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What are the Three Parts of an Atom?
Don’t you love the alliteration of learning all about atoms? If you are teaching middle school science, then your students need to know...
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What are the Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter?
Lukas Kovarik/Shutterstock.com Everything around you is matter. Matter is all of the stuff in the universe. It has mass and takes up...
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Learning About the Law of Conservation of Mass
The law of conservation of mass describes the phenomenon that scientists have observed that mass stays constant throughout a chemical...
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What are the Four States of Matter?
What is Matter? Everything around us is made up of matter. Matter is made up of atoms and molecules. How the atoms or molecules move...
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How to Understand the Modern Periodic Table
If we want to understand the modern periodic table, we have to understand matter first. Matter and the Modern Periodic Table Everything...
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How to Teach About Electrons in Atoms
Students need to understand electrons to understand a ton of other science topics. For example, lightning happens when electrons in atoms...
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Isotopes of the Same Element Have Different Numbers of Neutrons
Isotope is one of those science vocabulary words that kids have to know, but it doesn’t need an entire unit. Students need to know that...
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How to Teach Molecules and Compounds
Science is vocabulary. Students need to know what science words mean so that they can understand scientific concepts. Molecule and...
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How to Teach Solutions and Mixtures
Science is all about organization. Our students need to learn the vocabulary of this organization to understand how scientists...
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How to Teach Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration
Most of understanding science is knowing the vocabulary words. I teach a lot of vocabulary in my digital science units, but sometimes I...
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Force Lesson Plans Based on Brain Science
Vecton/Shutterstock.com Force is a huge topic. That is one reason force lesson plans can be so overwhelming. Force covers everything...
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How Do Simple Machines Help Us?
One of the first things you want your students to know about any topic is why it is important. If you are teaching your students about...
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Extremely Helpful Electromagnetic Radiation Worksheets
Electromagnetic radiation is all around us, but what is it? This is an incredibly complex topic that requires a lot of background...
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Why You Need to Teach Different Types of Waves
Waves are one of those topics that touch many different science topics. We have seismic waves in earth science, light and sound waves in...
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Electrical Energy Examples for Your Middle School Classroom
We use electrical energy to light our homes, cook our food, and power our electronic devices. Electrical energy is vitally important to...
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How to Teach About Sound Energy
Potential and Kinetic Energy If you want to understand sound energy, first you have to know about energy. Energy is all around us. Energy...
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How to Teach Chemical Reactions in Middle School Science
Teaching chemical reactions in middle school science can be tricky because you provide the foundation for lessons that will be taught in...
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Effortlessly Understanding the Forms of Energy
Teaching the types of energy is a huge topic! Students have to know about potential energy and kinetic energy, but they also need to know...
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