Welcome to my shop! I love being able to help other teachers during the year when they have so many things on their plate.
I have taught both high school and junior high school science. I was also a scientist for a few years before I decided to teach. It made teaching very interesting and the students loved the stories.
I hope I have a little something for you all!
Welcome to my shop! I love being able to help other teachers during the year when they have so many things on their plate.
I have taught both high school and junior high school science. I was also a scientist for a few years before I decided to teach. It made teaching very interesting and the students loved the stories.
I hope I have a little something for you all!
You will receive a PowerPoint copy of this item so you are able to edit it however you need.
Class roster: Made for seven class periods (easily changed). You can copy and paste student names easily into this form to keep track of all of your students.
1st week of school form: Can be edited to include anything for your class. I have added the following, a place for student name, student signature (for checking out books, etc.), bathroom/hall pass received. parent letter returned, supplies brought in, fees paid, and locker assigned.
Grade sheet: place for student name, assignment title, and student grade on the assignment.
Attendance form: 6 weeks of attendance on one form for the entire class.
You will receive a PPT and PDF copy of this slide show.
This 24 slide PPT covers
The discovery of DNA with Rosalind Franklin’s X-ray image and Watson and Crick’s DNA description
DNA structure
Double helix
Nucleotides
Deoxyribose and phosphate group
Nitrogenous bases
Purines (Adenine and Thymine)
Pyrimidines (Cytosine and Guanine)
RNA structure
Single stranded
Ribose
Uracil (a pyrimidine)
RNA and DNA comparison image
Types of RNA (mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA)
You will receive 44 vocabulary cards with definitions covering terms about atoms, bonding, and the periodic table.
You will receive a PDF copy.
You can use the cards in multiple ways, including: placing them on a word wall and use them as a vocabulary review game as a whole class or as a group.
I am able to customize vocabulary cards for any topic. Please let me know if you are looking for something specific.
This is a hands on activity where students will be manipulating the organelles found in a cell during Interphase, Meiosis I, Meiosis II, and Cytokinesis.
You will receive a PDF version of the Meiosis Manipulative Activity.
Objective:
Students will be able to identify the events that take place during Meiosis.
Each page is made to
~~Print and attach to Velcro/magnets to hang on a board for visual representation of Meiosis.
~~Can be manipulated on a table/desk for students to demonstrate the steps of Meiosis.
This can be individual student work, teacher-led, or group/station work.
This set is based on a cell with 4 chromosomes.
Three weeks of General Ecology Bellringers with handouts for student answers!
Answer Key Included
Other bellringers available:
The first week of my Scientific Method Bellringers FREE HERE
Four weeks of the Scientific Method HERE
Five weeks of the Cell HERE
Four weeks of Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration HERE
Four weeks of Biomes HERE
You will receive 15 days of bellringers/warm ups
Week 1:
Word of the Week: Ecology
Read and Respond: Ecological Organization
Compare and Contrast: Biotic and Abiotic
Problem Solving: Removing a Top Predator
Anything Goes: Symbiosis
Week 2:
Word of the Week: Population
Read and Respond: Migration
Compare and Contrast: Density Dependent and Density Independent Factors
Problem Solving: Population Density
Anything Goes: Population Growth Rate
Week 3:
Word of the Week: Trophic Level
Read and Respond: Food Chains and Food Webs
Compare and Contrast: Producers and Consumers
Problem Solving: Ecological Pyramid
Anything Goes: Consumers
You will receive a zip file of Two weeks of Genetics: DNA, RNA, and Proteins Bellringers with handouts for student answers!
Answer Key and Printable Amino Acid Chart Included
Get the Genetics Bellringers Bundle for a 20% discount
Other Bellringers available at my store:
Scientific Method, The Cell, Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration, Ecology, Biomes, DNA, RNA, and Proteins, Genetic Inheritance, Mitosis, and Meiosis.
You will receive 10 days of bellringers/warm ups
Week 1:
Word of the Week: DNA
Read and Respond: Mutations
Compare and Contrast: DNA and RNA
Problem Solving: Pairing Nucleotides
Anything Goes: Double Helix Model
Week 2:
Word of the Week: Replication
Read and Respond: Transcription and Translation
Compare and Contrast: Helicase and Polymerase
Problem Solving: Protein Synthesis
Anything Goes: Protein Synthesis
54 vocabulary cards with definitions covering terms about cells, the organelles found inside of cells and cellular transport.
Word list
Cell, Cell Membrane, Cell Wall, Centriole, Centrosome, Chlorophyll, Chloroplast, Cilia, Cytoplasm, Cytoskeleton, Eukaryote, Flagella, Golgi apparatus, Lysosome, Microtubule, Mitochondria, Multicellular, Nuclear pores, Nucleolus, Nucleus, Organelle, Prokaryote, Ribosome, Rough ER, Smooth ER, Unicellular, Vacuoles, Active Transport, Carrier Protein, Cell Wall, Channel Protein, Concentration Gradient, Cytoplasm, Diffusion, Dynamic Equilibrium, Endocytosis, Eukaryote, Exocytosis, Facilitated Diffusion, Fluid Mosaic Model, Glycoprotein, Hypertonic, Hypotonic, Isotonic, Nucleus, Osmosis, Passive Transport, Phospholipid, Plasma Membrane, Prokaryote, Receptor Protein, Selective Permeability, Transport Protein, Turgor
You can use the cards in multiple ways, including: placing them on a word wall and use them as a vocabulary review game as a whole class or as a group.
Students will describe and draw the phases of the cell cycle. They will also label the centrioles, spindle fibers, chromatin, chromosomes, and chromatids.
I also have a Meiosis Graphic Organizer available.
You will receive a PDF version of the Mitosis Graphic Organizer.
Students will describe and draw the phases of meiosis, label the centrioles, spindle fibers, chromatin, chromosomes (single and homologous), and chromatids, state the total number of cells, and state whether the phase is haploid (1n) or diploid (2n).
I also have a Mitosis Graphic Organizer available.
You will receive a PDF version of the Meiosis Graphic Organizer.
You will receive a test review questions with answer keys.
The test is multiple choice, matching, and short answer.
The review questions cover all of the material on the test:
What is a haploid cell? A diploid cell?
How many chromosomes does a human haploid cell have? A human diploid cell?
What happens during interphase and cytokinesis?
How many daughter cells are produced at the end of meiosis I? Meiosis II?
How many chromosomes do the daughter cells at the end of meiosis have compared to the parent cells?
Are cells haploid or diploid at the end of the following phases: metaphase I, anaphase I, metaphase II, and anaphase II?
What is the end product of meiosis?
Explain what happens during Prophase I and Prophase II.
Explain what happens during Metaphase I and Metaphase II.
Explain what happens during Anaphase I and Anaphase II.
Explain what happens during Telophase I and Telophase II.
What are homologous chromosomes?
Explain what crossing over is, which phase of meiosis is occurs in, and why it is important.
What is the law of independent assortment?
Draw and compare metaphase I and metaphase II.
Draw and compare anaphase I and anaphase II.
You will receive PDF and PPT versions of the Evolution and Natural Selection Slide Show.
This 26 slide PPT covers
Charles Darwin
~HMS Beagle Expedition
~The Galápagos Islands and Finches
Adaptations and Natural Selection
~Structural, Behavioral, and Physiological
~~Camouflage and Mimicry
Evolution
~Homology
~~Homologous Structures
~~Vestigial Structures
Phylogenetic Tree
Convergent Evolution
~Analogous Structures
This is the full version on the Elephant Theme Teacher Planning Pages.
I have a Elephant Theme Teacher Planning Pages Basics available also.
You will receive the following 100% editable teacher planning pages all with a elephant theme:
Cover page
2 monthly calendars
~Full month with weekends and full month without weekends
2 weekly planning sheets
~By subject and by hour
2 weekly scheduling calendars
~With times and without times
2 daily scheduling calendars with space for notes
~With times and without times
2 student rosters
~By hour and by block
2 first week of school information recording sheets
~30 students per page and 16 students per page
2 parent contact information sheets
~30 students per page and 16 students per page
Parent contact log sheet
~16 students per page
Grade sheet
~25 students per page with room for assignment name at top
2 attendance logs
~6 weeks (30 days) per page
~30 students per page and 16 students per page
Blank template
You will receive in PDF format:
Review questions with answer key
Test with answer key
Differentiated test with answer key
The test is multiple choice, matching, and short answer.
The review questions cover all of the material on the test:
What are abiotic and biotic factors? Give 2 examples of each.
What is a niche? Name the niches you would find in an oak tree.
What is happening when an organism immigrates? Emigrates?
Give a reason why an organism would immigrate. Give a reason why an organism would emigrate.
Explain the following relationships: Commensalistic, Mutualistic, and Parasitic.
Give an example of commensalistic, mutualistic, and parasitic relationships.
What are the levels of ecological organization in order from smallest to largest? Explain each level.
How do you calculate the population growth rate of an area?
In 2015 there were 34,200 geese in the state of Washington compared to the 48,000 found in 2001. What is the population growth rate for the geese in Washington State?
What does a negative and positive population growth rate mean?
How do you calculate the population density of an area?
There are 57 goldfish in a 30L tank. What is the population density of the goldfish?
Name and define the 2 types of succession.
What is predation? Give an example.
What are the 3 types of distribution? Explain each type.
Thank you,
Wendy
This is the basic version on the Elephant Theme Teacher Planning Pages.
I have a full version of Elephant Theme Teacher Planning Pages available also.
You will receive the following 100% editable teacher planning pages all with a tiger theme:
Student roster
First week of school information recording sheet
~30 students per page
Grade sheet
~25 students per page with room for assignment name at top
Attendance log
~6 weeks (30 days) per page
~30 students per page
Blank template
This is the basic version on the Tiger Theme Teacher Planning Pages.
I have a full version of Tiger Theme Teacher Planning Pages available also.
You will receive the following 100% editable teacher planning pages all with a tiger theme:
Student roster
First week of school information recording sheet
~30 students per page
Grade sheet
~25 students per page with room for assignment name at top
Attendance log
~6 weeks (30 days) per page
~30 students per page
Blank template
You will receive a zip file of 2 PPTs containing 8 sizes of 100% editable labels with an elephant border.
7.5 x 10 (full page) horizontal
3.5 x 10 (half page) horizontal
2.5 x 10 horizontal
1 x 4.5 horizontal
10 x 7.5 (full page) vertical
5 x 7.5 (half page) vertical
3 x 7.5 vertical
1.5 x 3.5 vertical
This 28 slide PPT covers
Food webs
Food chains
Trophic levels
Producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers etc.
Autotrophs and heterotrophs
Energy transfer through a food web
Herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, decomposers, and scavengers
Ecological pyramids
Producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers etc.
Passage of energy through trophic levels
Practice problem with answer
You will receive PDF and PPT versions of this slide show.
This 26 slide PPT covers
Replication
Step by step process of replication
Parent and identical daughter DNA strands
Origin of replication
Helicase and DNA polymerase
Gene expression
Step by step process of transcription
mRNA
RNA polymerase
Step by step process of translation
Amino acid chains and proteins
tRNA
Codons, start codons, anticodons, and stop codons
This is a hands on activity where students will be manipulating the organelles found in a cell during each phase of the cell cycle: Interphase, Mitosis, and Cytokinesis.
You will receive a PDF version of the Mitosis Manipulative Activity.
Objective:
Students will be able to identify the events that take place during the cell cycle.
Each page is made to
~~Print and attach to Velcro/magnets to hang on a board for visual representation of the cell cycle.
~~Can be manipulated on a table/desk for students to demonstrate the steps of the cell cycle.
This can be individual student work, teacher-led, or group/station work.
This set is based on a cell with 4 chromosomes.
You will receive the following in PDF format (161 slides/pages altogether). PPT versions of the 2 slide shows are included for easier classroom viewing:
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration comparison activity with an answer key
Photosynthesis slide show with 17 slides
Cellular Respiration slide show with 16 slides
32 vocabulary cards with definitions
Worksheet packet
4 weeks of Bellringers
Test and answer key
Review questions and answer key
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration comparison activity with an answer key
This activity can work with individuals, in a group, or teacher-led.
You will receive an activity where students will compare photosynthesis and cellular respiration by looking at the equations, products, and reactants of each process.
Answer key included!
Students will:
Write the equation of both photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
State which are products and reactants.
Explain where the reactants come from.
Explain what happens to the products.
Photosynthesis slide show with 17 slides
This 17 slide PPT covers
Autotrophic organisms.
Photosynthesis
Where it takes place.
The overall reaction (products and reactants).
Breaks down each molecule of the equation into easy to read tables with the following topics:
What the molecule is.
Where the molecule comes from.
Where it entered the plant.
What the function is.
Detailed description of the light dependent reaction and the Calvin cycle with diagram.
Cellular Respiration slide show with 16 slides
This 16 slide PPT covers
Cellular Respiration
ATP description
Where the steps to cellular respiration take place. * The overall reaction (products and reactants).
Breaks down each molecule of the equation into easy to read tables with the following information in the table:
What the molecule is.
Where the molecule comes from.
What the function is.
Detailed description of glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain.
32 vocabulary cards with definitions
You will receive 32 vocabulary cards with definitions covering terms about photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
Word List:
Acetyl-CoA, ADP, Alcohol fermentation, Anaerobic, ATP, ATP synthase, Autotrophic, Calvin cycle, Cellular respiration, Chlorophyll, Chloroplasts, Citric acid cycle, Cuticle, Electron transport chain, Epidermis, Fermentation, Glycolysis, Grana, Guard Cells, Heterotrophs, Lactic acid fermentation, Light Reactions, Mesophyll, Mitochondrion,
NADPH, Oxidative phosphorylation, Photosynthesis, Pigment, Pyruvate, Stomata, Stroma, Thylakoids
Worksheet Packet with Answer Keys
You will receive a PDF of 11 unique worksheets (Some worksheets have multiple versions for classroom differentiation giving you a total of 23 worksheets).
Photosynthesis
Cellular respiration
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration comparison
Writing out the equations
Crossword puzzle
Word search
Worksheets have multiple variations for differentiation in your classroom
You will receive 20 days of bellringers/warm ups
Week 1:
Word of the Week: Photosynthesis
Read and Respond: Light Dependent Reactions
Compare and Contrast: Autotroph and Heterotroph
Problem Solving: Products and Reactants
Anything Goes: Photosynthesis Equation
Week 2:
Word of the Week: Glucose
Read and Respond: Calvin Cycle
Compare and Contrast: Chloroplast and Mitochondria
Problem Solving: Products and Reactants
Anything Goes: Autotrophic Organisms
Week 3:
Word of the Week: Cellular Respiration
Read and Respond: Glycolysis
Compare and Contrast: Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration
Problem Solving: Products and Reactants
Anything Goes: Cellular Respiration Equation
Week 4:
Word of the Week: Adenosine Triphosphate
Read and Respond: Krebs Cycle Waste Products
Compare and Contrast: Alcohol and Lactic Acid Fermentation
Problem Solving: Products and Reactants
Anything Goes: Plants and Cellular Respiration
Test and answer key/Review questions and answer key
The test is multiple choice, matching, and short answer. There are 26 questions.
The following are the review questions that are covered on the test. These are not exact test questions, just topics that cover the material:
What is photosynthesis?
What happens during the first stage of photosynthesis?
What is the second stage called? What happens during the second stage?
What is cellular respiration?
What is broken down during glycolysis?
What are the wastes for photosynthesis? Cellular respiration?
Water can be broken into what molecules?
What is the chemical formula for glucose?
Where does carbon dioxide enter a plant?
What stage is the majority of ATP produced during cellular respiration?
What stage is water produced during cellular respiration?
What does oxygen do during the electron transport chain?
What are the products of photosynthesis? What are the reactants?
What are the products of cellular respiration? What are the reactants?
What is the formula for photosynthesis? Cellular respiration?
Where do the following take place:
a. Glycolysis
b. Krebs Cycle
c. Electron Transport Chain.
Define the following
a. ATP
b. Autotroph
c. Chemoautotroph
d. Chlorophyll
e. Chloroplast
f. Photoautotroph
g. Pyruvate
