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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
Calculating Density Worksheet: Math Message Decoder
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Calculating Density Worksheet: Math Message Decoder

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This message decoder is a great way for students to practice their skills with calculating density. All problems give the chemical equation needed to solve the problem. Problems include determining volume from cubes, cylinders, and graduated cylinders.
Farm Animals
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Farm 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 farm animals. The students are to pick an animal they like to begin the "game" or lesson. The students are then presented with questions about marine animals such as: Is the animal a mammal? Does the animal lay eggs? Is the animal an adult? 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 farm animals *Teaching young and older children about animal characteristics *Teaching older children about dichotomous keys Important Note: This interactive works when in SlideShow mode
Reptiles and Amphibians
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Reptiles and Amphibians

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Reptiles and Amphibians 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 reptiles and amphibians. The students are to pick an animal they like to begin the "game" or lesson. The students are then presented with questions about the animals such as: Is the animal a reptile or amphibian? Does the animal need to live in moist habitats? Does the animal have teeth? 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 reptiles and amphibians *Teaching young and older children about animal characteristics *Teaching older children about dichotomous keys Important Note: This interactive works when in SlideShow mode
Invertebrate Animals Interactive Identification Game: Science
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Invertebrate Animals Interactive Identification Game: Science

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Invertebrate 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 invertebrate animals. The students are to pick an animal they like to begin the "game" or lesson. The students are then presented with questions about the animals such as: Does the animal live on land? Does the animal have 8 or 6 legs? Is the animal soft bodied? 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 invertebrate animals *Teaching young and older children about animal characteristics *Teaching older children about dichotomous keys Important Note: This interactive works when in SlideShow mode
Dog Breeds Interactive Identification Game - Dichotomous Key PowerPoint
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Dog Breeds Interactive Identification Game - Dichotomous Key PowerPoint

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Dog Breeds 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 the different types of dog breeds. The students are to pick a dog breed they like to begin the "game" or lesson. The students are then presented with questions about the dog breeds such as: does the dog have a long or short coat of hair? Does the dog have long or stocky legs? Does the dog have dropped or erect ears? etc. After clicking the correct button, only the dogs with the chosen characteristics are left on the screen. Additional questions are asked until the correct dog is chosen. This PowerPoint can be used in many different ways: *Teaching young children about different dog breeds *Teaching young and older children about dog characteristics *Teaching older children about dichotomous keys Important Note: This interactive works when in SlideShow mode
Desert Animals
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Desert Animals

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Desert Animal 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 desert animals. The students are to pick an animal they like to begin the "game" or lesson. The students are then presented with questions about desert animals such as: Is the animal a mammal? does the animal have an exoskeleton? can the animal fly? 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 desert animals *Teaching young and older children about animal characteristics *Teaching older children about dichotomous keys Important Note: This interactive works when in SlideShow mode
Animals
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Animals

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Animals Interactive Identification Games Bundle: These are not your average PowerPoints! These are a live-working interactive dichotomous key! Each slide has code embedded within it that allows the students to answer yes or no questions about different types of animals in their environments. The following keys are all included within this product: Reptiles and Amphibians Interactive Animal Dichotomous Key Marine Animal Interactive Dichotomous Key Savannah Animals Interactive Dichotomous Key Unique Rain-forest Animals Interactive Dichotomous Key Insects Dichotomous Key PowerPoint Desert Animal Interactive Dichotomous Key Arctic Animal Interactive Dichotomous Key Interactive Zoo / Wild Animal Dichotomous Key Dog Breeds Interactive Dichotomous Key Interactive Zoo / Wild Animal Dichotomous Key Farm Animal Interactive Dichotomous Key Each one of the above sells alone for $3.25 each, totaling $35.75. However, purchasing this bundle together is $18, half price! The students are to pick an animal they like to begin the "game" or lesson. The students are then presented with questions about the animals such as: Is the animal a mammal? Is the animal a vertebrate? Is the animal soft bodied? 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 all the different types of animals *Teaching young and older children about animal characteristics *Teaching older children about dichotomous keys Important Note: This interactive works when in SlideShow mode
Element, Compound, and Mixture - Printable Interactive Flash Cards & PowerPoint
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Element, Compound, and Mixture - Printable Interactive Flash Cards & PowerPoint

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Element, Compound and Mixture Flash Cards & PowerPoint: These cards fold in half so that students can write their responses on the front, and the back has the reason why explained using a picture. These can also be used just by holding them up to an entire class as well. These flash cards are also formatted for a PowerPoint Presentation if you wish to use it for an entire class (see Preview). So, there are two different files attached to this product: 1. Flash cards of Element Compound or Mixture 2. Same thing except in PowerPoint format Students often have trouble identifying substances as an element compound or mixture. These printable interactive flash cards should help. The following elements, compounds, and mixtures are included in these flashcards: Oxygen Carbon dioxide Sugar water Chocolate chip cookie Iron Iced Tea Rust Orange Juice Granite Water Pure Gold 14-karat gold Carbon Air Helium Salad
Halloween
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Halloween

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Halloween: This Halloween and Space Science PowerPoint: Many Trick or Treat on Halloween, some even know the history; but few know the connection between the history of Halloween and the star cluster: The Pleiades. This Halloween PowerPoint gives astronomical information about the star cluster and the greek mythologies surrounding the Pleiades, otherwise known as the Seven Sisters. It then describes the origin of Halloween with the role of the Pleiades. Important: Open the PPT as Read-Only to view it with the Halloween Font This Halloween PowerPoint contains 15 slides, with the following Titles: ♦ The Pleiades: Star Cluster ♦ The Pleiades: Taurus ♦ The Pleiades: Greek Mythology (2 slides) ♦ How to Find the Pleides in the Night Sky ♦ Which has a closer tie to Halloween: Full Moon or the Pleiades? ♦ Dates when the Full Moon will be Out During Halloween ♦ Dates when the Pleiades will be out During Halloween ♦ Pleiades in the October Sky ♦ Samhain - The End of the harvest ♦ Samhain - The Dead and the living ♦ Samhain - Ceremonies ♦ The Pleiades During Samhain (2 slides)
Carnivores, Herbivores, Omnivores Cootie Catchers
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Carnivores, Herbivores, Omnivores Cootie Catchers

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These cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different kinds of animals. This activity has students identifying various animals as either being a carnivore, herbivore, or an omnivore. These cootie catchers are available in color and black & white.
Carnivores, Herbivores, Omnivores Task Cards
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Carnivores, Herbivores, Omnivores Task Cards

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These task cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge with the different types of animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. This product contains 24 cards which has students identify a picture of an animal as being either a carnivore, herbivore or an omnivore. A recording sheet and an answer key are included. Blank cards are also included for questions to be added, if wanted.
Reading a Triple Beam Balance Task Cards (Measuring Mass: Metric System)
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Reading a Triple Beam Balance Task Cards (Measuring Mass: Metric System)

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These task cards are a great way for students to practice their skills of measuring mass with a triple beam balance. This product contains 24 cards which has students measuring the mass of each rider beam. A recording sheet and an answer key are included. Blank cards are also included for questions to be added, if wanted.
Weather Fronts Lapbook
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Weather Fronts Lapbook

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This lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each type of front 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) Contents: 1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook 2. Completed facts for each type of front: Cold Front, Warm Front, Occluded Front, Stationary Front 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each front type
States of Matter Accordion Booklet
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States of Matter Accordion Booklet

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This booklet is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each state of matter and write what they find on the provided blank lines. A completed booklet with answers is included. Contents: 1. Assembly Instructions for the booklet 2. Completed facts for each of the following terms: Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each term 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
States of Matter Lapbook
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States of Matter Lapbook

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This lapbook on the states of matter is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each state of matter 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) Contents: 1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook 2. Completed facts for each term: Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts
Life Cycle of Stars Word Wall Cards
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Life Cycle of Stars Word Wall Cards

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These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of the life cycle of stars. This product contains 14 cards with definitions and images for each term.
Moon Phases Word Wall Cards
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Moon Phases Word Wall Cards

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These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of the phases of the moon. This product contains multiple versions and include definitions with images: 1. Cards using real pictures 2. Cards using ink-friendly cartoon pictures 3. Cards that allow students to draw their own moon phase
Space and the Solar System Word Wall Cards
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Space and the Solar System Word Wall Cards

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These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of space and the solar system. This product contains 28 cards with definitions and images for each term: ♦ Asteroid ♦ Asteroid Belt ♦ Astronaut ♦ Black Hole ♦ Comet ♦ Constellation ♦ Crater ♦ Galaxy ♦ Interstellar Cloud ♦ Kuiper Belt ♦ Meteor ♦ Meteorite ♦ Meteoroid ♦ Moon ♦ Oort Cloud ♦ Satellite ♦ Solar System ♦ Star ♦ Supernova ♦ Telescope ♦ Mercury ♦ Venus ♦ Earth ♦ Mars ♦ Jupiter ♦ Saturn ♦ Uranus ♦ Neptune