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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
The Heart and Circulatory System Word Search
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The Heart and Circulatory System Word Search

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This word search on the structures of the heart includes the following vocabulary terms. The solution to the puzzle is included. ♦ Aorta ♦ Inferior Vena Cava ♦ Left Atrium ♦ Left Ventricle ♦ Pulmonary Artery ♦ Pulmonary Veins ♦ Right Atrium ♦ Right Ventricle ♦ Superior Vena Cava
Electromagnetic Spectrum Escape Room
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Electromagnetic Spectrum Escape Room

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge of the electromagnetic spectrum. 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
Solar System Formation PowerPoint
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Solar System Formation PowerPoint

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Solar System: This formation of the solar system PowerPoint engages students by incorporating videos, high resolution pictures, and easy to understand explanations on the formation of the solar system. This lesson contains 12 slides and should run a full class period or two to teach, and contains the following Slide Titles: ♦ The Formation of the Solar System (Title Slide) ♦ The Overall Process ♦ Supernova: The Death of a Red Supergiant (with videos) ♦ Supernova: Animation ♦ Interstellar Cloud (with video) ♦ Protostar Formation ♦ Phase 1: Spinning (With Animations) ♦ Phase 2: Flattening (With Animations) ♦ Phase 3: Planetesimals (With Animation) ♦ Phase 4: Planets (With Animation) ♦ Question ♦ Rocky vs. Terrestrial Planet Formation
Animal Adaptations Word Wall Cards
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Animal Adaptations Word Wall Cards

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These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of the different types of animal adaptations. These can also be used as coloring cards! This product contains 8 cards with definitions and images for each term: ♦ Camouflage ♦ Echolocation ♦ Estivation ♦ Fat Storage ♦ Hibernation ♦ Migration ♦ Mimicry ♦ Physical Defense
Solar System: Planets PowerPoint
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Solar System: Planets PowerPoint

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Planets: This planets PowerPoint is meant to introduce students to the planets of our solar system. Students complete a graphic organizer which follows the lesson and includes the following information for each planet: Planets Power Point Contents: ♦ How Large is each planet ♦ How Far away from the Sun is each Planet ♦ What the planet's surface is like ♦ Composition of the atmosphere ♦ Temperature range ♦ Can it be seen with the naked eyes and where? ♦ Facts about its moons ♦ Year and Day ♦ Possibility for life on the planet? ♦ Video about the Planet
The Letter Q Word Search
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The Letter Q Word Search

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This word search on the letter Q also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included. Vocabulary Terms Included: ♦ Quail ♦ Quart ♦ Queen ♦ Question ♦ Quick ♦ Quiet ♦ Quilt ♦ Quiver ♦ Quiz
Biomes Escape Room
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Biomes Escape Room

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of the world biomes. 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
Forms of Energy Escape Room
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Forms of Energy Escape Room

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge of the different forms of energy. 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
Electromagnetic Spectrum Crossword Puzzle
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Electromagnetic Spectrum Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle on the electromagnetic spectrum 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: ♦ Electromagnetic Spectrum ♦ Frequency ♦ Gamma Rays ♦ Infrared Light ♦ Microwaves ♦ Radio Waves ♦ Ultraviolet Light ♦ Visible Light ♦ Wavelength ♦ X Rays
Cell Organelles Task Cards
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Cell Organelles Task Cards

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These task cards are a great way for students to practice their skills identifying the structures within cells and their functions. This product contains 24 cards with multiple choice questions about the different cell organelles and structures and their functions. 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.
Plate Tectonics Word Search
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Plate Tectonics Word Search

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This word search on tectonic plates also doubles as a coloring book!. The solution to the puzzle is included. Vocabulary Terms Included: ♦ Convection ♦ Convergent ♦ Divergent ♦ Earth Layers ♦ Earthquake ♦ Fault ♦ Hot Spot ♦ Ocean Ridge ♦ Pangaea ♦ Seismologist ♦ Tectonic Plates ♦ Transform
Life Cycle of Stars: An Engaging PPT - Videos, High Res. Pictures & Worksheets
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Life Cycle of Stars: An Engaging PPT - Videos, High Res. Pictures & Worksheets

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Life Cycle of Stars PowerPoint: This lesson engages students by incorporating videos, high resolution pictures, and easy to understand explanations on the life cycle of stars. This lesson contains 19 slides and should run a full class period or two to teach, and contains the following Slide Titles: ♦ The Life Cycle of Stars (Title Slide) ♦ Diagram of the Life Cycle of Stars ♦ Diagram of Small & Medium Mass Stars ♦ Life Cycle of Stars vs. Life Cycle of Humans ♦ Interstellar Cloud (with video) ♦ Protostar Formation (with video) ♦ Star Formation (with video) ♦ Red Giant Formation (with video) ♦ Planetary Nebula Animation ♦ Planetary Nebula: The Death of a Star (with 2 videos) ♦ White Dwarf: The Dead Star's Remains (with video) ♦ Diagram of Life Cycle of Massive Stars ♦ Large Star Formation ♦ Red Supergiant Formation (with video) ♦ Supernova Animation ♦ Supernova: The Death of a Red Supergiant (with 2 videos) ♦ Neutron Star: Death of Massive Stars (with 2 videos) ♦ Black Holes: Death of Super-massive Stars (with 2 videos) ♦ Diagram of the Life Cycle of Stars
Forms of Energy Crossword Puzzle
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Forms of Energy Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle on forms of energy 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: ♦ Chemical Energy ♦ Conduction ♦ Convection ♦ Elastic Energy ♦ Electrical Energy ♦ Energy ♦ Friction ♦ Heat ♦ Kinetic Energy ♦ Nuclear Energy ♦ Potential Energy ♦ Radiation ♦ Sound Energy ♦ Temperature ♦ Thermal Energy
Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle
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Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle on plate tectonics 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: ♦ Continental Drift ♦ Convection Current ♦ Convergent ♦ Divergent ♦ Earthquake ♦ Fault ♦ Hot Spot ♦ Pangaea ♦ Seismic Waves ♦ Seismograph ♦ Subduction Zone ♦ Tectonic Plate ♦ Transform
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
Periodic Table Escape Room
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Periodic Table Escape Room

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge of the periodic table of the elements. 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
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Insects

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Insects: This insects interactive identification game is not your average PowerPoint! This PowerPoint is a live-working interactive dichotomous key! Each slide has code embedded within it that allows the students to answer yes or no questions about insects. The students are to pick an insect they like to begin the "game" or lesson. The students are then presented with questions about insects such as: does the insect have wings? Does the insect have pincers? is the insect fuzzy? etc. After clicking the correct button, only the insects with the chosen characteristics are left on the screen. Additional questions are asked until the correct insect is chosen. This PowerPoint can be used in many different ways: *Teaching young children about insects *Teaching young and older children about insect characteristics *Teaching older children about dichotomous keys Important Note: This insects interactive works when in SlideShow mode
Properties of Water Cootie Catchers
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Properties of Water Cootie Catchers

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These cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the properties of water. Terms Included: ♦ Covalent Bond, Hydrogen Bond, Cohesion, Adhesion, Capillary Action, Surface Tension, Polarity, Buoyancy, Specific Heat, Solubility, Solvent, Density, Melting Point, Boiling Point, Freezing Point, Hydrology These cootie catchers come in color and black & white, and also come with a version where students can add their own definitions.
Properties of Water Task Cards
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Properties of Water Task Cards

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These task cards are a great way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of the properties of water. This product contains 24 cards with multiple choice questions about the properties of water. 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.
Types of Fossils Word Wall Cards
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Types of Fossils Word Wall Cards

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These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of the different types of fossils. This product contains 8 cards with definitions and images for each term: ♦ Fossils ♦ Body Fossils ♦ Trace Fossils ♦ Mold Fossils ♦ Cast Fossils ♦ Fossil Resin ♦ Fossil Record ♦ Paleontologist