I have developed lessons designed primarily for middle and high school students in science. These labs have been classroom tested for many years. Awards 2007-2005 Professional Learning Grant from the Waltham Chamber of Commerce 2001, and my name is on Mars 2001 Mars Rover for my contributions to NASA educational system.
I have developed lessons designed primarily for middle and high school students in science. These labs have been classroom tested for many years. Awards 2007-2005 Professional Learning Grant from the Waltham Chamber of Commerce 2001, and my name is on Mars 2001 Mars Rover for my contributions to NASA educational system.
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STEM This is the most incredible chemistry lesson you will ever teach your Middle school students. It is tons of fun, and messy, and will put magic in your subject.Included detailed instructions to follow each step. Templates for cutting and tracing are included at the end of the lesson. Students will be making their beautiful decorations from paper templates. The lesson explains the chemistry behind all this fun.
Happy Holidays
Materials
1/2 cup Shaving Cream
Food Dye or water-based paints
A sheet pan, cake pan, plastic food container—even a paper plate will work
Spoon
Measuring Cups
Paint Brushes very soft
Paper
Templates
Cloth to cover lab tables
Products contain
Reading
Lab Procedure
This lab is a great resource to engage your middle school students to discover how minerals can be identified and quickly classified with a streak test. An explanation of why minerals change due to chemistry is included. This lab has been classroom-tested with a discussion question at the end. Students will understand WHY minerals change their color upon completion of this lab
MATERIALS
Streak plate
6 to 10 labeled Minerals
Total Pages
5 pages
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
1 hour
This is a terrific lesson in dimension analysis. The method applied in high school chemistry to solve problems requires practice. Students will enjoy learning how to become skillful and confident in completing this practice with real-world applications
Make chemistry FUN during Christmas
Happy Holidays
Description
Grade 8 STEM Your middle school students will love this Hands-on Lab to discover how heat is the energy used to cause the temperature of an object to increase. The lab setup is quick and only requires mittens and a thermometer. This fun activity will have students discover the concept that heat is a form of energy that flows from areas of high intensity to areas of low intensity.
Objective Students will discover heat is the transfer of one area of energy to another and is felt as temperature
Lesson plan with guided teacher questions are included
No Prep
Materials
Thermometer
Mittens
Key Terms are included
MS-PS1-6
Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes. Emphasis is on the design, controlling the transfer of energy to the environment, and modification of a device using factors such as the type and concentration of a substance. Examples of designs could involve chemical reactions such as dissolving ammonium chloride or calcium chloride. Assessment is limited to the criteria of amount, time, and temperature of substance in testing the device.
Total Pages
6 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
30 minutes
Description
Make learning Stoichiometry fun with this engaging Power Point Presentations
Students will research different cases studies to learn how stoichiometry applies in real-life situations This is an engaging group project to research real-life situations.
Perfect for long-distance learning, classroom, or sub plans. Can be used both in a chemistry or forensics class.
Answer Key is provided
Total Pages
6 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
1 hour
This is a fun way to get to know your students
Each time I reference to Science Teachers on my Facebook page, it consistently prompts a teacher to express disbelief that it’s already time to prepare for the upcoming school year. While it may feel premature, the reality is that the start of the school year is swiftly approaching, necessitating the planning of initial classroom activities.
This worksheet serves as a lighthearted and engaging tool to both understand your students better and informally assess their proficiency in the English language. Additionally, included are guidelines on effectively incorporating this enjoyable resource into your classroom activities.
ade 8 STEM Three Weather Snow Lab
Lab 1
Middle Schools students will use their scientific skills to determine that snow is not as clean as most people believe. A very little setup time is required however a great deal of science will occur. Most students are shocked to see how many particles even freshly fallen snow contains.
This lab will also teach physical change, and illustrate the application of math in the lab. Students will determine that snow is much less dense than rain. One meter of snow equals only 10 to 15 cm of water.
Lab 2
Students will discover that snow has the same weight as water but more volume
Lab 3
How does salt affect the temperature of melting ice
Materials
2 Styrofoam cups
Scale
Funnel
Clean Snow
Dirty Snow
Scale
The third section is a reading for students to understand real-life issues with treating the roads with ice melt.
This product is great for sub. Just print and go. Complete answer key is provided
The periodic table is the language of chemists. Chemistry, as a subject, can feel quite tricky to students, because we must knit together three conceptual levels: the sub-microscopic, the macroscopic, and the symbolic. The key is to understand that the symbols are not just another hurdle we have to jump through, they’re something that can help us represent complex ideas. And that’s really amazing.This product reviews the periodic relationships that are necessary for a complete understanding of chemistry.
Lesson #1
Putting the periodic table to music will motivate students to learn the elements in a fun and unique way.
A complete rubric is provided
Lesson #2
This lesson is 20 multiple choice questions to help prepare students for the AP exams. Complete Answer key is given
PS1. Matter and Its Interactions
HS-PS1-1. Use the periodic table as a model to predict the relative properties of main group elements, including ionization energy and relative sizes of atoms and ions, based on the patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of each element. Use the patterns of valence electron configurations, core charge, and Coulomb’s law to explain and predict general trends in ionization energies, relative sizes of atoms and ions, and reactivity of pure elements.
**Objective **
Celebrate Women’s History Month with this presentation highlighting some of the greatest minds in math and science. Students will learn about female biologists, botanists, chemists, and more who have made an impact on the world of STEM.
Great Resource to decorate your room
This presentation includes a Gallery Walk activity on the first slide and provides ample options for extension, including:
• Create a Facebook profile for one of the women featured in the slideshow. This is great for a science project. Students get assigned a famous scientist. Then they will fill out the Facebook profile as that scientist to include specific criteria instructed by the teacher.
• Compare and contrast the characteristics of two of the profiled women using a Venn diagram. Students will list the common factors between the two scientists
Some The famous female scientists referenced in this activity are listed below
• Sylvia Earle
• Vera Rubin
• Jin Teng
• Alice Hamilton
Here is a great product to celebrate Women’s history month with this PowerPoint highlighting some of the brightest minds in science.
Print out the slide for beautiful classroom bulletin boards
Objective
Students will learn about female biologist, botanist, chemists who made on impact on our world.
This resource is downloadable in easy-to-use format PowerPoint,
This is a wonderful resource
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Are you looking for a fun way to start the school year right with safety rules. Look no further
This product will motivate your students to remember the important concepts to have a safe but learning environment in your classroom.
Included
Teacher Notes
Virtual Crossword Puzzle
A Lesson to have students write their own rules
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Sponge Bob Group Activity
Research has proven that students will remember material if they are activity engaged in the production of it themselves. This is a general safety activity in which teacher s can use in all lab classes. Decorate your classroom with your students’ rules which they created themselves
The product is written in word so you can change it for your individual classroom.
The two units my students dislike most are atomic structure and bonding, which we teach first in my state. Do you struggle to make these two units more relevant and engaging to students? Here is your answer! This product can be used for sub plans. The answer key is written in red to make it easier for you
Print and Go!
The first section is a Multiple Choice Questions. They will prepare your students for the AP Exams. Written in word you can change them to suit your needs
The second section using Manipulatives for for practicing this concept. I have created a lesson using Fruit loops and pretzels to learn
In addition I have included 4 mini lessons to help motivate your students
Description
This terrific no prep AP Chemistry Worksheet contains a set of carefully selected high-quality multiple-choice questions on Atomic Structure and Electron Configuration. A great online resource to assign to your students for homework, classwork, practice, or review for a quiz, test, or exam. Can be used as emergency sub plans. Just print and go!
Written in word so you can easily tailor for your classwork
This lesson is aligned with the New AP Chemistry Course Framework.
This worksheet has 19 multiple choice questions
Topics
Atomic Theories and Structure of an Atom (19 questions)
Atomic Theories
Subatomic particles
Isotopes
Atomic structure & electron configuration
These questions are of a similar style to the College Board’s AP chemistry questions, but are not the same questions in AP Classroom. These are great to get your students practicing the content with high level questions that make them apply the knowledge. These are great for getting your students prepared for the AP exam.
Are you teaching how to name and write the formulas for compounds? You’ve got to check this out! Looking for a no-prep activity to help your students understand the naming rules of compounds? This is your answer.
Can be used for emergency sub plans
Objective
Students will understand a chemical formula identifies each constituent element by its chemical symbol and indicates the proportionate number of atoms of each element.
The first section is multiple choice questions to prepare your students for AP Exams
The second sections contains a classroom tested game which will make learning this difficult material fun
It is my belief that they really need to understand this unit before we go onto balancing equations from word formulas and predicting products in the next unit