Middle School Science Cultural Activities

Indigenous Hunting and Fishing Traditions in Canada - Indigenous Education

By West Coast Indigenous Teacher

Discover Canada's Indigenous hunting and fishing traditions with this social studies resource. Learn about 10 animals and their habitats and how they were hunted for and fished for. Students will gain insight into ecology and Indigenous culture.

Page 1-2: Lesson Plan
Page 3: Indigenous Hunting and Fishing handout
Page 4: Importance of Hunting and Fishing to Indigenous peoples
Page 5-9: Animal cards (caribou, bison, moose, seal, salmon, trout, beaver, duck, rabbit, ptarmigan)
Page 10: Mapping activity

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Black History Month Activity People in STEM

By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot

Do you want to make learning about African Americans in STEM engaging? Then download this Black History Month Activity People in STEM resource! Well suited for the Science and Math class, your students will learn about astronauts, inventors, chemists, doctors, and more! These fun trivia games can be used as small group or full class activities, as an engaging opener, brain break, or built into your lesson plans.

This resource comes with 30+ multiple-choice questions and instructions for three different games. Games can be played moving around the classroom or sitting in seats or on the floor. Also included is a handout of the trivia for students to use as a quiet activity at their desks.

Most questions have context to help students learn about these innovators:

  • In 2019, Dasia Taylor created surgical sutures that change color to indicate if a patient’s wound is infected. How old was Ms. Taylor when she invented this? (Age: 15)
  • Lonnie George Johnson was employed as an engineer on spacecraft that were sent to Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn. He was also an inventor. What did he invent? (The Super Soaker water gun)
  • And More!

How this resource helps you:

  • Students will learn a lot about African Americans in STEM
  • The 3 engaging games keep students interested and motivated
  • The additional hand-out is great for a sub-plan
  • NO PREP and very few resources needed (whiteboard, printouts, marker, possibly dice)

This resource includes:

  • 30+ unique multiple-choice trivia questions
  • Instructions on how to play 3 different trivia games
  • Answers (answers to each question are in BOLD)
  • Extra handout without answers
  • Terms of Use

How to use this resource:

  • To learn about people in STEM
  • For a classroom party
  • For sub plans
  • When your students need a 'brain break'
  • And more!

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ESL ELL Newcomer SLIFE 2 Day SUB PLANS NO PREP! Google Slides + Student Workbook

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

**Do you need to take time off work and don't want to stress about SUB PLANS for ELL Newcomers?! Then this product is PERFECT for you! You can take 1 day off and have lessons for when you come back, too, OR you can take two days off for some much needed REST!

Your Students Will:

  • Learn new vocabulary
  • Construct simple sentences
  • Apply knowledge
  • Practice cause and effect
  • Watch engaging short videos about Colombia!
  • Discuss vocabulary and science with each other
  • Read and analyze a text about how Colombia lowered the temperature in a city by going GREEN!
  • Practice listening comprehension
  • Practice speaking and discussing important topics about science and conservation
  • Think of ideas on how their school can add plants!

What’s Included:

  • 22 PDF printable student workbook pages
  • 25 teacher slides with linked videos, visuals, video directions, objectives and a step by step guide for ALL the activities for Day 1 and Day 2 of lessons!
  • Tons of visuals, vocabulary and sentence frames
  • Scaffolds for Level 1 and 2 Newcomer multilingual learners, INCLUDING SLIFE STUDENTS!
  • Engaging topics and visuals for secondary and upper elementary students
  • YOUR PEACE OF MIND to not have to worry about a THING while you're gone!
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Indigenous Education Massive Growing Bundle

By West Coast Indigenous Teacher

Looking for a quick and easy way to ensure you are incorporating Indigenous Education into your teaching in a culturally appropriate way? Look no further. When you buy this bundle NOW, you will receive every new resource I create...for FREE! Plus, my 70+ current resources that are in my shop. From the 94 Calls to Action to creating land acknowledgements, you will be covered with this huge Indigenous Education / Outdoor Education bundle!

Did you know?! If you have already purchased my resources, you can buy this bundle and be refunded the resources you already purchased!

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Natural Disasters Activities to Learn About the Environment for Earth Day

By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot

Do you want to motivate your students to learn about the environment? Do you struggle to find engaging activities on natural disasters? Do you want students to learn about volcanoes, earthquakes, solar flares, tsunamis, floods, lightning, and more? Then download this Natural Disasters Activities to Learn About the Environment resource!

Students will enjoy answering multiple-choice questions with these three unique trivia games for small groups or the whole class. Great for an attention-getter, brain break, engaging opener, or built into your lesson plans!

A handout of questions is included to use as quiet seat work!

This resource includes:

  • 50+ unique trivia questions
  • A handout of the questions (for quiet seat work)
  • Instructions for 3 different games.
  • Answer Key
  • Terms of Use

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Pi Day Mindfulness Coloring Sheets Activity

By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot

Do you need an engaging mindfulness activity for Pi Day? Do your students struggle to calm down? Then download this zentangle Pi Day Mindfulness Coloring Sheets Activity! These relaxing coloring pages can be used as calm down strategies or for self care. A simpler version is included to support differentiating instruction!

How to use this product:

  • For early finishers
  • As a bulletin board
  • As a holiday gift for friends and loved ones
  • As a way to relax and calm down after playtime

Why Zentangles?

  • For relaxation
  • Relieve stress
  • Team building
  • Increase attention span
  • Increase concentrate
  • Make beautiful art!

This product includes:

  • 1 Happy Pi Day zentangle coloring sheet - more challenging
  • 1 Happy Pi Day zentangle coloring sheet - simpler design
  • Terms of Use

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Bundle Natural Disasters Environmental Activities and a Research WebQuest

By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot

Do you need an engaging current event activity about the environment? Do you want to motivate your students to learn? Then download this Bundle Natural Disasters Environmental Activities and a Research WebQuest! Your students will learn about volcanoes, hurricanes, solar flares, hail, storms, lightning, floods, and a variety of other naturally occurring events.

WEBQUEST

When you purchase this scavenger hunt resource, you'll receive the activity in both print and digital formats. The research questions provided allow for scaffolded instruction that can be completed individually, in pairs, or in small groups. You can even use this lesson as a fun team-building or gamified activity. Your students are guaranteed to learn more with this high-quality, no-prep resource!

3 TRIVIA GAMES

Students will enjoy answering multiple-choice questions with these three unique trivia games for small groups or the whole class. Students will learn about the causes, facts, and figures of various natural disasters. Great for an attention-getter, brain break, engaging opener, or built into your lesson plans!

A handout of questions is included to use as quiet seat work!

This resource includes:

  • Multi-part question WebQuest/scavenger hunt The URLs provided in this WebQuest are not 'live.' They are kept very simple so that students can easily type the URLs in the search bar to hunt for their answers). Text boxes are all set, and ready to go! Live links are provided on the last page of the resource
  • 40 unique trivia questions
  • HANDOUT of the questions (for quiet seat work)
  • Instructions & Answer Key
  • Website evaluation form
  • Terms of Use

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