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MS-ESS2-2 Earths Systems Door Entry Cards
Transform the way students enter your classroom with these engaging MS-ESS2-2 Geoscience Processes Door Entry Cards! Designed to spark curiosity and deepen understanding, this resource helps students internalize key vocabulary by requiring them to say the term or describe the geoscience process shown on the card before entering the room. It’s a quick, powerful way to reinforce learning every single day. Perfect for warm-ups, introductions, skill stations, or review, these cards can also be used
6th - 8th
Earth Sciences, Environment, General Science
NGSS
MS-ESS2-2
Irrigation System STEM Activity | Design a System to Water Plants Efficiently
💧 Irrigation System STEM Activity | Design a System to Water Plants Efficiently (Kindergarten–Grade 2)Bring real-world problem solving into your classroom with this hands-on Irrigation System STEM activity! Students explore how water moves and design their own system to deliver water efficiently to plants—just like real engineers and farmers. This engaging resource guides learners through the engineering design process as they plan, build, test, and improve a working irrigation system using si
1st - 9th
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Environment
TED Talk: A plan to recycle the unrecyclable- Ashton Cofer
This engaging TED Talk companion resource explores environmental science, innovation, and the role of perseverance in the scientific process through a real-world student success story. Students analyze how Styrofoam waste was transformed into activated carbon while examining broader themes of sustainability, failure, and problem-solving. What’s included: 20 high school/college-level discussion questionsA clear, expanded essay promptA fully scaffolded essay prompt with sentence startersA structur
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Chemistry, Engineering, Environment
AP Environmental Science Unit 6 - Hydraulic Fracturing & Legislation
This activity was designed for AP Environmental Science, but can be a great resource for any class looking into the process and environmental aspects of hydraulic fracturing! Students are given a step by step walk-through of hydraulic fracturing, written by a real-life petroleum and chemical engineer! Using the information, students are guided to talk about legislation along with the fracturing process to describe the environmental problems at play. At the end, students will answer a custom-ma
9th - 12th
Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment
NGSS
HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-4
Oil Spill Cleanup | STEM Challenge | Engineering Design Project
Looking for a fun, low-prep STEM challenge your students will love? This printable hands-on engineering activity is part of a 30-challenge STEM series designed to help students explore science, engineering, problem-solving, and critical thinking through meaningful design tasks. In this challenge, students plan, build, test, and improve their ideas using simple materials and the engineering design process. This STEM activity encourages creativity, perseverance, collaboration, and real-world appli
Not Specific
Engineering, Environment, General Science
CCSS, NGSS
W.5.1b
, W.3.1b
, W.4.1b
+12
Also included in: STEM Challenge Bundle | 30 Hands-On Engineering Design Activities
Sustainable Packaging | STEM Challenge | Engineering Design Activity
Looking for a fun, low-prep STEM challenge your students will love? This printable hands-on engineering activity is part of a 30-challenge STEM series designed to help students explore science, engineering, problem-solving, and critical thinking through meaningful design tasks. In this challenge, students plan, build, test, and improve their ideas using simple materials and the engineering design process. This STEM activity encourages creativity, perseverance, collaboration, and real-world appli
Not Specific
Engineering, Environment, Physical Science
CCSS, NGSS
W.5.1b
, W.3.1b
, W.4.1b
+11
Also included in: STEM Challenge Bundle | 30 Hands-On Engineering Design Activities
Build a Wildlife Home | STEM Challenge | Engineering Design Activity
Looking for a fun, low-prep STEM challenge your students will love? This printable hands-on engineering activity is part of a 30-challenge STEM series designed to help students explore science, engineering, problem-solving, and critical thinking through meaningful design tasks. In this challenge, students plan, build, test, and improve their ideas using simple materials and the engineering design process. This STEM activity encourages creativity, perseverance, collaboration, and real-world appli
Not Specific
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Environment
CCSS, NGSS
W.5.1b
, W.3.1b
, W.4.1b
+11
Also included in: STEM Challenge Bundle | 30 Hands-On Engineering Design Activities
Erosion Control Solution | STEM Challenge | Engineering Design Activity
Looking for a fun, low-prep STEM challenge your students will love? This printable hands-on engineering activity is part of a 30-challenge STEM series designed to help students explore science, engineering, problem-solving, and critical thinking through meaningful design tasks. In this challenge, students plan, build, test, and improve their ideas using simple materials and the engineering design process. This STEM activity encourages creativity, perseverance, collaboration, and real-world appli
Not Specific
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Environment
CCSS, NGSS
W.5.1b
, W.3.1b
, W.4.1b
+12
Also included in: STEM Challenge Bundle | 30 Hands-On Engineering Design Activities
Water Filtration Project | STEM Challenge | Engineering Design Project
Looking for a fun, low-prep STEM challenge your students will love? This printable hands-on engineering activity is part of a 30-challenge STEM series designed to help students explore science, engineering, problem-solving, and critical thinking through meaningful design tasks. In this challenge, students plan, build, test, and improve their ideas using simple materials and the engineering design process. This STEM activity encourages creativity, perseverance, collaboration, and real-world appli
Not Specific
Engineering, Environment, Other (Science)
CCSS, NGSS
W.5.1b
, W.3.1b
, W.4.1b
+11
Also included in: STEM Challenge Bundle | 30 Hands-On Engineering Design Activities
APES Unit 4 Atmospheric Circulation Activity – Convection Cells, Coriolis Effect
Streamline your prep with this ready-to-use activity that guides students to explore how solar insolation, convection, and the Coriolis effect shape global winds and climate. Students use real data to connect atmospheric processes to precipitation, ecosystems, and human impacts. Save time while helping your students master Earth’s interconnected systems with this fully aligned resource. ✨Looking for more APES Unit 4 resources? Check out these no-prep options!✏️ FRQ Practice HighlightIncludes
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Earth Sciences, Environment, Other (Science)
NGSS
HS-ESS2-5
, HS-ESS2-4
, HS-ESS3-6
+1
Also included in: APES Unit 4 Earth Systems & Resources Mega Bundle | Curriculum + Review
APES Unit 4 Earth Systems Review – 10 AP Exam Activities (Stations) + Keys
🎯 APES Unit 4 Earth Systems & Resources Review with 10 AP Exam–style activities designed to strengthen data analysis, map interpretation, modeling, and FRQ reasoning skills. This comprehensive Unit 4 review helps students apply Earth system processes the way they will on the AP® exam, moving beyond vocabulary to analysis and scientific explanation. Students interpret topographic maps, analyze soil data, model atmospheric circulation, evaluate watershed impacts, calculate solar insolation pa
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Earth Sciences, Environment
NGSS
HS-ESS2-5
, HS-ESS2-1
, HS-ESS3-2
+3
Also included in: APES Unit 4 Earth Systems & Resources Mega Bundle | Curriculum + Review
APES Unit 4 Soil – Formation, Horizons, Erosion, Conservation + FRQs
Engage students in a guided concept analysis of soil systems as they explore soil formation, horizons, fertility, erosion, and conservation. Through structured, inquiry-based questions, students investigate the O, A, E, B, C, and R horizons, weathering processes, and the biological and human factors that influence soil quality and sustainability. Designed for AP® Environmental Science Unit 4, this activity emphasizes critical thinking, application, and FRQ-style reasoning while remaining e
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Earth Sciences, Environment
NGSS
HS-ESS2-5
, HS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS2-2
Earth Science STEM Bundle | Water Cycle, Weather & Climate, Desert Plants & Farm
🌍 Earth Science STEM Bundle | Water Cycle, Weather & Climate, Desert Plants & Sustainable Farming Transform your science lessons with this comprehensive Earth Science STEM Bundle! This engaging collection of hands-on projects helps students explore how Earth’s natural systems work while applying the engineering design process to real-world environmental challenges. Perfect for Grades 3–9, this bundle combines science, creativity, and problem-solving through meaningful, project-based learning
1st - 9th
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Environment
Creative Problem Solving Task / Includes TPT Digital Option Distant Learning
The Creative Problem Solving Task teaches students how to complete the beginning steps of the problem-solving model strategy. It may be used as a whole class lesson, daily journals, or as early finisher lessons. It is meant to be an activity for after students have learned the stages of the Creative Problem Solving Process. It includes a teacher’s guide, Creative Problem Solving Task Cards: Oceans and Continents, a handout for the Creative Problem Solving Process, student assignment sheet
4th - 12th
Environment
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-1
Sustainable Farming STEM Activity | Design a Farm That Protects the Environment
🌱 Sustainable Farming STEM Activity | Design a Farm That Protects the Environment (Kindergarten–Grade 2)Inspire young learners to think about the future of our planet with this engaging Sustainable Farming STEM activity! Students explore how farming can protect the environment while designing their own eco-friendly farm system using the engineering design process. This hands-on resource helps students understand sustainability, conservation, and real-world problem solving through creative plan
1st - 9th
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Environment
Natural Disasters (Storms) STEM | Investigate Powerful Weather Systems For k-3rd
🌪️⛈️ Natural Disasters (Storms) STEM | Investigate Powerful Weather Systems Help students become weather engineers with this engaging Natural Disasters STEM activity! Learners explore the science of powerful weather systems while investigating the impact of storms on communities and designing their own storm-resistant structures. This hands-on resource guides students through the engineering design process, from learning how storms form to testing and improving solutions that can reduce storm
K - 9th
Engineering, Environment, Other (Science)
Characteristics of Life: Phenomenon Reading & Evidence-Based Questions
Engage students in higher-level scientific thinking with this phenomenon-based reading activity on the criteria for life. Students analyze real-world evidence to determine whether an unknown substance is living or nonliving—just like real scientists. 🔬 What Students will Do: Read a 6th or 9th-grade level phenomenon passage (differentiated) Identify embedded evidence of life processes Use STAAR-style questions to analyze scientific reasoning Write a short constructed response (CER-style th
6th - 12th
Biology, Environment, General Science
CCSS, NGSS
RI.3.1
, RI.4.1
, RI.5.4
+5
Ocean Acidification Data Activity (NOAA) | Aragonite, pH, & Human Impacts | APES
This data-driven activity helps students explore the connection between ocean acidification, pH, and aragonite saturation using real NOAA data. Students collect and analyze data from the past (1861), present (2020), and projected future (2100) to identify trends, calculate change over time, and make predictions about the impacts on marine ecosystems. Students then apply their understanding to explain the chemical processes behind ocean acidification and evaluate ecological and human impacts, inc
9th - 12th
Earth Sciences, Environment, Marine Science
NGSS
HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-6
Half-Life Calculations Practice with Key
Engage your students with this comprehensive and interactive half-life calculations activity! Perfect for middle and high school science classes, this resource helps students understand the concept of half-life through a series of real-world examples and calculations. ☢️ What’s Included:Video Introduction: Start with an engaging video that introduces the concept of half-life and its applications.Calculation Questions: Students will solve 13 problems involving various isotopes such as Iodine-131,
6th - 12th
Environment, Physical Science, Science
NGSS
HS-PS1-8
APES Sewage Treatment Scenarios & LD50 Analysis (Water Pollution Activity)
Sewage Treatment Plant Failures – Scenario Analysis & LD50 Graphing Worksheet - AP Environmental Science | Print & DigitalThis worksheet helps students practice the stages of sewage treatment (primary, secondary, tertiary, and disinfection) through real-world failure scenarios and critical thinking. It wraps up with a graphing activity using LD50 data to connect pollution with toxicity and ecosystem health. What Students Will Do: ✅ Review key sewage treatment processes ✅ Analyze 5 realisti
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Biology, Environment, General Science
NGSS
HS-ESS3-2
APES Unit 4 Plate Tectonics Mapping Activity – Boundaries, Hotspots, FRQ + Key
Engage students in a guided-inquiry investigation that makes plate tectonics visible and meaningful through hands-on mapping and data analysis. In this activity, students locate and analyze divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries, along with geologic hotspots such as Hawaii and Yellowstone, to uncover global patterns of earthquakes, volcanism, and mountain building. Designed for AP® Environmental Science Unit 4, this lesson emphasizes evidence-based reasoning and FRQ-style t
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Earth Sciences, Environment, Other (Science)
NGSS
HS-ESS2-3
, HS-ESS2-1
, HS-ESS3-1
+1
Also included in: APES Unit 4 Earth Systems & Resources Mega Bundle | Curriculum + Review
APES Human Impacts FRQ Practice – 8 AP Exam Review Activities (Stations) + Keys
🧰 FRQs are often students’ weakest point in AP Environmental Science—especially when it comes to proposing and justifying solutions. Get your APES students AP exam–ready with 8 Human Impacts stations designed to strengthen these critical skills.🎯 Perfect for the final 2 weeks before the AP® Environmental Science exam Designed to mirror AP® exam expectations, this resource is built around the exact skills assessed on Free Response Question 2 and Free Response Question 3. Students practice
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Environment
AP Environmental Science: Unit 4 - Upwelling Systems Investigation Activity
This activity was created for AP Environmental Science but can be a great resource for other types of environmental science classes out there! This investigation provides students with a well-rounded explanation of what upwelling systems are, where they're located, the factors that create them, and how they can effect marine ecosystems. Students will use the first world map to graph the four main upwelling current systems: Peru, California, Benguela, and Canary. Given a global winds map, studen
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Earth Sciences, Environment, Marine Science
NGSS
HS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-5
, HS-LS2-4
+1
APES Full Sub Plan-Fertilizer Video WS, FRQ, Data Analysis, Graphing, CER + Key
Leaving a sub plan for an AP Environmental Science class is always a headache. You cannot just leave a fluff video, but you also cannot leave a complex lab for a non-science substitute to manage. This comprehensive, fully editable sub plan is the perfect solution. Centered around "The Fertilizer Shock" documentary, this resource goes far beyond a basic video guide. It is a rigorous, full-period lesson that requires students to apply their knowledge of biogeochemical cycles, analyze real-world
10th - 12th
Biology, Environment
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