Grade 6 Earth’s Changing Climate Exit Tickets | 36 Quick Checks + Answers

Quickly check student understanding throughout your Earth’s Changing Climate science unit with this engaging set of 36 printable exit tickets.

Designed to complement the Grade 6 Amplify Science Earth’s Changing Climate unit, these ready-to-use assessments provide a simple way to monitor understanding, identify misconceptions, and determine when students are ready to move forward.

The questions address important unit concepts, including weather and climate, climate patterns, temperature records, greenhouse gases, the greenhouse effect, carbon dioxide, fossil-fuel combustion, human activities, natural climate factors, feedback within Earth’s systems, and using multiple lines of evidence to explain changes in global climate.

WHAT IS INCLUDED

• 36 numbered science exit tickets
• Four quarter-page tickets per student page
• Colorful unit-themed ticket backs
• Recall, concept, and reasoning rigor labels
• Two-page teacher answer guide
• Suggested answers for constructed-response questions
• 21 printable A4 pages, including the product cover
• Print-and-go PDF format

QUESTION TYPES

Students respond to a purposeful variety of question formats:

• Vocabulary
• Multiple choice
• Short answer
• Explanation
• Evidence-based reasoning
• Data reasoning
• Compare and contrast
• True or false with correction
• Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning responses
• Model and draw tasks
• Unit review questions

PERFECT FOR

• End-of-lesson checks
• Formative assessment
• Science notebooks
• Small-group instruction
• Intervention and reteaching
• Test preparation
• Review stations
• Substitute lesson plans
• Homeschool science instruction

The variety of question types moves students beyond simple recall. Students analyze climate data, distinguish weather from climate, interpret system models, evaluate evidence, identify cause-and-effect relationships, and construct explanations about past and present climate change.

PRINTING SUGGESTION

Print the student pages double-sided to place the colorful unit-themed design and rigor label on the back of each exit ticket. Cut the pages into four individual tickets for quick classroom distribution.

CURRICULUM COMPATIBILITY

This independently created resource is designed to complement the Grade 6 Amplify Science Earth’s Changing Climate unit. It may also be used with other middle school science programs covering climate data, greenhouse gases, the greenhouse effect, human impacts, and interactions within Earth’s climate system.

DISCLAIMER

This resource was independently created and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, approved by, or endorsed by Amplify Education, Inc. Amplify and Amplify Science are trademarks of their respective owner. No proprietary curriculum materials are included in this resource.