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Earth sciences Common Core W.6.1a resources
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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Grades:
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}
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
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
Total solar eclipse Reading Comprehension - RACE Writing practice worksheets
Eclipse 2024 Reading Comprehension - RACE Writing practice worksheets.RACE Strategy is a structure to answer passage-based, restating the question in a complete sentence, answering all parts of the question, citing text evidence and fully explaining.R: Re-state the questionA: Answer all parts of the questionC: Cite the text to provide evidenceE: Explain your citationPassages are 4th-6th grade reading level for independent work,lesson planshomework,substitute,test prep and review stations.
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Grades:
4th - 6th
PANGEA Intro Evidence Based Guided Reading PDF + Digital Resource Middle School
Please review or contact me with any feedback you may have! Students will learn about how mountains and fossils are key pieces of evidence for the theory of PANGEA. This is a great introductory lesson or great sub plans!The resource includes a key, slides, and the document. The document can be printed or can be sent through any digital classroom using google drive and be completed digitally. This reading allows close reading strategies to be incorporated into other content areas like science or
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
, MS-ESS2-2
STEM Challenge: Build Water Cycle Model
Looking for a hands-on activity to get your students to apply their understanding of the water cycle? Try this STEM Challenge! Using what they understand of the different stages of the water cycle, students work together to plan, build, and test their own working model of one or more stages of the cycle. They will then reflect in writing on their success and struggles. This editable Google Slides presentation allows you to customize the materials, stages, and investigation questions to suit your
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-2
, MS-ESS2-4
, 5-ESS2-1
, 4-ESS2-1
Earth Science Claim Evidence Argument Writing Activity
This resource is a claim, evidence, and argument writing and reading set with an NGSS Human Population and Consumption theme. This cross-curricular resource combines reading, writing, and science content areas. Supports middle school earth science standards and reading comprehension.This Claim-Evidence-Argument document was designed as a portion of a larger unit on the NGSS Topic: Earth and Human Activity. In the unit, students are given the option to pick one of three articles to read, which ar
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-4
Also included in: Geology Claim Evidence and Argument Bundle NGSS Earth Science
What Factor Causes the Seasons - Comparing Distance to the Sun & the Sun's Angle
One common student misconception about the cause of the seasons is that Earth’s distance from the Sun is the main factor. This activity directly relates to this misconception. Students should understand direct and indirect light and its role in temperature in order to successfully complete this lesson. Students are asked to compare and contrast 3 graphs, a common synthesizing task in many standardized tests. Students create the graphs, showing the monthly averages of Earth’s distance to the Sun,
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
Shadow Investigation - Exploring the Relationship Between the Sun & Shadows
The first lesson in a series of lessons that explores how people began and continue to tell time on Earth. In this lesson, students build a simple gnoman, the piece of a sundial that creates a shadow. Throughout the day, students track the changes in length and direction of the shadow. After students analyze the relationship, they are asked to build an argument from evidence for how the Sun moves through the sky based on their investigation. This lesson can be done in a variety of ways. I’ve inc
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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NGSS:
5-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-1
Exploring Direct and Indirect Light - An Investigation Using Temperature
Understanding the relationship between the Earth’s tilt and the seasons requires students to understand how the angle of light affects the temperature of a place. This lesson aims to begin that understanding. This investigation can be easily done at home with only a few supplies. Using lamps and thermometers, students find the difference between initial and final temperatures from two lamps: one demonstrating direct light and another demonstrating indirect light. From there, the lesson provides
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
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