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Incorporating writing in your Science classroom is so very important! I am creating writing activities that you can adapt to Claim-Evidence-Reasoning writing or RACE writing for your students. You can keep the tabs you want, delete the ones you don't, and make changes as you need! I have also included a planning page you can keep for everyone or use as an accommodation as needed. This activity also has an accommodated notes form to use with all students getting started writing in Science or with

Get your students thinking and talking! Assign to pairs or groups of students to discuss and answer questions. Make each student or group one copy of the student questions for them to document their discussions. Mix groups and compare discussions and thoughts. Begin your unit or wrap it up....

Incorporating writing in your Science classroom is so very important! Have your students think and write as if they are planning to conduct scientific investigations. I am creating writing activities that you can use as a "when you are finished" activity, substitute activity, or science practices review activity.

Incorporating writing in your Science classroom is so very important! I am creating writing activities that you can adapt to Claim-Evidence-Reasoning writing or RACE writing for your students. You can keep the tabs you want, delete the ones you don't, and make changes as you need! I have also included a planning page you can keep for everyone or use as an accommodation as needed.

Give your students an opportunity to demonstrate understanding of their knowledge of potential energy, kinetic energy, energy waves, and transformations in energy. This 13 question quiz will examine students' mastery on TEKS 6.8 ABC.  This Google Form is set-up for students to complete the form 1 time, to see the questions they missed, each question's point value, to verify the student's email address and send the responder a copy of the assignment to their email. The first 3 questions ask for t

Give your students an opportunity to demonstrate understanding of their knowledge of –. This 13 question quiz will examine students' mastery on TEKS –.  This Google Form is set-up for students to complete the form 1 time, to see the questions they missed, each question's point value, to verify the student's email address and send the responder a copy of the assignment to their email. The first 3 questions ask for the student’s first name, last name, and class period.

Give your students an opportunity to demonstrate understanding of their knowledge of Newton's First Law, Average Speed, and Distance-Time Graphs. This 13 question quiz will examine students' mastery on TEKS 7.7 ACD.  This Google Form is set-up for students to complete the form 1 time, to see the questions they missed, each question's point value, to verify the student's email address and send the responder a copy of the assignment to their email. The first 3 questions ask for the student’s first

This printable mini-lesson has a wonderful range of activities for students. They will be reading, completing a flow chart based on the information read, and complete a writing activity. There is a regular activity and a modified activity that has specific information underlined to help students that need a little extra. This is a great set of activities to support reading and writing in the science classroom.

Give your students an opportunity to demonstrate understanding of their ability to compare densities of liquid and solid substances.. This 13 question quiz will examine students' mastery on TEKS 6.6 D.  This Google Form is set-up for students to complete the form 1 time, to see the questions they missed, each question's point value, to verify the student's email address and send the responder a copy of the assignment to their email.

Give your students an opportunity to demonstrate understanding of their knowledge of balanced forces, types of forces, unbalanced forces, net force, and Newton's 3rd law of motion. This 13 question quiz will examine students' mastery on TEKS 6.7 ABC.  This Google Form is set-up for students to complete the form 1 time, to see the questions they missed, each question's point value, to verify the student's email address and send the responder a copy of the assignment to their email.

Print them, laminate them, mix them up, and place them in a baggie! The original printed copy is the key. This card sort set reviews all of the 8th grade TEKS 8.7 AB. Students can play a matching game by taking turns, use as an end of unit review, as a group activity in the classroom, or even a practice assignment at home.

Print them, laminate them, mix them up, and place them in a baggie! The last page is the key. This card sort set reviews all of the 8th grade TEKS 8.8 AB. Students can play a matching game by taking turns, use as an end of unit review, as a group activity in the classroom, or even a practice assignment at home.

Print them, laminate them, mix them up, and place them in a baggie! The original printed copy is the key. This card sort set reviews all of the 7th grade TEKS 7.8 ABC. Students can play a matching game by taking turns, use as an end of unit review, as a group activity in the classroom, or even a practice assignment at home.

Print them, laminate them, mix them up, and place them in a baggie! The original printed copy is the key. This card sort set reviews all of the 5th grade TEKS 5.7 AB. Students can play a matching game by taking turns, use as an end of unit review, as a group activity in the classroom, or even a practice assignment at home.

Print them, laminate them, mix them up, and place them in a baggie! The original printed copy is the key. This card sort set reviews all of the 6th grade TEKS 7ABC. Students can play a matching game by taking turns, use as an end of unit review, as a group activity in the classroom, or even a practice assignment at home.

This digital mini-lesson has a wonderful range of activities for students. They will be reading, completing a flow chart based on the information read, and complete a writing activity. This is a great set of activities to support reading and writing in the science classroom.

Print them, laminate them, mix them up, and place them in a baggie! The original printed copy is the key. This card sort set reviews all of the 7th grade Force and Motion TEKS. Students can play a matching game by taking turns, use as an end of unit review, as a group activity in the classroom, or even a practice assignment at home.

Students can practice and review calculating average speed using data from a data table in this activity that will let them know if they are correct instantly! There are 10 items on this activity. This Google Sheet is set up so that the answer boxes change color to show answers as correct or incorrect. This activity can be used for review and reteach activities, or provided as homework, or as a center activity while the teacher is meeting with small groups. To see the Key you will need to go to

Students can practice and review transverse waves in this activity that will let them know if they are correct instantly! There are 10 items on this activity. This Google Sheet is set up so that the answer boxes change color to show answers as correct or incorrect. This activity can be used for review and reteach activities, or provided as homework, or as a center activity while the teacher is meeting with small groups. To see the Key you will need to go to conditional formatting in the Format t

Students can practice and review calculating net force and the formula F=ma in this activity that will let them know if they are correct instantly! There are 12 items on this activity. This Google Sheet is set up so that the answer boxes change color to show answers as correct or incorrect. This activity can be used for review and reteach activities, or provided as homework, or as a center activity while the teacher is meeting with small groups. To see the Key you will need to go to conditional