Welcome to my shop! I love being able to help other teachers during the year when they have so many things on their plate.
I have taught both high school and junior high school science. I was also a scientist for a few years before I decided to teach. It made teaching very interesting and the students loved the stories.
I hope I have a little something for you all!
Welcome to my shop! I love being able to help other teachers during the year when they have so many things on their plate.
I have taught both high school and junior high school science. I was also a scientist for a few years before I decided to teach. It made teaching very interesting and the students loved the stories.
I hope I have a little something for you all!
20% Savings!
54 vocabulary cards with definitions covering terms about cells, the organelles found inside of cells and cellular transport.
Word list:
Cell, Cell Membrane, Cell Wall, Centriole, Centrosome, Chlorophyll, Chloroplast, Cilia, Cytoplasm, Cytoskeleton, Eukaryote, Flagella, Golgi apparatus, Lysosome, Microtubule, Mitochondria, Multicellular, Nuclear pores, Nucleolus, Nucleus, Organelle, Prokaryote, Ribosome, Rough ER, Smooth ER, Unicellular, Vacuoles, Active Transport, Carrier Protein, Cell Wall, Channel Protein, Concentration Gradient, Cytoplasm, Diffusion, Dynamic Equilibrium, Endocytosis, Eukaryote, Exocytosis, Facilitated Diffusion, Fluid Mosaic Model, Glycoprotein, Hypertonic, Hypotonic, Isotonic, Nucleus, Osmosis, Passive Transport, Phospholipid, Plasma Membrane, Prokaryote, Receptor Protein, Selective Permeability, Transport Protein, Turgor
You can use the cards in multiple ways, including: placing them on a word wall and use them as a vocabulary review game as a whole class or as a group.
You will receive 22 vocabulary cards with definitions covering terms about photosynthesis.
Vocabulary Included:
ADP
ATP
Autotroph
Calvin cycle
Chemoautotroph
Chlorophyll
Chloroplast
Glucose
Grana
Hydrolysis
Inner Membrane
Light Dependent Reactions
NADP+
NADPH
Outer Membrane
Photoautotroph
Photosynthesis
Product
Reactant
Stomata
Stroma
Thylakoid
Also included: Glucose, Oxygen, Water, and Carbon Dioxide and their matching chemical formulas.
You will receive** 35 vocabulary cards** with definitions.
Vocabulary included:
Allele
Carrier
Chromosome
Codominance
Deletion
DNA
Dominant
Duplication
Gene
Genetics
Genotype
Gregor Mendel
Heredity
Heterozygous
Homozygous
Hybrid
Incomplete Dominance
Insertion
Inversion
Law of Dominance
Law of Independent Assortment
Law of Segregation
Mutation
Nondisjunction
Nucleotide
Pedigree
Phenotype
Probability
Protein
Punnett Square
Purebred
Recessive
RNA
Substitution
Translocation
You can use the cards in multiple ways, including: placing them on a word wall and use them as a vocabulary review game as a whole class or as a group.
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You will receive the following in PDF format (323 slides/pages altogether). PPT versions of the slide shows were added for easier classroom viewing:
7 weeks of Bellringers
6 slideshows
Genetics and Heredity
Inheritance Part 1 (basic Punnett Squares)
Inheritance Part 2 (incomplete and co-dominance, multiple alleles)
Inheritance Part 3 (Two-factor crosses)
Mutations
Pedigrees
3 activities
Mutation Activity
Superhero Genetics Activity
Punnett Square Problems
Worksheet Packet
34 vocabulary cards with definitions
Test and answer key
Review questions and answer key
4 Weeks of Genetics and Heredity Bellringers
You will receive 20 days of bellringers/warm ups
Week 1:
Word of the Week: Genetics
Read and Respond: Chromosomes, Genes, and Alleles
Compare and Contrast: Recessive and Dominant Traits
Problem Solving: Identify Recessive and Dominant Traits
Anything Goes: Gregor Mendel
Week 2:
Word of the Week: Pedigree
Read and Respond: How to Read a Pedigree
Compare and Contrast: F1 and F2 Generations
Problem Solving: Pedigree Problem
Anything Goes: Pedigree Problem
Week 3:
Word of the Week: Heredity
Read and Respond: Mendelian Genetics
Compare and Contrast: Genotype and Phenotype
Problem Solving: Genotype and Phenotype
Anything Goes: Law of Segregation
Week 4:
Word of the Week: Mutation
Read and Respond: Protooncogenes and Cancer
Compare and Contrast: Small Scale Mutations and Large Scale Mutations
Problem Solving: Point Mutations
Anything Goes: Chromosomal Mutations
3 Weeks of Genetics: Inheritance Bellringers
You will receive 16 days of bellringers/warm ups
Week 1:
Word of the Week: Punnett Square
Read and Respond: Probability
Compare and Contrast: Homozygous and Heterozygous
Problem Solving: Punnett Square Problem
Anything Goes: Punnett Square Problem
Week 2:
Word of the Week: Gene
Read and Respond: Multiple Alleles
Compare and Contrast: Incomplete Dominance and Co-dominance
Problem Solving: Incomplete Dominance Problem
Anything Goes: Co-dominance Problem
Week 3 is all Problem Solving with Punnett Squares:
Problem Solving: Single Gene with Two Alleles
Problem Solving: Incomplete Dominance
Problem Solving: Co-dominance
Problem Solving: Multiple Alleles
Problem Solving: Sex-linked
Problem Solving: Two-Factor Cross
Genetics and Heredity Slide Show with 22 slides
This 22 slide PPT covers
Genetics and Heredity
Gregor Mendel
The laws of Mendelian Genetics
Law of Dominance, Segregation, and Independent Assortment
Mendel’s work with pea plant traits
Genes and alleles
Recessive and dominant traits
Genotypes and phenotypes
Chromosomes and proteins
Mutations
Pedigree chart
Inheritance Part 1 Slide Show with 41 slides
This 41 slide PPT covers
Basic genetics and heredity background including Gregor Mendel and Reginald Punnett.
Punnett squares.
Vocabulary including allele, dominant, recessive, genotype, phenotype, homozygous, and heterozygous.
Step by step set up of Punnett squares.
Probability.
Practice problems with step-by-step explanation of the answers.
Inheritance part 2 Slide Show with 53 slides
This 53 slide PPT covers
All crosses have completed examples
All crosses have practice problems
Incomplete dominance
Using crosses between flowers
Co-dominance
Using crosses between cows
Single genes with 2 alleles
Using crosses about a widow’s peak
Single genes with multiple alleles
Using crosses about blood types
Sex-linked genes
Using crosses about colorblindness
Inheritance part 3 Slide Show with 28 slides
This 28 slide PPT covers
Two-factor crosses with pea color and shape
Step by step instructions on how to complete a two-factor cross
Practice problems with descriptive answers
Mutations Slide Show with 20 slides
This 20 slide PPT covers
Small-scale mutations
Point
Substitution
Silent
Missense
Nonsense
Frameshift
Deletion
Insertion
Large-scale mutations
Number of chromosomes
Nondisjunction
Structure of chromosomes
Inversion
Deletion
Insertion
Duplication
Translocation
Pedigrees Slide Show with 40 slides
This 40 slide PPT covers
Pedigree chart basic information
How to read a pedigree chart
Male and female
P and F generations
Numbering
Shading
Step by step process of a trait moving through the pedigree
Incudes questions for students to answer
The 4 types of pedigree charts
Sex-linked (I focus on X-linked in this slide show)
Dominant and recessive
Autosomal
Dominant and recessive
Mutation Activity
Students will learn how a simple change in DNA can cause a change in a trait. They will receive ‘fake’ mutations that cause them to hold a pencil/pen in a different way.
You will receive a teacher page with objectives, benchmarks, pre and post activity questions, and vocabulary.
Superhero Genetics Activity
Students will create their own super hero using genetics! They will flip coins to determine the genotype and phenotype of their super hero.
Teacher page with objectives, Next Generation Science Standards, pre and post activity questions, and much more included!
Superhero Punnett Square Practice Problems
Included:
Superhero traits sheet
Genotype to phenotype problems
Phenotype to genotype problems
Identify homozygous and heterozygous problems
7 Punnett square practice problems including incomplete dominance and co-dominance
Answer key for all problems
Genetics Worksheets
You will receive a PDF of 15 worksheets (*3 worksheets have multiple versions for classroom differentiation giving you a total of 18 worksheets).
Includes:
Matching vocabulary terms (1 worksheet)
Mutations (2 worksheets)
Punnett Squares (5 worksheets)
Two factor cross (2 worksheets)
Pedigrees (3 worksheets)
Crossword puzzle (with and without word bank) and word search (2 worksheets)
Answer keys included
34 vocabulary cards with definitions
You will receive 34 vocabulary cards with definitions.
Allele, Carrier, Chromosome, Codominance, Deletion, DNA, Dominant, Duplication, Gene, Genetics, Genotype, Gregor Mendel, Heredity, Heterozygous, Homozygous, Hybrid, Incomplete Dominance, Insertion, Inversion, Law of Dominance, Law of Independent Assortment, Law of Segregation, Mutation, Nondisjunction, Nucleotide, Pedigree, Phenotype, Probability, Punnett Square, Purebred, Recessive, RNA, Substitution, Translocation
You can use the cards in multiple ways, including: placing them on a word wall and use them as a vocabulary review game as a whole class or as a group.
I am able to customize vocabulary cards for any topic. Please let me know if you are looking for something specific.
Test, Review Questions, and Answer Keys
The test is multiple choice, Punnett Square problems, and Pedigree questions.
This test is designed to take about 45 minutes to an hour.
The following are the review questions that are covered on the test. These are not exact test questions, just topics that cover the material:
What is the difference in phenotypes and genotypes?
What is the difference in dominant and recessive alleles?
How are genes expressed?
What is heredity?
What is a mutation?
Where do you find the genetic material that is passed from parent to offspring
What are alleles?
Who is known for being the ‘Father of Genetics’?
What is a gene?
Punnett Square practice
In cats, short hair(S) is dominant over long hair(s). A homozygous recessive individual and a homozygous dominant individual are crossed.
Homozygous recessive parent genotype?
Homozygous dominant parent genotype?
Probability of short hair offspring?
Probability of long hair offspring?
A colorblind man and his carrier wife have children.
Male parent genotype?
Female parent genotype?
Probability of colorblind offspring?
Probability of carrier offspring?
Incomplete dominance: a red flower crossed with a white flower.
What are the genotypes of the parents?
What are the genotypes of the offspring?
What are the phenotypes of the offspring?
What are the probabilities of the phenotypes of the offspring?
Co-dominance: a red flower crossed with a white flower.
What are the genotypes of the parents?
What are the genotypes of the offspring?
What are the phenotypes of the offspring?
What are the probabilities of the phenotypes of the offspring?
Single gene with multiple alleles—A type AB blood man and a homozygous type B blood female have children.
What is the probability of blood type A offspring?
What is the probability of blood type B offspring?
What is the probability of blood type AB offspring?
What is the probability of blood type O offspring?
Students will use a pedigree to answer the following:
Individuals B, D, I, and N are colorblind. Correctly shade those 4 individuals in the pedigree.
Individuals C, G, and J are carriers. Correctly shade those 3 individuals in the pedigree.
Explain why individual I and J, although they are sisters, do not share the colorblindness phenotype.
You will receive 17 vocabulary cards with definitions in PDF format covering terms about mitosis.
Vocabulary Included:
Cell Cycle
Centriole
Centromere
Chromatid
Chromatin
Chromosome
Cytokinesis
DNA
Interphase
Nucleus
Replication
Spindle Fiber
Mitosis
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
You will receive 34 vocabulary cards with definitions covering terms about ecology, succession, and populations.
Vocabulary Included:
Abiotic Factor
Biotic Factor
Climax Community
Clumped Distribution
Commensalism
Community
Competition
Density Dependent Factors
Density Independent Factors
Ecology
Ecosystem
Emigration
Habitat
Herbivory
Immigration
Ecological Organization
Organism
Parasitism
Mutualism
Niche
Pioneer Species
Population
Population Density
Population Distribution
Population Growth Rate
Prey
Predation
Predator
Primary Succession
Random Distribution
Secondary Succession
Succession
Symbiosis
Uniform Distribution
You will receive 30 vocabulary cards with definitions in PDF format covering terms about meiosis.
*You will get two visually different versions of the meiosis vocabulary cards.
Vocabulary Included:
Centriole
Centromere
Chromatid
Chromatin
Chromosome
Crossing Over
Cytokinesis
Diploid
DNA
Gamete
Haploid
Homologous Chromosome
Interphase
Independent Assortment
Nondisjunction
Nucleus
Ovum
Replication
Sperm
Spindle Fiber
Zygote
Meiosis
Prophase I
Metaphase I
Anaphase I
Telophase I
Prophase II
Metaphase II
Anaphase II
Telophase II
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You will receive 121 vocabulary cards with definitions covering terms about ecology, populations, food webs, ecological pyramids, biomes, and succession.
You can use the cards in multiple ways, including: placing them on a word wall and use them as a vocabulary review game as a whole class or as a group.
You will receive 30 total vocabulary cards with definitions covering terms about taxonomy.
Vocabulary Included for Taxonomy Part 1
Autotroph
Binomial Nomenclature
Carolus Linnaeus
Class
Classification
Dichotomous Key
Domain
Eukaryote
Family
Genus
Heterotroph
Kingdom
Multicellular
Order
Phylum
Prokaryote
Scientific Name
Species
Taxa
Taxonomy
Unicellular
Vocabulary Included for Taxonomy Part 2
Animalia
Archaea
Archaebacteria
Bacteria
Eubacteria
Eukarya
Fungi
Plantae
Protista
You can use the cards in multiple ways, including: placing them on a word wall and use them as a vocabulary review game as a whole class or as a group.
20% Savings!
Includes:
Three slide shows
Biodiversity and Human Interaction with guided notes
The Characteristics of Life with guided notes
Taxonomy with guided notes
Four Word Walls/Vocabulary Cards
Biodiversity and Human Interaction
The Characteristics of Life
Taxonomy
Taxonomy 2
19 unique worksheets
Included 11 differentiated worksheets
Three weeks of bellringers with answer keys
Two activities
Domain and Kingdom concept map
Create a species
Review questions and answer key
Test and answer key
Included differentiated test and answer key
54 vocabulary cards with definitions covering terms biodiversity, classification, and human interaction.
Word list
Biodiversity, Carrying Capacity, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Extinct, Habitat Destruction, Habitat Fragmentation, Invasive Species, Keystone Species, Limiting Resource, Poaching, Pollution, Vulnerable, Adaptation, Asexual Reproduction, Biology, Development, Growth, Heterotroph, Homeostasis, Metabolism, Organism, Prokaryote, Response, Sexual Reproduction, Stimulus, Trait, Autotroph, Binomial Nomenclature, Class, Classification, Dichotomous key, Domain, Eukaryote, Family, Genus, Kingdom, Linnaeus’ system, Multicellular, Order, Phylum, Scientific name, Species, Taxonomy, Unicellular, Animalia, Archaea, Archaeabacteria, Bacteria, Eubacteria, Eukarya, Fungi, Plantae, Protista
You can use the cards in multiple ways, including: placing them on a word wall and use them as a vocabulary review game as a whole class or as a group.
The 289 slide PPTs covers the structures and functions of the basics of the human body and 12 body systems below. See the links below to check out the individual items.
Human body basics
Circulatory
Immune and Lymphatic
Respiratory
Digestive
Excretory
Endocrine
Integumentary
Nervous
Muscular
Skeletal
Reproductive
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*I have a 289 slide show of 12 body systems (Circulatory, Respiratory, Digestive, Excretory, Endocrine, Nervous, Muscular, Skeletal, Integumentary, Reproductive, Lymphatic, and Immune) available for a 20% discount if you are looking for all of the systems.
This 26 slide PPT covers the structures and functions of the endocrine system.
Glands and hormones
Pineal Gland and melatonin
Hypothalamus and dopamine
Pituitary Gland and growth hormone
Thyroid and T3
Parathyroid and parathyroid hormone
Thymus and thymosin
Adrenal Gland and adrenaline
Pancreas and insulin and glucagon
Ovary and estrogen
Testis and testosterone
A quick run through of the entire system with images
This 17 slide PPT covers the structures and functions of the integumentary system.
Skin
Epidermis
Vitamin D, melanin, keratin
Dermis
Blood vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, hair, sebaceous glands
Hypodermis
A quick run through of the essential structures with images
This 37 slide PPT covers the structures and functions of the nervous system.
Sensory input, integration, and motor output
The central nervous system
Brain (cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem)
Spinal cord
The peripheral nervous system
Ganglia
Nerves
Neurons (axon, dendrite, and cell body)
Sensory and motor neurons
The somatic nervous system
The autonomic nervous system
The sympathetic, parasympathetic, and enteric nervous systems
How messages are sent through the body
Nerve impulses and synapses
Diagram with the main structures of the nervous system
Diagram showing all the systems within the nervous system
Non-damaging vs damaging input
*I have a 289 slide show of 12 body systems (Circulatory, Respiratory, Digestive, Excretory, Endocrine, Nervous, Muscular, Skeletal, Integumentary, Reproductive, Lymphatic, and Immune) available for a 20% discount if you are looking for all of the systems.
This 26 slide PPT covers the structures and functions of the reproductive system.
Female reproductive system
Ovum structure and function
Menstrual cycle and menstruation
Path of unfertilized and fertilized ova
Fertilized ovum implantation
Ovary, fallopian tube, uterus, cervix, vagina
Male reproductive system
Sperm and semen structure and function
Path of sperm for reproduction
Testis, epididymis, vas deferens, ejaculatory duct, prostate gland, urethra, penis
One week of Scientific Method Bellringers FREE!
Answer Key Included!
Other bellringers available:
Four weeks of the Scientific Method HERE
Five weeks of the Cell HERE
Four weeks of Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration HERE
Three weeks of General Ecology HERE
Four weeks of Biomes HERE
You will receive 5 days of bellringers/warm ups
Topics covered:
Word of the Week: Hypothesis
Read and Respond: Scientific Theory
Compare and Contrast: Qualitative and Quantitative
Problem Solving: Classifying Objects
Anything Goes: Aristotle
Two weeks of **Cellular Transport Bellringers **with handouts for student answers!
Answer Key Included
You will receive 10 days of bellringers/warm ups
Week 1:
Word of the Week: Plasma Membrane
Read and Respond: Passive Transport
Compare and Contrast: Passive and Active Transports
Problem Solving: Diffusion
Anything Goes: Concentration Gradient
Week 2:
Word of the Week: Cell Wall
Read and Respond: Tonicity
Compare and Contrast: Endocytosis and Exocytosis
Problem Solving: Protein Transport within the Cell
Anything Goes: Endocytosis
Three weeks of The Cell Bellringers with handouts for student answers!
Answer Key Included
You will receive 17 days of bellringers/warm ups
Week 1:
Word of the Week: Cell Theory
Read and Respond: Three Tenets of the Cell Theory
Compare and Contrast: Prokaryote and Eukaryote
Problem Solving: Prokaryote and Eukaryote Evolution
Anything Goes: Schleiden, Schwann, and Virchow
Week 2:
Word of the Week: Nucleus
Read and Respond: Importance of the Plasma Membrane
Compare and Contrast: Animal Cell and Plant Cell
Problem Solving: Flagellum and Cilia
Anything Goes: Robert Hooke
Week 3:
Word of the Week: Endoplasmic Reticulum
Read and Respond: Tolerance to Medication
Compare and Contrast: Smooth and Rough ER
Problem Solving: Cell Organelle Analogy
Anything Goes: Antoine van Leeuwenhoek
2 Bonus Slides Included:
Anything Goes: Animal Cell Structures
Anything Goes: Plant Cell Structures
wo weeks of The Chemistry of Life Bellringers with handouts for student answers!
Answer Key Included
You will receive 10 days of bellringers/warm ups
Week 1:
Word of the Week: Macromolecule
Read and Respond: Lipids
Compare and Contrast: Disaccharide and Polysaccharide
Problem Solving: Phospholipids
Anything Goes: Carbohydrates
Week 2:
Word of the Week: Amino Acid
Read and Respond: Nucleic Acids
Compare and Contrast: Protein and Nucleic Acid
Problem Solving: Protein Structure
Anything Goes: Changing Protein Structure