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
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Constellations: These constellations of the Zodiac Flash and Wall Cards are a fun way to teach kids about the constellations of the zodiac. Each separate sheet of paper is reversed so that it can be printed opposite of the corresponding constellation, so that each constellation card has a front and a back.
Because there is different information for each constellation card, the back side of each card can be changed depending on your needs:
♦ Constellation Picture
♦ Constellation Picture + Facts
♦ Facts
♦ Myths
Polar Animals Interactive Identification Game: This is not your average PowerPoint! This PowerPoint is a live-working interactive dichotomous key! Each slide has code embedded within it that allows the students to answer yes or no questions about arctic animals.
The students are to pick an animal they like to begin the "game" or lesson. The students are then presented with questions about arctic animals such as: Is the animal a mammal? does the animal have flippers or legs? does the animal have tusks or horns? etc.
After clicking the correct button, only the animals with the chosen characteristics are left on the screen. Additional questions are asked until the correct animal is chosen.
This PowerPoint can be used in many different ways:
*Teaching young children about arctic animals
*Teaching young and older children about animal characteristics
*Teaching older children about dichotomous keys
Important Note: This interactive works when in SlideShow mode
Rainforst: This rainforest animals interactive identification game is not your average PowerPoint! This PowerPoint is a live-working interactive dichotomous key! Each slide has code embedded within it that allows the students to answer yes or no questions about rain-forest animals.
The students are to pick an animal they like to begin the "game" or lesson. The students are then presented with questions about rain-forest animals such as: Is the animal a mammal? can the animal climb trees? Does the animal have a trunk or a snout? etc.
After clicking the correct button, only the animals with the chosen characteristics are left on the screen. Additional questions are asked until the correct animal is chosen.
This PowerPoint can be used in many different ways:
*Teaching young children about unique rain-forest animals
*Teaching young and older children about animal characteristics
*Teaching older children about dichotomous keys
Important Note: This interactive works when in SlideShow mode
These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of the different types of natural resources.
This product contains 12 cards with definitions and images for each term:
♦ Biomass
♦ Coal Power
♦ Fossil Fuels
♦ Geothermal Energy
♦ Hydropower
♦ Natural Gas
♦ Non-Renewable Resource
♦ Nuclear Energy
♦ Oil
♦ Renewable Resource
♦ Solar Power
♦ Wind Power
These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their vocabulary knowledge of rocks and minerals.
This product contains 28 cards with definitions and images for each term:
♦ Bedrock
♦ Boulder
♦ Coal
♦ Cobble
♦ Conglomerate
♦ Crystal
♦ Diamond
♦ Feldspar
♦ Gneiss
♦ Granite
♦ Igneous Rock
♦ Lava
♦ Limestone
♦ Luster
♦ Magma
♦ Metamorphic Rock
♦ Mica
♦ Mineral
♦ Obsidian
♦ Olivine
♦ Pebbles
♦ Quartz
♦ Rock
♦ Rock Cycle
♦ Sand
♦ Sandstone
♦ Sedimentary Rock
♦ Slate
These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of sound and light waves.
This product contains 24 cards with definitions and images for each term:
♦ Amplitude
♦ Compression
♦ Constructive Interference
♦ Crest
♦ Destructive Interference
♦ Diffraction
♦ Doppler Effect
♦ Echo
♦ Electromagnetic Wave
♦ Frequency
♦ Longitudinal Wave
♦ Medium
♦ Rarefaction
♦ Reflection
♦ Sonic Boom
♦ Sound Wave
♦ Surface Wave
♦ Transverse Wave
♦ Trough
♦ Vibration
♦ Wave
♦ Wave Interference
♦ Wavelength
These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of the different types of dinosaurs.
This product contains 12 cards:
♦ Allosaurus
♦ Ankylosaurus
♦ Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus)
♦ Brachiosaurus
♦ Carnotaurus
♦ Iguanodon
♦ Parasaurolophus
♦ Spinosaurus
♦ Stegosaurus
♦ Triceratops
♦ Tyrannosaurus Rex
♦ Velociraptor
These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of Christopher Columbus.
This product contains 12 cards with definitions and images for each term:
♦ Canary Islands
♦ Christopher Columbus
♦ Compass
♦ Ferdinand II
♦ Genoa, Italy
♦ Hispaniola
♦ Isabella I
♦ King John II of Portugal
♦ Niña
♦ Pinta
♦ Santa Maria
♦ Taino
These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of force and motion.
This product contains 20 cards with definitions and images for each term:
♦ Acceleration
♦ Centripetal Force
♦ Energy
♦ Force
♦ Friction
♦ Gravity
♦ Inertia
♦ Kinetic Energy
♦ Magnet
♦ Mass
♦ Motion
♦ Net Force
♦ Potential Energy
♦ Projectile
♦ Rolling Friction
♦ Sliding Friction
♦ Speed
♦ Static Friction
♦ Velocity
♦ Weight
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge with the integumentary system.
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 breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge with the respiratory system.
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 breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge with the concepts and terms associated with climate change.
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
Planets: This Dwarf Planets PowerPoint is meant to introduce students to the dwarf planets of our solar system. This lesson also explains why Pluto was declassified from being a planet to being a dwarf planet.
There are 5 dwarf planets and this PPT lesson has 54 slides which includes the following information:
♦ Where is it?
♦ What the planet's surface is like
♦ Composition of the atmosphere
♦ Temperature range
♦ Facts about its moons
♦ Year and Day
♦ Mythology behind the name
Eclipses: Lunar and Solar
This lesson incorporates easy to understand explanations with interactive/ animations, and questions which keep students engaged while learning about what is and what causes solar and lunar eclipses.
This lesson contains 29 slides and should run a full class period or two to teach, and contains the following Slide Titles:
♦ Title Slide
♦ Solar Eclipse
♦ Total vs. Partial Eclipses
♦ Partial Solar Eclipse
♦ Total Solar Eclipse (with video)
♦ The Sun's Corona
♦ Stars During the Day
♦ The Next Solar Eclipses: Mark Your Calendar
♦ Solar Eclipse: August 21, 2017
♦ The "Greatest Eclipse" (3 slides)
♦ Solar Eclipse: October 14, 2023
♦ Solar Eclipse: April 8, 2024
♦ Solar Eclipse August 12, 2045
♦ Lunar Eclipse (Title Slide)
♦ Lunar Eclipse
♦ Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
♦ Partial Lunar Eclipse
♦ Total Lunar Eclipse
♦ The Moon's Passage (2 Slides)
♦ Time Lapse of a Lunar Eclipse
♦ Why is the Moon Red?
♦ Light Through a Prism
♦ Red Horizons
♦ Why the Moon Turns Red
♦ The Next Lunar Eclipses: Mark your Calendar
Life Cycle of Stars PowerPoint: This lesson engages students by incorporating videos, high resolution pictures, and easy to understand explanations on the life cycle of stars.
This lesson contains 19 slides and should run a full class period or two to teach, and contains the following Slide Titles:
♦ The Life Cycle of Stars (Title Slide)
♦ Diagram of the Life Cycle of Stars
♦ Diagram of Small & Medium Mass Stars
♦ Life Cycle of Stars vs. Life Cycle of Humans
♦ Interstellar Cloud (with video)
♦ Protostar Formation (with video)
♦ Star Formation (with video)
♦ Red Giant Formation (with video)
♦ Planetary Nebula Animation
♦ Planetary Nebula: The Death of a Star (with 2 videos)
♦ White Dwarf: The Dead Star's Remains (with video)
♦ Diagram of Life Cycle of Massive Stars
♦ Large Star Formation
♦ Red Supergiant Formation (with video)
♦ Supernova Animation
♦ Supernova: The Death of a Red Supergiant (with 2 videos)
♦ Neutron Star: Death of Massive Stars (with 2 videos)
♦ Black Holes: Death of Super-massive Stars (with 2 videos)
♦ Diagram of the Life Cycle of Stars
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge of the nitrogen cycle. 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
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge of air currents, ocean currents and their effect on climate.
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
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to review their knowledge of lab safety. 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