - Bones of the Skeleton Project
The hip bone's connected to the thigh bone... connect all the major bones of the human body and identify major joints in this creative project where students create a skeleton and put it in a scene!WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 2-3 DAY PROJECT:• 5 NON-EDITABLE PDF pages • ExamplesSTUDENTS WILL:• Use their knowledge of the skeletal system to cut out and assemble a skeleton template• Label the bones• Identify the joints• Place the skeleton in a fun sceneCHECK OUT OUR OTHER HUMAN BODY PRODUCTS :• Human B
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-7
, MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-8
Periodic Table Project Design Your Own
My students love this Periodic Table project for which they design their own Periodic Table because it gives them a chance to express themselves, and to own the concept of periodicity! I always notice an increase in chemistry-enthusiasm during and after this project. I introduce this after I teach my students about the groups, periods, families and sections of the periodic table.The possible themes for this project are practically limitless because kids come up with the most interesting topics t
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Grades:
7th - 9th
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NGSS:
HS-PS1-1
Cell Organelles - Cell Analogy Project - Science Google Classroom
Science Distance Learning | Cell Organelle Project for Google™ ClassroomIn many ways, a cell can be compared to a city. A cell contains different parts that each serve a function. A city is also made of different departments, each part helps the city run. In this project, students will create their own analogy for a cell. They can compare a cell to many different things such as a school, an amusement park, a baseball game, or anything else they can imagine. Full creativity and student choice wil
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
Also included in: Life Science Activities - Mega Bundle - Back to School Science
Earthworm Paper Dissection -Scienstructable 3D Dissection Model
Your kids will really dig this worm model that gives them all the exploration without all the mess. You'll love our eco-friendly 3D Scienstructable dissection models which can be used as a dissection-free exploration, a pre-dissection tool, or as a summative assessment for comparative anatomy. No one will want to wiggle out of this assignment!WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 3-5 DAY LESSON:• 12 EDITABLE PowerPoint slides with bellwork, instructions, notes and embedded answer key to handouts• 12 NON-EDITA
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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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Also included in: Dissection - Invertebrate Animals Bundle - Distance Learning
Graphing Project Data Analysis Great White Shark Bar Graph Pie Chart Scatterplot
What kid isn’t fascinated by the mysterious and terrifying Great White Shark?! This paper OR digital graphing activity will get your students involved in graphing real data from the amazing website Ocearch! Students will learn about 4 different types of graphs–- bar graphs, scatterplots, pie charts, and line graphs–- and they will create 5 different graphs and analyze them using data they collect from the Ocearch database.Ocearch is a scientific data collection organization that tracks the movem
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-3
Sea Star - Starfish Paper Dissection - Scienstructable 3D Dissection Model
This authentic sea star dissection model will be the star of your dissection lesson! You'll love our eco-friendly 3D Scienstructable dissection models which 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 3-5 DAY LESSON:• 17 EDITABLE PowerPoint slides with bellwork, instructions, notes and embedded answer key to handouts• 13 NON-EDITABLE PDF handouts→ Guided reading PDF→ Differentiated graphic orga
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS4-3
, MS-LS4-1
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS4-2
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Also included in: Dissection - Invertebrate Animals Bundle - Distance Learning
Ecosystem Biome Diorama Project
Is it the Mojave Desert, or the Red Sea? Are you creating a Costa Rican rainforest, or a sub-Saharan rainforest in Africa? Students get creative as they make a realistic miniature model of an aquatic or terrestrial biome in this fun project. WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 5-7 DAY LESSON:• 5 page NON-EDITABLE PDF handout with student directions and template• Rubric• DIGITAL GOOGLE CLASSROOM links to all items listed above which can be easily converted to Microsoft School with directions provided or alte
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5th - 10th
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Force and Motion STEM project Egg Drop Challenge Engineering Design Process
Looking for a fun way for students to use their knowledge of force, Newton's laws, and practice their engineering skills? This egg drop STEM engineering design process challenge will get your students designing, testing, investigating, thinking like a disciplinarian, and acting as engineers as they improve their egg structures to mimic the Mars rover landing. ✎Print and digital versions This engineering design STEM project includes:✅ Teacher guide for doing the activity✅ Student handouts for t
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Science Fair Bundle | Printable, Digital & Editable
SAVE 20% by purchasing the Science Fair Bundle! This product includes EVERYTHING you and your students need for the Science Fair!This bundle includes:• A Student's Guide to Research ProjectsA student preparation guide to primary and secondary research projects, which includes guidelines, timelines, worksheets and helpful tips• A Teacher's Guide to a Science FairA teacher preparation guide, which includes worksheets, timelines and best practices to conduct a Science Fair• Science Fair AssistantA
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3rd - 10th, Staff
Design an Efficient House - Renewable Energy Project - With Google Classroom
Now includes a Google Classroom version, perfect for distance learning!Great for Earth Day or as an end of the year project!In this problem-based learning activity, students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of renewable energy sources by designing their own EcoHouse. Students are provided with an invitation to become citizens of Energize City, which requires that they design a home with requirements related to energy efficiency, sustainability, and alternative energy. This activity w
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3rd - 8th
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MS-ESS2-6 Climate Project - Ocean Currents & Global Winds
Bring your weather and climate unit to life with this fun, 5-day project! With this resource, you will have everything you need to guide your students through this NGSS, student-centered investigation of a city of their choice. Students will gain a real-world perspective on how the latitude, global winds, and ocean currents affect the climate of a coastal area. This investigation is in 5 parts: Choose a city and determine its latitudeResearch and summarize the city's climateResearch and model (u
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-6
Also included in: Weather Activity Bundle
Shark Paper Dissection - Scienstructable 3D Dissection Model
Duh dun, duh dun, this shark model looks just like the real thing and is the perfect alternative or supplement to your shark exploration! You'll love our eco-friendly 3D Scienstructable dissection models which can be used as a dissection-free exploration, a pre-dissection tool, or as a summative assessment for comparative anatomy. Sink your teeth into this one!WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 5-7 DAY LESSON:• 24 EDITABLE PowerPoint slides with bellwork, instructions, notes and embedded answer key to hand
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS4-3
, MS-LS4-1
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS4-2
...
Also included in: Dissection - Vertebrate Animals Bundle - Distance Learning
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