Manipulative activity in which students identify and label basic phase changes and whether energy is being added or removed. Students can cut and paste the answers and keep the completed activity in their notebooks, or teachers can laminate for multiple uses, and students can copy the completed diagram into their notebooks. Great formative assessment!

Students will be presented with a scenario and set of half-life data. Students will read the scenario, calculate half-life, and then craft a scientific argument using the claim/evidence/reason framework. Includes answer key.

Students are given a set of distance and time data to graph and analyze. Includes answer key.

Warm-up activity, worksheet, exit ticket, and Cloze paragraph to accompany the movie Apollo 13. Warm-up activity assesses prior knowledge of the US Space program and the Apollo missions. Worksheet is designed to be completed while viewing. Exit ticket can be used as a formative assessment after the viewing is complete. The Cloze paragraph activity is designed as either a formative assessment, homework, and/or literacy activity for completion after viewing.

Imagine your students are working for the Wonderful Work Simple Machine advertising division - this project asks them to develop a one page advertisement with accompanying descriptive paragraph. Students will be creating a one page advertisement for a simple machine and accompany the ad with a short paragraph describing the machine in more detail. The packet includes: a sample advertisement for an inclined plane that can be printed and posted in the class as an example, a labelled version that can be printed on the back of the student directions as a guide, student directions include the grading requirements, teacher notes and a sample rubric.

Worksheet to review and reinforce calculating speed and acceleration. Includes answer key.

PowerPoint show with a variety of images representing elements, compounds, and mixtures. Students are instructed to show one finger for an element, two for a compound, and three for a mixture as the slide show is presented. Fun formative assessment.

Set of three activities for reviewing and reinforcing matter. Activity 1 is the Matter Cloze paragraph worksheet. Students are given a short reading selection and a word box. The goal is to fill in the blanks correctly. Activity 2 is the States of Matter Phase Change formative assessment. This is a hands-on activity to match the names of the phase changes with the correct change of state as well as whether energy is being added or removed. Activity 3 is an "I have...Who has...?" Matter vocabulary game. Answer sheets are included.

Great for formative assessments! Cloze paragraph and scramble activity to introduce, review, or reinforce the path that light takes as it enters the eye, creates an image, and sends that image to the brain. Cloze paragraph includes word box. Scramble activity involves cutting out statements and placing them in the correct order. This can be done individually, and pasted into an interactive notebook or laminated for the class and used over and over.

Worksheet to review reinforce physical and chemical properties and changes. Includes answer key.

Worksheet to accompany three heat transfer hands-on discovery activities that demonstrate convection, conduction, and radiation. Format is "predict, observe, explain, elaborate" where students are asked to make a prediction before doing the activity, observe and collect data during the activity, create an explanation after the activity, and elaborate by tying discovery to a real-world situation. This was designed for an 8th grade science class but would be appropriate for as young as 5th grade with increased adult assistance, or as a demonstration for younger elementary students

Includes three activities for reviewing and reinforcing metric measurement. Activity 1 is an "I have...Who has...?" vocabulary game using metric units, prefixes, and measurement definitions. Activity 2 is "Metric Mystery Boxes," an activity that is part logic puzzle and part calculating volume. Students are given a set of length, width, and height measurements, as well as a set of clues. Using both, the students match a set of four boxes with their correct dimensions. Activity 3 is a 2 part practice sheet that is great for warm-ups. All answer keys are included.

Provides practice using the "claim/evidence/reason" framework for crafting a scientific argument. Students are presented with a scenario of 5 blocks of differing shapes, masses, and volumes. After calculating the density of the 5 blocks, students are guided in crafting a scientific argument about whether shape affects density. Can be done as classwork or homework. Can be used to introduce the concept of density or as a formative assessment. Works well in conjunction with a hands-on lab about density.

Students are given a set of statements about electricity and asked to state whether they agree or disagree with each statement. Students are also asked to share their thoughts as well as brainstorm a possible way of testing each statement. Best used as a formative assessment at the start of a unit.

Students will use “A & D” (agree and disagree) statements to analyze a set of true or false statements. Part one is students choosing whether to agree, disagree, or identify whether they need more information to decide. Part two asks them to decide they could test their ideas to investigate the statements. These are best used at the beginning of a learning cycle to determine students’ prior knowledge and ideas. It is important to provide follow-up experiences for the students to investigate, particularly when their ideas and the facts don’t mesh.

This is a sorting activity in which students group a set of cards with pictures or words on them in the categories of current electricity, static electricity or applies to both. It's a great formative assessment! These can be printed and cut. They can also be pasted to index cards and laminated for durability, if desired.

Card sort activity to compare and contrast electricity and magnetism. Great formative assessment! Cards can be printed on card stock and/or laminated for durability.