Free Science Inquiry Lab for Grades 7-10: Solar System Simulation

 Free Science Inquiry for Grades 7-10: 
PhET Solar System Simulation

We've been up to a lot of science lately! I've been trying to fill our lessons with inquiries and experiments - but the older my kids get, the tougher those lessons are to find online! So I've been making my own.😀

This lab is an inquiry using the free solar system simulator made available online by PhET. You can see that here. It's a really cool way to see the effects that certain changes could have on our own solar system by changing the mass, velocity and speed of planets or the star they revolve around. 

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Students will start by making a few hypotheses and sharing their knowledge. Before introducing this inquiry, I highly recommend learning about the solar system, how the planets orbit each other, and how gravity, mass and velocity work together in planetary orbits. If you're teaching the 'learn as we go' model, you could use one question per day and have them experiment, then research the topics online.

The booklet then leads students through the experiment along with guiding questions - basically it asks them to think about why something might happen, then experiment to find an answer.  

You can download this free booklet by clicking on the link below. It's great for teachers, homeschoolers and online learning! Please be sure to leave my webpage on each page when you are using it, however, per my terms.

Download the Free Science Inquiry Lab Here

 

Free Science Experiment for High Schoolers: Measuring Light Speed with Chocolate

I have another fun and free science experiment to share with you today - and this one is aimed at the older kids (but easy enough for younger siblings to follow along too!)

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I found this experiment for my 8th grader who is currently studying space and astronomy. I wanted to make up an experiment we could include to go along with her unit on light and space, but nothing too complicated or requiring any outdoor time (it's cold here this time of year!). 

All you'll need is a microwave, a plain chocolate bar, a calculator and a ruler! I have also included a pre-knowledge sheet for this experiment that explains how light is measured, how microwaves use light waves and even included a video from Youtube about how microwaves were invented and work.

Since the experiment follows the scientific method, this means that kids will need to come up with a question for their experiment. If they get stuck, I have included some that they can use or to help get them thinking up their own questions.

Of course, the best part of this experiment is that your kids will get to eat some chocolate afterward!

You can download this freebie below by clicking on the link - it will take you to the file on dropbox. You can feel free to use this in your homeschool, classroom or online classes as long as you leave my website on each page and follow my terms.

Enjoy learning - and some chocolate!

Download the Free Light Waves Experiment Here

Free Science Experiment Asthma Effects on the Respiratory System

 Free Science Experiment 

Asthma's Effects on the Respiratory System

I have recently been doing a human health and body systems unit with my youngest kiddo (in 4th grade) and wanted to include some fun experiments for her to make the textbook a little more interactive, and to practice using the scientific method. So I thought while studying the respiratory system it would be interesting to study asthma's effects on the respiratory system and how that can make a person feel. \That's what this experiment is all about!

It's a fun experiment to use while learning about the respiratory system and even gets kids up and moving - perfect for this time of year when we're all stuck inside a little more! I made this for my 4th grader but it can be used with kids to cover biology units from 3rd through 8th grades - elementary and middle school.

I wanted to be sure that we could practice using the scientific method while doing the experiment, including forming a question, making a hypothesis, taking notes and making a conclusion. So I have made sure to include all of those steps. 

I have also included a page of question prompts that students/learners can use if they're stuck on how to form a question - which is pretty common! I find this gets them thinking and can even help them come up with brand-new questions of their own.

Download the free science experiment below:

You can download this freebie by clicking on the link below and use it in your homeschool, classroom, school or online teaching (just be sure to leave my website on each page please as per my terms). I really hope that you and your students enjoy it!

Download the free respiratory system experiment here!

New Situational Math Problem for Elementary Cycle 2

 A new situational math problem for cycle 2 elementary (grades 3-4). Want more situational math problems? Check out my free math resources page!

In this unit, students will use their number sense skills to help figure out the problem. This unit is best done at the beginning of the year after you have covered the basics of numbers, decomposing numbers and reviewed basic addition (if necessary)

The problem focuses on a group of students who are part of an astronomy club and need to keep track of how many stars they have observed over a month. It would go great with a fun space-themed day or during a week when you'll be studying some astronomy together.

I've made sure to include an answer key to make grading easy, as this problem has one definite answer. I have also included a page going over how to solve a situational problem so that both you and your learners can show their work in a way that will be useful to them on future exams and tests.

You can download the unit for free using the dropbox link below. Enjoy learning!

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Free French Verbs Unit: Spell-Changing Verbs

Spell-changing verbs are verbs that do not follow normal conjugation rules.

In this unit, students will learn how to conjugate them in the present tense, and get plenty of practice too!

 This unit includes:

• Rule posters
• Spell-changing verb dictionary
• All conjugated verbs in the dictionary
• Conjugation practice pages

Download the free French Spell-Changing Verb unit here

NEW French Writing Unit 9: Spell-Changing Verbs and Food

NEW French Writing Curriculum
Unit 9: Spell-Changing Verbs and Food

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The next unit in my Read, Write and Spell French curriculum is finally here! 

It has been a bit of a crazy time here for us, having to have our home fixed up after our basement being flooded during hurricane Debby (my namesake hurricane, of all things!), so I am just now catching up on my curriculum creation schedule :) But we are all doing great, renovations are underway and we're finally getting back into our grooves of regular (ish) life.

So I am so happy to announce that the next unit of this amazing curriculum series is here! I am so happy to hear from so many of you who have been successfully using it and seeing your learners thrive. In this new unit, they'll continue to learn about verbs in the present tense, write sentences and paragraphs, and learn more vocabulary.

Read-aloud lessons, Dictations, Worksheets & Quizzes!

As with every unit your learners will get plenty of practice! 2 Read-aloud lessons, daily practice worksheets, daily dictations, weekly quizzes and more will ensure students understand and remember what they have learned in this unit and in previous weeks as well.

In the previous unit, students started to conjugate regular 'er' verbs in the present tense. In the next 2 weeks they'll focus on spell-changing verbs - 2 types of 'er' verbs that have different (but similar) conjugation rules. 

Verbs that end in 'ger' and 'cer' conjugated in the present tense only have one small difference in their conjugation - the 'nous' form of the verb. This makes them a great exception rule to begin with since it is easy to remember. In the verb booklet that comes with this unit, you'll find the most common verbs with these ending types conjugated for you, as well as a picture dictionary for student reference. It also includes extra practice pages so that you can have students practice their verbs more now and over time.

This unit also focuses on food vocabulary and comes with a booklet containing all of the most common foods sorted into food group categories. If you've followed my blog for a while you'll recognize this vocabulary book - you can actually download it for free here!

If you'd like to try a sample of this curriculum before buying, I have a free 2-day sample here!

Download This Unit!

You can buy this unit (and all other units) on my TeachersPayTeachers store!

Enjoy learning!

Unit 8 French Writing Curriculum: ER Verbs Family, and Aimer

 Unit 8 French Writing Curriculum

ER Verbs Family, and Aimer

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If you've been following my French Writing Curriculum with your learners then you'll have already seen how much more they're writing now. Well, I've got some news - they're going to begin really expanding their writing over the next few weeks because we're learning verb conjugations!

Verbs will be a serious game changer in your learner's French vocabulary. Over the next few weeks they'll learn to conjugate verbs in the past, present, and future and learn rules for regular, irregular and spell-changing verbs!

Dictations, Worksheets, and Plenty of Writing!

In this unit, you'll be teaching quite a few concepts - but you'll find that they all fit together rather nicely! That's because you'll be teaching your learners about 'er' verbs, specifically the verb 'aimer' in the present tense. You'll also be adding family vocabulary to that mix so that they can talk about how they love different members of their families.

They'll really begin to practice some serious conjugation too!

That's because this unit includes two different booklets on top of the new vocabulary booklets. A full 'er' verbs book that includes a dictionary, rules of conjugations of 60 verbs in the present tense, and plenty of practice!

They'll also have their regular unit worksheets that have them writing every day and learning new words! Of course they'll also still do daily dictations and weekly quizzes. It also comes with a full answer key!

I highly recommend checking out my previous units before beginning this one - students following these lessons have learned well over 80 vocabulary words and some irregular verbs already! They've also learned French prepositions, colours, and many grammar rules. 

You can buy this new unit in my Etsy or TeachersPayTeachers shops below!

Enjoy learning!

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