Miller's Science Stuff

Students will research their birthstone (mineral) to learn more about mineral properties and mineral identification. Includes project requirements, list of birthstones, and answer key for all 12 months

Identify Tornado Alley on a US map and answer basic questions about tornadoes, Tornado Alley, and the Fujita Scale. Answer Key included.

Objective: Student will illustrate the diversity of life and the events that occurred during a specific Time Period in Earth’s History. Guidelines: You own a travel agency. Create a travel brochure that would make people want to take a vacation “back in time”. Using facts, describe your assigned time and list accommodations/ activities that are “fun for the whole family”. Includes project requirements, rubric, and class sign-up sheet

This product provides video questions for the video "Welcome to Earth- Season 1 episode 5- Speed of Life". In this episode, Will Smith explores the Namibia Desert, where both the landscape and time seem to have stood still for over 50 million years. Will discovers that humans can only see a small sliver of what's moving around us.

I made this crossword as an end of the year review for my 7th grade students. The crossword contains vocabulary words for weather, climate, plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes, rocks, minerals, scientific method, measurement, and geologic time.

This station lab has multiple stations where students will use book and internet resources to: -identify various rocks based on characteristics -test mineral streak -test mineral density by water displacement

In this lab, students will investigate adhesion and surface tension by comparing water droplets on a penny vs. water/soap mixture. Lab provides background information, variables, procedure, data tables, graph template, and analysis questions.

In this lab, students will answer the question: How can you compare the densities of different minerals? Students will practice measuring density by water displacement. they will determine the density of 3 minerals: galena, quartz and pyrite. They will create a data table to record their data, and answer analysis questions about their findings.

This sheet is for students to practice their microscope viewing skills. There are templates for students to view 6 stations of microscope slides, and provide names, descriptions, low and high power drawings of each.

This lab template is for the question: How does the temperature of water affect the rate of diffusion. Students use three temps of water: Hot, cold and room temp, and add food coloring to each. They determine the rates of diffusion, create a line graph, analyze their data and draw conclusions. I also included a table to record the class data for more accurate averages (as sample size increases, the result becomes more accurate :) This lab report is all set up ready to be handed out to the st

Compare Shield, Cinder Cone and Strato/Composite Volcanoes with this graphic organizer

Students will use this sheet to research fracking. They will describe what it is, how it's done, and identify its pros and cons.

Reviews vocabulary, key ideas, fault types Includes answer key

review of key terms for thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes and blizzards

Reviews key terms about rocks and minerals

This activity provides a description and rubric for students to write a current event article about weather. Students will write a 3 paragraph essay on a weather current event: -Paragraph 1: Summary -Paragraph 2: Impacts -Paragraph 3: Reflection

Students will list and describe 10 minerals humans need in our diets, and list multiple items around their houses that use rocks and minerals