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About this Product:

• This product includes PRINTABLE AND DIGITAL task cards.

• Task cards are tiered to Bloom's Taxonomy and probe low, mid and higher order thinking.

• Quick Prep – two cuts produce printable task cards with a neat and even white border.

• Digital task cards are made with Google Forms - Google Classrooms are not required.

• Answer Key included

Important Notes:

• Download FREE Task Cards to learn more about my task card sets

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This bundle includes:

• Climate and Biomes Task Cards (40 task cards)

Topics Covered: Climate, Factors that Affect Climate, Climate vs. Weather, Climate and Latitude, Biomes, Graphing & Mapping Biomes, Wind Currents & Climate, Ocean Currents & Climate, Using Fossils to Study Climate, Climate Change

• Earth, Moon and Celestial Cycles Task Cards (56 task cards)

Topics Covered: Gravity, Rotation vs. Revolution, Time Units, Celestial Cycles, Sun’s Movement & Shadows, Stars Movement at Night, Seasons, Seasonal Constellations, Earth’s Revolution & Seasons, Earth’s Tilt, Sun’s Altitude & the Seasons, Lunar Phases, Eclipses, Tidal Cycle, Spring vs. Neap Tide

• Earth's History Task Cards (38 task cards)

Topics covered: Geologic Time Scale, Early Earth (Precambrian), History of Life on Earth, Mass Extinctions, Fossils, Types of Fossils, Index Fossils, Relative Dating, Absolute Dating (Carbon Dating), Studying Past Climate (Tree Rings and Ice Cores)

• Earth's Systems Task Cards (64 task cards)

Topics covered: Earth’s Spheres (Atmosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere), Abundance of Elements, Inside Earth, Continental vs. Oceanic Crust, Water on Earth, Water Cycle, Layers of the Atmosphere, Atmospheric Gases, Atmospheric Pressure & Temperature, Types of Clouds, Wind Patterns, Ocean Currents

• Human Impact Task Cards (66 task cards)

Topics Covered: Earth’s Resources, Human Impact on the Environment, Negative Environmental Impact, Pollution, Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Acid Rain, Land Pollution, Ozone Depletion, Global Warming, Evidence for Climate Change, Human Population Growth, Human Impact on Other Species (Invasive Species, Direct Harvesting, Deforestation), Biological Magnification, Conservation & Sustainability, Solving Environmental Problems

• Mapping Earth and Landforms Task Cards (44 task cards)

Topics Covered: Mapping Earth (Latitude and Longitude), Finding Latitude with Polaris, Reading Topographic Maps, Creating Topographic Maps, Creating Topographic Profiles, Landforms & Bodies of Water

• Natural Resources Task Cards (24 task cards)

Topics Covered: Natural vs. Man-Made, Renewable vs. Nonrenewable, Synthetic Products, Distribution of Natural Resources, Effects of Uneven Distribution

• Rocks and Minerals Task Cards (30 task cards)

Topics covered: Minerals, Mineral Formation, Mineral Properties (including Mohs' Hardness), Mineral vs. Rock, Types of Rocks, Sedimentary Rock Formation, Rock Cycle

• Slow and Rapid Changes to Earth Task Cards (46 task cards)

Topics Covered: Weathering, Erosion, Gravity’s Role in Erosion, Waterfalls, Deposition, Rivers, Evidence for Slow Change, Landforms & Slow Change, Cave Formation, Rapid Changes to Earth

• Soil Task Cards (14 task cards)

Topics covered: Soil, Soil Texture, Types of Soil, Layers of Soil, Living & Nonliving Parts of Soil

• Structure of the Universe Task Cards (64 task cards)

Topics covered: Structure of the Universe, History of the Universe (The Big Bang Theory), Composition of the Universe, Types of Galaxies, Celestial Objects, History of Our Solar System, Our Solar System, Solar System Trends, Stars, Life of a Star, Extraterrestrial Objects

• Tectonic Plates Task Cards (48 task cards)

Topics covered: Plate Tectonics, Plate Boundaries, Plate Boundary Landforms, Seafloor Spreading, Convection in the Mantle, Continental Drift Theory, Pangaea, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Types of Faults, Seismology

• Weather Task Cards (80 task cards)

Topics Covered: Describing Weather, Weather Station Model, Sun’s Role in Weather, High vs. Low Pressure, Types of Air Masses, Weather Fronts, Types of Clouds, Isotherm & Isobar Maps, Hazardous Weather, Weather Safety, Reducing Weather Impact, Rain Shadow, Land vs. Sea Breeze, El Nino and La Nina, Hurricane Formation

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Can my students use Digital Task Cards?

• You do NOT need Google Classroom or a specific app to use digital task cards.

• Google Form task cards can be shared as a link with your student any way you choose.

• Internet access is required.

• Google Form task cards can be completed on any electronic device including computers, tablets and smartphones.

How can I share Digital Task Cards with my students?

You can share digital task card sets with your students using secure methods including:

• Email directly to students

• Google Classrooms

• Alternative platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Canvas and Schoology

• Password-protected file-sharing platforms such as DropBox, Google Drive or One Drive

Is this resource editable?

• Digital task card questions and answers are editable. Task card images are NOT editable.

• You can create smaller sets of task cards from a complete unit set of task cards.

• You can edit short answer responses to become multiple choice questions if desired.

• The task cards are designed to quiz students. You can adjust the settings to your preferences.

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Differentiation and Tiering

A colored shape code is denoted to help you differentiate concepts:

• Questions with a green circle cover basic ideas and understandings.

• Questions with a blue square cover intermediate ideas and understandings.

• Questions with a black diamond cover advanced ideas and understandings.

Each task card is marked with a "signal strength" to probe lower, mid or higher order thinking:

• Questions with a “low” signal strength assess the ability to remember, recall and understand

• Questions with a “medium” signal strength assess the ability to apply, analyze or explain

• Questions with a “high” signal strength assess the ability to evaluate, judge or interpret

Important Note: Some task card sets do NOT include all levels of differentiation. All task card sets include low, medium and high signal strength questions for each differentiation level included.

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These task cards are great for:

✓ Science Centers

✓ Formative or Summative Assessment

✓ Scoot Classroom Game

✓ Independent Study

✓ Review

NGSS Alignment

This resource aligns with grade 3 through 5 and middle school Earth Science Next Generation Science Standards. Refer to my Free Curriculum Support Materials to help incorporate my Task Cards into a NGSS-aligned curriculum.

TERMS OF USE

• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.

• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.

• Intended for classroom and personal use only.

• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.

• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.

• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).