The Geyser Files | Soda Geyser Data & Graphing Worksheet with Answer Key (Middle School Physical Science)
Students love the soda geyser. This worksheet turns the excitement into real science: reading data tables, building a graph, and defending a claim with evidence and reasoning.
What's included:
- 3 student pages in a "lab mission" format, with station tracker and Scientist ID card
- Data tables and a bar graph to complete (candies dropped in vs. geyser height)
- Claim-Evidence-Reasoning response
- 1-page teacher answer key with grading guide, science background, materials/safety notes and an "Extend It" fair-test challenge (soda temperature vs. geyser height)
- Print-ready, US Letter
Designed for grades 6-8, about 45 minutes. Aligned to NGSS MS-PS1-2. The data tables are a sample data set provided for the activity.
What you get: printable PDF, instant download.
Watching a soda geyser is exciting. Explaining it with evidence is real science. This worksheet gives students a reason to read data, graph it, and defend an explanation in their own words, which is exactly the thinking we want from them.
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