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Science Common Core W.6.1 resources
Human Impact on the Environment - Climate Change - Global Warming - Sketch Notes
Are you looking for an activity about human impact on the environment and global climate change? These NO PREP human impact notes help middle school science students learn about how human activities impact the environment. Click HERE to save 10% Human Impact on the Environment and Climate Change BUNDLE.Click the PREVIEW to see what is included in this ready-to-use resource.These sketch notes cover the greenhouse effect, global warming, and climate change.Sketch notes are great for interactive s
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6th - 7th
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MS-ESS3-5
Text Dependent Opinion Writing Text Based Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer Mars
Get your students ready for state writing tests with these differentiated paired passages, mentor texts, and writing prompts that are perfect for opinion, persuasive, or argumentative essays. Both articles have been updated for 2024. One article is a first-person reflection on space flight by an author who grew up in Florida during the Space Shuttle era. The second article is informational, explaining what NASA is doing to get ready for a Mars mission. During close reading, your students pick
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Opinion or Persuasive Writing Bundle, Text Dependent Writing, Easel
Thermal Energy Transfer - Heat Transfer Worksheet - Heat & Temperature Activity
Are you looking for an engaging and efficient way to teach thermal energy transfer through conduction, convection, and radiation? These LOW PREP heat transfer worksheets are sketch notes that allow for creativity and a visual representation of concepts that can be challenging. Click HERE to save 20% on the 6th grade science sketch note bundle.Click the PREVIEW to see what is included in this ready-to-use resource.These sketch notes are heat transfer worksheets for middle school science students
Grades:
6th - 7th
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NGSS:
MS-PS3-4
Diffusion and Osmosis Science Interactive Notebook Sketch Notes & Lab Activities
Are you looking for fun activities for teaching osmosis and diffusion? One page of diffusion and osmosis notes packs in information and allows students to be creative. The lab activities are easy and fun, offer hands-on examples of osmosis and diffusion, and simply involve a gummy worm lab (or use gummy bears or other gummy candy) and tea bags. Save 10% by purchasing the diffusion and osmosis bundle.Click the PREVIEW to see what is included in this ready-to-use resource.These sketch notes cover
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6th - 8th
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Endangered Animals Brochure Research Project with Rubric
Endangered Animals Brochure Project with Rubric. Use as a research project for Life Science or to go with the book The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John. Includes research report assignment and rubric. Students must take on the role of an endangered African animal protection activist working to save endangered animals. Student task is to write and create a brochure for the public to inform them of the dire need to preserve the endangered species that he or she chose to advocate. The brochure mu
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5th - 8th
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Whale Evolution: Evidence of Common Ancestry & Diversity With Bonus CER Resource
Digital or Print - Choose Your Adventure! NOW WITH BONUS RESOURCE! ❤️Introduction to claim, evidence, reasoning - an easy to understand resource for you and your students to learn the how and why of argumentative writing in the science classroom! Uncover the amazing phenomena of whale evolution through this captivating two-part activity that seamlessly integrates science and ELA standards. Perfect for inquisitive minds, this exploration is designed to span two to three class periods.Part One -
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS4-1
, 3-LS4-3
, MS-LS4-2
Also included in: Evolution Bundle! {Covers NGSS MS-LS-2 & MS-LS-4}
Go-to-Guide for Teaching CERs - Claim, Evidence, Reasoning - Multiple Resources
Do your students struggle with CERs? You aren't alone. This product gives you the tools you need to help your students understand the difference between the claim, evidence, and reasoning. Use this resource in class or online using Google Slides™. This Product Contains Multiple Resources: 1 handout for your student's interactive notebook that explains the components of an argument (Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning) 3 Sample Arguments to help students identify the claim, evidence, and reasonin
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5th - 11th
Also included in: CAST (CA Science Test) Skills Review Bundle
Phineas Gage: Nonfiction Unit in Brain Science
Phineas Gage: A Nonfiction Unit in Brain Scienceby Mrs. Hong in the MiddleThis unit is a tried and true, engaging, digital unit resource for 6-8 grade. I have spent the last 3 years tweaking and reworking this unit to maximize student engagement in my 7th grade ELA classroom. I used this entire unit (as is) with my 7th grade students during Distance Learning in the 2020-2021 school year. As in previous years, my students LOVED this unit, and I LOVED how engaged they were while working through th
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6th - 8th
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Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Activity
Your middle school students will love making real life data driven decisions about energy sources for a fictional city. After they analyze the renewable and nonrenewable energy sources they'll create a presentation to persuade a panel why their choices are right for the city. Sharpen your student’s critical thinking, persuasive writing, and presentation skills this with project on energy sources! This project will give your middle school students the chance to analyze the energy needs of a ci
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
Also included in: Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Sources Project Bundle
CONSTRUCTED RESPONSES with RACES for Older Students
MAKING WRITING SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES EASY! Using the RACES method, students will develop constructed response skills. This resource is specifically designed for UPPER GRADE STUDENTS. Newly revised with scaffolded activities including video analysis and graphic organizers to help even your lowest writers. Allow students to show their comprehension and increase student test scores and argumentative writing ability. This amazing process was recommended to me by several elementary school teach
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Food Chain and Food Web: Rainforest Card Sort
Food Chain and Food Web: Bring the rainforest to your classroom! Engage your students with an introduction or review of food chains and webs with this themed manipulative activity. Help students analyze the flow of matter and energy through trophic levels by constructing various rainforest food webs and/or food chains.
Food Chain and Food Web product includes:
- 24 organism cards
- Energy arrows (left and right aligned)
- Terms: product, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consum
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5th - 12th, Staff
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Emergency Sub Plans Bundle: Print and Go
We have all been caught off guard for some reason or another and needed to gather sub plans in a hurry to prepare for an unexpected absence. These print and go products are perfect for your substitute binder or to even e-mail in your absence to a coworker to print for a substitute. This fifteen day, three product packet includes nine informational texts about the temperate forest, the ocean, and the desert, twenty seven informational animal cards, questions, vocabulary, art activities, and graph
Grades:
4th - 7th
Paper Airplane STEM Physics Lab Activity with Graphing, Writing, and Creating!
Engage your classroom with this multi-day Paper Airplane STEM / STEAM lab great for a wide variety of ages! Students will watch the video from the Paper Airplane World Record Holder while completing the physics vocabulary crossword puzzle. Then set off on their adventure to create, graph, and track the ultimate paper airplane!Embark on an exhilarating journey into the world of flight and physics with our Ultimate Paper Airplane STEM Lab, complete with engaging activities for creating, graphing,
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5th - 9th
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NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, 4-PS3-1
Infographics Unit: Graphs, Charts, Tables, & Diagrams
Topics: Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Pie Graphs/Charts, Diagrams, Charts/Tables This unit was developed to fill a gap. Students were struggling to read bar graphs, line graphs, and diagrams. They filtered poorly, skipped key information, or ignored charts and graphs entirely. This was a huge problem since infographics are a major part of academic reading and state testing. This unit was created to teach students strategies for understanding infographics. The results exceeded our expectations, with r
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5th - 12th
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Argumentative Essay Writing for Middle School - Opinion and Persuasive
Persuasive essays and opinion writing can be tough, but your students will be engaged with this no prep essay about dogs! These activities include an informational text, pre-writing activities, graphic organizers , and more to help your students with essay writing. Engage your students with this comprehensive persuasive writing assignment!⭐CLICK HERE TO SAVE 20% WITH THE BUNDLE!⭐This product comes in a PDF and digital version, which can be accessed in Google Drive.Students will read the passage
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4th - 7th
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Animal Research: Animal, Ecology, Biome & Habitat Activity for Big Kids
Animal Research Activities for big kids tied to life science/ecology units! Includes 70 pages of guided notes to help support student understanding of ecology concepts through an animal of interest! Meets NGSS standards and ELA CCSS! This document includes the following:- Comprehensive Animal Research Note Sheets- Circle Schema Builder- KWL Chart- Can/Have/Are/Eat/Live Graphic Organizer- Informational Fact Graphic Organizers (Flower, Web, List)- Basic Biome Vocabulary (Words/Definitions)- Empty
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Complete Guide to Organizing or Running a School Science Fair
Simple and Easy step by step guide to planning an entire school Science Fair!!As a 5th grade Science teacher, I have been the one in charge of organizing and running the school’s Science Fair each year. When I first found out that I was the sole person in charge of making sure the Science Fair ran smoothly, I almost cried! I had no idea how to put something so big together! Just a few years later, I had it down to a “Science”.Here is a packet you can use to help you put together the Science Fair
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Everything 5th Grade Science Mega Bundle (TEKS & NGSS)
Emergency Sub Plans: The Ocean ELA or Science Print and Go Packet
We have all been caught off guard for some reason or another and needed to gather sub plans in a hurry to prepare for an unexpected absence. This print and go product is perfect for your substitute binder or to even e-mail in your absence to a coworker to print for a substitute. This five day packet includes three informational texts about the ocean, nine informational animal cards, questions, vocabulary, an art activity, and graphic organizers to complete a five paragraph argumentative essay ab
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Emergency Sub Plans Bundle: Print and Go
Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer - Persuasive Essay Dog Themed
Captivate students with this persuasive writing unit! They will beg you to start as they read the passage (or research) about the Golden Retriever and the Labrador Retriever. They will then choose which breed they would rather own, and write an opinion essay to convince the reader which dog is better! No prep for you and easy to implement in your classroom.⭐CLICK HERE TO SAVE 20% WITH THE BUNDLE!⭐This product comes in a PDF and digital version, which can be accessed in Google Drive.Check out the
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4th - 7th
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Operation Redwood Novel Unit- Common Core Aligned
Operation Redwood by S. Terrell French is a great story for intermediate students, and can be a wonderful supplement to a unit on ecology or redwoods. This novel unit includes: Glossary & Vocabulary Match Aligns with 4th and 5th grade Language standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.4 & CCSS.ELA- LITERACY.L.5.4 Design a Treehouse (3 pages) Aligns with Next Gen Science Standard 3-5-ETS1-1Character Map using evidence from text (CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL. 4.3, 5.1, 6.1) compare/ contrast graphic organi
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4th - 6th
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Esperanza Rising Novel Study Supplement - Nonfiction Close Reading Passages
Increase the rigor of any Esperanza Rising Novel Study Unit with this Close Reading Supplement!The Close Reading Passages let students dive deep into a close read, make annotations, and practice comprehension skills like using text evidence, identifying main idea and details, developing inferences, and using context clues to determine the meaning of vocabulary. Plus, students practice citing evidence from multiple sources while making text-to-text connections with the Literature Connection essa
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4th - 6th
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Science Morning Work Prompts
This set includes 10 weeks of daily thought-provoking science journal prompts. These prompts are a great way to integrate science, math, research skills, and writing. Your download will include a PowerPoint presentation of prompts and an answer key. Try out 1 week free! The preview includes all of week #1!I like using these prompts as "welcome work" when students first come in to class, but there are many other ways you could incorporate these prompts: science centers, homework, early finishers,
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Solar Energy BUNDLE (Global Warming and Climate Change)
92 printable or digital pages exploring renewable solar energy and global warming + climate change: internet activities - 15 WebQuest and Google activities,analyze global warming charts and graphs - 17 pagescompare and contrast - 10 pageswriting prompts - 25 pages brainteasers and word puzzles - 25 pagesPRINT: I created PDF versions that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click on "Add one to cart" and download your copy. DIGITAL ACTIVITY: I cre
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Grades:
4th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-5
Digital Animal Adaptations "Who Would Win" Opinion Writing Google Slides
Use these incredibly entertaining and engaging Google Slides to integrate your animal adaptations unit with opinion writing. Students will spin interactive wheels to first determine the habitat. After the habitat is randomly selected, the student will spin to find their two animals that will be placed in that habitat. Students will then have to think about the two different animals and their features to determine which of those two animals would best survive in that habitat (focusing on adaptat
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-LS4-3
, 2-LS4-1
, 3-LS4-4
, MS-LS4-4
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