Physical Science

A set of 8 puzzles that have students practice critical thinking skills and apply concepts related to types of energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, and the relationship between mass and speed to total kinetic energy. The puzzles are designed to...

6 worksheets with an additional graphic organizer for helping students analyze data and use it to create a scientific explanation using NGSS Physical Science content. Each data set in this series has a written short introduction that should help with...

This product contains two different prompts for Constructing Explanations or CER and Arguing from Evidence, aligned to NGSS standards MS-PS-3-1 and MS-PS-3-2 on Kinetic and Potential Energy. Both prompts give students a short passage and either...

This is a 5e extension task I designed to have students apply Newton’s Laws to a real-world situation. I use it to scaffold students to prepare for the NGSS performance assessments related to MS-PS-2, Motion and Forces. PACING This task...

  This is a challenging, engaging and enjoyable boardgame, for up to six pupils per set, with 48 question cards on:   Mass and weight Friction Air Resistance Balanced and Unbalanced Forces   Included in this Pack.  Game...

How will the gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy of an object change as it moves up and down? How is energy transformed in a system? Engage your students in hands-on learning with our NGSS-aligned lab worksheet and investigation...

Students observe the motion of an acrobat or gymnast and create a model of the changes in potential and kinetic energy as they move through a jump in the routine. This is a performance assessment task designed for NGSS MS-PS-3-2 Develop a model to...

A Growth Mindset is crucial in science since experiments often produce unexpected results. This bulletin board set provides 8 examples of how to cultivate a growth mindset specifically for science. It encourages students to embrace mistakes and...