467 results
8th grade graphing laboratories for special education
Forensic Science: Fingerprint Patterns Lab Activity
A great lab for any Forensic Science class studying fingerprints! Students learn to take fingerprints, identify fingerprint patterns, and collect class data to compare with national averages. It also helps students practice graphing.
Includes:
• 2-page student worksheet
• Excel document to help figure out class averages
• 1-page Intro to Fingerprint Patterns Handout to help students identify prints
• 1-page Fingerprint Practice Sheet with tips on how to get a good print
• 1-page Collecting Ink
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 12th
Types:
Also included in: Forensic Science Fingerprints Unit Bundle
Beaker Pong: Experimental Design and Graphing Lab, NGSS aligned
Great 1st week or 1st month STEM activity! All parts are EDITABLE and includes a graphing grid! This is a great way to introduce the "science process" (better phrase for scientific method) at the start of a semester or anytime you want fun to occur in your classroom.*****Focus on the NGSS PRACTICES Dimension*****The National Research Council's (NRC) Framework describes a vision of what it means to be proficient in science; it rests on a view of science as both a body of knowledge and an evidenc
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
Graphing Station Activity
Included in this activity are 8 stations that are centered around graphing. The lesson is 17 pages and non-editable. See description below of each station and required materials.Station 1: At this station students determine which type of graph should be used based on 3 data sets. No additional materials are needed. Station 2: At this station students will create a best fit line and calculate slope. You will need to slide the page into a page protector, and provide a ruler, whiteboard marker, and
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 10th
Types:
Potential and Kinetic Energy Phet Skate Park Simulation Digital UDL Lesson
Lesson on potential and kinetic energy using google slides and the phet energy skate park simulation. Interactive lesson with NGSS science standards made accessible for all students with UDL principals. Includes multiple slides of questions on the relationship of kinetic and potential energy and the affect of mass and height on kinetic and potential energy. Product also includes an extension activity.
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-5
, MS-PS3-1
Middle School Scientific Method Unit - Notes, Labs, Activities, Test
This 70-page unit includes 7 lessons taking place over 4-5 weeks to teach your middle school students about the scientific method. Each lesson includes teaching notes, links to any supplemental materials (notes slideshows, videos, etc.), and student materials (notes, activities, labs, project outline, test, etc.). This includes two full labs, 3 sets of scaffolded notes, 9 classroom activities, a science fair project, and a unit test.Lesson 1 - Introduction to the Scientific Method activity - stu
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Plate Tectonics LAB: Yummy! Eat Your Boundaries (Graham Crackers and Fluff)
EAT YOUR PLATES AND YOUR ASTHENOSPHERE! Graham cracker based plate tectonic boundaries lab. A dynamic tutorial on plate boundaries and model manipulation that kids LOVE! You can eat it too!
Loaded with COLOR and IMAGES!
This is a can’t miss lab! You can use the images provided OR use actual lab materials to mimic the lab procedure provided!
This lab includes the following:
-Terminology-asthenosphere, lithosphere, plate boundaries, convergent, divergent, transform, oceanic crust, contin
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 9th, Adult Education
Types:
Skittles Lab: Scientific Inquiry-Scientific Method Practice
Want a fun way for students to practice scientific inquiry/ scientific method skills? This skittles lab is perfect for students practicing or reviewing how to create a hypothesis, make detailed qualitative and quantitative observations, design a step by step procedure on how to execute their experiment, graph results, and write a conclusion of their findings. There is also an opportunity to obtain class data and break down their findings by whole classes and find the percentages of what color is
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
Plate Tectonics, Pangaea, and Continental Drift LAB (Lots of FUN!!!)
Meet the ULTIMATE Super Continent! PANGAEA! Come experience an in depth tutorial and analysis of Pangaea, its before, and its after. A variety of fun and engaging pedagogical strategies (some you have probably never seen before) including:
-Puzzle construction: colorful with differentiated symbols to denote: cynognathus fossils, mesosaurus fossils, glossopteris fossils, lystrosaurus fossils, young rock formations, and old rock formations. Using a color/symbol coded key students assemble a
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 9th, Adult Education
Types:
Can you find the LINE GRAPHING MISTAKES? 8 Graph Task Cards Application
Have you spent some time teaching graphing? Are students making the same mistakes over and over? Have them catch the mistakes with this task card activity.This product consists of 8 task cards; each with a set of data and a line graph that is graphed incorrectly (with at least 2 mistakes). Students need to find the mistake on each one!This can be done as a stations activity, a whole group lesson or as a pass game. As an enrichment for early finishers, included is a sheet for students to make
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 10th
Types:
Scientific Method Paper Airplane Experiment | Digital | Editable | No Prep
Before my students delve deep into the Science curriculum, I ensure they have a clear understanding for the Scientific Method. This Paper Airplane Experiment allows children to explore the Scientific Method as they practice collecting and analyzing data from controlled, independent, and dependent variables. So...HOW DOES IT WORK? Students will fly a paper airplane and compare the distance it traveled to the distance that same paper airplane traveled when paper clips are added. PSA: the airplane
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
Moon Phases and OREO COOKIE LAB. A TRUE HIT! (Yummy for ALL Ages!)
PROCEEDS BENEFIT CHARITY:
"REACH INC."-EMPOWERING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
http://www.reachinc.org
Understanding moon phases can be difficult for a student or adult of any age. According to the NSF (National Science Foundation), the conceptual process of the moon phases is "misunderstood by adults just as much as children." Well, it's time to fix that! And you can use OREO cookies to help you.
This is a comprehensive activity and mini-lab in which students investigate the dynamic yet pr
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
Natural Selection Peppered Moth data analysis
Students will examine data from the historical peppered moth experiment and answer several analysis questions and create a graph of the data. This is a great way to reinforce the concept of natural selection as the population sizes of two Peppered moths increase and decrease as the environment changes.Three items in this download:1) Peppered moth analysis (Word)2) Peppered moth analysis (pdf)3) Answer key for the peppered moth analysis (Word)Here are a few other Evolution-based lessons:Natural S
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
Scientific Method Sequence Display Cards
Scientific Method Display Cards are a great resource to reinforce the steps to the scientific method as well a supporting science fair project work. This product includes two levels of differentiation, one with picture supported text and the second level using sight word sentences. It is recommended that the two levels are attached to the front and back of sentence strips to create an instructional activity that can be used to address diverse literacy skills within the same activity.Scientific
Grades:
K - 12th
Types:
LAB - Sugar Cube Weathering
This is a lab activity about physical weathering (abrasion) and chemical weathering (affect of temperature and surface area). Students will model abrasion by shaking sugar cubes in plastic bottles. Then, they will model the affect of temperature on weathering and the affect of surface area on weathering using sugar cubes.
This is a fun lab for students and is very cost-effective. I have students bring in empty gatorade bottles (they are hard plastic and will last for years). Sugar cubes can be
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 12th
Types:
Anaerobic vs. Aerobic Respiration Lab
This lab asks students to pick a muscle group and push it to the point of anaerobic respiration. Students should have background knowledge before beginning this. This activity can be done using only a stop watch to time reps (sit-ups, push ups, etc.), but I like to borrow hand weights, yoga balls or pilates bands from the gym for extra fun. Kids really get into this activity!I have uploaded this in a .docx format, so you can edit and differentiate for your classroom and students' needs. Enjo
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-LS1-7
Also included in: Photosynthesis and Respiration Bundle
Introduction to Scatter Plot Graphs Bundle - Lab, Notes, PowerPoint Presentation
This Intro To Scatter Plot Graphs bundle contains:
• Intro to Scatter Plot Notes (2-page fill-in style student version and 2-page teacher version)
• PowerPoint Presentation (11 slides)
• Scatter Plot Lab Activity (4 pages)
• Files in both .pdf and .docx. PowerPoint is .ppt
This bundle contains a basic introduction to scatter plot graphs and correlation (perfect positive, perfect negative, high positive, low positive, high negative, low negative, and no correlation). Also includes a link to pra
Grades:
7th - 10th
Types:
Scientific Method: SAVING SAM THE GUMMY WORM! Kids say, "So much FUN!"
PROCEEDS BENEFIT "REACH INC."-EMPOWERING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
http://www.reachinc.org
-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-
SAVING SAM (GUMMY WORM) is a VERY POPULAR lab introducing the scientific method commonly found anywhere between 4th and 8th grade. Check out the preview! This lab is also used in pedagogy classes for science education in undergraduate and graduate school. This is a modified lab geared towards lower ability levels and/or students that do not ha
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
Mixtures and Solutions using trail mix and kool aid- great for ESE
Students will create their own trail mix and kool-aid to demonstrate the difference between mixtures and special types of mixtures called solutions. I teach in a special-ed classroom and utilizing their measuring skills, and involving their taste buds make it easier for them to make a connection to the content.
You will need (per student, makes 1 cup. They could split with a partner or take home.)
¼ cup goldfish
¼ cup pretzels
¼ cup dried cranberries
¼ cup cereal
individual kool-aid packets
M
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
Measurement: VOLUME LAB (Water Displacement Method / Irregular Objects)
PROCEEDS BENEFIT "REACH INC."-EMPOWERING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
http://www.reachinc.org
-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-
Volume - WATER DISPLACEMENT METHOD LAB (Irregular Objects)
Great scientific method and physical science lab!
Volume measurement of irregular objects. A dynamic 3-part lab/activity that DOES NOT require lab materials. Using the water displacement method students will calculate the volume of the following objects: ring, aluminum cylinder, glas
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Types:
12 Science Experiments to use in Special Education
These 12 different experiments allow students with autism and special learning needs to conduct real experiments with as much independence as possible while still following the scientific method. They are structured to allow students to make the necessary connections to the content while working through the 6 steps of the Scientific Method.✩✩✩ PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE THE SAME EXPERIMENTS INCLUDED IN THE SCIENCE UNITS LISTED BELOW. YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE THE UNITS TO BE ABLE TO DO THE EXPER
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
Atmospheric Layers Structure and Graphing LAB (An Earth Science Favorite!)
PROCEEDS BENEFIT "REACH INC."-EMPOWERING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
http://www.reachinc.org
Great COMBINATION of both math and science! This is an updated version by Southern Science Specialists.
New content, assessment prompts, and graphical template.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See the "Extended Version" that additionally addresses the atmospheres of other planets found at the link below
CLICK HERE FOR EXTENDED VER
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 10th, Adult Education
Types:
Scientific Method NGSS Crosscutting Concepts Activity & PowerPoint
Students will have a great time learning about science skills, experimental design, NGSS Cross Cutting Concepts, and NGSS Science and Engineering Processes with this resource! And it's Google Ready! It's packed with teacher notes to make your job easy!All you need are two tennis balls per group, one meter stick per group and something to keep the tennis balls cold like a cooler or freezer. The data really shows the difference between the bounce of a cold tennis ball and a room temperature ball.
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 12th
Types:
NYS How's the Weather Up There? Guided Lab, Pre-lab Boom Cards, Reference Sheet
In this resource you will find a copy of a Boom card deck to review students with the weather concepts they will be exposed to in the NYS How’s the Weather Up there? Lab Investigation. This set can be done as a pre-lab activity. Also included in this resource are two guided lab presentations that break down the investigation step by step. They provide visuals for students, simplify the questions and include sentence starters. These are meant to scaffold for the students as they complete the lab.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-6
, MS-ESS2-5
Life Skills Scrambled Eggs | Cooking Competition Cooking Lab | FCS
Grab your aprons and chef’s hats for this fun and eggciting scrambled egg cooking lab to teach life skills. Students will turn eggs into a delicious masterpiece in this eggcellent cooking activity. In this lesson, students will come up with their own scrambled egg recipe and have it be presented to judges! They will practice creativity, time management skills, and use teamwork to put their best eggs forward. Students will be placed into groups of three or four for this scrambled egg competition
Grades:
8th - 11th
Types:
Also included in: Life Skills Cooking Competition Bundle Part 2
Showing 1-24 of 467 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands