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====== Middle School Lesson Plans ======

[[:08:home#middle school lesson plans|Middle School Lesson Plans]] from the 2008/09 Project

===== Adaptation and Evolution =====
{{:plans:middle_school:adaptation-and-evolution.doc|Adaptation and Evolution Lesson Plan and Activity Sheet}}
Whitney Ruppel

===== Weather =====

{{:plans:middle_school:exploring-the-sun-s-energy-lesson-plan.doc|Exploring the Sun's Energy Lesson Plan}} Rachel Connelly

{{:plans:middle_school:exploring-the-sun-s-energy-activity-sheet.doc|Exploring the Sun's Energy Activity Sheet}} Rachel Connelly

{{:plans:middle_school:exploring-the-sun-s-energy-graph-sheet.doc|Exploring the Sun's Energy Graph Sheet}} Rachel Connelly

This lesson allows students to graph temperatures of sand and water heating, ultimately showing that sand heats and cools faster.

{{:plans:middle_school:exploring-the-movement-of-air-1-.doc|The Movement of Air Lesson Plan (learning the different types of weather fronts)}} Rachel Connelly

{{:plans:middle_school:exploring-the-movement-of-air-activity-sheet-.doc|The Movement of Air Activity Sheet}} Rachel Connelly

The is a neat activity that allows students to see how hot and cold air move by using hot and cold water.

===== Animals =====

{{:plans:middle_school:defense-lesson.doc|How do animals protect themselves?}} Rachel Connelly

{{:plans:middle_school:activity-packet-defense-.doc|How do animals protect themselves? Activity Packet}} Rachel Connelly

Students discover how animals defend themselves through a hands on lesson.

{{:plans:middle_school:how-do-animals-move-lesson-plan.doc|How do animals move?}} Rachel Connelly

{{:plans:middle_school:activity-sheet-locomotion-.doc|How do animals move? Activity Packet}} Rachel Connelly

The students discover why and how animals move by exploring fossils and the concept locomotion.

{{:plans:middle_school:review-of-l-d-aor.doc|Your mission: Report Back}} Rachel Connelly

{{:plans:middle_school:4-lessons-l-d-aor-review-sheet.doc|Your mission: Report Back}} Rachel Connelly

This is a fun lesson that reviews locomotion, the ability to obtain resources, and defenses of animals.

===== Physical Science =====

{{:plans:middle_school:forces-lesson-plan.doc|Forces and Masses and Motion, Oh My! Lesson Plan}}
Erin Cziraki- 8th Grade

{{:plans:middle_school:forces-activity-pack.doc|Forces and Masses and Motion, Oh My! Student Activity Pack}}

This lesson investigates what effect varying force and mass has on the motion of an object.

{{:plans:middle_school:waves-lesson-plan.doc|Properties and Behaviors of Waves Lesson Plan}} Erin Cziraki- 8th Grade

{{:plans:middle_school:waves-activity-pack.doc|Properties and Behaviors of Waves Student Activity Pack}}

This lesson investigates the different types and behaviors of waves using quick, simple demonstrations.

{{:plans:middle_school:hearing-lesson-plan.doc|Do You Hear What I Hear? Lesson Plan}} Erin Cziraki- 8th Grade

{{:plans:middle_school:hearing-student-pack.doc|Do You Hear What I Hear? Student Activity Pack}} 

This lesson explores the interactions between sound and the ear, the process of hearing, and why there are different sounds.

{{:plans:middle_school:sound-waves-lesson-plan.doc|Sound Waves lesson plan}} Whitney Ruppel- 8th Grade

{{:plans:middle_school:sound-waves-activity-sheet.doc|Sound Waves student activity sheet}} Whitney Ruppel- 8th Grade

This lesson is intended to faciliate students' understanding of sound waves including their properties and behaviors.  It is a good introduction that could later be applied to the concept of hearing.

{{:plans:middle_school:sand-velocity.doc|Layers in the Sand Lesson Plan and Activity Sheet (long version)}} Erin Cziraki- 8th Grade

{{:plans:middle_school:sand-pics.ppt|Image of layered sand to use with "Layers in the Sand" and "Velocity Review"}}

{{:plans:middle_school:velocity-review.doc|Velocity Review Lesson Plan (short version of "Layers in the Sand")}}

The two lessons listed above both deal with the concept of velocity and require students to measure parameters and use a formula to calculate velocity.

===== Earth Science =====

{{:plans:middle_school:rock-cycle-lesson-plan.doc|Rock Cycle Lesson Plan}} Erin Cziraki- 8th Grade

{{:plans:middle_school:rock-cycle.ppt|Rock Cycle Power Point Presentation}}

A fun, hands-on activity that does a great job of demonstrating the steps of the rock cycle using sugar cubes and crayons.

{{:plans:middle_school:the-rock-cycle-crayon-activity.doc|Rock Cycle Crayon Activity}} Whitney Ruppel- 8th grade

This is a great activity that helped students visualize and understand the rock cycle.  They loved melting the crayons and got really into it!

{{:plans:middle_school:sedimentary-rock-activity.doc|Sedimentary Rock Lesson Plan}} Whitney Ruppel- 8th Grade

Students are able to put together a sedimentary rock and see how they are formed underwater.  This also incorporates a good amount of math and graphing practice.

{{:plans:middle_school:sedimentary-rock-activity-sheet.doc|Sedimentary Rock Activity Sheet}} Whitney Ruppel- 8th Grade