This product is a color-by-number activity that allows students to match vocabulary terms with definitions. And YES- even secondary students love to color! Related Plate Tectonics terms include: continental drift asthenosphere plate tectonics lithosphere subduction zone convergent boundary transform boundary divergent boundary earthquakes volcanoes rift valley & mid-ocean ridge mountains This could be used as a quick assessment, a homework assignment, or for early finishers. If you like this activity, © Science Teaching Junkie. Terms of Use - this resource is for use by one teacher only. Additional teachers must purchase their own license. If you are interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide or campus-wide quote. ScienceTeachingJunkie@yahoo.com

GREAT FOR WARM-UPS, EXIT TICKETS, OR QUICK FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS! This product includes 32 different quick Science Starters to be used at the beginning or end of each class period. Each Science Starter student printable comes four to a page, saving you paper and ink. Each Starter also includes a teacher version that can be used to project the questions and/or answers for all students to see. The last page of both the student printable and the teacher version includes an extra page for you to add your own Science Starter (editable PDF form). To edit the text you type into a box, select the text, then press Ctrl +e. You should see a pop-up box appear that will allow you to change the font, font size, alignment, etc... Daily Science Starter TEKS Included: -6.5A: know that an element is a pure substance represented by chemical symbols -6.5C: differentiate between elements and compounds on the most basic level -6.5D: identify the formation of a new substance by using the evidence of a possible chemical change such as production of a gas, change in temperature, production of a precipitate, or color change -6.6A: compare metals, nonmetals, and metalloids using physical properties such as luster, conductivity, or malleability -6.6B: calculate density to identify an unknown substance -7.5A: recognize that radiant energy from the Sun is transformed into chemical energy through the process of photosynthesis -7.5C: diagram the flow of energy through living systems, including food chains, food webs, and energy pyramids -7.6A: identify that organic compounds contain carbon and other elements such as hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, nitrogen, or sulfur -7.6B: distinguish between physical and chemical changes in matter in the digestive system -8.5A: describe the structure of atoms, including the masses, electrical charges, and locations of protons and neutrons in the nucleus and electrons in the electron cloud -8.5B: identify that protons determine an element's identity and valence electrons determine its chemical properties, including reactivity -8.5C: interpret the arrangement of the Periodic Table, including groups and periods, to explain how properties are used to classify elements -8.5D: recognize that chemical formulas are used to identify substances and determine the number of atoms of each element in chemical formulas containing subscripts -8.5E: investigate how evidence of chemical reactions indicate that new substances with different properties are formed -8.5F: recognize whether a chemical equation containing coefficients is balanced or not and how that relates to the law of conservation of mass

This PDF includes 26 full pages of various flippables, graphic organizers and activities for an Interactive Science Notebook to be used during a unit on Life Science (9 pages are teacher answer keys). Most foldables and flippables are left blank on the inside. This will allow you to fully customize each one for whatever curriculum or grade you teach with the information you want your students to know. Some ideas would be to use definitions, pictures, and examples. These also make a great tool to use for science differentiation as well! Pages include information on: •Generic Admit and Exit Ticket •Structure and Function •Cells (Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic and Unicellular vs. Multicellular) •Cell theory (3 main ideas and important scientists - Hooke and Van Leeuwenhoek) •Compare and Contrast Plant and Animal Cells •Levels of Organization •Animal Cell to label (one version for middle school and one for upper grades) •Plant Cell to label (one version for middle school and one for upper grades) •Cell vocabulary (12 terms) •Cell Processes (diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion, endo- and exocytosis, active transport) •Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis •Organic Molecules (nucleic acid, proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids) •Cell division (cut and paste mitosis sorting foldable activity) Looking for another life science topic? If you don’t see something here that you would like added, please send me a message and I will do my best to get it added and update this product. Updates are always FREE for buyers.

GREAT FOR WARM-UPS, EXIT TICKETS, OR QUICK FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS! This product includes 37 different quick Science Starters to be used at the beginning or end of each class period. Each Science Starter student printable comes four to a page, saving you paper and ink. Each Starter also includes a teacher version that can be used to project the questions and/or answers for all students to see. The last page of both the student printable and the teacher version includes an extra page for you to add your own Science Starter (editable PDF form). To edit the text you type into a box, select the text, then press Ctrl +e. You should see a pop-up box appear that will allow you to change the font, font size, alignment, etc... Daily Science Starter TEKS Included: 6.12 Organisms and environments. The student knows all organisms are classified into Domains and Kingdoms. Organisms within these taxonomic groups share similar characteristics which allow them to interact with the living and nonliving parts of their ecosystem. The student is expected to: (A) understand that all organisms are composed of one or more cells; (B) recognize that the presence of a nucleus determines whether a cell is prokaryotic or eukaryotic; (C) recognize that the broadest taxonomic classification of living organisms is divided into currently recognized Domains; (D) identify the basic characteristics of organisms, including prokaryotic or eukaryotic, unicellular or multicellular, autotrophic or heterotrophic, and mode of reproduction, that further classify them in the currently recognized Kingdoms; (E) describe biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem in which organisms interact; and (F) diagram the levels of organization within an ecosystem, including organism, population, community, and ecosystem. 7.10 Organisms and environments. The student knows that there is a relationship between organisms and the environment. The student is expected to: (A) observe and describe how different environments, including microhabitats in schoolyards and biomes, support different varieties of organisms; (B) describe how biodiversity contributes to the sustainability of an ecosystem; and (C) observe, record, and describe the role of ecological succession such as in a microhabitat of a garden with weeds. 7.11 Organisms and environments. The student knows that populations and species demonstrate variation and inherit many of their unique traits through gradual processes over many generations. The student is expected to: (A) examine organisms or their structures such as insects or leaves and use dichotomous keys for identification; (B) explain variation within a population or species by comparing external features, behaviors, or physiology of organisms that enhance their survival such as migration, hibernation, or storage of food in a bulb; and etc.......

Use these 16 task cards to help your students review chemical reactions. This PDF includes 16 task cards over chemical reactions. Student answer sheets and teacher answer key are provided. Ideas on ways to use them in the science classroom are also included. For students to be successful with utilizing these cards, they should have prior knowledge of the following concepts and/or vocabulary: - Chemical/Physical changes - Evidence that a chemical reaction has occurred (including gas formation, odor change, unexpected color change, temperature change, formation of a precipitate, etc..) - how to model a chemical reaction story/scenario with a chemical equation - difference between elements, atoms, molecules, compounds - how to count atoms - reactants, yield, products - Law of Conservation of Mass and recognizing a balanced equation - 2 of the task cards require students to bubble in their answer document on a griddable Buy the Bundle and Save! Buy the Bundle and receive all future task card set additions, revisions and updates at no additional cost to you! © Science Teaching Junkie, Inc. Terms of Use - this resource is for use by one teacher only. Additional teachers must purchase their own license. If you are interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide or campus-wide quote. This product should NOT be posted on any website. ScienceTeachingJunkie@yahoo.com

This product is a color-by-number activity that allows students to answer various questions relating to energy transformations. And YES- even secondary students love to color! For each question/problem, students are provided with 3 different answer choices. Each answer choice corresponds to a different color. If all of the correct answer choices are chosen, then their final picture will be colored correctly to reflect complete mastery of the content. Terms/types of energy included in this product are: light energy chemical energy electrical energy thermal energy mechanical energy sound energy solar energy Law of Conservation of Energy As a challenge, students are given the opportunity to describe the energy transformation that occurs when the girl in the color-by-number picture paddles her kayak. This could be used as a quick assessment, a homework assignment, additional practice, extra credit, or for early finishers. Buy the Bundle and Save! By purchasing the bundle, you will save 15% on your total purchase! If you like this activity, © Science Teaching Junkie, Inc. Terms of Use - this resource is for use by one teacher only. Additional teachers must purchase their own license. If you are interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide or campus-wide quote. This product should NOT be posted on any website. ScienceTeachingJunkie@yahoo.com

This reciprocal learning activity gives students the opportunity to practice demonstrating and calculating how unbalanced forces cause the motion of an object to change, determining the net force in a force diagram, describing applications of Newton's three laws of motion, identifying the action and reaction force, and calculating force, mass, and acceleration. What is the Reciprocal Learning Strategy? Reciprocal Learning is a student-pairing strategy designed with the principles of effective coaching in mind. Each pair of students forms a learning partnership committed to helping each other reach a particular learning goal. Each student plays two roles: as the player, each student works to complete an activity or solve a problem while “thinking out loud”; as a coach, each student observes the player’s work and listens to the player’s thinking while providing praise, feedback, and clues that help the player complete the activity. Because of these dual-roles, the power of learning is effectively doubled. In this activity, each player is given 14 unique problems to solve as their coach guides, encourages, and provides support when needed. After these 14 problems are completed (and correct), the students switch roles and the second player solves 14 different problems as the other player coaches. To see a quick overview of this teaching strategy, ©2016 Science Teaching Junkie, Inc. Terms of Use - this resource is for use by one teacher only. Additional teachers must purchase their own license. If you are interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide or campus-wide quote. This product should NOT be posted on any website. ScienceTeachingJunkie@yahoo.com

Are you drowning in all of the paperwork and never-ending lists of things that need to get done? Do you have to keep track of who turned in papers, who was absent, who needs intervention, what meetings you have this week, which parents need to be called for a conference, when you need to update your word wall and objectives? Do you want more time to spend with your family and friends and not have to worry about work all of the time? Do you need a system to help you keep it all together and organized? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then this is the organizational system for you! I have tried many organizational systems over the years and I have combined everything that works into this one product packed with over 180 pages! And as a secondary teacher for over 15 years, I know what works in an upper grades classroom. This system will save you time, keep you organized, and allow you to keep track of everything. You can either put it all in one binder or create multiple binders for each category. Unique Features: The simple, stylish design is timeless. The related icons give you a visual to make finding things a snap. Most pages are customizable or editable in Adobe Forms. *Please Note: These files work best using a free download of the most recent version of Adobe Reader.* With over 20 checklists created in Adobe Forms, you only have to type your students’ names once and you are done- all of the forms are instantly filled out for you. Just choose the ones you want to print and you are ready to go! (checklists feature two pages for up to 50 students.) This organized teacher binder includes: • Bell Schedules -Regular -First day -Early release -p.m. assembly -a.m. assembly -Late start -Special assembly -Testing -Study hall -Specials • Academic Checklists (type names in one- they appear in all!) -Daily attendance (3 versions) -Science homework (keep track of who completed it, turned it in, grades, etc…) -Spelling homework -Language arts homework -Grammar homework -Math homework -History homework -Submitted assignments -Generic checklist (use this for whatever you need a quick checklist for) -Restroom passes (who used their hall pass, how many times have they left the room to go to the bathroom, water fountain, locker, what time/date did they leave, etc…) -Parent signature (keep track of papers returned from home that needed to be signed by a parent/guardian; progress reports, failing grades, corrections, study guides, etc…) -Money (this checklist makes collecting money a breeze!) -Supplies -Benchmark data

These editable rainbow labels measure 1.5" H x 3" W. They were designed to fit perfectly on a rainbow drawer cart (can be purchased at Michaels/WalMart, etc...) but they can be used anywhere. Two pages of labels are already completed for you and the third page is editable (as an Editable PDF Form). Instructions are included on how to edit an Adobe form. © Science Teaching Junkie, Inc. Terms of Use - this resource is for use by one teacher only. Additional teachers must purchase their own license. If you are interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide or campus-wide quote. THIS PRODUCT SHOULD NOT BE POSTED ON ANY WEBSITE. Questions? E-mail: ScienceTeachingJunkie@yahoo.com

GREAT FOR WARM-UPS, EXIT TICKETS, OR QUICK FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS! This product includes 28 different quick Science Starters to be used at the beginning or end of each class period. Each Science Starter student printable comes four to a page, saving you paper and ink. Each Starter also includes a teacher version that can be used to project the questions and/or answers for all students to see. The last page of both the student printable and the teacher version includes an extra page for you to add your own Science Starter (editable PDF form). Daily Science Starter TEKS Included: (8.6) Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that there is a relationship between force, motion, and energy.  (A) demonstrate and calculate how unbalanced forces change the speed or direction of an object's motion; (B) differentiate between speed, velocity, and acceleration;  (C) investigate and describe applications of Newton's law of inertia, law of force and acceleration, and law of action-reaction such as in vehicle restraints, sports   activities, amusement park rides, Earth's tectonic activities, and rocket launches. (7.7) Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that there is a relationship among force, motion, and energy.  (A) contrast situations where work is done with different amounts of force to situations where no work is done such as moving a box with a ramp and without a ramp, or standing still; (B) illustrate the transformation of energy within an organism such as the transfer from chemical energy to heat and thermal energy in digestion; (C) demonstrate and illustrate forces that affect motion in everyday life such as emergence of seedlings, turgor pressure, and geotropism (6.8) Force, motion, and energy. The student knows force and motion are related to potential and kinetic energy.  (A) compare and contrast potential and kinetic energy; (B) identify and describe the changes in position, direction, and speed of an object when acted upon by unbalanced forces; (C) calculate average speed using distance and time measurements; (D) measure and graph changes in motion;  (E)  investigate how inclined planes and pulleys can be used to change the amount of force to move an object. (6.9) Force, motion, & energy. The student knows that the Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it just changes form.  (A)  investigate methods of thermal energy transfer, including conduction, convection, and radiation; (B) verify through investigations that thermal energy moves in a predictable pattern from warmer to cooler until all the substances attain the same temperature such as an ice cube melting; (C) demonstrate energy transformations such as energy in a flashlight battery changes from chemical energy to electrical energy to light en

This PDF includes 36 task cards to help students demonstrate mastery on stars, galaxies and the electromagnetic spectrum. Two of the cards have been left blank so that you can add your own questions to the existing set. Student answer sheets and teacher answer key are provided. Ideas on ways to use them in the science classroom are also included. For students to be successful with utilizing these cards, they should have prior knowledge of the following concepts and/or vocabulary: - star life cycle - nebulas - light-years - basic parts of a wave (crest, trough, wavelength, amplitude, frequency) - types of galaxies (spiral, irregular, and elliptical) - H-R Diagram - magnitude - star color in relation to temperature - relative sizes (Earth, solar system, galaxy, universe) - EM Spectrum © Science Teaching Junkie, Inc. Terms of Use - this resource is for use by one teacher only. Additional teachers must purchase their own license. If you are interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide or campus-wide quote. This product should NOT be posted on any website. ScienceTeachingJunkie@yahoo.com

This PDF includes 36 task cards to help students demonstrate mastery on various force and motion concepts. Student answer sheets and teacher answer key are provided. Ideas on ways to use them in the science classroom are also included. For students to be successful with utilizing these cards, they should have prior knowledge of the following concepts and/or vocabulary: - speed (distance/time) - acceleration (change in speed and/or direction) - balanced and unbalanced forces - distance vs. time on a graph (speed represented graphically) - speed vs. time on a graph (speed represented graphically) - calculating speed (and average speed) - forces such as friction, gravity and air resistance - forces cause an object to accelerate - Newton's 3 Laws of Motion - reading a graph - force diagrams - calculating net force - calculating force, mass and acceleration (F=ma) © Science Teaching Junkie, Inc. Terms of Use - this resource is for use by one teacher only. Additional teachers must purchase their own license. If you are interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide or campus-wide quote. This product should NOT be posted on any website. ScienceTeachingJunkie@yahoo.com

This PDF includes 36 task cards to help students demonstrate mastery on differentiating between speed, velocity and acceleration. Student answer sheets and teacher answer key are provided. Ideas on ways to use them in the science classroom are also included. For students to be successful with utilizing these cards, they should have prior knowledge of the following concepts and/or vocabulary: - speed (distance/time) - velocity (speed in a direction) - acceleration (change in speed and/or direction) - distance vs. time on a graph (speed represented graphically) - calculating speed (and average speed) - calculating velocity - forces cause an object to accelerate - forces that may cause a moving object to slow, such as friction - reading a graph © Science Teaching Junkie, Inc. Terms of Use - this resource is for use by one teacher only. Additional teachers must purchase their own license. If you are interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide or campus-wide quote. This product should NOT be posted on any website. ScienceTeachingJunkie@yahoo.com

This PDF includes 40 task cards (and 2 blank, editable PDF cards) to help students demonstrate mastery on various forces that shape the Earth. Student answer sheets and teacher answer key are provided. Ideas on ways to use them in the science classroom are also included. For students to be successful with utilizing these cards, they should have prior knowledge of the following concepts and/or vocabulary: - 3 plate boundaries (divergent, transform, convergent) and the effects of their movements - continental crust vs. oceanic crust - layers of the Earth (with basic facts) - Theory of Continental Drift - Theory of Plate Tectonics © Science Teaching Junkie, Inc. Terms of Use - this resource is for use by one teacher only. Additional teachers must purchase their own license. If you are interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide or campus-wide quote. This product should NOT be posted on any website. ScienceTeachingJunkie@yahoo.com

This product is a color-by-number activity that allows students to answer questions and complete statements related to the scientific method. And YES- even secondary students love to color! Questions/Statements related to: testable hypothesis, making observations, independent variables, dependent variables, controlled variables (constants), identifying the parts of the scientific method (ask a question, form a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze results, draw conclusions, communicate results), the type of graph that would be most appropriate (line, bar, pie). This could be used as a quick assessment, a homework assignment, additional practice, extra credit, or for early finishers. © Science Teaching Junkie, Inc. Terms of Use - this resource is for use by one teacher only. Additional teachers must purchase their own license. If you are interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide or campus-wide quote. This product should NOT be posted on any website. ScienceTeachingJunkie@yahoo.com

This PDF includes 32 task cards to help students demonstrate mastery on organisms and environments. Student answer sheets and teacher answer key are provided. Ideas on ways to use them in the science classroom are also included. For students to be successful with utilizing these cards, they should have prior knowledge of the following concepts and/or vocabulary: - food chains, food webs and energy pyramids - consumer (heterotroph) - producer (autotroph) - impact of introducing an organism to an existing ecosystem or removal of an organism - amount of energy available at each level of an energy pyramid - primary consumer, secondary consumer, carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, decomposers, parasite, host, predator, prey - photosynthesis - biotic and abiotic factors - symbiotic relationships (parasitism, mutualism, commensalism) - competition - limiting factors - how human activities, such as artificial reefs, have modified ocean systems - comparing a food web to a cycle - effects of short-term and long-term environmental changes © Science Teaching Junkie, Inc. Terms of Use - this resource is for use by one teacher only. Additional teachers must purchase their own license. If you are interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide or campus-wide quote. This product should NOT be posted on any website. ScienceTeachingJunkie@yahoo.com

This product is a color-by-number activity that allows students to answer questions and complete statements related to the weathering, erosion, and deposition. And YES- even secondary students love to color! This could be used as a quick assessment, a homework assignment, extra credit, or for early finishers. © Science Teaching Junkie. Terms of Use - this resource is for use by one teacher only. Additional teachers must purchase their own license. If you are interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide or campus-wide quote. ScienceTeachingJunkie@yahoo.com

This product is a color-by-number activity that allows students to complete statements related to energy flow in ecosystems. And YES- even secondary students love to color! Some terms/concepts included: population community ecosystem photosynthesis producer consumer herbivore carnivore omnivore decomposer food chain food web energy pyramid This could be used as a quick assessment, a homework assignment, extra credit, or for early finishers. Buy the Bundle and Save! By purchasing the bundle, you will save 15% on your total purchase! If you like this activity, © Science Teaching Junkie. Terms of Use - this resource is for use by one teacher only. Additional teachers must purchase their own license. If you are interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide or campus-wide quote. ScienceTeachingJunkie@yahoo.com

This PDF includes 32 task cards that allow teachers to assess their students' knowledge of potential and kinetic energy (please see the extensive list of content that is covered below). A student answer sheet and teacher answer key are provided. An editable task card is included so that you can add your own task card question or task. The following content/topics are included: •classifying examples of potential and kinetic energy •energy is the ability to move or cause changes in matter •ways to increase an object's potential energy •ways to increase an object's kinetic energy •examples of kinetic energy being converted into potential energy •various questions relating to a pendulum (greatest potential, greatest kinetic, position where potential and kinetic energy are equal) •recognizing that when kinetic energy is high, potential energy is low •using a data table of info, determine the amount of kinetic energy when potential energy and total energy are provided •comparing how potential and kinetic energy are alike © Science Teaching Junkie, Inc. Terms of Use - this resource is for use by one teacher only. Additional teachers must purchase their own license. If you are interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide or campus-wide quote. This product should NOT be posted on any website. ScienceTeachingJunkie@yahoo.com

This PDF includes 32 task cards that allow teachers to assess their students' knowledge of calculating work and recognizing that simple machines make work easier (please see the extensive list of content that is covered below). A student answer sheet and teacher answer key are provided. An editable task card is included so that you can add your own task card question or task. The following content/topics are included: •definition of work •recognizing that in order for work to be done, the object must move in the direction of the force applied •calculating work when given the work equation •simple machines make work easier, but they do not decrease the total amount of work •the effect of distance increasing and force decreasing •spring scale is the tool used to measure force •using data tables to determine people who are performing the same amount of work •examples of work being done •definitions for force, distance, work, Joule (or Newton-meter) •how a simple machine, such as an inclined plane (ramp on a moving truck), effects work and the amount of force needed to move a box into the truck © Science Teaching Junkie, Inc. Terms of Use - this resource is for use by one teacher only. Additional teachers must purchase their own license. If you are interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide or campus-wide quote. This product should NOT be posted on any website. ScienceTeachingJunkie@yahoo.com