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Introduce your students to the essential science concepts of physical and chemical properties and changes of matter with this comprehensive, ready-to-use lesson! This resource includes everything you need to engage your students in learning how to compare and contrast physical and chemical properties and changes through guided notes, interactive checks for understanding, a creative poster activity, and more. What’s Included: Digital Interactive Notebook (Google Slides) Students work independ

Looking for a complete, ready-to-teach unit on physical and chemical properties and changes? This editable unit has everything you need to help students understand the properties of matter, physical properties, chemical properties, and how to identify physical vs. chemical changes through engaging lessons, labs, and activities! This comprehensive resource includes: ✅ Teacher Lesson Plan – Easy-to-follow guide for daily instruction ✅ Bell Ringers & Notes & Word Wall – Perfect for warm-ups and g

Kick off your science unit with this engaging, movement-based activity that introduces students to the most common science lab tools. Perfect for middle or high school, this Science Lab Equipment Gallery Walk gets students out of their seats and actively learning! Instead of a traditional lecture, students will walk around the room observing lab equipment, reading key facts, and taking notes on each tool’s function, what it measures, and the correct units used. This hands-on activity promotes

Looking for a clear, engaging way to teach independent and dependent variables? Whether you're kicking off the school year with the scientific method or reviewing experimental design, this complete lesson is designed to help your students identify variables in an experiment with confidence. Perfect for upper elementary and middle school science (grades 6–8), this lesson targets key concepts in experimental variables: independent, dependent, and control variables. Great for distance learnin

This Matter Unit Bundle includes 4 engaging, interactive digital lessons designed to help students build a strong foundation in matter. Students explore: What is Matter? Interactions Between Matter States of Matter Changes in Matter Each lesson is structured to promote active learning, with editable notes, embedded questions, simulations, and formative assessments to check for understanding along the way. What’s Included (FOR EACH LESSON):✔ Editable Google Slides – Teacher Edition ✔ Student Fi

Looking for a low-prep, engaging way to review the properties of matter? This interactive digital board focuses on the key concepts of mass, volume, density, and weight through a variety of multimedia and interactive activities your students will love. Students click through the interactive board to access videos, drag-and-drop activities, vocabulary practice, and virtual simulations. It’s perfect for review, reinforcement, or even as an independent assignment! ✅ Included Activities: Mass vs

Engage students with this festive Heat Transfer Ugly Sweater Project! Students design a creative sweater to show conduction, convection, and radiation, complete with templates, rubric, and voting form. Perfect for NGSS-aligned energy lessons! Looking for a fun and creative way for students to demonstrate their understanding of heat transfer? This Ugly Sweater Science Project is the perfect hands-on activity to review conduction, convection, and radiation — with a festive twist! Students will des

End the year with purpose and creativity using this Editable End-of-Year Science Reflection Journal! Designed for grades 6–12, this reflective project gives students the opportunity to look back on their year in science class—while showcasing their learning through personal reflections and meaningful artifacts. Whether you're closing out a unit or wrapping up the school year, this resource is perfect for encouraging thoughtful reflection, ownership of learning, and a fun final product that makes

Bring some Thanksgiving fun into your science classroom with this States of Matter Color by Number activity! Students will review solids, liquids, gases, and plasmas, along with key changes in state, as they color to reveal a festive Thanksgiving picture. This print-and-go resource is perfect for a quick review, sub plan, or early finisher activity. Students stay engaged as they demonstrate understanding of phase changes while completing a creative coloring challenge! ✅ What’s Included: Thanksg

Introduce students to elements, compounds, and mixtures with this completely editable digital science resource designed for Google Classroom and Google Drive. This lesson builds a strong foundation in pure substances, types of mixtures, and particle-level thinking, while giving you flexible options for both teacher-led and student-led instruction. Perfect for middle school physical science, this resource works seamlessly for in-person, hybrid, or distance learning. Concepts CoveredPure substance

Need a lesson to get the students thinking about the Periodic Table of Elements that your student will enjoy? In this introductory activity, students will look at different types of candy and try to group them based on their characteristics, just like the elements in the Periodic Table. Ls a Google Slide that students can manipulate. The students can drag and drop the candies to make their own Periodic Table OR they copy and paste the candies. The students need to be able to explain and support

Looking for a fun and engaging way to review thermal energy and heat transfer this Thanksgiving season? 🍂 Your students will love this interactive Google Sheets activity where they identify examples of conduction, convection, and radiation to reveal a hidden Thanksgiving picture! This self-checking mystery puzzle is perfect for science stations, sub plans, or a festive review before the holiday break. Students get instant feedback while practicing key concepts of heat transfer and energy moveme

Introduce students to the fundamental concepts of matter with this fully editable digital science resource designed for Google Classroom and Google Drive. This lesson provides clear instruction, guided practice, and built-in checks for understanding—making it perfect for in-person, hybrid, or distance learning. Students learn about matter, mass, weight, volume, and density through structured notes, visuals, and concept questions—without needing any extra materials. Concepts covered:What is matte

Students struggling with elements, compounds, and mixtures? Looking for a good review? Students will have to compare/contrast elements, compounds, and mixture. Activities included: 1 – Classifying between elements, compounds, and mixtures (drag and drop) 2 – Classifying between heterogeneous and homogeneous mixtures by finding examples in their own homes. 3 – Comparing pure substances vs mixtures. 4 – Answering questions about the number of atoms and elements within a chemical formula/equatio

Help your students understand the states of matter, phase changes, and the Law of Conservation of Matter with this fully editable digital science resource! Designed for Google Slides and Google Classroom, this interactive notebook gives you flexible options for both in-person and digital instruction. This resource includes embedded videos, interactive simulations, fill-in-the-blank notes, and a self-grading Google Form, making it perfect for distance learning, flipped classrooms, sub plans, or w

Make reviewing cell organelles fun and festive this Thanksgiving season! Your students will love this digital mystery puzzle, where they identify cell types and organelles to reveal a hidden Thanksgiving picture. This self-checking Google Sheets activity is a quick and engaging way to review key concepts about prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Perfect for a warm-up, sub plan, or test review before the holiday break! ✅ What’s Included: Thanksgiving Cell Organelle Mystery Puzzle (Google Sheets) A

Looking for a fun way to review properties of waves with your students on Valentine’s Day? Students will be brought to an “empty” sheet with 12 vocabulary review questions. They will read descriptions of vocabulary related types and properties of waves; type in the correct vocabulary word. (Spelling counts!) The square will turn green if the answer is correct and color will appear in the picture. If the answer is wrong, the box will turn red, and no color on the picture will appear. This is an

Looking for practice on physical properties and physical changes? This is an interactive board for physical properties and physical changes. Students will click on the interactive board and it will bring them to different activities. Activities included: 1 – Video with questions 2 – Creating a chart about physical changes 3 – Asking for a real-life scenario about physical changes and properties 4 – Completing a mini lab to demonstrate physical properties and changes (options for this) 5 – Creat

This is a quick check/review on the 4 states of matter: solids, liquids, gases, and plasmas. There are two versions included! In Level 1: Students will be GIVEN examples and pictures to match to each state in matter. In Level 2: Students will have to match particle pictures and examples to each state of matter, but then provide their own explanations for characteristics of the state of matter and particle behavior. This is a great ticket in the door or out the door to check the students’ knowled