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Now you can add an interactive layer to this PDF and assign it to your students through Google Classroom!In this product, students are given the task of identifying some monsters from a nearby planet that have recently been classified by a group of scientists. Students will identify 16 different monsters based on their physical characteristics using the provided dichotomous key. A teacher answer key is also provided. CONNECT WITH ME ON THESE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS:InstagramFacebookPinterest©

Now you can add an interactive layer to this PDF and assign it to your students through Google Classroom!Use this exciting lab to help students discover speed, velocity and acceleration and how various motions are represented graphically. This product includes almost everything you will need for this lab with the exception of measuring tape, timing device, and metal washers (or other similar weights). Before the lab, students are assigned a task (job cards are included) and 4 different "walke

Now you can add an interactive layer to this PDF and assign it to your students through Google Classroom!This PDF includes 32 task cards that allow teachers to assess their students' knowledge of potential and kinetic energy (please see the extensive list of content that is covered below). A student answer sheet and teacher answer key are provided. An editable task card is included so that you can add your own task card question or task. The following content/topics are included: •classifying e

This product is a color-by-number activity that allows students to answer various questions relating to the 3 methods of heat transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation). And YES- even secondary students love to color! This product is great for assessing the following standards: TEKS 6.9A Investigate methods of thermal energy transfer, including conduction, convection, and radiation. TEKS 6.9B Verify through investigations that thermal energy moves in a predictable pattern from warmer t

GREAT FOR BACK TO SCHOOL! This first day of school activity is great for science classrooms. It gives the teacher a chance to get to know the students, the students a chance to get to know each other, and some decor for your classroom! Students are given a science lab coat with some basic "get to know you" questions/info inside. Students decorate the outside of their lab coat based on some provided directions. Then they cut and fold to create the lab coat seen in the "Preview" above. Sim

Now you can add an interactive layer to this PDF and assign it to your students through Google Classroom!With this worksheet, students will practice graphing provided data on 3 different distance/time graphs and will then interpret the graph and calculate the average speed. Students will also answer a series of questions which require them to manipulate the speed equation to solve for either the speed, distance or time. There are a few questions that require students to recognize that the word

By purchasing the bundle, you are receiving a big discount! Review for the STAAR and ensure that your students are well-prepared. (Please click the tab above titled "7 Included Products" to get a closer look at what is included in each individual product.) These review packets cover all of the Readiness Standards and Supporting Standards for all 4 Reporting Categories: Reporting Category 1:○Atoms ○Reactivity ○Periodic Table ○Chemical Formulas ○Chemical Reactions ○Balanced Equations ○Energy Flo

This product is a color-by-number activity that allows students to answer various questions related to speed, velocity, & acceleration. And YES- even secondary students love to color! There are 7 word problems that require students to calculate either average speed or acceleration, 5 different sentences (with a missing, fill-in-the-blank portion), and 12 answer choices for students to choose from. Each answer choice corresponds to a different color. If all of the correct answer choices are

This product is a color-by-number activity that allows students to match sentence starters with the correct sentence endings to make factual statements related to day/night and seasons. And YES- even secondary students love to color! This activity addresses TEKS 8.7A which states that students should be able to model and illustrate how the tilted Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night, and revolves around the Sun causing changes in seasons. Facts included: Earth's rotation tilt of

This product comes in 2 versions: PDF and PowerPoint for displaying. I have also included a booklet for the student's interactive notebooks and a page of printable SnapCubes in case you don't already have this manipulative in your classroom. Download the Preview above to get a closer look! First, as a class, you can model how to do the interactive activity using manipulatives (I recommend using Snap Cubes if you have them, but if not, you can also use Legos, colored paper cut into squares, co

This product is a color-by-number activity that allows students to complete statements related to energy flow in ecosystems. And YES- even secondary students love to color! Some terms/concepts included: population community ecosystem photosynthesis producer consumer herbivore carnivore omnivore decomposer food chain food web energy pyramid This could be used as a quick assessment, a homework assignment, extra credit, or for early finishers. Buy the Bundle and Save! The Color-by-Number Scie

This product is a color-by-number activity that allows students to match vocabulary terms with definitions. And YES- even secondary students love to color! Related Plate Tectonics terms include: continental drift asthenosphere plate tectonics lithosphere subduction zone convergent boundary transform boundary divergent boundary earthquakes volcanoes rift valley & mid-ocean ridge mountains This could be used as a quick assessment, a homework assignment, or for early finishers. Buy the Bundle

All young scientists need to practice making careful observations and evidence-based inferences. With this product, you will get a complete year of Picture of the Week activities for students to strengthen these skills. Students are shown an image and spend time making careful observations. After this, they make inferences based on these observations. This would be a great warm-up exercise or a great addition to your weekly classroom routine. You will begin to see your students become mor

This product is a color-by-number activity that allows students to answer questions and complete statements related to plant and animal cells. And YES- even secondary students love to color! This could be used as a quick assessment, a homework assignment, extra credit, or for early finishers. Buy the Bundle and Save! The Color-by-Number Science Bundle includes this product along with 21 others. By purchasing the bundle, you will save 15% on your total purchase! If you like this activity,

This product comes loaded with resources to help teach your students about how motion is graphed on both distance-time and speed-time graphs. Students take notes on interactive notebook template pages while you display the accompanying fully-editable PowerPoint (modified notes are also included). Then, they record important facts to remember on a summary page. After this, students show what they know by graphing the motion of various graphing stories (answers included in the PowerPoint for st

Students will learn about the 4 major layers of the Earth as they assemble this Earth's layers foldable and answer the conclusion questions. The foldable is designed so that students will slowly pull back each layer to reveal the next layer that is found beneath. It is sized perfectly to save you paper and fits great in any interactive notebook! See the *PREVIEW* above to get a closer look at the assembled foldable. I typically give students 1 class period (45 minutes) to color, cut, and asse

Now you can add an interactive layer to this PDF and assign it to your students through Google Classroom!Use this worksheet as a homework or in-class practice to help students recognize when a chemical equation is following the Law of Conservation of Mass and when it isn't. Students will count atoms on both the reactant side and product side of the equation and compare the atom counts. From this they will determine if it's following the law or not. Copyright and Terms of Use

Now you can add an interactive layer to this PDF and assign it to your students through Google Classroom!This PDF includes 36 task cards that allow teachers to assess their students' knowledge of reading weather maps and related skills (please see the extensive list of content that is covered below). Student answer sheets (full and half-page versions) and teacher answer key are provided. The following content/topics are included: •fronts (cold, warm, stationary, occluded) •high- and low-pressure

This product is a color-by-number activity that allows students to answer questions and complete statements related to weathering, erosion, and deposition. And YES- even secondary students love to color! Terms/concepts included in this product are: ※weathering ※erosion ※deposition ※sediment ※dunes ※canyon creation ※weathering caused by ice ※heat ※pressure ※wind ※plain ※island ※sand dune ※glacier ※delta This could be used as a quick assessment, a homework assignment, additional practice, extr

This frog dissection is great for middle school. It includes a student lab guide (which I recommend printing a class set in color and placing in folders with page protectors), student lab handouts, a teacher answer key, and teacher tips. This dissection is best if completed after a unit on the human body systems, as it frequently compares and contrasts the frog's anatomy to human anatomy. Dissecting specimens is an invaluable experience for students. There are so many organs and structures