Worksheets for Middle School Students

Worksheets for Middle School Teachers
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Though most of my teaching experience is at the high school level, I recently spent some time in a middle school classroom teaching a physical science class. Though this is my no means a complete middle school physical science curriculum, maybe this will at least give you middle school teachers an age-appropriate starting point for building a curriculum.*

These worksheets are in Microsoft Word format. If you like the worksheets you see here, you may be interested in the following:

Title of Worksheet	Brief description of Worksheet	MS Word - Click File Name
Counting Atoms Sheet	Practice worksheet where students name ionic compounds and count the atoms of each element present.	HM001
Acceleration Notes	These are the notes I used when teaching acceleration to my students. Not a worksheet.	HM002
Another Balancing Equations Worksheet	Practice with, you guessed it, balancing equations.	HM003
Balancing Equations Worksheet	More balancing equations.	HM004
Elements and Bonding Worksheet	Practice with the groups of the periodic table, valence electrons, and a brief introduction to how bonds are formed.	HM005
Ionic, Covalent, Metallic Lab	A lab where students guess whether a compound is a metal, an ionic compound, or a covalent compound. Includes teacher tips.	HM006
More Mixed Naming Fun	Practice naming ionic and covalent compounds.	HM007
Naming and Equations Review	Review with naming chemical compounds and balancing equations.	HM008
Naming Chemical Compounds Worksheet	Yet more practice with naming chemical compounds.	HM009
Naming Mixed Ionic and Covalent Compounds	Still more naming ionic and covalent compounds.	HM010
Physical Science Quiz	Ionic and covalent properties, bonding, and naming. Also includes equation balancing.	HM011
Position and Velocity vs. Time Graphs	Practice making position vs. time and velocity vs. time graphs.	HM012
Review - Bonding, Oxidation States, Naming, and Balancing Equations	Pretty much what it sounds like.	HM013
Salt Lab	A lab where the students explore the exothermic or endothermic solvation of various ionic compounds in water.	HM014
Acceleration Practice Problems	Questions involving acceleration, velocity, and the distance traveled during each.	HM015
Unit Conversions Homework	Unit conversions problems.	HM016
Unit Conversions Practice	More unit conversions problems.	HM017

Questions? Comments? Email them to me at misterguch@chemfiesta.com

*All worksheets © 2004 Ian Guch and Cavalcade Publishing, All Rights Reserved. As with all worksheets on this site, no resources may be used without written permission of the author, with the exception of use by teachers for their own classes. The author and Cavalcade Publishing make no guarantee as to the accuracy, safety, or educational quality of these worksheets and assume no responsibility for any consequences resulting from their use. By using these worksheets and activities, you agree to assume all liability and responsibility for their use. Though that gets me off the hook for anything that goes wrong, please make sure to always use common sense when teaching, particularly when it comes to safety issues stemming from doing labs. Of course, most important is the need for students to wear goggles at all times - if you don't have this as your standard policy, you're a bonehead.