I have been a science teacher in an urban School District for 7 years. During this time I have had the opportunity to experience teaching within classrooms at all levels of performance abilities, including full inclusion, and highly advanced classes.
I have taught middle school science (both the 7th and 8th grade) and at the high school level (9th to 12th grade science) including Anatomy, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, and Physical Science
I have a PA Professional Certi
I have been a science teacher in an urban School District for 7 years. During this time I have had the opportunity to experience teaching within classrooms at all levels of performance abilities, including full inclusion, and highly advanced classes.
I have taught middle school science (both the 7th and 8th grade) and at the high school level (9th to 12th grade science) including Anatomy, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, and Physical Science
I have a PA Professional Certi
This word search on the electromagnetic spectrum includes the following vocabulary terms. The solution to the puzzle is included.
♦ Electromagnetic Spectrum
♦ Electromagnetic Wave
♦ Gamma Rays
♦ Infrared Light
♦ Microwave
♦ Radio Wave
♦ Ultraviolet Light
♦ Visible Light
♦ X-Ray
This word search on tectonic plates also doubles as a coloring book!. The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Convection
♦ Convergent
♦ Divergent
♦ Earth Layers
♦ Earthquake
♦ Fault
♦ Hot Spot
♦ Ocean Ridge
♦ Pangaea
♦ Seismologist
♦ Tectonic Plates
♦ Transform
Ocean Animals: This ocean animals interactive identification game is not your average PowerPoint! This PowerPoint is a live-working interactive dichotomous key! Each slide has code embedded within it that allows the students to answer yes or no questions about marine animals.
The students are to pick an animal they like to begin the "game" or lesson. The students are then presented with questions about marine animals such as: Is the animal a mammal? Is the animal a vertebrate? Is the animal soft bodied?
After clicking the correct button, only the animals with the chosen characteristics are left on the screen. Additional questions are asked until the correct animal is chosen.
This PowerPoint can be used in many different ways:
*Teaching young children about marine animals
*Teaching young and older children about animal characteristics
*Teaching older children about dichotomous keys
Important Note: This interactive works when in SlideShow mode
Adjectives: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they improve their ability to identify adjectives within sentences.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the adjective within the sentence. A multiple Choice (MC) version and an open ended version is provided. An answer sheet and an answer key are also included.
These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of the different structures of the digestive system.
This product contains 8 cards with definitions and images for each term:
♦ Esophagus
♦ Gallbladder
♦ Large Intestine (Colon)
♦ Liver
♦ Mouth
♦ Pancreas
♦ Small Intestine
♦ Stomach
Lab Equipment: This lab equipment word search also doubles as a coloring book!. The advantage to this is that students can actually see the concept behind the term they are attempting to find. The Solution to the puzzle is included.
This Lab Equipment Word Search/ Coloring Book contains the following terms:
♦ Beaker
♦ Bunsen Burner
♦ Crucible
♦ Dropper
♦ Evaporating Dish
♦ Filter Flask
♦ Flask
♦ Graduated Cylinder
♦ Microscope
♦ Mortar and Pestle
♦ Petri Dish
♦ Pipette
♦ Test Tube
♦ Thermometer
♦ Tongs
♦ Wash Bottle
Thank you to Glitter Meets Glue Designs who provided the images
Measurement Tools: This measurement tools word search also doubles as a coloring book!. The advantage to this is that students can actually see the concept behind the term they are attempting to find. The Solution to the puzzle is included.
Measurement Tools Vocabulary Terms:
♦ Balance
♦ Caliper
♦ Clock
♦ Compass
♦ Cup
♦ Graduated Cylinder
♦ Protractor
♦ Right Angle
♦ Ruler
♦ Scale
♦ Spring Scale
♦ Stop Watch
♦ T-Square
♦ Tape Measure
♦ Test Tube
♦ Thermometer
Thank you to Glitter Meets Glue Designs who provided the images
This word search on electricity and magnetism includes the following vocabulary terms. The solution to the puzzle is included.
♦ Attract
♦ Closed Circuit
♦ Electric Field
♦ Electromagnet
♦ Magnetic Field
♦ Open Circuit
♦ Parallel Circuit
♦ Repel
♦ Series Circuit
Mean, Median, Mode, and Range: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with calculating mean, median, mode, and range. There are 26 questions and includes an answer sheet and an answer key.
Do a search for my other Math Task Cards:
♦ Ages 6-9:
Addition
Arrays
Balancing Equations
Coins
Estimating Sums
Expanded Form
Fact Families
Greater Than Less Than
Long Division
Missing Addends
Multiplication Word Problems
Number Bonds Word Problems
Skip Counting
Subtraction
Telling Time
♦ Ages 9-11:
Balancing Equations
Capacity
Comparing Decimals
Decimals
Elapsed Time
Expanded Form
Exponents
Fact Families
Factors & Multiples
Fractions
Fractions on a Number Line
Greater Than Less Than
Greatest Common Factors
Least Common Multiple
Long Division
Mean, Median, Mode, & Range
Metric Measurement
Mixed Numbers
Multiplication
Number Patterns
Order of Operations
Percents
Place Value
Prime & Composite Numbers
Prime Factorization
Probability
Properties of Mult.
Rounding
Word Problems
♦ Ages 11-14:
Customary Measurements
Fractions: Add & Sub, Decimals, & Percents
Fractions: Equivalent & Reducing Fractions
Greater Than Less Than
Improper Fractions & Mixed Numbers
Integers
Operations with Fractions
Rational Numbers
Ratios
Simple Interest
♦ Geometry:
3D Shapes
Angle Pair Relationships
Area of a Circle & Composite Figures
Circumference of a Circle
Missing Angles
Perimeter
Polygons
Pythagorean Theorem
Quadrilaterals
Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms
Volume & Surface Area of Cylinders
Volume of Cones, Rectangular Prisms, & Triangular Prisms
Telling Time to the Minute: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice telling time.
Answers are provided for each problem.
Do a search for my other Math Task Cards:
♦ Ages 6-9:
Addition
Arrays
Balancing Equations
Coins
Estimating Sums
Expanded Form
Fact Families
Greater Than Less Than
Long Division
Missing Addends
Multiplication Word Problems
Number Bonds Word Problems
Skip Counting
Subtraction
Telling Time
♦ Ages 9-11:
Balancing Equations
Capacity
Comparing Decimals
Decimals
Elapsed Time
Expanded Form
Exponents
Fact Families
Factors & Multiples
Fractions
Fractions on a Number Line
Greater Than Less Than
Greatest Common Factors
Least Common Multiple
Long Division
Mean, Median, Mode, & Range
Metric Measurement
Mixed Numbers
Multiplication
Number Patterns
Order of Operations
Percents
Place Value
Prime & Composite Numbers
Prime Factorization
Probability
Properties of Mult.
Rounding
Word Problems
♦ Ages 11-14:
Customary Measurements
Fractions: Add & Sub, Decimals, & Percents
Fractions: Equivalent & Reducing Fractions
Greater Than Less Than
Improper Fractions & Mixed Numbers
Integers
Operations with Fractions
Rational Numbers
Ratios
Simple Interest
♦ Geometry:
3D Shapes
Angle Pair Relationships
Area of a Circle & Composite Figures
Circumference of a Circle
Missing Angles
Perimeter
Polygons
Pythagorean Theorem
Quadrilaterals
Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms
Volume & Surface Area of Cylinders
Volume of Cones, Rectangular Prisms, & Triangular Prisms
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge with the integumentary system.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ
♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions
♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their skills with literal equations.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ
♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions
♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their skills with adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing rational expressions.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions and FAQ
♦ 3 Levels to decode: Maze, Tarsia Puzzle, and a Message Decoder
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge with the major historical figures and events during the Civil Rights Movement.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ
♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions
♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
These fact or opinion task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning the difference between fact and opinion.
This activity has students reading 26 statements to each other and then asked to either identify the statement as either fact or opinion or to identify the opinion when given two options. Explanations are also given for the more tricky statements. A recording sheet and an answer key are also included.
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while identifying and explaining valid and faulty generalizations.
This activity has students reading 26 valid and faulty generalizations to each other. Students must then identify whether each statement is valid or faulty and explain their reasoning. A pre-made explanation is made for each one within the answer key. A recording sheet is also included.
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of the structures and functions of plants. Full “Letter” sized cards as well as smaller sized cards are provided.
Important: Please view the Video Preview (found within the thumbnails above) for an explanation on how to decode the levels.
Key Terms Covered:
Vascular Tissue: xylem, Phloem, tracheids, sieve cells and sieve tube members
Ground Tissue: Collenchyma tissue, Parenchyma tissue, Sclerenchyma tissue
Epidermal Tissue
Apical meristem
Cuticle
Stoma
Trichome
Mesophyll: Spongy and Palisade
Vascular cambium
Pith
Cotyledon
Epicotyl
Monocots vs. Dicots
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ
♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions
♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Large Sized Cards and Smaller
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
Rock Cycle: This word search also doubles as a coloring book!. The advantage to this is that students can actually see the concept behind the term they are attempting to find. The solution to the puzzle is included.
Rock Cycle Word Search/ Coloring Book Vocabulary Terms:
♦ Igneous Rock
♦ Lava
♦ Metamorphic Rock
♦ Mineral
♦ Sediment
♦ Sedimentary Rock
♦ Sediment Layers
♦ Subduction Zone
♦ Volcanic Fissure
♦ Volcano
♦ Water Erosion
♦ Wind Erosion
Thank you to Monster Wrangler Mike, Teaching in the Tongass and The Painted Crow who provided the images