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This is a great project to empower your students as you learn about climate change. Give your students the opportunity to take action to reduce greenhouse gases. There are 3 different ways for your students to take action: Individual level: Students work with their families and learn about their carbon footprint and commit to 3 ways to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Community level: Students inform and encourage teachers and students to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at school by ma

In this activity, students find and record real time earthquake data. They use the data to plot where earthquakes happen and create a scientific argument with Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning to explain where and why earthquakes happen. Aligned to NGSS Earth Science Standards! What's Included: Student worksheet that includes - detailed instructions - data sheet template for C-E-R (Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning) argument - Teacher directions - links to USGS real time earthquake data and additi

Help your students write meaningful conclusions and strong scientific arguments CER. This interactive presentation and student notes will guide your students through the 3 parts of a scientific argument - Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning. Supports Common Core and Aligned with NGSS practices - constructing arguments and engaging in argument from evidence. What's included? - Presentation to introduce and define the 3 parts of a scientific argument - student practice using data about Earth's in

Fun hands on activities, notes and critical thinking to build students understanding about Plate Tectonics, Earth's layers, and Plate Boundaries, and Continental Drift! Low prep and no prep activities covering all you need for your Plate Tectonics Unit including: Earth's internal structure - including 2 modeling activities. Evidence of Continental Drift with CER, Plate Boundaries notes and Activity. Also includes 2 different review games and a test. Have fun with this all in one bundle!!

Get your students engaged and excited about reviewing Plate Tectonics with this popular game show style review. Start by projecting the game board and have students (or groups of students) select a category and point value to answer. If they answer the question correctly, they get the points, if not, they lose the points. The whole powerpoint is linked so when you click on a specific question, you will be taken directly to that question slide. The answers included on each slide – just click

This resource introduces students to the main topics of earthquakes. Students follow along with the presentation to complete their guided notes sheet to learn about the following topics: Where and why do earthquakes happen Types of Faults Seismic waves Measuring Earthquakes Earthquake Hazards including Shaking, Liquefaction, and Tsunamis A teacher’s key is included for the notes and a grading rubric is included for the brochure. In the second part of the project the students create a br

Introduce your students to the properties of the atmosphere in this editable powerpoint, guided notes, lab activity, and review! Topics include: Air Pressure, Humidity, and Temperature. Students build a simple barometer to measure changes in air pressure over a 4 day period and compare it to the actual atmospheric pressure. Finally students review with a set of 16 task cards covering the main ideas presented in the presentation.

In this research project, students learn about the different terrestrial biomes on Earth and the animals that live in them. Students choose and research plants and animals that live in different biomes to explain how they are adapted to survive there. This is a great way to connect climate with ecology. The final product is a poster (11x17 size) that displays the organisms and their biomes. The project includes the following: - A map to color code to show the different climate zones of the w

Students complete online research to learn about the layers inside Earth. As they research, they fill out a notes minibook to organize the information. Small size is fun and perfect to put into an interactive notebook. Download includes: - Inside Earth minibook foldable with student directions sheet - Links to 2 interactive websites for students to research about the layers - Presentation with images to review the characteristics of the layers Students will be introduced to: - Characteristics

Introduce kinetic and potential energy and examples of each with this presentation, graphic notes, and task card review. The presentation first defines energy and the difference between potential and kinetic energy. Then it goes through different examples of each type ex. Thermal, gravitational, electrical, etc. This graphic notes follows along with the presentation allowing students to write down the main ideas, doodles, and sketches to help students understand the differences between kinetic a

This activity includes a presentation and graphic notes introduces students to prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and the organelles found within them. This is a great way to learn the structure and function of cell organelles and the differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes as well as the differences between plant and animal cell structures. The presentation includes links to short videos that to reinforce learning and end the presentation with a link to a class review game. This resource i

In this unit, student will learn what systems are and about Earth’s different systems, or spheres. The lesson is built around an editable powerpoint that guides students through notes and activities. The lesson starts with a definition of a system and examples of simple systems on Earth. Then students complete a card sort and focused reading to learn about Earth’s spheres: Atmosphere, Biosphere, Geosphere, and Hydrosphere and how they interact with each other. The lesson ends with an exit ticke