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Everything You Need to Know About Minerals

What are Minerals? Minerals are naturally occurring, inorganic, solids with definite chemical compositions and ordered internal...

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What is the Evidence for the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

The theory of plate tectonics is new, but some of the evidence for the theory of plate tectonics dates back millions if not billions of...

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Learning about the Theory of Continental Drift

An Overview of the Theory of Continental Drift The theory of continental drift argues that Earth’s continents are moving. It claims that...

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The Life Cycle of a Star

There are many entry points to teaching about the life cycle of a star. You may want to tackle star life cycles during your unit on the...

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Components of the Solar System

Are you teaching your middle school science students about the components of the solar system? The solar system is a fascinating topic....

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Teaching the 8 Phases of the Moon

The moon is one of those topics that all of your middle school science students will have some background knowledge around. However, to...

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How to Teach What Causes the Earth’s Tides

Science is the systematic study of our physical and natural world. In school, students learn science as both the process of learning...

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How to Teach What Causes Day and Night on Earth

You may think that your students all know that the Earth revolves around the Sun and day and night are caused by the Earth’s rotation,...

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How to Remember the Steps of the Nitrogen Cycle

An Overview of the Nitrogen Cycle The nitrogen cycle describes the different ways nitrogen moves through the environment. Nitrogen is an...

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How to Teach Earth’s Seasons in Middle School Science

Teaching about Earth’s seasons is a great way to integrate your science and social studies lessons. You can teach about the Earth’s...

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How to Teach the Theory of Plate Tectonics

I love teaching the theory of plate tectonics because I love it when history and science overlap. First, it allows us to tell a story,...

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5 Amazing Facts about Earth History

Do you need to get your students excited about learning earth history? Unfortunately, science can often seem boring to students, but we...

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How to Teach the Layers of the Atmosphere

What are the layers of the atmosphere? Can your middle school science students answer this question? I like to think about the layers of...

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How to Teach the Layers of the Earth

Teaching Earth’s compositional layers is always a good way to start your middle school earth science unit. First, it is a pretty simple...

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What is the Geologic Time Scale?

What is the geologic time scale? If you are teaching Earth history, you need to help your students answer this question before they can...

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Easy Ways to Teach the Water Cycle Steps

The water cycle is one of those science topics that keeps coming back in school. Kids first learn about the water cycle steps in first...

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