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2 pages of informational text plus 2 pages of analysis questions about 8 animals that can regenerate their body parts. Learn about the axolotl which can regrow lost legs, tails, parts of its spinal cord, and even sections of its heart and brain. Read about the planaria which can be cut in half and each half will become a complete new planaria. The immortal jellyfish can revert from its adult form back into a younger stage and then its cells change into different types of cells. Starfish can reg

Make learning and reviewing waves exciting and interactive with this ready-to-use PowerPoint game! Designed to keep your whole class engaged, Zap! is a fast-paced, team-based game perfect for practicing vocab. This version includes 47 content-rich questions covering parts of a wave, reflection and refraction, plus 17 surprise action slides like “Zap,” “Steal One,” and “Give Two” that add strategy and unpredictability to the game. How It Works:Divide students into teams. Teams take turns choo

2 pages of informational text plus 2 pages of analysis questions about 5 animals with remarkable parenting styles. Learn about the cuckoo who doesn't build its own next but instead lays its eggs in the nest of other bird species. The host birds raise the cuckoo's young for them. Read about poison dart frogs who carry their tadpoles on their backs to bring them to small pools of water inside plants or tree holes. The mother frog also returns to the pools of water to lay unfertilized eggs in the

This 26card Boom deck can be used to learn, review, and practice forces, combining forces, and friction. No prep required - share the link with students and let them practice until mastery! Cards ask students to identify the units of force, the definition of friction, and calculate net force. Playable preview here - https://wow.boomlearning.com/deck/q-eYcG3sNcs7gd2KnEL?ref=tptBoom Cards are digital, self-grading flashcards that students use to review a skill. When you purchase this product, you

2 pages of informational text plus 2 pages of analysis questions about 5 animals with remarkable migrations. Learn about the monarch butterfly. Several generations of monarchs are born and die along the way as they migrate thousands of miles between Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The Bar-Tailed Godwit is the bird with the longest nonstop migration, flying more than 8000 miles without stopping as they migrate across the Pacific Ocean. The Arctic Tern famously has the longest migration of

2 pages of informational text plus 2 pages of analysis questions about 5 animals with incredible intelligence. Learn about the cuttlefish and its ability to solve problems and to control its own camouflage. Read about the archerfish and its ability to hunt underwater and adjust its aim to account for underwater distortion due to refraction. Learn about the raven and its remarkable memory and tool usage. Learn about how octopuses escape from aquariums and solve complex puzzles. Read about border

2 pages of informational text plus 2 pages of analysis questions about 5 animals with amazing sensory abilities. Learn about the mantis shrimp with 5 times more color receptors in their eyes than humans have! Read about the platypus with its ability to detect electrical signals produced by muscle movements in its prey. Learn about echolocation in bats and electroreception in sharks. Read about the 22 fleshy appendages around the snout of the star nosed mole. Includes: 2 page PDF document 2 page

2 pages of informational text plus 2 pages of analysis questions about 5 animals with amazing defense mechanisms. Learn about the bombardier beetle who releases a boiling hot chemical spray when its threatened. Read about the pistol shrimp who snaps its oversized claw to create a bubble in the water to stun predators. Learn about the thorny devil and its sharp spikes and the porcupine's quills used for defense. And read about the skunk and its foul smelling spray. Includes: 2 page PDF document

This is a great no prep self-checking activity to practice the parts and types of chemical equations. Students need to answer 12 questions equations by typing the correct answer into a box. For each question they get correct, part of a mystery picture is revealed. Includes:self checking digital worksheet (uses Google Sheets)printable PDF worksheet Answer keysEasy to use - you'll be purchasing a PDF with a forced copy links to Google Sheets. Share with your students, allowing each of them to ma

This is a great no prep self-checking activity to practice balancing equations. Students need to balance 10 equations by typing the correct coefficient into a box. For each question they get correct, part of a mystery picture is revealed. Includes:self checking digital worksheet (uses Google Sheets)printable PDF worksheet Answer keysEasy to use - you'll be purchasing a PDF with a forced copy links to Google Sheets. Share with your students, allowing each of them to make a copy. Answer key incl

Review and reinforce balancing equations with this simple to use color by number PDF activity - great for early finishers or enrichment or sub plans. Students read 9 multiple choice questions (see preview for sample questions) and choose the correct answer. Then, they color in the picture using the correct colors. Fun color by number enrichment activity for 7th and 8th graders. You'll need 9 colored pencils - yellow, dark green, red, orange, purple, light blue, pink, brown, light green.

This versatile station activity will help your middle schoolers learn about the water cycle. To play the game digitally:1.Distribute the Journey through the water cycle digital game using Google Classroom, making sure that each student receives his/her own copy. 2.Print and distribute the student recording worksheets OR distribute the worksheet digitally via Google Classroom, making sure each student receives his/her own copy. [Note: worksheet is editable, stations are not.] 3.Each student will

2 pages of informational text plus 2 pages of analysis questions about 5 animals that can survive in extreme conditions. Learn about the tardigrade who can survive dehydration, freezing, and radiation. Learn about the wood frog who survives freezing by producing glucose as a natural antifreeze. Read about the Antarctic icefish who lacks hemoglobin but lives in extremely cold water where it can absorb oxygen directly through its skin. Read about the elephant seal who can dive and hunt for an ho

Engage students as they learn about the layers of the earth in this simple to use activity. Given descriptions and actual measurements of the layers of the Earth, students calculate the percentage each layer is of the total Earth. Then, students create 2D and 3D models of the layers. 3D models require a recyclable water bottle and colored sand. Includes 6 HOTS questions at the end to analyze what you've learned. Suggested answer key also included. Simple to use - just print and go! My students t

Use this slide show and cloze notes to teach the water cycle and all related definitions with your middle schoolers! 14 slides and 3 pages of cloze notes cover: evaporationtranspirationcondensationprecipitationinfiltrationrunoffYou will download the slide show as a Google Slideshow and the cloze notes will be provided in a print-and-go PDF. Suggested answer keys included.

This 8 station hands on lab activity will help your middle schoolers learn about the rock cycle. Hang the station numbers and directions for each station around your room. Allow students to work in partners, small groups, or individually to travel from station to station completing mini labs that explore different parts of the rock cycle. As they travel, students complete the data collection worksheet (digital or print-and-go) and the analysis questions. Each station takes about 3 minutes to com

When you need enrichment for early finishers or emergency lesson plans, use standards based lessons that build critical thinking and scientific literacy skills without taking your curriculum off the rails. This set of 8 lesson plans includes 8 biographies of famous scientists. Each of these 8 lesson plans are designed to take 1 day to complete and are intended for grades 5-8. They are independent of curriculum but still address NGSS skills. Each lesson contains a 2 page informational text readin

2 pages of informational text plus 2 pages of analysis questions about the life, work and legacy of Mae Jemison. Includes: 2 page PDF document 2 page worksheet including analysis questions applying what you've learned answer key link to create a copy of the document in your own Google Drive so that you can edit, add or remove questions or assign for students to complete digitally!When you're assembling your sub folder, choose a meaningful assignment that will help build scientific literacy. Th

2 pages of informational text plus 2 pages of analysis questions about the life, work and legacy of Marie Curie. Includes: 2 page PDF document 2 page worksheet including analysis questions applying what you've learned answer key link to create a copy of the document in your own Google Drive so that you can edit, add or remove questions or assign for students to complete digitally!When you're assembling your sub folder, choose a meaningful assignment that will help build scientific literacy. Th

2 pages of informational text plus 2 pages of analysis questions about the life, work and legacy of Leonardo da Vinci. Includes: 2 page PDF document 2 page worksheet including analysis questions applying what you've learned answer key link to create a copy of the document in your own Google Drive so that you can edit, add or remove questions or assign for students to complete digitally!When you're assembling your sub folder, choose a meaningful assignment that will help build scientific litera