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Science Common Core W.8.3c resources
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
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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
Gravity of Paper Lab - 8th Grade Physical Science
Students will use writing to explore the concept of Gravity. This lesson includes a "lab" activity and a writing assignment. In the Lab students will explore how gravity affects pieces of paper dropped to the floor. Assignment includes a data table, graphing assignment and analysis questions. Also included in the lab is an extension activity for advanced students or students who finish early.
Once the paper gravity lab is completed, students will write a fictional story about a day in thei
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5th - 10th
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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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3rd - 8th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, MS-LS1-4
, 4-LS1-2
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
Isaac Newton: The Laws of Motion and Gravitation - A Study Guide for gardes 8-12
Discover the genius of Isaac Newton with this in-depth study guide, crafted for students aged 13-17 (Grades 8-12). This guide takes learners on an exploratory journey through Newton's life, his groundbreaking discoveries in gravity and motion, and the development of calculus. Featuring engaging timelines, insightful explanations of the laws of motion and gravitation, and Newton's most famous quotes, this product makes complex concepts accessible and fascinating. It's an essential resource for ed
Gravity Unit - Build an egg parachute - Grade 8 Physical Science
This project is designed to illustrate the concept of gravity for physical science students. In small cooperative groups students will design and build a parachute that can safely delivery an egg dropped to the ground from a standard height. The parachutes are made out of simple materials that can be purchased at a grocery store and I generally drop the parachutes from the top of a ladder. This is a SUPER fun project that the kids love! This is the kind of project that appeals to every stude
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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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6th - 8th
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MS-PS3-5
Conversation Starters Package on Bad Habits- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on bad habits.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of bad habitsActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and tra
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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
Conversation Starters Package on Sitcoms- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on Netflix.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of NetflixActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitio
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conversation Starters Package on Sitcoms- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on sitcoms.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of sitcomsActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitio
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conversation Starters Package on Global Warming- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on global warming.What's included:A list of 14 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of global warmingActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Creative Science Fiction Writing
Teacher notes:Use this packet for ell/esol/mll/all.grades 6-10a creative writing activity -science fictionlistening activity (students listen to a story created bya classmatestudents create a podcast sheet to share what they listened to from their partner.student podcast template weekly note sheetnotes templatecoloring pagethank you for all you do!Mrs. Stewart
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Not Grade Specific
Debating Topics for Middle/High School: Environmental Issues
Get your middle/high school students thinking and speaking with our newest thought-provoking no prep debates on the topic of environmental issues.Our debate packages encourage critical thinking and allow students to discuss topics that are both relevant and important to them. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints. Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gat
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan - Infographic Background Brief
Students need background knowledge to comprehend the novels of the EngageNY modules. Infographic Background Briefs are 1-page documents that serve as an anchor text. In visuals, they present the MOST important information students need to understand about the context of the novel. Introduce the Infographic Background Brief in the beginning of the unit, engage students in close reading of its parts, and use the brief to identify companion texts for students to read and deepen their knowledge of t
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6th - 9th
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Darwin's Delights Explanation Writing: Changes in an Organism Over Time
Students choose an organism to research before writing an explanation text about how it has made adaptations based on Darwin’s theory of natural selection to thrive.The pack includes different graphic organizers, resources for lower ability pupils, as well as lesson plans and rubrics.In the past, this resource has been used alongside Charles and Emma by Deborah Heiligman, but can be used independently of the novel, as well.A link to access an editable file for use on Google Drive is available at
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7th - 8th
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Also included in: Darwin's Delights Themed Bundle
Monster Quiz 1 pp1-75. Fill-in and essay/constructed response questions.
This quiz includes 30 fill-in sentences and two (2) essay/constructed response choices: argument and narrative writing. This assessment covers pages 1-75 of the text and includes writing, character, POV, setting, text structure, and media ELA standards.
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6th - 12th
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Knights of the Road: Tell a Tachograph Tale! - Projects & PBL
Driving Question:How can we write a gripping and realistic trucker's tale with words and a tachograph?Description:Graphs tell stories and students use a graph of speed against time to tell a realistic story of a trucker's day. This is where the rubber meets the road with English and math standards in science class. Plus it highlights a central job in our economy: if you bought it, a truck brought it.What's Included with this Project:NextLesson Projects are extended lessons based in real life sit
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7th - 8th
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Matter Matters – Design Your Own Adventure - Remote-Ready STEAM Lesson O
This lesson introduces the many ways in which matter cycles around and around and supports and connects all life in our ecosystems. Students read and re-read an adventure story that follows one tiny bit of matter from as close as their own lungs to as far away as another planet. With each reading, students make new choices and create new adventures. With as much time as you want to allow for it, your kids will then take on the creative challenge of writing and illustrating their own Adventure Ma
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
NGSS:
MS-LS2-3
, 5-LS2-1
, 3-LS1-1
, 5-LS1-1
Reasoning and Logic
Middle School and High School Students often have difficulty composing reasoning in an argument because they think their evidence speaks for itself. This Slideshow is designed to offer students a list of logic-types for students to choose from in order to apply them to compose reasoning when writing an argument. Included is a slideshow, slides that can be printed and hung up as a poster for easy, future reference, examples for how to apply the logic, and practice reasoning statement prompts with
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Grades:
6th - 10th
NGSS:
HS-ESS1-4
, HS-LS2-7
, MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS3-2
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FREE - Creative Writing - Life on an exoplanet - Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Homeschool, Middle SchoolEmpower your students to collaborate. Is there anyone else out there? Engage your students in the mystery of a recently (2015) discovered exoplanet and unleash creativity, curiosity and wonder. Using the scaffolded guide, 'Star Gazer', students collaborate to consider a 'day in the life' on Kepler 452b - earth's 'cousin'. Although this active lesson can stand alone, it is the introduction to an exciting, Inquiry Based, program called Kepler's
Grades:
6th - 8th
Constructed Response Writing Strategy for Struggling Writers.. Called:Give me 8!
Have students who don't know how to write analytical Constructed Responses? Well, here is the tool for you and your lovely students. I have seen such great improvements in my students writing with my teacher created graphic organizer.
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5th - 8th
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GRATUIT - Écriture créative - La vie sur une exoplanète - Grade 6e, 7e, 8e année
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Homeschool, Middle SchoolDonnez à vos élèves les moyens de collaborer. Y a-t-il quelqu’un d’autre ! Engage your students in the mystery of a recently (2015) discovered exoplanet and unleash creativity, curiosity and wonder. Using the scaffolded guide, 'Star Gazer', students collaborate to consider a 'day in the life' on Kepler 452b - earth's 'cousin'. Although this active lesson can stand alone, it is the introduction to an exciting, Inquiry Based, program called Ke
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6th - 8th
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