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
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
Verb Tenses: These verb tenses cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while improving their ability to identify verbs and their tense within sentences. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 16 in total, and then asked to identify the verb and its tense (past, present, or future).
Half of the questions come with multiple choice and the other half does not.
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♦ Reading Strategies:
Authors Purpose
Cause and Effect
Character Traits
Compare and Contrast with Pictures
Compare and Contrast
Creative and Critical Thinking
Drawing Conclusions
Fact or Opinion
Figurative Language
Fluency
Generalizations
Genre Identification
Genre Types
Idioms
Inference
Literary Devices
Main Idea
Metaphors
Nonfiction Text Features
Paraphrasing
Parts of a Book
Personification
Point of View
Predictions
Reading Comprehension
Reading Response Questions
Restating the Question
Sequencing
Setting
Similes
Story Elements
Summarizing
Text Structures
Text Structures: Informational Text Structures
Theme
Writing Prompts
♦ Vocabulary:
Analogies (Grades 3-5)
Analogies (Grades 6-8)
Analogies (Grade 9)
Antonyms
Compound Words
Context Clues
Greek and Latin Roots
Homophones
Homonyms
Multiple Meaning Words
Prefixes
Root Words
Shades of Meaning
Spelling
Suffixes
Synonyms
Tone and Mood
Transition Words
♦ Grammar:
Adjective Identification
Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative
Adverbs
Appositives
Apostrophes
Capitalization
Clauses
Commas
Conjunctions
Contractions
Mentor Sentences
Nouns: Common, Proper, and Plural
Nouns: Collective
Nouns: Common and Proper
Nouns: Irregular Plural
Nouns: Plural Nouns
Nouns: Possessive Nouns
Parts of Speech
Prepositions
Prepositional Phrases
Pronouns: Identification
Pronouns: Possessive
Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
Quotation Marks
Sentence Types
Sentences: Fragments and Run-Ons
Sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex
Subject and Predicate: Complete and Compound
Verb Identification
Verb Tenses
Verbs: Helping
Verbs: Irregular
Verbs: Subject Verb Agreement
Scientific Method: These scientific method skittles labs are a fun way to have students learn about the scientific method.
Scientific Method Skittles Lab contents:
1. Skittle Colors Lab:
A. Question: Which color skittle is most common in a package of skittles?
B. Developing a hypothesis
C. Procedure
D. Data Tables
E. Graphing
F. Post-Lab Questions
2. Skittles Mass and Amount Lab
A. Question: How accurate are Skittles packages to one another in terms of mass and total
number of Skittles?
B. Developing a hypothesis
C. Procedure
D. Data and Analysis
E. Post-Lab Questions
Layers of the Earth Lapbook: This lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each layer of the earth and write what they find on the provided blank lines. This lapbook also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in each layer. A completed lapbook with answers is included.
Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page)
This layers of the Earth lapbook contains the following:
1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook
2. Completed facts for each layer:
Inner core, Outer core, Lower mantle, Upper mantle, Crust
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each layer of the Earth
4. Check out the preview for more details
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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
Quadrilaterals: This quadrilaterals word search has the pictures of each quadrilateral so that students can actually see the shape they are attempting to find. The Solution to the puzzle is included.
Quadrilaterals Vocabulary Terms:
♦ Isosceles Trapezoid
♦ Kite
♦ Parallelogram
♦ Rectangle
♦ Rhombus
♦ Square
♦ Trapezium
♦ Trapezoid
Volume of Triangular Prisms: These cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while they practice their skills with calculating volume of a triangular prism. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
There are 2 cootie catchers in this product, each one having 8 problems for a total of 16 problems. Each problem has a picture of a Triangular prism with sides of various units. Step-by-Step answers are provided for each problem.
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♦ Grades 1-3:
Addition
Arrays
Balancing Equations
Coins
Estimating Sums
Expanded Form
Fact Families
Greater Than Less Than
Long Division
Missing Addends
Multiplication Word Problems
Number Bonds Word Problems
Skip Counting
Subtraction
Telling Time
♦ Grades 3-5:
Balancing Equations
Capacity
Comparing Decimals
Decimals
Elapsed Time
Expanded Form
Exponents
Fact Families
Factors & Multiples
Fractions
Fractions on a Number Line
Greater Than Less Than
Greatest Common Factors
Least Common Multiple
Long Division
Mean, Median, Mode, & Range
Metric Measurement
Mixed Numbers
Multiplication
Number Patterns
Order of Operations
Percents
Place Value
Prime & Composite Numbers
Prime Factorization
Probability
Properties of Mult.
Rounding
Word Problems
♦ Grades 6-8:
Customary Measurements
Fractions: Add & Sub, Decimals, & Percents
Fractions: Equivalent & Reducing Fractions
Greater Than Less Than
Improper Fractions & Mixed Numbers
Integers
Operations with Fractions
Rational Numbers
Ratios
Simple Interest
♦ Geometry:
3D Shapes
Angle Pair Relationships
Area of a Circle & Composite Figures
Circumference of a Circle
Missing Angles
Perimeter
Polygons
Pythagorean Theorem
Quadrilaterals
Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms
Volume & Surface Area of Cylinders
Volume of Cones, Rectangular Prisms, & Triangular Prisms
♦ Algebra:
Absolute Value
Combining Like Terms
Distributive Property
Equations
Evaluating Expressions
Inequalities
Linear Equations
Polynomials
Proportions
Quadratic Equations
Scientific Notation
Simplifying Expressions
Slope
System of Equations
Two Step & Multi Step Equations
Writing Expressions
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
This word search on electricity and magnetism includes the following vocabulary terms. The solution to the puzzle is included.
♦ Attract
♦ Closed Circuit
♦ Electric Field
♦ Electromagnet
♦ Magnetic Field
♦ Open Circuit
♦ Parallel Circuit
♦ Repel
♦ Series Circuit
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge of lunar and solar eclipses. 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
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their skills with long division with remainders.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions and FAQ
♦ 3 Levels to decode: Maze Decoder, Tarsia Puzzle, and Message Decoder
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
This maze is a great way for students to practice their skills with converting radians to degrees and converting degrees to radians. The solution to the puzzle is included.
Parts of Speech: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their skills with the different types of parts of speech. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
There are 3 question types in this activity:
1. Students identify the part of speech from its definition
2. Students identify each part of speech within a sentence
3. Students identify the part of speech from example words
The following parts of speech are used within this product:
Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections
These task cards are a great way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of mitosis and meiosis.
This product contains 24 cards with multiple choice questions about mitosis and meiosis. 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.
This word search on atomic structure includes the following vocabulary terms. The solution to the puzzle is included.
♦ Proton
♦ Neutron
♦ Electron
♦ Electron Cloud
♦ Nucleus
♦ Ion
♦ Isotope
♦ Chemical Bond
♦ Compound
This word search on the parts of a plant also doubles as a coloring sheet!. The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Seeds
♦ Leaf
♦ Stem
♦ Roots
♦ Flower
♦ Pollen
♦ Anther
♦ Filament
♦ Stamen
♦ Sepal
♦ Receptacle
♦ Petal
♦ Stigma
♦ Style
♦ Ovary
♦ Carpal
♦ Ovule
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their skills with converting between moles, mass, and molecules.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions and FAQ
♦ 3 Levels to decode: Multiple Choice, Message Decoder, and a Maze
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
These breakout escape rooms are a fun way for students to review photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Important Note: This product contains two separate escape rooms: one for photosynthesis and one for cellular respiration (not one together).
Each escape room have the following 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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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of plant and animal cell organelles and their functions. 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
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge of the different types of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources. 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
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge of independent variables, dependent variables, constants, and control groups 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