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Biology Common Core W.7.1 resources
Whale Evolution: Evidence of Common Ancestry & Diversity With Bonus CER Resource
Digital or Print - Choose Your Adventure! NOW WITH BONUS RESOURCE! ❤️Introduction to claim, evidence, reasoning - an easy to understand resource for you and your students to learn the how and why of argumentative writing in the science classroom! Uncover the amazing phenomena of whale evolution through this captivating two-part activity that seamlessly integrates science and ELA standards. Perfect for inquisitive minds, this exploration is designed to span two to three class periods.Part One -
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS4-1
, 3-LS4-3
, MS-LS4-2
Also included in: Evolution Bundle! {Covers NGSS MS-LS-2 & MS-LS-4}
Blackfish Unit-Common Core Aligned!
This is a unit build around the documentary film Blackfish. It includes two study guides for the film, printer-friendly versions of articles related to the topic (both for and against Sea World), handouts on annotating text and writing an argument essay, a vocabulary activity, a jigsaw activity with rubric, a performance task written in SBAC style (argument essay), an extra credit assignment, an exemplar argument essay, and a worksheet on writing persuasive statements. This is EVERYTHING you wou
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7th - 10th
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Animal Adaptations Activities Bundle
Challenge your students with these animal adaptations activities for middle school! Not only will your students encounter how structural and behavioral adaptations help animals survive, they’ll get the opportunity to mix and match adaptations to create their own animal! These fully digital and print animal adaptations activities are designed specifically for middle school, so that you have confidence that your students are being challenged appropriately! Each activity is low-prep, ready to use
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-4
Food Chain and Food Web: Rainforest Card Sort
Food Chain and Food Web: Bring the rainforest to your classroom! Engage your students with an introduction or review of food chains and webs with this themed manipulative activity. Help students analyze the flow of matter and energy through trophic levels by constructing various rainforest food webs and/or food chains.
Food Chain and Food Web product includes:
- 24 organism cards
- Energy arrows (left and right aligned)
- Terms: product, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consum
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5th - 12th, Staff
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Animal Research: Animal, Ecology, Biome & Habitat Activity for Big Kids
Animal Research Activities for big kids tied to life science/ecology units! Includes 70 pages of guided notes to help support student understanding of ecology concepts through an animal of interest! Meets NGSS standards and ELA CCSS! This document includes the following:- Comprehensive Animal Research Note Sheets- Circle Schema Builder- KWL Chart- Can/Have/Are/Eat/Live Graphic Organizer- Informational Fact Graphic Organizers (Flower, Web, List)- Basic Biome Vocabulary (Words/Definitions)- Empty
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4th - 9th
Science Morning Work Prompts
This set includes 10 weeks of daily thought-provoking science journal prompts. These prompts are a great way to integrate science, math, research skills, and writing. Your download will include a PowerPoint presentation of prompts and an answer key. Try out 1 week free! The preview includes all of week #1!I like using these prompts as "welcome work" when students first come in to class, but there are many other ways you could incorporate these prompts: science centers, homework, early finishers,
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4th - 8th
Writing about Science: Henrietta Lacks
If you're a Life Science, English/Language Arts, or Social Studies whose students are learning about cells, scientific research or African American history, look no further than this resource. This lesson plan and resources are a great starting point for teaching about cells, PARCC-style research writing, and informed consent.
It is a dual text lesson plan based on the story of Henrietta Lacks, the black woman whose cervical tissue cells were removed without permission, leading to numerous medi
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6th - 12th
Carrot Lab - Diffusion and Osmosis (Digital/Printable) - NGSS aligned
Arrrr ya ready kids??? Looking for a differentiated, engaging lab activity to teach diffusion, osmosis and the function of the cell membrane? Look no further. This is a new-and-improved version of the old Potato Osmosis lab, with less cutting and the same great results! In this Carrot Osmosis lab, students will immerse baby carrots in water with varying concentrations of salt, and compare the mass of the carrots before and after soaking to measure the impact of movement through the cell membran
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-LS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-LS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Fiona's Flytraps - Experimental Design Practice - Fill-In Google Slides or print
Fiona is interested in seeing how the bugs she chooses to feed your Venus flytraps affect their growth! This Experimental Design Practice Scenario follows Fiona on her journey through setting up a valid experiment in order to obtain reliable data, and utilizes aesthetic imagery to increase engagement. Let's go!The product contains:1. 4-page pdf student activity2. 10-page pdf teacher guide with answer key and helpful tips3. Google Slides version of student activity, with text boxes for students
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Exploring Science Worksheets (Grades 1 to 7)
Science Activities Worksheets from Grades 1 to 6This product includes:1. Poster “Exploring science” - students’ attitudes in practical activities in science2. “Experiment plan” templateActivities: student’s + teacher’s guides3. “Grow, seeds, grow!”Do different seeds, under the same conditions, take the same time to germinate?4. “Investigating water condensation”Why does water vapor condense?5. “The journey of light”How does light travel?6. “Magnetic power”Does the magnetic force of a magnet pass
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Grades:
1st - 7th
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NGSS:
1-LS1-1
, MS-ESS2-2
, 3-PS2-3
, 1-PS4-2
, MS-PS2-3
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Sally's Sunflowers - Experimental Design Practice - Fill-In Slides or Print!
Farmer Sally is run an experiment to see how to make her sunflowers grow taller! This Experimental Design Practice Scenario follows Sally on her journey through setting up a valid experiment in order to obtain reliable data, and utilizes aesthetic imagery to increase engagement. Let's go!The product contains:1. 4-page pdf student activity2. 10-page pdf teacher guide with answer key and helpful tips3. Google Slides version of student activity, with text boxes for students to complete the activit
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-LS1-6
, MS-ETS1-3
Timmy T-Rex - Experimental Design Practice - Fill-In Google Slides or print!
Timmy the T-Rex owns a sprawling 10,000 acre Wyoming ranch where he raises Velociraptors! This Experimental Design Practice Scenario follows Timmy on his journey through setting up a valid experiment in order to obtain reliable data, and utilizes aesthetic imagery to increase engagement. Let's go!The product contains:1. 4-page pdf student activity2. 10-page pdf teacher guide with answer key and helpful tips3. Google Slides version of student activity, with text boxes for students to complete th
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-LS1-6
, MS-ETS1-3
Super Size Me Unit-Common Core Aligned!
This unit is centers around the Common Core argument standards. Students will view the documentary Super Size Me (with attached study guide), read and annotate articles relating to the topic (included, with sources cited), complete an activity on writing persuasive statements, read a handout on how to organize an argument essay, and finally complete a performance task where they write an argument essay based on the film.
You can stream, rent, or buy Super Size Me here.
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7th - 9th
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Alive or not Alive? Fire Essay - Life Science
This is an essay assignment I give to my 7th grade Life Science students after we have studied the 6 characteristics of life. Fire has several of the characteristics of Life; It breathes oxygen. It eats wood. It reproduces (sort of). It can grow bigger. It responds to change.
In this assignment students will write an essay explaining why fire is NOT alive, even though it can seem like a living thing. Includes a basic graphic organizer to organize their thoughts and ideas before they start wri
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4th - 10th
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Bart's Dragon - Experimental Design and Data Analysis Practice
Bart is running an experiment to see how to make his bearded dragon sleep longer! This Experimental Design Practice Scenario follows Bart on his journey through setting up a valid experiment in order to obtain reliable data, and utilizes aesthetic imagery to increase engagement. Let's go!Prints well in COLOR and GREYSCALE!About This ProductThis practice scenario will support your students as they develop proficiency in experimental design, data organization, and data visualization. Students will
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Cells Research Report | Cells Project
Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive Cell Research Report resource. It helps has make report writing easy! It contains Cell questions, organizers, tools and forms to use for your students to create, develop, write, edit, illustrate, present, and assess your students’ Cells Research ReportThis report (or performance task) is also designed to not only to learn and explain the new information, but answer some higher level thinking questions (Common Core Essential Questions) to apply
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Grades:
7th - 11th
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NGSS:
HS-LS1-7
, MS-LS1-3
, HS-LS1-4
Also included in: Cell Report Printable and Google Slides Bundle
All About Fireflies(Ligthing Bug) Notebooking
This is a set of fun notebooking pages with nice graphic and structured design, effective at helping students to learn and do more research on the topic. All of the relevant topics to the title of Fireflies are covered in this set of notebooking. Students/ kids can study the topic and complete all the pages, this is to encourage self learning and develop their skill of doing research and be able to compiling & organise information.Topic that covered in this notebooking pages:What is a firefl
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Cell Report Printable and Google Slides Bundle
This blended resource is great for distance learning and in person learning. It contains materials for your students to complete a Cell Research Report. Combine resources to easily BLEND your classroom! This resource contains both a printable and digital - Google Slides cell research report.Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive Cell Research Report resource. It helps has make report writing easy! It contains Cell questions, organizers, tools and forms to use for your students to c
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7th - 11th
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Engaging Science Mini Writing Unit Bundle- The Honey Badger!
Great for any biology class, but also any teacher looking for an interesting topic students of all ages(5th-12th) love to engage in!! I know as a special education science teacher I struggle to spend productive time in assessing my student's writing abilities. In this Observation-worthy mini writing unit. Adolescents, regardless of grade and level(special education students welcome!), will read, make inferences, and watch all about the coolest animal you never heard about...the honey badger!! S
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4th - 12th
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How Do Plants Grow? (Unit 1, Part 1)
Unit 1, Part 1 for NGSS/LSSS standards 5-LS1-1 (Plants) and 5-LS2-1 (Non-native species)
[Updated 12/21/18 with improved teacher guide and lessons]
This slideshow includes teacher information and ready-made slides for exploration, investigation, and research on:
What Plants Need
Hydroponics
Plant Systems for Water and Air
What Plants Belong Where
Non-native/Invasive Plants
Click here for the summary notes sheet for How Do Plants Grow? (Unit 1 Part 1).
All curriculum from NGSS
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4th - 7th
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All About Hornbill
This is a set of fun notebooking pages with nice graphic and structured design, effective at helping students to learn and do more research on the topic. All of the relevant topics to the title of Hornbills are covered in this set of notebooking. Students/ kids can study the topic and complete all the pages, this is to encourage self learning and develop their skill of doing research and be able to compiling & organise information.Topic that covered in this notebooking pages:What is a hornbi
Cell Mystery!
In this activity, students will use a chart of cell parts to determine who kidnapped Dr. DNA!This fantastic cross-curricular activity involves writing skills (such as making a claim and using evidence) and scientific application (information about parts of the cell). This activity can work even as an introduction to cell parts as the table contains all of the necessary information.
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
Return Flight Classroom Study Guide
A new Classroom Study Guide is now available to accompany the PBS documentary, Return Flight: Restoring the Bald Eagle to the Channel Islands. (Watch a short clip of movie here: http://youtu.be/gnjXsW0AMxs)
This resource was developed for middle school, high school, and community college teachers allowing them to delve deeper into the topics introduced in this educational film. The study guide features seven lesson plans that emphasize the relevant concepts of the film and the pressing environ
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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