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✅ Covers All 7th and 8th Grade TEKS Standards: Fully aligned with Texas' standards for Grade 7 and 8 Science.

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Grade 7 Resources:

S.7.1-5 Scientific & Engineering Practices and Recurring Themes and Concepts

Resources:

• Science Class Starters & Warm Up Activities
• Middle School Icebreaker - Station Activity
• Scientific Method, Skills and Safety - Lesson
• Lab Safety and Equipment - Lab Station Activity
• Lab Equipment - Science Word Search and Scramble - Activity
• Science Skills and Safety - Speed Quizzing Review - Activity
• Scientific Method Practice | Questioning, Variables, Hypothesis, Procedure and Graphing - Lesson and Activity
• Scientific Method Investigations - 6 Student-Led Experiments
• The Scientific Method and Science Skills - Lab Station Activity
• Why Leaves Change Color In The Fall - Reading Comprehension Activity
• Chemistry of Dyeing Hair - Reading Comprehension Activity
• Rube Goldberg - STEM Engineering Challenge
• Paper Bridge - STEM Engineering Challenge

S.7.6 Matter and energy. Matter and energy. The student distinguishes between elements and compounds, classifies changes in matter, and understands the properties of solutions. The student is expected to:

S.7.6.A - The student is expected to compare and contrast elements and compounds in terms of atoms and molecules, chemical symbols, and chemical formulas.

Resources:

• Atomic Structure and Notation – Lesson
• Subatomic Particle Worksheet
• Chemical Symbols, Formulas and Compounds – Lesson
• Counting Atoms Worksheet
• Atoms, Elements, and Compounds - Digital Interactive Notebook Bundle
• Chapter 1 - The Particle Theory and Classification of Matter
• Chapter 2 - Atomic Theory
• Chapter 3 - Atomic Structure and Notation
• Chapter 4 - The Periodic Table
• Chapter 5 - Chemical Symbols, Formulas, and Compounds

S.7.6.B - The student is expected to use the periodic table to identify the atoms and the number of each kind within a chemical formula.

Resources:

• The Periodic Table 5E Lesson Bundle
• The Periodic Table - Google Slides and PowerPoint – Lesson
• Periodic Table Worksheet
• Elements and the Periodic Table – Digital Scavenger Hunt Activity
• The Periodic Table – Task Cards
• The Periodic Table – Lab Station Activity
• The Elements of the Periodic Table - Word Search and Scramble Activity
• Element Names and Symbols - Periodic Table BINGO
• The Periodic Table - Digital INB

S.7.6.C - The student is expected to distinguish between physical and chemical changes in matter.

• Resources:
• Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes 5E Lesson Bundle
• Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes – Lesson
• Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes – Digital Scavenger Hunt
• Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes – Lab Station Activity
• Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes – Science Word Sprint Review Game
• Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes – Word Search and Scramble

S.7.6.D - The student is expected to describe aqueous solutions in terms of solute and solvent, concentration, and dilution.

Resources:

• Solutions and Mechanical Mixtures - Digital Scavenger Hunt
• Solutions and Mechanical Mixtures - Lab Station Activity
• Solutions and Mechanical Mixtures – Lesson

S.7.6.E - The student is expected to investigate and model how temperature, surface area, and agitation affect the rate of dissolution of solid solutes in aqueous solutions.

Resources:

• Factors Affecting Dissolving – Lesson

S.7.7 Force, motion, and energy. The student describes the cause-and-effect relationship between force and motion.

S.7.7.A – Calculate average speed using distance and time measurements from investigations.

Resources:

• Calculating Average Speed, Velocity, and Displacement - Lesson

S.7.7.B - The student is expected to distinguish between speed and velocity in linear motion in terms of distance, displacement, and direction.

Resources:

• Calculating Average Speed, Velocity, and Displacement - 5E Lesson Bundle
• Average Speed Velocity and Displacement - Digital Scavenger Hunt
• Calculating Average Speed, Velocity, and Displacement - Lab Station Activity
• Calculating Average Speed, Velocity, and Displacement – Lesson

S.7.7.C – Measure, record, and interpret an object’s motion using distance-time graphs.

Resources:

• Calculating Average Speed, Velocity, and Displacement - Lesson

S.7.7.D - The student is expected to analyze the effect of balanced and unbalanced forces on the state of motion of an object using Newton's First Law of Motion.

Resources:

• Newton's 1st Law of Motion - Lesson
• Newton's 1st Law of Motion - Activities

S.7.8 Force, motion, and energy. The student understands the behavior of thermal energy as it flows into and out of the systems.

S.7.8.A - The student is expected to investigate methods of thermal energy transfer into and out of systems, including conduction, convection, and radiation.

Resources:

• Thermal Energy, Temperature, and Heat Transfer – Lesson
• The Insulator – Thermal Insulator Challenge

S.7.8.B - The student is expected to investigate how thermal energy moves in a predictable pattern from warmer to cooler until all substances within the system reach thermal equilibrium.

Resources:

• Thermal Energy Change Reactions Experiments and Demonstrations
• How Does the Type of Matter Affect Heat Transfer - Activity

S.7.8.C - The student is expected to explain the relationship between temperature and the kinetic energy of the particles within a substance.

Resources:

• When Kinetic Energy Changes - Energy Transfers – Lesson
• How Does Mass Affect Temperature Change – Activity
• Heat by Friction - Activity

S.7.9 Earth and space. The student understands the patterns of movement, organization, and characteristics of components of our solar system.

S.7.9.A - The student is expected to describe the physical properties, locations, and movements of the Sun, planets, moons, meteors, asteroids, comets, Kuiper belt, and Oort cloud;

Resources:

• Our Solar System – Lesson
• Our Solar System - Digital Scavenger Hunt
• Our Solar System Review Game - Science Word Sprint
• Our Solar System Word Search and Scramble Activity
• Exploring the Solar System – Project
• Our Solar System - Lab Station Activity

S.7.9.B - The student is expected to describe how gravity governs motion within Earth's solar system.

Resources:

• The Moon – Lesson
• Why Do We Need the Moon? - Science Reading Article
• Case Study - The Importance of the Moon

S.7.9.C - The student is expected to analyze the characteristics of Earth that allow life to exist such as the proximity of the Sun, presence of water, and composition of the atmosphere.

Resources:

• What Makes Earth Able to Support Life? Lesson
• PBL - Could Life Survive on Another Planet?

S.7.10 Earth and space. The student understands the causes and effects of plate tectonics.

S.7.10.A - The student is expected to describe the evidence that supports that Earth has changed over time, including fossil evidence, plate tectonics, and superposition.

Resources:

• Fossils and Geologic Time 5E Lesson Bundle
• Fossils and Geologic Time – Lesson
• Fossils and Geologic Time - Lab Station Activity
• Fossils – Reading – Grade 6, 7, 8
• Fossils - Reading - Grade 8 and Up
• Tectonic Plates - 5E Lesson Bundle
• Tectonic Plates – Lesson
• Tectonic Plates - Lab Station Activity
• Plate Tectonics – Reading

S.7.10.B - The student is expected to describe how plate tectonics causes ocean basin formation, earthquakes, mountain building, and volcanic eruptions, including supervolcanoes and hot spots.

Resources:

• Tectonic Plates – Lesson
• Earthquakes and Volcanoes 5E Lesson Bundle
• Earthquakes Volcanoes Tsunamis – Lesson
• Earthquakes and Volcanoes – Digital Scavenger Hunt Activity
• Earthquakes and Volcanoes - Lab Station Activity

S.7.10.C - The student is expected to describe the interactions between ocean currents and air masses that produce tropical cyclones, including typhoons and hurricanes.

Resources:

• How Air Masses Shape Our Weather - Lesson
• Ocean Currents and Climate Simulation Activity
• Simulated Air Mass Collision - Lab Activity
• Weather Map Detective - Activity
• Hurricanes - Reading

S.7.11 - Earth and space. The student understands how human activity can impact the hydrosphere.

S.7.11.A - The student is expected to analyze the beneficial and harmful influences of human activity on groundwater and surface water in a watershed.

Resources:

• Watersheds - 5E Lesson Bundle
• Watersheds - Lesson
• Watersheds - Reading
• Watersheds - Lab Station Activity
• Build Your Own Aquifer - Project

S.7.11.B - The student is expected to describe human dependence and influence on ocean systems and explain how human activities impact these systems.

Resources:

• Pollution Control Devices – Reading
• Case Study - Plastic Pollution and Marine Ecosystems
• Ocean Acidification – Reading
• The Accumulation of Plastic in the Ocean - Reading

S.7.12 - Organisms and environments. The student understands that ecosystems are dependent upon the cycling of matter and the flow of energy.

S.7.12.A - The student is expected to diagram the flow of energy within trophic levels and describe how the available energy decreases in successive trophic levels in energy pyramids.

Resources:

• Energy Flow in Ecosystems - 5E Lesson
• Energy Flow in Ecosystems - Lesson
• Energy Flow In Ecosystems - Lab Station Activity
• Energy Flow in Ecosystems - Digital Scavenger Hunt Activity
• Energy Flow in Ecosystems - Digital Interactive Notebook Pages
• Energy Flow in Ecosystems Review, Test, and Project

S.7.12.B - The student is expected to describe how ecosystems are sustained by the continuous flow of energy and the recycling of matter and nutrients within the biosphere.

Resources:

• Ecosystems - 5E Lesson
• Ecosystems - Lesson
• Ecosystems - Lab Station Activity
• Human Impact on Ecosystems – Assignment
• Coral Reef Ecosystems and their Future - Grade 8 and Up Reading
• Coral Reef Ecosystems and their Future - Grade 6-8
• Cycling of Matter – Lesson
• Matter and Energy Cycling in Ecosystems - Station Activity
• Water and Carbon Cycle - Diagram Activity

S.7.13 - Organisms and environments. The student knows how systems are organized and function to support the health of an organism and how trait are inherited.

S.7.13.A - The student is expected to identify and model the main functions of the systems of the human organism, including the circulatory, respiratory, skeletal, muscular, digestive, urinary, reproductive, integumentary, nervous, immune, and endocrine systems.

Resources:

• Body Systems – Lesson
• Body Systems in Action Project
• Human Body Systems - Station Activity
• Muscular and Skeletal System - 5E Lesson
• Muscular and Skeletal System – Lesson
• Muscular and Skeletal System Lab Station Activity
• Muscular and Skeletal System – Digital Scavenger Hunt Activity
• Human Digestion & the Digestive System – Reading
• Integumentary System – Lesson
• Immune System – Reading
• Reproductive Systems - Lesson
• Endocrine System - Lesson

S.7.13.B - The student is expected to describe the hierarchical organization of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems within plants and animals.

Resources:

• Cell Organization - Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Systems - Lesson
• Animal and Plant Cells Lesson
• Introduction to Cells - Station Activity
• Cells - Understanding Life Systems Unit - Speed Quizzing
• Cells and the Cell Theory – Scavenger Hunt Activity
• Cell Structure Exit Ticket and Review Activity
• Cells and Organelles Word Search and Scramble Activity
• Cell Organization - Digital Interactive Notebook Pages

S.7.13.C - The student is expected to compare the results of asexual and sexual reproduction of plants and animals in relation to the diversity of offspring and the changes in the population over time.

Resources:

• How Traits Are Passed On - Lesson
• Plant Reproduction - Lesson
• Animal and Plant Adaptations for Reproduction - Station Activity
• Asexual and Sexual Reproduction - Station Activity
• Punnett Square Practice Traits in Action – Activity
• Create-a-Creature Reproduction Models – Activity

S.7.13.D - The student is expected to describe and give examples of how natural and artificial selection change the occurrence of traits in a population over generations.

Resources:

• Natural Selection - Lesson
• Physical and Behavioral Adaptations - Lesson
• Evolution - Lesson
• Natural Selection and Population Modeling - Station Activity
• Natural Selection and Adaptation - Station Activity
• Artificial Selection - Station Activity
• Evolution and Adaptations Word Search and Scramble Activity
• Physical Adaptations – Reading
• Animal Adaptations – Reading

Grade 8 Resources:

S.8.1-5 Scientific & Engineering Practices and Recurring Themes and Concepts

Resources:

• Science Class Starters & Warm Up Activities
• Middle School Icebreaker - Station Activity
• Scientific Method, Skills and Safety - Lesson
• Lab Safety and Equipment - Lab Station Activity
• Lab Equipment - Science Word Search and Scramble - Activity
• Science Skills and Safety - Speed Quizzing Review - Activity
• Scientific Method Practice | Questioning, Variables, Hypothesis, Procedure and Graphing - Lesson and Activity
• Scientific Method Investigations - 6 Student-Led Experiments
• The Scientific Method and Science Skills - Lab Station Activity
• Why Leaves Change Color In The Fall - Reading Comprehension Activity
• Chemistry of Dyeing Hair - Reading Comprehension Activity
• Rube Goldberg - STEM Engineering Challenge
• Paper Bridge - STEM Engineering Challenge

S.8.6 Matter and energy. The student understands that matter can be classified according to its properties and matter is conserved in chemical changes that occur within closed systems.

S.8.6.A - The student is expected to explain by modeling how matter is classified as elements, compounds, homogeneous mixtures, or heterogeneous mixtures.

Resources:

• Matter and the Particle Theory 5E Lesson Bundle

o Properties of Matter Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions

o Matter - Exploring the World Around You - Reading Article

o Matter and the Particle Theory - Middle School Lab Station Activity

o Matter and the Particle Theory Infographic Assignment

o Particle Motion, Temperature, and States of Matter – Lesson

o Particle Theory and Matter Classification - Digital Interactive Notebook Pages

o Matter - Speed Quizzing

• Particle Theory of Matter - Crossword Activity
• Particle Theory of Matter - Word Search and Scramble

S.8.6.B - The student is expected to use the periodic table to identify the atoms involved in chemical reactions.

Resources:

• Periodic Table 5E Lesson Bundle

o Elements and the Periodic Table - Device-Based Scavenger Hunt Activity

o The Periodic Table - Task Cards and UNIQUE Activity

o The Periodic Table - Google Slides and PowerPoint Lesson

o The Periodic Table Lab Station Activity _ 7 Hands-on Activities _ Elements

• Element Names and Symbols - Periodic Table BINGO
• Periodic Table and Elements Card Matching

S.8.6.C - The student is expected to describe the properties of cohesion, adhesion, and surface tension in water and relate to observable phenomena such as the formation of droplets, transport in plants, and insects walking on water.

Resources:

• Properties of Water: Cohesion, Adhesion, and Surface Tension – Lesson
• Case Study - The Strange Physical Properties of Water

S.8.6.D - The student is expected to compare and contrast the properties of acids and bases, including pH relative to water.

Resources:

• Acids, Bases, and pH 5E Lesson Bundle

o Acid, Bases, and Neutralization Reactions – Lesson

o Cleaning up Acid Spills - Science Reading Article

o Acids, Bases and pH – Digital Scavenger Hunt Activity

o Acids and Bases - Lab Station Activity

• Ocean Acidification - Reading Article

S.8.6.E - The student is expected to investigate how mass is conserved in chemical reactions and relate conservation of mass to the rearrangement of atoms using chemical equations, including photosynthesis.

Resources:

• Law of Conservation of Mass – Lesson
• The Law of Conservation of Mass Worksheet – Lesson

S.8.7 Matter and energy. The student understands that matter can be classified according to its properties and matter is conserved in chemical changes that occur within closed systems.

S.8.7.A - The student is expected to calculate and analyze how the acceleration of an object is dependent upon the net force acting on the object and the mass of the object using Newton's Second Law of Motion.

Resources:

• Newtons Laws of Motion – Lesson
• Newton’s Second Law Student-Led Lab
• The Newtonian Adventures - Story Prompt

S.8.7.B - The student is expected to investigate and describe how Newton's three laws of motion act simultaneously within systems such as in vehicle restraints, sports activities, amusement park rides, Earth's tectonic activities, and rocket launches.

Resources:

• Newton’s 3 Laws Identification Worksheet
• Newtons Laws of Motion - Word Search and Scramble
• Newton’s Third Law and Colliding Objects Activity

S.8.8 Force, motion, and energy. The student knows how energy is transferred through waves.

S.8.8.A - The student is expected to compare the characteristics of amplitude, frequency, and wavelength in transverse waves, including the electromagnetic spectrum.

Resources:

• Waves An Introduction – Lesson
• Experimenting with Waves – Activity
• Light – Lesson
• Light and Optics Word Search and Scramble Activity
• Why is the Sky Blue - Reading Comprehension

S.8.8.B - The student is expected to explain the use of electromagnetic waves in applications such as radiation therapy, wireless technologies, fiber optics, microwaves, ultraviolet sterilization, astronomical observations, and X-rays.

Resources:

• Refraction – Lesson
• Digital vs Analog Signals for Communication – Lesson
• How Waves Are Used for Communication Reading
• The Northern and Southern Lights - Reading

S.8.9 Earth and space. The student describes the characteristics of the universe and the relative scale of its components.

S.8.9.A - The student is expected to describe the life cycle of stars and compare and classify stars using the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.

Resources:

• The Life and Death of Stars 5E Lesson Bundle

o Life and Death of Stars – Lesson

o The Life and Death of Stars - Lab Station Activity

o Stars - The Element Factories – Reading

o The Life and Death of Stars - Digital Interactive Notebook Pages

• Stars – Digital Scavenger Hunt

S.8.9.B - The student is expected to categorize galaxies as spiral, elliptical, and irregular and locate Earth's solar system within the Milky Way galaxy.

Resources:

• Galaxies, Other Objects and the Universe-Lesson
• Galaxies, Other Objects, and the Universe - Interactive Notebook Pages
• Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe Word Search and Scramble Activity

S.8.9.C - The student is expected to research and analyze scientific data used as evidence to develop scientific theories that describe the origin of the universe.

Resources:

• The Origin of the Universe - The Big Bang Theory – Lesson

S.8.10 Earth and space. The student knows that interactions between Earth, ocean, and weather systems impact climate.

S.8.10.A - The student is expected to describe how energy from the Sun, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact and influence weather and climate.

Resources:

• How Air Masses Shape Our Weather - Lesson
• Water and Weather - Lesson
• Meteorology - Lab Station Activity
• How Weather Works - Reading Article

S.8.10.B - The student is expected to identify global patterns of atmospheric movement and how they influence local weather.

Resources:

• Regional Climates - Lesson
• Simulated Air Mass Collision - Lab Activity
• Weather Map Detective – Activity
• The Different Types of Clouds - Reading

S.8.10.C - The student is expected to describe the interactions between ocean currents and air masses that produce tropical cyclones, including typhoons and hurricanes.

Resources:

• Ocean Currents and Climate Simulation Activity
• Hurricanes – Reading
• Thunderstorms – Reading

S.8.11 - Earth and space. The student knows that natural events and human activity can impact global climate.

S.8.11.A - The student is expected to use scientific evidence to describe how natural events, including volcanic eruptions, meteor impacts, abrupt changes in ocean currents, and the release and absorption of greenhouse gases influence climate.

Resources:

• Earthquakes and Volcanoes 5E Lesson Bundle

o Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis - Lesson

o Earthquakes and Volcanoes – A Digital Scavenger Hunt Activity

o Earthquakes and Volcanoes - Lab Station Activity

• Fire Within the Unveiling of Volcanic Mysteries - Story Prompt
• Volcanoes – Reading

S.8.11.B - The student is expected to use scientific evidence to describe how human activities, including the release of greenhouse gases, deforestation, and urbanization, can influence climate.

Resources:

• Climate Change - Lesson
• Climate Change - Project
• Climate Change - Lab Station Activity
• Climate Change - Word Search and Scramble Activity
• Case Study - African Elephant and Climate Change
• Climate Change and Global Warming - Speed Quizzing
• Climate Change – Digital Scavenger Hunt Activity
• Climate Change – Reading

S.8.11.C – Describe the carbon cycle

Resources:

• Cycling of Matter - The Water and Carbon Cycle - Lesson
• Water Cycle and Carbon Cycle Diagram Activity
• Cycling of Matter in Ecosystems – Digital Scavenger Hunt Activity
• The Carbon Cycle and Water Cycle Lab Station Activity

S.8.12 - Organisms and environments. The student understands stability and changes in populations and ecosystems.

S.8.12.A - The student is expected to explain how disruptions such as population changes, natural disasters, and human intervention impact the transfer of energy in food webs in ecosystems.

Resources:

• Energy Flow in Ecosystems - Lesson
• Biotic and Abiotic Population Influences - Lesson
• Populations and Resource Availability - Station Activity
• Natural Disasters - Weather and Climate – Reading
• Food Web – Activity
• Case Study - Plastic Pollution and Marine Ecosystems

S.8.12.B - The student is expected to describe how primary and secondary ecological succession affect populations and species diversity after ecosystems are disrupted by natural events or human activity.

Resources:

• Ecological Succession 5E Lesson Bundle

o Ecological Succession – Lesson

o Ecological Succession - Primary and Secondary - Lab Station Activity

o Ecological Succession - Digital INB

o Ecosystems and Ecological Succession – Digital Scavenger Hunt Activity

S.8.12.C - The student is expected to describe how biodiversity contributes to the stability and sustainability of an ecosystem and the health of the organisms within the ecosystem.

Resources:

• Biodiversity Understanding – Lesson
• Biodiversity and Invasive Species - Lab Station Activity
• Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services - Station Activity

S.8.13 - Organisms and environments. The student knows how cell functions support the health of an organism and how adaptation and variation relate to survival.

S.8.13.A - The student is expected to identify the function of the cell membrane, cell wall, nucleus, ribosomes, cytoplasm, mitochondria, chloroplasts, and vacuoles in plant or animal cells.

Resources:

• Cell Organelle Structure and Function - 5E Lesson Bundle

o Cell Organelle Structure and Function – Lesson

o Cell Organelle Structure and Function - Lab Station Activity

o Cell Organelles - Digital Scavenger Hunt Activity

o Cells and Organelles Digital INB

o Cell Organelles Card Matching Activity

• Cells and Organelles Review Game - Science Word Sprint
• Cells and Organelles Word Search and Scramble Activity

S.8.13.B - The student is expected to describe the function of genes within chromosomes in determining inherited traits of offspring.

Resources:

• DNA, Genes, and Mutations - Lesson
• DNA, Genes, Chromosomes, and Alleles – Digital Scavenger Hunt Activity

S.8.13.C - The student is expected to describe how variations of traits within a population lead to structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations that influence the likelihood of survival and reproductive success of a species over generations.

Resources:

• Physical and Behavioral Adaptations – Lesson
• Animal and Plant Adaptations for Reproduction - Station Activity
• Evolution and Adaptations Word Search and Scramble Activity
• Physical Adaptations - Reading