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Grade 7 Science Curriculum Bundle | NGSS-Aligned Year-Long Lessons teaching resource preview
Earth history & resources

Grade 7 Science Curriculum Bundle | NGSS-Aligned Year-Long Lessons

A complete, NGSS-aligned full-year (36-week, 10-unit, 96-lesson) Grade 7 science curriculum covering life, physical, and Earth science plus engineering design, delivered as 8 files (teacher guide, lesson plans, labs/STEM, assessments, answer keys/rubrics, reading passages/guided notes, worksheets/vocabulary, and projects/review).

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7
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Our Earth Activity Booklet teaching resource preview
Plate tectonicsWater & landforms

Our Earth Activity Booklet

Teach 9-12 year old students earth science concepts (earth structure, landforms, rivers, coastal landscapes, oceans) through a photocopiable activity and experiment booklet.

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4–7
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Science Action Labs Earth Science teaching resource preview
Weathering & rocksPlate tectonics

Science Action Labs Earth Science

A collection of 12 hands-on Earth science labs/activities (The Earth's Place in Space, Earth in Motion, Earth and Its Moon, An Earth Full of People, Earth's History, A Close Look at the Earth, Earthquakes, Our Moving Continents, The Earth's Water, The Earth's Air, The Earth's Rocks, The Earth's Soil) for elementary classroom use, with a teacher…

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1–3
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Sediments - Senior Earth and Space lesson teaching resource preview
Weathering & rocks

Sediments - Senior Earth and Space lesson

Teach a high-school-level earth science lesson on sediment: what it is, how it forms, and its three main types (detrital, chemical, biochemical).

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Multiple File Types
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10–12
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Plate Tectonics – Lab Station Activity teaching resource preview
Plate tectonics

Plate Tectonics – Lab Station Activity

A multi-station 'lab station' rotation activity teaching plate tectonics and earthquakes (tectonic plates, plate boundaries, seafloor spreading, earthquake causes/measurement) for middle/high school earth science.

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7–10
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Climate Change - Middle School Earth Science Lesson teaching resource preview
Weather & climate

Climate Change - Middle School Earth Science Lesson

A 2-day slideshow-based lesson package introducing middle/early-high-school students to the science of climate change: the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases and their sources, the carbon cycle and carbon sinks, and the effects and history of climate change.

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Multiple File Types
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6–9
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Tectonic Plates - Senior Earth and Space lesson teaching resource preview
Plate tectonicsWater & landforms

Tectonic Plates - Senior Earth and Space lesson

A high-school earth science lesson teaching Earth's layers, plate tectonic theory, primary/secondary tectonic plates, continental drift evidence, plate boundary types, and their resulting geologic features.

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10–12
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Caves and How They Form - Middle School Lesson teaching resource preview
Weathering & rocks

Caves and How They Form - Middle School Lesson

A middle-school Earth-science lesson teaching how caves form, covering what caves are, speleology, cave formation via weathering/erosion/deposition, stratigraphy, and cave features (stalactites, stalagmites, columns), delivered as a slide presentation with an auto-graded exit ticket and embedded videos.

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7–9
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Caves and Cave Formation - Lesson Bundle teaching resource preview
Weathering & rocks

Caves and Cave Formation - Lesson Bundle

A senior/upper Earth-science lesson package teaching how caves form, covering speleology, sediment deposition, stratigraphy, and cave features (stalactites, stalagmites, columns), delivered as a slide presentation with an auto-graded exit ticket and supporting videos.

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7–10
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Grade 6 Science Curriculum Bundle | NGSS-Aligned Year-Long Lessons teaching resource preview
Plate tectonicsWeather & climate

Grade 6 Science Curriculum Bundle | NGSS-Aligned Year-Long Lessons

Deliver a full-year (36-week, 10-unit) NGSS-aligned Grade 6 science curriculum covering life science (cells, human body systems), physical science (matter, energy), Earth science (Earth's interior, plate tectonics, weather, climate), and engineering design.

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6
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