High School Science Resources

The Habitable Planet Mystery - Space Activity | Components Needed for Life

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TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on planetary habitability and the search for life beyond Earth. In this case file activity, students analyze habitability evidence, examine liquid water clues, evaluate temperature and atmosphere

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Space Exploration Detective Mystery Bundle | Astronomy Activities, Space Science

Human Body Systems & Physiology Data Graphing Lab Bundle | HIGH SCHOOL

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TWFScience

These three human body systems data graphing activities will help your students understand how heart rate changes during exercise, how breathing rate and oxygen use increase with activity, and how food energy and activity level are connected while building strong graphing and data analysis skills. T

9th - 12th Graphing, Biology, General Science

NGSS HS-LS1-2, HS-LS1-3, HS-LS1-7

Also included in: High School Science Graphing and Data Analysis Mega Bundle | Real-World Data Lab

Matter and Chemical Change Data Graphing Lab Bundle | HIGH SCHOOL

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TWFScience

These three matter and chemical change data graphing activities will help your students understand how energy affects phase changes, how reaction rates change under different conditions, and how density relates to mass, volume, and temperature while building strong graphing and data analysis skills.

9th - 12th Graphing, Physical Science, Physics

NGSS HS-PS1-2, HS-PS1-4, HS-PS1-5

Also included in: High School Science Graphing and Data Analysis Mega Bundle | Real-World Data Lab

Population Ecology Data Graphing Lab Bundle | HIGH SCHOOL | Population Dynamics

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TWFScience

These three population ecology data graphing activities will help your students understand how predator and prey populations change over time, how resources affect carrying capacity, and how limiting factors such as food availability and disturbance affect population size while building strong graph

9th - 12th Graphing, Biology, Environment

NGSS HS-LS2-1, HS-LS2-2, HS-LS2-3+7

Also included in: High School Science Graphing and Data Analysis Mega Bundle | Real-World Data Lab

The Communication Delay Mystery - Space Activity, Communication & Space Mission

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TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on communication delay in space missions. In this case file activity, students analyze signal travel times, examine Moon and Mars communication examples, evaluate changing distance data, investig

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Space Exploration Detective Mystery Bundle | Astronomy Activities, Space Science

The Spacecraft Power Mystery - Space Activity | Solar Panels, Radioisotope Power

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TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on how spacecraft get power in space. In this case file activity, students analyze spacecraft energy evidence, examine solar panels and batteries, evaluate deep-space power systems, investigate p

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Space Exploration Detective Mystery Bundle | Astronomy Activities, Space Science

Fish Population Decline Ecology Decision Challenge Activity | Population Dynamic

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TWFScience

This Fish Population Decline Decision Challenge will help your students understand how limiting factors, nutrient pollution, algae growth, dissolved oxygen, water temperature, and predators can affect a freshwater fish population. This activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have students an

6th - 10th Biology, Environment, Marine Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+2

Also included in: Real World Ecology Decision Challenges Bundle | Ecosystems Activity

Wolf Reintroduction Ecology Decision Challenge Activity | Population Dynamics

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TWFScience

This Wolf Reintroduction Decision Challenge will help your students understand predator-prey relationships, trophic cascades, carrying capacity, biodiversity, ecosystem balance, and wildlife management trade-offs. This activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have students analyze ecology dat

6th - 10th Biology, Environment, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+3

Also included in: Food Chains and Food Webs Worksheet Bundle + Energy Flow in Ecosystems Lesson

Invasive Species Ecology Decision Challenge Activity | Biodiversity & Ecosystems

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TWFScience

This Invasive Species Decision Challenge will help your students understand how invasive species, food webs, biodiversity, native species, plankton, competition, and human impacts can affect a freshwater ecosystem. This activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have students analyze ecology da

6th - 10th Biology, Environment, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+3

Also included in: Real World Ecology Decision Challenges Bundle | Ecosystems Activity

Mosquito Control Ecology Decision Challenge Activity | Ecosystems Impact

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TWFScience

This Mosquito Control Decision Challenge will help your students understand how pesticides, food webs, non-target organisms, bioaccumulation, human impact, and environmental trade-offs can affect a wetland ecosystem. This activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have students analyze ecology

6th - 10th Biology, Environment, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+3

Also included in: Real World Ecology Decision Challenges Bundle | Ecosystems Activity

Algae Bloom Ecology Decision Challenge | Nutrient Pollution, Fertilizer Runoff

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TWFScience

This Algae Bloom Decision Challenge will help your students understand how nutrient pollution, fertilizer runoff, algae blooms, producers, decomposers, dissolved oxygen, and environmental trade-offs can affect a freshwater ecosystem. This activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have students

6th - 10th Biology, Environment, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+3

Also included in: Real World Ecology Decision Challenges Bundle | Ecosystems Activity

Ecosystem Risk Ecology Decision Challenge | Wetland, Coral Reef Restoration

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TWFScience

This Ecosystem Risk Decision Challenge will help your students understand how biodiversity, habitat loss, climate change sensitivity, human impact, ecosystem services, and conservation trade-offs can affect environmental decision-making. This activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have stud

6th - 10th Biology, Environment, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+3

Also included in: Real World Ecology Decision Challenges Bundle | Ecosystems Activity

The Lunar Landing Mystery - Space Activity | How to Land Safely on the Moon

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TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on how astronauts land safely on the Moon. In this case file activity, students analyze lunar landing evidence, examine rocket braking and Moon gravity, evaluate guidance systems and sensors, inv

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Space Exploration Detective Mystery Bundle | Astronomy Activities, Space Science

The Tidal Force Mystery - Space Activity | How the Sun and Moon Affect Tides

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TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on tides and how the Moon affects Earth’s oceans. In this case file activity, students analyze tide patterns, examine the Moon’s gravitational pull, evaluate Earth’s rotation and Sun-Moon alignme

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Space Exploration Detective Mystery Bundle | Astronomy Activities, Space Science

The Solar Flare Mystery - Space Activity | Solar Activity and Space Weather

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TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on solar flares and space weather. In this case file activity, students analyze solar activity evidence, examine radiation and charged particles, evaluate auroras and geomagnetic storms, investig

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Space Exploration Detective Mystery Bundle | Astronomy Activities, Space Science

The Space Debris Mystery - Space Activity | Space Junk Dangers, Orbital Safety

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TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on space debris and orbital safety. In this case file activity, students analyze debris evidence, examine high-speed orbital motion, evaluate collision risks, investigate shielding and avoidance

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Space Exploration Detective Mystery Bundle | Astronomy Activities, Space Science

The Telescope Mystery - Space Activity | Space Telescopes, James Webb, Hubble

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TWFScience

Turn your students into science detectives with this NO PREP, engaging, real-world investigation focused on how space telescopes help scientists study the universe. In this case file activity, students analyze telescope evidence, examine atmospheric blur and blocked wavelengths, evaluate faint-light

6th - 10th Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3+8

Also included in: Space Exploration Detective Mystery Bundle | Astronomy Activities, Space Science

Trophic Levels Cipher Puzzle - Ecology Activity | Energy Pyramids, Food Webs

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TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive ecology cipher activity focused on trophic levels, consumer types, food chains, energy pyramids, and energy transfer.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by identifying the correct trophic level, consumer type, or energy flow term. Th

6th - 9th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+4

Also included in: Food Chains and Food Webs Worksheet Bundle + Energy Flow in Ecosystems Lesson

Producer, Consumer, and Decomposer Cipher Puzzle - Ecology Activity

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TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive ecology cipher activity focused on producers, consumers, decomposers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, scavengers, detritivores, and consumer levels.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by classifying each organism by its role in th

6th - 9th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+4

Also included in: Ecology Concepts Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Ecosystems, Food Webs, Energy Pyramids

Predator, Prey, and Symbiosis Cipher Puzzle - Ecology Activity | Interactions

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TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive ecology cipher activity focused on predator-prey relationships, symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, competition, cooperation, hosts, and parasites.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by identifying the correct relationshi

6th - 9th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+4

Also included in: Food Chains and Food Webs Worksheet Bundle + Energy Flow in Ecosystems Lesson

Ecology Concepts Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Ecosystems, Food Webs, Energy Pyramids

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TWFScience

Engage your students with these NO PREP, interactive ecology ciphers filled with engaging activities focused on energy flow, ecosystems, animal interactions, human impact on the environment, and more.In this GROWING bundle, students solve clues by identifying ecology terms, analyzing food webs and c

6th - 9th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+2

Invasive Species and Food Webs Cipher Puzzle - Ecology Activity | Ecosystems

Created by
TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive ecology cipher activity focused on invasive species, native species, food web disruption, competition, predators, prey, habitat loss, biodiversity, resource decrease, and ecosystem imbalance.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by ide

6th - 9th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+4

Also included in: Ecology Concepts Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Ecosystems, Food Webs, Energy Pyramids

Introductory Photosynthesis Cipher Puzzle - Ecology Activity | Chlorophyll

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TWFScience

Engage your students with this NO PREP, interactive photosynthesis cipher activity focused on sunlight, chlorophyll, carbon dioxide, water, glucose, oxygen, stomata, chloroplasts, leaves, roots, and producers.In this structured challenge, students solve clues by identifying the correct photosynthesi

6th - 9th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+4

Also included in: Ecology Concepts Cipher Puzzle Bundle | Ecosystems, Food Webs, Energy Pyramids

How Trains Work: The Science of Motion, Power, Safety Reading | Grade 8 and Up

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TWFScience

How Trains Work: The Science of Motion, Power, and Safety Reading Comprehension Passage and QuestionsThis reading explores the real-world science behind how trains move, generate power, climb steep hills, travel safely around curves, and stop despite carrying enormous amounts of mass. It helps stude

8th - 10th General Science, Physical Science, Physics

NGSS MS-PS2-1, MS-PS2-2, MS-ETS1-1+3

Also included in: Science Reading Comprehension Article Mega Bundle | Grade 8 and Up