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
Life Cycles: These life cycles cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about life cycles. (Note: these cootie catchers contain life cycle terms about plants and animals on the same cootie catcher). How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
Life Cycles Vocabulary:
♦ Life Cycle, Seed, Germination, Offspring, Eggs, Pupa, Larva, Metamorphosis
These life cycles 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 life cycles (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
Evolution: These evolution cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about evolution. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
Evolution Vocabulary Terms:
♦ Evolution, Natural selection, Charles Darwin, Mutation, Fossil, Extinct, Vestigial structure, Homologous structure
These evolution 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 evolution (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
Classification and Taxonomy Cootie Catchers/ Fortune Tellers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the taxonomy. These cootie catchers contain the following vocabulary terms about classification and taxonomy:
♦ Taxonomy, Domain, Kingdom, Phylogenetic tree, Cladogram, Species, Homologous structure, Eukaryote
These cootie catchers on classification and taxonomy 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 classification and taxonomy (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
Animal Adaptations: This animal adaptations booklet is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each type of animal adaptation and write what they find on the provided blank lines. This booklet also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in the different types of animal adaptations. A completed animal adaptations booklet with answers is included.
Animal Adaptations Booklet Contents:
1. Assembly Instructions for the animal adaptations booklet
2. Animal adaptations vocabulary terms:
Camouflage, Hibernation, Mimicry, Migration, Echolocation/ ultrasound,
Predation defense, Food storage
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each animal adaptation
4. A smaller version of #1, 2, & 3 to fit smaller pieces of construction paper
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Space Science:
♦ The Solar System: The Planets
♦ Eclipses
♦ Comets, Meteors, Meteoroids, Meteorites and Asteroids
♦ Life Cycle of Stars
♦ Constellations of the Zodiac
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 accordion booklet 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 fossil types booklet with answers is included.
Fossils Accordion Booklet Contents:
1. Assembly Instructions for the fossil types booklet
2. Fossil Types included:
Body fossil, Trace fossil, Mold fossil, Cast fossil, Resin fossil
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each fossil type
4. A smaller version of #1, 2, & 3 to fit smaller pieces of construction paper
5. Black and white versions of #1, 2, 3, and 4
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Space Science:
♦ The Solar System: The Planets
♦ Eclipses
♦ Comets, Meteors, Meteoroids, Meteorites and Asteroids
♦ Life Cycle of Stars
♦ Constellations of the Zodiac
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 Accordion Booklet: is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each of the six kingdoms of life and write what they find on the provided blank lines. This booklet also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in the different types of organisms. A completed six kingdoms of life booklet with answers is included.
This six kingdoms of life Booklet contains the following:
1. Assembly Instructions for the six kingdoms of life booklet
2. Completed facts for each of the six kingdoms of life:
Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Archaebacteria, Eubacteria
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each kingdom of life
4. A smaller version of #1, 2, & 3 to fit smaller pieces of construction paper
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Space Science:
♦ The Solar System: The Planets
♦ Eclipses
♦ Comets, Meteors, Meteoroids, Meteorites and Asteroids
♦ Life Cycle of Stars
♦ Constellations of the Zodiac
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
Cell Organelles: These cell organelles cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about cell organelles. Playing directions and folding Directions (with pictures) are Included.
There are 3 different versions, each in color and black and white
Cell Organelles Vocabulary:
Golgi, Rough ER, Central Vacuole, Chloroplast, Nucleus, Lysosome, Ribosome, Mitochondria
1. Students identify the vocabulary term from the picture
2. Students Identify the vocabulary term from the description
3. Students create their own description for the vocabulary term
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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
Biomes: This Biomes Accordion Booklet is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each biome and write what they find on the provided blank lines. A biome booklet with answers is also included.
This Biome Booklet contains the following:
1. Assembly Instructions for the Biomes Booklet
2. Completed Facts about each Biome:
Rainforest, Temperate forest, Chaparral, Taiga, Tundra, Alpine, Savanna,
Grassland, Desert
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts about each Biome
4. A smaller version of #1, 2, & 3 to fit smaller pieces of construction paper
5. Black and white version of #1, 2, 3, & 4
***** Do a search for my other Accordion Booklets in the folllowing topics: *****
Space Science:
♦ The Solar System: The Planets
♦ Eclipses
♦ Comets, Meteors, Meteoroids, Meteorites and Asteroids
♦ Life Cycle of Stars
♦ Constellations of the Zodiac
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) Accordion Booklet: This life cycle of plants Booklet 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 booklet also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in each life cycle phase. A completed life cycle of plants booklet with answers is included.
Plants Life Cycle Booklet Contents:
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 plant life cycle phase
4. A smaller version of #1, 2, & 3 to fit smaller pieces of construction paper
This crossword puzzle on evolution 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:
♦ Charles Darwin
♦ Cladogram
♦ Evolution
♦ Extinct
♦ Fossil
♦ Gene
♦ Homologous Structure
♦ Mutation
♦ Natural Selection
♦ Species
♦ Theory
♦ Vestigial Structure
This crossword puzzle on photosynthesis 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:
♦ Autotroph
♦ Calvin Cycle
♦ Carbon Dioxide
♦ Chlorophyll
♦ Chloroplast
♦ Glucose
♦ Light Reactions
♦ Oxygen
♦ Photosynthesis
♦ Stoma
♦ Water
This crossword puzzle on the six kingdoms of life 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:
♦ Animalia
♦ Archaebacteria
♦ Eubacteria
♦ Eukaryote
♦ Fungi
♦ Plantae
♦ Prokaryote
♦ Protista
This crossword puzzle on mitosis 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:
♦ Anaphase
♦ Centrioles
♦ Centromere
♦ Chromatin
♦ Chromosome
♦ Cytokinesis
♦ DNA
♦ Metaphase
♦ Prophase
♦ Spindle Fiber
♦ Telophase
This crossword puzzle on the parts of a microscope 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:
♦ Arm
♦ Base
♦ Coarse
♦ Diaphragm
♦ Eyepiece
♦ Fine
♦ Lamp
♦ Lens
♦ Microscope
♦ Objective
♦ Stage
This crossword puzzle on heredity 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:
♦ Allele
♦ DNA
♦ Dominant
♦ Gene
♦ Genotype
♦ Heterozygous
♦ Homozygous
♦ Mutation
♦ Pedigree
♦ Phenotype
♦ Punnett Square
♦ Recessive
This crossword puzzle on DNA 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:
♦ Adenine
♦ Chromosome
♦ Cytosine
♦ Deoxyribose
♦ DNA
♦ Gene
♦ Guanine
♦ Hydrogen Bonds
♦ Mutation
♦ Nucleotide
♦ Thymine
♦ Uracil
This crossword puzzle on genetic engineering 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:
♦ Bioethics
♦ Clone
♦ DNA Fingerprinting
♦ Electrophoresis
♦ Gene
♦ Gene Therapy
♦ Genome
♦ Plasmid
♦ Recombinant DNA
♦ Restriction Enzyme
♦ Transgenic
This crossword puzzle on the life cycle of frogs 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:
♦ Eggs
♦ Embryo
♦ Frog
♦ Froglet
♦ Frogspawn
♦ Gills
♦ Larva
♦ Life Cycle
♦ Metamorphosis
♦ Tadpole
This crossword puzzle on macromolecules 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:
♦ Carbohydrates
♦ Disaccharide
♦ DNA
♦ Lipids
♦ Monosaccharide
♦ Nucleic Acids
♦ Nucleotides
♦ Polysaccharide
♦ Proteins
♦ RNA
This crossword puzzle on the nervous system 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:
♦ Axon
♦ Brain
♦ Brainstem
♦ Cerebellum
♦ Cerebrum
♦ Dendrites
♦ Myelin Sheath
♦ Nerve
♦ Neuron
♦ Spinal Cord
♦ Synapse
♦ Synaptic Terminal