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 PDF version of this foldable.
Purpose:
Students will be able to locate and describe the major biomes of the world.
This includes instructions on how to make the foldable with detailed diagrams.
Students will list the biome, draw a picture depicting the biome, list the types of each biome, the animals and plants found in each, and give a detailed description of the biome.
Biomes included:
Desert
Grassland
Forest
Tundra
Aquatic: Freshwater
Aquatic: Marine
Students will show the direction energy flows through an ecosystem by creating a food web that includes producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers.
Includes:
Food web project with detailed instructions
Differentiated food web project
Completed food web examples
2 completed rubrics
Editable rubric so you can make your own
You will receive a PDF of this item.
Included:
Superhero traits sheet
Genotype to phenotype problems
Phenotype to genotype problems
Identify homozygous and heterozygous problems
7 Punnett square practice problems including incomplete dominance and co-dominance
Answer key
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)
*I have a 129 slide show of 12 body systems (Circulatory, Respiratory, Digestive, Excretory, Endocrine, Nervous, Muscular, Skeletal, Integumentary, Reproductive, Lymphatic, and Immune) available for a $3.00 discount if you are looking for all of the systems.
**This is the slide show for only the Reproductive system.
You will receive a PPT and PDF copy of this slide show.
This 19 slide PPT covers the structures and functions of the reproductive system.
Structures:
~Reproductive
~~Ovary, fallopian tube, uterus, cervix, vagina, testis, prostate, urethra, penis
Functions:
~Reproductive
~~Female
~~~The function of ovaries
~~~The path of an unfertilized egg from the ovary to the vagina
~~~The path of a fertilized egg from the ovary to the vagina
~~Male
~~~The function of testes
~~~The path of sperm from the testes to the penis
*I have a 289 slide show of 12 body systems (Circulatory, Respiratory, Digestive, Excretory, Endocrine, Nervous, Muscular, Skeletal, Integumentary, Reproductive, Lymphatic, and Immune) available for a 20% discount if you are looking for all of the systems.
This 23 slide PPT covers the structures and functions of the muscular system.
Skeletal, cardiac, and smooth tissue
Voluntary and involuntary muscles
Striation
Uninucleated and multinucleated
Location of skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscles
Muscle contraction and relaxation
Sarcomeres
Actin and myosin
A quick review (in table format) of the three main muscle types and their characteristics
This 26 slide PPT covers the structures and functions of the skeletal system.
Bone structure and function
Periosteum, compact bone, spongy bone, yellow bone marrow, and red bone marrow
Cartilage
Axial skeleton
Skull, rib cage, and vertebral column
Appendicular skeleton
Upper limbs, lower limbs, shoulder girdle, and pelvic girdle
Joints
Ball-and-socket joint, condyloid joint, plane joint, hinge joint, pivot joint, and saddle joint
Tendons and ligaments
*I have a 289 slide show of 12 body systems (Circulatory, Respiratory, Digestive, Excretory, Endocrine, Nervous, Muscular, Skeletal, Integumentary, Reproductive, Lymphatic, and Immune) available for a 20% discount if you are looking for all of the systems.
This 26 slide PPT covers the structures and functions of the endocrine system.
Glands and hormones
Pineal Gland and melatonin
Hypothalamus and dopamine
Pituitary Gland and growth hormone
Thyroid and T3
Parathyroid and parathyroid hormone
Thymus and thymosin
Adrenal Gland and adrenaline
Pancreas and insulin and glucagon
Ovary and estrogen
Testis and testosterone
A quick run through of the entire system with images
This 17 slide PPT covers the structures and functions of the integumentary system.
Skin
Epidermis
Vitamin D, melanin, keratin
Dermis
Blood vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, hair, sebaceous glands
Hypodermis
A quick run through of the essential structures with images
This 37 slide PPT covers the structures and functions of the nervous system.
Sensory input, integration, and motor output
The central nervous system
Brain (cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem)
Spinal cord
The peripheral nervous system
Ganglia
Nerves
Neurons (axon, dendrite, and cell body)
Sensory and motor neurons
The somatic nervous system
The autonomic nervous system
The sympathetic, parasympathetic, and enteric nervous systems
How messages are sent through the body
Nerve impulses and synapses
Diagram with the main structures of the nervous system
Diagram showing all the systems within the nervous system
Non-damaging vs damaging input
*I have a 289 slide show of 12 body systems (Circulatory, Respiratory, Digestive, Excretory, Endocrine, Nervous, Muscular, Skeletal, Integumentary, Reproductive, Lymphatic, and Immune) available for a 20% discount if you are looking for all of the systems.
This 28 slide PPT covers the structures and functions of the digestive system.
Digestive tract
Ingestion and digestion
Oral cavity, salivary glands, saliva
Mechanical and chemical digestion
Peristalsis
Esophagus
Stomach, gastric juice
Absorption
Small intestine, duodenum, jejunum, ilium, liver, bile, pancreas, gallbladder
Elimination
Large intestine, cecum, appendix, colon, rectum, anus
Time frames for food to go through each stage
A quick run through of the entire system with images
This 18 slide PPT covers the structures and functions of the excretory system.
Excretion
Kidneys
Renal cortex, renal medulla, renal pelvis, renal artery, renal vein, nephrons
Urine
Ultrafiltration
Ureter
Bladder
Urethra
A quick run through of the entire system with images
*I have a 289 slide show of 12 body systems (Circulatory, Respiratory, Digestive, Excretory, Endocrine, Nervous, Muscular, Skeletal, Integumentary, Reproductive, Lymphatic, and Immune) available for a 20% discount if you are looking for all of the systems.
You will receive a PPT and PDF version of this slideshow
This 23 slide PPT covers the structures and functions of the circulatory
system.
Blood
Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma
Heart
Right and left atrium, right and left ventricle, and septum
Blood vessels
Capillaries, arteries, arterioles, aorta, veins, venules, and vena cava
Pulmonary and systemic circulation
How oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood circulate through the body
This 25 slide PPT covers the structures and functions of the immune and lymphatic systems.
The structures:
T Cells, B cells, Lymph, Lymph Nodes, Antigens, Antigen Receptors, Antibodies, Plasma cells, Memory cells, Spleen, Tonsils, Adenoids, Skin, Thymus, Bone marrow, Mast cells, Phagocytes, Leukocytes, Lysosomes
The functions:
The function of the immune system is to help protect the body from disease.
The lymphatic system is part of the immune system. The function is to produce and distribute lymphocytes and the removal of toxins and waste from the body.
This 23 slide PPT covers the structures and functions of the respiratory system.
The process of respiration including inhalation and exhalation and the following structures:
Diaphragm
Nasal cavity
Pharynx
Larynx
Trachea
Epiglottis
Bronchi
Lungs
Bronchioles
Alveoli
A quick run through of the entire system with images
You will receive a PPT and PDF copy of this slide show.
This 81 slide PPT covers the 4 main terrestrial biomes and information about each one including temperature, precipitation, and biodiversity.
Desert
Arid
Semiarid
Coastal
Polar
Forest
Temperate
Coniferous forest
Rainforest
Deciduous Forest
Tropical Rainforest
Taiga
Grassland
Temperate
Prairie
Steppe
Pampas
Tropical Savanna
Tundra
Arctic
Antarctic
Alpine
You will receive a PPT and PDF copy of this slide show.
This 60 slide PPT covers the aquatic biomes and information about each one including temperature, precipitation, and biodiversity.
Photic and Aphotic zones
Freshwater
Ponds and Lakes
Littoral Zone
Limnetic Zone
Profundal Zone
Benthic Zone
Streams and Rivers
Headwaters
Mouth
Wetlands
Marine
Ocean
Intertidal Zone
Neritic Zone
Oceanic Zone
Pelagic Zone
Abyssal Zone
Hadal Zone
Benthic Zone
Coral Reef
Fringing Reef
Barrier Reef
Atoll
Estuary
You will receive a PPT and PDF copy of this slide show.
Includes guided note sheet and answer key
This 30 slide PPT covers
Biology
The characteristics of living things
Cellular organization
Multicellular and unicellular
Energy Processing
Metabolism
Maintain homeostasis
Reproduction
Asexual and sexual reproduction
Response to surroundings
Stimulus and response
Adaptation and evolution
Growth and development
The basic needs of living things
Food
Water
Living space
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 a PPT and PDF copy of this slide show.
Includes guided note sheet and answer key
This 50 slide PPT covers
Biological classification
Binomial nomenclature
Breakdown of the scientific name
Eight levels of biological classification
* Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
Main categories of classification
Cell type
Prokaryote and eukaryote
Number of cells
Unicellular and multicellular
Mode of Nutrition
Autotroph and heterotroph
The three domains and six kingdoms
Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
Characteristics and example of the domains and kingdoms
Dichotomous key
Example key
Step by step instructions on how to use the key
You will receive a PPT and PDF copy of this slide show.
Includes guided note sheet and answer key
This 41 slide PPT covers
Biodiversity
Keystone species
Carrying capacity
Limiting factors
Human interaction
Habitat destruction
Habitat fragmentation
Pollution
Invasive species
Poaching
International Union for Conservation of Nature categories
Least concern, near threatened, vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, extinct in the wild, and extinct species
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You will receive the following in PDF format (323 slides/pages altogether). PPT versions of the slide shows were added for easier classroom viewing:
7 weeks of Bellringers
6 slideshows
Genetics and Heredity
Inheritance Part 1 (basic Punnett Squares)
Inheritance Part 2 (incomplete and co-dominance, multiple alleles)
Inheritance Part 3 (Two-factor crosses)
Mutations
Pedigrees
3 activities
Mutation Activity
Superhero Genetics Activity
Punnett Square Problems
Worksheet Packet
34 vocabulary cards with definitions
Test and answer key
Review questions and answer key
4 Weeks of Genetics and Heredity Bellringers
You will receive 20 days of bellringers/warm ups
Week 1:
Word of the Week: Genetics
Read and Respond: Chromosomes, Genes, and Alleles
Compare and Contrast: Recessive and Dominant Traits
Problem Solving: Identify Recessive and Dominant Traits
Anything Goes: Gregor Mendel
Week 2:
Word of the Week: Pedigree
Read and Respond: How to Read a Pedigree
Compare and Contrast: F1 and F2 Generations
Problem Solving: Pedigree Problem
Anything Goes: Pedigree Problem
Week 3:
Word of the Week: Heredity
Read and Respond: Mendelian Genetics
Compare and Contrast: Genotype and Phenotype
Problem Solving: Genotype and Phenotype
Anything Goes: Law of Segregation
Week 4:
Word of the Week: Mutation
Read and Respond: Protooncogenes and Cancer
Compare and Contrast: Small Scale Mutations and Large Scale Mutations
Problem Solving: Point Mutations
Anything Goes: Chromosomal Mutations
3 Weeks of Genetics: Inheritance Bellringers
You will receive 16 days of bellringers/warm ups
Week 1:
Word of the Week: Punnett Square
Read and Respond: Probability
Compare and Contrast: Homozygous and Heterozygous
Problem Solving: Punnett Square Problem
Anything Goes: Punnett Square Problem
Week 2:
Word of the Week: Gene
Read and Respond: Multiple Alleles
Compare and Contrast: Incomplete Dominance and Co-dominance
Problem Solving: Incomplete Dominance Problem
Anything Goes: Co-dominance Problem
Week 3 is all Problem Solving with Punnett Squares:
Problem Solving: Single Gene with Two Alleles
Problem Solving: Incomplete Dominance
Problem Solving: Co-dominance
Problem Solving: Multiple Alleles
Problem Solving: Sex-linked
Problem Solving: Two-Factor Cross
Genetics and Heredity Slide Show with 22 slides
This 22 slide PPT covers
Genetics and Heredity
Gregor Mendel
The laws of Mendelian Genetics
Law of Dominance, Segregation, and Independent Assortment
Mendel’s work with pea plant traits
Genes and alleles
Recessive and dominant traits
Genotypes and phenotypes
Chromosomes and proteins
Mutations
Pedigree chart
Inheritance Part 1 Slide Show with 41 slides
This 41 slide PPT covers
Basic genetics and heredity background including Gregor Mendel and Reginald Punnett.
Punnett squares.
Vocabulary including allele, dominant, recessive, genotype, phenotype, homozygous, and heterozygous.
Step by step set up of Punnett squares.
Probability.
Practice problems with step-by-step explanation of the answers.
Inheritance part 2 Slide Show with 53 slides
This 53 slide PPT covers
All crosses have completed examples
All crosses have practice problems
Incomplete dominance
Using crosses between flowers
Co-dominance
Using crosses between cows
Single genes with 2 alleles
Using crosses about a widow’s peak
Single genes with multiple alleles
Using crosses about blood types
Sex-linked genes
Using crosses about colorblindness
Inheritance part 3 Slide Show with 28 slides
This 28 slide PPT covers
Two-factor crosses with pea color and shape
Step by step instructions on how to complete a two-factor cross
Practice problems with descriptive answers
Mutations Slide Show with 20 slides
This 20 slide PPT covers
Small-scale mutations
Point
Substitution
Silent
Missense
Nonsense
Frameshift
Deletion
Insertion
Large-scale mutations
Number of chromosomes
Nondisjunction
Structure of chromosomes
Inversion
Deletion
Insertion
Duplication
Translocation
Pedigrees Slide Show with 40 slides
This 40 slide PPT covers
Pedigree chart basic information
How to read a pedigree chart
Male and female
P and F generations
Numbering
Shading
Step by step process of a trait moving through the pedigree
Incudes questions for students to answer
The 4 types of pedigree charts
Sex-linked (I focus on X-linked in this slide show)
Dominant and recessive
Autosomal
Dominant and recessive
Mutation Activity
Students will learn how a simple change in DNA can cause a change in a trait. They will receive ‘fake’ mutations that cause them to hold a pencil/pen in a different way.
You will receive a teacher page with objectives, benchmarks, pre and post activity questions, and vocabulary.
Superhero Genetics Activity
Students will create their own super hero using genetics! They will flip coins to determine the genotype and phenotype of their super hero.
Teacher page with objectives, Next Generation Science Standards, pre and post activity questions, and much more included!
Superhero Punnett Square Practice Problems
Included:
Superhero traits sheet
Genotype to phenotype problems
Phenotype to genotype problems
Identify homozygous and heterozygous problems
7 Punnett square practice problems including incomplete dominance and co-dominance
Answer key for all problems
Genetics Worksheets
You will receive a PDF of 15 worksheets (*3 worksheets have multiple versions for classroom differentiation giving you a total of 18 worksheets).
Includes:
Matching vocabulary terms (1 worksheet)
Mutations (2 worksheets)
Punnett Squares (5 worksheets)
Two factor cross (2 worksheets)
Pedigrees (3 worksheets)
Crossword puzzle (with and without word bank) and word search (2 worksheets)
Answer keys included
34 vocabulary cards with definitions
You will receive 34 vocabulary cards with definitions.
Allele, Carrier, Chromosome, Codominance, Deletion, DNA, Dominant, Duplication, Gene, Genetics, Genotype, Gregor Mendel, Heredity, Heterozygous, Homozygous, Hybrid, Incomplete Dominance, Insertion, Inversion, Law of Dominance, Law of Independent Assortment, Law of Segregation, Mutation, Nondisjunction, Nucleotide, Pedigree, Phenotype, Probability, Punnett Square, Purebred, Recessive, RNA, Substitution, Translocation
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.
Test, Review Questions, and Answer Keys
The test is multiple choice, Punnett Square problems, and Pedigree questions.
This test is designed to take about 45 minutes to an hour.
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 the difference in phenotypes and genotypes?
What is the difference in dominant and recessive alleles?
How are genes expressed?
What is heredity?
What is a mutation?
Where do you find the genetic material that is passed from parent to offspring
What are alleles?
Who is known for being the ‘Father of Genetics’?
What is a gene?
Punnett Square practice
In cats, short hair(S) is dominant over long hair(s). A homozygous recessive individual and a homozygous dominant individual are crossed.
Homozygous recessive parent genotype?
Homozygous dominant parent genotype?
Probability of short hair offspring?
Probability of long hair offspring?
A colorblind man and his carrier wife have children.
Male parent genotype?
Female parent genotype?
Probability of colorblind offspring?
Probability of carrier offspring?
Incomplete dominance: a red flower crossed with a white flower.
What are the genotypes of the parents?
What are the genotypes of the offspring?
What are the phenotypes of the offspring?
What are the probabilities of the phenotypes of the offspring?
Co-dominance: a red flower crossed with a white flower.
What are the genotypes of the parents?
What are the genotypes of the offspring?
What are the phenotypes of the offspring?
What are the probabilities of the phenotypes of the offspring?
Single gene with multiple alleles—A type AB blood man and a homozygous type B blood female have children.
What is the probability of blood type A offspring?
What is the probability of blood type B offspring?
What is the probability of blood type AB offspring?
What is the probability of blood type O offspring?
Students will use a pedigree to answer the following:
Individuals B, D, I, and N are colorblind. Correctly shade those 4 individuals in the pedigree.
Individuals C, G, and J are carriers. Correctly shade those 3 individuals in the pedigree.
Explain why individual I and J, although they are sisters, do not share the colorblindness phenotype.
The test is multiple choice, Punnett Square problems, and Pedigree questions.
This test is designed to take about 45 minutes to an hour.
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 the difference in phenotypes and genotypes?
What is the difference in dominant and recessive alleles?
How are genes expressed?
What is heredity?
What is a mutation?
Where do you find the genetic material that is passed from parent to offspring?
What are alleles?
Who is known for being the ‘Father of Genetics’?
What is a gene?
Punnett Square practice
10. In cats, short hair(S) is dominant over long hair(s). A homozygous recessive individual and a homozygous dominant individual are crossed.
Homozygous recessive parent genotype?
Homozygous dominant parent genotype?
Probability of short hair offspring?
Probability of long hair offspring?
A colorblind man and his carrier wife have children.
Male parent genotype?
Female parent genotype?
Probability of colorblind offspring?
Probability of carrier offspring?
Incomplete dominance: a red flower crossed with a white flower.
What are the genotypes of the parents?
What are the genotypes of the offspring?
What are the phenotypes of the offspring?
What are the probabilities of the phenotypes of the offspring?
Co-dominance: a red flower crossed with a white flower.
What are the genotypes of the parents?
What are the genotypes of the offspring?
What are the phenotypes of the offspring?
What are the probabilities of the phenotypes of the offspring?
Single gene with multiple alleles—A type AB blood man and a homozygous type B blood female have children.
What is the probability of blood type A offspring?
What is the probability of blood type B offspring?
What is the probability of blood type AB offspring?
What is the probability of blood type O offspring?
Students will use a pedigree to answer the following:
15. Individuals B, D, I, and N are colorblind. Correctly shade those 4 individuals in the pedigree.
16. Individuals C, G, and J are carriers. Correctly shade those 3 individuals in the pedigree.
17. Explain why individual I and J, although they are sisters, do not share the colorblindness phenotype.
You will receive a PPT and PDF version of the slide show.
This 26 slide PPT covers
Populations
Population density
Density dependent and independent factors
Population distribution
Uniform, random, and clumped
Births and immigration
Deaths and emigration
Population growth rate
Practice problems
You will receive a PPT and PDF version of the slide show.
This 53 slide PPT covers
All crosses have completed examples
All crosses have practice problems
Incomplete dominance
Using crosses between flowers
Co-dominance
Using crosses between cows
Single genes with 2 alleles
Using crosses about a widow’s peak
Single genes with multiple alleles
Using crosses about blood types
Sex-linked genes
Using crosses about colorblindness