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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
Adding and Subtracting Decimals Task Cards Bundle
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Adding and Subtracting Decimals Task Cards Bundle

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Adding and Subtracting Decimals: This bundle includes task cards for each topic and is a great way for students to have fun while they practice their skills with decimals. These task cards sell individually for $5; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $4! Products Included: 1. Adding Decimals 2. Subtracting Decimals 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
Multiplying and Dividing Integers Task Cards Bundle
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Multiplying and Dividing Integers Task Cards Bundle

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Multiplying and Dividing Integers: This bundle includes task cards for each topic and is a great way for students to have fun while they practice their skills with integers. These task cards sell individually for $5; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $4! Products Included: 1. Multiplying Integers 2. Dividing Integers 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
Simplifying Expressions Task Cards
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Simplifying Expressions Task Cards

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Simplifying Expressions: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice their skills with simplifying expressions. There are 26 problems and includes an answer sheet for students as well as answer cards (with Step-by-Step answers) along with a single sheet 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
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Elementary Math: Grades 1-3: This bundle includes all of the products listed below. Answer sheets and answer keys are provided for each topic. Important: All these Task Cards sell for $38; as a bundle they are 35% off, for $24! Task Cards Included: (18 Products): ♦ Addition ♦ Addition and Subtraction: 2 Digit ♦ Addition: 3 Digit ♦ Arrays ♦ Balancing Equations ♦ Coins ♦ Estimating Sums ♦ Expanded Form ♦ Fact Families: Addition and Subtraction ♦ Greater Than Less Than ♦ Long Division ♦ Missing Addends ♦ Multiplication Word Problems ♦ Number Bonds Word Problems ♦ Skip Counting ♦ Subtraction ♦ Subtraction: Double Digit ♦ Telling Time
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Elementary Math: Grades 3-5: This bundle includes all of the task cards listed below. Answer sheets and answer keys are provided for each product. Important: All these Task Cards sell for $76; as a bundle they are 50% off, for $38! Task Cards Included: (39 Products): ♦ Balancing Equations ♦ Capacity ♦ Decimals: Addition and Subtraction ♦ Comparing Decimals ♦ Decimals: Multiplication and Division ♦ Decimals: Rounding Decimals ♦ Elapsed Time ♦ Expanded Form ♦ Exponents ♦ Fact Families: Multiplication and Division ♦ Factors ♦ Factors and Multiples ♦ Fractions: Comparing Fractions ♦ Fractions: Multiplication and Division ♦ Fractions: Simplification ♦ Fractions: Word Problems ♦ Fractions on a Number Line ♦ Greater Than Less Than ♦ Greatest Common Factors ♦ Least Common Multiple ♦ Long Division (Grade 4) ♦ Long Division (Grade 5) ♦ Mean, Median, Mode, and Range ♦ Metric Measurement ♦ Mixed Numbers: Addition and Subtraction ♦ Multiplication: 2 Digit ♦ Multiplication: Multi Digit ♦ Multiplication: Word Problems ♦ Number Patterns ♦ Order of Operations ♦ Percents ♦ Place Value ♦ Prime and Composite Numbers ♦ Prime Factorization ♦ Probability ♦ Properties of Multiplication ♦ Rounding ♦ Word Problems: Two Step ♦ Word Problems: Multi Step
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Middle School Math: Grades 6-8: This bundle includes all of the task cards listed below. Answer sheets and answer keys are provided for all topics. Important: All these Task Cards sell for $27; as a bundle they are 35% off, for $17.5! Task Cards Included: (14 Products): ♦ Converting Customary Measurements ♦ Fractions: Addition and Subtraction ♦ Fractions, Decimals, and Percents ♦ Fractions: Equivalent Fractions ♦ Fractions: Reducing Fractions ♦ Greater Than Less Than ♦ Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers ♦ Integers: Addition and Subtraction ♦ Integers: Multiplication and Division ♦ Operations with Fractions ♦ Rational Numbers: Addition and Subtraction ♦ Rational Numbers: Multiplication and Division ♦ Ratios ♦ Simple Interest
System of Equations Cootie Catchers
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System of Equations Cootie Catchers

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System of Equations: These system of equations cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while they practice solving systems of equations by substitution. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. Systems of Equations Cootie Catchers Contents: There are 2 cootie catchers in this product, each one having 8 problems for a total of 16 problems. Answers are included on each cootie catcher. Step by step answers are available by the scanning of the QR code that is located under the flap for each problem.
Helping Verbs Task Cards
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Helping Verbs Task Cards

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Helping Verbs: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice identifying helping verbs within sentences. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the helping verb or helping verbs 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.
Adverbs Task Cards
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Adverbs Task Cards

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Adverbs: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they improve their ability to identify adverbs within sentences. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the adverb within the sentence. An answer sheet and an answer key are also included.
Capitalization Task Cards
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Capitalization Task Cards

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Capitalization: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice the capitalization rules by identifying words that need to be capitalized. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify all the words that should be capitalized. An answer sheet and an answer key are included.
Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Task Cards
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Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Task Cards

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Pronoun Antecedent Agreement: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice pronoun antecedent agreement. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the correct pronoun to fit the sentence. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
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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
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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
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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
Cell Structures Activity: Cell Organelles
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Cell Structures Activity: Cell Organelles

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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)
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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)