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8th grade science Common Core W.6.4 resources
Inventions Unit - Create Your Own Invention Project - Activities Questions STEM
Invention Convention: Learn about Inventors and Create Your Own Invention! This package includes engaging resources to complete an invention unit. Students learn about inventors and inventions and create their own invention project. Their "Invention to Change the World" is then displayed at a class Invention Convention. Everything needed is included - just print and teach!✅All activities are classroom tested and include creative handouts, information sheets, and detailed instructions.✅This work
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4th - 8th
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Endangered Animals Infographic - Endangered Species Project with Google Slides
Are you looking for an endangered animal project that allows for creativity while teaching students how to research and organize information? This Low Prep endangered animal infographic includes a how-to video walking students through the process, a Google slide template with icons, and a rubric. There is also an example of an informative essay on an endangered species along with rubrics for the written essay and an oral presentation.Please click the PREVIEW to see what is included in this ready
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
Weather and Climate: The Major World Climate Zones
Recently updated! A mapping and text based evidence learning activity that supports the Common Core State Standards..This product is classroom ready. Your students will learn the major climate zones and the three themes that scientists use in categorizing climate zones. Students will work with annotation of informational text, close/critical reading strategies, mapping, answering of questions that require text based evidence, Author's Purpose (PIE), writing that requires using text based evidenc
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5th - 8th
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Solar Eclipse 2024 Interactive Google Slides with Cookie Activity: No Prep
Want to introduce your students to the solar eclipse with a variety of activities?Fun facts on eclipsesOREO cookie activity slides for your students to use as a model for low-prep activityInteractive Vocabulary SlideMap of 2024 Eclipse Path of TotalityBefore and after viewing journal prompts
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3rd - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
Back to School Archaeology Lesson Plan - Beginning of the Year Social Studies
Let your students pretend to be archaeologists and conduct a dig in their classroom in this back to school activity, or whenever you want to introduce them to the field of archaeology. Students will analyze artifacts and record their observations, then do a follow-up writing task. This activity will help your students develop their information writing, critical thinking, and vocabulary skills. ✓ Please note: * This resource is included in a money-saving Back to School Bundle, which you can fin
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5th - 8th
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St. Patrick's Day STEM & Persuasive Writing 5-Day Challenge- Leprechaun Trap-PPT
Looking for a way to incorporate more writing into science class or make language arts class more integrated? Try the Leprechaun Trap Science and Persuasive Writing 5-Day Challenge! This activity includes collaboration, critical thinking, drawing, engineering, persuasive writing, and public speaking skills.
This product presents a scenario to the students where Mr. O'Malley, the mayor of Dublin, has heard that leprechauns are planning on invading city hall on St. Patrick's Day. He created a
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Outline Template - Blank
Outline Template Blank. 2 formats. A place to write the thesis statement at the top of outline format to follow to help students format an outline of an expository essay, persuasive argument, or research paper. Helps students organize writing in a logical manner and provide evidence for each topic. Good guide for students to use as a scaffold when prewriting. Useful also to use as a summarizer of informational text by outlining what has been read. Outlining is a great skill which can help studen
Grades:
6th - 9th
Deserted Island Survival STEM Challenges
Are you looking for a fun and engaging activity for your students? Deserted Island Survival STEM Challenge is a unit centered around a fictional story of Suzanna Airfly who's plane crashed on a deserted island. Your students will complete five different challenges to help Suzanna survive. Each challenge encourages students to define the problem, plan a design, build, test, and reflect. I have included a rubric for each challenge. I have also added a narrative writing extension where students
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Earthquakes and Volcanoes | Planets and Solar System | Research Report Bundle
Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive, 95 Earthquakes, Volcanoes, & Planets and Solar System Research Reports bundle. It helps make report writing easy! It contains vocabulary, worksheets, questions, organizers, tools and forms to use for your students to create, develop, write, edit, illustrate, present, and assess your students’ Earthquakes, Volcanoes, & Planets and Solar System Research Report. These reports (or performance tasks) are also designed to not only have your
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3rd - 8th
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Science & Language Arts: Predator & Prey Game
In this fun lesson that integrates literacy and science, students read, play tag, and engage in the writing process. It's an excellent activity for the end of the year, outdoor education, Earth Day, or summer camp! Students start by reading and discussing the fairy tale “Cat and Mouse in Partnership” or another selected text. Next, they participate in a tag game that simulates the food chain. Afterwards, they reflect on their learning and write in various modes, choosing from nine activities,
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5th - 9th
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Science Calendar Making Project (also good for Chemistry, Biology and more)
This is a fun and simple research project that is appropriate for science, chemistry, biology, physics or tech classes. This project is a great way to hit many of the COMMON CORE STANDARDS for Writing and Language for Grades 6-11. Download the preview to see the entire list of common core connections.
OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT:
Students make a science (or chemistry, physics, biology, anatomy, technology or astronomy) themed calendar for the school year (September to August).
OUTLINE OF THE
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6th - 10th
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Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition Reading Notes (Vocab. & comprehension)
This reading notes packet has everything your students need to help them practice vocabulary and comprehension for each chapter of Hidden Figures: Young Readers' Edition! There are vocabulary activities for every chapter in the novel, as well as comprehension questions. All vocabulary and questions are aligned to common core standards, as well as EL Education's module on the novel "Hidden Figures". Perfect for grade 6 curriculum! This novel is a class favorite - the students will love reading it
Grades:
5th - 8th
STEM Design for Learning: Solar Cars, Boats, Planes, and Rovers Webquest Project
A Webquest for Real World Project-Based Learning Students become solar designers in this interactive STEM webquest that guides critical thinking and collaboration within the topics of solar energy and engineering. Working in teams, students choose to learn about either solar planes, cars, boats, or rovers and use what they have learned to design their own model of a solar powered vehicle. WebQuest project-based learning teaches children how to use essential skills for obtaining information and a
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Grades:
5th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-PS3-3
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-PS3-5
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Area 51 Middle School Reading Passage
Let your students get out of this world by learning information about Area 51. The information is all factual, but leaves room for discussion. Hopefully, students will be encouraged to read more about it after completing this worksheet. Use the entire worksheet, or use the parts you want. Answer key included! Perfect for 5th-8th grade students.
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5th - 8th
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Earth Day Web Quest
Celebrate Earth Day with this interactive WebQuest on google slides. Students will learn about three different environmental issues our world is facing today. These issues include; plastic pollution in the oceans, deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest, and Sea Ice melting in the Arctic. Students will learn about the cause and effects of these problems as well as ways to help these environmental issues. This is a great way for students to learn about the environment, different regions in our wor
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Grades:
5th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-3
End of Year Science Review – Persuasive Letter Writing and Speaking Fun Activity
This end of year science activity lets students demonstrate what they learned in their Science or Technology class during the year. Students to pretend to be alien scientists and write letters to the government on their home planet about the most important scientific ideas they encountered while secretly observing humans on Earth. It's a great end of year assessment since it integrates science knowledge with writing practice. A Google Drive™ compatible version is also included in this end of y
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5th - 8th
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Science Experiment Lab Report Template Differentiated
The perfect scientific method lab report template for children of all ages and levels! Great resource to encourage critical thinking and evidence based writing at ALL levels within the scientific method framework. This product provides scaffolded support for English language learners or students with special needs. This product is separated for children at three different educational levels. The first set is ink and printer friendly and can easily print double sided to function as a full lab rep
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Grades:
K - 9th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, MS-LS1-5
, MS-ESS1-4
, K-PS3-1
, 5-ESS2-2
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Earth Day Activity | Narrative Writing Connections to Real World
This Earth Day activity asks students to approach Earth Day in several ways. They will research pollution, Earth Day, and similar ideas; complete a pre-writing activity; write a narrative from the point of view of litter or pollution; and close with a writing prompt that relates to their lives. This Earth Day activity takes me 5-6 days for completion with students.Overall included in this Earth Day activity:√ Task cards allow students to reflect about the environment in their lives and their inf
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Narrative Writing Bundle Middle School Narrative Writing Activities
Scientific Method Activity, Poster, Lesson Plan, Word Search: ESL & All Students
This bundle includes 3 resources about the scientific method. A lesson plan explains how your students can ask a real scientist questions about the scientific method and how it is used in real life. A research project provides background info about some founders of the scientific method and gives students practice writing research reports. The scientific method poster, word search, and writing task resource helps students learn scientific method vocabulary and is especially beneficial for Eng
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5th - 8th
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Trampoline Park Field Trip Lesson Plan 6th-8th [reading, writing, math &science]
Field trip time! This is a narrative writing lesson plan for a trip to a trampoline park. It includes standards, learning targets, essential questions, plans, and narrative writing paper. UPDATED! Now includes more standards, learning targets, essential questions, plans, planning sheet, and narrative writing paper.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-PS3-5
Platypus PowerPoint with Activity and Study Guide
Get ready to explore the world of the Duck-billed platypus, one of the most bizarre and mysterious mammals in the world from eastern Australia and Tasmania. Platypus facts include that they sport a tail like a beaver, bill and feet like a duck, and lay eggs like a bird! Platypuses give birth to furless babies called puggles. What's Included:One Quick Start GuideOne 23-slide animated PowerPoint (both PPTX and PDF file types)One 20-page fillable student activity and study guideOne 26-page EDITABLE
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, MS-LS1-4
, 4-LS1-2
Tell Me About Ireland Project: 5th 6th Science Biodiversity St. Patrick's
Strike gold in your 5th/6th Grade Science Class with "Tell me about Ireland: discovering Ireland's Wonders"!You "got lucky" as this project immerses students in Irish biodiversity and sustainability, all with a St. Patrick's Day twist. Aligned with North Dakota standards, this cross-curricular gem is your pot of gold for fostering curiosity, critical thinking, and presentation skills. Use the resource for independent work or small groups (group topics: biodiversity, impact of human activity, ren
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
, MS-ESS3-1
, MS-LS2-2
, MS-ESS2-2
, MS-LS2-1
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Articles - 1: Goblin Sharks - MAGNIFICENT or MONSTROUS? - Fact & Opinion
READING & WRITING - ANALYZING - COMPREHENSION - TEST PREP ................................................................... FOCUS: FACT & OPINIONTEXT"MAGNIFICENT OR MONSTROUS" is a nonfiction ARTICLE ABOUT goblin sharks. These are rare deep-sea sharks called living fossils. Goblin sharks have a perfect blend of incredibly cool ADAPTATIONS and hideous APPEARANCE traits, making this an ideal article for FACT & OPINION......................................................TOPICS APPROP
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Articles - 12: POEMS, ARTICLES & NARRATIVES - BUNDLE II - PDF & ONLINE
All Thirteen Essay Prompts - VA SOLs, Common Core
Have you finished reading All Thirteen? Do you need some prompt options for the novel?Give your student choice with this one page handout.It contains three relevant prompts for the novel. Looking for comprehension questions for each chapter? Check out this resource: All Thirteen Comprehension Questions .Check out these other resources for All Thirteen:All Thirteen Prereading ActivityAll Thirteen Journal PromptsAll Thirteen Essay OutlineAll Thirteen Essay Step By Step HandoutAll Thirteen Essay Po
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6th - 12th
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