Scientific Method Worksheets
Scientific method worksheets, lab skills and graphing lesson plans that are designed for high school, middle school, and elementary school life science teachers are downloadable here for free. Data analysis worksheets help students learn the basics of graphing and trends. Experimental variable worksheets allow students to practice identifying variables in many different experimental set-ups. Click the Free Lesson Plan (PDF) link below or become a member to get access to the answer key and editable file. Free scientific method curriculum includes:
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Scientific Method Worksheet - with SpongeBob Free Lesson Plan
Middle School Worksheet
Students analyze experiments to determine if they were done correctly and/or if the results are reliable. They are also challenged to write their own experiments using their knowledge of the scientific method. An answer key has been provided. SpongeBob SquarePants and all related characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.NGSS Standard
Published by Tracy Trimpe
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Data Analysis Worksheet - with SpongeBob Free Lesson Plan
Middle School Worksheet
This SpongeBob worksheet lets students explore data analysis using the Olympics. SpongeBob SquarePants and all related characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.NGSS Standard
Published by Faith Cohen
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Experimental Variables Worksheet 
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High School Worksheet
In this experimental variables worksheet, students identify the independent variable, dependent variable, controls, and control group from several sample science experiments. This variables worksheet helps students build a great foundation before they design their own experiments based on the variables.NGSS Standard
Published by NGSS Life Science
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Daily Warm-Up: Combining Learning Objective vs. Agenda
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High School Worksheet
Students will fill in the Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the day’s agenda with the learning objective. Students are given the daily agenda and learning objectives. The goal is for students to synthesize what they are learning with what they are doing into a single statement, to make their learning meaningful.
Pedagogy: When parents ask their kids what they learned today at school, they usually answer “nothing”. Then the kid answers, we learned about “grizzly bears, or read the Great Gatsby, or we did worksheets”. Students almost always answer the context of what they are doing and not the concept behind it. Many school administrators ask for teachers to display their learning objects (also called many other things) so students can see them. The thought behind this is so students know what they are learning about. The problem is the learning objective is not meaningful for the students, so it just becomes an extra thing teachers must do that doesn’t make a difference. The goal of this Venn Diagram is for students to make the learning objective meaningful to their learning.NGSS Standard
Published by NGSS Life Science
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Design a Homeostasis Lab
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High School Lab
This is an introductory lesson into how to design an experiment. Students will practice writing a hypothesis. Students will create procedures to conduct their own experiment. Students will create a data table for their experimental data. Students will write a conclusion that has them focus on evidence from their experiment.NGSS Standard
HS-LS1-3
Published by NGSS Life Science
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Microscope & Magnification Quiz Free Lesson Plan
Middle School Test
Students are quizzed on the parts of the microscope and calculating magnification power.NGSS Standard
Published by Tracy Trimpe
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Introduction to Microscope Lecture Free Lesson Plan
Free Student Handout
Middle School Lecture
This PowerPoint lecture can be used to introduce the parts of the microscope, magnification power, and how to make a wet-mount slide.NGSS Standard
Published by Tracy Trimpe
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Scientific Method Test Question Bank
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High School Test
Scientific Method and Practices question bank to help you build assessments. An active membership is required to view questions.NGSS Standard
Published by NGSS Life Science
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Characteristics of Life Lab
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High School Lab
Students will learn use their observation skills to determine if an object is living, dead, dormant, a product of a living thing, or never alive using the main characteristics of life.NGSS Standard
HS-LS1-3
HS-LS4-2
MS-LS1-1 (Cell Types)
Published by NGSS Life Science
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Scientific Variables Worksheet - Practice #2 Free Lesson Plan
Middle School Worksheet
This SpongeBob worksheet cover control groups, independent variables, dependent variables, and data analysis. Answer keys have been provided. SpongeBob SquarePants and all related characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.NGSS Standard
Published by Tracy Trimpe
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Scientific Variables Worksheet - Practice #1 Free Lesson Plan
Middle School Worksheet
This SpongeBob worksheet cover control groups, independent variables, dependent variables, and data analysis. Answer keys have been provided. SpongeBob SquarePants and all related characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.NGSS Standard
Published by Tracy Trimpe
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Parts of the Microscope Quiz Free Lesson Plan
Middle School Test
Students are to label a diagram of the microscope using 12 keywords.NGSS Standard
Published by Tracy Trimpe
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Designing a Scientific Model Lab
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High School Lab
The goal of this scientific modeling lab is to have students make predictions based on data without ever finding out if their prediction is actually correct. Concepts like iteration, using data from experiments, and prediction make up the core of the lesson.NGSS Standard
Published by NGSS Life Science
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Mitosis Microscope Lab
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High School Lab
In this mitosis lab, students will observe plant cells in the different phases of the cell cycle, including interphase, mitosis, and cytokinesis. This mitosis microscope lab is a great lab to help students practice their microscope skills, including focusing and the field of view.NGSS Standard
HS-LS1-4
MS-LS3-2 (Types of Reproduction)
Published by NGSS Life Science
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Properties of Water Lab
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High School Lab
In this chemistry lab, students examine the properties of water by dropping water onto a penny. Students will be able to visually see how hydrogen bonding causes the cohesion of water by the formation of a water bubble on top of the penny. At the end of the lab, students will graph their results.NGSS Standard
Published by NGSS Life Science
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Intro to Microscopes Lab
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Middle School Lab
This accessible microscope lab introduces how to focus the microscope. Topics in this microscope lab include objectives, the field of view, resolution, making a wet-mount slide, and measuring with a ruler.NGSS Standard
MS-LS1-1 (Cell Types)
Published by NGSS Life Science
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Tree Octopus Free Lesson Plan
High School Lab
A website that tries to convince people that there are tree octopi. A great website to teach a lesson on how to evaluate what students read, research multiple sources when gathering data, and that when an observation does not agree with an accepted scientific theory, the observation is sometimes fraudulent. Use of the computer lab or classroom computers with Internet access is needed for students to read all about the tree octopus.NGSS Standard
Published by Wild Haggis Conservation Society
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Fungi Lab - Moldy Jell-O Free Student Handout
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Middle School Lab
In this fungi lab, students learn to design an experiment by creating an independent variable and using mold growth as the dependent variable.NGSS Standard
MS-LS2-1 (Resource Availability)
Published by Ingrid Waldron and Jennifer Doherty
