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Earth sciences Common Core W.6.2a resources
Types of Volcanoes Activity
Students will erupt with excitement when they work on this fun and flashy circlebook activity that examines three types of volcanoes! Fifteen mix-n-match templates feature ready-to-color illustrations of a Cinder Cone, a Composite Cone, and a Shield Volcano, complete with keys. For longer circle books, students can fill in additional templates with vocabulary words, create pages of volcano facts, research types of lava or the formation of volcanoes, or write a creative story about exploring a vo
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3rd - 8th
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Natural Disasters Brochure (Guided Genius Hour Project)
Exploring Natural Disasters is an important element in various subjects - social studies, science, and NOW writing! This brochure assignment allows students to explore a natural disaster from either the United States or around the world and learn about the impact such events can have on the human population.
For this project students are required to:
1) Research
2) Take self-guided notes
3) Organize sources
4) Produce a finished brochure as a final product
Included in this product you will
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3rd - 8th
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Volcanoes | Volcano Activity Report | Google Classroom | Google Slides
Students LOVE studying volcanoes and using TECHNOLOGY! This Google Classroom resource makes producing a volcanoes research report fun and easy! These colorful Google Slides contain a complete paperless report perfect for Chromebooks, HP Streams, and other devices in a 1:1 classroom. Use these activities to engage students in a whole class, small group, or independent environment. This resource is also perfect for home school students.Templates are included to create, develop, write, edit, presen
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Also included in: Volcanoes Report Printable and Google Slides Bundle
Space Race Exploration Biography Report, Research Graphic Organizer, Rubric
Save yourself lots of time with this creative two-week biography project! This integrated ELA/ space-related project has students choosing one person to research who has contributed significantly to the study and exploration of outer space and create a Google Site as the end result, focusing on 21st century skills throughout the project (technology and creativity). Begin the project with a WebQuest. Your students will select five people from a long list to learn more about and write down 3-5 bul
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6th - 7th
The Reason for the Seasons - A Cause and Effect Explanation for the Seasons
This lesson is meant to bring together students’ knowledge about direct and indirect light and opposite seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres to help them to build their model of the Sun-Earth system. This lesson explains why the different hemispheres receive indirect and direct light at different times of the year: Earth’s tilt. Students review axis, latitude, and the equator; direct and indirect light; and Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Using the example of a baseball and flashl
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6th - 8th
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MS-ESS1-1
Biome Tour! Research Writing! Editable on Google Slides
Students will choose a biome to research and become an expert on! Then, they will create a tour guide company and write a tour guide script teaching visitors all about their biome! Perfect for an early finisher task, cross-curricular project, individual research project, or whole class assignment! No prep! This product includes:-Table of contents linked to the slides so your students can easily navigate to the work for the day-Writing prompt-Choice of biomes to choose from-Tour guide company pla
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: 8 Student Editable Writing Slides Bundle! GOOGLE SLIDES!
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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6th - 8th
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MS-ESS1-1
Documentary The Greatest Places: Compare/Contrast Physical/Human Characteristics
This is a simple graphic organizer for the IMAX film "The Greatest Places." It's a good way to keep the students engaged and taking notes, but unburdened with lengthy written answers. This focus of this worksheet is on the physical and human characteristics of the various places shown in the film. You may need to discuss with your students ahead of time the terminology of physical characteristics and human characteristics. This would make a nice addition to a science unit of ecosystems/biomes or
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5th - 8th
Discussion Question: How Geologists Tell Between an Igneous/Sedimentary Rocks
This discussion question asks the student to answer the following question: How does a geologist tell the difference between an igneous and sedimentary rock. The activity includes a rubric, a place for student to do their writing, and a self assessment.
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4th - 6th
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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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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
Discussion Question: What is the Process for Creating the 3 Layers of Soil?
This activity asks the question: What is the Process for Creating the 3 Layers of Soil? The assessment includes a rubric, a place for students to write their answers, and a self assessment.
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4th - 6th
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Weather Research Project
This is a project requiring students to research a topic related to weather.
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4th - 8th
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MS-ESS2-5
Magnetism. Word Problems and Study Guide.
These are a series of word problems designed for a magnetism unit that featured: magnetic domains, magnetic forces, and Earth's magnetism. Answer key included.
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6th - 8th
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