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Graphic Organizer Notes:Students can use these states of matter graphic organizers to record their notes about solids, liquids, and gases. There is a one page graphic organizer for each state with boxes to describe volume, shape, arrangement, movement, and compressibility, as well as a place to draw what it looks like in a container. This activity can be assigned through Google Classroom and completed digitally or printed out. This assessment supports NGSS MS-PS1-4. What is included: 3 sli

In this two page biodiversity index practice for middle school science, students practice calculating the biodiversity index by analyzing three sets of data and explaining how an environmental factor can affect biodiversity. First, they look at a quadrat to determine the number of species and individuals, represented by different shapes. They calculate the index and explain whether the area has high or low biodiversity. Next, students read a bar graph and data table to determine the numb

In this online activity for a middle school science ecology unit, students will use the OCEARCH.org website to identify a shark they want to track! They will observe and record basic information about the shark and information about the shark's travels. Students will read about the ecological and economic importance of sharks and answer follow up questions related to the text. The activity can be assigned through Google Classroom and completed digitally or printed out. If you are interested i

Use this states of matter sorting activity for middle school science as a practice to reinforce facts about solids, liquids, and gasses. Students drag and drop facts about volume, shape, arrangement, and movement of particles in each state into a digital graphic organizer. This activity can be assigned through Google Classroom and completed digitally or printed out. This assignment supports NGSS MS-PS1-4. What is Included:1 slide that is formatted to assign digitally through Google Classro

This printable rocks foldable graphic organizer for Middle School helps students organize facts about sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks. Students can record notes about each rock type under the flaps. What is Included: 2 slides that are formatted to be printed out as a two sided documentAnswer keyIf you are interested in my other middle school science products, please visit my TpT store. Click the follow star to be the first to know about sales, freebies, and new products. I apprec

This 10 question multiple choice quiz asks students to analyze how environmental factors could affect biodiversity. The quiz can be pushed out through Google Classroom as a self grading Google Form or printed out. What's Included:- 2 page, 10 multiple choice question Biodiversity Quiz PDF to print - Self grading digital Google Form Version - Answer Key - Accommodated version of PDF, Google Form, and Key with slight changes to formatting and 3 multiple choice options instead of 4. This activi

This digital tectonic plate boundaries sorting activity for Middle School reinforces facts about convergent, divergent, and transform plate boundaries. Students can click & drag facts under the appropriate boundary in the digital version or rewrite the facts under the correct boundary in the printable version. The worksheet can be assigned through Google Classroom™ and completed digitally or printed out. What is Included:1 slide that is formatted to assign digitally through Google Classro

This printable interactive poster activity for middle school science helps students create a model showing the structure and function of parts of a four chambered heart including: left atrium, left atrium, right ventricle, left ventricle, aorta, septum, and valve. Students label the parts of the heart by gluing flippable flaps onto the poster. They color code the flaps and diagram and write the function of each structure under the flap. On the back of the poster, they identify if each str

In this symbiotic relationship practice activity for middle school science, students will read 15 descriptions of relationships between various organisms and identify whether the descriptions are examples of mutualism, commensalism, or parasitism. The worksheets can be assigned through Google Classroom and completed digitally or printed out. A key is included. This assessment supports NGSS MS-LS2-2. What is Included: 15 question digital version to assign through Google ClassroomPrintable PDF

This eleven question crossword puzzle for middle school science assesses students' knowledge on the function of cell organelles (nucleus, cell membrane, lysosome, ribosome, cytoplasm, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi body, vacuole, mitochondria, cell wall, and chloroplast). What is Included: 11 question, printable crossword puzzle without word bank11 question, printable crossword puzzle with word bankAnswer keyThis twelve question quiz for middle school science assesses students' knowledge on the

This glow stick lab for middle school science is a fun way to assess students' knowledge about what happens to particles when they are exposed to high and low temperatures. Students model which part of the glow stick is brighter/dimmer, which part has the most kinetic energy, and add other observations. Then, they complete a fill in the blank conclusion describing how temperature affected the rate of reaction. What is Included: Student handout- Modeling Page & Fill in the blank conclusionEdit

This printable sorting activity for middle school science helps students practice identifying the function of many common pieces of lab equipment including: beaker, Bunsen burner, crucible, dropper, Erlenmeyer flask, funnel, graduated cylinder, microscope, microscope slide, petri dish, pipette, scale, spatula, test tube, test tube rack, tongs, and wash bottle. Students will cut out a description and image of each piece of equipment and glue them on a graphic organizer. What is Included: 2 stu

This digital photosynthesis and cellular respiration sorting activity for Middle School science helps students create a model about the purpose of photosynthesis and cellular respiration, the reactants and products of each process, and what organelle the processes occur in. Students click and drag words and phrases from a word bank into the correct spots to complete their models. The activity can be assigned through Google Classroom and completed digitally. What is Included: 1 slide that i

Symbiosis PracticeIn the symbiotic relationship practice activity for middle school science, students will read 15 descriptions of relationships between various organisms and identify whether the descriptions are examples of mutualism, commensalism, or parasitism. The worksheets can be assigned through Google Classroom and completed digitally or printed out. A key is included. This assessment supports NGSS MS-LS2-2. What is Included:15 questionsAnswer KeySymbiosis Research Slides TemplateThi

In this digital activity for middle school science, students will visit Explore.org to stream live cams of animals from around the world (no account required!). Next, they will observe and record the behavior of three animals of their choice and record biotic and abiotic components of their habitats. Then, students will answer follow up questions about the observations they made during the activity. This activity can be assigned through Google Classroom™ and completed digitally by students.

This Google Slides Symbiosis Research Template for middle school science gives your students a clear format for presenting their research on mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. There is one slide per relationship. Each slide includes directions for students to define the interaction, insert a picture or video showing the interaction, give examples of two organisms that interact in this way, and describe how each organism in the relationship benefits, is harmed, or is unaffected. I us

This printable 30 day bell work activity for middle school science helps students learn the function of many common pieces of lab equipment including: beaker, Bunsen burner, crucible, dropper, evaporating dish, fast freeze flask, filtering flask, flask, funnel, gloves, goggles, graduated cylinder, magnifying glass, microscope, microscope slide, mortar and pestle, petri dish, pipette, scale, smock, spatula, stopper, syringe, test tube, test tube rack, thermometer, tongs, tweezers, wash bottle,

Students will create a postcard featuring a famous landform created by the movement of tectonic plates. After selecting and researching a landform, students will use a template to create their postcard. On the front, they will identify and draw the landform. On the back, students will write a message to a friend or family member describing the landform, including the type of plate boundary it is found on (convergent, divergent, or transform) and what type of plate movement produced the landform.

Students will visit Explore.org to stream live cams of animals from around the world (no account required!). Next, they will track the behavior of three animals they choose and record biotic and abiotic components of their habitats. Then, they will answer follow up questions about the observations they made during the activity. If you are interested in my other middle school science products, please visit my TpT store. Click the follow star to be the first to know about sales, freebies, and new

In this vocabulary activity for middle school science, students complete Frayer Models to describe changes of state. There are six models on one page (freezing, melting, deposition, condensation, sublimation, and evaporation). The worksheet can be assigned through Google Classroom and completed digitally or printed out. Supports NGSS MS-PS 1-4 What's Included:1 slide that is formatted to assign digitally through Google Classroom1 slide that is formatted to be printed outAnswer keyIf you are