Katie Hoppe

As an introduction to minerals, students can sort cards based on common characteristics. Learn what characteristics a mineral must have to be considered a mineral, and then reorganize the cards based on their newfound knowledge.

Newton’s Law of Gravitation Lab with PhET Simulation – NGSS AlignedIn this interactive lab, students use the free PhET Gravity Force Lab simulation to explore Newton’s Law of Gravitation. Through virtual experimentation, students investigate how gravitational force depends on the masses of two objects and the distance between them. What’s included: Detailed student instructions guiding exploration of the PhET Gravity Force Lab simulation Tasks that have students manipulate mass and distance t

This packet has notes and over 150 regents questions to help students prepare for the New York State Earth Science Regents Exam.

This is a virtual lab for plate tectonics and convection currents!

This is a physical and chemical weathering lab using sugar cubes and Alka-seltzer tablets and explores rates of weathering as well as impacts of surface area and temperature.

This lab can be used in combination with the "Build an Atom" PHET simulator to learn about protons, neutrons and electrons!

This product is useful for the topics of measurement, metric conversion, graphing, density, and observation/inference. Each section has notes as well as practice problems! This can be used for regents review as well as unit test prep!

This interactive lab uses a balloon to help students visualize Hubble's Law and the concept of an expanding universe. By placing dots on a balloon to represent galaxies, students will inflate the balloon and observe how the “galaxies” move away from each other. They will notice that the farther apart the dots are, the faster they move away, just like real galaxies in space. This lab includes: Clear, student-friendly instructions for the balloon activity Guided observation questions to help st

This activity builds on drawing atomic structures. Please note that I used this activity prior to teaching about electron energy shells, or ions. So this can be adapted to fit the needs of your classes.

Using plain white bingo cubes with smiles on one side (or similar), we can learn the process of Radioactive decay with emphasis on parent and daughter product ratios.

Authentic Assessment that can be used for Renewable and Nonrenewable resources. Students will research the energy sources and then determine which one they think is most beneficial and support their stance with evidence.

This activity is a weeks-long guide to understanding Star formation, galaxies and respective diagrams. Follows NGSS Standards.

This project template was used as a midterm for my science students. If this were used for an Earth Science class, I would use more be more strict on rock choices (for example, sandstone metamorphoses into quartzite). For the level of these students and the depth of the learning in this course, I allowed more flexibility in the rocks they chose.

Students can become familiar with the Earth Science Reference Table Igneous Rock Charts by answering the following questions. The chart is broken down into two smaller charts before analyzing the entire chart.

Students can prepare for the New York State Earth Science Regents by reviewing notes and being exposed to over 100 regents review questions!

This resource helps students review material using notes and over 100 regents review questions! This will help students prepare for the New York State Earth Science Regents!

This resource helps students review material using notes and over 75 regents questions! This helps students prepare for the New York State Earth Science Regents Exam.

This packet helps students review using notes and over 150 review questions. This helps students prepare for the New York State Earth Science Regents.

This packet provides notes and over 50 regents review questions to help students prepare for the New York State regents exam.

Students can practice half-life by determining the percents and fractions of parent and daughter products after each half life.