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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
Heredity/ Genetics Activity
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Heredity/ Genetics Activity

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These cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about heredity. Terms Included: ♦ Allele, Phenotype, Genotype, Punnett Square, Heterozygous, Homozygous, Pedigree, Gene These cootie catchers come in color and black & white, and also come with a version where students can add their own definitions.
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
Parts of a Plant: Structures and Function: Biology Escape Room - Science
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Parts of a Plant: Structures and Function: Biology Escape Room - Science

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of the structures and functions of plants. 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. Key Terms Covered: Vascular Tissue: xylem, Phloem, tracheids, sieve cells and sieve tube members Ground Tissue: Collenchyma tissue, Parenchyma tissue, Sclerenchyma tissue Epidermal Tissue Apical meristem Cuticle Stoma Trichome Mesophyll: Spongy and Palisade Vascular cambium Pith Cotyledon Epicotyl Monocots vs. Dicots 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
Enzymes Activity: Biology Escape Room - Science
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Enzymes Activity: Biology Escape Room - Science

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of enzymes. 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
Parts of a Flower Activity: Escape Room - Science
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Parts of a Flower Activity: Escape Room - Science

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of the different parts of a flower as well as their functions. 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
Water Potential Activity: AP Biology Escape Room Science
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Water Potential Activity: AP Biology Escape Room Science

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of water potential for AP Biology. Contents: ♦ Teacher Instructions and FAQ ♦ 3 Levels to decode: Multiple Choice, Message Decoder, and Maze ♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key ♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
Protein Synthesis and Gene Regulation Activity: AP Biology Escape Room Science
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Protein Synthesis and Gene Regulation Activity: AP Biology Escape Room Science

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of protein synthesis and gene regulation. Keywords Included for Gene Regulation: Promoter, TATA Box, Spliceosome, Repressor, Co-Repressor, Inducer, Negative Control, Positive Control, Enhancer, Silencer 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
Genetics and Heredity Activity: AP Biology Escape Room (with Hardy Weinberg)
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Genetics and Heredity Activity: AP Biology Escape Room (with Hardy Weinberg)

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of protein synthesis and gene regulation. Keywords and Topics: Pedigree Analysis, Hardy-Weinberg problems, Inheritance patterns: Complete dominance, Incomplete dominance, Dihybrid cross, Codominance, Polygenic inheritance, Pleiotropy, Multiple Alleles, Epistasis 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
Nitrogen Cycle Activity: Escape Room - Science
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Nitrogen Cycle Activity: Escape Room - Science

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge of the nitrogen cycle. 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
Infectious Diseases Activity Escape Room Science: (Bacteria and Viruses Unit)
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Infectious Diseases Activity Escape Room Science: (Bacteria and Viruses Unit)

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of the different types of infectious diseases. It is recommended that students have reviewed and/ or be familiar with at least 50% of the following diseases: Terms Included: Influenza, Rabies, Chickenpox, Common Cold, Mononucleosis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Tuberculosis, Malaria, Measles, Ebola, (Salmonella, Dysentery Cholera), Syphilis, Hepatitis B, Pneumonia, Polio, (Tetanus, Botulism), Diphtheria, Lyme Disease, (West Nile, Zika, Dengue), Giardiasis 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
Gene Cloning and Genetic Engineering Activity: Science Escape Room Biology
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Gene Cloning and Genetic Engineering Activity: Science Escape Room Biology

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of genetic engineering and gene cloning. 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
Heredity and Pedigree Activity: High School Biology Escape Room Science
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Heredity and Pedigree Activity: High School Biology Escape Room Science

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their knowledge and skills with pedigree analysis. Students should already be familiar with pedigrees and completing Punnett squares before doing this in class. 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
Circulatory System Cootie Catchers
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Circulatory System Cootie Catchers

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Circulatory System: These circulatory system cootie catchers of the heart are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different parts of the human heart. These cootie catchers contain the following terms: Left ventricle, Right ventricle, Left atrium, Right atrium, Tricuspid valve, Mitral valve, Pulmonary valve, Aortic valve AND Aorta, Pulmonary artery, Superior vena cava, Inferior vena cava, Pulmonary artery, Right coronary artery, Left coronary artery, Capillaries
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
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Scientific Method

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Scientific Method: This scientific method accordion Booklet is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Scientific method accordion booklet can be used in the following ways: 1. For students to demonstrate their knowledge of how the scientific method is used 2. For students to use during scientific experiments 3. As a poster in the classroom for the scientific method This booklet also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in each picture depicting the scientific method. A completed booklet with answers is included. Scientific Method Booklet Contents: 1. Assembly Instructions for the scientific method booklet 2. Completed facts for each term: Question/ Problem/ Purpose, Hypothesis, Materials, Procedure, Data/ Results, Conclusion 3. Blank versions for students to write their own information about the experiment being conducted or the scientific method in general 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
Zoo Animals Word Search/ Coloring Book
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Zoo Animals Word Search/ Coloring Book

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Zoo Animals: This zoo animals word search also doubles as a coloring book!. The solution to the puzzle is included. Zoo Animals Word Search/ Coloring Book Terms: ♦ Bear ♦ Camel ♦ Cheetah ♦ Dolphin ♦ Elephant ♦ Giraffe ♦ Gorilla ♦ Lion ♦ Monkey ♦ Peacock ♦ Tiger ♦ Walrus
Animal Adaptations Lapbook
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Animal Adaptations Lapbook

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Animal Adaptations: This animal adaptations lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each adaptation and write what they find on the provided blank lines. This lapbook also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in the picture of each animal adaptation. A completed lapbook with answers is included. Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page) Animal Adaptations Lapbook Contents: 1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the animal adaptations lapbook 2. Animal Adaptations with completed facts: Hibernation, Migration, Predation defense, Estivation, Camouflage, Migration, Echolocation & ultrasound, Food Storage 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each adaptation 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