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9th grade earth sciences simulations
Earthquake Jello Lab Activity STEM
This lab or activity is a hands-on and collaborative learning lesson that incorporates the following:
STEM
Earthquakes
Geology
Engineering
Design
Real-World Connections
Problem Solving
Inferencing and Predicting
Materials: this handout, mini-marshmellows, toothpicks, jello
Overview: Students will work together to tackle a real-world problem: engineers are constantly working to design and build buildings that can survive the impact of serious earthquakes. I show students some videos and picture
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5th - 10th
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Genetic Drift Bug Exploration Simulation Inquiry Activity for Teaching Evolution
Your students can listen to you as you tell them about evolution by genetic drift. But, what if they could develop their own understanding of evolution by genetic drift by simulating the process in this Genetic Drift Bug exploration activity. This activity simulates the random change that alleles get passed on to successive generations resulting in the change in allele frequencies over time in a population. Directions are included for a student-led or teacher led experience. You choose! You can
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Grades:
8th - 11th
NGSS:
HS-LS4-2
, HS-LS4-3
, MS-LS4-4
, MS-LS4-6
, HS-LS4-5
Carbon Cycle Close Reading and Lab Demo
This close reading and lab demonstration works great with your volcanoes or carbon cycle units!Lake Nyos is a volcanic lake in Cameroon, Africa. An inactive volcano below the lake was slowly releasing carbon dioxide into the lake. As the lake overturned and and carbon dioxide was released, thousands of people and livestock in the surrounding areas suffocated and died overnight. Included in this purchase:- 2 page close reading article titled "Killer Carbon" with follow up questions. Two versions
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Science Nonfiction Article Bundle
Ocean Floor Mapping Battleship Game
Teacher Review: "My students are obsessed with this activity! They even ask to play during indoor recess!" - Turner's Teaching Troop (January 22, 2020)Ocean Floor Mapping Battleship includes 36 unique maps of the ocean floor, a recording sheet, a detailed lesson plan with suggested pre-game activities, a blank map students can use to draw their own ocean floor, a diagram showing the layers of the ocean, and easy to follow game instructions. Field tested with sixth-graders, this game challenges s
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Earth Science Games Bundle
Tides Lab Using Water Balloons - Hands On Experience That Kids LOVE!
This lab is a really fun way to use discovery and investigation to teach students how gravity and inertia cause tides, along with the moon. The cost is low (a package of water balloons and yarn) and it is a great activity to get kids moving and outside. They work in small groups and go through a series of steps and procedures and record data. This was one of the most fun labs of the year for students and was instrumental is having kids understand why we have high tides on the side of the Earth c
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Half-Life Lab: Use a Candy Simulation to Teach Radioactive Decay!
Let your students explore the concept of half-lives while enjoying candy! This simulation can serve as an introduction to the topic or as a piece of reinforcement. Not to mention, your students will be gaining experience using a data table to build their graphing skills!
This purchase includes a teacher instructions page, student lab pages, and an answer key for teachers! Don't let your students get bored during your chemistry or geology unit!
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Grades:
6th - 11th
Extreme Weather Interactive Simulation Lab- Tornados, Thunderstorms & Hurricanes
**NO FLASH REQUIRED** This is an ONLINE, INTERACTIVE SIMULATION LAB about Extreme Weather. My students enjoyed this lab because it presents the material in a fun, game-like manner.Includes: PART I: Build a Tornado & determine the Fujita Scale based on the damage it caused. PART II: Build the largest Thunderstorm from three weather variables. PART III: Build a Hurricane and see how land and cold water weakens it and PART IV: EXTRA CREDIT - Another Hurricane Simulation..The Lab is Step by
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5th - 11th
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Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Stations Student Workbook
*This workbook is designed to go along with the "Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Stations" that's FREE!Dowloading my FREE "Weatering, Erosion, and Deposition Stations" will keep your students MOVING! Designed to fit in one class period, your students will build on what they have been taught in the classroom concerning weathering, erosion, and deposition. This is a great way to reinforce material in your Earth Science classroom, or a great way to review for state standards assessments. You ca
Grades:
4th - 9th
Date a Dinosaur Half-Life Activity
This activity allows students to work with the concepts of radioactive decay as it pertains to radiometric dating. Students use construction paper to model the radioactive decay of various substances, ultimately creating a graph that they use to date a variety of prehistoric specimens. This zip file includes 1. Teacher Directions Sheet, 2. Student Sheet, 3. PowerPoint
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Predator/Prey Interactions: Penguins & Whales (Hands-on activity)
This is a simulation that shows the relationship between predator and prey populations in an ecosystem. It is a hands-on activity that your students are sure to enjoy. The data obtained will demonstrate how animals in an ecosystem depend on each other and show how the predator/prey relationship helps to control the population of each species.
The product includes thorough instructions with ideas for discussion and enrichment, three versions of graphing sheets, a data collection sheet, a qui
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4th - 10th
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Biogeochemical Cycles: The Carbon Cycle Dice Simulation Journey of a Carbon Atom
A journey though the Global Carbon Cycle like you have never experienced before!With a roll of the dice, students will travel around the classroom visiting nine of Earth’s carbon reservoirs: atmosphere, terrestrial plants, terrestrial animals, soil, rock, marine plants, marine animals, surface ocean, & deep ocean.In the process, they will learn a whopping amount of information that will link to many other scientific units of study. Examples include: weather, circulation of air in the tropos
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-7
, HS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-5
, MS-LS2-4
...
Also included in: Ecology, Environmental Studies, and Earth Science Activities Bundle
Coevolution and A History of Earth's Systems (HS-ESS2-7)
In this explore and explain sequence, students explore events in Earth's history and develop a scale model to represent these events. They identify potential cause and effect relationships between events and conduct research to obtain empirical evidence to support claims that illustrate how life on Earth and Earth's other systems evolved in response to one another. This activity is a part of the complete high school unit, Earth’s Atmosphere and Climate: Then & Now.If you are interested in t
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ESS2-7
Big Bang Evidence: Red Shift - Virtual Lab Simulation
NO FLASH NEEDED! Students will explore the early steps of the Big Bang and then prove the Universe is expanding by manipulating the light of a galaxy moving away from or towards Earth. This virtual lab is excellent for remote or in-class laboratory exploration. The virtual lab simulation worksheet contains auto-fill in blanks, so no annotation software is needed. The links for the free sites used are located within the lab.
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Grades:
6th - 11th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
, HS-ESS1-2
Climate Change – A Device-Based Scavenger Hunt Activity
Climate Change - A Device-Based Scavenger Hunt Activity. This activity is the coolest thing I've created and your kids are going to love it, mine do. Think of a scavenger hunt, then add devices (Smartphones, Chromebooks, Laptops, or Tablets), engaged students, and learning through assessment and you have this resource.Quick Disclaimer. In order to use this activity, your classroom must have at least 1 device per 3 students. Smartphones, Chromebooks, Laptops, and Tablets will all work perfectly.
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Grades:
7th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
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Also included in: Climate Change Mega Bundle - Lessons, Activities, Assessments
Exploring The Evolution of Earth's Atmosphere (HS-ESS2-7)
In this explore and explain sequence, students participate in a simulation of the evolution of Earth's atmosphere. Students identify cause and effect relationships from the simulation that explain change and stability in Earth's atmosphere over time. Students reinforce their understanding of the evolution of Earth's atmosphere using a web video.This activity is part of an instructional sequence that addresses: HS-LS1-5. Use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy into s
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ESS2-7
Air Pollution Virtual Exploration Lab
What factors impact the quality of our air? In this virtual lab, students will analyze how weather and industrialization can impact air pollution. Students will also:⚗️Test their Pre-Existing Knowledge of Pollution⚗️Describe the Difference between Primary & Secondary Pollutants⚗️Explore the impact of Temperature & Sunlight on Air Quality⚗️Analyze the impact of Electric Cars and Power Plants on Air PollutionNOTE: This activity links to the free Interactive from LabXChange. Check it out be
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
Also included in: Sources of Pollution Digital + Printable Science Activity Bundle
Weather Lab- Meteorologist for a Day
I love using virtual labs in my classroom, but an accompanying worksheet helps slow them down and keep them honest, so they do not miss the entire point of the assignment. I have created this student guide to provide teachers with evidence of student learning and analysis questions designed to deepen student thought and assist with classroom discussion. This assignment is student-centered, and after a brief explanation, students will be working independently and with purpose.This worksheet is a
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5th - 9th
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"Deer Dash!" Populations and Carrying Capacity Ecology Activity
This resource is an excellent chance to allow your students to have fun together in a friendly competition, while either learning or solidifying their understanding of several ecology concepts and key terms. This activity focuses on carrying capacity and population concepts, but can be used to explore predation, competition, community relationships, ecosystem balance, resource pulses, and other environmental factors contributing to the fluctuation of animal population. This large space activity
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
, HS-LS2-4
, MS-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS3-4
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PhET Radioactive Dating Game Lab
This lab is designed to augment one of the terrific physics and chemistry demos provided by the PhET Interactive Simulations Internet site of the University of Colorado at Boulder (https://phet.colorado.edu/). The Radioactive Dating Game introduces the concept of radioactive decay and its use in dating once-living and inanimate earth material. The demo simulates the radioactive decay of carbon-14 and uranium-238 into their respective daughter products. The demo is divided into four sections:Half
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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Marine Invertebrates-Virtual Dissections, Google Slide Notes, Cornell Notes
Your entire unit in one place. Includes:Porifera-Virtual Dissection, Presentation and Cornell NotesMollusk-Virtual Dissection, Presentation and Cornell NotesCrustacean-Virtual Dissection, Presentation and Cornell NotesEchinoderm-Virtual Dissection, Presentation and Cornell NotesCnidarian-Virtual Dissection, Presentation and Cornell Notes
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6th - 12th
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Eco-Games: Outdoor Science Simulations for Life and Earth Sciences
Children of all ages love games. Educators can turn this natural affinity to their advantage by using games as an instructional strategy. In this book, educators will learn 15 Eco-games that cover ecological and environmental topics connected to the Science and Geography curriculum. Games work well in an outdoor setting, such as a school yard or nature field centre. Eco-games are designed to be easy to reproduce for teachers. There are codes for students to crack, secret environmental messages,
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1st - 12th, Adult Education
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The Water Cycle Virtual Exploration Lab
How does water move through the Water Cycle? In this virtual lab, students will learn about the different states of water. Students will also:⚗️Test their Pre-Existing Knowledge of the Water Cycle⚗️Identify the difference between Evaporation, Condensation, & Precipitation⚗️Label Structures & State Changes on a Diagram of the Water Cycle⚗️Describe how Ice, Snow, & Groundwater contribute to the Water CycleNOTE: This activity links to the free Interactive from the U.S. Geological Survey
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ESS2-5
, MS-LS2-3
, MS-ESS2-4
Also included in: The Water Cycle Digital + Printable Science Activity Bundle
Half Life Lab Activity | Nuclear Chemistry Lab
This is a low prep half life lab activity. Students will sort a manipulative into "stable" and "radioactive" categories and graph the half life of the radioactive isotope. The lab includes post lab questions that give students additional practice with half life questions. Students will record data, graph the decay answer post lab questions and write a formal conclusion. WHAT'S INCLUDED?Teacher set up guideStudent lab handoutDetailed instructions on How to Write a Chemistry Lab ReportTeacher Ver
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Grades:
9th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-PS1-8
Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Stations {FREE}
These stations will keep your students MOVING! Designed to fit in one class period, your students will build on what they have been taught in the classroom concerning weathering, erosion, and deposition. This is a great way to reinforce material in your Earth Science classroom, or a great way to review for state standards assessments. You can opt to use these activities as stations and simply use them as labs or activities to enhance what you already have planned in the classroom. This bundle in
Grades:
4th - 9th
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