Middle School NGSS Life Science Curriculum

Students love these engaging activities on the Characteristics of Life and Cells. Easy to follow and fun to use and teach with you don't have to add anything. This comprehensive Middle School 5E NGSS packet on living things and cells aligns perfectly with the NGSS Middle School MS-LS1-1 standard " Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells". A valuable resource to deepen understanding and appreciation of the lesson!

This comprehensive Middle School NGSS packet on the parts of the cell and their functions is designed to align with the NGSS Middle School MS-LS1-2 standard " develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function".❤️ A valuable resource to deepen understanding and appreciation of the lessons taught in class!

Human Body Systems Students love these engaging human body systems activities. Easy to follow and fun to use and teach with. This comprehensive Middle School 5E NGSS packet on human body systems is designed to align with the NGSS Middle School MS-LS1-3 standard " Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells".This resource has 76 pages of student activities, questions and notes. Also included are beautifully illustrated pages to sustain your students’ interest in the topic!

Easy to follow and fun to use and teach with. You don't have to add anything. This comprehensive Middle School NGSS 5E lesson plan aligns perfectly with the NGSS Middle School MS-LS1-4 standard " Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively. A surefire way to keep your students engaged in the lesson.

Are your students struggling with genetics? This lesson on environmental and genetics factors is high rigor and standards aligned and is packed with over 45 pages of student activities, questions and notes. This engaging resource comes already differentiated for your students. Students love these engaging activities. Easy to follow and fun to use and teach with. You don't have to add anything. This comprehensive Middle School NGSS 5E lesson aligns perfectly with the NGSS Middle School MS-LS1 standards! You can never go wrong with this kind of resource!

This comprehensive Middle School NGSS 5E Photosynthesis lesson plan is designed to align with the NGSS Middle School MS-LS1-6 standard " Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms".Students love these engaging activities. Easy to follow and fun to use and teach with. Over 45 pages of student activities, questions and notes complete and compliment this engaging resource. A comprehensive resource that is truly helpful for teachers like you!

Are your students struggling with cellular respiration? This lesson on cellular respiration is high rigor and standards aligned and is packed with over 49 pages of student activities, questions and notes. This engaging resource comes already differentiated for your students. This comprehensive Middle School NGSS 5E lesson plan is designed to align with the NGSS Middle School MS-LS1-7 standard "develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules. A valuable addition to your library of resources!

Students love these engaging activities on the nervous system. Easy to follow and fun to use and teach with. You don't have to add anything. This comprehensive Nervous System Activities 5E lesson plan aligns perfectly with the NGSS Middle School MS-LS1-8 standard "gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories”. A valuable resource to deepen understanding and appreciation of the lesson!

Your students will love learning about the competition for resources with these engaging activities. This comprehensive 5E packet on resource availability is specially designed to align with the NGSS Middle School MS-LS2-1 standard "a nalyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem." Easy to follow and fun to use and teach with. You don't have to add anything. A valuable resource to sustain interest and engagement in the lesson!

Your students will love learning about the interactions across ecosystems with these engaging activities. This comprehensive 5E packet on ecological relationships is specially designed to align with the NGSS Middle School MS-LS2-2 standard "construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems".Easy to follow and fun to use and teach with. You don't have to add anything. A valuable resource to sustain interest and engagement in the lesson!

Your students will love learning about food webs and food chains with these engaging activities. This comprehensive 5E packet on food webs and food chains is specially designed to align with the NGSS Middle School MS-LS2-3 standard "develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem".Easy to follow and fun to use and teach with. You don't have to add anything. A valuable resource that guarantees maximized learning experience for your students!

Your students are going to love this courtroom lesson on invasive species. Students must examine case notes on the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone and the subsequent changes to the ecosystem both biological and physical. This is perfect as a group activity for science stations. Each group must study the evidence at each station to build and prepare their case in order to answer the question “ was the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone successful?” This packet is specially designed to enrich your students’ learning experiences in the classroom!

Your students are going to love this! Students will evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. This packet is specially designed to align with the NGSS MS-LS2-5 standard and is entirely editable. This lesson has a visually engaging powerpoint that explains biodiversity and outlines two design ideas to evaluate. Students are given more design ideas as well as a structured template to help them with their design (editable). A valuable resource to ensure maximum learning opportunities for your students!

Your students are going to love this pack on Genetic Mutation, Genetic Traits, and Alien Genetics Game. It has an Alien Genetics Game (differentiated) where they can work out the phenotype and genotype of their aliens. It also has a Crack The Code game which they'll love! Students are given a set of codes and they must use the Codon Wheel to crack the codes. They’ll get a nice sciency surprise when they reveal the letters for the code!

Your students will love learning about the fossil record with these engaging activities. This comprehensive 5E packet on the fossil record is specially designed to align with the NGSS Middle School MS-LS4-1 standard " analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past”. A valuable resource to sustain interest and engagement in the lesson!

Your students will love learning about anatomical and embryological similarities and differences these engaging activities. This comprehensive packet on the homologous and analogous structures is specially designed to align with the NGSS Middle School MS-LS4-2 and NGSS MS-LS4-3 standards. Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships. A valuable resource that guarantees maximized learning experience for your students!

Your students will love learning about natural selection with these engaging activities. This comprehensive 5E packet on natural selection is specially designed to align with the NGSS Middle School MS-LS4-4 and NGSS-MS-LS4-6 standards. "Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment. A valuable resource that guarantees maximized learning experience for your students!

Your students will love learning about artificial selection with these engaging activities. This comprehensive 5E packet on artificial selection is specially designed to align with the NGSS Middle School MS-LS4-5 standard. "Gather and synthesize information about technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms".Easy to follow and fun to use and teach with. You don't have to add anything. A valuable resource that guarantees maximized learning experience for your students!