Middle School – REAL Science Challenge

REAL Challenge Questions – Kinetic Molecular Theory (a Toolkit)

Kent — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 13:30:45 +0000

Are you looking for a quick way to make some great problem sets that assess multiple levels of understanding? If so, this toolkit (ie. question bank) is for you! We've created a set of challenge questions that span four levels of difficulty that can be mixed-and-matched to create multiple versions of some awesome assignments that can be used for an assignment or a quiz. This package comes with:

Thoughtful, high-impact science questions that assess multiple levels of student understanding - from Beginner to Advanced.
A quick guide to help you create, mark, and score your quiz using our toolkit.
Full answer keys to our questions.
The ability to make anywhere between 3 and 144 different versions of your quiz.
24 pages of science education goodness

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REAL Sc Lab – DIY Bath Bombs Project

Kent — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 05:25:19 +0000

Looking for a way to teach "designing solutions" by building and testing prototypes in a hands-on way in chemistry? Yes, in chemistry, where students typically don't get to build or test prototypes. We've come up with a lab that does just that - by getting students to build bath bombs! Best of all, it's been tested with our students - and they LOVE it! This package comes with:

Pre-Lab activities that review basic content knowledge (ie. acids and bases, rates of reactions).
Student sheets (ie. instructions, data and reflection sheets) that lead students through the process of making, testing, and refining their prototypes.
Teachers' notes (ie. set up and lab instructions, rubrics, sample guides) that lead teachers through how we've successfully run it with our students.
24 pages of science education goodness

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REAL SC – Science Riddle Glossary

Kent — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 13:00:03 +0000

How Can We Use Science Riddles to Engage our Learners?

Here are some suggestions on how you might use riddles in your classroom:

Post slides on a screen as a quick bellringer, for review or discussion. Have students discuss with each other what they believe the solution to the riddle is and how they know (drawing from their own knowledge and hints in the riddle).
Post slides in your classroom as words students will learn during the unit.
Copy riddles onto your tests to assess vocabulary definitions. Instead of just having students provide the solution, have them explain how they came to their solution (by drawing on what they know and hints in the riddle).

All terms in this package are used in the science for the middle and high school classroom (YES, we did try to align it with the NGSS and BC curriculum!).

Better Science Graphs – Potential and Kinetic Energy

Kent — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 21:21:17 +0000

Looking for some graphs and problems for students to practice applying potential, kinetic, and conservation of energy? Tired of the typical looking science graph? In this package, we've created our own, Better Science graphs along with corresponding problem sets to do just that. Your students will definitely be challenged through these graphs. This package comes with:

6 Worksheets with 6 Awesome Graphs (along with a bunch of smaller graphs) for students to practice analyzing data and calculating kinetic and potential energies.
2 worksheets with corresponding graphs and problems that introduce potential and kinetic energy.
Complete answer keys for each worksheet.
21 pages of science education goodness

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True/False XL – MS Edition

Kent — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:25:19 +0000

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Connections

MS-PS1-3 – Matter and its Interactions – Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
MS-PS1-4 Matter and its Interactions – Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
MS-PS4-2 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer – Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.
MS-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes – Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells
MS-LS1-6 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes – Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
MS-LS4-5 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity – Gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.
MS-ESS2-3 Earth’s Systems – Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
MS-ESS3-4 Earth and Human Activity – Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
MS-ESS3-5 Earth and Human Activity – Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.

CER Starter Kit – MS Edition

Kent — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 08:38:52 +0000

How do you practice the science skill, "engaging in argument from evidence"? We use the CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) framework! In this kit, we have 8 worksheets of graphs and fun facts that will introduce CER to your students and get your students to practice it. This kit comes with:

8 Worksheets and 7 Awesome Graphs for students to practice formulating arguments and conclusions.
Prompts and fill-in-the-blanks on worksheets to lead students through the CER framework.
Sample responses for each worksheet
30 pages of goodness

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Challenge Questions: Acids and Bases in Everyday Life

Kent — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 06:18:45 +0000

How do you practice the science skill, "organizing, evaluating, and communicating information"? We use April Fools' Day! In this activity, we have 5 April Fools' Day hoaxes and 5 outrageous scientific discoveries - but can your students figure out which is which? They'll have to evaluate each claim (which we have a template for) to find out. This bundle comes with:

1 Worksheet with an introduction to Acids & Bases and an entry level question to check for understanding.
1 Worksheet with a real life example of Acids & Bases and a next level question to check for understanding.
2 Worksheets with real life scenarios of Acids & Bases in action and challenge questions for students to apply their knowledge.
Answer keys for each worksheet
Marking rubrics, sample responses and student work for challenge questions
15 pages of goodness

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April Fools’ Day for Science Practice

Kent — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:46:10 +0000

10 Worksheets that each have a claim for students to evaluate.
A template on each worksheet to lead students through the process of evaluation.
Answer keys for each worksheet
21 pages of goodness

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