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Our mission is to connect quality educational resources to all teachers in order to facilitate learning, increase engagement, provide differentiation, increase rigor and promote high expectations.
Sound Energy Study Guide and Assessment Bundle
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Sound Energy Study Guide and Assessment Bundle

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Check out this awesome bundle that includes an assessment that can be used as a quiz or test with an aligned study guide that can be implemented the day before, for homework or any other format that works for you and your kiddos. The study guide includes three key questions that students are to reflect on and answer and the assessment includes eight questions that are both fill in the blank and short answer. This is a great way to gain insight into students' understanding of the properties of sounds, how it travels, and sound energy in general. An answer key has been included for your convenience!
Sound and Sound Waves Guided Notes Template
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Sound and Sound Waves Guided Notes Template

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Check out this simple, direct and clear 15 point worksheet. This supplement to your lesson will support students solidification of vocabulary and content knowledge. It can easy be used as independent work, research guide, or note taking support tool. This can then be used as a study guide or support system for differentiation. Topics include vibration, energy, pitch, transmitted waves, space and more. An answer key has been included for your convenience.
Social Studies Notebook Evaluation Rubric
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Social Studies Notebook Evaluation Rubric

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Check out this simple and student-friendly rubric which is meant to be used to evaluate student Social Studies journals. The rubric is broken into four categories, of which students can score between a 1 and a 4. Each score for each section includes explicit description of what you need to obtain that score. A guide on the bottom shows how to calculate up to a percentage grade. This is meant to be provided to the students, so they know what is expected of them with the journals, and then used to grade at the end of the quarter, or semester, or year. Sections included cover topics of Organization, accuracy, elements, and illustrations. Best wishes! Be sure to also check out my other rubrics as well!
Skeletal System Project
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Skeletal System Project

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This fun and engaging project, clearly lays out the expectations for a simple interactive creation project in which students make a model of the basic human skeleton. Students are expected to include the major seven bones that outline our bodies, as well as include clear labels and answer a few simple questions. There is a rubric at the bottom, with pre-made scoring outlines to simplify assigning a fair and appropriate grade. The students will have a blast with this project, and they will deepen their understandings of the human skeleton!
Simple T-Chart Template (Differentiated) Graphic Organizer
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Simple T-Chart Template (Differentiated) Graphic Organizer

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Check out this differentiated variety pack of three student-friendly T-Charts. Each of them are labelled on the bottom with a different version and either include a blank space, lines, or bullets to meet your students' needs. This can easily be adapted to a multitude of in-class and at-home assignments. Save yourself time and inconvenience by supplementing your lesson with this clear and concise T-chart!
Simple Parent-Guardian Contact Log Form
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Simple Parent-Guardian Contact Log Form

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This simple form acts as an ideal data collection template for when you contacted parents. Very simply put, you can track who the student was that you called, the reason for calling, the date, and any notes that came out of it. It serves as great documentation when having conversations with other teachers, administrators, or parents about ongoing communication monitoring. Be sure to check out my "Advanced Parent-Guardian Contact Log Form" if you want a little more organization with your template!
Simple Machines Group Project
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Simple Machines Group Project

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Check out this awesome week long project in which students can explore simple machines in a more interactive way. With clear directions and expectations for each day, this project will push students to research one simple machine. You will need to create a sample for students to see, based on your expectations, but throughout the week, students will create some sort of presentation (ppt, poster, skit, etc.) and will ultimately present to their peers. I would suggest having students record notes on each others' presentations, as they will solely become the master of one. This can easily be adapted though for students to research each simple machine each day as well. A rubric and student-friendly directions are included!
Simple Machines Exit Ticket Assessment
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Simple Machines Exit Ticket Assessment

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Check out this 5-question multiple choice assessment that covers simple machines. This can easily be used as a quiz, test, exit ticket, or independent work. It will offer valuable insight into students' understanding of their learned content knowledge. Topics and vocabulary included are ramps, pulleys, levers, inclined pages and general overview of simple machines. An answer key has been included for your convenience.
Signal Words Reference Guide
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Signal Words Reference Guide

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Check out this simple and color-coded reference guide that can improve your students writing and take it to the next level! Separated into five categories including comparing, contrasting, ordering, listing, and finding the relationship, these guide facilitates the use of higher level vocabulary in writing and speaking. It can either be printed as a poster, printed and taped into books or used as a tool for differentiation. This will be sure to facilitate the higher level vocabulary with improved transitions for all students!
Shark Tank Inspired Invention and Advertisement Creation Challenge Project
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Shark Tank Inspired Invention and Advertisement Creation Challenge Project

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Check out this incredible project that is inspired by Shark Tank. Included in this large packet, you will find directions for the teacher, directions for the students, challenge sheet with an explanation hook, templates for each stage of the invention and advertisement process and a clear rubric to convey expectation. Presented in a fun and student-friendly format, students will create an invention, whether real or not, will discuss the need for the invention and then create an advertisement to hook buyers. It is intended to take five days, with clear expectations for each day, as each lesson scaffolds on the next. Students will love applying their learned concepts of supply and demand, needs and wants, and helping people make their lives easier through their inventions. One of our favorites :)
Sequence of Events Graphic Organizer Template (Differentiated)
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Sequence of Events Graphic Organizer Template (Differentiated)

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Check out this simple and visually stimulating graphic organizer that students can use in a variety of contexts. Whether it be organizing a writing piece or analyzing a story, the flow of the five boxes allows students to organize their thoughts and ideas. The template is provided in both color as well as black and white. Each of these templates also comes in three different forms including blank space, lines, and bullets to best meet the needs of you and your students. Be sure to check out our other graphic organizers as well!
Scientific Inquiry Study Guide Worksheet
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Scientific Inquiry Study Guide Worksheet

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With multiple forms of implementation, including small group, whole group, independent work, homework, study guide, or an assessment, this assignment offers multiple choice, short answer and interactive questions related to scientific inquiry. Including 13 questions and an answer key for your convenience, this worksheet offers great insight for the teacher into the understanding of the content by the students!
Scientific Inquiry Assessment
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Scientific Inquiry Assessment

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Check out this scientific inquiry assessment with 14 questions presented in both multiple choice and short answer format. This is a great way to gain insight into students' understanding of the content. This can easily be adapted for a quiz, test, study guide, worksheet, homework and so much more. Topics included are sequences in the natural world such as rainbows, tools for measuring, basic grouping of animals, identifying basic properties of items such as size and more! An answer key has been included for your convenience. This is a great wholistic introduction at the beginning of the year or used as a simple pre/post test for science in general!
Science Tools Assessment
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Science Tools Assessment

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Check out this 18 questions assessment that covers science tools. It is broken into two parts. The first part is matching the tool with its description. The second part includes 6 pictures which are to be labelled. This can easily be adapted as a quiz, test, pre-test, study guide, homework or independent work. Some of the tools included are beaker, thermometer, tuning fork, microscope and more! It will provide valuable insight into students' understanding of vocabulary related to science tools. An answer key has been included for your convenience. Also check out my I Have... Who Has... Science Tools
Science Journal Evaluation Rubric
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Science Journal Evaluation Rubric

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Check out this simple and student-friendly rubric which is meant to be used to evaluate student science journals. The rubric is broken into four categories, of which students can score between a 1 and a 4. Each score for each section includes explicit description of what you need to obtain that score. A guide on the bottom shows how to calculate up to a percentage grade. This is meant to be provided to the students, so they know what is expected of them with the journals, and then used to grade at the end of the quarter, or semester, or year. Sections included cover topics of Organization, accuracy, elements, and illustrations. Best wishes! Be sure to also check out my other rubrics as well!
Science Fair Submission Form Template
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Science Fair Submission Form Template

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Add a level of professionalism and streamline your science fair paperwork with this simple and direct form for students to complete prior to entering science fair. The template includes a section for the title, needed materials, due date, student signature and parent signature. Presented in a student-friendly format this is a great way to add a level of accountability and ensure students and families are prepared to take on this task. Be sure to check out our other Science Fair resources as well!
Science Fair Poster Board Expectations Information
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Science Fair Poster Board Expectations Information

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Facilitate your students in creating their science fair or stem fair boards with the graphic organizer and reference guide. With a clearly labelled diagram and elaborate explanations as to the specific components that should be included, this info sheet will be sure to hold your students to high expectations and increase the work output they use to display their learning. Be sure to check out our Science Fair resources!
Science Fair Peer Scavenger Hunt Activity
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Science Fair Peer Scavenger Hunt Activity

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Check out this fun and engaging way to take science fair the next level and make it that much more meaningful. This round-robin activity allows students in your class to visit three other projects and learn about them. Included in each section, students will record the presenter, the project, the explanation and summary of the project and then positive things they identified. They are meant to repeat this three times with a reflection at the end, but it can easily be adapted to fit your setting. This is a great way for students to feel valued as well as learn from one another! Be sure to check out our other Science Fair resources!
Science Fair Evaluation Rubric
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Science Fair Evaluation Rubric

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Quantifying the results of science fair or stem fair is always difficult since there are so many pieces that go into it. Check out this four part rubric that allows for 1-4 points for each section. Students can score a total of 16 points which can then be multiple by 6.25 to be out of 100. This rubric is broken into the following sections: Display, Demonstration/Presentation, Scientific Thought, and Skill. Each domain has a clear explanation of the expectations for each of the four points that are possible. This is a great way to be transparent and provide feedback for students to reflect and improve on. Be sure to check out our other Science Fair resources as well!
Scarcity and Abundance Exit Ticket Assessment
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Scarcity and Abundance Exit Ticket Assessment

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Check out this simple 5-question assessment that offers insight into students' understanding of scarcity and abundance concepts. Presented with 3 multiple choice question and 2 short answer drawing representations, this assessment can serve as a great quiz or exit ticket. It can also be adapted for independent work or homework.Through a variety of prompts of short stories, this worksheet ask students to identify a specific element from the story as a scarcity, and abundance, a supply, a demand, and more! An answer key is included for your convenience!