7th Grade General Science Projects

Looking for a end of the year self-paced lesson for students to work on during those weird schedule days after testing? This lesson uses critical and creative thinking to create a story about surviving on a deserted island using what they have learned in science! It includes....

• All directions for students and teachers
• Google slides to go through with students
• Chance cards to print out
• Pacing guide
• Teacher and student tips
• Student packet with all the information they need
• Rubric for student AND teacher

This project is great for the end of the year. That weird time between end of course tests and the school year end is challenging. The project is mostly self-paced and great for those days that you only see some classes throughout the day.

Minimum materials are needed!

• 11x7 paper
• lined
• paper
• the packet
• yarn

Student will make a map, complete a packet, and write some journal entries on how they would survive if they were stranded on a deserted island.

Tennessee State Standards

• 6.PS3.1 - Analyze the properties and compare the sources of kinetic, elastic potential, gravitational potential, electric potential, chemical, and thermal energy.
• 6.LS2.4 - Using evidence from climate data, draw conclusions about the patterns of abiotic and biotic factors in different biomes, specifically the tundra, taiga, deciduous forest, desert, grasslands, rainforest, marine, and freshwater ecosystems
• 6.ESS2.5 - Analyze and interpret data from weather conditions, weather maps, satellites, and radar to predict probable local weather patterns and conditions.
• 6.ESS3.2 - Investigate and compare existing and developing technologies that will utilize renewable and alternative energy sources.

NGSS - Middle School

• MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem
• MS-PS1-4: Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
• MS-ESS2-5: Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.

Are you searching for an awesome and memorable way to teach your students about the Periodic Table of Elements? Spark their curiosity and engage their creative minds with this STEM 3-D Interactive Periodic Table Group & Individual Project. This product will guide you and your students to create an amazing and HUGE interactive periodic table. Parts of this project also makes an EZ Sub Plan.

What's Included in this fun project based learning assignment?

★ Clear and Easy to Follow Editable Student Directions- Digital and Printable.

★ Exemplar Student Projects.

★ Helpful Info and Instructor Directions.

How To Use This Resource?

★ This is an involved and creative unit long project. It is awesome!!!!

★ This hands-on & creative activity can be used with multiple age groups and requires 1 week to one month's worth of time to complete. You can do part or all of this project!

★ Use this as a unit summative project or as an introduction to chemistry and elements.

Topics Addressed

★ Elements and Organization of the Periodic Table

★ Periodic Table Squares and the Components

★ Differences in the Make-up and Characteristics of Elements

★ Interesting Facts and Uses of Elements.

Nitty Gritty:

*Do your students need an entertaining way of showing their understanding of Periodic Table of Elements? With this editable and printable individual (they research their own element and make a 3-D square) and group (they work together to create a giant, interactive table) project (pdf and Google), students learn and reinforce important NGSS Chemistry concepts.

The Kicker:

This periodic table project will be a hit with your kids! It forces students to think critically about important elements on our planet. It highlights the variety of elements on our planet and their uses.

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Check out a few of my other science and engineering resources.

*Marshmallow Catapults

*Science Careers & Fields Research Project- "Science 'Ology"

*The Rainbow Lab- Detailed Lab Procedures Practice

*Fun Video Claim, Evidence & Reasoning Analysis Activity Middle School

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