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Overview:Help your students master cell transport, diffusion, and osmosis while reinforcing the role of cell structures in regulating what enters and exits the cell! This no-prep reading passage + questions resource is perfect for middle school life science and biology classes. Students will explore how the cell membrane’s structure supports its function, and how this relates to diffusion, osmosis, and active/passive transport.This engaging resource works great as an introduction, review activit

Overview:Classifying examples of sexual and asexual reproduction has never been more engaging than this. Scientists need the help of your students to study how a population of mysterious aliens reproduce. Your students will read descriptions of each alien species and classify them as sexually or asexually reproducing organisms. They will then draw mini diagrams of budding, fragmentation, and binary fission and create a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting sexual and asexual reproduction. Your

Overview:Help your students understand why biodiversity matters in ecosystems through this forest simulation worksheet! This print-and-go activity is perfect for middle school biology or environmental science classes. Students compare forests with high vs low biodiversity, explore what happens when disease spreads, and see firsthand how biodiversity supports healthy, resilient ecosystems. This resource is great for introducing biodiversity, reinforcing its importance, doing assessment work, or

Overview:Do boring labs make your skin crawl? This highly engaging carrying capacity lab is exactly what you need to perk up even the most reluctant learners! Students will absolutely love maintaining their own ant population (fake, of course) to observe population growth in action. You'll love that students must incorporate science process skills in order to graph the exponential and logistic growth of the ant population. An included pre-lab passage makes this low prep set-up a dream so that yo

Overview:Take your genetic mutations lesson to the next level with this highly engaging, download and go mini lesson. Enhance your genetics, heredity, and inheritance lessons with this google slides formatted activity, perfect for sub plans, independent work, and reinforcement. Your students will be instantly captivated when introduced to the rare blue lobster. Through video, reading, and interactive activities, students will learn about how a genetic mutation causes the blue color of the lobste

Overview:Cell differentiation can be a challenging concept for students, especially if they have been looking at traditional cell models and diagrams that only show one type of cell. This introductory reading passage, examples page, and comprehension question assignment is the perfect transition to cell differentiation for your middle school students! This is an awesome assignment for students if your time is limited for cell differentiation or you aren't able to do a full stem cell project. Why

Overview:Engage your students with predator prey relationships by graphing the snowshoe hare and arctic fox populations. Your students will read a one-page passage about the snowshoe hare, its unique camouflage adaptation, and how predators like the arctic fox help maintain healthy ecosystems. They will then create a double line graph of the snowshoe hare and arctic fox populations and answer reading comprehension and graph analysis questions. Why You'll Love It:High-interest, real-life reading

Overview:Teach your students about artificial selection in this highly engaging digital service dog lab! Formatted in Google Slides, your students will choose one of four services provided by dogs, then read dog breed profiles to learn about the traits of various breeds. After recording these traits in an informational table, students will choose two of the breeds to fit their chosen service, then justify their choice. Why You'll Love It:Assign-and-goIn-class or at home, this lab is accessible t

Overview:Explore the specialized structures of flowering plants with an engaging and informative reading passage. Students will be introduced to the topic of the specialized plant structures of angiosperms that facilitate reproduction through pollination. They will learn the male and female parts of a flower, as well as the function of each part. Complete with matching and short answer questions, this is a sub-friendly resource that you'll use again and again! Why You'll Love It:Print-and-goEnga

Overview:Dig in to selective breeding with this high-interest reading passage over every student's favorite topic...dogs! Your students will learn about the history of selective breeding, how wild corn developed into modern day maize, the domestication of wolves, and the selective breeding of the dog breeds they know and recognize today. Included comprehension questions and dog breed matching worksheet reinforce the concepts in a meaningful way. ❤️Why You'll Love It:High-interest reading that co

Overview:Observing patterns within the fossil record is engaging and easy with this three page reading passage, question worksheet, and fossil layers puzzle activity. Your students will learn about how fossils form, transition fossils, index fossils, and environmental change with a high-interest reading passage. They will then put their fossil analyzing skills to the test by completing a puzzle based on patterns present within the fossil record. Why You'll Love It:No technology required! This re

Overview:Explore how biodiversity strengthens the health of ecosystems with this engaging and effective simulation activity. Your students will complete two simulations, one for an ecosystem with low biodiversity, and one for an ecosystem with high biodiversity. Students will pretend to be pollinators interacting within the ecosystem, then observe what happens to the population when a disease sweeps through. (Love this resource, but need print and go? Check out a similar resource HERE).❤️Why Yo

Overview:Compare and contrast sexual and asexual reproduction with this engaging and interactive task cards activity. This interactive activity includes 16 reproduction clue cards to narrow down a list of suspects, evidence, locations, and disguises in order to solve a mystery. Answering questions correctly will narrow down the list until they solve the case! An extremely low-prep activity that will have your students "sleuthing" for knowledge. Why You'll Love It:Print-and-go (all you have to do

Overview:Help students grasp how the body maintains balance through homeostasis and feedback loops with this engaging, ready-to-use reading resource. Students read a clear, vocabulary-rich passage and then demonstrate understanding through thought-provoking comprehension questions—perfect for classwork, homework, or substitute days. ✅ What’s Included A 3-page informational reading passage on homeostasis and feedback systems Comprehension questions (text-based & inference) Answer key for st

Overview:Introduce environmental and genetic growth factors with this engaging and low prep goldfish paper lab from Avery Science. Students will read a two page introductory passage about the growth of goldfish in captivity versus the wild, then use rulers to measure goldfish from each population. Students will create a graph showing the growth of each population, then answer comprehension questions. Students love goldfish and will be excited to learn about the factors that influence the growth

Overview:Get your students out of their seats in this interactive predator/prey relationships simulation game! Students will take on the role of snowy owl predators and lemming prey, using whiteboards to determine if owls have successfully captured their prey. Throughout the game data is recorded for students to use in creating a double line graph of the predator and prey populations. My students LOVE this game and ask to play it all the time! Why You'll Love It:Low prepIncorporates graphingMove

Bring natural selection to life with this engaging, low prep Peppered Moth Evolution Lab! This resource allows students to explore how genetic variation and environmental change drive adaptation and evolution through hands-on data collection and graphing. With clear instructions, a short reading passage, and ready-to-use print materials, this activity makes teaching natural selection simple, visual, and memorable. This resource is perfect for middle or high school biology and life science class

Overview:Engage your students in an exciting way to review cell structures and organelle functions with this no-prep digital escape room activity! Perfect for middle school science or biology classes, this interactive activity helps students master cell structure & function, including key organelles like the nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplast, cell membrane, and cell wall. Students work through 16 self-checking questions inside a Google Forms escape room, unlocking digital “locks” as they dem

Overview:Teach your students about specialized plant structures by dissecting a flower in this highly engaging digital lab! Formatted in Google Slides, your students will use a "scalpel" to dissect a digital flower and view its internal structures. Students will record the function of each structure in a notes table, then watch a short clip of pollination in action. After the dissection, students will develop an argument from evidence for how specialized plant structures increase the probability

Overview:Amp up your ecology unit with this symbiotic relationships graphing assignment. Teaching symbiosis is simple and evidence based with these effective print-and-go worksheets. Cover mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism flawlessly with this easy to implement resource. Students will create double line graphs representing population growth of various organisms living separately and together, then analyze the graphs to determine the symbiotic relationship that exists. This assignment is pe