Middle School Earth Sciences Laboratory

Unlock the mysteries of ocean currents with a unique and engaging classroom lesson that brings science to life! This lesson uses adorable rubber ducks to illustrate how ocean currents function and impact the planet. Great for visual and kinesthetic learners.

Looking for a inquiry based investigation ready to go lesson for teaching ocean currents? This activity includes...

• Google slides to go through with students.
• Student handout link
• Tips in the Speaker notes on the Slides
• Exit ticket to assess learning
• Rubber ducks!

Tennessee State Standards

• 6.ESS2.1 - Gather evidence to justify that oceanic convection currents are caused by the sun’s transfer of heat energy and differences in salt concentration leading to global water movement. 

NGSS - Middle School

• MS-ESS2-6 - Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.

Very fun and interactive activity for students learning about ocean currents and density.

Looking for a ready to go made lesson for ocean density and salinity? This activity include:

• slides presentation to present to students.
• lab/demonstration directions for students and teachers
• handout for student lab worksheet

Great for homeschool or school setting! Videos are included!

Tennessee State Standards

• 6.PS3.4 - Conduct an investigation to demonstrate the way that heat (thermal energy) moves among objects through radiation, conduction, or convection.
• 6.ESS2.1 - Gather evidence to justify that oceanic convection currents are caused by the sun’s transfer of heat energy and differences in salt concentration leading to global water movement.
• 6.ESS2.3 - Construct an explanation for how atmospheric flow, geographic features, and ocean currents affect the climate of a region through heat transfer.

NGSS - Middle School

• MS-ESS2-6 - Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.

Are you searching for an awesome and YUMMY way to teach your students about the Earth's Layers? Spark their curiosity and engage their minds (and stomachs!) with this STEM Cookie Earth Layers Model Activity. This product includes all the directions you need for your students to make in-class, memorable and delicious Earth Layers models.

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

★ Clear and easy to follow editable student directions- digital and printable.

★ Exemplar student examples.

★ Quick Prep Info and Instructor Directions.

How To Use This Resource?

★ This hands-on EDIBLE lab can be used with multiple age groups and requires 1-2 class periods to complete.

★ This lab that requires easy-to-access edible materials (Chocolate sandwich cookies, candies).

★ Use this as a scaffolded science inquiry investigation or as an introduction to Earth Science or Earth layers.

Topics Covered:

★ Composition of phase of Earth Layers

★ Earth Science Basics

Nitty Gritty:

*Do your students need an entertaining way to learn about the Earth and its layers? With this editable and printable project (pdf and Google), students learn and reinforce important NGSS Earth Science concepts.

The Kicker:

Earth science will be a hit with your kids! This activity forces students to think critically about the layers of our planet. The hands-on nature of the activity highlights the location, composition and names of the layers of the Earth in a creative, YUMMY and interesting way.

What other teachers have said about Super Star Science products:

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Elizabeth D. I loved that was a simple, safe lab that forced students to really pay attention to the procedure. My students were excited by it and were engaged. I would highly recommend this lab!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Ann H. This resource is flexible and covers all the pertinent goals in the rubric. It is easily modified and can be tailored to specific projects and assignments.

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Are you searching for an awesome and YUMMY way to teach your students about astronomy and moon phases? Spark their curiosity and engage their minds (and stomachs!) with this STEM Cookie Moon Phases Model Activity. This products includes all the directions you need for your students to make in-class, memorable and delicious moon phase models.

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

★ Clear and easy to follow editable student directions- digital and printable.

★ Exemplar student projects

★ Quick Prep Info and Instructor Directions.

How To Use This Resource?

★ This hands-on lab can be used with multiple age groups and requires 1-2 class periods to complete.

★ This lab that requires easy-to-access edible materials (Chocolate Sandwich cookies!).

★ Use this as a scaffolded science inquiry investigation or as an introduction to astronomy, moon phases or sun, Earth and moon interactions.

Topics Covered:

★ Origins of the Moon

★ Moon Phases

Nitty Gritty:

*Do your students need an entertaining way to learn about the moon and its phases? With this editable and printable project (pdf and Google), students learn and reinforce important NGSS Space Science concepts.

The Kicker:

Moon Phases will be a hit with your kids! This activity forces students to think critically about how the moon changes each night. It highlights the names and phase shapes of the moon in a creative, YUMMY and interesting way.

What other teachers have said about Super Star Science products:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Stephanie C.H. Loved it!! What an engaging challenge to use in online school and with younger grades! This activity is so well explained and set up. The visuals are very clear and the instructions make it easy to use this challenge without much work ahead of time.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Renee U.-My students loved this lab activity and were very engaged. Thank you.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Abigail Padilla.- My students loved this! It was easy to use and fun for everyone!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Elizabeth D. I loved that was a simple, safe lab that forced students to really pay attention to the procedure. My students were excited by it and were engaged. I would highly recommend this lab!

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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

Purchase a Bundle and SAVE!

*EZ Engineering Bundle

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Looking to engage your students in an exciting hands-on science experiment? Dive into the fascinating world of earth science with our Stream Table Lab resource.

Watch as your students become geologists in action, simulating natural phenomena right in the classroom!

What you'll get:

• Detailed instructions for setting up and conducting the experiment
• Materials list for easy preparation
• Discussion questions to deepen understanding

Empower your students to think like scientists as they observe, analyze, and draw conclusions from their observations. Spark curiosity and inspire learning with this engaging Stream Table Lab!

Are you looking to engage your students with a hands-on, interactive unit for Earth Science? This weathering, erosion, and deposition unit includes everything you need to nurture and excitement for Earth Science and covers all your standards related to weathering, erosion, and deposition.

You’ll love this 5-day unit because it is packed full of the resources you need for investigating weathering, erosion, and deposition. You’ll find detailed lesson plans, web-based investigations, a rock cycle simulation,  a reading passage about the rock cylce, an interactive science notebook page, and a rock cycle game.

If you’re teaching in an inquiry-based classroom, you’ll be pleased to find this unit is structured to follow the inquiry cycle-tuning in, finding out, sorting out, going further, and drawing conclusions.

A peek inside the weathering, erosion, and deposition unit:

• weathering chalk lab
• freezing clay
• wave and wind erosion boxes
• acid rain lab
• Weathering, erosion, depostion reading passage 
• Weathering, erosion, depostion interactive science notebook page
• sorting puzzles and tree map

Your students will love this hands-on weathering, erosion, and deposition unit from the weathering lab to the acid rain simulation. They’ll also be eager to show off their learning with the culminating sorting puzzles activity.

You’ll love how easy it is to plan and prep! Make a few copies gather a few supplies, and your weathering, erosion, and deposition unit planning is done!

Extend your rocks and minerals with one of these complimentary units: 

Distinguishing Between Rocks and Minerals Earth Science Unit

Identifying Minerals Earth Science Unit

Types of Rocks Earth Science Unit

Rock Cycle Earth Science Unit

Rocks and Minerals Cooperative Review Activities and Test

Or save time and money with the whole bundle:

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Are you looking for a hands-on, inquiry-based lab for your middle school students that covers watersheds and human impact on water supply? Then check this out! In this lab, students will crumple a piece of paper, use markers to draw various landmarks and landforms on the paper, and then spray water over the paper to simulate rain flowing through a watershed. Students will be able to observe how water travels from areas of higher elevation to lower elevation due to gravity. Additionally, students will learn how humans impact the environment by leaving pollution on Earth's surface, which gets transported into the water supply. This lab also includes detailed step by step instructions and post-lab questions.

An answer key is included.

Materials needed: markers, plain paper, spray bottles, and water.

Your students will:

• Apply knowledge
• Practice concepts 
• Use observation skills
• Demonstrate understanding
• Analyze data
• Apply key terms and definitions
• Engage in visual and hands-on learning
• Explore real world problems