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I teach 6th, 7th and 8th grade science in Georgia. I taught in Massachusetts for 8 years as well. I love teaching and finding ways to connect with students.

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I teach 6th, 7th and 8th grade science in Georgia. I taught in Massachusetts for 8 years as well. I love teaching and finding ways to connect with students.
Heredity & Genetics ESCAPE ROOM LESSON
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Heredity & Genetics ESCAPE ROOM LESSON

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Genetics, Protein Synthesis, Punnett Square, Phenotype Data--it's all in here. Use actual locks and boxes, OR use this fun lesson with a simple envelope system! Enough problems for 7 groups of students, or more if you use the problems in duplicate. I actually made different codes and problems for each group. With locks: utilizes 2 3-digit locks, one MasterLock combination lock, and one Key lock. Four boxes, some paper, and a lot of fun!! I got the locks at Dollar Tree, and the boxes are inexpensive unfinished wooden boxes. Your students will love it and want more. INCLUDES: 7 different transcription/translation problem sets for box/envelope 1 7 different Punnett Square Sets for box/envelope 2 7 different Ciphers and graph problems for box/envelope 3 TWO DIFFERENT (1 min or 2 min) Speed Bump Cards (color-coded) for each group. (So fun to throw a team out for a minute or two--also color-coded) Hint Tickets/Cards for all 3 boxes, color-coded so you can keep track of whom you have given hints to. Need an editable version? I will email you a MS publisher file after purchase of this pdf. Please email shancrafty@gmail.com with subject line GENETICS ESCAPE ROOM. Thanks! .
Evolution Escape Room Game! Breakout Lesson, Great fun!
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Evolution Escape Room Game! Breakout Lesson, Great fun!

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Darwin, his journey, evidence for evolution, cladograms--it's all in here. Use actual locks and boxes, OR use this fun lesson with a simple envelope system! Enough problems for 6 groups of students, or more if you use the problems in duplicate. I actually made different codes and problems for each group. With locks: utilizes 3, 3-digit locks, one MasterLock combination lock, four boxes, some paper, and a lot of fun!! I got the locks and toolboxes at Dollar Tree, or I also bought inexpensive unfinished wooden boxes. Your students will love it and want more. INCLUDES: 6 different codes to get your students started (hide in room somewhere) 6 different cladogram interpretation problem sets for box 2's combination. 6 different ciphers and comprehension/study questions for box 3's combination. 6 different map analysis problems for box 4's combination. TWO DIFFERENT (1 min or 2 min) Speed Bump Cards (color-coded) for each group. (So fun to throw a team out for a minute or two--also color-coded) Hint Tickets/Cards for all 3 boxes, color-coded so you can keep track of whom you have given hints to. Need an editable version? I will email you a MS publisher file after purchase of this pdf. Please email shancrafty@gmail.com with subject line GENETICS ESCAPE ROOM. Thanks! .
Escape Room Bundle: Genetics/Protein Synthesis AND Evolution: Two Breakout Lessons in One File!
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Escape Room Bundle: Genetics/Protein Synthesis AND Evolution: Two Breakout Lessons in One File!

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Two escape room lessons in one deal! My Genetics/Protein Synthesis AND my Evolution escape room lessons together as one file! Evolution: Darwin, his journey, evidence for evolution, cladograms--it's all in here. Use actual locks and boxes, OR use this fun lesson with a simple envelope system! Enough problems for 6 groups of students, or more if you use the problems in duplicate. I actually made different codes and problems for each group. With locks: utilizes 3, 3-digit locks, one MasterLock combination lock, four boxes, some paper, and a lot of fun!! I got the locks and toolboxes at Dollar Tree, or I also bought inexpensive unfinished wooden boxes. Your students will love it and want more. INCLUDES: 6 different codes to get your students started (hide in room somewhere) 6 different cladogram interpretation problem sets for box 2's combination. 6 different ciphers and comprehension/study questions for box 3's combination. 6 different map analysis problems for box 4's combination. Genetics, Protein Synthesis, Punnett Square, Phenotype Data--it's all in here. Use actual locks and boxes, OR use this fun lesson with a simple envelope system! Enough problems for 7 groups of students, or more if you use the problems in duplicate. I actually made different codes and problems for each group. With locks: utilizes 2 3-digit locks, one MasterLock combination lock, and one Key lock. Four boxes, some paper, and a lot of fun!! I got the locks at Dollar Tree, and the boxes are inexpensive unfinished wooden boxes. Your students will love it and want more. INCLUDES: 7 different transcription/translation problem sets for box/envelope 1 7 different Punnett Square Sets for box/envelope 2 7 different Ciphers and graph problems for box/envelope 3 TWO DIFFERENT (1 min or 2 min) Speed Bump Cards (color-coded) for each group. (So fun to throw a team out for a minute or two--also color-coded) Hint Tickets/Cards for all 3 boxes, color-coded so you can keep track of whom you have given hints to. Need an editable version? I will email you a MS publisher file after purchase of this pdf. Please email shancrafty@gmail.com with subject line GENETICS ESCAPE ROOM. Thanks! . .
Finding Dory Bundle: All Three of my Finding Dory Worksheets in One!
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Finding Dory Bundle: All Three of my Finding Dory Worksheets in One!

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This is a bundle of all three of my Finding Dory worksheets. 12 pages total. Each worksheet is one page, double-sided. Each answer key is one page, double sided. Includes: The Science of Finding Dory (25 questions) Environmental Science in Finding Dory (13 questions) The Psychology of Finding Dory (13 questions) Each guide has its own answer key. Each addresses slightly different topics, but some questions do overlap.
Energy Cubing Bundle-Differentiated Energy Lesson
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Energy Cubing Bundle-Differentiated Energy Lesson

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Use a cube to determine your destiny! Create WANTED! Posters for potential and kinetic energy, Includes the potential or kinetic card sort, the wanted poster templates, a Venn diagram template, directions for other activities. Differentiate by product, quantity, etc.
Astronomy Bloom Ball
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Astronomy Bloom Ball

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Students use these 12 templates to create a Bloom Ball about Astronomy! This follows the Georgia Performance Standard S6E1. Students will look at geocentric and heliocentric views of the universe, the big bang theory, inner and outer planets, galaxies and our position in the milky way, asteroids/comets/meteoroids, and the moon.
Energy Bundle
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Energy Bundle

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Card sort, webquest, mini-project and cubing bundle all in one! Save $4!
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate-129 Words for Your Word Wall
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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate-129 Words for Your Word Wall

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129 key vocabulary terms from The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly. What a great novel to read in Science class, OR in Language Arts class! Follow the determined Callie Vee as she denounces the boundaries defined for girls in 1899 Texas. She wants to be a scientist, seeks out to discover a new species, and reads Darwin's work. A must-read! Each word has a definition AND a picture clue.
WEATHER/METEOROLOGY Escape Room!
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WEATHER/METEOROLOGY Escape Room!

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Students interpret weather data, answer questions about climate and weather, and open boxes to get more clues. Don't have boxes? That's ok! Create your own escape room experience with envelopes or pencil boxes. Have students decipher and answer riddles about weather. Students demonstrate their meteorology knowledge AND have a blast! Setup for 6 different groups, six different codes. You can adapt it to fit an envelope system OR a 3 digit resettable lock and master locks. I bought mine (not resettable) at Dollar Tree, combos are on the outside of the package, so that is an option too! Use this as inspiration for even more Escape Room Lessons! INCLUDES: 6 different sets of general climate/weather question sets to open box 2 6 different sets of weather analysis questions to open box 3 6 encrypted riddles that students decipher and answer to get the ticket for the next code 6 tickets to give students the code for the last locks TWO DIFFERENT (1 min or 2 min) Speed Bump Cards (color-coded) for each group. (So fun to throw a team out for a minute or two--also color-coded) Hint Tickets/Cards for all 3 boxes, color-coded so you can keep track of whom you have given hints to Need an editable version to customize it to your locks? Go ahead and email me at shancrafty@gmail.com to make arrangements after purchase.
Layers of the Earth and Plate Tectonics Study Guide!
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Layers of the Earth and Plate Tectonics Study Guide!

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Great little resource, one-page booklet that covers the following topics: ~Layers of the Earth (and compare them in terms of temperature, thickness, density, and composition) ~Tectonic Plates ~ Plate Boundaries ~Continental Drift Theory Made of thinking maps, with word bank included. Answer key attached as well.
Write Anything--Periodic Table Bulletin Board Lettering
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Write Anything--Periodic Table Bulletin Board Lettering

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This is a set of periodic table squares so you can create a bulletin board spelling out words, phrases or even your name! All of the letters are represented in this document, including J and Q...but of course they don't have Just print out the pages you need and voila! Easy, clever bulletin board. Print in color or gray scale.
Acceleration Determination
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Acceleration Determination

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Students complete a 20 meter run and use the data to calculate their velocity and then they calculate their acceleration. Students use the data to graph their results. Great lab--only requires a stopwatch (or digital timer), graph paper, a meter stick to measure out your "track," and tape to mark the 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 meter marks.