Science Lessons That Rock

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 50 biology writing prompts (both pdf and Google slide versions) that cover your year-long curriculum! Bundle and save! Topics include: Scientific Method (throughout all units)Characteristics of LifeChemical bondsVan der walls forcesEnergy transfer Properties of waterMonomers and polymersCarbonThe 4 macromoleculesWhat are enzymes?Temperature and enzyme efficiencyCell SizeLevels of OrganizationCell Structure and FunctionPlant vs. Animal

Do your students struggle with writing clear and descriptive experimental procedures? Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 20 writing prompts you can give your students to practice their experimental design and procedural writing skills. The questions included are:1. Do trees grow faster in the spring or summer? 2. Can you run faster at lower elevations? 3. Are dogs really colorblind? 4. Do flowers last longer if you put flower food in the water? 5. Is it safe to eat fo

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 208 secondary science writing prompts! Bundle and save! Why use writing prompts? All students need to improve their writing skills, especially english language learners. I created these writing prompts specifically for my ELL students. Writing is typically one of the lowest scoring categories on the state language proficiency exam. To help them improve, I assigned a writing prompt for homework BEFORE the lesson was taught. The goal

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 80 earth and space science writing prompts (both pdf and Google slide versions) that cover your year-long curriculum! Bundle and save! Why use writing prompts? All students need to improve their writing skills, especially english language learners. I created these writing prompts specifically for my ELL students. Writing is typically one of the lowest scoring categories on the state language proficiency exam. To help them improve, I

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 10 cellular writing prompts on the following topics: 1. Scientific Method- Characteristics of Life 2. Cell Size 3. Levels of Organization 4. Cell Structure and Function 5. Plant vs. Animal Cells 6. Stomata 7. Tonicity 8. Cellular Respiration 9. Mitosis 10. Mitochondria Why use writing prompts? All students need to improve their writing skills, especially english language learners. I created these writing prompts specifically for my E

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 10 evolution writing prompts on the following topics: 1. Nature of Science- Theory vs. Law 2. Survival of the Fittest 3. Natural Selection- peppered moth 4. Adaptations 5. Vestigial Structures 6. Homologous Structures 7. Selection Graphs 8. Speciation 9. Fossil Record 10. Cladograms Why use writing prompts? All students need to improve their writing skills, especially english language learners. I created these writing prompts specifi

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 10 writing prompts where students will make inferences and form conclusions based on pictures of scientific phenomena. Writing prompts are on the following topics: 1. How do people float so easily in the Dead Sea? 2. How do rocks slide on their own in Death Valley? 3. Why do sunflowers all face the same direction? 4. What causes fairy circles in Nambia? 5. Why do goats climb trees in Morocco? 6. What causes lenticular clouds? 7. What

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 10 physics writing prompts on the following topics: 1. Scientific Method- friction 2. Newton’s 1st Law 3. Newton’s 2nd Law 4. Newton’s 3rd Law 5. Magnets 6. Sound Waves 7. Gravity 8. Conservation of Energy 9. Displacement Graphing 10. Static Electricity Why use writing prompts? All students need to improve their writing skills, especially english language learners. I created these writing prompts specifically for my ELL students. W

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 10 genetics writing prompts on the following topics: 1. Scientific Method- Inheritance 2. DNA 3. Meiosis- Crossing over 4. Blood Types 5. Gel Electrophoresis 6. Chromosomes 7. Colorblindness 8. Mutations 9. Cloning 10. Pedigree Charts Why use writing prompts? All students need to improve their writing skills, especially english language learners. I created these writing prompts specifically for my ELL students. Writing is typically

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 10 ecology writing prompts on the following topics: 1. Scientific Method- Invasive Species 2. Food Webs 3. Population Growth 4. Dendrochronology 5. Bee Extinction 6. Animal Skull Inferences 7. Symbiosis 8. Succession 9. Biomes 10. Carbon Cycle Why use writing prompts? All students need to improve their writing skills, especially english language learners. I created these writing prompts specifically for my ELL students. Writing is

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 10 writing prompts where students will have to think like a forensic scientist. Writing prompts are on the following topics: 1. Blood spatter analysis 2. Polygraph testing 3. DNA samples 4. Gel electrophoresis 5. Ballistics 6. Forensic entomology 7. Handwriting analysis 8. Fingerprinting 9. Eyewitness reliability 10. Hair analysis Why use writing prompts? All students need to improve their writing skills, especially English language

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 10 writing prompts where students will make observations based on real life scenarios and have to infer the scientific concept that is occurring. Writing prompts are on the following topics: 1. Air pressure 2. Tonicity 3. Water pressure 4. Kinetic theory 5. Stratigraphy 6. Forces 7. Atmosphere 8. Predator Prey Relationships 9. Density 10. Moon's rotation Why use writing prompts? All students need to improve their writing skills,

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 10 chemistry writing prompts on the following topics: 1. Scientific Method- Separating Mixtures 2. Diffusion 3. Surface Tension 4. pH 5. Phase Changes 6. Density 7. Condensation 8. Insulators and Conductors 9. Kinetic Theory 10. Conservation of Mass Why use writing prompts? All students need to improve their writing skills, especially english language learners. I created these writing prompts specifically for my ELL students. Writing

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 10 astronomy writing prompts on the following topics: 1. Scientific Method 2. International Space Station 3. Tides 4. Moon Phases 5. Eclipses 6. Gravity 7. Life on Mars 8. Heliocentrism 9. Pluto 10. Kepoler's 3rd law Why use writing prompts? All students need to improve their writing skills, especially english language learners. I created these writing prompts specifically for my ELL students. Writing is typically one of the lowest s

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 10 weather and climate writing prompts on the following topics: 1. Scientific method- predicting the weather 2. Seasons 3. Air pressure 4. Wind patterns 5. Heat capacity 6. Hurricanes 7. Weather maps 8. Albedo effect 9. Greenhouse gas emissions 10. Proxy records Why use writing prompts? All students need to improve their writing skills, especially english language learners. I created these writing prompts specifically for my ELL stud

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 10 astronomy writing prompts on the following topics: 1. Scientific method 2. Cosmic calendar 3. Star colors 4. Expansion of the universe 5. Constellations 6. H and He gas 7. Star life cycle 8. The EM spectrum 9. Exoplanets 10. Telescopes Why use writing prompts? All students need to improve their writing skills, especially english language learners. I created these writing prompts specifically for my ELL students. Writing is typical

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 10 freshwater writing prompts on the following topics: 1. Scientific Method- Earth's layers 2. Seafloor spreading 3. Plate map 4. Pangaea 5. Plate boundary motion 6. Volcanic eruptions 7. Hot spots 8. Seismographs 9. Richter and Mercalli scales 10. Epicenters Why use writing prompts? All students need to improve their writing skills, especially english language learners. I created these writing prompts specifically for my ELL st

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 9 secondary science writing prompts! One free writing prompt is provided in this freebie from each of my paid units. Like what you see? Check out the prompts for each of my units! Scientific Procedures Writing PromptsCells Writing PromptsEcology Writing PromptsGenetics Writing PromptsEvolution Writing PromptsPhysics Writing PromptsChemistry Writing PromptsEarth Science Writing PromptsAstronomy Writing PromptsScientific Phenomena Wri

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Included are 10 weathering and erosion writing prompts on the following topics: 1. Erosion map analysis 2. The dust bowl 3. Glacial striations 4. Local landforms 5. Meanders 6. Natural arches 7. Mass wasting 8. Mangroves and coastal erosion 9. Stratigraphy 10. Caves Why use writing prompts? All students need to improve their writing skills, especially english language learners. I created these writing prompts specifically for my ELL students. Wri

Want to improve your students' science literacy? Want to have a fun way to get students writing about science when there is school on a holiday? Included are 18 writing prompts on the following topics: 1. New Year's Day- Earth's rotation 2. Valentine's Day- Dopamine 3. Chinese New Year- Lunar cycle 4. Groundhog Day- Scientific Method 5. President's Day- Rocks and erosion 6. St. Patrick's Day- Genetic Mutations 7. Easter- Eggs 8. Ramadan- Fasting 9. Mother's/Father's Day- Genetics 10. Memorial