Science Help For Educators

Explains how electricity is generated, circuits, key vocabulary & safety precautions The articles cover the exact same content, but are written at approximately 6th and 8th grade reading levels. You can present the students the questions in a multiple choice format or they can answer open response questions. You might want to use the easier version - Unseen Powerhouse for some students and the 8th grade version - Invisible Powerhouse with other students. Since the information covered is the same

Start with magnet basics that most students understand and then expand their understanding of how magnets are used to develop and advance our modern technologies. The worksheet contains the links for two magnet informational videos by Next Generation Science and Veritasium. Keep the students engaged by having students respond to questions while the videos play. I have found Next Generation Science videos a bit slow paced and usually play them at 1.25 speed or higher. Great for individual instruc

This simulation helps students visualize magnetic field lines and how they appear differently for ferromagnetic items compared to non-ferromagnetic items. Although the website has student facing paperwork, I have found it cumbersome. I created my own paperwork so that students can work independently without needing further directions or clarifications.  Great for a sub day or any time you need a no prep assignment. The activity should take most students about a half hour to complete. The only pr

Have students view a playful "crime scene" video to make observations. My bet is that they'll infer they are to solve the crime and not actually focus on observing changes being made on screen. I've used this activity for several years with the same results, kids are pulled in by the short video turning what can be a boring lesson discussing the differences between observations and inferences into a classroom full of kids actually focused on making observations. Test Your Awareness Whodunnit vid

Need a quick way to access to see if your students are ready to use a real graduated cylinder? Look no further.This Google Form can be dropped into your learning management system for students to practice identifying volume within a variety of sizes of graduated cylinders. There are also questions with images for students to practice reading the volume of objects using water displacement.Students receive instant feedback and information is presented to you in a spreadsheet. The form is editable

No prep needed, the worksheet has all links and images needed. This makes a great intro lesson to teach students how to read a graduated cylinder. Videos point out that not all graduated cylinders use the same increments. Worksheet includes images for students to practice finding the volume. If you’ve got a variety of graduated cylinders it’s a good day to have students examine them while empty to practice finding the value of each line. All links were verified July 2025, please confirm prior to

Need a quick activity to assess if students are understanding how forces are evident in common occurrences?Want students to have a choice in the scenarios they choose to respond to?Allow students to talk through their thoughts with a partner or group before publicly responding.The Google Doc, each contains 20 scenarios arranged so that they can be copied and cut into cards. Great for pairs or small groups to use for discussion about objects moving horizontally and vertically and the forces that

This is a fun low cost hands-on activity to help students learn when to use a pie chart to represent actual data. Students will start off by making predictions. They’ll gather authentic data from their Smarties package. They’ll need to compute percentages of each color in the package. Compare their data to other students. They’ll need to identify each type of Science Variable and finally create a digital pie chart to accurately represent their data. You’ll need to get enough individually wrapped

Want a quick activity to assess if students know the differences between observations & inferences?Publish this Google Form for your students to access and get organized responses instantly.The form will ask students to identify qualitative vs quantitative observations and know that inferences are explanations to observations.The form includes some photos with multiple choice responses and a few more photos that require students to write their own responses. There are a total of 11 questions.The

Students will need access to the Gizmos app within ExploreLearning.com to use this material. Be sure you've assigned it before beginning the activity.This is modified paperwork from what is readily available on their website. I have found their "paperwork" to not be user friendly, so I've created my own to use with my students. Students will learn about photosynthesis basics and some factors that affect it. Through the simulation they are able to "measure" the amounts of Carbon Dioxide and Oxyge

Students will need access to the Gizmos app within ExploreLearning.com to use this material.This is modified paperwork from what is readily available on their website. I have found their "paperwork" to not be user friendly, so I've created my own to use with my students. I use this activity to help students learn about variables, not to learn about "ideal" plant growing conditions. By the end of the activity students will easily be able to identify the Independent Variable and be able to analyze

Shh...don't tell them, let them figure it out. Need an engaging way to have students discover what your new unit is on? Need a challenging activity for students to justify why something is considered living while another thing isn't? What are the characteristics of living things? Here's a hands-on activity that gets kids thinking with minimal prep time and helps students to actually think and work to justify their responses. Helps even the shy students want to speak up. There are 12 images that

Students will need access to the Gizmos app within ExploreLearning.com to use this material. Be sure to assign it to your students prior to beginning the activity.This is modified paperwork from what is readily available on their website. I have found their "paperwork" to not be user friendly, so I've created my own to use with my students. Student can investigate which conditions of 3 mystery seeds will result in the most sprout grown. Not only will they learn about conditions most seeds need t