Vince Endris

See preview. These are instructions for a lab with stream tables teaching landforms created by weathering, erosion and deposition. Students will perform a few different experiments to work with variables, explore models and limitations, and real world problems with erosion.

This is a reading selection that I wrote for some of my lower students. It has some very good questions about the selection and 2 crossword puzzles where the answers can be found in the text. This works good for me to read along with them and explain the answers as we go. I also have used it for a sub day.

Students investigate how the sun unevenly heats the earths surface. They will graph their own results, graph the results of a fictional student, then compare their results. I have used this lab with students in grades 5-8. There are two levels in the download - lower level and higher level. The two are written so that the pages can be easily swapped out - so you can mix and match. It also comes with a differentiated quiz of 10 questions. Materials needed - incandescent lamp, thermometers, sand,

This is the same as the other listing but this is on a Google form as a quiz with answers, explanations and self-grading. This is a reading selection that covers everything you and your students need to know to master MS-PS1-1. It shows how to define, build and recognize models of single atoms that do not bond to atoms that bond to make extended structures made of subunits in a crystal shape. There are questions that guide students through the reading. I do this as an introduction so students

Reading Selection with questions covering MS-PS1-1. Students read about the complexity of atomic structures and how to model each structure. Reading selection presented with paragraph numbers. Answer Key provided.

Use common structures to reconstruct the evolutionary line of the wormous accordicus. This fictional creature adapted to land and underground dwelling and then to warmer and colder climates. Students will find a common ancestor, find homologous, analogous and vestigial structures, and come up with their own reasons for adaptations. With each tree branch they will have at least 1 of each structure to identify and at least 1 species with a missing adaptations students get to make up. See my video

Students will make a map noting the location of earthquakes, volcanoes, glacial deposits, the mid-ocean ridges, and some fossils. They will be directed to look for patterns. This will help them discover for themselves how phenomenological evidence led to the theory of plate tectonics.

25 question assessment from factual recall to knowledge synthesis on finding mass, weight, volume and density. Well thought out questions that check for mastery of the content.

Unsure of how to assess MS-PS1-1? Use this 10 question assessment. See my videos "MS-PS1-1 for Teachers" and "MS-PS1-1: Models of Atoms - Simple to Complex" on Youtube!

Reading selection geared toward helping students know what mass, weight, volume and density are, how we measure them and how they are different. Easy to Read!

To investigate the reasons for climate change, students graph the data from 4 suggested causes - solar input, frequency of volcanoes, sun spots, and rising carbon dioxide levels. Students can then look at the data for the last 2 hundred years to see which one factor seems to have the most impact on global temperatures. Graphing the data side by side will helps students to see more of a correlation between rising carbon dioxide levels and rising global temperatures.

This book was developed to strengthen 5th grade reading, writing, math, and science skills through cross-curricular learning. Each reading passage includes information about key 5th grade science concepts which are specifically aligned to the elementary science TEKS. Each reading passage is followed by 10 ELA questions, 10 science questions, a math reinforcement worksheet, and an accompanying writing prompt. Each question (math, ELA, and science) is labeled with the specific TEKS which it addre

Here are three models I do with my students as an introduction to the Earth Science standards. First, we model how the earth's layers formed, next how heat affects liquids, and finally, how the heat of the earth affects the rocks in the mantle. Answers included

Reading Selection with questions covering everything you and your students need to know about MS ESS2-1: Energy, Matter, and the Rock Cycle. Reading selection presented with paragraph numbers. Answer Key provided. Great for individual work, group work, and 100% awesome for meaningful sub work.

Wondering what to teach for MS-PS1-4? What exactly should students know? This reading selection presents the content needed to master this Performance Expectation. Guided reading questions included.

Reading Selection, Vocabulary and Assessment

Unsure of how to assess MS-PS1-4? Use this 20 question assessment. See my videos "MS-PS1-4 for Teachers" and "MS-PS1-4: Temperature, Heat and States of Matter" on Youtube!

This selection uses reading selections, math concepts and science to teach properties of matter. Included are paired reading selections, graphic organizers, measurement worksheets and over 60 well written multiple choice and open ended questions. *Answer Key is available as a separate FREE download.

This is an activity I do with my students to teach this Performance Expectation. This was designed to be done with Legos and google doc so that the students can take pictures of their builds. However, it can be done without Legos or computers. See Video Preview for more info.

Students take the and mass of aluminum foil before and after it gets condensation on it from hot water. They will first do an exploration on the conservation of mass. They will graph their own results, then graph the results of a fictional student, then compare their results. I have used this lab with students in grades 5-8. There are two levels in the download - lower level and higher level. The two are written so that the pages can be easily swapped out - so you can mix and match. It also co