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Make those first days of school count. Use this circuit-style group activity to not only see what your students remember from last year, but also how they work in a group. The four categories covered are: Matter & Energy Force, Motion & Energy Earth and Space Organisms & Environment

This 5E lesson bundle covers 8th grade science TEKS 8.6A aligned to the TEKS. TEKS 8.6A - Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that there is a relationship between force, motion, and energy. The student is expected to: (A) demonstrate and calculate how unbalanced forces change the speed or direction of an object's motion Prior learning: In 6th grade, students learned how to identify and describe the changes in position, direction, and speed of an object when acted upon by unba

This 5E lesson covers 8th grade science TEKS 8.7A and 8.5B. ( New TEKS 2024-25 aligned to the TEKS in the Texas Resource System.) I know not all districts are incorporating the TEKS yet, but some are making the changes. Note: This lesson can be used for 8.6B under the old (current) TEKS. I am working on the current 8.6 B & C which 8.6C is the same as 8.7B in the new TEKS and will be uploading it next. TEKS 8.7 (A) calculate and analyze how the acceleration of an object is dependen

This freebee is a great beginning of school product. I like to keep my rules/expectations simple and clear. Students can easily refer back to this if they need to be reminded. Have students put this in their interactive science notebook/journal. The text is fully editable.

Looking for an alternative to the All About Me Sheet? Here is something different. This should work for middle school or high school. The second page is partially editable so you can change the state.

This lesson on living and non-living factors is an excellent addition to your life unit curriculum. This is best used after you introduce the topic of living/non-living or to review the topic. The pictures included on the student sheets help students make visual connections to the content. I have found this to be especially helpful with easily distracted learners and ELL learners. This product includes two versions: (MS) middle school 5-7 and (ES) elementary K-4. Depending on your students you

This product is related to earth's changing surface. This works well to help review landforms and water bodies in either printed form or digital form. There is one for younger students (elementary) and one for 5th/6th grade. This can also be used as a pre-assessment and then assessment after the lesson is taught.

This lesson is designed for a Christian Homeschool Co-op with students ages K-13 as a supplement to the curriculum the students normally follow. The lesson should last approximately 30 minutes. A bible verse introduces the lesson. The main topic is whale communication. Pretty simple and fun activities. Varying age groups are able to work together in the activities. The activities are chosen specifically taking into account that you don’t want to spend a lot of money and/or you may not have acc

This lesson is designed for a Christian Homeschool Co-op with students ages K-13 as a supplement to the curriculum the students normally follow. The lesson should last approximately 30 minutes. A bible verse introduces the lesson. The main topic is Whales. Activities are chosen specifically taking into account that you don’t want to spend a lot of money and/or you may not have access to certain materials. Included in this lesson: A teacher guide so that the teacher can share a bible verse, and

This lesson is designed for a Christian Homeschool Co-op with students ages K-13 as a supplement to the curriculum the students normally follow. The lesson should last approximately 30 minutes. A bible verse introduces the lesson. The main topic is identifying the continents and oceans . Activities are chosen specifically taking into account that you don’t want to spend a lot of money and/or you may not have access to certain materials. Included in this lesson: A teacher guide so that the teac

This lesson is designed for a Christian Homeschool Co-op with students ages K-13 as a supplement to the curriculum the students normally follow. The lesson should last approximately 30 minutes. A bible verse introduces the lesson. The main topic is the states of matter. Activities are chosen specifically taking into account that you don’t want to spend a lot of money and/or you may not have access to certain materials. Included in this lesson: A teacher guide so that the teacher can share a bi

This lesson is designed for a Christian Homeschool Co-op with students ages K-13 as a supplement to the curriculum the students normally follow. The lesson should last approximately 30 minutes. A bible verse introduces the lesson. The main topic is the water cycle. Activities are chosen specifically taking into account that you don’t want to spend a lot of money and/or you may not have access to certain materials. Included in this lesson: A teacher guide so that the teacher can share a bible v

Free product. This lesson is the first lesson in a new product that I am designing for a Christian Homeschool Co-op with students ages K-13. The lesson should last approximately 30 minutes. This is designed to incorporate science in addition to or as a supplement to the curriculum the students normally follow. Included: A teacher guide so that the teacher can share a bible verse(s) John 4:13-14, and then discuss with students. Teacher guide to start the lesson, which brings in a science topic

This 70 page interactive slideshow (powerpoint) covers tectonic plates, boundaries (divergent/convergent/transform) and geological formations caused by plate movement. This is a great addition to your unit. Includes some suggested videos and simple student drag and drop quizzes to check for understanding. Covers TEKS 6.10C and D. Would work for 8th grade to review the material. This new material and different from any slideshows in the units. If you need other materials related to this topic,

Need to keep your students working with science content, but not wanting to just use worksheets or fun sheets? Keep students learning. These three activities are fun and will keep your students engaged while continuing to learn. Activity 1 - Painting the Christmas Tree: Is it physical or chemical? Students paint while seeing a chemical change take place. Reflection questions cause students to carefully address the questions and you can reinforce the concept that just because it changes col

Need an ice breaker? Need to cover the process standards? This game will do both. Or use this later in the year to review before the semester exam. There are six sets of cards in six different colors so that you have have as many as 6 teams. Each game card has a question and the answer. Students take turns asking the questions. The student that answers the quickest and correctly gets the card. (If no one answers correctly, the reader keeps the card.) There are 13 questions. The winners (team p

Need an ice breaker? Need to cover the process standards? This game will do both. Or use this later in the year to review before the semester exam. There are six sets of cards in six different colors so that you have have as many as 6 teams. Each game card has a question and the answer. Students take turns asking the questions. The student that answers the quickest and correctly gets the card. (If no one answers correctly, the reader keeps the card.) There are 13 questions. The winners

Up to date with the current TEKS. Includes the process standards as well. Simple. Post on your board, print multiples per page if you want to have students cut out and post in their interactive notebook. Clean and easy to read if you need to post them on your website.

Unit 8: Space Unit is up! Wow, this really took lots of time, and it is set up like my other units as a 5E lesson for each of the TEKS. Concepts are listed below. TEKS 6.11ABC. This is a complete 26-day SPACE UNIT (can be shortened or lengthened) aligned to the 6th grade TEKS. (About 43 different products plus two that are in google docs.) Lots of extra choices for elaborate and you could use some elaborate choices as performance tasks. Total 390 pages or slides not counting covers and credits.

New -- distance learning companion added to this unit bundle. This bundle is unique in that it offers an ADI-type lesson for Energy Resources and a 5E lesson for energy transformations. And an added bonus to this bundle is that I have included a 1st Semester Exam. So if you have used my unit bundles this would cover all from unit 1 to unit 5. This bundle is a complete 13 day unit aligned to the 6th grade TEKS 6.7A and 6.9C. (About 25 different products.) Pre-assessment 5.1 Energy Resources (A