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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
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
Trigonometry: Angles and Length - Geometry Escape Room - Math
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Trigonometry: Angles and Length - Geometry Escape Room - Math

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their skills with finding the angle and length of right triangles. Contents: ♦ Teacher Instructions and FAQ ♦ 3 Levels to decode: Multiple Choice, Message Decoder, and Maze ♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key ♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
Black History Month Word Search
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Black History Month Word Search

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Black History Month: This black history month word search celebrates the African American heroes throughout history. The solution to the puzzle is included. This Word Search contains the following people: ♦ Booker T. Washington ♦ Coretta Scott King ♦ Dorothy Height ♦ Elijah McCoy ♦ Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman ♦ Frederick Douglass ♦ Harriet Tubman ♦ Lewis Latimer ♦ Malcolm X ♦ Marcus Garvey ♦ Martin Luther King Jr. ♦ Mary Seacole ♦ Maya Angelou ♦ Muhammad Ali ♦ Nelson Mandela ♦ Rosa Parks ♦ Ruby Bridges ♦ Sarah E. Goode ♦ Sojourner Truth ♦ Thurgood Marshall Thank you to Teachers Resource Force who provided the images
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
Parts of Speech
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These parts of speech cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different types of parts of speech. Contents: 1. Students identify the part of speech from its definition (an example sentence is given in the answer with the part of speech underlined) 2. Students identify each part of speech within a sentence (The correct words are underlined in the answer section) 3. Students identify the part of speech from example words The following parts of speech are used within this product: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections ***** Enjoy this Lesson? Do a search for my other Cootie Catchers: ***** ♦ Reading Strategies: Authors Purpose Cause and Effect Character Traits Compare and Contrast with Pictures Compare and Contrast Creative and Critical Thinking Drawing Conclusions Fact or Opinion Figurative Language Fluency Generalizations Genre Identification Genre Types Idioms Inference Literary Devices Main Idea Metaphors Nonfiction Text Features Paraphrasing Parts of a Book Personification Point of View Predictions Reading Comprehension Reading Response Questions Restating the Question Sequencing Setting Similes Story Elements Summarizing Text Structures Text Structures: Informational Text Structures Theme Writing Prompts ♦ Vocabulary: Analogies (Grades 3-5) Analogies (Grades 6-8) Analogies (Grade 9) Antonyms Compound Words Context Clues Greek and Latin Roots Homophones Homonyms Multiple Meaning Words Prefixes Root Words Shades of Meaning Spelling Suffixes Synonyms Tone and Mood Transition Words ♦ Grammar: Adjective Identification Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative Adverbs Appositives Apostrophes Capitalization Clauses Commas Conjunctions Contractions Mentor Sentences Nouns: Common, Proper, and Plural Nouns: Collective Nouns: Common and Proper Nouns: Irregular Plural Nouns: Plural Nouns Nouns: Possessive Nouns Parts of Speech Prepositions Prepositional Phrases Pronouns: Identification Pronouns: Possessive Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Quotation Marks Sentence Types Sentences: Fragments and Run-Ons Sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex Subject and Predicate: Complete and Compound Verb Identification Verb Tenses Verbs: Helping Verbs: Irregular Verbs: Subject Verb Agreement
Water Cycle
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Water Cycle

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Water Cycle: This water cycle lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each stage of the water cycle and write what they find on the provided blank lines. This lapbook also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in each stage of the water cycle. A completed lapbook with answers is included. Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page) This water cycle lapbook contains the following: 1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook 2. Completed facts for each stage: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff, Transpiration 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each water cycle stage 4. Check out the preview for more details Thank you to Truthme 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
Cell Organelles Task Cards
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Cell Organelles Task Cards

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These task cards are a great way for students to practice their skills identifying the structures within cells and their functions. This product contains 24 cards with multiple choice questions about the different cell organelles and structures and their functions. A recording sheet and an answer key are included. Blank cards are also included for questions to be added, if wanted. The same 24 cards are also available as open ended questions.
Forms of Energy Escape Room
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Forms of Energy Escape Room

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge of the different forms of energy. 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
Prefixes and Suffixes
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Prefixes and Suffixes

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to practice their skills with prefixes and suffixes. 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
Digestive System Word Search
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Digestive System Word Search

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This word search on the digestive system includes the following vocabulary terms. The solution to the puzzle is included. ♦ Esophagus ♦ Gallbladder ♦ Large Intestine ♦ Liver ♦ Mouth ♦ Pancreas ♦ Rectum ♦ Small Intestine ♦ Stomach
Trojan War Activity: Escape Room Social Studies (Homer's Iliad and Odyssey)
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Trojan War Activity: Escape Room Social Studies (Homer's Iliad and Odyssey)

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge with the Trojan War as told within Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. This escape room focuses on the events of the Trojan War through the identification of the many figures involved. 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
oi oy Vowel Team: Phonics Word Search/ Coloring Sheet
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oi oy Vowel Team: Phonics Word Search/ Coloring Sheet

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This word search on the oi and oy vowel team also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included. Vocabulary Terms Included: ♦ Boil ♦ Boy ♦ Coil ♦ Coin ♦ Enjoy ♦ Joint ♦ Oyster ♦ Royal ♦ Toilet ♦ Toy ♦ Voice ♦ Voyage
Digestive System Task Cards
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Digestive System Task Cards

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These task cards are a great way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of the digestive system. This product contains 24 cards with multiple choice questions about the digestive system. A recording sheet and an answer key are included. Blank cards are also included for questions to be added, if wanted. The same 24 cards are also available as open ended questions.
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Seasons

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Seasons: Reasons for the Seasons PowerPoint: This lesson on the reason for the seasons incorporates easy to understand interactive/ animations, easy to understand analogies, and questions which keep students engaged while learning about the real reasons for the seasons. This lesson contains 39 slides and should run a full class period or two to teach, and contains the following Slide Titles: All slides have pictures and or moving animations explaining the concept ♦ Earth & Sun Size and Distance (2 slides) ♦ Earth's Orbit (2 slides) ♦ Earth's Axis (3 slides) ♦ Earth Around the Sun (2 slides) ♦ Earth's Tilt and the Seasons (2 slides) ♦ Punching a basketball - Direct light analogy (2 slides) ♦ Light Intensity Animation (2 slides) ♦ Skipping stone and falling stone - Direct light analogy (3 slides) ♦ Direct and Indirect Light Animation (2 slides) ♦ Earth's Axis and the Seasons (6 slides) ♦ Why the sun is high, medium or low in the sky (4 slides) ♦ Why the Sun never rises or sets on the North/ South Pole (8 slides)
Mesoamerican Civilizations: Escape Room - Social Studies (Aztecs, Mayans, Incas)
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Mesoamerican Civilizations: Escape Room - Social Studies (Aztecs, Mayans, Incas)

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This bundle includes all of the escape rooms listed below. Important: All these products sell for $15; as a bundle they are 35% off, for $9! Each escape room has 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 ♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
Balancing Equations Task Cards
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Balancing Equations Task Cards

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Balancing Equations: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice their skills with addition and balancing equations. Each problem involves addition problems which has students calculate the missing number within the equation. An answer key is provided. 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
Arrays Task Cards
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Arrays: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice multiplication through arrays. An answer key is provided. 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