Mrs Lyons

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!

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.

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

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.

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

Great assignment for the start of the school year to teach students how to locate information in their textbooks. Free and fully customizable for your particular course and focus.

The product includes a copy of "Don't Let Math Pull the Wool Over Your Eyes" article by the Wall Street Journal, accompanied by questions designed to assess student's level of understanding of independent, dependent variables, experimental controls and constants. Science applied to real-world situation involving a news report.

A worksheet with 8 problems that gets students to think about the effect of loud music and decibel levels on the health of their hearing.

Mini Quiz assessing frequency, wavelength and speed of waves.

An article on different viewpoints on global warming or climate change, that challenges student's reading comprehension. Includes free response and multiple choice questions. Includes answer key for multiple choice portion.

In this assignment students read a short passage and then develop a plan to test this experiment. They identify independent and dependent variables, experimental constants, controls, develop a procedure, list materials and sketch a diagram to explain their experimental plan. This is a great way for students to practice that NGSS Science and Engineering Practice of Planning and Carrying Out Investigations.

Graph analysis task, where students are challenged to analyze a triple line graph and construct meaning on two questions: - How does cloudiness influence the amount of solar radiation at ground level? - How does cloudiness influence the air temperatures on the ground? Alternative research questions are included. Rubric is provided on page 3.