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Try this engaging back to school icebreaker and lesson on verbalizing and writing scientific explanations using the C-E-R format. This is a fun first week back to school activity that gets students understanding the format of scientific explanation and it's an icebreaker. I teach middle school students but I think 5th grade through high school would also benefit from this activity. In this activity, students are coming up with the concept or definition of a soup, a salad, and a sandwich. Then t

This is such a fun and engaging first (scientific method) experiment of the year for 6th-8th graders. The students love exploring this phenomenon of blowing soap bubbles on their lab tables--plus by the end of class, kids are unintentionally cleaning your tables. In this product, I have created a 3 page student investigation packet where kids investigate the following testable question: "How does different type of humectant affect the size of a bubble?" There is "Ready to Go" version and an "edi

If you are a 6-8th grade science teacher and use Amplify Science, this is a wonderful product to purchase. This is a 10 question digital review self-checking assignment that you just "make a copy" of and share in Google Classroom for your students to review the Microbiome unit before their unit test. It is an alternative to the Blooket, Kahoot, etc games. Follow me for more similar products. Message me if you have any suggestions.

This is a highly engaging team work activity for back to school to be used in any grade science classroom. It should be the FIRST TEAM CHALLENGE that you do BEFORE all the other team challenges. The strict rules of this activity give everyone a clear role that will naturally cultivate amazing teamwork. All the students will be very focused on this challenge. It will also spark many great ideas of what true teamwork should look and sound like. By the end, your students will definitely share the

Engage your middle schoolers (6th-8th grade) with this Google Sheets Maze Reveal activity that makes practicing identifying independent, dependent, and controlled variables fun and interactive! Students read 10 short experiment scenarios featuring pop culture icons (think Minecraft Steve, Wednesday Addams, famous musicians, athletes, and more!) and then decide which variables belong in each category. Here’s the twist: every time they correctly identify all three variables for a scenario, a new

This is an assignment for 6th-8th grade middle school students. This is a self-checking digital assignment that helps students review characteristics of the 6 kingdoms of life. Students love learning new science riddles. In this assignment, students answer 15 questions relating to the characteristics of the 6 kingdoms of life. As they answer correctly, answers will turn green, and a part of the riddle answer will reveal. If they answer wrong, the answers turn red, and they can try again. In th

If you are NYS middle school science teacher, this product is for you! It is a great review activity to be done after your students complete the "All Mixed Up!" required investigation. In this activity, students get MORE practice determining steps to separate mixtures of three substances. They get 10 examples that they need to determine the steps of separation methods. Each example provides 2-3 choices to choose from. Each example also asks the order of the substances being separated. Five dig

This is a great homework or classwork computer interactive activity for middle school (6-8th grade) students who are learning about chemical and physical change. In this assignment, students read through winter themed activity examples and must decide whether it is a physical or a chemical change. A digital "anchor chart" tab is provided for students to review these important science concepts as they practice identifying the winter themed examples. If you have also learned endothermic and exot

Just got done with the NYS (New York State) "How's the Weather Up There?" investigation? This is a wonderful activity to review the basics from the investigation right before the state test. In this activity, students read 15 fill in the blank statements and choose the best options of words to fill in the blanks. As students read, they can refer to the 8 digital anchor charts available in the adjacent tab. Students will get instant feedback on their answer choices. As they answer correctly, an

This product is a good review for 6th-8th grade science students that gives students instant feedback. It reviews experiment variables. There are 10 scenarios and for each one, students must identify the correct independent variable, dependent variable, and a possible controlled variable. Each scenario is customizable so that you can use the name of your students. There are two versions: The easy version gives colored feedback for each variable answered in a scenario. Green if it is correct an

This is a fun and engaging assignment to share with students on Google Classroom to review the parts and function of the microscope. It is a digital self-checking activity in Google Sheets. It will review the 12 parts and function. When students get both the part correctly identified and the correct function, then they reveal a portion of the science riddle: "What did the cell say to the biologist?" Answer key is included.

This is a highly engaging practice assignment for students of any age who are learning the difference between the types of observations (quantitative and qualitative), inference, and opinion. All you have to do is make a copy of the assignment, share it in google classroom, and the kids get instant practice and feedback. There are 15 practice statements to read. All the statements are customizable. You can edit easily. When students get answers correct, they turn green and reveal a section of th

Do your students need practice distinguishing Newton's 3 Laws of Motion? This digital self-checking, instant feedback assignment will help kids practice identifying which situation applies to the Three Laws of Motion. It can be used as individual homework or an in class practice assignment. This is great review before a quiz. This assignment makes review much more fun for students. They can redo this assignment as many times as they want to review for a test. There are 16 pictured examples fo

Do your science students need extra practice with CER (claim, evidence, reasoning) ? Do they keep on mixing up the three parts? This is a great practice for 5th-8th grade middle school science students. In this fun and engaging activity, students read scientific questions, and with the help of drop down menus, they will choose the best claim, evidence, and reasoning. Students get instant feedback after their choices have been made. If any part of their scientific explanation is not correct, no p

This is a great back to school activity to have 3rd-8th grade students apply their knowledge of scientific methods. In this guide, students are reading about the basics of chewing gum and saliva. They read the procedure, write a hypothesis with a rationale, determine variables, collect data using a scale, calculate average, and write a C-E-R conclusion. It is simple enough that at the same time, you can assign students practice work (on experiment variables) as they "chew" /collect their data.

This is a great product to use for homework and individual review of cell organelles. All you have to do is share it in Google Classroom and students get instant feedback of whether they know their cell organelles and function. Answers turn green if correct. Answers turn red if a wrong choice is made. For every correctly identified organelle, the riddle answer is revealed. Students may clear their answer choices and complete this assignment as many times as they want for practice.

This a fun practice, review, or homework assignment to assign middle school (6th-8th grade) science students after you have taught them the three experiment variables. It is the best assignment if you are going to do a bubble experiment next. This is a self-checking assignment to share in Google Classroom. Students will read 10 scenarios of experiments performed by people in the school and they are asked to identify one of the variables. There is a dropdown menu of possible answers for every que

Have a bulletin board you don't know what to do with? Like do puzzles in science for teamwork? This product is perfect!Bring history's greatest scientific minds into your classroom with our beautiful and simple designed posters, each highlighting a key character trait embodied by legendary scientists like Isaac Newton, Marie Curie, Nikola Tesla, and more. Why Choose These Posters?Educational Impact: Each poster connects a renowned scientist with a positive character trait, encouraging students

This is great practice for middle school students (5th-8th grade) during a unit on thermal energy. Students read through 15 summer related activities to determine whether the example of heat transfer is conduction, radiation, or convection. This product is good for an individual classwork assignment, individual homework assignment, or a whole group interactive activity on the interactive board. This product is wonderful for giving instant feedback to students so they are aware of what they kno

Are you a science teacher and want to do something special for your students? This product contains six fun science pun valentine cards that are appropriate for a science teacher to give to their students. Just download the pdf file, print, cut, fold, and personalize. It's these little things that matter. You can even give them a little piece of candy in addition to the card!