This worksheet is a sheet of scaffolded notes around the topic of cell theory and early life on earth. Topics include cell theory, cellular organization, atmosphere of early earth, what first life was like and the Miller/Urey experiment.
These notes are aimed at middle school students.
This is a bundle that brings together two resources on the 5 Kingdoms of Living Things. This bundle includes a set of guided note and a power point presentation.
This bundle includes the following resources:
https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/5-kingdoms-overview-classification-11657587
https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/5-kingdoms-of-living-things-classification-overview-presentation-11657591
A set of student and teacher notes as a PowerPoint presentation and scaffolded notes covering the topics of What is Life? It covers the 6 characteristics of living things, the 4 news of living things and the Redi experiment. Animations are included in the PowerPoint (with directions on how to change/remove) to show one bullet point at a time.
In the lab activity, students will investigate mystery objects to determine if they are living things. Students will observe the two mystery objects while they are dry, in water and in vinegar. The file includes teacher directions, student worksheet and answer key.
Two different science themed class period labels. Periods are labeled 1-9 or A-I (in case your school is weird and letters your periods like mine. The file includes two different icons for both the numbered and lettered labels.
These labels can be printed small to for bins and folders or larger for labels posted on a Bulletin board or whiteboard.
If you need your periods labeled in a different way please let me know and I can make the adjustments needed.
A set of guided notes on what density is and how it relates to states of matter and factors that affect it. It includes a link to a simulation where you can manipulate objects to show how density is impacted when volume and mass change.
There is an associated PowerPoint that goes along with these guided notes and it can be found here.
You can purchase both at a discount by getting this bundle.
This resource provides step by step directions, examples and practice problems for Chemistry student learning how to convert a value from one unit to another.
8 Vertical and 3 Horizontal To do lists for your classroom. These can also be give to students to help them organize what they need to do.
There are options with and without lines so that you can find the one that fits you most.
This lesson will take students to various sites to experience the phases of the moon. The activity starts off with a reading and then students visit a website to visualize the phases of the moon and how they change while moving around the Earth. Students will see a visualization and read about the phases and even determine what the phase of the moon was on their birthday.
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This project gives a rubric and outline for a student cell project. Student are invited to build a model of a cell where each organelle is not represented by something that has a similar look, but rather has a similar function. For example, mitochondria may be batteries as they both produce energy.
Clock Buddies is a quick way to pair kids up without worrying that they are always choosing the same partner. When it is time to pair students up, you just need to say the time and students looks at their sheet to see who their partner is. It is important that students have their sheets with them. It can be the first page in their binder or attached into a composition or spiral notebook.