Miller's Science Stuff

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

In this web quest, students will learn volcano vocabulary, research about volcano formation, learn about different volcanoes and locate them on a map, compare the different types of volcanoes, and draw and label the parts of a volcano. Includes answer key

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.

In this web quest, students will learn about the layers of the Earth, Plate Tectonics, and Plate boundaries

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.

In this activity, students will analyze a current US weather map, They will be asked to identify pressure systems, fronts, and precipitation. They will then use this data to predict future weather patterns.

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

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.

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.

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

Graphic organizer for air masses: Maritime Tropical, Maritime Polar, Continental Tropical, Continental Polar

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