Standards Based Fun

Are you looking for a way to get your students outside, active, enjoying science and learning about the interactions of Earth's spheres? This resource includes the following: Notes over Earth’s spheresStudent note taking handoutVocabulary card sortScavenger hunt- outdoorsFormative assessment over content covered in notes and activityAnswer key to formative assessmentDuring this lab students will gain knowledge over Earth’s spheres, how they interact with one another, and perform a scavenger hunt

Have you been looking for something fun, hands on, relevant, and challenging? This middle school wind turbine engineering and design challenge hits NGSS performance expectations as well as several cross cutting concepts and science and engineering practices. Within the resource students are given specific criteria and constraints to create a wind turbine that will generate as much electricity as possible. This lab was proven to be super engaging, challenging, and low prep!  During this lab stu

This resource includes several different activities you can use to reinforce the scientific concepts of energy transfer and convection. Within the resource you will find a teacher's guide over how to use the resource and a tentative timeline for pacing. I have also included options for how you can modify my resource to best meet the needs of your classroom and students and answer keys. Standards you can use to present this resource with: ESS2-6 ESS2-1 ESS2-3 ESS2-5 There is a hands on lab where

Want to get your students outside to make observations and perform weather related field work? This is a great resource to do exactly that!  Students will start by collecting weather data from a 10 day weather forecast (weather.com will provide all of the data they need). Each student will select a different location, find it’s line of latitude, the altitude, and determine if it is located near an ocean or inland. Students will also get to work on their presentation and conversation skills by p

Within this resource you will find the tools you need to improve your students scientific writing skills. These tools include a CER (claim, evidence, reasoning) grading rubric, a table showing possible prompts for each component within the CER response, an example of how to fill out the worksheets, as well as 4 worksheets that include premade questions- based on a NGSS performance expectation and 1 worksheet where you or your students can come up with their own question.Included:Grading rubric f