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This 8-week Water Unit covering Physical Science, Life Science, and Earth Science standards. This unit covers vocabulary, quizzes, projects, labs, study guide, and test. You go from phases of matter, to the water cycle, to weather, to groundwater, to aquifers, to water filtration. Below is a detailed daily breakdown to help you stay organized and implement each lesson with ease. Example Lesson plan plus slides provided. WEEK 1 – Introduction to Water & Properties Day 1 • Present Slides 4–6

In this activity, students applied their understanding of heat transfer and the engineering design process to create a home that would keep a “penguin” (ice cube) from melting. During the design phase, students selected materials such as foam, cotton, bubble wrap, and aluminum foil within a $100 budget to build an insulated dwelling. They sketched their design, explained their material choices, and predicted how well their structure would work. In the testing phase, students measured how lon

This 4 day lesson includes lesson plans for teachers, worksheets for students to fill out, and directions on parameters to build their catapults. This lesson is fun and engaging while students learn about kinetic vs potential energy.

Here is the 90 minute teacher complete lesson plan that includes the student worksheet for students to complete on Day 4 of the 4 day STEM Challenge to build a catapult. This is where the students modify their designs, test their modifications, and analyze. This is for a 6th-8th grade STEM class. Materials Needed- Additional popsicle sticks and rubber bands - Targets for accuracy testing (paper plates, hula hoops) - Measuring tape - Protractors (for angle adjustments) - Small weights (washers or

Here is the 90 minute teacher complete lesson plan that includes the student worksheet for students to complete on Day 3 of the 4 day STEM Challenge to build a catapult. This is where the students build their first design, collect data, and analyze. This is for a 6th-8th grade STEM class. Materials Needed- Popsicle sticks (20 per student) - Rubber bands (5 per student) - Masking tape - Hot glue guns (teacher use only) - Ping pong balls - Measuring tape - Safety glasses - Small plastic spoons (op

Here is the 90 minute teacher complete lesson plan that includes the student worksheet for students to complete on Day 2 of the 4 day STEM Challenge to build a catapult. This is where the students investigate Kinetic vs Potential energy and create their initial designs. This is for a 6th-8th grade STEM class. Materials Needed- Rubber balls, springs, rubber bands - Measuring tape - Energy demonstration materials (pendulum, slinky) - Graph paper - Colored pencils - Sample popsicle sticks and rubbe

This lab allows students to make their own fun bath bomb to take home. They can just take them home to use or wrap them for gifts. The students must draw a picture of their bath bomb as well as compare their bath bomb to others. Materials:1/4 cup baking soda2 tablespoons citric acid2 tablespoons epsom salt2 tablespoons cornstarch3-4 drops of food coloring1/2 tablespoon oil (almond or coconut)1¾ teaspoons of water3 drops essential oilSmall Bath bomb molds

Here is an 11 slide Google Slide show about Potential vs Kinetic energy that can easily be used for 6th -8th graders.

This is an 8th Grade Physical Science Syllabus. Editable.

A 3 day project where the students just have to track their dietary intake like a journal entry. Then You can see the Analysis sheet that they fill out.