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Vocabulary choice board activities and tools to help students complete the activities. Make working with the vocab words interactive and fun. Can be used for any vocabulary list. I use it for science but works for any subject. I have a set of shelves where I keep these items so the students have access to them.

This is the four square writing template we use to help students develop their writing. They use these to develop the summary paragraphs they do for their weekly article and also use them to help develop the paragraphs for their reports.

This is the vocabulary test we use for water cycle in 8th grade. It includes a fill in the blank, matching portion with a word bank and a write a sentence using the terms section. It also includes a Key for the fill in the blank portion. This is in word format for easy editing and customizing.

This is the vocabulary test we use for Solar impacts on ocean currents, global winds, and weather that I use with my 7th graders. It includes a fill in the blank, matching portion with a word bank and a write a sentence using the terms section. It also includes a Key for the fill in the blank portion. This is in word format for easy editing and customizing.

This is the vocabulary test we use for genetics in 8th grade. It includes a fill in the blank, matching portion with a word bank and a write a sentence using the terms section. It also includes a Key for the fill in the blank portion. This is in word format for easy editing and customizing.

This is a culminating, thematic, genetics project that assesses student understanding of genotype, phenotype, dominant, recessive, Punnett squares, pedigrees, and genetic diseases. The students breed creatures, on paper. I let the students nominate and vote on what they would like to breed. The first year I did this they bred dots; this was something meaningful to those students. The second and third years my students chose to breed zombies, and last year they bred Pokemon. I found that letting

This is the vocabulary test we use for properties and states of matter I use with my 8th graders. It includes a fill in the blank, matching portion with a word bank and a write a sentence using the terms section. It also includes a Key for the fill in the blank portion. This is in word format for easy editing and customizing.

These are some free response test questions for human impacts on the environment units. They are of varying difficulty from simple recall and explain to applied knowledge essay. They are for 8th graders but I have used them with 7th graders in the past as well.

The are some engaging hands on activities to help students learn the concept of diffusion. Included are three activities that explain diffusion and on extension activity that introduces the topic of supersaturation of solutions. One of the activities the students use themselves to demonstrate how diffusion work with concentration gradients. This activity is great for all student and engages your kinesthetic learners. A sample key is included but keep in mind answer can vary.

This item walks students through making a planet poster to make it more a meaningful and less daunting task. They use this sheet to do research on the planets and keep their data organized before beginning the development of the poster. This is meant for independent and individualized work but can be used as a group project for younger students. I use this with my 6th grade students who are already a little familiar with some aspects of the planets to take their learning deeper.

This is the vocabulary test I use for Energy, work, and power in 7th grade. It includes a fill in the blank, matching portion with a word bank and a write a sentence using the terms section. It also includes a Key for the fill in the blank portion. This is in word format for easy editing and customizing.

Classroom activity to help students differentiate between abiotic factors and biotic factors of life. Students use the activity to build definitions for each term. My students really love this activity and although I usually only plan for 30 minutes for the activity the students can become so engaged that they will use most of the 45 minute class period and leave with an internalized understanding of what biotc and abiotic factors are.

This is the vocabulary test we use for Physical and chemical properties and property changes I use with my 7th graders. It includes a fill in the blank, matching portion with a word bank and a write a sentence using the terms section. It also includes a Key for the fill in the blank portion. This is in word format for easy editing and customizing.

This is a study guide base on for the global ocean currents and the solar impact on currents. I use this with my 8th grade students. If the students are on task it can be done in one class period (50 min) but I usually give them 2 class periods so I get thorough work. This really helps them study for the unit test.

This includes a lab sheet for an investigation of soybean growth, the description of the sections of a formal scientific (informative) report, and the section and scoring rubrics. This breaks writing their paper into small sections, introduction, methods and materials, data, results, conclusion and references. The project makes it easy to teach middle school students how to write formal science reports based on their data. This makes learning easy and fun and breaks a daunting task into small m

This is the vocabulary test we use for genetics in 8th grade. It includes a fill in the blank, matching portion with a word bank and a write a sentence using the terms section. It also includes a Key for the fill in the blank portion. This is in word format for easy editing and customizing.

This is the vocabulary test we use for mitosis, meiosis and inheritance in 8th grade. It includes a fill in the blank, matching portion with a word bank and a write a sentence using the terms section. It also includes a Key for the fill in the blank portion. This is in word format for easy editing and customizing.

This is the vocabulary test we use for land formation, glaciation and Karst systems in 8th grade. It includes a fill in the blank, matching portion with a word bank and a write a sentence using the terms section. It also includes a Key for the fill in the blank portion. This is in word format for easy editing and customizing.

This is the vocabulary test we use for genetics in 8th grade. It includes a fill in the blank, matching portion with a word bank and a write a sentence using the terms section. It also includes a Key for the fill in the blank portion. This is in word format for easy editing and customizing.

This is a study guide base on for the water cycle and its processes. I use this with my 8th grade students. If the students are on task it can be done in one class period (50 min) but I usually give them 2 class periods so I get thorough work. This really helps them study for the unit test.