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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
Gas Laws (Boyle, Charles, Gay Lussac, Ideal): Chemistry Escape Room - Science
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Gas Laws (Boyle, Charles, Gay Lussac, Ideal): Chemistry Escape Room - Science

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their skills with problems involving the gas laws: Boyle’s law, Charles’s law, Gay Lussac’s law, Ideal gas law. Contents: ♦ Teacher Instructions and FAQ ♦ 3 Levels to decode: Multiple Choice, Message Decoder, and a Maze ♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key ♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
Types of Genres Task Cards
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Types of Genres Task Cards

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These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different types of genres. This activity has students reading a definition in order to identify each type of genre. The following genres are included: Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Fable, Science Fiction, Autobiography, Biography, Historical Fiction Mythology, Fairy Tale, Poem, Realistic Fiction Suspense/ Thriller, Comic, Horror, Tall Tale, Comedy
Mythology of the Planets PowerPoint
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Mythology of the Planets PowerPoint

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Mythology: This mythology Power Point is a fun and interesting way for students to learn about the Greek and Roman myths surrounding the nine planets in this 34 slide PowerPoint story! Greek and Roman myths surrounding the Planets are included because the Romans based many of their deities from the Greek gods and goddesses. This download also contains playing cards of the 9 planets which contain: ♦ Picture of the Planet ♦ Picture of the God/ Goddess ♦ Roman Name ♦ Greek Name ♦ Type of God ♦ Story Behind the Name There are 4 sets of the same playing cards: ♦ Color Trading Cards with Information Typed In ♦ Gray Scale Trading Cards with Information Typed in ♦ Blank Color Trading Cards for students to fill in ♦ Blank Gray Scale Trading Cards for students to fill in There are 34 slides in this powerpoint with the following titles: ♦ Title Slide ♦ Mercury Title Slide ♦ Apollo & Hermes: Greek Mythology ♦ Hermes: Greek Mythology ♦ Mercury: Roman Mythology ♦ How Mercury Got Its Name ♦ Venus Title Slide ♦ Aphrodite: Greek Mythology ♦ Birth of Venus: Clam Shell Version ♦ Venus: Roman Mythology ♦ How Venus Got Its Name ♦ Earth Title Slide ♦ Gaia and Chaos ♦ Gaia and the Elemental Gods ♦ Gaia and the 12 Titans ♦ The 12 Olympians ♦ How Earth Got Its Name ♦ Mars Title Slide ♦ Ares: Greek Mythology ♦ Mars: Roman Mythology ♦ How Mars Got Its Name ♦ Jupiter Title Slide ♦ Romulus & Remus (2 slides) ♦ Mars: Roman Mythology ♦ Zeus: Greek Mythology ♦ Jupiter: Roman Mythology ♦ How Jupiter Got Its Name ♦ Saturn Title Slide ♦ Cronus:Greek Mythology ♦ The Castration of uranus by Cronus ♦ The Great Fear of Cronus ♦ The Return of the Titans ♦ The Great Battle of Titanomachy ♦ The Ambush ♦ The Fall of Cronus ♦ Saturn: Roman Mythology ♦ How Saturn Got Its Name ♦ Uranus Title Slide ♦ Uranus: Greek Mythology ♦ The Naming of Uranus ♦ Neptune Title Slide ♦ Poseidon: Greek Mythology (2 slides) ♦ Neptune: Roman Mythology ♦ The Naming of Neptune ♦ Pluto Title Slide ♦ Pluto: Mythology ♦ The Naming of Pluto
Mythology of the Days of the Week PowerPoint
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Mythology of the Days of the Week PowerPoint

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Mythology: This mythology of the planets Power Point is a fun and interesting way to teach students about the history of the days of the week; and how the naming of the Sun, Moon, and Planets have roots in Greek, Roman and Germanic Mythologies. There are 10 slides in this PowerPoint with the following Titles: ♦ Title Slide ♦ Etymology of Sunday ♦ Etymology of Monday ♦ Etymology of Tuesday ♦ Etymology of Wednesday ♦ Etymology of Thursday ♦ Etymology of Friday ♦ Etymology of Saturday ♦ March: Roman Mythology ♦ Gods, Planets, & Days of the Week
Protein Synthesis Activity: Biology Escape Room (Transcription and Translation)
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Protein Synthesis Activity: Biology Escape Room (Transcription and Translation)

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of protein synthesis. 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. 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
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Contractions: These contractions cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning how to master contractions. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students identifying the correct contraction as well as its correct spelling from the underlined example words in each sentence. Multiple choice options are given along with the answers. ***** Enjoy this Lesson? Do a search for my other Cootie Catchers: ***** ♦ Reading Strategies: Authors Purpose Cause and Effect Character Traits Compare and Contrast with Pictures Compare and Contrast Creative and Critical Thinking Drawing Conclusions Fact or Opinion Figurative Language Fluency Generalizations Genre Identification Genre Types Idioms Inference Literary Devices Main Idea Metaphors Nonfiction Text Features Paraphrasing Parts of a Book Personification Point of View Predictions Reading Comprehension Reading Response Questions Restating the Question Sequencing Setting Similes Story Elements Summarizing Text Structures Text Structures: Informational Text Structures Theme Writing Prompts ♦ Vocabulary: Analogies (Grades 3-5) Analogies (Grades 6-8) Analogies (Grade 9) Antonyms Compound Words Context Clues Greek and Latin Roots Homophones Homonyms Multiple Meaning Words Prefixes Root Words Shades of Meaning Spelling Suffixes Synonyms Tone and Mood Transition Words ♦ Grammar: Adjective Identification Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative Adverbs Appositives Apostrophes Capitalization Clauses Commas Conjunctions Contractions Mentor Sentences Nouns: Common, Proper, and Plural Nouns: Collective Nouns: Common and Proper Nouns: Irregular Plural Nouns: Plural Nouns Nouns: Possessive Nouns Parts of Speech Prepositions Prepositional Phrases Pronouns: Identification Pronouns: Possessive Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Quotation Marks Sentence Types Sentences: Fragments and Run-Ons Sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex Subject and Predicate: Complete and Compound Verb Identification Verb Tenses Verbs: Helping Verbs: Irregular Verbs: Subject Verb Agreement
Geography: South America Cootie Catchers
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Geography: South America Cootie Catchers

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Geography: South America Cootie Catchers: These cootie catchers/ fortune tellers are a great way for students to have fun while learning the countries of South America. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This product includes the following 14 countries: Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Falkland Islands French Guiana Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
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
Layers of the Earth Lapbook
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Layers of the Earth Lapbook

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Layers of the Earth Lapbook: This lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each layer of the earth and write what they find on the provided blank lines. This lapbook also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in each layer. A completed lapbook with answers is included. Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page) This layers of the Earth lapbook contains the following: 1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook 2. Completed facts for each layer: Inner core, Outer core, Lower mantle, Upper mantle, Crust 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each layer of the Earth 4. Check out the preview for more details ***** 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
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Water Cycle

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Water Cycle: These water cycle cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the water cycle, and to build their vocabulary. These cootie catchers contain the following water cycle vocabulary terms: ♦ Water cycle, Runoff, Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation, Transpiration, Groundwater, Cloud These water cycle 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 water cycle (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
Atomic Structure Crossword Puzzle
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Atomic Structure Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle on atomic structure 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: ♦ Atom ♦ Charge ♦ Electron ♦ Electron Cloud ♦ Element ♦ Ion ♦ Isotope ♦ Mass Number ♦ Matter ♦ Molecule ♦ Neutron ♦ Nucleus ♦ Proton
Vertebrates and Invertebrates Word Search
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Vertebrates and Invertebrates Word Search

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This word search on the different types of vertebrates and invertebrates also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included. Vocabulary Terms Included: Vertebrates: ♦ Dolphin ♦ Wolf ♦ Frog ♦ Snake ♦ Fish ♦ Bird Invertebrates: ♦ Ladybug ♦ Octopus ♦ Earthworm ♦ Lobster ♦ Jellyfish ♦ Snail
Lunar and Solar Eclipses: Science Escape Room
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Lunar and Solar Eclipses: Science Escape Room

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge of lunar and solar eclipses. 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
Parts of Speech Task Cards
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Parts of Speech Task Cards

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Parts of Speech: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their skills with the different types of parts of speech. A recording sheet and an answer key are included. There are 3 question types in this activity: 1. Students identify the part of speech from its definition 2. Students identify each part of speech within a sentence 3. Students identify the part of speech from example words The following parts of speech are used within this product: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections
Layers of the Earth Task Cards
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Layers of the Earth Task Cards

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These task cards are a great way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of the layers of the Earth. This product contains 24 cards with multiple choice questions about each of the layers of the Earth. 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.
Elements Compounds and Mixtures Word Search
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Elements Compounds and Mixtures Word Search

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This word search on elements, compounds and mixtures includes the following vocabulary terms. The solution to the puzzle is included. ♦ Element ♦ Compound ♦ Mixture ♦ Homogeneous ♦ Heterogeneous ♦ Solution ♦ Solvent ♦ Solute
Atomic Structure Word Search
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Atomic Structure Word Search

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This word search on atomic structure includes the following vocabulary terms. The solution to the puzzle is included. ♦ Proton ♦ Neutron ♦ Electron ♦ Electron Cloud ♦ Nucleus ♦ Ion ♦ Isotope ♦ Chemical Bond ♦ Compound