Students cut out the images and organize into solid, liquid, and gas. Use in centers or in interactive notebooks. The students can work in pairs to increase dialogue about the different states of matter.
6th - 8th
Basic Principles, General Science, Physical Science
This independent variable and dependent variable resource contains interactive notebook pages and a PowerPoint for your middle school scientific method unit. There are two different interactive science notebook pages. The first page is used to introduce independent and dependent variables and how to tell them apart. It contains a note-taking outline for students to fill in with the teacher. The second page is a card sorting activity that gives students practice identifying variables from scien
Scientific Method Notes and Slides include a vibrant and colorful Google Slides™ or PowerPoint presentation with 16 slides, a full page of organized guided notes that cover the general steps of the Scientific Method, and key components of Experimental Design. These notes and slides are excellent for the beginning of the year. The presentation includes highlighted slides, so your students know what they need to write in the blank spaces of their guided notes. All you have to do is print an
This scientific method resource about hypotheses contains two interactive science notebook pages and an editable 27 slide PowerPoint. The notes are about about what a hypothesis is and how to write a good hypothesis. The If/then format and the placement of the independent variable before the dependent variable are emphasized. More about the interactive notebook pages:The first INB page is used to introduce what a hypothesis is and how to write a hypothesis in the correct format. The second
This upper elementary or middle school science scientific method resource about qualitative and quantitative observations contains two interactive notebook pages and a 17 slide PowerPoint. About the interactive notebook pages:The first INB page is used to introduce qualitative and quantitative observations and will provide your students with notes to reference throughout the year.The second INB page gives students practice making observations and classifying them as qualitative or quantitative
This simple, useful, and unique back to school resource is an EDITABLE Science Notebook Organization tool with 2 covers and 4 inserts for organization that can be used as part of an interactive science notebook/composition book or as sections in a binder for any unit. It's been adapted from the OpenSciEd unit but it's completely editable so it can be used for any unit! It's even great to use as pages in a digital interactive notebook when you export the pages as images and add text boxes for s
Minerals - An Introduction - Minerals do NOT have to be boring! This resource brings the definition of a mineral from blah to EXCITING. Introduce minerals by having students predict from a list which items are vs are not minerals. Students then take notes from a 20-slide (editable) PPT that goes through each part of the definition of a mineral- what it IS and what it ISN'T, including examples of everything! After notes, students re-visit their predictions of what is a mineral, and now that
Use this middle school science resource to introduce, practice, or review the steps of the scientific method. This resource includes a card sorting activity sized for interactive science notebooks and a PowerPoint. About the INB Pages:The INB card sorting activity comes with an optional reflection sheet that can be used as an extension activity. The INB card sort and the reflection sheet come in a PDF with both English and Spanish versions. The PDF is 8 pages and is not editable.About the Power