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 roman numerals. Problems include numbers up to 1,000: The vast majority of questions are between 1-200.
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 message decoder is a great way for students to practice their skills with roman numerals. Problems include numbers from 19 to 52. The solution is included.
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their skills with naming covalent compounds.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions and FAQ
♦ 3 Levels to decode: Multiple Choice, Tarsia Puzzle, and Maze
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
Prefixes: These prefixes task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice working with prefixes.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to choose the correct prefix for a given word in the sentence. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Respiratory System PowerPoint: This PowerPoint on The Respiratory System is geared to any High School Biology or Anatomy class/grade. The purpose of this PowerPoint is to summarize the important information and concepts about the Respiratory System.
There are 10 slides (excluding the title slide) on this PowerPoint which contain the following titles:
Compoenents of the Respiratory System
Upper Respiratory System (5 Slides):
-Nasal Cavity
-Paranasal Sinuses
-Pharynx
-Larynx
-Laryngeal Prominence
-Larynx (Closer Look)
Lower Respiratory System (3 Slides):
-Trachea
-Bronchial Tree
-Lungs and Alveoli
Nerves PowerPoint - Structure and Function: This PowerPoint on Nerve Structure is geared to any High School Biology or Anatomy class/grade. The purpose of this PowerPoint is to summarize the important information and concepts about Nerve Structure.
A worksheet is also included to allow students to identify and label the structures.
There are 6 slides (excluding the title slide) on this PowerPoint which contain the following titles:
Nervous Tissue Types
Parts of Neurons
Types of Neuroglia Cells (2 slides)
Central and Peripheral Nervous System
Schwann Cells
Bones PowerPoint: This PowerPoint on Bones is geared to any High School Biology or Anatomy class/grade. The purpose of this PowerPoint is to summarize the important information and concepts about Bones.
There are 13 slides (excluding the title slide) on this PowerPoint which contain the following titles:
Bone Composition
Bone Structure
External Features
External Features Continued...
How Bones Grow
How Bones Grow Continued...
Distraction Osteogenesis
Internal Features
Compact Bone
Compact Bone Continued...
Function of Osteocytes
Spongy Bone
Center of Long Bones
These literary devices task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning the different types of literary devices.A recording sheet with an answer key is provided.
This activity has two versions:
1. Students use the definition to identify the type of literary device.
2. Students give examples of each type of literary device
Literary Devices Included:
Allusion
Analogy
Characterization
Conflict
Dramatic Irony
Euphemism
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Paradox
Personification
Sarcasm/ Verbal Irony
Simile
Situational Irony
Understatement
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their paraphrasing skills.
This activity has students reading various fun trivia sentences about Science, History and the world in general to each other and then asked to paraphrase the sentences in their own words. Example paraphrased answers are included.
Example:
Original: Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is one out of an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the universe.
Paraphrased: There are about 100 billion billion galaxies in the universe, which includes our Milky Way.
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while answering a question using a complete sentence.
This activity has students reading 26 questions to each other and then asked to restate the question to answer in a complete sentence. A recording sheet and answer key with sample answers is included.
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while reviewing many examples of similes. A recording sheet and an answer key is provided.
This activity has students reading the beginning of 26 different similes to each other and then asked to choose the correct word to complete the ending. Students are given multiple choice options, as well as a version without multiple choice.
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while while keeping their minds at work at the same time.
An example logic puzzle:
Question: A man builds a house with all 4 sides facing south. A bear walks past the house. What color is the bear?
Answer: White: The house is built directly on the North Pole
This bundle includes all of the reading strategies task cards listed below. Recording sheets and answer keys are provided with all products.
Important: All these Task Cards sell for $80; as a bundle they are 50% off, for $39!
Reading Strategies Task Cards Bundle Contents (18 Products):
♦ 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: Informational Text Structures
♦ Theme
♦ Writing Prompts
These task cards are a great way for students to practice their skills with inferring character traits.
This activity has students reading 20 short passages to each other and then asked to make an inference about the trait of the character in the passage. Students are given multiple choice options, as well as a version without multiple choice.
These fact or opinion task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning the difference between fact and opinion.
This activity has students reading 26 statements to each other and then asked to either identify the statement as either fact or opinion or to identify the opinion when given two options. Explanations are also given for the more tricky statements. A recording sheet and an answer key are also included.
Fluency Passages: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their their oral reading fluency.
There are 20 short passages (fiction and non-fiction) for students to practice their fluency of phrases and sentences. These task cards can be used in the following ways:
* Reading with Partners
* Individual Reading
* Small fluency Groups
* Reading to the Class
* Reading Circles
* Warm Ups
* SPED
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while identifying and explaining valid and faulty generalizations.
This activity has students reading 26 valid and faulty generalizations to each other. Students must then identify whether each statement is valid or faulty and explain their reasoning. A pre-made explanation is made for each one within the answer key. A recording sheet is also included.
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