Science Lessons That Rock

Spice up your Punnett square lesson with this speed dating activity! Perfect to do around Valentine's day! In this activity, students are assigned a monster card. On each card the genotypes of 4 traits are listed. Students will go on 3 "dates" with other monsters and complete 4 Punnett squares on each date. There are 2 versions of this activity included- one for Mendelian inheritance and another for incomplete dominance. Different monsters are used for each activity, so you could do both rounds

Spice up your symbiosis lesson with this speed dating activity! Perfect around Valentine's day to review mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. In this activity, students are assigned a desert organism card. On each card students will learn what the organism eats, any adaptations it has, what it needs to survive, and what it can offer other organisms. Students will then go on 5 "speed dates" with other students in the classroom. After discussing what they have to offer, they will decide if the

Are you teaching evolution and how speciation occurs? Use this skittles lab to have your students model how species separate (in this case, through geographic and ecological isolation.) It's fun and almost no prep! Materials needed per group: Dixie cup, skittles, and a paper towel. Included in your purchase is BOTH a pdf printable version and an alternate Google slide version- great for lab make-ups! You might also be interested in:Speciation LessonAnalyzing Darwin's finches graphing activity

In this experiment, students will use punnett squares to identify which members of a family are able to donate blood to each other. (Prior to this lab, students should understand how pedigrees are set up and how blood types are passed down from parent to offspring using punnett squares). Genetics can be fun to teach, but hard to find easy and inexpensive labs. This lab is easy to set up, uses inexpensive materials, and gives fool-proof results! Materials needed: Test tubes or vials with racks OR

In this activity, students will create a food chain and a food web with 36 given organism cards. Many students always ask, "what does a skunk eat?" or "who eats skunks?" Take the guessing out of food chains and webs! Each organism card includes both what the organism eats and what it gets eaten by. (Product includes terrestrial organisms only, no aquatic). Students will create the chain/web, identify what type of consumer it is, and it's trophic level. You will receive a printable PDF version o

Great activity on biomes that reinforces graphing skills! This climate graph worksheet includes climatograms / climatographs for the following biomes: grassland, tropical rainforest, temperate forest, desert, taiga, and tundra. Students will analyze and answer questions about the graphs, and also graph their own. Included in your purchase:- 3 page pdf version - 3 slide Google drive version You might also be interested in:Biomes and biodiversity powerpointBiomes interactive diagramBiome Travel B

This is a year-long bundle that will include everything you need to teach earth and space science! These resources have all been used in my own classroom and I know they will engage your students and save you hours and hours of time. There are 9 units included in this download:Intro to earth and space scienceBig bang and universe The solar system Plate tectonicsRocks and mineralsWeathering and erosionFresh waterOceanographyAtmosphere, weather, and climate--> CLICK HERE to view the include

How do we know Darwin was right about evolution via natural selection? In this activity students will read/learn about Peter and Rosemary Grant, a couple from Princeton University who traveled to the Galapagos to conduct research. Students will learn what happened to the finch population on Daphne Major following a severe drought, and again following an El Nino. Students will graph data from the Grant's research and answer questions. This is a great activity to include with the HHMI video clip

Just finished teaching the biogeochemical cycles and need a great homework or formative assessment? Included in this purchase are 5 worksheets covering the water, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles. The last worksheet is titled "name that cycle" and students have to be able to identify the different cycles. What's included in your purchase:- 5 worksheet pdf version with COLOR diagrams - 5 worksheet pdf version with BLACK AND WHITE diagrams - 5 worksheet google slide version You might also

Have your students take a ride through the carbon cycle with this fun and engaging game! Students will learn how carbon moves through the carbon cycle by rolling cubes and going to different stations. Note: Students should have a basic understanding of the carbon cycle prior to this activity. Stations include: atmosphere, plants, animals, ocean, soil, and fossil fuels. Students will pick up tokens at each station to track where they have been. The only item not included in this purchase is smal

Instead of just talking about the scientists that contributed to the cell theory, have students "travel through time" and see first hand what these famous scientists discovered. In this activity students will rotate through 5 microscope stations, draw what they see, and make qualitative observations. Please note this lab is not editable. For this lab, you will need:1. Microscopes- at least 5 but a class set is ideal 2. Prepared slides of cork cells or make your own wet mount (Hooke) 3. Pond wa

Have your students learn about 50 influential and famous scientists! Save time decorating your classroom! Easily print, laminate, and hang around your classroom or bulletin boards. Scientists included are:1. Isabella Abbott 2. Elizabeth G. Anderson 3. Mary Anning 4. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi 5. Alice Ball 6. Patricia Bath 7. Niels Bohr 8. Margaret Ann Bulkley 9. Rachel Carson 10. George Washington Carver 11. France Cordova 12. Steven Chu 13. Marie Curie 14. Charles Darwin 15. Christian Doppler

Biology students need to learn how to use microscopes before they come out of the cabinet. These 5 worksheets are a great way to prepare students on how to use microscopes properly. Worksheets include:Identifying parts of a microscopeUsing the microscope- students will place the procedures in the correct orderComparing microscopes- students will identify characteristics of stereo, compound, and electron microscopes.Practice drawing microscopic images to scaleAnalyzing electron microscope images

2 fun activities to teach dichotomous keys! Activity 1: Students will complete a dichotomous key using dinosaur species. You will receive a printable PDF version and a digital Google slides version. Activity 2: Students will create their own dichotomous key using monsters. Full directions are included on the process to set up a dichotomous key. Printable PDF version only. You might also be interested in:Dichotomous Keys PowerpointCandy CladogramsTaxonomy LabClassification PosterBe sure to follo

Looking to take a little deeper dive into the topic of homeostasis? In this station activity, students will rotate through 10 stations and learn how a variety of organisms maintain homeostasis. This lab is 17 pages and non-editable. See description below of each station and required materials. Station 1: Students will read about negative feedback loops. No materials are required. Station 2: Students will compare their normal pulse to their pulse after placing their hand in ice water for 30 sec

This worksheet includes 10 practice problems where students need to identify the control, independent variable, and dependent variable in each experiment. This worksheet is editable to meet your individual needs. Students need lots of practice with this hard to grasp concept- the more they practice the better they will understand! Included in your purchase is an editable Word version and a Google slides version. You might also be interested in:Scientific Method PowerpointScientific Procedures Wr

This interactive activity is great for teaching food chains and trophic levels. In this activity, students will be playing the roles of a coyote, rabbit, or grass in an ecological community. They will learn why it is important to have the greatest number of producers and the fewest number of secondary consumers. Students will love this activity because they will be up out of their seats and competing with their peers. Teachers will love this activity because it emphasizes not only trophic levels

Looking to make cellular respiration feel a little more exciting and tangible for students? I created this station activity to help bring the process of respiration to life and not focus on the biochemistry behind it. (If you are looking for your students to take a deeper dive into the biochemistry of glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain, this is not the product for you). Prior to this activity, students should already have an understanding of the process of cellular res

Candy engages any student! Use different types of candy to have students find similarities and make a cladogram. Candies used on this worksheet are Sour Patch Kids, Hot Tamales, Skittles, and Sweet Tarts. However, this worksheet is completely editable and can be changed to any other types of candy you have on hand. Students will love this activity! Also included is a digital google slide version, great for distance learning or absent students. You might also be interested in:Cladogram powerpoi

Hang these colorful posters or anchor charts in your classroom that students can reference when going through the CER process. Enlarge and laminate for a colorful classroom display! There are 2 versions of each CER poster set: 1. CER posters with definitions only- great for classroom display. 2. CER posters with definitions and examples- great for students to keep in their notebooks for reference. (See preview for further clarification) You might also be interested in:CER Graphic OrganizerBe sur