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
Joints and Pathology of the Skeletal System PowerPoint: This PowerPoint on Joints and Joint Pathology is geared to any High School Biology or Anatomy class/grade. The purpose of this PowerPoint is to summarize the important information and concepts about the joints and pathology of the skeletal system.
There is a worksheet attached to this lesson that reinforces the topics covered in the PowerPoint
There are 30 slides (excluding the title slide) on this PowerPoint which contain the following titles:
♦ Joint Structure
♦ Cartilaginous Joint
♦ Fibrous Joint
♦ Synovial Joint
♦ Anatomy of the Knee
♦ Types of Synovial Joints
♦ Arm Bones (2 slides with mini quiz)
♦ Plane Joint
♦ Hinge Joint
♦ Pivot Joint
♦ Condyloid Joint
♦ Saddle Joint
♦ Ball and Socket Joint
♦ Guess the type of Synovial Joint (9 slides - mini quiz)
♦ Arthritis
♦ Osteoarthritis
♦ Rheumatoid Arthritis
♦ Ankylosing Spondylitis
♦ Osteoporosis
♦ How Bone Loss Occurs in Osteoporosis
This Product is a part of my Anatomy Bundle that includes every other Anatomy product I sell as well.
Skin Appendages PowerPoint: This PowerPoint on Skin Appendages is geared to any High School Biology or Anatomy class/grade. The purpose of this PowerPoint is to summarize the important information and concepts about Skin Appendages.
A worksheet is also included that allows students to identify and label each structure.
There are 14 slides (excluding the title slide) on this PowerPoint which contain the following titles:
♦ Types of Glands
♦ Sweat Glands
♦ How do Sweat Glands Work?
♦ Cystic Fibrosis
♦ Your Sweat DOES NOT Smell!
♦ Ceruminous Glands
♦ Sebaceous Glands
♦ Nerves (Senstory Receptors)
♦ Meissner's Corpuscles
♦ Pacinian Corpuscles
♦ Ruffini Receptors
♦ Krause End Bulbs
♦ Peripheral Nerve Disorder
♦ Nails
♦ Hair
♦ The Hair Cycle
Pituitary Gland PowerPoint: This PowerPoint on The Pituitary Gland is geared to any High School Biology or Anatomy class/grade. The purpose of this PowerPoint is to summarize the important information and concepts about the Pituitary Gland.
There are 9 slides (excluding the title slide) on this PowerPoint which contain the following titles:
Hypothalamus & Pituitary Gland
The Pituitary Gland
Hormones of the Pituitary
Molecular Make-Up
What if Something Goes Wrong?
Consequences of Pituitary Tumors
Diseases of the Pituitary
Gigantism
Gigantism Continued...
Muscle Shapes and Structure PowerPoint: This PowerPoint on Muscle Shapes and Structure is geared to any High School Biology or Anatomy class/grade. The purpose of this PowerPoint is to summarize the important information and concepts about Muscular System.
A worksheet is included that allows the students to identify and label the structures.
There are 14 slides (excluding the title slide) on this PowerPoint which contain the following titles:
Muscle Patterns
Muscle Origins (3 Slides)
Muscle Structure
Fascicles
Epimysium
Muscle Fibers
Myofibril
Sarcoplasm
Large Picture showing the entire structure
Sarcomere (the proteins)
Large Picture showing the proteins of a Sarcomere
Neuromuscular Junction
Muscle Pathology PowerPoint: This PowerPoint on Muscle Pathology is geared to any High School Biology or Anatomy class/grade. The purpose of this PowerPoint is to summarize the important information and concepts about the Muscular System.
There are 6 slides (excluding the title slide) on this PowerPoint which contain the following titles:
Myopathy
Mitochondrial Myopathies
Myotonic Dystrophy
Tetany
Muscular Dystrophy
Signs of Muscular Dystrophy
Burns and Skin Pathology PowerPoint: This PowerPoint on Burns and Skin Pathology is geared to any High School Biology or Anatomy class/grade. The purpose of this PowerPoint is to summarize the important information and concepts about the Integumentary System.
There are 20 slides (excluding the title slide) on this PowerPoint which contain the following titles:
Burns (3 Slides: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Degree)
Skin Grafting
Three Types of Disorders
Degenerative Skin Disorders
Melanoma
Moles
Freckles
Sebaceous Hyperplasia
Syringomas
Psoriasis
Vitiligo (2 Slides)
Eczema
Cystic Fibrosis
Infectious Skin Disorders
Impetigo
Ringworm
Furuncle (A Boil)
Onion and Cheek Cell Lab Experiment: In this Lab students will be able to observe the following organelles: Nucleus, cell wall, cytoplasm, and the nucleolus within the cells of an onion and a cheek. Iodine and methylene blue are required for this experiment and are common in any schools science lab department.
These cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with identifying living and nonliving things.
Terms Included:
♦ Soil, Cactus, Shell, Pie, Bacteria, Mushrooms, Crab, Computer
These cootie catchers come in color and black & white, and also come with folding instructions and instructions on how to play.
These cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with identifying and describing microscope parts.
Terms Included:
♦ Eyepiece/ Ocular Lens, Stage, Objective Lens, Arm, Lamp/ Illuminator, Coarse Focus Adjustment Knob, Diaphragm, Fine Focus Adjustment Knob
These cootie catchers come in color and black & white, and also come with a version where students can add their own definitions.
These cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the structure and function of DNA.
Terms Included:
♦ Chromosome, Hydrogen Bonds, Nucleotide, Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine, Mutation, Deoxyribose, DNA, Gene
These cootie catchers come in color and black & white, and also come with a version where students can add their own definitions.
Science Fair: Bacteria Experiment for Science Fair or In Class:
Turn your students into real scientists with this long term experiment which teaches scientific literacy through the writing of a real scientific paper.
This product is an editable guided walk-through for the completion of a full scientific paper (Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Works Cited) based on the question: "Which antibacterial chemical: ethyl alcohol (hand sanitizer), isopropyl (rubbing alcohol), or Triclosan (Antibacterial soap) is the most effective at inhibiting bacterial growth?
This product contains:
1. A teachers guide: Descriptions on how to set-up the experiment, materials needed, procedures, and helpful tips.
2. A lesson on Analyzing a Scientific paper utilizing a graphic organizer (Scientific Paper Included)
3. Student pages: a guided walk-through taking the students through the process of writing a full scientific paper.
This long term project (which takes about 2-3 months to complete, spread out intermittently) guides students through the process of writing a scientific paper in the same way scientists write their scholarly papers. Students are taught how to write an Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and works cited section.
This guided walk-through covers the following topics:
Abstract:
* Explanations of what goes in an introduction
- What the study was about & the hypothesis
- Summary of how the study was done
- The results that were obtained
- Significance of the results including the hypothesis being supported or not supported
Introduction:
* Explanations of what goes in an introduction
- What bacteria colonies are and what they look like (color, size,shape texture, etc.)
- What Fungal colonies are and what they look like
- The Cellular processes by which ethyl alcohol, isopropyl, and triclosan work to kill bacteria
Methods:
* Teacher notes and tips for conducting the experiment
Results:
* Instructions for:
- Calculating the average number of bacterial colonies
- Graphing the data
- Interpreting the data graph in words
- Describing the appearance of bacterial and fungal colonies
Discussion:
* Instructions for:
- Calculating the data to see if they are statistically significant
- Interpreting the significance of the data
- Calculating Percent effectiveness
- Supporting or not supporting the hypothesis
- Creating a theory to explain the results
- Creating an additional experiment that could be done to test the theory
- Discussing issues that occurred during in the experiment
Biology Tests Bundle:
I have used these exams for both Middle and High School students; all questions are multiple choice and have answer keys. Even though course teachings and materials vary slightly from teacher to teacher, almost all of the questions apply to any course curriculum for the subject of Biology in Middle/ High School
This is a fully editable document, of which there are 33 pages which include the following topics and number of questions:
♦ Scientific method - 12 questions
♦ Cohesion, Adhesion, Capillary Action & Chemistry - 19 Questions
♦ Carbon Compounds & Enzymes - 20 Questions
♦ Microscopes & Cells - 37 questions
♦ Cell Transport - 25 Questions
♦ DNA - 26 Questions
♦ Fossil Record & Evolution - 30 Questions
♦ Classification - 15 Questions
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
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of photosynthesis for AP Biology.
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
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of cellular respiration for AP Biology.
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
These breakout escape rooms are a fun way for students to review photosynthesis and cellular respiration for AP Biology.
Important Note: This product contains two separate escape rooms: one for photosynthesis and one for cellular respiration (not one together).
Important: Please view the Video Preview (found within the thumbnails above) for an explanation on how to decode the levels.
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
These lessons sell individually for $10; as a bundle they are 30% off, for $7!
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
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of the cell cycle and mitosis and meiosis.
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
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of the cell membrane and active and passive transport for AP Biology.
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
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge of the phosphorus cycle. 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