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Free earth sciences webquests
Solar Eclipse Webquest
This webquest is the perfect resource to use to discuss solar eclipses with your class. This webquest contains 20 questions about solar eclipses as well as 9 reasons that this one on August 21, 2017 is such a big deal.
*UPDATE: Webquest has been updated to include access to a Google Slides version of this product!
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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FREE - Earthquake 3 Worksheets (Science Article - Puzzle - Webquest - Sub Plans)
EARTHQUAKE ASSIGNMENTS: ARTICLE, WEBQUEST, & PUZZLESGRADES: 6-10SUBJECT: SCIENCE, HISTORY, EARTH SCIENCESUB PLANS: YES!Thank you for downloading my FREE sample assignment from my TPT store.Product Overview:Included with this download you will find several worksheets connecting to the topic of EARTHQUAKES & earth science.1) ARTICLE - a short article with question sheet2) PUZZLE - vocabulary puzzles and definition sheets3) WEBQUEST - research facts about famous earthquakes.10 PAGES OF TOTA
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6th - 10th
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What is a Solar Eclipse Mini-WebQuest!! Total Solar Eclipse, April 8, 2024
WebQuest, Mini-WebQuest, What is a Solar Eclipse, Total Solar Eclipse 4/8/24 - April 8, 2024. This Mini-WebQuest is a perfect introduction to Eclipses for late Elementary through early High School. I am using this with my Middle school Science Classes while I am chasing the April 8, 2024 Eclipse with my family. This WebQuest has students examine 2 Eclipse video clips, identifying the differences and inferring reasons why Eclipses happen. Students will create a diagram showing what they know abou
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5th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
, MS-ESS1-1
Solar System: Totally Tourist Tour of Our Solar System Online Research Activity
Solar system tour...online of course! With the internet as their resource, students explore current information about our Solar System and discover some fun and interesting information about the planets along the way.Answers not included.Click here to follow my store and receive the latest updates.Original Artwork (©AwesomeScience). For Personal Use Only. Uneditable.Page count does not include Terms of Use and links to supplementary activities. Copyright ©AwesomeScience 2013 – The Present.All R
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5th - 11th, Adult Education
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FREE International Space Station Virtual Field Trip ISS Middle and High School
Explore the International Space Station with lots of activities and ready to use worksheets for middle and high school students! This ISS webquest is perfect for astronomy, science, physics, and Earth Science classes with so much content and no prep or planning needed!Created by a certified teacher, straight from my classroom to yours!Don't forget to click the star to follow me for more great lessons (and Freebies) and to give this product 5 stars! Thank you so much!Take a Virtual Field Trip:Tak
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Grades:
6th - 12th
FREE Environmental Science Webquest - Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
Take a break from lecture! This free webquest assignment provides an opportunity for Biology, Earth Science or Environmental Science students to learn about renewable and nonrenewable resources. Sources of energy are explored through videos and student-friendly articles that are easily accessed for independent learning, flipped classrooms, or sub days. All pages come in PDF and Google Slides versions so they can be assigned easily through many digital platforms such as Google Classroom, Canva
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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Earth Science QR Code Scavenger Hunt
Earth Science QR Code Scavenger Hunt by Brad Cloud
Let your students go on a tour of the earth with this Earth Science QR code scavenger hunt! This PowerPoint activity is a great introduction to or culmination of the following Texas TEKS:
6.10 Earth and space. The student understands the structure of Earth, the rock cycle, and plate tectonics. The student is expected to:
(A) build a model to illustrate the structural layers of Earth, including the inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, asthe
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Climate Change - The Greenhouse Effect - NO PREP
The Greenhouse Effective Google Form and InteractiveReady-to-go digital lesson that engages students and grades itself!Concepts:-Energy from the sun heats the Earth.-Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere trap infrared radiation, keeping the Earth warm.-Carbon dioxide and methane are two greenhouse gases that absorb and re-emit infrared radiation.-Increased levels of greenhouse gases cause the Earth to warm.-Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide into the atmospheres and contributes to the Ear
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Grades:
6th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-6
, MS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-4
Taiga Forest Biome Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest Activity
Looking for a way to introduce or review the taiga forest biome in your classroom? Check out this internet scavenger hunt! Students will use the scaffolded notes to guide their research throughout the website!Includes:- 4 page internet scavenger hunt- answer keyThis internet scavenger hunt covers Georgia Performance Standards:S4L1. Students will describe the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem.a. Identify the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a community
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Biomes, Ecosystems, Food Chains, and Food Webs Unit Bundle
Rocks and Minerals Internet Activities
Two internet activities. 1.) Mineral Properties Webquest - Students visit two websites to find examples of minerals and their uses in daily life. The final website goes through the types of rocks. 18 items totalAlso has an "Extra Time Activity" at the end and answer key.
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Grades:
4th - 5th
Internet Scavenger Hunt - Constructive and Destructive Forces -Distance Learning
This scavenger hunt allows students to explore websites in order to answer questions about constructive and deconstruction forces, like volcanoes and earthquakes. An internet scavenger hunt is similar to a web quest, in that students will use the internet to find information. However, internet scavenger hunts are designed for students to search for specific answers, rather than creating an open ended project. Internet scavenger hunts can be done as a whole class, in small groups, individually an
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Grades:
5th - 7th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-2
, MS-ESS2-1
Also included in: Internet Scavenger Hunt Bundle - Fifth Grade - Distance Learning
Layers of Earth Scale Digital Activity
This Earth's Layers to Scale digital activity will help students explore the layers of the Earth and to understand the scale of Earth's interior with tons of fascinating information about the crust, mantle, and core!Students use BBC’s Journey to the Center of the Earth interactive website and complete the Google Slides activity as an inquiry activity. You can share this Google Slides lesson with your students on Google Classroom.You may also be interested in these resources!Earth's Interior and
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-1
Also included in: Earth Science Curriculum Middle School Science
Geologic Timeline Webquest
In this webquest, students will explore the relative time/ages (including the Law of Superposition), absolute time/ages (radiometric dating), and the geological timeline, including the eons, periods, and major events within it. There are plenty of photos and pictures of fossils, life, and rocks to make the information more understandable.
The information presented in the website is accurate, but not as in-depth as it could be, so this webquest might be best suited for slightly younger audiences
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6th - 12th
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Total Solar Eclipse WebQuest: Will location on Earth affect experiences? 4/8/24
WebQuest, Mini-WebQuest, Total Solar Eclipse, Will location on Earth affect the Solar Eclipse Experience on 4/8/24 - April 8, 2024. This Mini-WebQuest is a perfect continuation to Eclipses for late elementary through early High School. I am using this with my Middle school Science Classes while I am chasing the April 8, 2024 Eclipse with my family. This WebQuest details totality shadows across the US at various towns in the path of totality. Students will examine and identify durations looking a
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-3
, MS-ESS1-1
Climate Change - Global Warming - NO PREP
Climate Change - Global Warming Google Form and InteractiveThis is the first of several climate change products. More coming soon!VIDEO DirectionsReady-to-go digital lesson that engages students and grades itself!Many teachers assign this as an in-class assignment and then walk around and ask/answer questions as the students work through the interactive and form....or get other work done as the students work....because teachers shouldn't have to take work home. Concepts:-Temperature and average
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Grades:
6th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
Plate Tectonics and Boundaries Webquest
This assignment follows a series of online animations to give students a look into how the earth's crust moves under their feet and shapes the surface of the earth.By the end of this assignment, students should be familiar with the earth's interior structure, tectonic plates and how they move and change, plate boundaries, and surface features caused by tectonic plate interactions.Click here to find the Answer Key!You can find the webquest website by clicking here!
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9th - 12th
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Savanna Biome Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest Activity
Looking for a way to introduce or review the savanna biome in your classroom? Check out this internet scavenger hunt! Students will use the scaffolded notes to guide their research throughout the website!Includes:- 5 page internet scavenger hunt- answer keyThis internet scavenger hunt covers Georgia Performance Standards:S4L1. Students will describe the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem.a. Identify the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a community.b. D
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Biomes, Ecosystems, Food Chains, and Food Webs Unit Bundle
Weather Fronts and Air Masses Webquest
This is a webquest that goes into some details about the different types of weather fronts and air masses. Students first define several weather-related terms, then go to an animation that shows them how cold, warm, stationary, and occluded fronts work, with explanations. The second website has more information about cold, warm, and occluded fronts (it includes stationary front information, but not as much as the other three). Students are expected to fill out a chart on what each type of front
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9th - 12th
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Weather Web Quest
Students are guided through http://www.ready.gov/natural-disasters. This website is full of engaging videos, pictures and information on severe weather. This web quest not only guides students through the website but also requires the students to reflect on this information.
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4th - 8th
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Internet Scavenger Hunt - Ecology - Distance Learning
This scavenger hunt allows students to explore websites using links, or QR codes, in order to answer questions about the basics of ecology including: energy and water conservation, reducing, reusing and recycling, as well as renewable and non-renewable resources. This can be done at school, or at home, independently, in groups, with a teacher or parent, or in many other different ways to fit the needs of your classroom and your students. This .zip folder includes a variety of formats of the in
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Internet Scavenger Hunt Bundle - Third Grade - Distance Learning
Rocks WebQuest
This engaging and rigorous WebQuest can be completed individually, with partners, or in groups. The purpose of this WebQuest is for students to learn about the different types of rocks, how they form, what they are made from, and the rock cycle.Some topics in this WebQuest:*Minerals*Igneous Rocks*Sedimentary Rocks*Metamorphic Rocks*Rock Cycle*Plate TectonicsThis activity guides students through exploring information and videos through the use of embedded links and QR Codes. As a final task, stud
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: WebQuest GROWING Bundle
Groundwater Webquest
This is a great introduction to Groundwater! I’ve used this webquest with 6th graders in Texas and it provided a great background to understanding groundwater.What You Get:When you download the product, you will get a PDF with THREE links on the last page. These links will take you to the product.Editable Google Doc version of webquest & keyNon-editable PDF version of webquest & keyYou may also enjoy:Ecological & Primary Succession LessonLandforms Lesson BundleIf you enjoy this produ
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
Continental Drift Interactive Notebook Presentation/Webquest
This Notebook presentation is used either as an interactive lecture or inquiry based research assignment for students. It is developed so students research evidence of continental drift (Alfred Wegener) and plot the observations onto an interactive map. As the data accumulates, and plotted onto the map (grouped to stay with the continent), students match the coastlines of the continent to complete the Pangea "puzzle" as explained by the continental drift theory. All in all, students assess the f
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Grades:
8th - 11th
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Geology in Time and Space MS-ESS2-2
Description
Put Geology in Time and Space Context!
Temporal Scale
30 different task cards guide students through a web exploration of 30 geologic processes. The questions included on the cards explore the temporal scale of the various geologic processes. An answer sheet for students to use is included, as well as an answer key.
Care was taken to choose websites that should remain online and with appropriate content.
In order to use these task cards, students will need a computer or mobile
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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