In this experiment, students use the scientific method to explore gravity. Every step of the scientific method is included. Students use common items to test the speed of falling from a certain height. Students also create a line graph during their analysis. This experiment is a fun way to remind students about this scientific method while incorporating math.
A FREE and EDITABLE resource to help you execute the Scientific Method and Science Practices Mini Unit. It includes multiple pacing options to focus or broaden the scope of your course and to meet the needs of your students. The guide aligns activities with Next Generation Science Standards. What's Included:• Overview Planning and Pacing Guide - access an interactive version HERE• NGSS and DCI Alignment Guide • Differentiated Pacing Guide These resources provide:• Best practices for the 5E In
This is a simple, yet effective, worksheet to check student comprehension of content related to STATES of MATTER and the CHANGES of STATE.
Vocabulary:
Sold, Liquid, Gas, Evaporation, Condensation, Freezing, Melting, Sublimation, and Deposition.
A FREE and EDITABLE resource to help you execute the Engineering Design Mini Unit. It includes multiple pacing options to focus or broaden the scope of your course and to meet the needs of your students. The guide aligns activities with Next Generation Science Standards. What's Included:• Overview Planning and Pacing Guide - access an interactive version HERE• NGSS and DCI Alignment Guide • Differentiated Pacing Guide These resources provide:• Best practices for the 5E Instructional Model • G
Crossword Puzzle Lesson Plan: Cellular Biology Vocabulary Review This crossword puzzle lesson is designed to help students review and reinforce essential cellular biology vocabulary in a structured, low-prep, and engaging way. By working through clues and filling in key terms, students strengthen their understanding of cell structures, cellular processes, and energy flow while building confidence with scientific language. The lesson works well as a review activity, formative assessment, early fi
A FREE and EDITABLE resource to help you execute the Understanding the Nature of Science Mini Unit. It includes multiple pacing options to focus or broaden the scope of your course and to meet the needs of your students. The guide aligns activities with Next Generation Science Standards. What's Included:• Overview Planning and Pacing Guide - access an interactive version HERE• NGSS and DCI Alignment Guide • Differentiated Pacing Guide These resources provide:• Best practices for the 5E Instru
This download includes an Excel sheet of all my available Nature of Science lessons with learning objectives and links. Lessons are organized by subject and unit. NATURE OF SCIENCE LESSONSUnderstanding the Nature of Science • What is Science?• Theory, Fact & Opinion • Scientific Method• Scrutinizing Science• Science in the Media• Limitations to Science• Science and Ethics• Types of Scientific ResearchScientific Method and Science Practices • Making Observations• Making Inferences• The
This lab is designed to teach students how to use equipment and introduce them to inquiry labs. Mini lessons on procedure writing and data table creation may be helpful but we use it as a formative assessment tool for those skills.
6th - 8th
Basic Principles, General Science, Physical Science
Use this rubric to provide students with expectations for a mobile that demonstrates understanding of cells, tissues, organs, systems, and organisms. Students create a mobile showing how these pieces come together.