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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

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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
Six Kingdoms of Life Fold and learn
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Six Kingdoms of Life Fold and learn

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Six Kingdoms of Life Fold and Learn: is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research or show what they have learned by writing different facts about the six kingdoms of life. This fold and learn also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in the picture of each type of organism. A completed version with answers is included. This Six Kingdoms of Life Fold and Learn fits neatly inside of composition books and contains the following: 1. Assembly Instructions 2. Completed facts for each kingdom: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Archaebacteria, Eubacteria 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each kingdom
Measurement Tools
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Measurement Tools

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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
Cell Structures Accordion Booklet
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Cell Structures Accordion Booklet

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Cell Structures: This cell structures accordion booklet is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research or show what they have learned by writing different facts on the provided blank lines about the different types of cellular structures. This booklet also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in examples of each cellular structure. A completed booklet with answers is included. Cell Structures Accordion Booklet Contents: 1. Assembly Instructions for the booklet 2. Cell Structures Vocabulary terms: (with completed facts) Cell wall, Lysosome, Chloroplast, Mitochondria, Ribosome, Nucleus, Smooth endoplasmic reticulum, Rough endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi, Cell membrane 3. Blank versions with lines for students to write their own facts for each cell structure 4. A smaller version of #1, 2, & 3 to fit smaller pieces of construction paper ***** Do a search for my other Accordion Booklets in the folllowing topics: ***** Space Science: ♦ The Solar System: The Planets ♦ Eclipses ♦ Comets, Meteors, Meteoroids, Meteorites and Asteroids ♦ Life Cycle of Stars ♦ Constellations of the Zodiac Earth Science: ♦ Clouds ♦ Severe Weather ♦ Layers of the Atmosphere ♦ Volcanoes ♦ Fossils ♦ Plate Tectonics ♦ Natural Resources ♦ Layers of the Earth ♦ Rock Cycle ♦ Water Cycle ♦ Rocks and Minerals ♦ Landforms Life Science: ♦ Biomes ♦ Life Cycle of Plants ♦ Human Body Systems ♦ Habitats ♦ Butterfly Life Cycle ♦ Frog Life Cycle ♦ Dinosaurs ♦ Animal Adaptations ♦ Six Kingdoms of Life ♦ Pumpkin Life Cycle ♦ Cell Structures Physical Science: ♦ The Scientific Method ♦ Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures ♦ Forms of Energy ♦ Simple Machines
Ecosystems Word Search/ Coloring Book
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Ecosystems Word Search/ Coloring Book

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Ecosystems: This ecosystems 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. Ecosystems Word Search/ Coloring Book Vocabulary Terms: ♦ Alpine ♦ Arctic ♦ Beach ♦ Cave ♦ City ♦ Desert ♦ Freshwater ♦ Grassland ♦ Island ♦ Lake ♦ Marine ♦ Pond ♦ Rainforest ♦ Savannah ♦ Temperate Forest ♦ Tundra Thank you to Illumismart, Educlips and Ashley Hughes who provided the images
Scientific Method Word Search/ Coloring Book
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Scientific Method Word Search/ Coloring Book

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Scientific Method: This scientific method 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. Scientific Method Word Search/ Coloring Book Vocabulary: ♦ Bar Graph ♦ Classification ♦ Conclusion ♦ Data ♦ Experiment ♦ Hypothesis ♦ Line Graph ♦ Materials ♦ Measure ♦ Observation ♦ Pie Chart ♦ Prediction ♦ Procedure ♦ Question ♦ Research ♦ Variables
Butterfly Life Cycle Lapbook
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Butterfly Life Cycle Lapbook

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Butterfly Life Cycle Lapbook: is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about the life cycle of butterflies and write what they find on the provided blank lines. This lapbook also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in each stage of the butterfly life cycle. A completed lapbook with answers is included. Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page) This butterfly life cycle lapbook contains the following: 1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook 2. Completed facts for each life cycle stage: Eggs, Caterpillar, Pupa, Emerging Butterfly, Adult Butterfly 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each butterfly life cycle stage 4. Check out the preview for more details Thank you to Kari Bolt Clip Art who provided the images ***** Do a search for my other Lapbooks in the folllowing topics: ***** Space Science: ♦ The Solar System: The Planets ♦ Eclipses ♦ Comets, Meteors, Meteoroids, Meteorites and Asteroids Earth Science: ♦ Clouds ♦ Severe Weather ♦ Layers of the Atmosphere ♦ Volcanoes ♦ Fossils ♦ Plate Tectonics ♦ Natural Resources ♦ Layers of the Earth ♦ Rock Cycle ♦ Water Cycle ♦ Rocks and Minerals ♦ Landforms Life Science: ♦ Biomes ♦ Life Cycle of Plants ♦ Human Body Systems ♦ Habitats ♦ Butterfly Life Cycle ♦ Frog Life Cycle ♦ Dinosaurs ♦ Animal Adaptations ♦ Six Kingdoms of Life ♦ Pumpkin Life Cycle ♦ Cell Structures Physical Science: ♦ The Scientific Method ♦ Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures ♦ Forms of Energy ♦ Simple Machines
Food Web Cootie Catchers
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Food Web Cootie Catchers

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Food Web: These food web cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about food webs and vocabulary. Food Web Vocabulary Terms: ♦ Food web, Producer, Carnivore, Omnivore, Herbivore, Scavenger, Decomposer, Consumer These food web cootie catchers come in color and black & white, and also come with a version where students can add their own definitions. All of this totals 4 pages which has students identifying vocabulary terms about the food web (with pictures) based from the definition. ***** Do a search for my other Cootie Catchers in the folllowing topics: ***** Space Science: ♦ Comets, Meteors, & Asteroids ♦ Constellations ♦ Eclipses ♦ Life Cycles of Stars ♦ Moon Phases ♦ Planets ♦ Solar System and Space ♦ Clouds ♦ Earthquakes & Plate Tectonics ♦ Erosion ♦ Fossils ♦ Layers of the Atmosphere ♦ Layers of the Earth ♦ Landforms ♦ Natural Disasters ♦ Natural Resources ♦ Rock Cycle ♦ Rocks and Minerals ♦ Seasons ♦ Soil ♦ Volcanoes ♦ Water Cycle ♦ Weather Life Science: ♦ Animal Adaptations ♦ Biomes ♦ Cell Organelles ♦ Classification and Taxonomy ♦ Ecosystems ♦ Evolution ♦ Food Web ♦ Habitats ♦ Human Body ♦ Life Cycles ♦ Photosynthesis ♦ Plants ♦ Six Kingdoms of Life Physical Science: ♦ Atomic Structure ♦ Circuits ♦ Element Compound and Mixture ♦ Force and Motion ♦ Forms of Energy ♦ Light Energy ♦ Magnets ♦ Reflection and Refraction ♦ Scientific Method ♦ Simple Machines ♦ Sound Energy ♦ States of Matter ♦ Thermal Energy ♦ Waves
Human Body Systems Accordion Booklet
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Human Body Systems Accordion Booklet

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Human Body Systems: This human body systems booklet is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. The students will need to research each body system to discover fun facts about each human body system. A completed human body system accordion booklet is also included as an answer key or for a modification for students with special education needs. Human Body Systems Booklet contents: 1. Assembly Instructions for the human body systems Booklet 2. Completed Facts about each body system: Skeletal system, Muscular system, Cardiovascular system, Respiratory system, Digestive system, Nervous system, Lymphatic system, Urinary system, Reproductive system, Endocrine system, Integumentary system 3. Blank versions for students to write in facts about each human body system. 4. Black and white version of #2 & 3 5. A smaller version of #1, 2, 3, & 4 to fit smaller pieces of construction paper ***** Do a search for my other Accordion Booklets in the folllowing topics: ***** Space Science: ♦ The Solar System: The Planets ♦ Eclipses ♦ Comets, Meteors, Meteoroids, Meteorites and Asteroids ♦ Life Cycle of Stars ♦ Constellations of the Zodiac Earth Science: ♦ Clouds ♦ Severe Weather ♦ Layers of the Atmosphere ♦ Volcanoes ♦ Fossils ♦ Plate Tectonics ♦ Natural Resources ♦ Layers of the Earth ♦ Rock Cycle ♦ Water Cycle ♦ Rocks and Minerals ♦ Landforms Life Science: ♦ Biomes ♦ Life Cycle of Plants ♦ Human Body Systems ♦ Habitats ♦ Butterfly Life Cycle ♦ Frog Life Cycle ♦ Dinosaurs ♦ Animal Adaptations ♦ Six Kingdoms of Life ♦ Pumpkin Life Cycle ♦ Cell Structures Physical Science: ♦ The Scientific Method ♦ Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures ♦ Forms of Energy ♦ Simple Machines
Cell Structures: Build an Animal Cell
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Cell Structures: Build an Animal Cell

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Cell Structures: This cell structures activity allows students to construct their own animal cell and is a great way for students to have fun while learning about cell organelles! Cell Structures Activity: In this activity, students will cut out the main animal cell organelles and paste them within a cell membrane. Students will then cut and paste the appropriate functions to the names. Finally, students will draw a line connecting the organelle with its function. Cell Structures (Organelles) Vocabulary: Ribosome, Nucleus, Lysosome, Vacuole, Mitochondria, Golgi body, Endoplasmic reticulum This activity contains the following additional structures: Cytoplasm, Cell membrane
Habitats
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Habitats

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Habitats: These habitats cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different types of habitats. These cootie catchers contain the following Habitats: ♦ Coral reef, Swamp, Pond, Cave, City/ Urban, Marine, Freshwater, Marsh These Habitats Cootie Catchers contain the following versions: 1. Students identify the habitat from the picture (environment) 2. Students identify the habitat from the picture (animals) 3. Students identify the habitat from the description (definition) 4. A blank cootie catcher for students to create their own questions. 5. All of the above cootie catchers are available in black and white. ***** Do a search for my other Cootie Catchers in the folllowing topics: ***** Space Science: ♦ Comets, Meteors, & Asteroids ♦ Constellations ♦ Eclipses ♦ Life Cycles of Stars ♦ Moon Phases ♦ Planets ♦ Solar System and Space ♦ Clouds ♦ Earthquakes & Plate Tectonics ♦ Erosion ♦ Fossils ♦ Layers of the Atmosphere ♦ Layers of the Earth ♦ Landforms ♦ Natural Disasters ♦ Natural Resources ♦ Rock Cycle ♦ Rocks and Minerals ♦ Seasons ♦ Soil ♦ Volcanoes ♦ Water Cycle ♦ Weather Life Science: ♦ Animal Adaptations ♦ Biomes ♦ Cell Organelles ♦ Classification and Taxonomy ♦ Ecosystems ♦ Evolution ♦ Food Web ♦ Habitats ♦ Human Body ♦ Life Cycles ♦ Photosynthesis ♦ Plants ♦ Six Kingdoms of Life Physical Science: ♦ Atomic Structure ♦ Circuits ♦ Element Compound and Mixture ♦ Force and Motion ♦ Forms of Energy ♦ Light Energy ♦ Magnets ♦ Reflection and Refraction ♦ Scientific Method ♦ Simple Machines ♦ Sound Energy ♦ States of Matter ♦ Thermal Energy ♦ Waves
Six Kingdoms of Life
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Six Kingdoms of Life

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Six Kingdoms of Life Cootie Catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about each of the six kingdoms of life. These cootie catchers contain the following vocabulary words on the six kingdoms of life: ♦ Animals, Plants, Protists, Fungi, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Prokaryote, Eukaryote These cootie catchers on the six kingdoms of life come in color and black & white, and also come with a version where students can add their own definitions. All of this totals 4 pages which has students identifying vocabulary terms about the six kingdoms of life (with pictures) based from the definition. ***** Do a search for my other Cootie Catchers in the folllowing topics: ***** Space Science: ♦ Comets, Meteors, & Asteroids ♦ Constellations ♦ Eclipses ♦ Life Cycles of Stars ♦ Moon Phases ♦ Planets ♦ Solar System and Space ♦ Clouds ♦ Earthquakes & Plate Tectonics ♦ Erosion ♦ Fossils ♦ Layers of the Atmosphere ♦ Layers of the Earth ♦ Landforms ♦ Natural Disasters ♦ Natural Resources ♦ Rock Cycle ♦ Rocks and Minerals ♦ Seasons ♦ Soil ♦ Volcanoes ♦ Water Cycle ♦ Weather Life Science: ♦ Animal Adaptations ♦ Biomes ♦ Cell Organelles ♦ Classification and Taxonomy ♦ Ecosystems ♦ Evolution ♦ Food Web ♦ Habitats ♦ Human Body ♦ Life Cycles ♦ Photosynthesis ♦ Plants ♦ Six Kingdoms of Life Physical Science: ♦ Atomic Structure ♦ Circuits ♦ Element Compound and Mixture ♦ Force and Motion ♦ Forms of Energy ♦ Light Energy ♦ Magnets ♦ Reflection and Refraction ♦ Scientific Method ♦ Simple Machines ♦ Sound Energy ♦ States of Matter ♦ Thermal Energy ♦ Waves
Scientific Method
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Scientific Method

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Scientific Method: This scientific method fold and learn is a great way for students to learn and organize each step while following and conducting an actual science experiment which follows the scientific method. Scientific Method Fold and Learn Contents: 6 pages: 1. Fold and learn in color 2. Fold and learn in black and white 3. Blank version for students to explain each stage OR use with an actual experiment (example experiment included) 4. Along with an experiment, students describe each stage 5. Answers for an example experiment: How does salt affect the boiling point of water.
Cell Organelles Crossword Puzzle
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Cell Organelles Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle on cell organelles is a fun vocabulary review for students and contains the following: 1. Blank Version without word bank 2. Blank Version with word bank 3. Answer Key Vocabulary Words: ♦ Cell Membrane ♦ Cell Wall ♦ Chloroplast ♦ Cytoplasm ♦ Endoplasmic Reticulum ♦ Golgi ♦ Lysosome ♦ Mitochondria ♦ Nucleus ♦ Organelle ♦ Ribosome ♦ Vacuole
Genetic Engineering Crossword Puzzle
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Genetic Engineering Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle on genetic engineering is a fun vocabulary review for students and contains the following: 1. Blank Version without word bank 2. Blank Version with word bank 3. Answer Key Vocabulary Words: ♦ Bioethics ♦ Clone ♦ DNA Fingerprinting ♦ Electrophoresis ♦ Gene ♦ Gene Therapy ♦ Genome ♦ Plasmid ♦ Recombinant DNA ♦ Restriction Enzyme ♦ Transgenic
Urinary System Crossword Puzzle
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Urinary System Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle on the Urinary system is a fun vocabulary review for students and contains the following: 1. Blank Version without word bank 2. Blank Version with word bank 3. Answer Key Vocabulary Words: ♦ Bladder ♦ Kidneys ♦ Nephron ♦ Renal Artery ♦ Renal Vein ♦ Sphincter ♦ Urea ♦ Ureters ♦ Urethra ♦ Urine
The Heart and Circulatory System Word Search
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The Heart and Circulatory System Word Search

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This word search on the structures of the heart includes the following vocabulary terms. The solution to the puzzle is included. ♦ Aorta ♦ Inferior Vena Cava ♦ Left Atrium ♦ Left Ventricle ♦ Pulmonary Artery ♦ Pulmonary Veins ♦ Right Atrium ♦ Right Ventricle ♦ Superior Vena Cava
Digestive System Word Search
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Digestive System Word Search

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This word search on the digestive system includes the following vocabulary terms. The solution to the puzzle is included. ♦ Esophagus ♦ Gallbladder ♦ Large Intestine ♦ Liver ♦ Mouth ♦ Pancreas ♦ Rectum ♦ Small Intestine ♦ Stomach
Microscope Parts Word Search
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Microscope Parts Word Search

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This word search on the parts of a microscope includes the following vocabulary terms. The solution to the puzzle is included. ♦ Ocular Lens ♦ Objective Lens ♦ Stage ♦ Condenser ♦ Iris Diaphragm ♦ Illuminator ♦ Head ♦ Frame ♦ Coarse Focus ♦ Fine Focus ♦ Base
Cellular Respiration Task Cards
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Cellular Respiration Task Cards

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These task cards are a great way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of cellular respiration. This product contains 18 cards with multiple choice questions about cellular respiration. A recording sheet and an answer key are included. Blank cards are also included for questions to be added, if wanted. The same 24 cards are also available as open ended questions.
Passive and Active Cell Transport Escape Room
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Passive and Active Cell Transport Escape Room

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge of cell transport. Full "Letter" sized cards as well as smaller sized cards are provided. 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