Making Science Fun

This is a card sort that is also a cut and paste activity. I spent 10 minutes on direct instruction and cornell notes, show a video then pass out this activity. Students cut out the 16 images and place them in the correct column under atom, element, molecule or compound. Use of interactive notebook: I have my students complete notes on the right (input) side and complete the cut and paste card sort on the left (output) side. This activity worksheet fits in composition books.

In this lab, students will record the distance they travel in 40 seconds down a hallway. This lab ties in physics with nature of science/inquiry. The lab report includes hypothesis, procedure, materials, data table, *graphing and analyzing data, observations, conclusion and sharing results with another group. This is a free lab activity that brings motion graphs to life. Tips/Tricks: To reduce movement, I usually split my classes into 2 groups- boys and girls. I have 1 walker and 1 timer for e

In this project, teacher will need a green screen, a green sheet or even lime green poster boards on 1 wall of classroom. If your school has a painted green wall or a green screen room, that is great! Students will be using a device of some sort with a free greenscreen app called VeeScope. Those are the only materials needed for this project. My students are 6th/7th but any age could learn a lot from this project. Research, collaboration, digital creativity, and technology skills are all used fo

Easy and free lab activity! All you need is rubber bands, rulers and tape measure is optional. Great lab for elementary, middle or high school. Teacher guidance heavy in elementary, light for middle school, and facilitation only for high school. Students will discover the effect of elastic potential energy on kinetic energy by pulling a rubber band back to different lengths and letting it go to see that EPE transfer to Kinetic energy. Ground rules I use in my classroom are to have all rubber ban

Students will cut out 30 squares to match the following - Discovery Made - Scientist who made the discovery - Year the discovery was made - Image of the discovery Once students have cut out the pieces and grouped them accordingly, teacher will check the answers. Students will then create a cell timeline using the pieces on Legal sized paper

How to play: • Each student receives a card. Each card has a clue and an organelle name. The clue on the card does not match the organelle on the card. • One student will start by reading their clue out loud to the class. • All students will listen to the clue to see if the organelle on their card matches the clue being read. • Students who believe the clue matches their organelle on their card will raise their hand. Then they will read their clue aloud. • For example: First player will read al

This card sort covers 9 body systems: - Digestive - Endocrine - Integumentary - Excretory - Skeletal - Muscular - Nervous - Circulatory - Respiratory There are 3 ways to use this card sort activity. 1. Students will lay the 9 system cards out on table and match the system to the organs/structures and functions. 2. Students can use the card sort worksheet and write the card # next to the system. Ex: Digestive: Card # 1, 15, 24. This worksheet is included. 3. Give 9 students the body system name.

This can be in class or homework assignment. Students are not only given a prompt but are given guidelines for what each paragraph should include. Such as definition and example of each simple machine, what simple machines are found around home, IMA vs AMA, and what life would be like without them. Students are given font size, font type choices, link to transitions to use and tips and tricks for essay writing. Students can type their essay and submit via email, google classroom or canvas. Or, s

Students will love this game to review content. Students will walk or dance around the room as the music plays. Music is not provided. I open pandora in the background and hit play and stop as needed. Once the music stops, the PowerPoint will tell students how many partners to find. For example, "Question 1: PICK 3 PARTNERS". Students will find 3 partners. On the slide there is a question for the 4 students to discuss. Example, "Discuss with 3 people the 5 spheres of Earth!" Students will discus

What size parachute has the longest flight time? Easy to do experiment for grades 4th to 9th. Help students apply their knowledge of the scientific method to this experiment. Recommendation is to spend one day (50-55 mins) on making the parachutes and spend day two testing the parachutes. I put my kids in groups of 4 students and each student made a parachute of a different size. Students will identify the purpose/question, create a hypothesis, identify variables (independent, dependent and co

Easy lab for 3rd-9th graders! Teacher guidance heavy for elementary, light for middle, facilitation for 9th grade. Students will discover the effect of potential energy on kinetic energy by dropping a bouncy ball from different heights and measuring the rebound height. Materials: Yard stick taped to walls and bouncy ball (1 ball per every 4 students) Lab Report is FULL with scientific method: Problem (done), Hypothesis (If, then statement), Variables (blank), Materials (done), Procedure (done),

This outlines what each paragraph in this 5 paragraph essay assignment should include. Elastic Potential Energy, Gravitational P.E, Law of Conservation of En- and careers that involve energy. Also includes extra credit opportunities to include the equations for EPE and GPE. Students can write essay in notebook using notes/resources/computer lab. Or, students can submit essay via google classroom or canvas. Page 1 is the essay instructions Page 2-3 is a paper saver to print instructions on 1/2 sh

Students will choose between making a mini poster, a hand made brochure, create a website on wix or google sites, or create a digital brochure using an online website (The site allows students to sign up using student google account and allows students to save work. The site similar to microsoft publisher but is cloud based). Students will research energy transfer examples light energy, chemical energy, sound energy and light energy. Website resources is included. Rubric is included.

Distance Versus Time Lab-- Graphing Motion Students will graph motion of them walking for 40 seconds in 5 second intervals. At my school, each tile in our hallway is 1 foot in length. Therefore, students count the tiles then multiplied by 30 to convert to centimeters. Other option would be to place tape on the ground for measurement or give each group a tape measure. Benchmark SC.6.P.12.1 SC.6.N.1.1

Teachers: Teacher will print power point on card stock, I recommend 4-6 slides per page to make them into cards. Each set should have a number or color mark on them. Example, one set of cards should all have a blue star on them and another set of cards should have a pink star written on each card. This will prevent card decks from being mixed up between groups. Students will receive a stack of cards. Teacher should ask students to count the numbers of cards in the set, it should be 16. Students

Students will choose what type of project they want to do to demonstrate knowledge of glacial erosion and deposition. I find 2 class periods (55 minute classes) is plenty of time. I have included all 6 rubrics for the 6 choices which are: - song, rap or poem - quiz with 5 different types of questions and must give quiz to 5 people - brochure or foldable - powerpoint or prezi - venn diagram or t chart Thank you :) Also, teacher will need to change my email address to their own. I required pow

Each PowerPoint slide has four sides, each side has either a vocabulary word or a definition. Print the PowerPoint Presentation 6 slides per page and cut them into rectangular pieces. Place the pieces into a plastic bag. If you want to save the game pieces, you can laminate the pieces or glue onto index cards. Give each group of students a plastic bag with the 12 paper pieces. Tell them to try and match 1 side of a piece with 1 side of a different piece. Continue to do so, until all 12 pieces