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
Jungle Animals: This jungle animals accordion booklet is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research and write facts about different jungle animals on the provided blank lines. This booklet also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in examples of each type of jungle animal.
This Jungle Animals Booklet contains the following:
1. Assembly Instructions for the Jungle animals booklet
2. Blank lines for students to write facts.
Jungle Animals Included:
Elephant, Fox, Monkey, Lion, Cheetah, Tiger,
Wolf, Jaguar, Snake, Parrot, Bear, Gorilla
3. A smaller version of #1 and 2 to fit smaller pieces of construction paper
Zoo Animals: This zoo animals accordion booklet is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research and write facts about different zoo animals on the provided blank lines. This booklet also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in examples of each type of zoo animal.
Zoo Animals Accordion Booklet Contents:
1. Assembly Instructions for the Zoo animals booklet
2. Blank lines for students to write facts.
Zoo Animals Included:
Elephant, Tiger, Giraffe, Lion, Cheetah, Camel, Monkey,
Peacock, Flamingo, Penguin, Bear, Gorilla
3. A smaller version of #1 and 2 to fit smaller pieces of construction paper
Scientific Method: This scientific method crossword puzzle is a great way for students to have fun while improving their vocabulary skills on the scientific method.
Scientific Method Crossword Puzzle Contents:
1. Blank Version without word bank
2. Blank Version with word bank
3. Answer Key
4. Vocabulary Words:
♦ Conclusion
♦ Control Group
♦ Data
♦ Dependent Variable
♦ Experiment
♦ Hypothesis
♦ Independent Variable
♦ Inference
♦ Inquiry
♦ Law
♦ Observation
♦ Prediction
♦ Theory
♦ Variable
Ecosystems Crossword Puzzle: 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
4. Vocabulary Words:
♦ Alpine
♦ Biome
♦ Cave
♦ Coral Reef
♦ Desert
♦ Freshwater
♦ Grassland
♦ Marine
♦ Pond
♦ Rainforest
♦ Savannah
♦ Swamp
♦ Taiga
♦ Temperate Forest
♦ Tundra
Animal Adaptations Crossword Puzzle: 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
4. Vocabulary Words:
♦ Adaptation
♦ Camouflage
♦ Carnivore
♦ Echolocation
♦ Ecosystem
♦ Environment
♦ Herbivore
♦ Hibernation
♦ Instinct
♦ Migration
♦ Mimicry
♦ Nocturnal
♦ Omnivore
♦ Predator
♦ Prey
♦ Scavenger
Life Cycles: This fun life cycles crossword puzzle 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
4. Vocabulary Words:
♦ Eggs
♦ Embryo
♦ Flower
♦ Germination
♦ Larva
♦ Life Cycle
♦ Metamorphosis
♦ Offspring
♦ Ovary
♦ Pollination
♦ Pupa
♦ Reproduce
♦ Seed
♦ Spore
Habitats: This habitats lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each habitat and write what they find on the provided blank lines. A completed lapbook with answers is included.
Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page)
Habitats Lapbook Contents:
1. How to Use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook
2. Habitats vocabulary with completed facts:
City, Freshwater, Marine, Arctic, Coral Reef, Swamp, Pond, Cave
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each habitat
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
Six Kingdoms of Life Lapbook: is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each kingdom and write what they find on the provided blank lines. This lapbook also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in the picture of each type of organism. A completed lapbook with answers is included.
Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page)
This six kingdoms of life lapbook contains the following:
1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook
2. Completed facts for each kingdom:
Animalia, Plantae, Protista, Fungi, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for kingdom of life
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
Fossils: This fossils lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each type of fossil and write what they find on the provided blank lines. A completed lapbook with answers is included.
Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page)
Fossils Lapbook Contents:
1. How to Use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook
2. Fossils vocabulary with completed facts:
Body fossils, Trace fossils, Mold fossils, Cast fossils, Fossil Resin
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each type of fossil
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
Plants (life cycle of plants) Lapbook: This plants lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about the life cycle of plants and write what they find on the provided blank lines.
Plants lapbook also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in each stage of the plant life cycle. A completed lapbook with answers is included.
Plants lapbook also fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page)
Plants Lapbook Contents:
1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook
2. Plants life cycle stage: Completed Facts:
Seed, Germination, Seedling, Plant, Flowers/ Pollination
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each plant life cycle stage
4. Check out the preview for more details
Thank you to Scrappin Doodles who provided some images
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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
Frog Life Cycle Lapbook: is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about the life cycle of frogs and write what they find on the provided blank lines. This lapbook also doubles as a
coloring book, as students may color in each stage of the frog life cycle. A completed lapbook with answers is included.
Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page)
This frog life cycle lapbook contains the following:
1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook
2. Completed facts for each life cycle stage:
Eggs, Tadpole, Tadpole with legs, Froglet, Frog
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each frog life cycle stage
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
Dinosaurs: This dinosaurs lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each dinosaur and write what they find on the provided blank lines. This lapbook also doubles as a
coloring book, as students may color in each dinosaur.
Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page)
This dinosaurs lapbook contains the following:
1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook
2. Lines for students to write facts for the following dinosaurs:
Torosaurus, Stegosaurus, Albertosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex,
Apatosaurus, Spinosaurus, Triceratops, Velociraptor
4. Check out the preview for more details
Thank you to Roly Poly Designs and Bioart who provided the images
Human Body Systems Lapbook: is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each body system and write what they find on the provided blank lines. A completed lapbook with answers is included.
Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page)
This human body systems lapbook contains the following:
1. How to Use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook
2. Completed facts for each of the following body systems:
Muscular, Respiratory, Nervous, Lymphatic, Skeletal, Cardiovascular,
Digestive, Urinary, Reproductive, Endocrine
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each body system
4. Check out the preview for more details
Thank you to Teachers Clipart who provided the images
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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
Pumpkin Life Cycle! Lapbook: is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may write what they have learned or research different facts about the life cycle of pumpkins and write what they find on the provided blank lines. This lapbook also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in each stage of the pumpkin life cycle.
Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page)
This pumpkin life cycle lapbook contains the following:
1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook
2. Blank lines for students to write their own facts for each pumpkin life cycle stage:
Seeds, Sprout, Vines, Flowers, Green pumpkin, Pumpkin
4. Check out the preview for more details
Thank you to Glitter Meets Glue Designs who provided the images
***** Do a search for my other Lapbooks in the folllowing topics: *****
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
Scientific Method: This scientific method gummy bears lab is a fun way to have students learn about the scientific method.
This lab contains the following:
1. Question: What will happen to gummy bears if they are placed into different solutions:
Water, Vinegar, Water and Baking soda, Water and Salt?
2. Make Observations
3. Developing a hypothesis
4. Procedure
5. Data Tables
6. Graphing
7. Post-Lab Questions
Scientific Method Task Cards: This set of 20 scientific method task cards allow students to review concepts involving the scientific method. These can be laminated to provide multi-year use.
These scientific method task cards can also be used in a key chain, as there is circle provided on each card where they can be punctured with a hole puncher.
Teacher Answer Keys are provided
Life Cycles: This fun life cycles bundle includes all of my life cycle accordion booklet activities which are outlined below:
All these lessons sell individually for $10.65; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $8.50!
1. Plants Life Cycle
1. Assembly Instructions for the plant life cycle booklet
2. Completed facts for each stage of the plant life cycle:
Seed, Germination, Stems & Roots, Leaves, Flowers, Pollination, Flower Parts
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each life cycle phase
4. A smaller version of #1, 2, & 3 to fit smaller pieces of construction paper
2. Butterfly Life Cycle
1. Assembly Instructions for the butterfly life cycle booklet
2. Completed facts for each stage of the butterfly life cycle:
Eggs, Caterpillar, Pupa, Emerging butterfly, Butterfly
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each life cycle phase
4. A smaller version of #1, 2, & 3 to fit smaller pieces of construction paper
3. Frog Life Cycle
1. Assembly Instructions for the frog life cycle booklet
2. Completed facts for each stage of the frog life cycle:
Eggs, Tadpole, Tadpole with Legs, Froglet, Frog
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each frog life cycle phase
4. A smaller version of #1, 2, & 3 to fit smaller pieces of construction paper
Life Cycles: This fun life cycles bundle includes all of my life cycle lapbooks which are outlined below:
All these lessons sell individually for $10.65; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $8.50!
1. Plants Life Cycle
1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook
2. Completed facts for each life cycle stage:
Seed, Germination, Seedling, Plant, Flowers/ Pollination
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each plant life cycle stage
2. Butterfly Life Cycle
1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook
2. Completed facts for each life cycle stage:
Eggs, Caterpillar, Pupa, Emerging Butterfly, Adult Butterfly
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each life cycle stage
3. Frog Life Cycle
1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook
2. Completed facts for each life cycle stage:
Eggs, Tadpole, Tadpole with legs, Froglet, Frog
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each frog life cycle stage
Scientific Method: This bundle contains all of my activities on the scientific method.
All these lessons sell individually for $24.50; as a bundle they are 35% off, for $14.95!
1. Scientific Method Fold and Learn:
A. Fold and learn scientific method cover in color
B. Fold and learn scientific method in black and white
C. Blank version for students to explain each stage of the scientific method OR use
with an actual experiment (example experiment included)
D. Along with an experiment, students describe each stage of the scientific method.
E. Example experiment: How does salt affect the boiling point of water.
2. Scientific Method Cootie Catchers:
Vocabulary: Observation, Question, Purpose, Hypothesis, Materials,
Procedure, Data, Conclusion
3. Task Cards:
A. 20 Task Cards (Can be put onto a key chain)
B. Student Answer Pages
C. Teacher Answer Keys
4. Word Search:
Vocabulary: Bar Graph, Classification, Conclusion, Data, Experiment, Hypothesis,
Line Graph, Materials, Measure, Observation, Pie Chart, Prediction,
Procedure, Question, Research, Variables
5. Scientific Method Skittles Labs:
A. 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
B. 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
6. Scientific Method Gummy Bears Lab:
A. Question: What will happen to gummy bears if they are placed into different
solutions: Water, Vinegar, Water & Baking soda, Water & Salt?
B. Developing a hypothesis
C. Procedure
D. Data Tables
E. Graphing
F. Post-Lab Questions
7. Scientific Method Lapbook AND Accordion Booklet
Completed facts for each term:
Question/ Problem/ Purpose, Hypothesis, Materials,
Procedure, Data/ Results, Conclusion