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I have been a science teacher in an urban School District for 7 years. During this time I have had the opportunity to experience teaching within classrooms at all levels of performance abilities, including full inclusion, and highly advanced classes. I have taught middle school science (both the 7th and 8th grade) and at the high school level (9th to 12th grade science) including Anatomy, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, and Physical Science I have a PA Professional Certi

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I have been a science teacher in an urban School District for 7 years. During this time I have had the opportunity to experience teaching within classrooms at all levels of performance abilities, including full inclusion, and highly advanced classes. I have taught middle school science (both the 7th and 8th grade) and at the high school level (9th to 12th grade science) including Anatomy, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, and Physical Science I have a PA Professional Certi
Biomes Lapbook
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Biomes Lapbook: This Biomes lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each biome 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 biome. A completed biomes lapbook with answers is included. Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page) Biomes Lapbook Contents: 1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the biomes lapbook 2. Biomes included with completed facts: Savannah, Grassland, Temperate forest, Taiga, Tundra, Rainforest, Alpine, Desert 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each biome 4. Check out the preview for more details Thank you to The Lost Teacher and Educlips who provided the images ***** Do a search for my other Lapbooks in the folllowing topics: ***** 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
Independent and Dependent Variables Escape Room
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Independent and Dependent Variables Escape Room

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge of independent variables, dependent variables, constants, and control groups the electromagnetic spectrum. 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
Lab Equipment Word Search
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Lab Equipment Word Search

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Lab Equipment: This lab equipment word search also doubles as a coloring book!. The advantage to this is that students can actually see the concept behind the term they are attempting to find. The Solution to the puzzle is included. This Lab Equipment Word Search/ Coloring Book contains the following terms: ♦ Beaker ♦ Bunsen Burner ♦ Crucible ♦ Dropper ♦ Evaporating Dish ♦ Filter Flask ♦ Flask ♦ Graduated Cylinder ♦ Microscope ♦ Mortar and Pestle ♦ Petri Dish ♦ Pipette ♦ Test Tube ♦ Thermometer ♦ Tongs ♦ Wash Bottle Thank you to Glitter Meets Glue Designs who provided the images
Human Body Systems Crossword Puzzle
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Human Body Systems Crossword Puzzle

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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
Bones PowerPoint: Structure, Composition, and Bone Growth
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Bones PowerPoint: Structure, Composition, and Bone Growth

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Bones PowerPoint: This PowerPoint on Bones is geared to any High School Biology or Anatomy class/grade. The purpose of this PowerPoint is to summarize the important information and concepts about Bones. There are 13 slides (excluding the title slide) on this PowerPoint which contain the following titles: Bone Composition Bone Structure External Features External Features Continued... How Bones Grow How Bones Grow Continued... Distraction Osteogenesis Internal Features Compact Bone Compact Bone Continued... Function of Osteocytes Spongy Bone Center of Long Bones
Scientific Method
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Scientific Method

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Scientific Method: These scientific method skittles labs are a fun way to have students learn about the scientific method. Scientific Method Skittles Lab contents: 1. Skittle Colors Lab: A. Question: Which color skittle is most common in a package of skittles? B. Developing a hypothesis C. Procedure D. Data Tables E. Graphing F. Post-Lab Questions 2. Skittles Mass and Amount Lab A. Question: How accurate are Skittles packages to one another in terms of mass and total number of Skittles? B. Developing a hypothesis C. Procedure D. Data and Analysis E. Post-Lab Questions
Animal Habitats Word Wall Cards
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Animal Habitats Word Wall Cards

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These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of the different types of plant and animal habitats. These can also be used as coloring cards! This product contains 9 cards with definitions and images for each term: ♦ Arctic ♦ Cave ♦ City ♦ Coral Reef ♦ Freshwater ♦ Habitat ♦ Marine ♦ Pond ♦ Swamp
Cell Structures Accordion Booklet
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Cell Structures Accordion Booklet

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Cell Structures: This cell structures accordion booklet is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research or show what they have learned by writing different facts on the provided blank lines about the different types of cellular structures. This booklet also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in examples of each cellular structure. A completed booklet with answers is included. Cell Structures Accordion Booklet Contents: 1. Assembly Instructions for the booklet 2. Cell Structures Vocabulary terms: (with completed facts) Cell wall, Lysosome, Chloroplast, Mitochondria, Ribosome, Nucleus, Smooth endoplasmic reticulum, Rough endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi, Cell membrane 3. Blank versions with lines for students to write their own facts for each cell structure 4. A smaller version of #1, 2, & 3 to fit smaller pieces of construction paper ***** Do a search for my other Accordion Booklets in the folllowing topics: ***** 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
Scientific Method
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Scientific Method

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Scientific Method: This scientific method accordion Booklet is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Scientific method accordion booklet can be used in the following ways: 1. For students to demonstrate their knowledge of how the scientific method is used 2. For students to use during scientific experiments 3. As a poster in the classroom for the scientific method This booklet also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in each picture depicting the scientific method. A completed booklet with answers is included. Scientific Method Booklet Contents: 1. Assembly Instructions for the scientific method booklet 2. Completed facts for each term: Question/ Problem/ Purpose, Hypothesis, Materials, Procedure, Data/ Results, Conclusion 3. Blank versions for students to write their own information about the experiment being conducted or the scientific method in general 4. A smaller version of #1, 2, & 3 to fit smaller pieces of construction paper ***** Do a search for my other Accordion Booklets in the folllowing topics: ***** 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
The Heart and Circulatory System Word Search
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The Heart and Circulatory System Word Search

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This word search on the structures of the heart includes the following vocabulary terms. The solution to the puzzle is included. ♦ Aorta ♦ Inferior Vena Cava ♦ Left Atrium ♦ Left Ventricle ♦ Pulmonary Artery ♦ Pulmonary Veins ♦ Right Atrium ♦ Right Ventricle ♦ Superior Vena Cava
Biomes Word Wall Cards
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Biomes Word Wall Cards

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These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of the different types of world biomes. These can also be used as coloring cards! This product contains 9 cards with definitions and images for each term: ♦ Alpine ♦ Biome ♦ Desert ♦ Grassland ♦ Rainforest ♦ Savanna ♦ Taiga ♦ Temperate Forest ♦ Tundra
Bones and Skeletal System Worksheet/ Word Search
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Bones and Skeletal System Worksheet/ Word Search

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This word search on the bones and structures of the skeletal system includes the following vocabulary terms. The solution to the puzzle is included. ♦ Ball and Socket ♦ Compact Bone ♦ Cranium ♦ Ligament ♦ Rib Cage ♦ Spine ♦ Spongy Bone ♦ Synovial Joint ♦ Tendon
DNA Replication Activity: Biology Escape Room - Science
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DNA Replication Activity: Biology Escape Room - Science

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of DNA replication. 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
Scientific Method Word Search/ Coloring Book
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Scientific Method Word Search/ Coloring Book

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Scientific Method: This scientific method word search also doubles as a coloring book!. The advantage to this is that students can actually see the concept behind the term they are attempting to find. The solution to the puzzle is included. Scientific Method Word Search/ Coloring Book Vocabulary: ♦ Bar Graph ♦ Classification ♦ Conclusion ♦ Data ♦ Experiment ♦ Hypothesis ♦ Line Graph ♦ Materials ♦ Measure ♦ Observation ♦ Pie Chart ♦ Prediction ♦ Procedure ♦ Question ♦ Research ♦ Variables
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Escape Room
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Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Escape Room

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These breakout escape rooms are a fun way for students to review photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Important Note: This product contains two separate escape rooms: one for photosynthesis and one for cellular respiration (not one together). Each escape room have the following 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 These lessons sell individually for $10; as a bundle they are 30% off, for $7!
Cell Organelles Escape Room
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Cell Organelles Escape Room

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of plant and animal cell organelles and their functions. 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
Fossil Record PowerPoint
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Fossil Record PowerPoint

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Fossils: This PowerPoint on The Fossil Record is geared to any Middle or High School Science or Biology class/grade. The purpose of this PowerPoint is to summarize the important information and concepts about the fossil record including: A. The different types of fossils and how to identify them B. How fossils form (with videos) C. Changes over time in fossils D. Evolution of whales E. Vestigial and Homologous structures On average this presentation should run approximately 15 to 35 minutes (depending on the amount of note-taking) of class time and is meant to either introduce or reinforce concepts. There are 30 slides (excluding the title slide) on this PowerPoint which contain the following titles: 5 Types of Fossils Body and Trace Fossils Mold, Cast and Resin Fossils Identify Each Type of Fossil (Identification game: 12 slides) Question (body or trace fossils) Answer How do Fossils Form? Fossil Formation Animations What type of Creature is More likely to Fossilize? Answer What does the Fossil Record Really look like? Question (about the Fossil Record) Answer Fun Facts Timeline of the Fossil Record Evolution of Whales Whale Evolution (short video) Vestigial Structures Homologous Structures (2 slides)
Digestive System Word Wall Cards
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Digestive System Word Wall Cards

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These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of the different structures of the digestive system. This product contains 8 cards with definitions and images for each term: ♦ Esophagus ♦ Gallbladder ♦ Large Intestine (Colon) ♦ Liver ♦ Mouth ♦ Pancreas ♦ Small Intestine ♦ Stomach
Immune System Escape Room - Science: Anatomy
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Immune System Escape Room - Science: Anatomy

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge with the immune system. 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