Science Resources, Grades 6-12
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Enhance your science curriculum with worksheets, graphic organizers, activities, and printable books. Encourage your students to apply their knowledge of science concepts with hands-on experiments. These resources will help your class explore molecular models, systems in the human body, plate boundaries, and more. Use these life science, earth science, and physical science teaching materials as handouts for intermediate and high school students. |
Science Graphic OrganizersStudents classify buttons according to various characteristics. Use this concept web with the "All About Wolves" lesson plan. Compare and contrast dogs and cats as pets using this Venn diagram. Students fill in a Venn Diagram by sorting the characteristics that are the same and different between chimpanzees and gorillas. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing. Science Printable BooksEncourage your students to run more successful experiments, with this printable book. Students will learn the basic skills of science, including observing, predicting, and measuring. Students learn the basics of designing their own science experiments, with this printable book. Information provided includes developing a hypothesis, controlled variables, and more. With this printable book of science lab skills, students learn lab terms, how to perform experiments, and more. This information will help students in their science classes all through school. The articles in this printable book highlight the achievements of 16 women. The challenging puzzles will test your students' comprehension of each article. Students will read about scientific discoveries and inventions. Earth Science Printable BooksHelp your class discover astronomy and climatology, with this printable book of worksheets and lessons. Students will learn about space, stars, planets, weather, and more through experiments and hands-on activities. Teach your class about Earth's changing surface, using this printable book of activities. Students learn how to read maps, understand different types of soil, perform hands-on activities, and more. Life Science Printable BooksIntroduce your students to different scientific topics, with this printable book. Students perform hands-on experiments in order to understand different kinds of plants, animals, bacteria, and more. Teach your students about environmental science, with the activities in this printable book. Students will learn about endangered animals, waste, and treatment through estimation, identification, evaluation, and more. You'll find the perfect activity to celebrate America Recycles Day (November 15) and Earth Day (April 22). Students will perform hands-on activities to learn more about plant and human biology. Topics covered include genes, blood types, skin and bones, the eyes, the immune system, and more! Students will love the fun twist of the activities, puzzles, and word searches in this printable book. You'll love how much it teaches students about the human body. Browse this printables collection of cross-curricular life science activities and worksheets. Students will study different aspects of dogs, the secrets of silk, and Africa, in each subject area. Physical Science Printable BooksUse this printable book to teach your elementary class some chemistry basics. Students perform hands-on experiments to learn the basics of chemical interactions, matter, bonds, and more. Browse this printables collection of cross-curricular physical science activities and worksheets. Students will study in detail the wonders of bridges and learn all about soap, across all subject areas. Browse this printables collection of cross-curricular physical science activities and worksheets. Students will study movies in detail and learn all about the life and work of Thomas Edison, across all subject areas. Prepare your class for understanding the subject of physics, with this printable book. Students will make motion graphs, perform hands-on activities, learn about energy and motion, and more! Physical Science PrintablesUse this data collection sheet with the Energy and Electricity lesson plan. This cross-curricular unit on catapults has students focusing on controlling variables while testing and modifying classroom catapults. Students create a "family album" for three families of the periodic table. Assesses their understanding of the periodic table, as well as the properties and characteristics of chemical families and individual elements. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Students create models of six molecules, each containing six carbon atoms. Tests students' understanding of carbon-containing molecules and structural formulas. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Students determine which of four solutions is the best at cleaning pennies and whether the pH of a solution is related to its cleaning ability. Tests students' understanding of pH and acidic and basic solutions. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Students design a home and a car of the future, which operate entirely on renewable energy sources. Assesses their understanding of how renewable energy sources can be used in place of fossil fuels, the advantages of renewable sources, and practical applications of renewable-energy technology. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Students rank air, water, and foam insulation according to each material's insulation ability. Assesses students' understanding of thermal energy, heat transfer, and insulation. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Students determine the hardness of two water samples, labeled only as A and B. Assesses their understanding of factors that affect water quality, including the hardness of water. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Students determine the mass of a banana using only a string and a spring scale. Assesses their understanding of Newton's laws of motion, the force of gravity, and the difference between weight and mass. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Students create a poster that classifies compounds based on the types of bonds they contain. Tests students' understanding of chemical formulas, electron dot diagrams, and ionic and covalent bonds. Scoring rubric and background notes included. | Scientific Method PrintablesExplore with students the steps involved in performing an experiment, with help from this printable. Use this printable to further explore with students the steps involved in the scientific method. Students learn about scientific hypotheses. They are given tips for developing hypotheses and practice properly wording a hypothesis. Finally, they are presented with a specific problem and must respond to a series of questions that help them arrive at two hypotheses. Life Science PrintablesExplore how blood flows from the heart to the lungs and back again. This is a great worksheet for learning about the cardiovascular system. Here is a lesson plan that highlights math skills, outlining the procedure for doing a scavenger hunt about the human body. Students create a series of postcards describing the journey of a food through the digestive system. Tests students' understanding of the processes of the digestive system: digestion, absorption, and elimination. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Review vocabulary with a list that contains descriptions of the major bones in the human body. Students create a poster for a zoo showing an example of each type of organism and its characteristics. Assesses students' understanding of fishes, reptiles, and amphibians. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Teach your students the functions and structure of the nervous and neuron systems. A worksheet with definitions and explanations about the major glands and the functions of the endocrine system. Students create a poster of an illness-wellness continuum. Assesses students' understanding of concepts relating to physical, mental, and social health. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Students identify three land biomes using average monthly temperatures and precipitation amounts. Assesses students' understanding of the temperature and precipitation characteristics of different land biomes, and their ability to graph, compare and contrast, interpret data, and apply concepts. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Students create a model of bone structure and a model of a layer of skin. Tests students' understanding of the internal structure of bones and skin. Scoring rubric and background notes included. In this project, students study how different organisms have adapted to their own environments. Students will use these charts to measure the length of a turtle and to estimate a turtle's age. Students create a model of the path of a nerve impulse that includes an eye, a sensory neuron, an interneuron, and a motor neuron. Tests their understanding of the eye, neurons, and nerve impulses. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Earth Science PrintablesStudents conceptualize the enormous differences in size among four categories of stars. Assesses their understanding of the characteristics and life cycles of red giants, medium-size stars, white dwarfs, and neutron stars. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Students create a drawing of rock layers in a cliff by interpreting the notes of a geologist. Assesses their knowledge of the laws of superposition, extrusions, intrusions, index fossils, relative and absolute dating, the geologic time scale, and major events in Earth's history. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Students create a model for each of three types of plate boundaries: transform boundary, divergent boundary, and convergent boundary. Assesses their understanding of plate tectonics and plate boundaries. Scoring rubric and background notes included. In this printable computer activity, students research the nine planets on the Internet and use PowerPoint or AppleWorks to create fact boxes with clip art. Students create a drawing of rock layers in a cliff by interpreting the notes of a geologist. Assesses their knowledge of the laws of superposition, extrusions, intrusions, index fossils, relative and absolute dating, the geologic time scale, and major events in Earth's history. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Students create a model that shows a variety of landform features created by river erosion and deposition. Assesses their knowledge of landform features created by river erosion and deposition, as well as their understanding of the processes involved. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Students create a model for each of three types of plate boundaries: transform boundary, divergent boundary, and convergent boundary. Assesses their understanding of plate tectonics and plate boundaries. Scoring rubric and background notes included. Related Science Resources for Teachers |
