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Thunderstorms 101 | National Geographic
Guided notes worksheet for the Thunderstorms 101 video from National Geographic. Students fill in blanks while watching the video.
Grade 6 Quick Quiz: Earth and Space Science Review
A 5-question multiple-choice quiz on solar system scale, solstices, the Milky Way, basic probability multiplication, and unit conversion (Imperial to SI).
Environment and Lifestyle Choices on Biological Inheritance
A 30 minute Grade 7 lesson on how environment and lifestyle affect gene expression, health, and survival, and how some environmental factors can affect inheritance through mutations and epigenetic mechanisms.
Grade 8 Quick Quiz: Light, Albedo, Measurement, and the Water Cycle
A 5-question quiz on visible light and color, albedo, SI vs US customary units with a conversion, key water cycle processes, and Earth's usable water.
Matter and Its Interactions Unit Introduction
A 60 minute unit introduction where students model atomic structure, use periodic table patterns to predict properties, distinguish elements/compounds/mixtures, and explain chemical reactions and conservation of mass using models and data.
Your Cosmic Address
Students explore Earth's place in the universe, from our local solar system to the Milky Way galaxy and beyond, while understanding why Earth is uniquely suited to support life.
Unit Test - Weather and Climate
A 40-question summative unit test covering atmospheric composition and structure, the water cycle, humidity and cloud formation, air masses and fronts, pressure systems, weather map interpretation, convection and global winds, the jet stream, and climate zones. Aligned to NC Standard Course of Study ESS.7.1.
Energy Transfer in Matter
Students learn that thermal energy always flows from warmer to cooler objects, explore the three methods of heat transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation), and apply these concepts to everyday phenomena from cooking to clothing choices.
Mixing It Up
Students compare sexual and asexual reproduction, understand how each affects genetic variation, and analyze why genetic diversity is crucial for species survival.
Unit Review - Ecosystems: Interactions and Energy
Comprehensive unit review covering ecosystems and the hydrosphere: water distribution and the water cycle, ocean currents and climate, groundwater and watersheds, human impacts on water quality, food webs and energy flow, trophic levels and the 10% rule, and biomes.
Unit Test - Heredity, Inheritance, and Variation
Summative unit assessment covering heredity and genetics: inherited vs. acquired traits, DNA/chromosomes/genes, alleles and dominance, genotype vs. phenotype, Punnett squares, sexual vs. asexual reproduction, genetic variation and survival, and environmental effects on gene expression.
Unit Test - Earth's Place in the Universe
Summative unit assessment covering Earth's cosmic address and solar system, the Goldilocks Zone, axial tilt and seasons, Moon phases, ocean tides, solar and lunar eclipses, and moons of the solar system.
Magnetism and Electricity
Students explore the properties of magnets and magnetic fields, learn how electric current creates magnetism (Oersted's discovery), understand how electromagnets work and their advantages over permanent magnets, and discover real-world applications from electric motors to MRI machines.
Hydrosphere - Intro
A 10-minute in-class introduction to the hydrosphere. Students define the hydrosphere, identify major water reservoirs, and explain a basic interaction between water, humans, and other Earth systems.
Unit Test - Ecosystems, Interactions, and Energy
Summative unit assessment covering ecosystems and the hydrosphere: water distribution, the water cycle and residence time, ocean currents and climate, groundwater and watersheds, human impacts on water quality, photosynthesis, food webs and energy flow, trophic levels and the 10% rule, and biomes.
Describing Motion
Students learn to describe motion using position, reference points, direction, and speed. They calculate speed using s = d/t, distinguish between constant, average, and instantaneous speed, and explore the difference between speed and velocity.
Forces and Newton's Laws
Students learn what forces are and how they are measured, distinguish between balanced and unbalanced forces, explore Newton's three laws of motion with real-world examples, and apply F = ma to predict motion.