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
Constellations, Stars, Galaxies & Nebula PowerPoint: Stop getting lost looking for stars & constellations! This lesson not only teaches about the stars & constellations, but how to find them too!
This PowerPoint on Locating Constellations, Stars, Galaxies and Nebula can be used for any Elementary, Middle, or High School science class/grade. The purpose of this PowerPoint is introduce students to many constellations, galaxies, and nebulae, and to show them how to find them in the sky, and give them information about them as well as their history and mythology.
On average this presentation should run approximately 3-5 days (45 minutes of class time per day) depending on the amount of note-taking and explanations and is meant to either introduce or reinforce concepts.
Important Note: The length of this PowerPoint can be short or long depending on which slides are being used. This PowerPoint covers most of the main constellations, stars, galaxies, and nebulae, so there should be something for whichever topic is being discussed.
Includes 98 Slides
Volcanoes:
This PowerPoint on Volcanoes can be used for any Late Elementary (If modified), Middle, or Early High School science class/grade. The purpose of this PowerPoint is to summarize key facts and information about the different types of volcanoes and lava.
On average this presentation on Volcanoes should run approximately 45 to 2 hours of class time (depending on the amount of note-taking, discussions and questions) and is meant to either introduce or reinforce concepts.
The PowerPoint first introduces what Volcanoes are, the different types of eruptions, lava, pyroclastic flows, and the different types of volcanoes. There are 28 slides (excluding the title slide) on this PowerPoint which contain the following titles:
What is Inside a Volcano?
Types of Volcanic Eruptions (non-explosive)
Types of Volcanic Eruptions (explosive)
The Types of Magma is Important (Water and Magma)
The Types of Magma is Important (Silica and Magma) - 2 Slides
What Erupts from a Volcano?
Whats the Difference Between Magma & Lava?
Viscosity of Lava
Types of Lava
Aa
Pahoehoe
Pillow Lava
Blocky Lava
Types of Pyroclastic Material
Volcanic Blocks
Volcanic Bombs
Lapilli
Volcanic Ash
Types of Volcanoes
Shield Volcanoes
Cinder Cone Volcanoes
Composite Volcanoes
Other Volcanic Features
Craters
Calderas
Lava Plateaus
Volcanic Lightning
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
Cell Organelle Interactive Activity (Plant Cell City): This activity has students compare cell organelles to structures found in a city. This assignment is typically done in a boring chart, in this interactive activity, students cut out the organelles, paste it in the correct box that corresponds to the appropriate city structure, and then explain why it is similar to that city structure.
This activity comes with two different boards: One if you have access to a color printer. And another that is ink friendly (wont consume too much ink)
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)
Pronouns: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning how to identify pronouns.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the correct pronoun. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Quotation Marks: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while reinforcing quotation mark rules and to practice proofreading.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 17 in total, and then asked to identify the correct usage of quotation marks in the sentence. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Types of Sentences: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with the different types of sentences: Declarative, Imperative, Exclamatory, and Interrogative sentences.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the type of sentence. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Verbs: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they improve their ability to identify adjectives within sentences.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the verb within the sentence. A multiple Choice (MC) version and an open ended version is provided. An answer sheet and an answer key are also included.
Subject Verb Agreement: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while gaining fluency with subject-verb agreement.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the correct verb or noun and identify each as singular or plural. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Verb Tenses: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they improve their ability to identify verbs and their tense within sentences.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the verb and its tense (past, present, or future). About half of the questions are multiple choice (MC) and the other half are open ended questions. An answer sheet and an answer key are also included.
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while identifying comparative and superlative adjectives.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the correct adjective in its comparative or superlative form. An answer sheet and an answer key are included.
Contractions: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their skills with contractions.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the correct contraction as well as its correct spelling. Half of the cards are multiple choice. An answer sheet and an answer key are also included.
Fragments and Run-Ons: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their ability to identify sentence fragments and run-on sentences.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify each as a sentence fragment, a run-on sentence, or a complete sentence. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Irregular Plural Nouns: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their skills with irregular plural nouns.
This activity has students reading various nouns, 26 in total, and then asked to identify its plural noun. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Irregular Verbs: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning how to use irregular verbs.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to choose the correct verb form in a given sentence. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Nouns: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while identifying the four different types of nouns: common nouns, proper nouns, plural nouns, and pronouns.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the underlined noun. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Addition Task Cards: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice their skills with addition. There are 26 problems and includes an answer sheet for students as well as an answer key.
Problem Types:
1. Two digit addition problems with and without carrying
2. Three digit addition problems with and without carrying
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♦ Ages 6-9:
Addition
Arrays
Balancing Equations
Coins
Estimating Sums
Expanded Form
Fact Families
Greater Than Less Than
Long Division
Missing Addends
Multiplication Word Problems
Number Bonds Word Problems
Skip Counting
Subtraction
Telling Time
♦ Ages 9-11:
Balancing Equations
Capacity
Comparing Decimals
Decimals
Elapsed Time
Expanded Form
Exponents
Fact Families
Factors & Multiples
Fractions
Fractions on a Number Line
Greater Than Less Than
Greatest Common Factors
Least Common Multiple
Long Division
Mean, Median, Mode, & Range
Metric Measurement
Mixed Numbers
Multiplication
Number Patterns
Order of Operations
Percents
Place Value
Prime & Composite Numbers
Prime Factorization
Probability
Properties of Mult.
Rounding
Word Problems
♦ Ages 11-14:
Customary Measurements
Fractions: Add & Sub, Decimals, & Percents
Fractions: Equivalent & Reducing Fractions
Greater Than Less Than
Improper Fractions & Mixed Numbers
Integers
Operations with Fractions
Rational Numbers
Ratios
Simple Interest
♦ Geometry:
3D Shapes
Angle Pair Relationships
Area of a Circle & Composite Figures
Circumference of a Circle
Missing Angles
Perimeter
Polygons
Pythagorean Theorem
Quadrilaterals
Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms
Volume & Surface Area of Cylinders
Volume of Cones, Rectangular Prisms, & Triangular Prisms
This math maze is a great way for students to practice their skills with adding fractions with like denominators. Problems involve answers which need to be simplified or turned into a mixed number.
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to practice their skills with correlative conjunctions.
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