Rock Cycle: Crayon Lab The "Crayon Rock Activity" provides a written laboratory detailing the question, materials list, and procedure for a student to investigate how crayons at different states mimic the rock cycle. In addition to the written lab, you are provided the step by step guide to the scientific method, a fill in the blank lab report (question, research, hypothesis, planning or procedure, record sheet, and conclusion), fact sheet, data sheet, and reflection sheet. All science teachers are looking for resources for hands on, demonstrations, or possible science fair investigations. This STEM Center series solves that problem! Print and enjoy!

Plate Tectonics This is the Plate Tectonics Differentiation Stations. This product consists of six different stations for students to learn about plate tectonics. The student will learn about the crust, upper mantle, lithosphere, asthenosphere, convection currents, subduction, convergent boundaries, transform boundaries, Pangaea, Alfred Wegener, Mountain building, and much more! How It Works Station 1- Vocabulary matching game allows students to match key vocabulary terms with definitions. Station 2- This station allows students to read an article focusing on plate tectonics and to answer multiple-choice questions. Station 3- Students are given the opportunity to sketch major concepts within plate tectonics. Station 4- The student reads a passage and then writes constructed responses. Station 5- Students read provided fact cards and writes down the correct vocabulary term. Station 6 – Students cut out the seven continents and construct a model of Pangaea.

Plants SCAVENGER HUNT! Students learn key vocabulary while having fun! This is a Great way to get your students out of their chairs and on their feet. Students read definitions of vocabulary terms associated with Plants from the scavenger hunt posters that are hanging on the classroom walls. The students then find the corresponding vocabulary term on another scavenger hunt poster. As the students find the answers, they record the answers on the pre made record sheet. The teacher is provided: - 20 Words Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt - Pre-made Answer Sheets - Quick Check Answer Key.

Food Chains: Passage and Questions Food chains & Webs! This activity is designed to explain and review food chains and food webs. The focus will be on producers, consumers, herbivores, and carnivores. There are three multiple choice questions and a constructed response. I pass out this homework assignment as a review before the student's assessment.

Solar System: Passages and Questions This activity is designed to explain and review facts about the solar system. After a reading passage, there are seven multiple choice questions and a constructed response. I pass out this homework assignment as a review before the student's assessment.

Rocks and Minerals Notes: Many of my students have modifications and accommodations for a physical copy of the notes I write on the board. Enjoy!

Plate Tectonics Trivia Board Game This board game focuses on the science surrounding Plate Tectonics The game is designed for groups of three students at each station. Simply print the game cards and game board. The students read off the cards and after a correct response, the player moves their paper clip until reaching the finish line. This is a great way to reinforce vocabulary and review before exams. Have fun and enjoy! * convergent * divergent * transform boundaries * compression * tension * folding * faults * uplift * Continental Drift * lithosphere * asthenosphere * mesosphere * crust mantle * core * Wegener * Hess * Pangaea * mountains * seismic waves * the scientific method).

After seeing the popularity of our Volcano Escape Room, we have decided to release an abbreviated version. There are times where the full version of the escape rooms are too involved for the amount of time allotted. This Volcanoes Mini-Escape Room allows the teacher to use a break out box as a bell ringer activity. You will also be able to see the power of an escape room in producing teachable moments within your classroom. This is a brand new Mini-Photosynthesis Escape Room totally immersive product from the STEM Center that promotes cooperative learning! We have developed a comprehensive 1 tier, Volcanoes themed Escape Room Break Out Box Activity. The Escape Room centers around the fundamental vocabulary found within a unit focused on Photosynthesis. We have found a way to make learning FUN! Students are given a 20 word puzzle that will lead to unlocking a lock box that contains their group’s set of color coded clues. THIS IS A VERSION OF THE 1st PUZZLE FOUND IN OUR FULL SYSTEM. The escape room can be run several different ways. The cheapest and easiest method is to use a manila envelope for the puzzle. For a more authentic escape room each group will need the following: 1 five digit Lock One Lock Box

Climate Change Differentiation Stations The Chemistry Differentiation Stations consists of five different stations for students to learn about Climate Change. The stations include a vocabulary game, Reading Passages, Sketch activity, constructed responses, and a hands on activity. How It Works Station 1- Vocabulary matching game allows students to match key vocabulary terms with definitions. Station 2- This station allows students to read an article focusing on Climate Change and to answer multiple-choice questions. Station 3- Students are given the opportunity to sketch major concepts within Climate Change. Station 4- The student reads a passage and then writes constructed responses. Station 5 – Students enjoy a hands on activity.

Scientific Method Interactive Notebook The Scientific Method Interactive Notebook Section has a lot (39 PAGES) to offer! Before using Interactive Science Notebooks, my students got lost in writing and not comprehending the science. The INBs allow the students to keep a neat, interactive, functional, and yes; a fun notebook. This INB uses the example of Gregor Mendel’s famous pea plant experiment as a model of the Scientific Method. - 32 Flip-Fold Vocabulary words & definitions o Steps of The Scientific Method o Metric Prefixes o SI Units • Unlike other Interactive Notebooks, this INB has typed definitions. • This is important for students (Modifications & 504) who require written copies of Notes. - Scientific Method Concept Map - Scientific Tools of the Trade Cut & Paste - Constructing Knowledge Notes - Starts with a Question Notes - Hypothesis Fill in the Blank Follow Along - Making a Plan - Materials List - Observations & Data - Analyzing Data - Quick Lab/Analyzing Data/Calculating Mean - Understanding Scientific Notation - Notation Foldable - Conclusions - Multiple Choice Questions - Using Models - Using Graphs BCR - Bar Graph Cut & Paste - Developing a Graph Foldable - Answer Keys Copyright © The STEM Center. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.

Climate Change SCAVENGER HUNT! Students learn key vocabulary while having fun! This is a Great way to get your students out of their chairs and on their feet. Students read definitions of vocabulary terms associated with Climate Change from the scavenger hunt posters that are hanging on the classroom walls. The students then find the corresponding vocabulary term on another scavenger hunt poster. As the students find the answers, they record the answers on the pre made record sheet. The teacher is provided: - 20 Words Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt - Pre-made Answer Sheets - Quick Check Answer Key. Product Notes This PDF is not editable. Terms of Use Copyright © The STEM Center. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.

Space Trivia Board Game: This board game focuses on the science surrounding Space, the Solar System, and the Universe: The game is designed for groups of three students at each station. Simply print the game cards and game board. The students read off the cards and after a correct response, the player moves their paper clip until reaching the finish line. This is a great way to reinforce vocabulary and review before exams. Have fun & enjoy! * Planetesimals * Mercury * Venus * Mars * Jupiter * Io * Saturn * Titan * Uranus * Neptune * Charon Pluto * Oort Cloud * Meteoroids * Meteorites * Doppler Effect * Radio Telescopes * Hubble Telescope * Chandra * Photosphere * Sunspots * Apparent Magnitude * Absolute Magnitude * Milky Way * Hubble's Law * Red Shift * WMAP * Big Bang Theory * Scientific Method

Atmosphere Power Point This is a thirty slide power point presentation used for my lectures on atmosphere. The focus of the slides include: molecular make up, gravity, pressure, layers of the atmosphere, solar energy, greenhouse gases, global warming, wind, Coriolis effect, wind cells, trade winds, prevailing westerly's, jet stream, sea breeze, land breeze, mountain breeze, air pollution, and acid rain.

Ecology Interactive Notebook This Ecology Interactive Notebook Section has a lot to offer! Before using Interactive Science Notebooks, students got lost in writing and not comprehending the science. The INBs allow the students to keep a neat, interactive, functional, and yes; fun notebook. - 48 Ecology Flip-Fold Vocabulary words & definitions - Unlike other Interactive Notebooks, this INB has typed definitions. o This is important for students (Modifications & 504) who require written copies of Notes. - Reading/Notes Passage - Venn Diagram - Build your own Food Web - Build an Energy Pyramid - Competition Read & Paste - Limiting Factor Read and Paste - Human Activity Read & Paste - Build an Estuary - Ecosystem Disruption Notes - Sketch and Paste Foldable - Multiple Choice Questions - X2 BCR’s - Multiple Choice - Designing Water Biomes o Intertidal Zone o Oceanic Zone o Benthic Zone - 35 thought provoking “Study Buddy” cards

Weather Trivia Board Game - This board game focuses on the science surrounding Weather and the Climate The game is designed for groups of three students at each station. Simply print the game cards and game board onto card stock. The students read off the cards and after a correct response, the player moves their paper clip until reaching the finish line. This is a fun way to reinforce vocabulary and review before exams. Have fun and enjoy! * Climate * Tropics * polar zones * temperate zones * seasons * El Nino * Ozone * CFC's * Hydrosphere * condensation * conduction * water cycle * coriolis effect * jet stream * sea breeze * land breeze * weather * wind * humidity * relative humidity * dew point * cloud * precipitation * air mass * occluded front * Global Warming * Deforestation * Primary and secondary pollutants * Toxic Pollutants * thunderstorm * tornado * hurricane * blizzard * meteorologist * isotherm * isobar * station model * the scientific method).

Ecology trivia game is a great way for your students to learn or review vocabulary associated with the Ecology. This game has been designed for groups of three students. The students will draw a card, read a definition of a key term, and another student will identify the correlating vocabulary word. With each correct response, the student will advance his/her paper clip until one student reaches the winner's place.

Waves Interactive Notebook Let your students make their science notebook fun and exciting using these Waves interactive notebook pages. Included in this Interactive Notebook product: - Wave Terms flip book - Drawing Page - BCR - Multiple Choice - Compressional vs. Transverse Waves Venn Diagram - 35 Study Buddy Cards

Ecology SCAVENGER HUNT Game! Students learn key vocabulary while having fun! This is a Great way to get your students out of their chairs and on their feet. Students read definitions of vocabulary terms associated with Ecology from the scavenger hunt posters that are hanging on the classroom walls. THE KEY TO SCIENCE COMPREHENSION IS VOCABULARY. The students then find the corresponding vocabulary term on another scavenger hunt poster. SCAVENGER HUNTS ARE FUN! As the students find the answers, they record the answers on the pre made record sheet. The teacher is provided: - 30 Words Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt - Pre-made Answer Sheets - Quick Check Answer Key.