Science Education Idea Exchange

I found another up-and-coming Teachers Pay Teachers creator called School House Rap . She has many resources for elementary teachers, but one of her freebies caught my attention as a middle school teacher: her Engineering Design Process Logbook . I looked it over. The layout is simple and eye-appealing. Knowing the target age group, I know parts are too simple for middle schoolers. For example, evaluating whether a design works should involve more than a "yes or no." However, this could be powerful for my students who require writing modifications. I would recommend this resource to my elementary friends. Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash

Here's a a couple new products I put a little over a month ago.  Over 8 class periods, students learn about agencies and methods to protect biodiversity to meet NGSS MS-LS2-5 . Throughout the plans are opportunities for students to conclude on best conservation practices. The simulation is run by checking restocking, catch, and release, and limiting licenses against a control. Students share data as a class to get averages to look at the success of all three methods. Finally, after creating a graph, students complete a Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) over their findings. The project will have students conducting research, engineering a design, and evaluating competing designs over six or more 45-minute class periods. The objective is to evaluate competing designs for maintaining biodiversity. There are colored and blackline copies of the student packet as a secured PDF. There is also a secured PDF with the teacher's guide with answer keys and lesson plans. Standards/Objectives: ...