Midwest Science

This is a 1 day experiment that allows students to reproduce a hurricane in a bottle. All directions are provided with a brief description of hurricanes & tornadoes. A follow up question is also included that engages students to analyze how a tornado and hurricane form in different ways and why this experiment is more like a hurricane. Please leave a comment and rating to let me know how this experiment worked in your classroom!

This product provides some supplementary resources for teaching Hurricanes & Tornadoes. Included: -Hurricane in a bottle activity (Students Love this activity! Only need 2 empty 2-liters, water & electrical tape) -Interactive Notes on How a Hurricane & Tornado Forms + Worksheet (Teachers Copy Included) -Hurricane & Tornado Venn Diagram (Answer Key Included) -Fujita & Saffir-Simpson Scale Research assignment (Answer Key Included) -PowerPoint with all information needed for students to compl

This is a 1-2 day experiment where students are instructed to build a device that can protect an egg. The worksheets include 1 requirement along with 2 tables to record their individual results along with the class results. Our best device protected an egg even after falling from over 50+ feet! Please leave a comment and rating to let me know how this activity worked with your classes!

In this lab, students will be able to make their own battery that is strong enough to power a 1.5 V L.E.D. bulb. Supplies: - 5 pennies from 1982 or newer - Index cards or construction paper - Electrolyte (lemon or lime juice, salt water, or vinegar) - 1.5 Volt L.E.D. bulb with exposed wires - Sandpaper This lab can also be purchased in another product that includes a PowerPoint introducing electricity & how its generated, an Ohms Law WKST, Research Assignment, & WKST that compliments a GR

This download includes 5 interactive notebook handouts & a 16 slide PowerPoint that goes along with the handouts. The handouts include: Solar & Lunar EclipsesPhases of the MoonMoon FactsDifferent Types of TidesLayers of the SunPlease leave a comment and rating to let me know how this interactive notebook worked with your students!

This product includes a PowerPoint presentation that goes through all the planets and a few special moons in our Solar-System. Each slide is filled with easily understood information about each planet/moon. The last 3 slides are dedicated to giving the details of the writing prompt and an additional assignment. Writing Prompt: Your from a distant solar-system in our galaxy and you have to make an emergency landing on a planet in our Solar-System. Which planet would you land on and why? (Y

In this experiment, students will observe how physical weathering effects rocks. Students will shake up a container filled with rocks & water and periodically take out the rocks to observe what changes have occurred. Supplies - Water - 2-3 Liter container with opening big enough for rocks to fit through - 14 soft rocks (Lava rocks or sandstone/limestone rocks work great) p.s. Lava rock will probably be the cheapest and easiest to find. Most hardware stores sell a 20 lb bag for around $2-3

In this lab, students will get the opportunity to run, take measurements, and calculate average speed. Directions are provided for the students at the top of the lab WKST. Lab works best when ran on a football field. Students will need a cell phone or stop watch to measure how much time it takes to run each distance. Enjoy & Have FUN! Please leave a comment and rating and let me know how it worked with your class.

This is a 3-4 day research assignment where students will research the different mammals in a specific country. As they research they will create a slideshow on google slides (or PowerPoint) and at the end of the assignment, they will present their slideshows to the class. Two rubrics are included. One for their slideshow and One for their presentation. Please leave a comment and rating to let me know how this research assignment worked with your students!

This is a basic 10 question survey geared toward introducing students to the teacher. The first 7 questions are common like "Whats your favorite subject in school" or "What was the most interesting thing you did over the summer" but the last 3 are more interesting questions like "If you had $1,000,000 and had to spend it in 1 week, how would you spend it" or if you could go back in time and live for 1 week, what time would you go back to and why". I give the students about 10 minutes to answer