Thankful for Science

Fifteen incredible teacher-authors have teamed up to bring you some amazing FREE and discounted resources for middle and high school science! Scroll down to explore the resources and download them before time runs out!

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Ugly Sweater Science Project

Grab this FREE Ugly Christmas Sweater Science Project featuring a fun science reading, research activities, and creative sweater designs that keep students learning and engaged in the days before winter break!

Animal Adaptation Choose Two

This self-checking digital activity provides student choice as they answer 12 of 18 questions about various structural, behavioral and physiological animal adaptations while unlocking a mystery turkey code!

Natural Selection Color by Number Activity

This 10-question Natural Selection Color by Number Activity reinforces students' understanding of natural selection and the change it has on a population over time. Students will answer questions, and color the numbers based on their answers.

Energy Transformations Printable Pixel Art

Make learning about energy transformations fun with this TEKS 6.8B-aligned resource! Students will answer questions about energy transfers, transformations, and conservation of energy in real-world scenarios to reveal a mystery picture.

Scientific Reasoning CER Cut-and-Paste Worksheet

This scientific reasoning cut-and-paste worksheet provides the opportunity for students to practice CER writing skills. Students match statements that support each claim and explain its evidence. They discard non-examples, identifying what good reasoning statements need.

Thankful for Inventions Crack the Code

Get students thinking about inventions that changed the world! Students rotate through eight stations, examine brief reading passages, graphs, and visuals, and answer science and history questions to collect clues and decode a mystery word.

Hotspot Volcanoes Activity - ESSRT Worksheet

In this engaging Earth Science activity, students will explore how hotspot volcanoes form, compare hotspot locations with plate boundaries, analyze maps, and practice CER and Regents-style questions.

Mathematical Thinking Prompt Cards

Math shows up in science all the time, but many students don’t know how to think with it, not just calculate. These Mathematical Thinking Cards give students quick prompts to interpret data, use equations, and explain their reasoning.

Physical and Chemical Changes Lab

Engage your students with a simple, low-prep lab! They will observe physical and chemical changes while having fun! This resource includes a lesson plan, student lab sheet, and step-by-step Google Slides presentation.

Intro to Anatomy & Physiology Unit Guide

This EDITABLE 7-week Anatomy Unit Plan is full of assessment ideas and class activity options. It is the perfect resource for any high school anatomy & physiology, kinesiology, or sports medicine teachers.

Teach Chemistry with Thanksgiving Food

Pie can make percent composition practical, fun, and edible. Use this resource in you physical science, chemistry, or cooking chemistry classes as a sure path to student engagement!

Thermal Energy Experiment Cluster Question Set

This resource includes an eight cluster question set worksheet and slideshow that students answer based on a thermal energy experiment scenario, including graphics and graphs.

Missing Bluebirds Mystery: An Ecosystem Whodunnit

Where have all the bluebirds gone? Students work through puzzles and clues to find the answer in this ecosystem mystery. This Environmental Science resource is guaranteed to engage students!

Thanksgiving Metric Conversion Color by Number

In this resource, students solve 15 metric conversion questions involving length, mass, and volume, and then color the Thanksgiving-themed picture based on their answers.

Human Impact Four Corners Freebie

Students explore real-world environmental scenarios, decide whether human actions have a positive impact, negative impact, both, or are unsure, and defend their choices using evidence and reasoning.


Plate Tectonics Guided Notes Activity

Ecosystems "Turkey's House" Color by Code

Pure Substances Mixtures Task Cards TEKS 6.6B


Crack the Code Graph Analysis & Escape Room

Structure & Function Station Activity (NGSS-Aligned)

Moon Cycle Vocabulary Review Activity

Thanksgiving Writing Chemical Formulas

Seasons and Solstices Color by Number

Thermal Energy and Weather Prediction


CER Gallery Walk Scavenger Hunt

Kinesiology Muscle T-Shirt Activity

Population Ecology Reading Comprehension Worksheets


Break In At the Bio Lab Task Card Mystery

Density Review Game: Mass Volume Density Practice

Thermal Energy Transfer Mystery: NGSS MS-PS3