Earth Science Notes Full Year Bundle

Get ALL THE EARTH SCIENCE NOTES you’ll need for a FULL YEAR of an NGSS-based middle school course! Students will fill in blanks on a Cloze worksheet as they view a presentation (either PPT or Google Slides) for each physical science topic.

⭐ Get notes for EVERY SCIENCE TOPIC (Earth/space, life, physical) in my NOTES MEGA BUNDLE! ⭐

Each of the 24 notes includes the following:

• PowerPoint presentation (fully editable)
• Google Slides presentation (fully editable)
• Cloze Notes in a Word Doc (fully editable)

Notes for 24 Topics are Included:

1. Objects in the Solar System
2. Gravity
3. Seasons
4. Moon
5. Tides
6. Earth’s History
7. Contour Maps
8. Rock Cycle
9. Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition
10. Earth’s Layers
11. Plate Tectonics
12. Continental Drift & Seafloor Spreading
13. Forces that Shape Earth
14. Natural Disasters
15. Water Cycle
16. Weather
17. Climate Change
18. Ocean and Air Currents/Uneven Heating of Earth
19. Fossil Fuels
20. Sea Ice & Glaciers
21. Natural Resources
22. Human Impact on the Earth
23. Human Population Increase & Impact on Resources
24. Ways to Reduce Human Impact on the Earth

Teacher Notes:

• Every aspect of these Earth science notes is editable.
• Answer keys are provided for the fill-in-the-blank Cloze notes. (Differentiation idea: Hand out the answer keys to students who struggle with filling in blanks as you present the notes.)
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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-ESS1-1: Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses, and seasons.
• NGSS MS-ESS1-2: Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.
• NGSS MS-ESS1-3: Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
• NGSS MS-ESS1-4: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
• NGSS MS-ESS2-1: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
• NGSS MS-ESS2-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
• NGSS MS-ESS2-3: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of past plate motions.
• NGSS MS-ESS2-4: Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
• NGSS MS-ESS2-5: Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions.
• NGSS MS-ESS2-6: Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.
• NGSS MS-ESS3-1: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
• NGSS MS-ESS3-2: Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
• NGSS MS-ESS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
• NGSS MS-ESS3-4: Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
• NGSS MS-ESS3-5: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.