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
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
Layers of the Atmosphere Lapbook: This lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each layer of the atmosphere and write what they find on the provided blank lines. This lapbook also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in the picture of each object found in each layer. A completed lapbook with answers is included.
Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page)
This layers of the atmosphere lapbook contains the following:
1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook
2. Completed facts for each layer:
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each layer of the atmosphere
4. Check out the preview for more details
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Space Science:
♦ The Solar System: The Planets
♦ Eclipses
♦ Comets, Meteors, Meteoroids, Meteorites and Asteroids
Earth Science:
♦ Clouds
♦ Severe Weather
♦ Layers of the Atmosphere
♦ Volcanoes
♦ Fossils
♦ Plate Tectonics
♦ Natural Resources
♦ Layers of the Earth
♦ Rock Cycle
♦ Water Cycle
♦ Rocks and Minerals
♦ Landforms
Life Science:
♦ Biomes
♦ Life Cycle of Plants
♦ Human Body Systems
♦ Habitats
♦ Butterfly Life Cycle
♦ Frog Life Cycle
♦ Dinosaurs
♦ Animal Adaptations
♦ Six Kingdoms of Life
♦ Pumpkin Life Cycle
♦ Cell Structures
Physical Science:
♦ The Scientific Method
♦ Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures
♦ Forms of Energy
♦ Simple Machines
This crossword puzzle on sound and light waves is a fun vocabulary review for students and contains the following:
1. Blank Version without word bank
2. Blank Version with word bank
3. Answer Key
Vocabulary Words:
♦ Amplitude
♦ Compression
♦ Crest
♦ Diffraction
♦ Doppler Effect
♦ Electromagnetic Wave
♦ Frequency
♦ Interference
♦ Longitudinal Wave
♦ Mechanical Wave
♦ Medium
♦ Pitch
♦ Rarefaction
♦ Refraction
♦ Surface Wave
♦ Transverse Wave
♦ Trough
♦ Vibration
♦ Wave
♦ Wavelength
This word search on the different types of vertebrates and invertebrates also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
Vertebrates:
♦ Dolphin
♦ Wolf
♦ Frog
♦ Snake
♦ Fish
♦ Bird
Invertebrates:
♦ Ladybug
♦ Octopus
♦ Earthworm
♦ Lobster
♦ Jellyfish
♦ Snail
This word search on the forms of energy includes the following vocabulary terms. The solution to the puzzle is included.
♦ Nuclear
♦ Chemical
♦ Thermal
♦ Electrical
♦ Friction
♦ Elastic
♦ Sound
♦ Potential
♦ Kinetic
♦ Conduction
♦ Convection
♦ Radiation
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of the structure and function of DNA. Full "Letter" sized cards as well as smaller sized cards are provided.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ
♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions
♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Large Sized Cards and Smaller
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
Polygons: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice their skills with identifying the different types of polygons. There are 26 questions and an answer sheet and an answer key is provided.
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♦ 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
Missing Angles: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice geometry through angles.
Students must calculate the value of an angle given the different types of angles:
Complementary, Adjacent, Vertical, or Linear.
Answers are provided for each problem.
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♦ 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
Fractions, Decimals, Percents: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with converting fractions to decimals and percents. There are 26 questions and includes an answer sheet and an answer key.
Do a search for my other Math Task Cards:
♦ Ages 6-9:
Addition
Arrays
Balancing Equations
Coins
Estimating Sums
Expanded Form
Fact Families
Greater Than Less Than
Long Division
Missing Addends
Multiplication Word Problems
Number Bonds Word Problems
Skip Counting
Subtraction
Telling Time
♦ Ages 9-11:
Balancing Equations
Capacity
Comparing Decimals
Decimals
Elapsed Time
Expanded Form
Exponents
Fact Families
Factors & Multiples
Fractions
Fractions on a Number Line
Greater Than Less Than
Greatest Common Factors
Least Common Multiple
Long Division
Mean, Median, Mode, & Range
Metric Measurement
Mixed Numbers
Multiplication
Number Patterns
Order of Operations
Percents
Place Value
Prime & Composite Numbers
Prime Factorization
Probability
Properties of Mult.
Rounding
Word Problems
♦ Ages 11-14:
Customary Measurements
Fractions: Add & Sub, Decimals, & Percents
Fractions: Equivalent & Reducing Fractions
Greater Than Less Than
Improper Fractions & Mixed Numbers
Integers
Operations with Fractions
Rational Numbers
Ratios
Simple Interest
♦ Geometry:
3D Shapes
Angle Pair Relationships
Area of a Circle & Composite Figures
Circumference of a Circle
Missing Angles
Perimeter
Polygons
Pythagorean Theorem
Quadrilaterals
Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms
Volume & Surface Area of Cylinders
Volume of Cones, Rectangular Prisms, & Triangular Prisms
These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of force and motion.
This product contains 20 cards with definitions and images for each term:
♦ Acceleration
♦ Centripetal Force
♦ Energy
♦ Force
♦ Friction
♦ Gravity
♦ Inertia
♦ Kinetic Energy
♦ Magnet
♦ Mass
♦ Motion
♦ Net Force
♦ Potential Energy
♦ Projectile
♦ Rolling Friction
♦ Sliding Friction
♦ Speed
♦ Static Friction
♦ Velocity
♦ Weight
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to practice their skills with identifying the meaning of idioms.
Full “Letter” sized cards as well as smaller sized cards are provided.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ
♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions
♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Large Sized Cards and Smaller
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to practice their skills with collective nouns.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ
♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions
♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
Life Cycle of Stars PowerPoint: This lesson engages students by incorporating videos, high resolution pictures, and easy to understand explanations on the life cycle of stars.
This lesson contains 19 slides and should run a full class period or two to teach, and contains the following Slide Titles:
♦ The Life Cycle of Stars (Title Slide)
♦ Diagram of the Life Cycle of Stars
♦ Diagram of Small & Medium Mass Stars
♦ Life Cycle of Stars vs. Life Cycle of Humans
♦ Interstellar Cloud (with video)
♦ Protostar Formation (with video)
♦ Star Formation (with video)
♦ Red Giant Formation (with video)
♦ Planetary Nebula Animation
♦ Planetary Nebula: The Death of a Star (with 2 videos)
♦ White Dwarf: The Dead Star's Remains (with video)
♦ Diagram of Life Cycle of Massive Stars
♦ Large Star Formation
♦ Red Supergiant Formation (with video)
♦ Supernova Animation
♦ Supernova: The Death of a Red Supergiant (with 2 videos)
♦ Neutron Star: Death of Massive Stars (with 2 videos)
♦ Black Holes: Death of Super-massive Stars (with 2 videos)
♦ Diagram of the Life Cycle of Stars
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of the different parts of a flower as well as their functions. Full “Letter” sized cards as well as smaller sized cards are provided.
Important: Please view the Video Preview (found within the thumbnails above) for an explanation on how to decode the levels.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ
♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions
♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Large Sized Cards and Smaller
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of protein synthesis and gene regulation.
Keywords and Topics: Pedigree Analysis, Hardy-Weinberg problems, Inheritance patterns: Complete dominance, Incomplete dominance, Dihybrid cross, Codominance, Polygenic inheritance, Pleiotropy, Multiple Alleles, Epistasis
Important: Please view the Video Preview (found within the thumbnails above) for an explanation on how to decode the levels.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ
♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions
♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Large Sized Cards and Smaller
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
Civil Rights Cootie Catchers: are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different historical figures and events which occurred during the Civil Rights Movement. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
Contents:
1. Students identify the Famous Person from the Civil Rights Movement:
♦ John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Lyndon B. Johnson, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. John Lewis, George Wallace
2. Students Identify the term from the description:
♦ Brown v. Board of Education, Jim Crow Laws, Black Panthers, Plessy v. Ferguson, Civil Rights Act of 1968, Civil Rights Act of 1964, 1963 March on Washington,
Freedom Riders
3. Students create their own description for the vocabulary term
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United States History:
♦ 13 Colonies
♦ American Heroes
♦ American Revolution
♦ American Symbols
♦ Benjamin Franklin
♦ Bill of Rights
♦ Black History Month
♦ Boston Tea Party
♦ Branches of Government
♦ Christopher Columbus
♦ Civil Rights
♦ Civil War
♦ Cold War
♦ Columbian Exchange
♦ Constitution
♦ Declaration of Independence
♦ Dust Bowl
♦ Economics
♦ First Thanksgiving
♦ French and Indian War
♦ Gilded Age
♦ Great Depression
♦ Immigration
♦ Industrial Revolution
♦ Inventors
♦ Jamestown
♦ Lewis and Clark
♦ Lost Colony of Roanoke
♦ Louisiana Purchase
♦ Loyalists or Patriots
♦ Martin Luther King
♦ Native Americans
♦ Oregon Trail
♦ Pilgrims
♦ Progressive Era
♦ Reconstruction
♦ Spanish American War
♦ Texas Revolution
♦ Underground Railroad
♦ War of 1812
♦ Westward Expansion
♦ World War I
♦ World War II
World History:
♦ Absolute Monarchs
♦ European Explorers
♦ Famous Explorers
♦ French Revolution
♦ Holocaust
♦ Middle Ages
♦ Renaissance
♦ Crusades
♦ Titanic
♦ World War I
♦ World War II
Ancient History:
♦ China
♦ Egypt
♦ Greece
♦ India
♦ Rome
♦ Incas
♦ Aztecs
♦ Maya's
♦ Mesopotamia
♦ Vikings
Geography: East Africa Cootie Catchers: These cootie catchers/ fortune tellers are a great way for students to have fun while learning the countries of East Africa. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
This product includes the following 14 countries:
Burundi
Djibouti
Eritria
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mozambique
Rwanda
Somalia
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Life Cycle of Stars Accordion Booklet: This booklet is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each star phase and write what they find on the provided blank lines. A completed life cycle of stars booklet with answers is included.
This Life Cycle of Stars Booklet contains the following:
1. Assembly Instructions for the booklet.
Note: There are two booklets, depending on which star life cycle is being used
2. Completed facts for each of the following phases
Small - Medium Size Stars:
Interstellar cloud, protostar, Small/ medium star, Red giant,
Planetary nebula, White dwarf, Black dwarf
Large - Giant Size Stars:
Interstellar cloud, protostar, Large/ giant star, Red supergiant,
Supernova, Neutron star, Black hole
3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each phase
4. A smaller version of #1, 2, & 3 to fit smaller pieces of construction paper
5. Black and white versions of #1, 2, 3, and 4
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Space Science:
♦ The Solar System: The Planets
♦ Eclipses
♦ Comets, Meteors, Meteoroids, Meteorites and Asteroids
♦ Life Cycle of Stars
♦ Constellations of the Zodiac
Earth Science:
♦ Clouds
♦ Severe Weather
♦ Layers of the Atmosphere
♦ Volcanoes
♦ Fossils
♦ Plate Tectonics
♦ Natural Resources
♦ Layers of the Earth
♦ Rock Cycle
♦ Water Cycle
♦ Rocks and Minerals
♦ Landforms
Life Science:
♦ Biomes
♦ Life Cycle of Plants
♦ Human Body Systems
♦ Habitats
♦ Butterfly Life Cycle
♦ Frog Life Cycle
♦ Dinosaurs
♦ Animal Adaptations
♦ Six Kingdoms of Life
♦ Pumpkin Life Cycle
♦ Cell Structures
Physical Science:
♦ The Scientific Method
♦ Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures
♦ Forms of Energy
♦ Simple Machines
This crossword puzzle on natural resources is a fun vocabulary review for students and contains the following:
1. Blank Version without word bank
2. Blank Version with word bank
3. Answer Key
Vocabulary Words:
♦ Biomass
♦ Coal
♦ Fossil Fuels
♦ Geothermal
♦ Hydroelectric
♦ Natural Gas
♦ Nonrenewable
♦ Nuclear
♦ Renewable
♦ Solar
This crossword puzzle on the different human body systems is a fun vocabulary review for students and contains the following:
1. Blank Version without word bank
2. Blank Version with word bank
3. Answer Key
Vocabulary Words:
♦ Cardiovascular
♦ Digestive
♦ Endocrine
♦ Excretory
♦ Integumentary
♦ Lymphatic
♦ Muscular
♦ Nervous
♦ Reproductive
♦ Respiratory
♦ Skeletal