Click on (blog entry) for detailed information for each lesson below
First days of School
- Scavenger Hunt – Students will have fun learning where everything is in their new science classroom on the first day of school (blog entry)
- I am a scientist – What does a scientist look like? What is your favorite field of science? Students will draw Instagram pictures of themselves as scientists (blog entry)
- The extra piece – (external link) how do scientists incorporate new findings?
- Make your own tangram puzzle (blog entry)
Lab Safety
- SpongeBob Safety Rules and Scenarios Activity – Students will read 5 different unsafe lab scenarios and determine which safety rules SpongeBob and his crew didn’t follow. All resources are posted on my (blog entry).
Lab Equipment
- Reading a Triple Beam Balance Tutorial – students will practice reading and recording values for mass. (blog entry)
Team Building
- Cup Stacking Challenge – Students will work as a team to complete a series of challenges using cups, string, and a rubber band (Blog entry)
- Observations Telephone Game – Can your team find the photograph based on the observations you shared with each other? (blog entry)
Vocabulary – cut and paste activities to build vocab recognition
Observations
- Apple Observations – in this activity, students will learn the importance of adding details to their observations (blog entry)
- Drops of water on a penny – students will make predictions and observations about surface tension. (pdf)
- Hidden Pictures – students will sharpen their visual observation skills and have fun doing so (link) (blog entry)
- Observation vs. Inference – The boy in the water – students will learn to distinguish between observations and inferences (Blog entry)
- Mystery Footprints – students will observe animal tracks and learn how to differentiate between observations and inferences (blog entry)
- D & T Activity – Students uncover an ancient tablet, what does it say? (Blog entry)
Middle School Science Lessons 