The Science Squirrel

This poster set introduces students to 35 exciting science careers, highlighting the incredible diversity in STEM opportunities across seven themed focuses: art, math, history, reading and writing, sports, nature, and entertainment. Each poster features a career title, a brief summary of the role, the average salary, and educational requirements, paired with vibrant, inclusive illustrations that showcase a variety of scientists in action. Designed to spark curiosity and broaden horizons, this

Engage your students with a quick, easy, and fun lesson on the 4 scientific variables!: independent variablesdependent variablesconstantscontrol groupTimeline:This lesson takes one class period - the assignments can be homework or classwork. This Resource Includes:Animated Google Slide presentation of scientific variables. Interactive Notebook guided notes that go along with the presentation.Two practice assignments which include 4 short stories each related to pop culture and literary fiction.

Bring creativity and critical thinking to your classroom with the Toy Energy Transfer Model Project! This engaging resource challenges students to explore how energy is transferred and transformed in everyday toys. With 30 fun and diverse toy topics to choose from, students will analyze and illustrate the energy changes that make their chosen toy work. Perfect for energy units, this project promotes STEM skills by encouraging students to think critically about energy transformations—such as ki

Allow your students to explore air pressure and wind with 8 fun, hands on activities! This is a station activity meant to reinforce or introduce air pressure and how molecules travel from areas of high pressure to low pressure to produce wind. The directions include 8 stations. I prefer to have students work in small groups of 3-4 and rotate through the stations over 2-3 days. Each station will take between 10-15 minutes to complete. This resource includes:student worksheet with space for stude

This resource showcases a diverse collection of 24 scientists from across the globe, spanning various disciplines, cultural backgrounds, and historical periods. Designed to inspire and educate middle school students, it highlights how these remarkable individuals have shaped science through groundbreaking discoveries and innovations. By emphasizing the variety in fields, ethnicities, and timeframes, this resource aims to foster an appreciation for the universal nature of scientific exploration

Take your students on an exciting journey through the sky with this engaging resource focused on the four main types of clouds: cumulus, stratus, cirrus, and cumulonimbus. This resource combines a detailed, easy-to-read passage with a creative foldable activity to help students identify, describe, and differentiate these cloud types. The reading passage provides clear, student-friendly explanations of each cloud type, images of each cloud type, and fascinating facts. The foldable serves as an in

Help your students master the signs of chemical reactions with this interactive notebook resource! This engaging foldable features the six key pieces of evidence for recognizing chemical reactions, including color change, gas production, and temperature change. Students will take notes on each type of evidence and provide examples of reactions where these changes occur, solidifying their understanding of chemical processes. Timeline:This can take most of a class period. It works great as an ad

This resource provides a creative and interactive way for students to explore the three types of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation. Designed as a trifold foldable, it’s perfect for interactive notebooks and allows students to actively engage with the material through note-taking and coloring in a doodle-note style. The foldable encourages students to organize key information, reinforce their understanding of heat transfer processes, and make their learning experience more pers

Mr. Grimstone, in the ballroom, with the wheelbarrow!Transform your classroom into an exciting board game with Mystic Manor, an engaging and interactive resource designed to make learning a thrilling adventure! Inspired by classic mystery games like Clue, Mystic Manor turns your lessons into a fun and competitive challenge, where students work in teams to solve the mystery of who stole the classroom skeleton. Product Overview:Mystic Manor is a classroom resource that combines education with exci

Use this 5 page student workbook for any engineering design project! Print and encourage students to document their way through the design process. This Resource Includes:5 page student workbook with sections for:identifying the problem, criteria, and constraintsbrainstorming, sketching, and planningdocumenting challenges and successesredesigningsharing solutions with peers teacher feedbackOther Products You May Like:Influential Scientist Posters - 24 posters featuring scientists who changed o

Step into the enchanting world of a Parisian cafe with Cafe Chemistry, an engaging, hands-on activity where students practice classifying matter into elements, compounds, homogeneous mixtures, and heterogeneous mixtures. In this multi-course, station-based activity, students visit different "tables" to examine foods, ingredients, and cafe staples. Their task is to analyze and correctly identify each item as one of the four classifications of matter, applying their knowledge to real-world examp

Get your passports ready! In this activity, students will analyze the 10 day weather forecast of a city in the world and make connections between location, weather events, and weather conditions. This is a great introductory activity for a weather and climate unit, but you could also use this for students who have some prior knowledge of the subjects. Make it fun by distributing the included boarding passes to students and allow them some time to solve the mystery of their destination city. Onc

Celebrate the Vernal Equinox by participating in this digital, no prep, choice board activity! Students will choose between four spring themed activities:Plant Something: Inspire students to work with a green thumb.Mini Lab: Spring themed science lab that can be done from home or in the classroom!Make Something: Options for students to get creative with Spring in mind.Hunt for Spring: Encourage students to get outside!I use this as an extra credit and extension activity with my students. All fou

Celebrate Earth Day by participating in this digital, no prep, choice board activity! Students will choose between four spring themed activities:Plant Something: Inspire students to work with a green thumb.Clean Up: Encourage students to clean up a park, the school campus, or area where they live.Design and Build: Ask students to get creative and design a bird feeder or a bird house.Calculate your Carbon Footprint: Students calculate their carbon footprint and make a plan to reduce their impact