8th Grade Physical Science Resources

This is a detailed Kinetic Energy Reading Comprehension Passage designed for students in grades 4 to 7. This resource provides a comprehensive understanding of kinetic energy, including how it works, the factors that affect it, and its various forms.

The passage is carefully crafted to engage students while teaching them the science behind everyday examples of kinetic energy.

What this passage covers:

• Introduction to energy and kinetic energy
• The formula for kinetic energy
• Forms of Kinetic Energy (Translational, Rotational, Vibrational, Thermal)
• Factors Affecting Kinetic Energy (Mass and Speed)
• Conversion of Kinetic Energy
• Real-World Examples of Kinetic Energy

This resource also includes a variety of questions to reinforce learning:

• Short Answer Questions to assess comprehension
• Multiple Choice Questions to reinforce key concepts
• Application Questions to encourage critical thinking and real-world connections

Answer keys are provided for all questions, making this an easy-to-use, ready-to-go resource for your science unit on energy.

This resource is perfect for science units on energy and motion, and supports students in developing a deeper understanding of kinetic energy through engaging content and interactive questions. Ideal for classroom use, homework assignments, or as a supplemental activity in your science curriculum.

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This dynamic PowerPoint brings the concepts of energy to life through engaging visuals and real-world examples. From kinetic energy to work done, students will develop a solid understanding of these fundamental physics principles.

What's Included:

• Kinetic Energy: Explore the energy of motion.
• Potential Energy: Stored energy of position, including gravitational, elastic, and chemical potential energy.
• Work Done: Understand the concept of work and its relationship to energy transfer.
• Work-Energy Theorem: Connect work and energy through this essential principle.
• Real-World Applications: Explore how energy concepts apply to everyday life with engaging examples and visuals.

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Make your ESL classroom look different from a regular education room by considering these multilingual Periodic Elements Flashcards.

Each label takes up 1/4 of a page so they are nice and big, but not too obtrusive. There are 118 Elements for a total of 30 pages. Check out the thumbnail and the preview of some pages in the pictures. They each feature the English verb in big, bold black letters while the other languages are in a smaller font and in different colors. Languages included are Chinese (simplified/Red), Arabic (Violet), Russian (Green), and Spanish (Brown). To help aid meaning, I've included illustrations.

The 118 vehicles included are: Hydrogen-Helium-Lithium-Beryllium-Boron-Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen-Fluorine-Neon-Sodium-Magnesium-Aluminum-Silicon -Phosphorus-Sulfur-Chlorine-Argon-Potassium-Calcium-Scandium-Titanium-Vanadium-Chromium-Manganese-Iron-Cobalt-Nickel-Copper-Zinc-Gallium-Germanium-Arsenic-Selenium-Bromine-Krypton-Rubidium-Strontium-Yttrium -Zirconium-Niobium-Molybdenum-Technetium-Ruthenium-Rhodium-Palladium -Silver-Cadmium-Indium-Tin-Antimony-Tellurium-Iodine-Xenon-Cesium-Barium -Lanthanum-Cerium-Praseodymium-Neodymium-Promethium-Samarium -Europium-Gadolinium-Terbium-Dysprosium-Holmium-Erbium-Thulium-Ytterbium-Lutetium-Hafnium-Tantalum-Tungsten-Rhenium-Osmium-Iridium-Platinum-Gold-Mercury-Thallium-Lead-Bismuth-Polonium-Astatine-Radon-Francium-Radium-Actinium-Thorium-Protactinium-Uranium-Neptunium-Plutonium-Americium-Curium-Berkelium-Californium-Einsteinium-Fermium-Mendelevium-Nobelium-Lawrencium-Rutherfordium-Dubnium-Seaborgium -Bohrium-Hassium-Meitnerium-Darmstadtium-Roentgenium-Copernicium -Nihonium-Flerovium-Moscovium-Livermorium-Tennessine-Oganesson.

Use these 118 fun and colorful cards to explore different types of chemical elements in 5 languages - use them as flashcards, a bulletin board or wall display, a memory matching game, or the foundation for more difficult practice of your choice like recognizing elements and many more.

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Engage your high school students with this fun and interactive color by number worksheet on static electricity. This worksheet includes 10 multiple choice questions on the characteristics of static electric charge. The worksheet is designed to help students develop their understanding of key concepts related to static electricity, such as Coulomb's law, insulators, and the transfer of electrons through friction. The color by number format makes this worksheet an engaging and enjoyable learning experience for students. Perfect for classroom activities, homework, or review sessions.Once finished, the students will use their answers to colour the parts of a unique mandala.

This printable product includes an answer key for easy implementation in your classroom.

The product is great for:

• Summative Assessment
• Formative Assessment
• Homework, early finishers, review, sub lessons

Not what you're looking for? Check out the following options!

• Colour By Number - Circulatory System
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Looking for a quick and easy, yet fun and engaging last-minute activity for your science class? SOAR into STEM with this low prep hands-on, problem solving, cooperative learning, STEM Engineering Challenge Activity- "Acrobatic Paper Airplanes!"

Improve student engagement and get your middle school students involved in the engineering design process by conducting this student centered, any time engineering challenge. Great for a sub plan as well.

What's Included?

★ Clear and easy to follow editable Engineering Challenge slide show.

★ Optional class competition.

★ Quick Prep Info and Instructor Directions

★ NGSS SEPs aligned activity

How To Use This Resource?

★ This hands-on lab can be used with multiple age groups and requires 1 class period to complete.

★ This engineering challenge requires easy-to-access edible materials (paper, paper clips, tape!).

★ Use this as a scaffolded inquiry investigation or as an introduction to the engineering process.

Topics Covered:

★ Problem Solving in Cooperative Groups

★ Engineering Process

Nitty Gritty:

With this editable and printable product, students engage in the process of engineering and learn how to create quality engineering solutions. Buildable and testable engineering design solutions are the basis for any good engineering project or engineering fair. This activity allows for practice of important engineering process skills and higher order thinking.

This assignment is aligned with the Middle Years Program, Next Generation
and other International Science Standards for Engineering.

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Learn about the layers and atmosphere of the Sun while researching the topic and creating this oversized resource. With resources you provide or with information that they research on their own, students will label and tell about our closest star, its structure, atmosphere and features.

Allows for the use of the following vocabulary:

core, radiation zone, convection zone, atmosphere, corona, photosphere, chromosphere, sun spot, prominence, solar flare.

Includes:

• 2 coloring pages that combine to make one larger image
• Size when complete: 11x14

This Reading Comprehension Passage is designed to help students learn about chemical and physical reactions. The passage covers the basic concepts of each type of reaction and provides examples of each. The answers to the comprehension questions are included to help students check their understanding and reinforce their knowledge of the topic.

This passage can be used in science classes to introduce or review the topic of chemical and physical reactions.

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Are you a Physics teacher introducing your middle school students to Magnetism and Magnetic Fields? Notes, examples and application exercises are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 36 total slides for notes, examples and applications.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ Introduction to Magnetism

✦ Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Force

✦ Magnetic Materials and Their Properties

✦ Electromagnetism and Its Applications

✦ Magnetic Induction and Faraday's Law

✦ Magnetic Fields and Electric Currents

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✦ Temporary & Permanent Magnets

✦ Electromagnetism & Motors

✦ Uses of Electromagnets

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Make this back to school season unforgettable with our fantastic science interactive notebook cover - science journal cover! Interactive notebooks are a wonderful way to engage students in the learning process. Our interactive notebook cover - journal cover is designed not only to enhance student involvement but also to keep everything neatly organized. This resource ensures that students can quickly access information, review previously-studied material, and seamlessly add new entries. Perfect for back to school, this notebook cover will help you and your students stay organized all year long!

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• An original science interactive notebook cover - science journal cover
• A 5-point interactive notebook grading rubric
• An EDITABLE interactive notebook grading rubric (PowerPoint required for editing)
• An 8-page table of contents with spaces for up to 303 pages

With three options included—COLOR, GRAYSCALE, and BLACK AND WHITE—this science interactive notebook cover - science journal cover is easy to use. Simply cut along the dotted lines (no dotted lines on the large cover) with scissors or a paper cutter, then glue or tape it into your notebooks.

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These periodic table worksheets will make learning about the periodic table and the elements listed on it a lot of fun for students! With the help of these worksheets on the periodic table of elements, students in the following grades will have fun learning about the many elements and their symbols: third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth. To begin learning and playing, just print the periodic table activity worksheet pdf. The answers are provided!!

There are lots of activities in this pack:

• A color periodic table poster.
• All about the origins of the periodic table reading page and activity page.
• Complete the periodic table by writing the symbols on it.
• Identify the gases, solids and liquids and color them in the appropriate colors.
• Cut and paste the parts of the periodic table.
• Complete the missing parts of each of the elements.
• Match the elements and their symbols – the first 20 elements on the table.
• Small research cards, one for each element – answers not supplied for these.

Whether you are a teacher, parent, or homeschooler you will love these no prep periodic table worksheets for helping students work on science skills, learning about different elements that are in our world. Students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 would benefit greatly from this package. Use them for additional practice, in science centers, at home or at school, or as a component of a study on the Periodic Table. Kids may learn more about the elements on the periodic table and other topics with this kit.

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This word sleuth will provide your students/children with a fun journey in the world of Science with key vocabulary words. It can be done in class, centers, or as a fun homework assignment.

Word sleuth is in PPTX format along with the answer key.

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In this product, students will learn about food chains. Notes and review have been adapted to meet students' individual learnings needs. Students will review the process of photosynthesis, chlorophyll, and how plants made food. Students will then learn that producers make their own food by using energy from the sun that is changed into chemical energy. Students will also learn about consumers and how they get energy. Students will learn about the food chain - the sun, producers, first-level consumers, second-level consumers, third-level consumers, and decomposers and their meanings, facts about food chains and how the different levels are presented. Students will also look at the arctic food chain and the different levels as well. Students will answer comprehension questions throughout this product to ensure understanding and at the end of the product vocabulary review questions are asked.

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CHEMISTRY Elements, Compounds and Mixtures Escape Room Activity contains 4 puzzles to solve. It is a great resource intended to reinforce students' understanding in class as a part of the warm-up, review tasks, or end-of-year test prep. This non-prep resource includes a PDF version. Print these out and you're ready to go!

Print Version includes:

- Teacher Instructions

- Printing Checklist

- Directions

- 4 Puzzles

- Student Recording Sheet

- Answer keys

Contents:

- Differentiate elements, compounds and mixtures

About the Escape Room:

- It should be played with a small group of 2.

- Print and ready to use - No additional locks or materials are needed!

Is this resource editable?

• The puzzles are NOT editable.

If you see ANYTHING that needs modifying, or if you have any questions, please contact me via the Q&A. Thanks!

Have fun and happy teaching!

This bright and fun colored anchor chart make learning about conductors and insulators in science fun and practical. This anchor chart shows a visual to help students understand the difference between conductors and insulators. You can use the poster during small group, circle time, whole group, or as a visual on the wall for independent work.

Included:

• Conductors and Insulators Anchor Chart
• Instructions for printing

It is ideal for use with a poster printer, but if you do not have a poster printer, there are instructions on how to print the poster on 8.5 x 11 paper, assemble it, and laminate it for year after year use!

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Physical science states of matter color and doodle pages covering phase changes and characteristics solid liquid gas MS-PS1-4

INB homework test prep review activity

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Simple machines have been the building blocks of more complex machines throughout the years. The gear is one of the most fundamental of the simple machines. Gears can help transfer power, increase or decrease speed and/or power, and change the direction of movement by simply working together.

Your students can experience gears through this activity as they build FOUR different gear sets .

1. Understanding how connected gears affect direction.

2. Compound Gear Train - gear input and output on the same side of a wall

3. Reverted Gear Train - input and output gears on same plane, but not directly connected

4. Large Gear Train - demonstrates Mechanical Advantage and directions of gears

Student Friendly! Easy to follow build directions!

ZIP File includes Student Handout and Teacher Answer Key

You need a fun, engaging, minimal set up and low cost lab? This is it! I really enjoy doing these labs and as I ask questions, watching when my students get that “ooohhh I get it now!”  This lab is all set up for you with the question "Which color M&M dissolves quicker". It has the steps broken down so it allows students to practice the steps. It provides observation questions for students to ponder. Then has a collaboration piece which does save time if your time is limited with not having to do repeated trials, although, I do emphasize the importance of having to repeat the experiment and get the same results.  I know you and your students will enjoy this!

This word sleuth will provide your students/children with a fun journey in the world of Science with key vocabulary words. It can be done in class, centers, or as a fun homework assignment.

Word sleuth is in PPTX format along with the answer key.

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Includes 3 pages of reading compression text and 15 self grading questions.

Goes well with units on Heat and Temperature

For Grades 6-8