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Science Logic Puzzles for Middle School
This Science Logic Puzzles for Middle School product has 10 logic puzzles of varying difficulty and factual scientific information. They are great for Back to School days, and can be used for team building, fast finishers, after tests, for close reading or critical thinking exercises, for extra credit, or to fill in those odd schedule days like half days, sub plans, or when you need a fun break. Famous Women InventorsFamous Africa-American InventorsThe Mammals of AustraliaThe Highest Volcanoes
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Lab Safety Activity: Use as Stations, Group Work or Independent Work
Do you need a way to review Lab Safety with your students? In this activity your students will read about a lab experience and answer questions related to the safety practices that were demonstrated (or lack their of) in each scenario. This is an easy to implement, print and go activity. This activity can be implemented in a variety of ways: STATIONS: Hang up the Lab Safety Scenario Cards around the room, students walk around and answer the questions. GROUPS: In groups, students can go read
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Basic Principles, Biology, General Science
Speciation Activity: Use as Stations, Group Work or Independent Work
Do you need a way to review different types of speciation with your students? In this activity your students will read case studies that cover different types of speciation and answer questions about them. This is an easy to implement, print and go activity that will have your students apply there knowledge of genetics and apply it to real world scenarios. The depth of application makes this assignment best fit for an advanced or AP Biology class. The different case studies in the activity r
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Basic Principles, Biology, General Science
Which Graph Should I Use? | Biology Graphing Skills Worksheet
Students can often read graphs but struggle when asked to choose and create the correct graph from lab data. This resource was designed to explicitly teach students how to select the appropriate graph type before graphing, reducing common errors and building confidence in data analysis. In this activity, students practice identifying independent and dependent variables, determining which graph type best fits the data, and constructing graphs using proper scientific conventions. Visual examples,
7th - 12th
Basic Principles, Biology, General Science
Newton's Laws of Motion Task Cards: Force and Motion, Physics, Science Center
Are you struggling to find engaging, hands-on activities to help your students truly understand Newton's Laws of Motion and apply Force and Motion concepts to real-world situations? These interactive task cards are the perfect solution to reinforce Inertia, Acceleration (F=ma), and Action-Reaction in your Physical Science classroom, transforming abstract physics theories into easy-to-grasp scenarios. What is included:24 Task Cards in Full Color: Vibrant illustrations to engage visual learn
5th - 9th
Basic Principles, Informational Text, Physical Science
Specialized Cells: Think-Pair Share Activity OR Independent Packet
Do you need a way to teach or review Cell Specialization with your students? In this activity your students will read about a specific specialized cell and answer questions based on the passage. The questions focus on the relationship between the structure/organelle composition of the cell and its function. This is an easy to implement, print and go activity that is perfect for biomedical sciences, advanced biology or AP Biology. Specialized Cells Included: Red Blood Cells, Muscle Cells, Ne
8th - 12th
Anatomy, Basic Principles, Biology
Communicable Diseases Unit Bundle | Health & Life Science Grades 4–8 Review
🔬 You planned a disease unit. Now you need it to actually work. One activity isn't enough — and building it all yourself takes hours. This bundle does it for you. Start Monday. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ → Communicable Diseases Unit Bundle → Health & Life Science | Grades 4–8 → 29 Pages + 7-Page Answer Key | Ready to Print ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This complete communicable diseases bundle gives grades 4–8 teachers everything needed to launch, teach, and assess a full health scien
4th - 8th
Basic Principles, Health, Vocabulary
Urinary System Worksheets | Human Body Science Anatomy Review Grades 6–10
😩 Sub plans fell apart again. No one touched the worksheet. Sound familiar? → These Urinary System Worksheets are built different. → Differentiated. Rigorous. Actually engaging. → Ready to teach the second you download. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Designed for Grades 6–10, this 16-page human body science pack covers the urinary system from vocabulary to clinical thinking — so every learner, from struggling readers to advanced students, gets exactly what they need. No prep. No differentiation h
6th - 10th
Anatomy, Basic Principles, Biology
Digestive System Worksheets Human Body Science Anatomy Review Grades 6–10
😩 Planning a human body unit and drowning in prep? Your students need more than a textbook diagram. → This does the heavy lifting — in 17 ready-to-print pages. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WORKSHEETS | HUMAN BODY SCIENCE | GRADES 6–10 This anatomy review resource gives middle and high school science teachers a complete, differentiated worksheet set covering the entire digestive system — from mouth to large intestine. Whether you're teaching body systems for the first time
6th - 10th
Anatomy, Basic Principles, Biology
STEM & Critical Thinking | Think Like an Inventor (TRIZ Method) | GATE
Are your students tired of the same old STEM building challenges? Do you need a zero-prepactivity that actually teaches them howto think, not just whatto build? Welcome to the "Think Like an Inventor" Series!This comprehensive bundle uses TRIZ(The Theory of Inventive Problem Solving)—the exact same innovation framework used by engineers at NASA, Samsung, and Boeing—adapted perfectly for middle-grade students (Ages 8-14). Instead of messy supplies and glue sticks, these engineering challenge
3rd - 8th
Basic Principles, Engineering
Also included in: STEM & Critical Thinking BUNDLE | Think Like an Inventor | STEM | GATE
Science Extra Credit Opportunities
Thank you for downloading this document! This is a list of extra credit opportunities for science that can be used for 7th, 8th, 9th or advanced 6th grade science. It is also an excellent homeschool material. It is in the form of a one-page list and also 8 task cards. The topics are very general and include Lab Safety, Scientific Method, Periodic Table, Hurricanes, and Writing Experiments. It has multiple modalities including rap, song, drawing, acting, Power Point, Prezi, animoto, and essay wr
7th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science
Immune System Worksheets | Human Body Science Anatomy Review Grades 6–10
😩 Tired of immune system lessons that put your students to sleep? This NO-PREP worksheet pack does the heavy lifting for you. → 16 pages. Fully scaffolded. Answer key included. → Built for Grades 6–10 — science, anatomy, health, or biology. → Three differentiation tiers — one resource, every learner. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Your students will explore how the human body defends itself — from identifying key immune system structures to analyzing real clinical case studies. This immune system wor
6th - 10th
Anatomy, Basic Principles, Biology
Middle School Science Genetics/Inheritance/Probability SUB Lesson *Print-and-GO*
Got a Sub? Save time and make lesson planning stress-free with this Print-and-GO Genetics, Inheritance, and Probability lesson! Engaging activities keep students focused in your absence while learning science content. Whether introducing new content or reinforcing what students have already been learning in class, this independent work lesson has everything you need to keep students on track. Fun, engaging, and easy to use, this resource includes: Science Vocabulary GlossaryInformational Texts
6th - 8th
Basic Principles, Biology, Informational Text
Also included in: Middle School Science Genetics BUNDLE - SUB Lessons *Print-and-GO*
Macromolecules Interactive Reading and Annotation Activity
Macromolecules can turn into a vocabulary chart fast.Carbohydrates. Lipids. Proteins. Nucleic acids. Monomers. Polymers. Dehydration synthesis. Hydrolysis. There is a lot for biology students to keep straight — and if they do not know what to look for, a macromolecules reading can quickly become passive highlighting, answer-hunting, or another chart students copy and forget. This Macromolecules Reading Activity gives students a clear way to slow down, annotate with purpose, and turn the reading
8th - 12th
Basic Principles, Biology, General Science
NGSS
HS-LS1-1
, HS-LS1-6
Changing States of Matter Sort - Phase Changes in Matter Cut & Paste Worksheet
This changing states of matter sort involves sorting examples of different phase changes along with their diagrams. The changing states of matter cut and paste activity is differentiated to include both a solid liquid gas sort & a plasma, solid, liquid, gas sort. This changing states of matter worksheet is a great way to review the topic, add in recall practice & check for understanding about. Photos of different phase changes have been used as examples in this changing matter workshee
5th - 10th
Basic Principles, Chemistry, General Science
Science Lab: How does mass affect the swing of a pendulum. Middle School Science
Students will observe how mass affects the swing of a pendulum. They will identify the variables in the experiment. They will conduct three trials and analyze the data by finding the mean average. They will then graph the data and state a conclusion.
6th - 8th
Basic Principles, Physical Science, Physics
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-PS2-2
+1
Cladograms: Ready to Go Lesson or Resources
Are you looking for cladogram review for your students? I hope it helps your students understand:- The purpose of cladograms - How to read cladograms - How to draw cladograms These print and go resources are perfect for introductory biology and are even a great review for advanced or AP Biology. Included: - Bozeman Science Cladogram Video Guide (8 questions) - Cladogram Worksheet (8 questions) - Cladogram Exit Slip or Bell Ringer (both titles provided) This resource includes 4 student pa
6th - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Principles, Biology, General Science
Video Guide: Speciation (and Reproductive Isolation)
This is a video guide for Speciation by Bozeman Science found on YouTube. Key Concepts:- What causes speciation? - Types of Reproductive Isolation (Geographic, Pre-Zygotic, Post-Zygotic) - Types of Geographic Isolation (Allopatric & Sympatric) - Types of Pre-Zygotic Isolation (Temporal, Mechanical, Behavioral) - Types of Post-Zygotic Isolation (Zygotic Mortality, Hybrid Sterility) - Polyploidy - Gradualism vs Punctuated Equilibrium Format & Implementation:The video is around 11 minutes long
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Basic Principles, Biology, General Science
Cell Membrane: Reading, Diagrams, and Real-World Scenarios
Do you need a way to introduce or review the components & function of the cell membrane with your students? This packet is perfect for helping your students learn or review: Structure of the Cell Membrane Components of the Cell Membrane Function of Each Component of the Cell Membrane Real-World Examples of Importance of Cell Membrane Components Key Vocabulary Words / Concepts Include: Phospholipid Bilayer, Integral Proteins, Channel Proteins, Peripheral Proteins, Cholesterol, Glycoproteins, Cyt
8th - 12th
Basic Principles, Biology, General Science
Types of Chemical Reactions, Chemical Equations from Words and Balancing
Notes on types of reactions, including examples, as well as 16 examples of reactions that can be completed by students. Not only can they describe the reactions, but write out the chemical equations (from words) and balance said equations. This can be done as a lab or as a worksheet.
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Basic Principles, Chemistry, Other (Science)
Observations vs Inferences Digital Drag & Drop Activity #4-6 Junior High School
Enhance scientific inquiry with interactive sorting of 300 statements in 30 real-world scenarios—auto-grading delivers instant feedback, saving prep time for effective, intent-driven learning in middle school units.Empower middle school students to sharpen their scientific thinking with this engaging digital drag-and-drop activity focused on distinguishing observations from inferences. Developed by seasoned science educators with extensive classroom experience, this resource draws on evidence-
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Physical Science
CCSS, NGSS
RI.6.1
, RI.7.1
, RI.8.1
+6
Data Analysis High School- Correlation and Causation
This worksheet describes the difference between correlation and causation and demonstrates that difference using line graphs. The content covered is MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
8th - 12th
Basic Principles, Biology
NGSS
MS-LS2-1
Observations vs Inferences Digital Drag & Drop Activity #1-3 Science + Literacy
Build critical science skills with these interactive Google Slides sorting activities on real-life scenarios. Auto-grading and instant feedback save prep time—ideal for inquiry-based units!Empower middle school students to sharpen their scientific thinking with these engaging digital drag-and-drop activities focused on distinguishing observations from inferences. Developed by seasoned science educators with extensive classroom experience, this resource draws on evidence-based pedagogical appro
4th - 7th
Basic Principles, General Science, Physical Science
CCSS, NGSS
RI.4.1
, RI.5.1
, RI.6.1
+6
Gummy Bear Osmosis Lab Activity | Engaging, Hands-On Biology Experiment
Bring osmosis to life with this fun, visual, and inquiry-based Gummy Bear Osmosis Lab! Students LOVE watching gummy bears grow, shrink, and transform while learning key biology concepts in a memorable way. What Students Will Learn Understanding Osmosis Identifying hypotonic, hypertonic, and isotonic solutions Practicing experimental design (independent, dependent, control variables) Measuring and calculating area and percent change Creating and analyzing bar graphs Making evidence-base
5th - 12th
Basic Principles, Biology, General Science
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