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Middle school geometry laboratories for International Baccalaureate
Volume of Spheres, Cones, Cylinders, Pyramids Hands-On Discovery Activity
These engaging volume labs allow students to experiment and discover volume formulas of 3D solids. Help your students understand and remember where the formulas come from (and have fun while doing so)!The labs let students discover and make sense of formulas for the following 3D solids:Lab 1: PrismsLab 2: CylindersLab 3: PyramidsLab 4: ConesLab 5: SpheresIn each lab, students create 3D figures, hypothesize, and experiment. They see how the 3D solids relate to each other as they figure out their
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: 8th Grade Math Discovery Lessons and Activities Bundle
Winter Weather STEM Challenge Lab Design a Paper Snowflake PRINT and DIGITAL
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
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4th - 7th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Make Multiple Vectors Fun! Pirate Treasure Hunt - Physics, Trigonometry
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
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Distance Formula Lesson (Discovery Lab)
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
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in: Pythagorean Theorem Activities
Backyard Project - Perimeter, Area, and Volume - Real World Applications
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
Grades:
8th - 10th
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Surface Area of Prisms and Pyramids using Nets | Hands on Activity
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
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Grades:
6th - 7th
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Also included in: Volume and Surface Area of Prisms and Pyramids | BUNDLED
Triangle Inequality Theorem Discovery Activity 7.G.A.2
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
Grades:
7th - 10th
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CCSS:
Also included in: Triangle Inequality Theorem Activity Bundle 7.G.A.2
Drawing 3D Solids From Different Perspectives Snap Cube Lab
-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
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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Effects of Transformations Inquiry / Discovery Lesson
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
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Grades:
8th
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Also included in: Effects of Transformations Activities
Surface Area (Prisms and Pyramids) and Volume Lab
Surface Area and Volume Lab--No Materials Required!
What's Included:
Surface Area and Volume Notes
Formulas for Surface Area of Prisms (Rectangular, Triangular, Pentagonal, Hexagonal, Octagonal), Surface Area of Pyramids (Square, Rectangular, Triangular, Pentagonal, Hexagonal, and Octagonal) and Volume of Rectangular Prisms.
Nets of 3D Shapes (Illustrated)
Practice problems for each prism and pyramid
Answer Keys for each practice problem
Surface Area in the Real World mini-project and sample
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Grades:
6th - 7th
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Geometry:Concurrent Points GeoGebra Activity - Circumcenter & Incenter -w/ Key
Tired of teaching the same boring lessons on Circumcenter and Incenter? After years of using the standard book resources, I decided to create this activity that demonstrates some real-life applications of these concurrent points. This product includes 9 tasks (with complete answer key and screen shots of graphics). Each task will ask students to find a real life circumcenter or incenter. (While this product did not include any centroid or orthocenter problems, I left those options on the top
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Pythagorean Spiral Geometry Project
In a project combining high school geometry with creative design and art, students will discover connections between: Pythagorean Theorem, Special Right Triangles, Right Triangle Trigonometry, patterns, and design. This highly engaging project includes both a Pythagorean spiral creation and also requires students to show supporting math calculations to find hypotenuse lengths and central angle measures (SOH CAH TOA). This is always a favorite project of my students year after year!!A student s
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8th - 12th
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Flip Book Transformation Project
Students create a flip book using Power Point to discover and/or apply properties of geometric transformations. The student handout provides detailed instructions on how to create the flip book which includes using the “duplicate slide” feature in Power Point. Students are required* to create a minimum of 10 slides with 4 different movements. Students are given the opportunity to choose what type of movements they use within given parameters. This choice provides the opportunity for great di
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Transformations Bundle
MYP Scientific Method Unit Bundle
This bundle includes everything you need for a fun and engaging unit on the scientific method. Throughout the unit students are exposed to various scientific tools in order to carry-out the scientific method. In addition to learning and applying the scientific method, students also have the opportunity to practice and review their graphing skills as well in order to graph and analyze data they gather during various lab experiments. The various activities in this bundle include both independe
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6th - 9th
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High School Halloween Lesson!!!---Pumpkin Pi Math Lab
BEST HALLOWEEN MATH LESSON!I can hardly put this lesson into words! It is that good! I created this lesson years ago, and it evolves year after year. This lesson takes an investigative approach to math! Students work in groups to take measurements of pumpkins and hypothesize about the volume. The STEM investigation has students reason through the value of Pi and what the ratio represents. The lesson concludes with a discussion and conclusion page allowing students to make sense of volume and the
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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IB MYP Science Unit - Matter - G7 G8 Chemistry, Physical Science Complete BUNDLE
Be instantly ready to teach your MYP Middle School Science unit on Matter! All the work is done for you: Unit Planner, Lesson Slides, Experiments, Worksheets, Tests, Lab Reports, Reviews, Assessments, and more! This comprehensive BUNDLE is:All you need for a full 2 to 3-month unitEasy to use - the slideshows lead you through everythingInteractive - with varied activities (theory and practical) Complete - planning, teaching and assessments are all includedSave your time - it has never been easie
Grades:
7th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-PS1-4
, MS-PS1-2
, MS-PS1-1
50 Math Labs - Fractions Operations Number Sense Graphing Data Math Skills
PREVIEW AVAILABLE!LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? CHECK OUT OTHER STEM RESOURCES IN MY SHOP!FROM THE CREATOR OF 50 STEM LABS & 50 MORE STEM LABS comes this collection of 50 Math Activities for kids. Recommended for grades K to 6 and up! Each one has a snappy title, a brief set of instructions, recommended materials list, and space for notes. These are very adjustable for your classroom, home, or homeschool needs. Do projects for concepts like: Operations, Math Skills, Geometry, Shapes, Fractions, Percen
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K - 8th
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Geometry - Graphing Special Lines-Parallel and Perpendicular-Two Investigations
This activity contains two investigations. First Investigation:• On the graph provided, students graph each of the pairs of points and draw a line through the pair of points.• The students study the two lines and conjecture that the two lines are parallel.• Then the students find the slope of the two given lines to notice that when the lines were parallel the slope of the two lines are equal.• Students repeat these three steps with four more points. • After students know that two parallel lines
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8th - 10th
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Scientific Method Lab Report Write-up Using Bouncy Balls (with MYP Criterion D)
This is a very fun, hands-on lab to help students go through the process of the scientific method and learn how to accurately write-up a lab report. This could be used as a summative assessment to a scientific method unit, a culminating activity at the end of the year, or as an introductory assessment or review at the beginning of the year depending on the grade level. The focus of the activity is for students to take three bouncy balls and conduct an experiment to see which ball will bounce
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6th - 9th
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Rates of Reaction Experiment - IB MYP Science Criteria B & C - Lesson & Template
Students will investigate a factor affecting the rate of reaction using readily available and cheap chemicals (baking soda and vinegar). Using the included slideshow, students will be well prepared to design and carry out their own chemistry experiment, and the templates will provide an easy way for Middle School / MYP students to correctly structure a lab report. Editable data tables are also included, along with links to instructional videos showing their use. Includes:Lesson presentation / s
Grades:
7th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-PS1-2
Paper Airplane Scientific Method with STEM component (with MYP Criteria B & C)
This is a summative assessment that assesses the scientific method and the process of writing up a lab report using paper airplanes. This assessment can also be easily differentiated based on the level of your students. This activity allows for independent work and accountability, partner or small group collaboration, and whole class data sharing so everyone is involved.
This file includes the following:
--Student directions
--Teacher directions
--Rough draft template for the lab report-writ
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6th - 10th
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Human Sense Perception Experiment - Senses - Grade 7 MYP Science
This engaging stations activity, recommended for grade 7 Biology, will have your students working together to explore and test their own senses. Includes teacher preparation notes, student handouts, station cutouts, as well as opportunities for reflection and extension.Get the Senses unit plan associated with this activity here.Designed with MYP in mind but appropriate for any middle school, high school, international, or homeschool STEM curriculum.Want to try before you buy? Download the FREE F
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in: MYP Science Experiments Growing Bundle - Grade 6-10 Complete Collection
MYP Science Experiments Growing Bundle - Grade 6-10 Complete Collection
This growing bundle includes every Science for Everyone experiment to date, as well as all future updates, bundled at 30% off! New experiments are added regularly, and I have dozens of them, so by purchasing early you can save a lot and continue to have access to all resources as I add them. Each experiment is designed to work with one or more of my MYP unit plans, recommended for grades 6-10, but can easily be adapted for any middle school, high school, international, or homeschool STEM curricu
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6th - 10th
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Geometry - Area and Perimeter - An Exploration on the Geoboard
This activity is designed to be used with a geoboard (11 x 11 pegs). An alternative for geoboards is included in this package (index size cards with 11 x 11 geoboards). Students explore the meaning of perimeter and area by constructing polygons on the geoboard with rubber bands or drawing line segments that represent the rubber bands on the index size cards. The activity can also be used with Communicator Clearboards, available from Educator's Outlet and a copy of a student grid. After the st
Grades:
6th - 9th
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