Human Activities & Climate Station Lab - New TEKS 8.11B

This modular, student-led activity is fully aligned with TEKS 2021 standard 8.11B and will keep your middle schoolers engaged while exploring how human activities influence climate. With everything included, you’ll save a ton of prep time while giving your students the opportunity to guide their own learning.

In this interactive lab, students will use scientific evidence to describe how human actions—such as greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and urbanization—affect weather and climate systems. Perfect for in-class or virtual learning, this resource helps students connect scientific concepts to real-world issues.

Differentiated, Modular, and Student-Centered

Each lab includes nine differentiated activities, allowing students to engage with the content in multiple ways. Teachers act as facilitators while students work independently or collaboratively, creating a student-centered learning environment.

All signage, resources, and task cards are included. The Explore It! station may require a few simple materials already available in your classroom.

The Stations

Input Stations – Learn the Concepts

• Explore It! – Hands-on demo or digital drag-and-drop in PowerPoint/Google Slides

• Watch It! – Short video with comprehension questions

• Read It! – Differentiated passages (English & Spanish) with vocabulary and comprehension practice

• Research It! – Facts, images, and graphs with guided questions

Output Stations – Show Understanding

• Organize It! – Printable or digital card sorts/manipulatives

• Illustrate It! – Sketches or diagrams modeling human impacts on climate

• Write It! – Open-ended short-answer responses

• Assess It! – Task cards + vocabulary-in-context writing

Bonus Station – Challenge It!
Fun extension activities like crosswords, games, and mini-projects for early finishers and advanced learners

Virtual & In-Class Flexibility

This station lab is fully compatible with Google Slides and PowerPoint, making it easy to integrate into both physical and digital classrooms.

Why Teachers Love It:

• Differentiated for a variety of learner needs

• Multimodal activities to keep students engaged

• Flexible for both print and digital instruction

• Minimal prep required

This resource is also included in the Human Activities and Climate 5E Lesson Plan, which expands into editable presentations, interactive notebooks, student-choice projects, assessments, and more.

This is a finished product; it will be updated with corrections as needed. Future improvements and new features will be sold as a separate product.