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Influences of Regional Climate (Factors Affecting Climate) *Research and Poster Project Use this resource with your middle school science class when you are working through your weather and climate unit. After students can differentiate between weather and climate, it is time they explore the many factors that influence climate around the world. This resource specifically focuses on the influence of latitude, altitude, temperature, precipitation, and the vicinity to large bodies of water.

Are you curious what your new math class already knows? Are you wondering what skills and concepts you will have to reteach to your new group of kiddos? This basic math assessment resource is a great tool to use at the beginning of the school year for this exact reason. This test assesses adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing with whole numbers and decimals. Also, it tests students on their knowledge of order of operations, exponents, fraction operations, and comparing fractions. Colo

Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) - Notebook Cover & Meaningful Notes TemplateOver the past couple of years, I have spent time integrating Building Thinking Classrooms strategies into my classroom. I've spent a lot of time adapting my school approved curriculum to work smoothly with BTC methods. Although it was satisfying to adjust my current curriculum to meet the guidelines of BTC strategies, it was definitely time consuming. Throughout this process I continued to search for basic, but cute t

Use this resource with your science class while studying the growth of organisms. Students will show their knowledge of how genetic and environmental factors influence the growth or life of living organisms. After brainstorming various factors that affect the growth of organisms, students will research the factors that are the most interesting to them. Students loved writing and illustrating their books, and taking ownership over their learning. My students had two weeks to complete this proje

Research Factors that Influence Climate Around the WorldUse this resource in your middle school science class after students have already been introduced to the various factors that affect climate around the world. Students will then use their science notebook, notes they took in class, a chromebook, etc. to apply what they know. Factors that Influence Climate Around the World: -Elevation/Altitude -Landforms/Mountains (Topography) -Prevailing Winds/Wind Currents -Latitude -Ocean Currents -Proxim

Human Body System End of Unit Project – File Folders End of unit project! This file folder project has always been a favorite of my kiddos, and one they come back asking about every year! Use this resource with your science class when you are ending your human body systems unit. After students have learned about the main body parts and organs of some of the human body systems (muscular, skeletal, circulatory, respiratory, nervous, excretory/urinary, and digestive), students will summarize the

This resource is a great “Get to Know You” activity for a science class. Students have the opportunity to show off their artistic abilities while designing and creating an “All About Me” science poster. There are eight categories for students to consider. Many of these categories require them to do a little more thinking and work than simply filling in a quick worksheet. They must convert their height into inches, research the phase of the moon on the day they were born, and discover various sci

Use this resource with your middle school science class. This is a great resource to introduce CER responses to students. CER responses, otherwise known as “Claim, Evidence, Reasoning” responses, are a large part of Next Generation Science Standards. Students are required to answer scientific questions while providing evidence. When students provide evidence in their responses, it allows them to build connections between their own thoughts and the data collected through the video, reading, or ac

Solving one-step equations is one of my favorite things to teach! It is so fun to watch my students discover how to use inverse equations to solve for an unknown variable. These notes and practice pages act as a great introduction for students who are unfamiliar with this essential skill. I use this resource with my 6th graders while introducing how to solve one-step equations. After completion, my students move onto more hands-on activities or other practice pages to continue perfecting this ne

This resource acts as something to supplement into your already great teachings of simplifying algebraic expressions. The activity starts off with a quick review of combining like terms and the distributive property. Students then practice these skills with an engaging dice activity where they create their own algebraic expressions that need to be simplified. Each student will create unique algebraic expressions based on the numbers they roll on their personal dice. Students can work in pairs, o

Do you want to incorporate group work into your lessons, but you’re not sure how to keep your students on task? Students love having jobs while working in their groups because it makes them feel important and it holds them accountable. These group jobs work great for math teams and science labs. Students focus their efforts on one specific task within their group. These job description cards are perfect for explaining what group work looks like and sounds like. This resource can also be print

Did you just finish teaching your cell anatomy unit and are looking for a fun and engaging project to wrap up the unit? This resource gives students the opportunity to show their artistic side by sketching and painting their very own plant or animal cell. In addition to your students creating their very own cells, they also have to recall the functions of the main organelles and parts of a plant or animal cell. This project took about one week worth of middle school class periods. Students we

This Operation Key Words handout is perfect for your interactive notebooks. Great way to review key words for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Pair this product with word problem practice and you will be set! Color & black and white copies are available. Answer key is included. Thank you for downloading! Fonts and Images: - KAFonts- Digital Mojo- Lisa Markle Sparkles All rights reserved. © Positively Sunny.