Middle school geometry laboratories for Gifted and Talented

Earth Sciences, Environment, Geometry

CCSS:

8.G.C.9

, HSG-GMD.A.1

, HSG-GMD.A.3

Also included in: 8th Grade Math Discovery Lessons and Activities Bundle

Winter Weather STEM Challenge Lab Design a Paper Snowflake PRINT and DIGITAL

Created by

LaFountaine of Knowledge

This STEM challenge explains how snowflakes form as a type of weather (precipitation). It walks students through the steps to create beautiful snowflake shapes out of paper. This resource includes: teacher suggestions, discussion questions, and extension activitiesbackground information on what snowflakes are and how they formstep by step instructions to create paper snowflakes with photos a student response worksheeta scoring rubrica force copy link to a digital Google Slides versionGet my grow

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Laboratory

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Also included in: STEM Challenges Bundle of Hands-On Science Lab Activities PRINT and DIGITAL

Edible Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration Lab - Digital & Print & Go!

Created by

Biology, Chemistry, Gifted and Talented

** UPDATED TO INCLUDE A DIGITAL VERSION ****This can be easily used as a lab for students to do at home using their own cereal, candy, fruit, beads, etc. they can find. It doesn't have to be edible. Students can take pictures of their finished molecules to show you for extra credit or upload to social media and tag the class instagram (if you have one). In this lab, students will be expected to interpret the molecular and structural formulas of water, carbon dioxide, glucose and oxygen and const

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Geometry, Physics, PreCalculus

Make Multiple Vectors Fun! Pirate Treasure Hunt - Physics, Trigonometry

Created by

Dunigan Science

This is one of my student’s favorite activities. Who doesn’t want to go outside and map out some vectors? It works well in physics or trigonometry for understanding how to add and subtract multiple vectors. 10 different maps are provided for student groups to make their way from a single point of origin to a designated, X-marks-the-spot, using compass headings of N, S, E, and W and specified distances. The groups all have a different path but end up at the same place. At the end, students dr

Subjects:

Grades:

8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Distance Formula Lesson (Discovery Lab)

Created by

Idea Galaxy

This is a discovery activity that will guide your students to deriving the distance formula using the Pythagorean Theorem. This is a partner activity that is an introduction before you give notes. This resource includes: -Background Building Activity -A Discovery Activity -Reflection

Subjects:

Algebra, Geometry, Math

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

CCSS:

8.G.B.8

Also included in: Pythagorean Theorem Activities

Map Skills & Compass Directions ~ Coding Unplugged Challenge ~ STEM

Created by

Engineering, Gifted and Talented

This coding unplugged activity is one of many that I am creating to use in my STEM classroom! We do these coding challenges about once a week. They are great for teaching sequencing and logical reasoning to students. There are no right or wrong answers, and many different solutions will work! You could also rotate these challenges through a science center. I store everything in a dollar store gift bag or plastic tub for each individual coding unplugged challenge. This map skills challenge

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 7th

Types:

A Middle School Survival Guide

Halloween Science: Acids, Bases, pH of Halloween Candy

Created by

★ Halloween Science: Acids, Bases, pH of Halloween Candy★ The purpose of this lab is to determine if popular Halloween candies are acidic or basic (alkaline). The students will follow the scientific method to test using pH paper and baking soda as indicators. About This Activity: This lab is intended to be used to determine whether Halloween candy are acids or bases and to identify them on the pH scale. After reading the purpose and research for the lab, the students will create a hypothe

Subjects:

Chemistry, Gifted and Talented, Halloween

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Common Sense 4 the Common Core

Backyard Project - Perimeter, Area, and Volume - Real World Applications

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This project is the culmination of the perimeter, area, volume unit. It can be used as a task for the Common Core, or real world application of the measurement unit. Students estimate the cost to build a backyard, with a swimming pool, deck, shed, playset area, garden, and brick walkway. Using the calculations and costs associated with purchasing materials needed to construct the different parts, students will generate the total cost of the project, without labor. With the dimensions provide

Subjects:

Algebra, Geometry

Grades:

8th - 10th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Laboratory

Surface Area of Prisms and Pyramids using Nets | Hands on Activity

Created by

Eugenia's Learning Tools

This product will help your kinesthetic learners make connections as they experience calculating total surface area and lateral surface area with this hands on activity. Students work in partners to determine the names of the shapes when the nets are constructed, measure the nets themselves (to the nearest half centimeter), and then calculate both the total and the lateral surface area. I have personally used this in class, even one year during a formal observation! I loved how it required my

Subjects:

Geometry, Math, Measurement

Grades:

6th - 7th

Types:

CCSS:

7.G.B.6

Also included in: Volume and Surface Area of Prisms and Pyramids | BUNDLED

Color Squares ~ Coding Unplugged Challenge ~ STEM

Created by

Engineering, Gifted and Talented, Science

This coding unplugged activity is one of many that I am creating to use in my STEM classroom! We do these coding challenges about once a week. They are great for teaching sequencing and logical reasoning to students. There are no right or wrong answers, and many different solutions will work! You could also rotate these challenges through a science center. I store everything in a dollar store gift bag or plastic tub for each individual coding unplugged challenge. This color square challeng

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 7th

Types:

Triangle Inequality Theorem Discovery Activity 7.G.A.2

Created by

Idea Galaxy

In this teacher led discovery lab students will discover the conditions for triangles given side lengths and angle types. This is a hands-on introduction activity for 7th graders learning about the properties of triangles and the triangle inequality theorem. It includes an activity for a math interactive notebook as well. This resource includes: -Background Building Activity -A Discovery Activity -Reflection

Subjects:

Geometry, Math

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

CCSS:

7.G.B.4

Also included in: Triangle Inequality Theorem Activity Bundle 7.G.A.2

Tic Tac Toe ~ Coding Unplugged Challenge ~ STEM

Created by

Engineering, Gifted and Talented

This coding unplugged activity is one of many that I am creating to use in my STEM classroom! We do these coding challenges about once a week. They are great for teaching sequencing and logical reasoning to students. There are no right or wrong answers, and many different solutions will work! You could also rotate these challenges through a science center. I store everything in a dollar store gift bag or plastic tub for each individual coding unplugged challenge. This tic tac toe challenge

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 7th

Types:

Make a Pac Man Ghost ~ Coding Unplugged Challenge ~ STEM

Created by

Engineering, Gifted and Talented, Science

This coding unplugged activity is one of many that I am creating to use in my STEM classroom! We do these coding challenges about once a week. They are great for teaching sequencing and logical reasoning to students. There are no right or wrong answers, and many different solutions will work! You could also rotate these challenges through a Maker Space or science center. I store everything in a dollar store gift bag or plastic tub for each individual coding unplugged challenge.This challeng

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 7th

Types:

The Best Days with Julie Santello

Stars STEM: Types of Stars

Created by

This STEM project explores how STARS can appear different in the night sky based on how far they are from the Earth! You provide materials for students to design and try their own stars in a 1/2 hour time limit. This STEM's goal is to explore properties of stars, their brilliance, and how this is affected by their distance from the Earth. All the materials you need for documenting student progress are found inside! Look What's Inside the Types of Stars STEM! For the Teacher• Notes for the Tea

Subjects:

Astronomy, Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Laboratory, GATE, Centers

Hogwarts Periodic Table Lab with Answer Key

Created by

Chemistry, Gifted and Talented, Physical Science

Bring the popular Harry Potter series into your science class as you present students with a scenario regarding the wizarding periodic table. Students can work independently or in groups to figure out where these "leaked" elements fit in relation to the muggle periodic table. Great for all levels of students: inclusion to gifted. I've done this assignment with middle schoolers, but have also been done it with high school students as well. Have all groups work on this periodic table or assign eac

Subjects:

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Interactive Notebooks

Good Buddies Symbiosis Lab and Card Game

Created by

Biology, Environment, Gifted and Talented

In this lab activity, students will work in pairs and groups toDefine symbiosis, commensalism, mutualism, and parasitismIdentify organisms that live in each type of symbiotic relationshipDescribe how symbiotic interactions can be cooperative or competitiveStudents conduct research to determine the type of symbiotic relationship their chosen organism pairing has and complete a data table as a class using google docs. Then they play a card game that allows them to practice matching their known sym

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Laboratory

Bouncy Ball Lab - Investigating Potential & Kinetic Energy

Created by

Gifted and Talented, Physical Science, Science

Cover potential and kinetic energy or use to teach experimental design as your students review the steps of the scientific method. Perfect for students in all grades and all learning abilities. After students collect data, they make a bar graph of their average data. Includes a lab quiz that I students can take after the lab is complete to show their understanding. ========================================================Turn Feedback into TPT Credit (AKA FREE MONEY to BUY MORE at TPT!)Go to your

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 12th

Types:

Laboratory, Centers

Drawing 3D Solids From Different Perspectives Snap Cube Lab

Created by

Jessica Eaton

-Each student needs a set of snap cubes (they will only use at most 9 at a time), an individual whiteboard or other hard moveable surface, handout, and pencil. -Have students label whiteboard with FRONT, BACK, LEFT, and RIGHT as shown on the next page. -Walk students through how to build the first 3D figure. Then have them place the figure in the center of the whiteboard with the word FRONT closest to them. Have students then hold the whiteboard with the figure on top at eye level and draw wha

Subjects:

Geometry, Math, Other (Math)

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

The Social Studies Whisperer

Effects of Transformations Inquiry / Discovery Lesson

Created by

Idea Galaxy

Use inquiry learning to get students to discover and describe the effects of transformations. The Effects of Transformations Discovery Lab is an engaging activity to activate prior knowledge about transformations and for students to use a discovery approach as a perfect introduction to this concept. Students will look at examples of the following transformations and write rules for the resulting figures: translations, dilations, reflections, and rotations. Supports 8th Grade CCSS 8.G.A.3 ****

Subjects:

Geometry, Math

Grades:

8th

Types:

Laboratory

CCSS:

8.G.A.3

Also included in: Effects of Transformations Activities

Hands-On Plant and Animal Cell Activity BUNDLE

Created by

Want fun, engaging ways to help your students learn the parts of an animal and plant cell? Try these activities where students use found objects and food to represent cell organelles! Students must also use critical thinking skills to explain why the item best represents the cell structure and scientific process skills. Guess what???? Editable versions are now included!!This bundle combines my Edible Cell Lab Activity and my Build a Cell Model and some extras!EXTRAS ✅ 2 versions of a Parent Dona

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Gifted and Talented, Science

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

General Science, Gifted and Talented, Problem Solving

Science Fair Project...Don't Even Sink About It!

Created by

Superlative Science

Everything you need to win first place… This is an experiment I completed with a third grade class this year. Included is title, purpose, hypothesis, variables, multiple data tables, graph, materials, procedure, conclusion and student sheets for all of the above. It is an experiment about the density and buoyancy of soda vs. diet soda. I used mini soda cans in this experiment. I have included it in PDF and in powerpoint so that you can edit it to fit your science board! If you have any questi

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Projects, Laboratory

CCSS:

3.MD.A.2

Bacteria Fungi Algae Protozoa and Viruses — A Card Sort Inquiry Activity

Created by

Engaging Science Labs

In this activity, kids study a collection of images of various pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa). It also compares these to microscopic plants and animals so that kids can begin to get a sense of the categorical differences between these groups. Through a series of challenges, students are asked to sort and classify; identify images that have been colorized; compare the sizes of various microorganisms; and compare photos of models to the real thing. This is a great introductory

Subjects:

Biology, Gifted and Talented, Science

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Also included in: Microbes, Diseases, and the Immune System: Germs Bundle for Middle School

Updated! Properties of Water Station Lab (Quiz Included!)

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