12 quotes--from Carl Sagan's photo of the dot to the first photo of Earth from space...all the way to the quotes from Mrs. Turton about the scientific method. Colorful Jellyfish (or space) photos fill the background. Great for classroom decorations, or to act as a companion to a novel study of The Thing About Jellyfish!

Great simplified worksheet to go with the pHet simulation for Greenhouse gases. Must have a java-enabled device in order to run the simulation. Link to sim is below, enjoy this free resource! https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/greenhouse

Students fill out a chart with information about the layers of the atmosphere, and then they are able to create their own "Shrinky Dink" using shrink plastic (plastic not included). They can either trace the diagram on the left side of the page, or they can draw it from scratch! After they draw it with colored pencils or fine point permanent marker, they can put it in the oven and watch it shrink! (I use a toaster oven in my classroom and do them one at a time, as the kids finish. They love watching them shrink! Shrink plastic best price I have found: School Specialty this Grafix brand: https://store.schoolspecialty.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?minisite=10206&item=3185038 I cut the shrink plastic into 1/4's and it works out great!

Two per page so students can cut them and paste into their ISN/IAN, or just so you can save paper. This has practice math problems demonstrating the Law of Conservation of Mass. Answer key included!

Cut, paste, fold and draw in order to create two different pages for an Interactive Science Notebook. Page 1 includes Natural Resources vs. Manmade Resources and "Where would you find?" different types of resources. Page 2 includes a pair of envelopes, one that is for items that come from animals and the other for items that come from plants. Students cut out the names of different resources and place them in either the plant or animal envelope. It also includes another flower foldable that identifies 6 different energy sources and identifies them as renewable or nonrenewable. See thumbnails to see a set of finished pages as well as the original reproducibles.

Students cut and paste the vocabulary words in their notebooks, matching them with the correct definition. (Definitions and Terms are Scrambled) Includes a visual cue or example for each term. Includes terms: law of conservation of mass, law of conservation of matter, reactant, product, chemical formula, chemical equation, coefficient, subscript

Students research one to two careers, complete a template to organize their information, and then compare/contrast them.

Have your students make a cladogram using something they definitely know about...cell phones! This set has a cover page that shows a variety of phones ranging from candlestick to iPhone 7 Plus! Then, there are two different activities: a more scaffolded version with the traits filled in, or a blank version for students to create their own. An answer key is provided for the scaffolded version. Enjoy!

Great 2-sided review sheet for elements, compounds and mixtures. See the thumbnails for the varieties of questions. *PDF File

Students answer four vocabulary completion questions and then analyze scenarios to calculate net force, determine the direction the box is moving, and whether it is a balanced or unbalanced force. 20 questions, answer key provided.

27 cards to sort into categories-does the picture reprsesent kinetic energy, potential energy, or are both represented?

Students create THREE examples of energy conversions. On the front cover they define Law of Conservation of Energy and Energy Conversion. Two completed examples are included. Illustrate and describe your energy conversion! Rubric included!

A template and easy-grading rubric checklist. Students unleash their creativity and design a superhero based on an organelle! I usually assign the first one and give them a choice for the second. Kids give their superhero a "power" that relates to the function of the organelle.

Students make an environmental coat of arms--expressing the following: A symbol of what is most important about the environment (to them), a motto for the environment, what they want for the environment in the future, and what they are going to personally do to help the environment. Would make a great bulletin board, mini project, etc.

Watch Finding Nemo to find examples of different kinds of symbiosis! Great activity for a "movie day."

This is an energy conversions/heat transfer test modified for my ESOL students (more specifically I used it with my IEL students). It is modified to have fewer words, a thinking map with pre-filled in boxes, different word banks and pictures. Included is an answer key.

Students play an exciting game of I Have/Who Has? with terms related to the water cycle and fresh water. 24 question cards

Great little resource, one-page booklet that covers the following topics: ~Layers of the Earth (and compare them in terms of temperature, thickness, density, and composition) ~Tectonic Plates ~ Plate Boundaries ~Continental Drift Theory Made of thinking maps, with word bank included. Answer key attached as well.

Quick lab in which students set up layers of sediment, mix them up, add water and then shake. The top is cut off and the sediment is allowed to dry out, and students examine the layers/results.

Students complete a 20 meter run and use the data to calculate their velocity and then they calculate their acceleration. Students use the data to graph their results. Great lab--only requires a stopwatch (or digital timer), graph paper, a meter stick to measure out your "track," and tape to mark the 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 meter marks.