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I am a Biology Teacher passionate about teaching Science and communicating my teaching practices to a wider audience! I have ten years professional experience in public middle and high-schools and I am currently involved in teacher training. My educational resourses concern Science courses and Biology in particular. They combine novel pedagogical approaches with state-of-the-art advances in biological research to motivate students to learn by inquiry and build strong scientific competences.

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I am a Biology Teacher passionate about teaching Science and communicating my teaching practices to a wider audience! I have ten years professional experience in public middle and high-schools and I am currently involved in teacher training. My educational resourses concern Science courses and Biology in particular. They combine novel pedagogical approaches with state-of-the-art advances in biological research to motivate students to learn by inquiry and build strong scientific competences.
Adaptations of living organisms
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Adaptations of living organisms

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Engage your students in evolutionary thinking with this worksheet! Includes definitions of types of adaptations, comprehension questions, questions for the classroom, homework and extension activity. Please provide your feedback and visit my shop (Vasiliki's corner) for more activities in Biology!
Fossils! What happened in the past?
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Fossils! What happened in the past?

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Everything your students need to know about fossils and fossilization! It also includes extension activities suitable for 7-8th grade students. My students are always curious about the fossil formation, life in the past, extinction and evolution of organisms and are happy to search for information and examples to support scientific explanations. It is aligned with NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: ESS1C, Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns and Science Practice: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions. The educational resource consists of the worksheet that guides the teacher and students step-by-step through all the important topics about fossils in a comprehensive way.
Water quality activity 2
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Water quality activity 2

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Students use sim river to vitrually collect water samples to assess the water quality in their area according to season of samlping and draw conclusions or make predictions of future scenarios.
Being Young Darwin
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Being Young Darwin

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Set up an exciting project for your students to act about the environment and sustainability. Help them become active thinkers and explorer in the spirit of Charles Darwin. The resource consists of a file with instructions about the project "discover nature in your area" and extension activities about monitoring and recording biodiversity, air pollution and promoting active citizenship in urban green spaces.
Inside the Earth!
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Inside the Earth!

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Everything your students need to know about the earth's interior, plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes in one activity! It also includes extension activities suitable for 7-8th grade students. My students are always curious about the formation of the earth, the cause and effects of geological phenomena and are happy to search for information and examples to support scientific explanations. It is aligned with NGSS Core Disciplinary Ideas ESS1C and 2B, Cross-cutting Concepts: Cause and Effect and Science Practice: Analyzing and Interpreting Data. The educational resource consists of the worksheet that guides the teacher and students step-by-step through all the important topics about the inside of the earth in a comprehensive way.
Water quality activity 3
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Water quality activity 3

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Students use sim river to virtually collect water samples to assess the water quality in an "imaginary" area of their choice to draw conclusions or make predictions of future scenarios.
Water quality activity 1
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Water quality activity 1

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Students use sim river to vitrually collect water samples to assess the water quality in their area in three different locations and draw conclusions or make predictions of future scenarios.
Discover Urban Green Spaces
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Discover Urban Green Spaces

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Engage your students in project based learning, incorporating Google earth activities and field study at their neighborhood! Plus you get to make them care about urban environment and promote active citizenship! I greatly appreciate your feedback so please leave your comments.
Using scientific paradigms and molecular data to teach evolution
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Using scientific paradigms and molecular data to teach evolution

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This educational scenario illustrates scientific concepts regarding evolution. It enables the students to actively explore evolutionary paradigms, work as scientists, develop professional skills for collecting, analyzing and interpreting data. It is suitable for grades 10-12. It is also aligned with NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity , LS4.B: Natural Selection, LS4.C: Adaptation, LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience, Science Practices: Analyzing and Interpreting Data, Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions, Engaging in Argument from Evidence and Crosscutting Concepts: Connections to Nature of Science. Educational materials in this resource: Evolution Teacher Guide Worksheet 1:The birds of paradise Worksheet 2:Evolution in action in the Congo river Worksheet 3:The evolution of elephants PowerPoint presentation: Evolution of elephants evaluation
Organisms and their environment
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Organisms and their environment

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Use this assessment activity to evaluate your student's knowledge and skills concerning organisms and their environment! Students will put their capabilities to the test regarding concepts such as food chains, webs and pyramids, ecological interactions and major environmental issues. It is suitable for 8 and 9th grade students. This activity is suggested as an one-hour assessment after teaching the relevant subject. The teacher should have installed the Microsoft mouse mischief plug-in on their PowerPoint software and made sure they have enough wireless mice for all the students' groups to use. My students' really enjoy this kind of assessment because it is competitive and fun! It is aligned with NGSS disciplinary Core Ideas: LS1C, LS2B and LS2C.
Chemistry collection
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Chemistry collection

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Do your students struggle with the Periodic Table and Chemical Elements? Well no more! Make chemistry lessons a time for fun! Includes classroom worksheets and activities.
Environmental Education
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Environmental Education

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Learning by doing is the essence of education! Give your students the opportunity to participate in hands-on projects about the environment and sustainability, foster positive behavioral change and help then build citizen communities that are active in improving the state of their local environment. Includes guidelines for setting-up projects, digital tools for monitoring the environment and questions for suggesting solutions.
Evolution explained!
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Evolution explained!

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Help your students become little scientists exploring evolution with this educational "kit" that includes activities with actual scientific data and real-world scenarios. You will also find digital resources, teacher guides and extension activities.
Earth Science Collection
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Earth Science Collection

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Teach about the biosphere, demographics, earth's history and organisms of the past with these amazing activities that include student worksheets, extension exercises and revision exam!
Water Quality Digital Resources
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Water Quality Digital Resources

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Want your students to be able to make hypotheses, test predictions, collect and analyze data to come up with conclusions and future environmental scenarios? Then this is the perfect bundle for you! Includes educational simulations and student worksheets.
Underwater Adventures!
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Underwater Adventures!

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Make Life Science fascinating with these amazing resources about the secrets of the deep sea and the stories of its creatures!
Changes in the world population
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Changes in the world population

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In this new section "Education for sustainability" your students will explore the moden challenges faced by humankind starting with population growth. This worksheet will help your students trace changes in the world polulation, predict future scenarios and think about curbing this growth trend.