I teach 6th, 7th and 8th grade science in Georgia. I taught in Massachusetts for 8 years as well. I love teaching and finding ways to connect with students.
I teach 6th, 7th and 8th grade science in Georgia. I taught in Massachusetts for 8 years as well. I love teaching and finding ways to connect with students.
A great lab for demonstrating the law of conservation of matter. Students use Lego blocks (or you can substitute gummy bears or some other manipulative) to build chemical equations. Students take the mass of the parts of the equations and then see how the mass is unchanged in the reactants and products.
This version has two versions: one with pre-filled colors, and the other with the colors left blank so you can adapt it to fit with the Legos you already have.
The second part of the lab includes alka-seltzer, water and ziploc baggies. Students see how mass is unchanged in a closed system.
Study guide including a tree map classifying pure substances and mixtures, drawing different pure substances and mixtures, matching of some vocabulary, and also revisiting phases of matter.
This is a great resource for students to glue into their interactive science notebooks. Page one includes a brief reading with information introducing students to the concepts of potential and kinetic energy.
Students then define key terms, answer questions and interpret diagrams. The resource gets glued into their notebooks as an excellent study guide. Great for teachers who do not have textbook sets to send home with their students!
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
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!
Seven stations for your students to explore magnets.
1. Magnetic or Not? Students make predictions and then test magnets on different items to see if they are magnetic.
2. Floating Ring Magnets: Students stack ring magnets so that they float and make observations about their interactions.
3. How Many Paperclips? Students test different magnets' strength to see how many paperclips they can pick up.
4. Magnetic Field Demonstrators: Students use magnets and field demonstrators to generate a magnetic field and then draw three representations of what they observe.
5. Iron in cereal: Students pull iron out of iron fortified cereal and make observations.
6. Is the Magnet Strong Enough? Students put paper and other substances between the magnet and paperclips to see if the magnets will still work.
7. Magnets and compasses: Students test the effect of magnets on compass.
Includes a sign with directions for each station.
Materials: Various magnets--Bar, Ring, Covered ring, Cow magnets, Horseshoe Magnets
Cereals that are iron fortified
Paper clips
Various types of paper (cardboard, construction paper, lined paper, computer paper, file folder)
Compasses
Ring magnets and a straw
Magnetic Field Demonstrator OR iron filings in a baggie/on a piece of paper
Students model different molecules. There are two options, one with designated colors for each element and a blank version. The clay can be purchased at Dollar Tree.
Contains practice on identifying elements, compounds and mixtures as well as counting atoms. Great resource!
Summative project to show students’ knowledge of matter. Students will show understanding of states of matter, chemical and physical changes, the atom, periodic table, LOCOM, and separating a mixture.