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In this activity students examine 7 lines of evidence in support for the theory of continental drift. Two modes of running this activity are included either assign teams to become expert groups and then teach the material to the entire class, or students can rotate through all the stations. Includes: - 7 Station pages (Lines of evidence: animal fossils, plant fossils, paleomagnetism, continental fit, climate in Antarctica, glaciers, rock sequences) - Student handout (2 pages) - Teacher and stud

Use this activity to drill your students on the skill of writing scientific explanations using the claims, evidence and reasoning framework. In this activity at each station students encounter a science data presentation in form of a graph, map, flowchart, data table or a diagram. It will be their job to examine the data like a scientist and determine what that data can tell us. Students will do this by writing a claim, supporting it with evidence and then giving reasoning. Station pages inclu

Worksheet to drill the students on identifying Primary, Secondary waves, determining P-wave and S-Wave arrival times, calculating S-P interval, Determining earthquake epicenters, and distances 2 pages | 11 problems.

Students use their math skills to determine whether the solar panels generate cheaper or more expensive electricity for a generic location, and also for the city of Chicago. (You can change this to your locale). Answer key is included.

A worksheet that brings it all together for students. Concepts included: Earth's internal layers, Seismic Waves, P-waves, S-waves, Angle, Distance. 16 questions Answer Key!

Do your students have trouble constructing scientific explantations? Or arguing from evidence? Do you have trouble getting your students to write their science explanations using the claims, evidence, and reasoning framework? Did you painstakingly teach the technique only to have students not able to retain it? Print these CER bookmarks or cheat sheets for each students to keep in their science interactive notebook, or binder or even in their textbook. These include: definitions, tips, and exa

NGSS aligned video lesson and activity handout for getting students to map volcanoes and earthquakes using latitudes and longitudes. Have students determine which places are earthquake risky and earthquake safe. Develop the evidence for plate tectonics. Includes video links to YouTube videos, student hand out and answer key. **HS-ESS1-5.** Evaluate evidence of the past and current movements of continental and oceanic crust and the theory of plate tectonics to explain the ages of crustal rocks. *

Kinetic and Potential energy worksheet with answer key. This practice assignment allows the students to apply the idea of conservation of energy means, using the mathematics that the total change of energy in any system is always equal to the total energy transferred into or out of the system. Answer key is included. HS-PS3-1. Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in a

Students analyze two graphs to determine wavelengths, amplitudes, frequencies and the shape of the resulting wave after interference.

Beautiful 2 page graphic organizer on seismic or earthquake waves Compares: Surface vs Body Waves Primary Waves Secondary Waves Love Waves Rayleigh Waves Provides easy to label diagrams for each wave type The second page allows students to label the diagram using the seismic wave vocabulary. This is great graph interpretation skill practice. Can be used in conjunction with any textbook that covers earthquakes.

Model using mathematics the incoming and outgoing energy of our planet. Students complete a diagram using the accompanying modeling cards. Solve for missing information algebraically. Then use their finished model to answer comprehension and application questions. Answer key included.

7 Stations to teach plate tectonics to students. Teachers: You will need copies of student note page for each students. You will need to make copies of station pages and task cards as well as gather the materials for station 2 and also two laptops/computers/tablets with sound. Station 1: Ring of Fire Reading Station 2: Convection Current Observations This station will require students to set up and observe convection currents. You will need to set up the following materials: votive or tea-light

Assessment task used to measure students ability to come up with a claim then support it with evidence and reasoning. This task gives students data, and they use the data to come up with their claim, give evidence and reasoning. In addition students come up with evidence and reasoning against a given claim. Topic: Seasons Subject: Earth Space Science or Physical Science or Environmental Standards Alignment: NGSS and Common Core Math and Literacy Select a simple hypothesis, prediction, or concl

Use this product to get your students to produce high quality scientific explanations using all the science and engineering practices in NGSS. This product is applicable to any science subject and any lab or investigation. The double sided bookmark gives students suggested sentence starters for each of 7 science and engineering practices: 1. Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering) 2. Developing and using models 3. Planning and carrying out investigations 4. Anal

This product contains two rubrics for helping student construct explanations and arguments in science. The rubrics are generic enough to accompany any lab, or any science discipline. Use this product in three ways: 1. As an assessment tool for summative evaluations. Print a half-sheet rubric for each student. 2. As a peer-feedback tool to guide student edits and improvement. Print a 1/3 sheet peer evaluation rubric for each student. Have students trade papers and evaluate another students work

In this minds-on, hands-on activity students use the concept of density to figure out whether the solar system that we inhabit is arranged in an orderly fashion, and how gravity plays a role. In this lab students will measure the density of common household objects using the immersion method, they will then apply that understanding to determine the densities of all 8 planets. They graph and then ultimately form their scientific explanation using the claims, evidence and reasoning framework. An

A note page for students to summarize the key facts about how electric fields and forces work when produced by an electric charge. Include helpful diagrams and lines to scaffold student writing.

This is a funny pre-assessment that can be administered at the start of the school year to determine what skills students are able to demonstate. This assessment is 15 questions in length and asks students to determine relationships among variables, know independent and dependent variables, cause and effect, experimental set up, experimental constants and controls. Answer key included.

This is a wonderful review activity that can be used with students prior to a major test or exam on the Earth Systems and Plate Tectonics. Students complete the concept map using the key terms from the word bank. Key Terms: Word Bank: Island Arc  Mountains  Hawaii  Older Rocks  Convection  Sea Floor  Divergent  Circulation of Heat  Younger Rocks  Convergent Plate Boundaries  Transform  Continental Volcanic Mountains  Oceanic & Continental Crust  Puzzle Fit, Coal & Fossils  Ea

Challenge your students to develop a model of the Nitrogen Cycle using sets of cards displaying Nitrogen pools/actors and processes. A highly engaging activity for students to make sense of vocabulary used in teaching the cycling of Nitrogen in the environment Once students create the model, they will use their model to answer questions about the impacts of various scenarios on their model. I am also including modified modeling cards and post modeling questions for use in your classes. Standa