IPS Handouts by Units

Units

Intro/Scientific Method Motion/Speed
Earth's Interior Forces/Newton's Laws
Plate Tectonics/Motion Momentum/Work & Power
Earthquakes & Volcanoes Energy
Minerals & Rocks  

 

Intro, Scientific Method

Essential Questions

Notes, Power points, etc. Worksheets Labs Other
Scientific Method Power point Classroom Procedures WS Qs

Bikini Bottoms Scientific Method WS

Simpson's Variable WS

Scientific Method & Blood Course Procedures, Lab Safety, Article Analysis, website scavenger hunt
Observation vs. Inference PP

Notes on Measurement

Elephant observation poem

Observation vs. Inference WS

Changing Metric units WS

Metric Step Conversion sheet

 

"For Good Measure" Lab activity

Candy bar Density Lab

Scientific Method & Measurement video

Discovering Math  Measurement Video

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Earth's Interior

Essential Questions

Notes, Power points, etc. Worksheets Labs Other
Earth's Interior Earth Science Crossword puzzle Model of the Interior of the Earth Lab Earthominoes
Journey to the Center of the Earth Article

Journey Article Word file

Questions (front & back)

Moho Gone Missing

Earth's layer table & diagram

Gluep Lab  Jeopardy!

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Plate Tectonics/Motion

Essential Questions

Notes, Power points, etc. Worksheets Labs Other
Continental Drift (4.1) in print out form

 

 

Seafloor Spreading Activity each student

Seafloor Spreading Activity as a DEMO

Continental Drift Puzzle Activity

 

Movement of continents Activity

Continental Drift Video

 

Plate Tectonics notes (Ch. 4.2) w/Guided notes Movement of Plate WS Plate Map and Questions Activity

Graham Cracker Tectonics

Modeling Convection Currents Lab #1 (no ice)

Convection Currents Lab

Burning Up Lab

Tour de Plates

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Earthquakes & Volcanoes

Essential Questions

Notes, Power points, etc. Worksheets Labs Other
Earthquakes Notes EQ Characteristic WS Earthquake Search Activity & Map Earthquake Video
Seismic wave notes

Student handout

Volcanoes Part I

Volcano Notes Part 2 with Guided notes

Richter Scale WS

Volcano Earthominoes

 

Earthquake Lab Frequency

Earthquake Activity 2

Ring of Fire activity

Investigating EQ speed

Volcano Travel Brochure & Rubric

Student tracking sheet & follow up

Volcano Video cont'd & Video Questions

 

Minerals & Rocks

Essential Questions

Notes, Power points, etc. Worksheets Labs Other
Mineral Notes w/guided notes

Rock Notes w/guided notes

Mineral WS

Mohs Scale of Hardness WS

Rock Lab using Rock Key Pet rock project
  Igneous & Metamorphic Worksheets

Journey through rock cycle game & comic strip

Rock cycle WS

   

Motion

Essential Questions

Notes, Power points, etc. Worksheets Labs Other
Motion Notes A day at the races

Speed WS

Speed machines

Acceleration WS Acceleration Practice

Formula Challenge

Speed challenge

Speed Lab

Acceleration Lab

Cool site: http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/

Tutorial

Motion video

Line graph tutorial

       

Forces & Newton's Laws

Essential Questions

Notes, Power points, etc. Worksheets Labs Other
Forces PP

Motion Notes PP

Introduction to forces

Video Questions

Newton's Law & Force diagram WS

Newton's 2nd Law Virtual Lab Galileo was right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mTsrRZEMwA

 

Newton's 1st & 2nd law PP

Gravity & Freefall Notes PP

Gravity Notes

  Gravity car Lab  
Newton's 3rd Law

Notes handout

Momentum Notes pdf file

Newton's pairs WS

Newton's laws WS

Momentum WS

Conservation of Momentum WS

Collisions WS

Action/Reaction Lab

Collisions online simulation

 

Momentum, Work & Power Essential Qs

Notes, Power points, etc. Worksheets Labs Other
Momentum Notes pdf file Momentum WS

Conservation of Momentum WS

Collisions WS

 

Collisions online simulation  
Work & Power Notes Work HW WS

Power Practice Problems

Work & Power Lab

Work & Power II Lab