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This math resource contains 36 numbered boxes that can be used during assessments.  This allows students enough room to solve math problems and the ability to keep track of problems solved during math assessments. I use this for math benchmarks and math state assessments. Find other free resources for math at EducationalResource.org

In this self-driven Earth Science activity, students will take data from both Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Andrew to plot the direction, wind speed, and path of the hurricanes. Students will get an appreciation of the relationship between atmospheric pressure and wind speed. Students will plot on a double "y" axis chart the pressure and wind speed of Hurricane Katrina. Students will research and fill in a table about the different categories of hurricanes. They will define the word "susta

In this Earth Science Lab, students will gain an understanding of what relative humidity and dew point are. There are four parts to the lab. The first part will help them understand the relationship between the ability to evaporate and humidity. Students will then use psychrometers to determine the humidity outside as well as inside. They will calculate the wet-bulb depression and then use the relative humidity chart to determine the percent of water in the air outside and inside the classro

This is an assignment I give my students before they actually take their mineral identification test. In this activity, the minerals have already gone through the individual characteristics tests such as luster, hardness, color, streak, and other mineral properties. This assignment is to give students practice using a dichotomous key that can help them identify minerals. This assignment also contains vocabulary words commonly used when identifying minerals. For more Earth Science labs and res

In this student self-guided Earth Science activity, students will read about and work their way through the different techniques used in Relative Dating. Students will first gain an understanding of what relative dating is by solving a puzzle of "which came first?". Students will define and use the word strata often. Students will learn the following types of Relative Dating techniques: Law of Superposition, Index Fossils, Cross-Cutting, unconformities, disconformities, angular unconformities

In this Earth Science lab, students will crush a soda can using atmospheric pressure. This is a common science experiment with a twist. In this version, students will calculate the total air pressure found on the outside of the can. The kids will take the surface area formula of a cylinder and find out about how many pounds of air is sitting on top of and around the can. This lab also attempts to incorporate math into a science class. Students will learn what psia (pounds per square inch actu

In this observation lab, students will use stream tables to observe how rivers form. When students are done they will understand how natural landslides can cause river course changes, how meanders are formed, how heavier sediment gets deposited quicker than lighter sediment like silt and clay, why rivers take the path they do, and how deltas are formed. Teacher notes, observations, suggestions, an answer key and reflections are included. For more Earth Science activities and resources visit,

Note: You will need some fossil examples in order to complete this lab. In this historical geology lab, student groups will do their best to identify up to 8 fossils using the web and some included links to great fossil identification websites and pdf files. Students will research the 5 types of fossils: casts and molds, permineralization and replacement, carbonization, unaltered/original remains, and trace fossils. They will also find real-world examples of each type of fossil. http://eart

In this lab/demonstration, the teacher will demonstrate how convection currents in the atmosphere occur. This demonstration is very visible and can easily be done without any special equipment except for a hot plate. Students will fill out a science lab sheet that has them hypothesize and then diagram how air currents are moving. As part of the lab, students will get some reinforcement as to what high and low air pressures are and what causes them. Students will also be able to demonstrate t

This is a set of worksheets that are scaffolded to help students round. The first math worksheet has students round to the nearest 10. The second rounding worksheet has students round to the nearest 100. The third worksheet has students round to the nearest 10 and 100. This worksheet also has students use number lines that they can show why numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. The last three questions on the worksheet are word problems. The fourth rounding math worksheet reviews rounding

Using colored pencils or crayons, students will read some Christmas puns and then identify nouns, verbs, pronouns, adverbs, and adjectives with different colors. They will also identify compound or simple sentences. For more worksheets, activities, projects, videos and other educational ideas for your students, please visit EducationalResource.org

Two volcano vocabulary activity worksheets. The first one is a 20-word search. The word search contains images of a shield, cinder, and composite volcano. There are some fun volcano puns that encourage reading and are fun to share. The second worksheet is a crossword puzzle containing a word bank with more words than students need. This helps eliminate students counting how many boxes there are for each word. The vocabulary words used are ash, vent, lava, flow, caldera, fissures, eruption,

Engage your students in a thoughtful exploration of friendship with this opinion writing worksheet. Designed to develop their writing skills and critical thinking, this resource guides students through expanding upon the initial paragraph of an opinion essay. By providing three additional paragraphs with personal examples, students will delve deeper into the concept of being a good friend. The worksheet begins with a prompt that asks students to consider what it means to be a good friend. The in

Exploring Earth's Magnetic Magic: Reading Passage and Experiment Overview: This resource combines a reading passage with a hands-on experiment, allowing students to grasp the concept of magnetism and Earth's magnetic field in a fun and interactive way. Key Concepts Covered:Earth's magnetic field as a guiding force.The analogy of Earth as a giant magnet with north and south poles.Functionality of a compass and its reliance on Earth's magnetic field.Crafting a homemade compass through a sim

Your students will read about Skip, a squirrel with a problem.  He doesn't like to eat his vegetables.  Skip and his friend come up with a solution.  As students read the cloze reading story, they will use a word bank to fill in the blanks.  Students will change the words into contractions. I use this contraction worksheet during that same time I am teaching about expository text structures and use this to illustrate Problem and Solution. My students enjoy the story. For more elementary school

This is a nine-page worksheet designed to help students master the RL.9 standard of comparing and contrasting story elements. With three unique and fun stories, students will practice comparing and contrasting key elements like characters, themes, settings, and plots across different stories. Each set of stories teaches a valuable moral lesson, making this a perfect resource for building reading comprehension and character education. The worksheet includes: Three sets of short stories, each with

Engage your 3rd through 6th-grade students in a fun and educational activity that explores the importance of fur color for mammal survival. This worksheet combines reading comprehension with an interactive playground experiment to teach key concepts about animal camouflage and adaptation. Key Features:Informative Text: A kid-friendly passage explaining how fur color helps mammals camouflage, protect themselves, and adapt to seasonal changes.Interactive Activity: A hands-on experiment where stude

Dive into the world of volume estimation with this engaging and interactive activity designed for elementary students to explore the concept of estimating and measuring the volume of water. This resource is perfect for teachers looking to add a splash of excitement to their math lessons! In this activity, you'll set up your classroom with several different-sized graduated cylinders displayed on a table. Surrounding them are 10 containers of various shapes and sizes – cups, sponges, measuring cup

In this bundle of resources, students will be exposed to reading the different types of expository text: description, sequence, compare and contrast, caused and effect. Description: Students will read about the German Pointer dog. They are asked to underline signal words. Students will list the three things that make the dog a popular pet and then give reasons why they would want or not want to own one. On the backside of the paper, students will then write their own description of a family m

This lab will only work if you have Java on your computers. It should work fine on Windows machines. In this digital Phet lab, students will gain a better understanding of some of the landforms formed due to plate tectonics. They will understand how density affects the plates. Students will compare and contrast different types of crust, oceanic and continental. Students will understand how crust composition determines density of the crust. They will understand how temperature and size of cr