Stuart Miles

Looking for an engaging way to connect students to geologic time periods? This assignment provides the structure and content expectations for students to create a sales flyer for a geologic time period. While integrating science content, this assignment allows students to integrate design and humor into what can be a dry informational task. Enjoy!

This assignment helps students identify their own personal carbon footprint, and then develop a personal goal to help them reduce it. The guidelines help students use an EPA website to determine their family carbon footprint, and then helps the students set an attainable goal to help reduce it. Thye then create a poster showing their goals for improvement. Excellent for Middle School or High School classes.

This document provides all the information for students to create an artistic and informational geologic time scale including both geologic time periods, changes in life through time, and mass extinctions. Designed for Junior High School but can be used in high School classes as well. Includes major dates, specific expectations for student products, and materials for creation. An excellent and engaging assignment! Stuart Miles stuartscience

This document provides an outline for an informational paper on alternative energy sources (wind, solar, biomass, etc.) It provides clear and specific expectations for length, formatting, and content. While this document is designed for middle school students, it can also be used for high school classes.

This assignment challenges students to read a short description of a scenario, then create a diagram and description of the forces acting on the objects in the scenario. In addition to learning about forces, the students practice literacy and diagramming skills. Rubric for the assignment is included. Designed for middle school.

Tardigrades are an esoteric area of study, but if you are looking for a well-designed and outlined poster assignment for either tardigrades or any other science topic this is the product for you. This rubric and assignment provides clear and specific expectations for content, design, and opportunities for 'extras'. excellent for middle school science classrooms.

This document contains a detailed Science Fair Curriculum whcih is ready to be put into use in your classroom. Theis unit is designed for middle school or high school use, and includes detailed rubrics and checklists for each section. Ready to print and distribute once you have changed the dates, it provides an overview of each section in order to help students succeed.

Looking to connect your students outside of school interests to their study of forces and motion? This brief graphic organizer provides an outline for students to connect gravity, friction, and contact forces into their chosen activities. Designed for middle school.

This document provides eveything you need in order to prepare students for a successful biological disease research paper. Designed for Junior High School or High School, this packet includes the following: - Learning targets, Calendar, and General Expectations - Teacher-created Example paper to provide guide for students - Checklists for major sections of paper to help students ensure they meet expectations - Reflection on the Final Product. All documents are modifiable to the needs of your cla