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A guided-inquiry lab in which students design and run an experiment testing how a human-caused factor affects a small ecosystem, then write a formal lab report.
The M&M activity connects a color-count investigation with graphing and a results write-up. A companion lesson introduces the scientific-method steps through student slides and a completed teacher version. Provide the sample materials and model recording data before groups compare their findings.
Explores the psychology of social media and phone use - covering usage statistics and negative effects such as anxiety, loneliness, FOMO, addiction, and attention/academic impacts - and guides students through a personal screen-time tracking experiment.
Teach the concept of induced magnetism and magnetic poles through a hands-on paper clip chain experiment.
Teach students about capillary action and its role in the water cycle through notes, a hands-on experiment, and a slideshow presentation.
A published earth-science unit book teaching the causes, characteristics, and effects of hurricanes and tornadoes through informational readings, diagrams, hands-on experiments, and vocabulary/research activities.
Multi-station lab activity teaching the scientific method and science process skills (identifying variables, drawing inferences, data analysis) through 9 rotating stations.
A comprehensive hands-on science unit (Teaching & Learning Company/Lorenz, 2008, by Patricia O'Brien) teaching plate tectonics, earthquake causes and measurement, and tsunamis through readings, diagrams, and hands-on activities/experiments.
A full science workbook (Book E of the 'Simple and Fun Science' series, ages 9-11) teaching life science concepts (cells, osmosis, plant/animal classification, plant responses to environment and light, tree age) through hands-on investigations.
A 9-presentation science unit teaching the properties, behavior, and real-world applications of fluids (liquids and gases) as part of a matter-and-energy course.
Provide a comprehensive hands-on unit teaching the science of volcanoes - their types, eruption mechanics, and hazards - for grades 4-8, going beyond a basic baking-soda-and-vinegar model.
A multi-file distance-learning/homeschool chemistry pack teaching mixtures, solutions, dissolving, suspensions, and saturated solutions via an animated PowerPoint, worksheets, and a photocopiable lesson.
Teaches how light reflects off plane mirrors (transparent/translucent/opaque materials, luminous/non-luminous objects, angle of incidence equals angle of reflection, periscopes) as a self-directed distance-learning physics pack.
A 24-page photocopiable hands-on science activity book (Ready-Ed Publications, RED4034) covering the 'Earth and Beyond' topic for 10-12 year olds, with 8 lessons each pairing teacher notes with a student activity sheet.
A 9-station physics lab activity on light refraction (Snell's Law) for a self-directed 30-45 minute lesson: a reading passage, station cards, a lab passport/answer booklet, a video-response worksheet, a knowledge-check quiz, and bonus word scramble/word search.
A grades 5-7 scientific-method mini-unit that teaches variable types and experimental design through building and testing paper helicopters.
A Texas STAAR/TEKS-aligned Grade 8 science review package with a topic checklist, a comprehensive topics review guide, a practice workbook, and an answer key, covering scientific investigation, matter/energy, force/motion, Earth/space, and organisms/environments.
Acids, Bases, and Neutralization - Lesson Bundle An invaluable resource for educators seeking to introduce middle school and lower-level high school students to the concepts of acids, bases, and neutralization reactions.
Baggie Chemistry Lab | Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions Students explore chemical reactions and their resulting energy changes with this engaging baggie chemistry lab.
Balloon-Powered Rocket STEM Challenge for High School Students. My Balloon-Powered Rocket Challenge is an excellent way to get your students' excited for STEM in an engaging hands-on way.
Cells - Understanding Life Systems - Unit Bundle - Lessons and Activities An extensive educational package perfect for Grade 6, 7, and 8 science teachers, this resource presents a comprehensive unity on cells; the fundamental to Life…
Current Electricity - Current, Voltage and Resistance Explained - Middle School The teaching resource titled Current Electricity - Current, Voltage and Resistance Explained - Middle School provides a thorough exploration into the…
Guide students through a rotating, hands-on lab-station circuit of activities covering electrical safety, atomic/electron basics, hands-on circuit building, research, and knowledge checks on current electricity and circuit diagrams.
A middle-school Earth science lesson unit teaching how mechanical and chemical weathering shape Earth's surface, combining readings, vocabulary, and a hands-on lab.