The classic water drops on a penny lab has never been more clear, cut and dry than this! Students will identify and label parts of the scientific method and investigate which type of water will hold more drops on a penny: soapy or plain. Students will write a hypothesis, collect and record data, complete a bar graph, and a five part conclusion. This product is part of my SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION COMPLETE CURRICULUM.

This Google Slides, digital AND printable science lesson includes two warm-ups (Slide 1), Cornell notes (Slide 2), an activity with directions and movable, interactive parts (Slide 3, 4, and 5- two options for differentiation and scaffolding), a slide presentation to follow along with the notes, an evaluation sheet for students and/or teachers to use (Slide 6) and answer key (Slide 7). The slide presentation–included in Slide 1 as a separate link already embedded-- follows along with the Cornell notes (perfect for differentiation) and includes the warm-ups, notes, mini quiz, answers, and summary starter sentences. The Google Slides are also printable (8.5" by 11")! This helps to prepare for the uncertainty of what might happen in the next school year and help make planning more manageable for you. This product is part of my CELL FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE DISTANCE LEARNING NOTEBOOK. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ This lesson covers the following topics: • Mitosis • Chromosome • Centromere • Prophase • Metaphase • Anaphase • Telophase • Interphase

This product features my notebook set-up for my Cells Digital Interactive Notebooks: table of contents, score sheet, notebook descriptions, and more! An editable version of the table of contents and score sheet are provided too! This product is part of my CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION DOUBLE BUNDLE (DISTANCE LEARNING & PRINTABLE NOTEBOOK). This product is part of my BIOLOGY COMPLETE YEAR DIGITAL BUNDLE!

This product includes a set of Cornell notes, an activity, a 25 slide presentation, and a mini quiz built into the presentation on Charles Darwin and Natural Selection. This product is part of my Evolution and Natural Selection Unit Bundle. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ **This lesson covers the following topics: • Charles Darwin • Natural Selection • Adaptation • Inherited Variation • Struggle to Survive • Successful Reproduction • Overproduction ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Product Details: Warm-ups: Two true or false statements are provided to identify what students know, what they think they know, and what they will learn. The warm-ups are built into the presentation with the answers provided towards the end of the lesson. Cornell notes: There are three versions–filled, filled with standards blank, and fill-in-the-blank. There are essential questions. Notes are completed by following along with the presentation. There are five criteria to the Cornell notes: header, student notes, main idea drawings, summary, and student-derived question (Depths of Knowledge). Presentation: Presentation guides direct instruction as students follow along and complete their Cornell notes. Presentation revisits anticipation guide statements from the beginning of the lesson and at the end (serves as warm-up), has a built-in mini quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding (5 multiple choice questions students answer on the back of their notes), pictures to help learn the material, and starter sentences to complete a summary answering essential questions/learning target (differentiated instruction). Want editing power?! Buy the bundle! Activity: An activity follows the Cornell notes in order to support and reinforce students’ understanding of the content and provide students an opportunity to think critically by creating something new with the input received from the notes. There are five criteria: written portion, art, color, reflection, and an “excellent" component to encourage students to do a quality piece of work. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Terms of Use: Copyright © The Teacher Time Saver. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original down-loader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clip art and parts included in the PDFs are copyrighted and cannot be taken and used outside this download without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.

This product includes a set of Cornell notes, an activity, a 29 slide presentation (PDF and not editable), and a mini quiz built into the presentation on Punnett squares, which is part of my Heredity Unit Bundle. This lesson covers the following topics: • Punnett squares • Steps to complete a Punnett squares (great practice for following procedures!) • Genotype • Phenotype • Trait ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Product Details: Warm-ups: Two true or false statements are provided to identify what students know, what they think they know, and what they will learn. The warm-ups are built into the presentation with the answers provided towards the end of the lesson. Cornell notes: There are three versions–filled, filled with standards blank, and fill-in-the-blank. There are essential questions. Notes are completed by following along with the presentation. There are five criteria to the Cornell notes: header, student notes, main idea drawings, summary, and student-derived question (Depths of Knowledge). Presentation: Presentation guides direct instruction as students follow along and complete their Cornell notes. Presentation revisits anticipation guide statements from the beginning of the lesson and at the end (serves as warm-up), has a built-in mini quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding (5 multiple choice questions students answer on the back of their notes), pictures to help learn the material, and starter sentences to complete a summary answering essential questions/learning target (differentiated instruction). Activity: An activity follows the Cornell notes in order to support and reinforce students’ understanding of the content and provide students an opportunity to think critically by creating something new with the input received from the notes. There are five criteria: written portion, art, color, reflection, and an “excellent" component to encourage students to do a quality piece of work.

This product includes a set of Cornell notes, an activity, a 34 slide presentation, and a mini quiz built into the presentation on the Geologic Time Scale. This product is part of my Evolution and Geologic Time Scale Unit Bundle. This product is a part of my Biology Complete Year Bundle! ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Product Details: Warm-ups: Two true or false statements are provided to identify what students know, what they think they know, and what they will learn. The warm-ups are built into the presentation with the answers provided towards the end of the lesson. Cornell notes: There are three versions–filled, filled with standards blank, and fill-in-the-blank. There are essential questions. Notes are completed by following along with the presentation. There are five criteria to the Cornell notes: header, student notes, main idea drawings, summary, and student-derived question (Depths of Knowledge). Presentation: Presentation guides direct instruction as students follow along and complete their Cornell notes. Presentation revisits anticipation guide statements from the beginning of the lesson and at the end (serves as warm-up), has a built-in mini quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding (5 multiple choice questions students answer on the back of their notes), pictures to help learn the material, and starter sentences to complete a summary answering essential questions/learning target (differentiated instruction). Want editing power?! Buy the bundle! Activity: An activity follows the Cornell notes in order to support and reinforce students’ understanding of the content and provide students an opportunity to think critically by creating something new with the input received from the notes. There are five criteria: written portion, art, color, reflection, and an “excellent" component to encourage students to do a quality piece of work.

This product focuses on students to create a cartoon to demonstrate the four parts of natural selection. It comes with a set of directions and rubric (colored/black and white). This project is great for assessments or as a review! This product is part of my Evolution and Geologic Time Scale Unit Bundle. This product is also a part of my BIOLOGY COMPLETE DIGITAL & PRINTABLE BUNDLE! ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ This product encourages students to explore the following topics: • Natural Selection • Adaptation • Inherited Variation • Struggle to Survive • Successful Reproduction • Overproduction

This product uncovers prior knowledge students have on the unit: Ecology. This product comes with a 19 slide presentation (PDF), a worksheet to go along with the presentation or stand alone, an answer key, and an editable unit cover page with a word bank and a space to add your own state standards. This product is part of my Ecology Unit Bundle. This product will engage your students in the following main ideas/vocabulary: • Levels of Organization: organism, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere • Carrying Capacity: Carrying capacity, mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism, predator, and prey • Energy Transfer: Food chain/food web, producer, consumer, and decomposer • Biomes: Biomes, adaptations, balance of ecosystems, and human impact ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Product details: Unit Cover: Unit cover is editable for teachers to add their own state standards and benchmarks. Unit cover includes a word bank with a list of typical vocabulary words covered throughout the unit. Anticipation Guide: This pre/post-assessment has ten statements students will identify as either true or false and then explain. Students will then be asked to create a title page by writing the unit title and include three pictures with four colors. This provides the teacher an opportunity to discover what students know, don’t know, and will learn. Use them as warm-ups too! Presentation: A 19 presentation slide is included with the same questions from the printouts, which can lead a whole class discussion.

This product includes a set of differentiated Cornell notes, an activity, a 25 slide presentation (PDF and not editable), and a mini quiz built into the presentation on Charles Darwin vs. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck’s theory of Evolution. This product is part of my Evolution and Natural Selection Notebook Bundle. Want the option to print or go digital?! Check out my Evolution and Natural Selection Double Bundle! This product is a part of my Biology Complete Year Bundle! ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ This lesson covers the following topics: • Charles Darwin • Natural Selection • Galapagos Islands • Jean-Baptiste Lamarck • Theory of Evolution ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Product Details: Warm-ups: Two true or false statements are provided to identify what students know, what they think they know, and what they will learn. The warm-ups are built into the presentation with the answers provided towards the end of the lesson. Cornell notes: There are three versions–filled, filled with standards blank, and fill-in-the-blank. There are essential questions. Notes are completed by following along with the presentation. There are five criteria to the Cornell notes: header, student notes, main idea drawings, summary, and student-derived question (Depths of Knowledge). Presentation: Presentation guides direct instruction as students follow along and complete their Cornell notes. Presentation revisits anticipation guide statements from the beginning of the lesson and at the end (serves as warm-up), has a built-in mini quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding (5 multiple choice questions students answer on the back of their notes), pictures to help learn the material, and starter sentences to complete a summary answering essential questions/learning target (differentiated instruction). Want editing power?! Buy the bundle! Activity: An activity follows the Cornell notes in order to support and reinforce students’ understanding of the content and provide students an opportunity to think critically by creating something new with the input received from the notes. There are five criteria: written portion, art, color, reflection, and an “excellent" component to encourage students to do a quality piece of work.

This product includes a set of Cornell notes, an activity, a 28 slide presentation (PDF and not editable), and a mini quiz built into the presentation on carrying capacity and symbiotic relationships, which is part of my Ecology unit. This product is part of my Ecology Unit Bundle. This product is part of my BIOLOGY COMPLETE MEGA YEAR BUNDLE! ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ This lesson covers the following topics: • Carrying Capacity • Competition • Predator • Prey • Symbiosis • Mutualism • Commensalism • Parasitism ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Product Details: Warm-ups: Two true or false statements are provided to identify what students know, what they think they know, and what they will learn. The warm-ups are built into the presentation with the answers provided towards the end of the lesson. Cornell notes: There are three versions–filled, filled with standards blank, and fill-in-the-blank. There are essential questions. Notes are completed by following along with the presentation. There are five criteria to the Cornell notes: header, student notes, main idea drawings, summary, and student-derived question (Depths of Knowledge). Presentation: Presentation guides direct instruction as students follow along and complete their Cornell notes. Presentation revisits anticipation guide statements from the beginning of the lesson and at the end (serves as warm-up), has a built-in mini quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding (5 multiple choice questions students answer on the back of their notes), pictures to help learn the material, and starter sentences to complete a summary answering essential questions/learning target (differentiated instruction). Want editing power?! Buy the bundle! Activity: An activity follows the Cornell notes in order to support and reinforce students’ understanding of the content and provide students an opportunity to think critically by creating something new with the input received from the notes. There are five criteria: written portion, art, color, reflection, and an “excellent" component to encourage students to do a quality piece of work.

This product includes a set of Cornell notes, an activity, a Presentation (PDF and not editable), and a mini quiz built into the presentation on cell organelles or cell structures, which is part of my Cell Unit Bundle. This product is also included in my Biology Complete Curriculum Year Bundle! ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ This lesson covers the following topics: • Organelles • Mitochondria • Chloroplast • Golgi Complex • Lysosomes • Vacuole • Cell Wall • Cell Membrane • Cytoskeleton • Nucleus • Ribosomes • Endoplasmic Reticulum ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Product Details: Warm-ups: Two true or false statements are provided to identify what students know, what they think they know, and what they will learn. The warm-ups are built into the presentation with the answers provided towards the end of the lesson. Cornell notes: There are three versions–filled, filled with standards blank, and fill-in-the-blank. There are essential questions. Notes are completed by following along with the presentation. There are five criteria to the Cornell notes: header, student notes, main idea drawings, summary, and student-derived question (Depths of Knowledge). Presentation: Presentation guides direct instruction as students follow along and complete their Cornell notes. Presentation revisits anticipation guide statements from the beginning of the lesson and at the end (serves as warm-up), has a built-in mini quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding (5 multiple choice questions students answer on the back of their notes), pictures to help learn the material, and starter sentences to complete a summary answering essential questions/learning target (differentiated instruction). Want editing power?! Buy the bundle! Activity: An activity follows the Cornell notes in order to support and reinforce students’ understanding of the content and provide students an opportunity to think critically by creating something new with the input received from the notes. There are five criteria: written portion, art, color, reflection, and an “excellent" component to encourage students to do a quality piece of work.

This product includes a set of Cornell notes, an activity, a 28 slide presentation (PDF and not editable), and a mini quiz built into the presentation on meiosis, which is part of my CELL UNIT BUNDLE. This lesson covers the following topics: • meiosis • Cell division • Gametes • Diploid cells • Haploid cells • Prophase I and II • Metaphase I and II • Anaphase I and II • Telophase I and II • Interphase I and II ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Product Details: Warm-ups: Two true or false statements are provided to identify what students know, what they think they know, and what they will learn. The warm-ups are built into the presentation with the answers provided towards the end of the lesson. -Cornell notes: There are three versions–filled, filled with standards blank, and fill-in-the-blank. There are essential questions. Notes are completed by following along with the presentation. There are five criteria to the Cornell notes: header, student notes, main idea drawings, summary, and student-derived question (Depths of Knowledge). -Presentation: Presentation guides direct instruction as students follow along and complete their Cornell notes. Presentation revisits anticipation guide statements from the beginning of the lesson and at the end (serves as warm-up), has built-in mini quizzes at the end of each lesson to check for understanding (5 multiple choice questions students answer on the back of their notes), pictures to help learn the material, and starter sentences to support students complete the summary section of their Cornell notes (differentiated instruction). Want editing power?! Buy the bundle! -Activity: An activity follows the Cornell note in order to support and reinforce students’ understanding of the content and provide students an opportunity to think critically by creating something new with the input received from the notes. There are five criteria: written portion, art, color, reflection, and an “excellent" component to encourage students to do a quality piece of work.

This product comes with the following: multiple choice editable assessment, answer key and reflection activities. The assessments are based on the unit cell structure and function. The assessments are editable in a PowerPoint format, but not the reflection activity (PDF). This product is part of my Cell Unit Bundle. The following main ideas are assessed in 25 multiple choice test: • Cell • Organs • Organ systems • Organism • Prokaryotic cells/prokaryote • Eukaryotic cells/eukaryote • Unicellular vs. multicellular • Cell organelles • Phases of Mitosis and Meiosis • Gametes • Diploid cells • Haploid cells ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Reflection: -Reflection activity can be used before or after completing the quiz and/or test to give students an opportunity to reflect on their understanding and studying skills. Easy grading: each question is worth two points 25 multiple choice questions reflection is worth five points (five criteria each worth one point) Option for easy grading: -Socrative.com is a free site to use where teachers can create an account (free!), and load questions to create a test. Students then log in and complete the test. Results are given immediately.

This product uncovers prior knowledge students have on the unit: Evolution, Natural Selection, and the Geologic Time Scale. This product comes with a 19 slide presentation (PDF), a worksheet to go along with the presentation or stand alone, an answer key, and an editable unit cover page with a word bank and a space to add your own state standards. This product is part of my Evolution and Geologic Time Scale Unit Bundle. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Product details: Unit Cover: Unit cover is editable for teachers to add their own state standards and benchmarks. Unit cover includes a word bank with a list of typical vocabulary words covered throughout the unit. Anticipation Guide: This pre/post-assessment has ten statements students will identify as either true or false and then explain. Students will then be asked to create a title page by writing the unit title and include three pictures with four colors. This provides the teacher an opportunity to discover what students know, don’t know, and will learn. Use them as warm-ups too! Presentation: A 19 presentation slide is included with the same questions from the printouts, which can lead a whole class discussion. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ PRODUCT NOTES: Make sure to extract file in order to open the zipped file. Purchase license to share if more than one teacher will be using this product. Keep in mind this product took time to create with the teacher and student in mind. Thank you for understanding. To view the Presentation, which is a PDF and not editable, open the PDF, click on “View” and then on “Full Screen Mode.” This product is not editable. This product is part of my Biology Complete Year Bundle! ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ I ♥ FOLLOWERS! Stay connected to be the first to know about store discounts, free products, and product launches! ☆ The Teacher Time Saver Store ☆ Newsletter (free product when you subscribe!) ☆ Pinterest ☆ Facebook Terms of Use: Copyright © The Teacher Time Saver. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original down-loader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clip art and parts included in the PDFs are copyrighted and cannot be taken and used outside this download without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.

This product includes a set of Cornell notes, an activity, a Presentation (PDF and not editable), and a mini quiz built into the presentation on heredity, which is part of my Heredity unit. This product is part of my Heredity Unit Bundle. This lesson covers the following topics: • Heredity • Traits • Genes • Alleles • Genotype • Phenotype • Dominant • Recessive ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Product Details: Warm-ups: Two true or false statements are provided to identify what students know, what they think they know, and what they will learn. The warm-ups are built into the presentation with the answers provided towards the end of the lesson. Cornell notes: There are three versions–filled, filled with standards blank, and fill-in-the-blank. There are essential questions. Notes are completed by following along with the presentation. There are five criteria to the Cornell notes: header, student notes, main idea drawings, summary, and student-derived question (Depths of Knowledge). Presentation: Presentation guides direct instruction as students follow along and complete their Cornell notes. Presentation revisits anticipation guide statements from the beginning of the lesson and at the end (serves as warm-up), has a built-in mini quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding (5 multiple choice questions students answer on the back of their notes), pictures to help learn the material, and starter sentences to complete a summary answering essential questions/learning target (differentiated instruction). Want editing power?! Buy the bundle! Activity: An activity follows the Cornell notes in order to support and reinforce students’ understanding of the content and provide students an opportunity to think critically by creating something new with the input received from the notes. There are five criteria: written portion, art, color, reflection, and an “excellent" component to encourage students to do a quality piece of work.

This product includes a set of Cornell notes, an activity, a 25 slide presentation (PDF and not editable), and a mini quiz built into the presentation on genetics and DNA, which is part of my Heredity unit. This product is part of my HEREDITY AND GENETICS COMPLETE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK! This product is included in my BIOLOGY COMPLETE YEAR BUNDLE! This lesson covers the following topics: • Heredity • DNA • Bases • Chromosomes • Genes • Cloning • Mapping Human Genome Get the distance learning version of this lesson here! ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Product Details: -Cornell notes: There are three versions—filled, filled and vocabulary/main ideas underlined (close note strategies) and fill-in-the-blank. Notes are completed by following along with the presentation. This allows you to walk around, support and engage with students. There are five criteria to the Cornell notes: header, student notes, drawings of main ideas, summary, and student-derived question (Depths of Knowledge). The header includes a blank section for students to fill-in with state standard/benchmark. -Presentation: Presentation guides direct instruction as students follow along and complete their Cornell notes. Presentation revisits anticipation guide statements from the beginning of the lesson and at the end (serves as warm-up), has built-in mini quiz at the end of each lesson to check for understanding (5 multiple choice questions with answers), pictures to help learn the material, and starter sentences to support students complete the summary section of their Cornell notes focused on the essential questions (differentiated instruction). It is a PDF file, which can be viewed in a presentation by clicking on “View” and then on “Full Screen Mode.” -Activity: An activity follows the Cornell note in order to support and reinforce students’ understanding of the content and provide students an opportunity to think critically by creating something new with the input received from the notes. There are five criteria: written portion, art, color, reflection, and an “excellent" component to encourage students to do a quality piece of work. -Grading: Each criteria is worth one point making each Cornell and activity worth five points. For easy grading, simply circle missing components or stamp to designate full credit. As a teacher, I am out the door after the bell rings and I do not bring any grading home. I truly am the teacher time saver!

This product uncovers prior knowledge students have on the unit: Heredity. This product comes with a 18 slide presentation (PDF), a worksheet to go along with the presentation or stand alone, an answer key, and an editable unit cover page with a word bank and a space to add your own state standards. Students will explain whether or not they agree with eight true or false statements related to main topics about heredity. This product is part of my HEREDITY AND GENETICS COMPLETE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK! This product is included in my BIOLOGY COMPLETE YEAR BUNDLE! ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Product details: Unit Cover: Unit cover is editable for teachers to add their own state standards and benchmarks. Unit cover includes a word bank with a list of typical vocabulary words covered throughout the unit. Anticipation Guide: This pre/post-assessment has ten statements students will identify as either true or false and then explain. Students will then be asked to create a title page by writing the unit title and include three pictures with four colors. This provides the teacher an opportunity to discover what students know, don’t know, and will learn. Use them as warm-ups too! Presentation: A 23 slide presentation is included with the same questions from the printouts, which can lead a whole class discussion.

This product includes a set of Cornell notes, an activity, a 28 slide presentation (PDF and not editable), and a mini quiz built into the presentation on the evolution of hominids. This product is part of my Evolution and Geologic Time Scale Unit Bundle. This product is also a part of my BIOLOGY COMPLETE DIGITAL & PRINTABLE BUNDLE! ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ This lesson covers the following topics: • Primates • Characteristics of primates • Hominids • Bipedalism • Sahelanthropus tchadensis • Australopithecus • Neanderthal • Homo sapiens ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Product Details: Warm-ups: Two true or false statements are provided to identify what students know, what they think they know, and what they will learn. The warm-ups are built into the presentation with the answers provided towards the end of the lesson. Cornell notes: There are three versions–filled, filled with standards blank, and fill-in-the-blank. There are essential questions. Notes are completed by following along with the presentation. There are five criteria to the Cornell notes: header, student notes, main idea drawings, summary, and student-derived question (Depths of Knowledge). Presentation: Presentation guides direct instruction as students follow along and complete their Cornell notes. Presentation revisits anticipation guide statements from the beginning of the lesson and at the end (serves as warm-up), has a built-in mini quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding (5 multiple choice questions students answer on the back of their notes), pictures to help learn the material, and starter sentences to complete a summary answering essential questions/learning target (differentiated instruction). Want editing power?! Buy the bundle! Activity: An activity follows the Cornell notes in order to support and reinforce students’ understanding of the content and provide students an opportunity to think critically by creating something new with the input received from the notes. There are five criteria: written portion, art, color, reflection, and an “excellent" component to encourage students to do a quality piece of work.

This product uncovers prior knowledge students have on the unit: Evolution, Natural Selection, and the Geologic Time Scale. This product comes with a 19 slide presentation (PDF), a worksheet to go along with the presentation or stand alone, an answer key, and an editable unit cover page with a word bank and a space to add your own state standards. This product is part of my Evolution and Geologic Time Scale Unit Bundle. This product is a part of my Biology Complete Year Bundle! ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Product details: Unit Cover: Unit cover is editable for teachers to add their own state standards and benchmarks. Unit cover includes a word bank with a list of typical vocabulary words covered throughout the unit. Anticipation Guide: This pre/post-assessment has ten statements students will identify as either true or false and then explain. Students will then be asked to create a title page by writing the unit title and include three pictures with four colors. This provides the teacher an opportunity to discover what students know, don’t know, and will learn. Use them as warm-ups too! Presentation: A 19 presentation slide is included with the same questions from the printouts, which can lead a whole class discussion.

This product focuses on students to create a poem, short story, or song demonstrating their understanding on the following unit: evolution and the geologic time scale. It comes with a set of directions and rubric (colored/black and white). This project is great for assessments or as a review! This product is part of my Evolution and Geologic Time Scale Unit Bundle. This product is a part of my Biology Complete Year Bundle!