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
Seasons:
Reasons for the Seasons PowerPoint: This lesson on the reason for the seasons incorporates easy to understand interactive/ animations, easy to understand analogies, and questions which keep students engaged while learning about the real reasons for the seasons.
This lesson contains 39 slides and should run a full class period or two to teach, and contains the following Slide Titles:
All slides have pictures and or moving animations explaining the concept
♦ Earth & Sun Size and Distance (2 slides)
♦ Earth's Orbit (2 slides)
♦ Earth's Axis (3 slides)
♦ Earth Around the Sun (2 slides)
♦ Earth's Tilt and the Seasons (2 slides)
♦ Punching a basketball - Direct light analogy (2 slides)
♦ Light Intensity Animation (2 slides)
♦ Skipping stone and falling stone - Direct light analogy (3 slides)
♦ Direct and Indirect Light Animation (2 slides)
♦ Earth's Axis and the Seasons (6 slides)
♦ Why the sun is high, medium or low in the sky (4 slides)
♦ Why the Sun never rises or sets on the North/ South Pole (8 slides)
United States History:
* 13 Colonies
* American Heroes
* American Revolution
* American Symbols
* Benjamin Franklin
* Bill of Rights
* Black History Month
* Boston Tea Party
* Branches of Government
* Christopher Columbus
* Civil Rights
* Civil War
* Cold War
* Columbian Exchange
* Constitution
* Declaration of Independence
* Dust Bowl
* Economics
* First Thanksgiving
* French and Indian War
* Gilded Age
* Great Depression
* Immigration
* Industrial Revolution
* Inventors
* Jamestown
* Lewis and Clark
* Lost Colony of Roanoke
* Louisiana Purchase
* Loyalists or Patriots
* Martin Luther King
* Native Americans
* Oregon Trail
* Pilgrims
* Progressive Era
* Reconstruction
* Spanish American War
* Texas Revolution
* Underground Railroad
* War of 1812
* Westward Expansion
* World War I
* World War II
World History:
* Absolute Monarchs
* European Explorers
* Famous Explorers
* French Revolution
* Holocaust
* Middle Ages
* Renaissance
* Crusades
* Titanic
* World War I
* World War II
Ancient History:
* China
* Egypt
* Greece
* India
* Rome
* Incas
* Aztecs
* Maya's
* Mesopotamia
* Vikings
Geography:
* Continents
* Map Skills
* Types of Maps
* Oceans
* Africa: Central and South
* Africa: East
* Africa: North
* Africa West
* Asia: East
* Asia: South
* Asia: Southeast
* Asia: West
* Central America
* Europe: East
* South America
* States and Capitals: Midwest
* States and Capitals: Northeast
* States and Capitals: South and Southwest
* States and Capitals: West
* U.S. Regions: Midwest
* U.S. Regions: Northeast
* U.S. Regions: South and Southwest
* U.S. Regions West
Nouns Verbs and Adjectives: This bundle includes task cards for Nouns, adjectives and Verbs as outlined below.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 78 in total, and then asked to identify the noun, adjective or verb through multiple choice answers.
These lessons sell individually for $7.65; as a bundle they are 35% off, for $4.98!
This bundle includes all of the escape rooms listed below.
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Each escape room has the following 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 crossword puzzle bundle on the different human body systems is a fun way for students to review vocabulary terms and includes all of the products listed below:
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This bundle is a fun way for students to review the different vocabulary terms associated with each Mesoamerican Civilization outlined below:
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These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of the different American Symbols.
This product contains 20 cards with definitions and images for each term:
♦ Bald Eagle
♦ Capitol Building
♦ Eye of Providence
♦ Gateway Arch
♦ Golden Gate Bridge
♦ Great Seal
♦ Independence Hall
♦ Jefferson Memorial
♦ Liberty Bell
♦ Lincoln Memorial
♦ Mt. Rushmore
♦ National Flag
♦ Oak Tree
♦ Statue of Liberty
♦ The Alamo
♦ Turkey
♦ U.S. Constitution
♦ Uncle Sam
♦ Washington Monument
♦ White House
These cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the state of Missouri. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
These cootie catchers contain the following vocabulary terms:
State Insect - Honey Bee
State Animal - Mule
State Bird - Eastern Bluebird
State Fish - Channel Catfish
State Mineral - Galena
State Instrument - Fiddle
State Flower - White Hawthorn
State Tree - Flowering Dogwood
State Folk Dance - Square Dance
State Nickname - Show Me State
State Song - Missouri Waltz
State Capital - Jefferson City
Others:
Mark Twain
Harry S. Truman
Gateway Arch
Mississippi River
These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of the famous Native American Indians throughout history.
This product contains 12 cards with definitions and images for each term:
♦ Black Hawk
♦ Chief Joseph
♦ Chief Pontiac
♦ Chief Powhatan
♦ Crazy Horse
♦ Geronimo
♦ Red Cloud
♦ Sacagawea
♦ Sitting Bull
♦ Squanto
♦ Standing Bear
♦ Tecumseh
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their skills with triple digit subtraction without regrouping.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions and FAQ
♦ 3 Levels to decode: Maze Decoder, Tarsia Puzzle, and Message Decoder
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
This bundle includes all of the escape rooms listed below.
Important: All these products sell for $25; as a bundle they are 35% off, for $16!
Each escape room has the following contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions and FAQ
♦ 3 Levels to decode: Maze Decoder, Tarsia Puzzle, and Message Decoder
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
Important Note: Each topic utilizes the same types of puzzles
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to practice their skills with identifying appositives within sentences.
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
his breakout escape room is a fun way for students to practice comparing two things through the use of analogies.
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 practice comparing two things through the use of analogies.
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 practice comparing two things through the use of analogies.
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 practice comparing two things through the use of analogies.
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 practice their skills with identifying helping verbs within sentences.
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 practice their skills with analyzing sentences to determine multiple meaning words/ homographs.
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