Step into the lab: New middle school science worksheets



We’ve released new worksheets for middle school science! Chemistry, biology, and physics teachers can spark curiosity and boost analytical thinking with these exciting materials this year.

All of the following resources are designed for students in grades sixth through eighth:


1. Make science personal

Uncover your students’ scientific interests and help them connect their learnings to real-life scenarios! These thought-provoking worksheets will allow you to personalize your teaching to your students’ goals and make science exciting for them:

  1. All About Me: Science Edition
  2. Would you rather? Science Edition

2. Get curious about the scientific process

Curiosity is at the core of science!

Encourage your learners to make observations, ask questions, and analyze data to come to conclusions independently. These colorful new worksheets can help guide them through each step of the scientific process:

  1. Making Observations and Inferences 
  2. What Do You Wonder?
  3. Collecting and Analyzing Data

3. Explore the Periodic Table

Learning the periodic table can be daunting, but this Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt turns it into an exciting challenge! Using the colorful table provided, students will answer questions to identify elements, atomic numbers, and atomic masses.

4. Classify matter, elements, and compounds

Understanding matter, well, matters! It’s essential to grasping key concepts like atoms and molecules.

You can use the following three worksheets to help your students distinguish between different types of matter, as well as provide a detailed view of elements and compounds using particle models and chemical formulas:

  1. Classifying Matter Using Particle Models 1 
  2. Classifying Matter Using Particle Models 2 
  3. Identifying Elements and Compounds

5. Get hands-on in the lab

Laboratory science is a great way to show middle schoolers how theoretical learnings can have practical applications! Once your students are ready to start in the lab, you can use these worksheets to teach lab safety essentials and help them identify different types of equipment. Fun and creative formats like a scavenger hunt make this lesson anything but boring: 

  1. Laboratory Safety Contract
  2. Laboratory Equipment Scavenger Hunt
  3. Laboratory Equipment: What am I?

Explore more science resources! 

Ready to tackle your next experiment? Discover 100+ middle school science printables and hands-on activities in the Education.com Learning Library.

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