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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

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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
Atomic Structure Word Search
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Atomic Structure Word Search

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This word search on atomic structure includes the following vocabulary terms. The solution to the puzzle is included. ♦ Proton ♦ Neutron ♦ Electron ♦ Electron Cloud ♦ Nucleus ♦ Ion ♦ Isotope ♦ Chemical Bond ♦ Compound
Plant Parts Word Search
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Plant Parts Word Search

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This word search on the parts of a plant also doubles as a coloring sheet!. The solution to the puzzle is included. Vocabulary Terms Included: ♦ Seeds ♦ Leaf ♦ Stem ♦ Roots ♦ Flower ♦ Pollen ♦ Anther ♦ Filament ♦ Stamen ♦ Sepal ♦ Receptacle ♦ Petal ♦ Stigma ♦ Style ♦ Ovary ♦ Carpal ♦ Ovule
Mole Conversions Escape Room
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Mole Conversions Escape Room

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their skills with converting between moles, mass, and molecules. Contents: ♦ Teacher Instructions and FAQ ♦ 3 Levels to decode: Multiple Choice, Message Decoder, and a Maze ♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key ♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Escape Room
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Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Escape Room

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These breakout escape rooms are a fun way for students to review photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Important Note: This product contains two separate escape rooms: one for photosynthesis and one for cellular respiration (not one together). Each escape room have 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 ♦ Large Sized Cards and Smaller ♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room These lessons sell individually for $10; as a bundle they are 30% off, for $7!
Cell Organelles Escape Room
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Cell Organelles Escape Room

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of plant and animal cell organelles and their functions. Full "Letter" sized cards as well as smaller sized cards are provided. 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
Natural Resources Escape Room
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Natural Resources Escape Room

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge of the different types of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources. Full “Letter” sized cards as well as smaller sized cards are provided. 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
Independent and Dependent Variables Escape Room
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Independent and Dependent Variables Escape Room

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge of independent variables, dependent variables, constants, and control groups the electromagnetic spectrum. 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
Body Tissues PowerPoint and Worksheet
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Body Tissues PowerPoint and Worksheet

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Body Tissues PowerPoint: This PowerPoint on Body Tissues 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 different types of body tissues found within the body. A worksheet is also included that allows students to identify and label each type of body tissue. There are 48 slides (excluding title slides) on this PowerPoint which contain the following titles: What is a Tissue? Epithelial Tissue Simple Squamous Simple Cuboidal Simple Columnar Stratified Squamous Connective Tissue Dense Connective Tissue Loose Connective Tissue Muscle Tissue Nervous Tissue Hyperplasia Hypertrophy & Atrophy Hypertrophy vs. Atrophy vs. Hyperplasia Neoplasm there are then 31 slides that are used for students to attempt to identify the different tissue types based on actual microscopic images
2 and 3 Digit Addition With Regrouping Escape Room
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2 and 3 Digit Addition With Regrouping Escape Room

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their skills with double digit addition and triple digit addition, with and 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
Probability Task Cards
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Probability Task Cards

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Probability: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice their skills with calculating probability. There are 20 questions and include an answer sheet as well as an answer key. Do a search for my other Math Task Cards: ♦ 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
Number Patterns Task Cards
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Number Patterns Task Cards

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Number Patterns: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice their math and number skills. An answer key is provided. Students must identify the rule and the next number in a numbered series pattern. Problems involve addition, subtraction, and multiplication. Do a search for my other Math Task Cards: ♦ 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
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Adjectives

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Adjectives: 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 adjective 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.
Appositives Task Cards
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Appositives Task Cards

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Appositives: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice identifying appositives within sentences. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the appositive word or phrase. A multiple Choice (MC) version and an open ended version is provided. An answer sheet and an answer key are also included.
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Insects

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Insects: This insects 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 insects. The students are to pick an insect they like to begin the "game" or lesson. The students are then presented with questions about insects such as: does the insect have wings? Does the insect have pincers? is the insect fuzzy? etc. After clicking the correct button, only the insects with the chosen characteristics are left on the screen. Additional questions are asked until the correct insect is chosen. This PowerPoint can be used in many different ways: *Teaching young children about insects *Teaching young and older children about insect characteristics *Teaching older children about dichotomous keys Important Note: This insects interactive works when in SlideShow mode
Savannah Animals Interactive Identification Game
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Savannah Animals Interactive Identification Game

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Savannah 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 the animals of the Savannah. The students are to pick an animal they like to begin the "game" or lesson. The students are then presented with questions about Savannah animals such as: can the animal fly? Does the animal have horns or antlers? Does the animal have a mane? 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 the animals of the Savannah *Teaching young and older children about animal characteristics *Teaching older children about dichotomous keys Important Note: This interactive works when in SlideShow mode
Constellations PowerPoint
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Constellations PowerPoint

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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
Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences Task Cards
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Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences Task Cards

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These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with simple, compound, and complex sentences. A recording sheet and an answer key are included. Problem Types: 1. Students identify simple, compound, and complex sentences 2. Students add or take away phrases to change the sentence type as well as combining or separating sentences. These require students to be familiar with independent and dependent clauses and conjunctions.
Fragments and Run-Ons Task Cards
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Fragments and Run-Ons Task Cards

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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.