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  • Writing: Personal Essay on Your Favorite Thing (middle/high)
    Paragraph and essay writing assignment for middle school, junior high and high school students. Satisfy your curiosity and write your own ideas about an assigned topic. This activity helps students communicate their ideas, observations and opinions regarding their favorite thing derived from plants. One of many focused and fun creative writing offerings based on the Plant Kingdom PowerPoint presentations found in the Living on Planet Earth Series.
  • Writing: Position Paper on Food Irradiation (middle/high)
    Paragraph and essay writing assignment for middle school, junior high and high school students. Satisfy your curiosity and write your own ideas about an assigned topic. This activity helps students explore opposing viewpoints and strengthens the ability to research topics and empathize with others. Argue for or against the irradiation of food to protect people against food-borne illnesses. One of many focused and fun creative writing offerings based on the Plant Kingdom PowerPoint presentations found in the Living on Planet Earth Series.
  • Comprehension: A History of Electricity (upper elem/ middle)
    Do you know why it's called a watt? an ohm? a volt? Your students will know after this thorough history. From amber and fur (600 B.C.) to jumping frogs (1786) to electrical resistance (1827), this unit is a fantastic introduction to the history of electricity.
  • Writing: Problem Analysis on Biofuels (middle/high)
    Paragraph and essay writing assignment asks students to consider the ecological impact of biofuels. One of many focused writing offerings based on abcteach's Plant Kingdom PowerPoint presentations in the Living on Planet Earth Series.
  • Writing: Business Venture Report & Bamboo Products (middle/high)
    In this paragraph and essay writing assignment students research and write a venture report on a business and a report about a product, business or industry that creates products with bamboo. One of a series of focused writing activities based on abcteach's Plant Kingdom PowerPoint presentations, in the Living on Planet Earth Series.
  • Writing: Business Venture Report on Plant-Based Biofuels (middle/high)
    Paragraph and essay writing assignment in which students write a business venture report and research and write about a product, business or industry based on biofuels. One of a series of focused writing activities based on abcteach's Plant Kingdom PowerPoint presentations, in the Living on Planet Earth Series.
  • Biography: Gutenberg (upper elementary)
    This one-page reading comprehension follows a standardized testing format. An interesting brief biography and great testing practice!
  • Writing: Basic Inquiry and Research-Seed Germination (middle/high)
    In this paragraph and essay writing activity students will satisfy curiosity about how some plants grow from seed and create a report using a variety of resources. One of a series of focused writing activities based on abcteach's Plant Kingdom PowerPoint presentations, in the Living on Planet Earth Series.
  • Biography: Stephen Hawking (middle/high)
    A three page biography of internationally respected physicist and cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, with multiple choice and short answer question sets, as well as, a writing prompt.
  • Science: Hawking Radiation (upper elem/middle/high)
    An explanation of Hawking Radiation, plus an experiment creating an event horizon, a report form, a vocabulary exercise and glossary make up this lesson.
  • Science: The Big Bang Theory (middle)
    A two page text explains the history and science of the big bang theory and the reasons scientist consider it valid. Includes a vocabulary exercise of related scientific terms and a set of short answer questions.
  • Science Experiment: Physics - Surface Tension (upper elem/middle)
    A one page explanation of surface tension followed by two related experiments and a teacher's note.
  • Science Experiment: Physics -Static Electricity (upper elem/middle)
    An explanation of static electricity and two simple experiments. Students are ask to predict outcome, then record observations for each experiment.
  • Word Search: Electricity (upper elem/middle)

    Electricity Word Search in a light bulb shape. Vocabulary .

  • Crossword: Wildlife Facts 1 (upper el/middle)

    Use your knowledge and research to solve this crossword puzzle about different wild animals.

  • Graphic Organizers: Science Experiments
    four general forms to be used for science experiments- multi-age.

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  • PLEASE check other areas of the site for more MIDDLE SCHOOL materials. Many materials are multi-aged. Check out the theme units and teaching extras, book units, etc.