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
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their skills with adding and subtracting positive and negative integers.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions and FAQ
♦ 4 Levels to decode: Multiple Choice, Message Decoder, Tarsia Puzzle, Maze
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
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
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their skills with volume and surface area of prisms and cylinders.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions and FAQ
♦ 3 Levels to decode: Multiple Choice, Message Decoder, and Maze
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to practice their skills with synonyms.
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
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
This crossword puzzle on atomic structure 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:
♦ Atom
♦ Charge
♦ Electron
♦ Electron Cloud
♦ Element
♦ Ion
♦ Isotope
♦ Mass Number
♦ Matter
♦ Molecule
♦ Neutron
♦ Nucleus
♦ Proton
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their skills with maps.
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
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
Ancient Rome: This Ancient Rome word search also doubles as a coloring book!. The advantage to this is that students can actually see the concept behind the term they are attempting to find. The Solution to the puzzle is included.
This Ancient Rome Word Search/ Coloring Book contains the following terms:
♦ Ankh
♦ Arch of Titus
♦ Augustus
♦ Chariot
♦ Colosseum
♦ Constantine
♦ Fasces
♦ Gladiator
♦ Laurel
♦ Marcus Aurelius
♦ Minerva
♦ Mount Vesuvius
♦ Neptune
♦ Scroll
♦ Terracotta
Thank you to Glitter Meets Glue Designs who provided the images
Ecosystems: This ecosystems word search also doubles as a coloring book!. The advantage to this is that students can actually see the concept behind the term they are attempting to find. The solution to the puzzle is included.
Ecosystems Word Search/ Coloring Book Vocabulary Terms:
♦ Alpine
♦ Arctic
♦ Beach
♦ Cave
♦ City
♦ Desert
♦ Freshwater
♦ Grassland
♦ Island
♦ Lake
♦ Marine
♦ Pond
♦ Rainforest
♦ Savannah
♦ Temperate Forest
♦ Tundra
Thank you to Illumismart, Educlips and Ashley Hughes who provided the images
Cell Structures: This cell structures activity allows students to construct their own animal cell and is a great way for students to have fun while learning about cell organelles!
Cell Structures Activity:
In this activity, students will cut out the main animal cell organelles and paste them within a cell membrane. Students will then cut and paste the appropriate functions to the names. Finally, students will draw a line connecting the organelle with its function.
Cell Structures (Organelles) Vocabulary:
Ribosome, Nucleus, Lysosome, Vacuole, Mitochondria, Golgi body, Endoplasmic reticulum
This activity contains the following additional structures:
Cytoplasm, Cell membrane
Life Cycle of Stars Cootie Catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the life cycle of stars. Playing directions and folding Directions (with pictures) are Included.
Vocabulary set 1: Life cycle of Small and Medium Size Stars
Interstellar Cloud, Protostar, Low mass small star, Medium mass star,
Red giant, Planetary nebula, White dwarf, Black dwarf
Vocabulary set 2: Life Cycle of Large and Giant Size Stars
Interstellar cloud, Protostar, Large mass star, Giant mass star,
Red super giant, Supernova, Neutron star, Black hole
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Space Science:
♦ Comets, Meteors, & Asteroids
♦ Constellations
♦ Eclipses
♦ Life Cycles of Stars
♦ Moon Phases
♦ Planets
♦ Solar System and Space
♦ Clouds
♦ Earthquakes & Plate Tectonics
♦ Erosion
♦ Fossils
♦ Layers of the Atmosphere
♦ Layers of the Earth
♦ Landforms
♦ Natural Disasters
♦ Natural Resources
♦ Rock Cycle
♦ Rocks and Minerals
♦ Seasons
♦ Soil
♦ Volcanoes
♦ Water Cycle
♦ Weather
Life Science:
♦ Animal Adaptations
♦ Biomes
♦ Cell Organelles
♦ Classification and Taxonomy
♦ Ecosystems
♦ Evolution
♦ Food Web
♦ Habitats
♦ Human Body
♦ Life Cycles
♦ Photosynthesis
♦ Plants
♦ Six Kingdoms of Life
Physical Science:
♦ Atomic Structure
♦ Circuits
♦ Element Compound and Mixture
♦ Force and Motion
♦ Forms of Energy
♦ Light Energy
♦ Magnets
♦ Reflection and Refraction
♦ Scientific Method
♦ Simple Machines
♦ Sound Energy
♦ States of Matter
♦ Thermal Energy
♦ Waves
This crossword puzzle on World War II 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:
♦ Adolf Hitler
♦ Allies
♦ Atomic Bomb
♦ Axis Powers
♦ Blitzkrieg
♦ D Day
♦ Douglas MacArthur
♦ Dwight Eisenhower
♦ Franklin Roosevelt
♦ Harry Truman
♦ Hideki Tojo
♦ Joseph Stalin
♦ Kamikaze
♦ Pearl Harbor
♦ Winston Churchill
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their skills with naming ionic compounds. A list of polyatomic ions is included for students.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions and FAQ
♦ 4 Levels to decode: Multiple Choice, Message Decoder, Tarsia Puzzle, and Maze
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
This math maze is a great way for students to practice their skills with 2 and 3 digit addition and subtraction with regrouping, themed for the end of the year/ summer. The solution to the puzzle is included.
Synonyms: These synonyms cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while reinforcing their vocabulary and their skills with synonyms. 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 synonym of a vocabulary word within the sentence. Multiple choice options are given along with the correct answer.
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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
Absolute Value: These absolute value cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while they practice solving problems on absolute value. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
There are 2 cootie catchers in this product, each one having 8 equations for a total of 16 problems. The problems include step by step answers for both possible solutions.
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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
Food Web: These food web cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about food webs and vocabulary.
Food Web Vocabulary Terms:
♦ Food web, Producer, Carnivore, Omnivore, Herbivore, Scavenger, Decomposer, Consumer
These food web cootie catchers come in color and black & white, and also come with a version where students can add their own definitions. All of this totals 4 pages which has students identifying vocabulary terms about the food web (with pictures) based from the definition.
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Space Science:
♦ Comets, Meteors, & Asteroids
♦ Constellations
♦ Eclipses
♦ Life Cycles of Stars
♦ Moon Phases
♦ Planets
♦ Solar System and Space
♦ Clouds
♦ Earthquakes & Plate Tectonics
♦ Erosion
♦ Fossils
♦ Layers of the Atmosphere
♦ Layers of the Earth
♦ Landforms
♦ Natural Disasters
♦ Natural Resources
♦ Rock Cycle
♦ Rocks and Minerals
♦ Seasons
♦ Soil
♦ Volcanoes
♦ Water Cycle
♦ Weather
Life Science:
♦ Animal Adaptations
♦ Biomes
♦ Cell Organelles
♦ Classification and Taxonomy
♦ Ecosystems
♦ Evolution
♦ Food Web
♦ Habitats
♦ Human Body
♦ Life Cycles
♦ Photosynthesis
♦ Plants
♦ Six Kingdoms of Life
Physical Science:
♦ Atomic Structure
♦ Circuits
♦ Element Compound and Mixture
♦ Force and Motion
♦ Forms of Energy
♦ Light Energy
♦ Magnets
♦ Reflection and Refraction
♦ Scientific Method
♦ Simple Machines
♦ Sound Energy
♦ States of Matter
♦ Thermal Energy
♦ Waves
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 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
Prepositional Phrases: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their grammar skills.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the prepositional phrase. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.