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Help your students visualize and explain the transformation of energy with this interactive, artistic, and standards-aligned project! In the Potential to Kinetic Energy One-Pager Project, students choose a real-world scenario (like a roller coaster, swinging pendulum, or bouncing ball), illustrate the energy changes involved, and label key moments of energy transformation—all while deepening their understanding of how mass and height impact kinetic energy. This project reinforces energy conce

OpenSciEd Notebook Setup & Classroom Norms – Google Slides Presentation Get your students started with OpenSciEd the right way using this clean, student-friendly Google Slides deck that introduces science notebook expectations and essential classroom norms. Perfect for the first week of school or the start of your first unit, this resource helps establish routines that will support inquiry-based, collaborative learning all year long. What’s Inside: Clear, editable slides that walk students th

This review study guide is designed to prepare students for the OpenSciEd 8.3: Forces at a Distance mid-unit summative assessment (covering Lessons 1–6). It pairs perfectly with the mid-unit assessment to support student success. Content: Covers key concepts from Lessons 1–6 Format: Multiple choice & true/false practice questions Standards Alignment: NGSS MS-PS2-3 and MS-PS2-5 DOK Levels: 2–4 (application and reasoning) Includes: Complete answer key This study guide helps students review

Help your students build a foundational understanding of chemical reactions with this comprehensive and NGSS-aligned worksheet, perfect for 7th-grade science classrooms. This resource covers everything from physical vs. chemical changes to interpreting chemical equations, modeling molecular structures, and applying real-world examples like bath bombs! Designed in a clear, scaffolded format, this worksheet set breaks down complex chemistry concepts into four manageable parts, each with guided q

Looking for a clear, comprehensive, and student-friendly way to review OpenSciEd’s 7.1 Chemical Reactions unit? This ready-to-print study guide and answer key is designed specifically for 7th grade science students and aligned with OpenSciEd’s hands-on, phenomenon-based approach. This resource helps students reflect on what they’ve figured out throughout the unit—including investigations with bath bombs, gas formation, physical vs. chemical changes, and particle modeling. The study guide encoura

This comprehensive 25-question unit test is designed to assess student understanding of chemical reactions in alignment with OpenSciEd Unit 7.1. It includes multiple-choice, true/false, and hot spot questions that evaluate students' grasp of concepts such as: Evidence of chemical reactions (gas production, temperature change, new substance formation) The role of reactants and products Conservation of mass Atomic structure and molecular modeling Real-world applications using bath bombs as a m

Transform your students’ understanding of ecosystems and human impact into a vibrant, creative 3D display! With this Bloom’s Ball project, students explore Earth’s biomes while integrating writing, modeling, art, and critical thinking across 12 interactive panels. Perfect for Middle School Life Science, this resource builds content mastery while offering voice and choice. Students select a biome and complete 12 differentiated tasks that deepen their knowledge of ecosystem dynamics, weather patte

Bring creativity and critical thinking together with this engaging one-pager summative project for your middle school science students! Designed to assess understanding of Forces at a Distance (MS-PS2-3 and MS-PS2-5), this resource encourages students to visually represent their knowledge of magnetic, electric, and gravitational forces in an interactive and artistic way. Students will: Identify and describe attractive and repulsive forces Illustrate how magnetic and electric fields act at a

This engaging, standards-aligned project transforms your students' understanding of the Earth’s biomes into a creative and rigorous visual artifact — a Bloom’s Ball! Using Bloom’s Taxonomy as a framework, students select two tasks from each level to demonstrate deep, personalized learning about a specific biome of their choice. Biomes to choose from: Tundra • Desert • Taiga • Deciduous Forest • Grasslands • Tropical Rainforest • Marine Students will: Explore biotic and abiotic factors Analyze

Looking for a creative and rigorous way to assess your students’ understanding of Earth’s natural systems and human influence? This Earth’s Resources and Human Impact One-Pager Project is the perfect end-of-unit activity to visually demonstrate comprehension of renewable vs. nonrenewable resources, climate change, fossil fuel formation, and the water cycle. This engaging science resource helps students synthesize big concepts into a single-page illustrated summary that combines visual represe

Inspire your students with the powerful true story of William Kamkwamba and connect it to science, storytelling, and personal reflection with this one-pager project based on the film The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. This engaging assignment blends science (energy transformation), media literacy, and creative expression as students create a visually rich one-page movie review with labeled components. Perfect for integrating science and ELA, this activity can be used after viewing the film or r

Looking for a festive, engaging way to teach circuits and energy? This Gingerbread House Energy Project combines holiday fun with serious science! Students will construct a model house, wire it with copper tape and LED lights, and power it with a battery—all while learning about electricity, energy transfer, and engineering principles. This hands-on STEM project is perfect for middle school science classrooms. It builds understanding of simple circuits, positive/negative polarity, and how ener

Looking for a creative, hands-on project to teach energy transfer, electric circuits, and teamwork? The City Lights Energy Research Project invites students to design and wire their own illuminated building and collaborate to power an entire city block! Students explore how chemical energy (batteries) transforms into electrical and light energy—all while building a model city using shoeboxes, lights, and switches. This engaging project integrates physical science, engineering design, and col

Engage your students in a hands-on, creative environmental science project where they become city planners of the future! In the Conservation City Slide Project, students design their own eco-friendly city using a 10-slide presentation. They’ll plan everything from infrastructure to renewable energy, agriculture, and water conservation while addressing sustainability challenges through critical thinking, creativity, and STEM integration. Students will: Create a city with green infrastructure a

This resource is a comprehensive summative assessment designed for OpenSciEd 8.5 Genetics Unit for middle school life science students. Using cattle musculature as a real-world model, students answer multiple-choice and hotspot questions that assess understanding of: Alleles, genes, and chromosomes Genotype vs. phenotype Inheritance patterns through pedigrees The role of proteins (like myostatin) in trait expression The assessment incorporates modeling, critical thinking, and real-life a

This unit summary exam is designed to assess student understanding at the end of the OpenSciEd 8.3: Forces at a Distance unit (covering Lessons 1–12). It provides a comprehensive evaluation of key concepts explored throughout the unit and aligns with the OpenSciEd instructional sequence. Content: Comprehensive assessment covering Lessons 1–12 Format: Multiple choice, true/false and hot point questions Standards Alignment: NGSS MS-PS2-3 and MS-PS2-5 DOK Levels: 2–4 (application and reasoning)

OpenSciEd 8.3 Forces at a Distance – Mid-Unit Summative AssessmentThis summative assessment is designed to evaluate student understanding midway through the OpenSciEd 8.3: Forces at a Distance unit. Format: Multiple Choice & True/False Depth of Knowledge: DOK 2–4 Standards Coverage: NGSS MS-PS2-3 and MS-PS2-5 Focus: Concepts of forces, fields, and interactions at a distance This assessment provides a balanced mix of conceptual and application-based questions to check for deeper student unde

Student Weather Forecast Project – Interactive Meteorology Experience!Bring real-world science to your classroom with this interactive and engaging Weather Forecast Project! Designed for middle school students, this project transforms your students into meteorologists as they research, predict, and report the weather across the United States. It includes weather data cards, forecasting templates, and creative components like human interest stories and mock commercial breaks to make learning fu

Colors of Climate: Art with a Message Turn data into design. Make science visible. Inspire change.This engaging and creative STEAM project invites students to explore the intersection of climate science and visual art. Inspired by the work of climate scientist and artist Jill Pelto, students analyze real-world climate graphs, interpret their meaning, and transform them into powerful works of visual art. They will develop both scientific literacy and creative expression while communicating a me

Make physics unforgettable with this high-interest, media-driven project that brings science into pop culture! In this Two-Day Cartoon Physics Project, students analyze scenes from cartoons or movies and apply real-world physics principles to determine whether what they see on screen could actually happen. By examining Newton’s Laws, force, motion, and mass, students learn to think critically, analyze media, and communicate scientific reasoning through short presentations. This is a perfect