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

In this project, students will explore one of the 11 sub-climates of the world: Tropical Wet, Tropical wet and dry, Arid, Semiarid, Marine West Coast, Mediterranean, Humid Subtropical, Humid Continental, Subarctic, Ice Cap, Tundra, and Highlands. Students will work in small groups (I had groups of 3-4) and research one of these climate zone and create a poster to display their findings. The requirements include two climographs using real-world data, a world map showing the locations of their su

Videos can be a wonderful way to enhance your science classroom, especially when they captivate the audience with amazing footage.  “One Strange Rock,” hosted by Will Smith, does just that. From award winning National Geographic, this story shows the Earth in an extraordinary new way, from the view of 8 astronauts who have seen the Earth from space.  This series tells the story of Earth’s past, present and future, and eloquently shows how all of Earth’s spheres are interconnected and work toget

Videos can be a wonderful way to enhance your science classroom, especially when they captivate the audience with amazing footage.  “One Strange Rock,” hosted by Will Smith, does just that. From award winning National Geographic, this story shows the Earth in an extraordinary new way, from the view of 8 astronauts who have seen the Earth from space.  This series tells the story of Earth’s past, present and future, and eloquently shows how all of Earth’s spheres are interconnected and work toget

Videos can be a wonderful way to enhance your science classroom, especially when they captivate the audience with amazing footage.  “One Strange Rock,” hosted by Will Smith, does just that. From award winning National Geographic, this story shows the Earth in an extraordinary new way, from the view of 8 astronauts who have seen the Earth from space.  This series tells the story of Earth’s past, present and future, and eloquently shows how all of Earth’s spheres are interconnected and work toget

This product provides video questions for National Geographic's "Welcome to Earth: Season 1 Episode 1: Silent Roar". This episode is seen on a remote island in the Pacific, Will Smith descends into the heart of an active volcano to investigate sounds beyond human hearing. Will discovers that everything on our planet creates its own unique sound-even if we can't always hear it.

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

Videos can be a wonderful way to enhance your science classroom, especially when they captivate the audience with amazing footage.  “One Strange Rock,” hosted by Will Smith, does just that. From award winning National Geographic, this story shows the Earth in an extraordinary new way, from the view of 8 astronauts who have seen the Earth from space.  This series tells the story of Earth’s past, present and future, and eloquently shows how all of Earth’s spheres are interconnected and work toget

Videos can be a wonderful way to enhance your science classroom, especially when they captivate the audience with amazing footage.  “One Strange Rock,” hosted by Will Smith, does just that. From award winning National Geographic, this story shows the Earth in an extraordinary new way, from the view of 8 astronauts who have seen the Earth from space.  This series tells the story of Earth’s past, present and future, and eloquently shows how all of Earth’s spheres are interconnected and work toget

This product provides questions to accompany the National Geographic video "Welcome to Earth: Season 1 Episode 2- Descent into Darkness". In this episode, Will Smith meets up with marine biologist, Dr. Diva Amon, and descends 3300 feet down into the ocean to explore a hidden world of color in the dark.

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

Videos can be a wonderful way to enhance your science classroom, especially when they captivate the audience with amazing footage.  “One Strange Rock,” hosted by Will Smith, does just that. From award winning National Geographic, this story shows the Earth in an extraordinary new way, from the view of 8 astronauts who have seen the Earth from space.  This series tells the story of Earth’s past, present and future, and eloquently shows how all of Earth’s spheres are interconnected and work toget

Videos can be a wonderful way to enhance your science classroom, especially when they captivate the audience with amazing footage.  “One Strange Rock,” hosted by Will Smith, does just that. From award winning National Geographic, this story shows the Earth in an extraordinary new way, from the view of 8 astronauts who have seen the Earth from space.  This series tells the story of Earth’s past, present and future, and eloquently shows how all of Earth’s spheres are interconnected and work toget

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.

Videos can be a wonderful way to enhance your science classroom, especially when they captivate the audience with amazing footage.  “One Strange Rock,” hosted by Will Smith, does just that. From award winning National Geographic, this story shows the Earth in an extraordinary new way, from the view of 8 astronauts who have seen the Earth from space.  This series tells the story of Earth’s past, present and future, and eloquently shows how all of Earth’s spheres are interconnected and work toget

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.

Videos can be a wonderful way to enhance your science classroom, especially when they captivate the audience with amazing footage.  “One Strange Rock,” hosted by Will Smith, does just that. From award winning National Geographic, this story shows the Earth in an extraordinary new way, from the view of 8 astronauts who have seen the Earth from space.  This series tells the story of Earth’s past, present and future, and eloquently shows how all of Earth’s spheres are interconnected and work toget

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

Videos can be a wonderful way to enhance your science classroom, especially when they captivate the audience with amazing footage.  “One Strange Rock,” hosted by Will Smith, does just that. From award winning National Geographic, this story shows the Earth in an extraordinary new way, from the view of 8 astronauts who have seen the Earth from space.  This series tells the story of Earth’s past, present and future, and eloquently shows how all of Earth’s spheres are interconnected and work toget

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.