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This is an earth science teacher’s one-stop-shop for daily warm-up questions. These are questions (which I call Science Starters) that I developed and used over my 20 years teaching New York State Regents earth science. I asked a question every day to start each lesson as a review of the previous day’s material. These are the questions and concepts I have found to show up on the Regents exam year after year. Included are “Science Starters” sheets that you can collect periodically for a grade. I

These are bell ringers (which I call Science Starters) that I developed and used over my 20 years teaching New York State Regents earth science. I asked a question almost every day to start each lesson as a review of the previous day’s lesson. These are the questions and concepts I have found to show up on the Regents exam most often. I tell my students that each question is worth one point, since Parts B-2 and C Regents exam questions are worth one point each. There is no partial or extra credi

This bundle includes 13 Rock Cycle Fill-In worksheets with varying difficulties. Each worksheet is slightly different. They are perfect for the differentiated classroom. For example, some have word banks while others don't. Some only have a few blanks while others are mostly empty. These worksheets are designed to be used with multiple grade levels, ages, and abilities. Or you can scaffold the worksheets and hand them out to students as their skills grow. There is also an answer key provided.

Showing Bill Nye the Science Guy videos in class is a great way to introduce or reinforce science concepts. Here is a video quiz to give your students either during or after you show the video. This one is geared toward Episode 31: The Moon. There is also an answer key provided to make grading a snap. I hope you find this resource helpful.

Showing Bill Nye the Science Guy videos in class is a great way to introduce or reinforce science concepts. Here is a video quiz to give your students either during or after you show the video. This one is geared toward Episode 11: Gravity. There is also an answer key provided to make grading a snap. I hope you find this resource helpful.

Showing Bill Nye the Science guy videos in class is a great way to introduce or reinforce science concepts. Here is a video quiz to give your students either during or after you show the video. This one is geared toward Episode 6: Earth's Seasons. There is also an answer key provided to make grading a snap. I hope you find this resource helpful.

Showing Bill Nye the Science guy videos in class is a great way to introduce or reinforce science concepts. Here is a video quiz to give your students either during or after you show the video. This one is geared toward Episode 20: Water Cycle. There is also an answer key provided to make grading a snap. I hope you find this resource helpful.

Showing Bill Nye the Science guy videos in class is a great way to introduce or reinforce science concepts. Here is a video quiz to give your students either during or after you show the video. This one is geared toward Episode 17: Rocks and Soil. There is also an answer key provided to make grading a snap. I hope you find this resource helpful.

Showing Bill Nye the Science guy videos in class is a great way to introduce or reinforce science concepts. Here is a video quiz to give your students either during or after you show the video. This one is geared toward Episode 7: Earthquakes. There is also an answer key provided to make grading a snap. I hope you find this resource helpful.

Here is a great Rock Cycle Crossword review sheet. Students can either print it out or just fill it in right on the pdf...it's up to you.

Here is a fillable Rock Cycle Diagram which is great for distance learning. No printing required! Just email it to your students and they can fill it in, save it, and email it back to you. Or, if you are using Google Classroom, you can "make a copy for each student" and they can click "Turn In" when they are done.

This worksheet challenges students to correctly complete a rock cycle diagram by placing terms from a word bank into the diagram. This is a great resource for differentiated instruction. If you want to increase the difficulty, you could withhold the word bank and see if students can fill it in.

Here is a simple lab to get your students familiar with minerals. This lab is designed to meet the New York State science standards in earth science but it will work in any classroom as long as you have at least 12 of the minerals listed on page 16 of the Earth Science References Tables.

This document contains a list of 150 Earth Science concepts with over 75 diagrams, charts, and graphs that appear on most comprehensive exams. This list is not all-encompassing, however, it is quite thorough. I have taught earth science in New York state for 17 years and many of these facts show up year after year on the State exams. I use this list during review each year and over 90% of my students consistently pass the Regents earth science test, most of them with grades higher than 85%. My

Reading a tectonics plates map is difficult for many Earth Science students but is often asked on cumulative tests. Here are 19 editable practice questions. In order to assess the topic on more than one learning style, there are several multiple choice questions as well as open-ended questions where students can draw the direction of plate movement, identify hot-spots, or name the various boundaries. Included is a Word document that the teacher can edit, a PDF version they can be printed and han

Interpreting station models is difficult for many Earth Science students but is often asked on cumulative tests. Here are 19 editable practice questions. In order to assess the topic on more than one learning style, the first nine questions are multiple choice and attack station models from different angles. The remaining ten questions are open ended and require the student to complete a station diagram or make inferences from them. Included is a Word document that the teacher can edit, a PDF ve

Drawing isolines from a field map is difficult for many Earth Science students but is often asked on cumulative tests. Here are 7 editable practice questions. In order to assess the topic on more than one learning style, two questions ask students to identify the proper isomap when given a blank field map, and the remaining questions ask the student to draw their isolines. Included is a Word document that the teacher can edit, a PDF version they can be printed and handed out as-is, and an answer

Creating a profile from a topographic (contour) map is difficult for many Earth Science students but is often asked on cumulative tests. Here are 9 editable practice questions. In order to assess the topic on more than one learning style, two questions ask students to identify the proper profile when given a topographic map, one question asks the student to identify the error in a pre-drawn profile, and the remaining questions ask the student to draw their own profile view. Included is a Word do

Here is a comprehensive list of 135 middle school level physical science questions and answers for you to use for bell-ringers, remediation, tutoring, homework, quizzes, labs, and/or tests. Major categories include: The Nature of Our Sun and Other Stars,Celestial Bodies in Our Solar System,Gravitational Orbits,Observation of Predictable Motion of Earth,Latitude/Longitude Coordinate System and Time,Earth's Rotation and Revolution,Earth's Rotation and Revolution, andTilt of Earth's Axis and Durati

Here is a comprehensive list of 117 Earth's Dynamic Crust questions and answers for you to use for bell-ringers, remediation, tutoring, homework, quizzes, labs, and/or tests. Major categories include evidence for crustal movement, earthquakes, model of Earth's crust and interior, and theories of crustal change. But also include topics such as: mid-ocean ridgesdeep ocean trenchedtectonic plate boundariesvolcanoesP and S-wavesseafloor spreadinghot spotsPacific Ring of FiretsunamisRichter and M