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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
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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)
Plate Tectonics Lapbook
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Plate Tectonics Lapbook

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Plate Tectonics: This plate tectonics lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each plate tectonics term and write what they find on the provided blank lines. A completed lapbook with answers is included. Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page) Plate Tectonics Lapbook Contents: 1. How to Use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook 2. Plate tectonics vocabulary with completed facts: Divergent boundary, Convergent boundary, Transform boundary, Fault, Tectonic Plates, Hot Spot, Convection current, Volcano 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each term 4. Check out the preview for more details 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
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
Water Cycle
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Water Cycle: This water cycle crossword puzzle is a fun vocabulary review on the water cycle for students and contains the following: 1. Blank Version without word bank 2. Blank Version with word bank 3. Answer Key 4. Vocabulary Words: ♦ Aquifer ♦ Atmosphere ♦ Cloud ♦ Condensation ♦ Evaporation ♦ Groundwater ♦ Ocean ♦ Precipitation ♦ Runoff ♦ Sun ♦ Surface Water ♦ Transpiration ♦ Water Cycle ♦ Water Vapor
Six Kingdoms of Life Lapbook
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Six Kingdoms of Life Lapbook

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Six Kingdoms of Life Lapbook: is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each kingdom 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 type of organism. A completed lapbook with answers is included. Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page) This six kingdoms of life lapbook contains the following: 1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook 2. Completed facts for each kingdom: Animalia, Plantae, Protista, Fungi, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for kingdom of life 4. Check out the preview for more details 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
Layers of the Earth Cootie Catchers
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Layers of the Earth Cootie Catchers

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Layers of the Earth: These cootie catchers about the layers of the Earth are a great way for students to have fun while learning about each layer of the Earth. Playing directions and folding Directions (with pictures) are Included. There are 3 different versions, each in color & black and white for a total of 6 usable pages which include the following: 1. Students Identify the vocabulary term from the description 2. Students create their own description for the vocabulary term 3. Students identify the vocabulary term from the picture These cootie catchers contain the following vocabulary terms: ♦ Inner core, Outer core, Mantle, Asthenosphere, Lithosphere, Crust, Fault, Tectonic plate Do a search for my other Cootie Catchers in the folllowing topics: Space Science: ♦ Comets, Meteors, & Asteroids ♦ Constellations ♦ Eclipses ♦ Life Cycles of Stars ♦ Moon Phases ♦ Planets ♦ Solar System and Space ♦ Clouds ♦ Earthquakes & Plate Tectonics ♦ Erosion ♦ Fossils ♦ Layers of the Atmosphere ♦ Layers of the Earth ♦ Landforms ♦ Natural Disasters ♦ Natural Resources ♦ Rock Cycle ♦ Rocks and Minerals ♦ Seasons ♦ Soil ♦ Volcanoes ♦ Water Cycle ♦ Weather Life Science: ♦ Animal Adaptations ♦ Biomes ♦ Cell Organelles ♦ Classification and Taxonomy ♦ Ecosystems ♦ Evolution ♦ Food Web ♦ Habitats ♦ Human Body ♦ Life Cycles ♦ Photosynthesis ♦ Plants ♦ Six Kingdoms of Life Physical Science: ♦ Atomic Structure ♦ Circuits ♦ Element Compound and Mixture ♦ Force and Motion ♦ Forms of Energy ♦ Light Energy ♦ Magnets ♦ Reflection and Refraction ♦ Scientific Method ♦ Simple Machines ♦ Sound Energy ♦ States of Matter ♦ Thermal Energy ♦ Waves
Countries of Europe: Social Studies Escape Room Geography
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Countries of Europe: Social Studies Escape Room Geography

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to review their geography skills by identifying all the countries within Europe. This escape room is recommended for students who have finished reviewing all the countries in Europe, however, it can still be played as a fun game if given a map of Europe with the countries labeled; such a map is also provided. Contents: ♦ Teacher Instructions and FAQ ♦ 4 Levels to decode: Multiple Choice, Message Decoder, Tarsia Puzzle, and Maze ♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key ♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
Countries of Asia: Social Studies Escape Room Geography
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Countries of Asia: Social Studies Escape Room Geography

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to review their geography skills by identifying all the countries within Asia. This escape room is recommended for students who have finished reviewing all the countries in Asia, however, it can still be played as a fun game if given a map of Asia with the countries labeled; such a map is also provided. Contents: ♦ Teacher Instructions and FAQ ♦ 4 Levels to decode: Multiple Choice, Message Decoder, Tarsia Puzzle, and Maze ♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key ♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
Continents Lapbook
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Continents Lapbook

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Continents: This continents lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may show what they have learned or research each continent and write what they find on the provided blank lines. A completed lapbook with answers is included. Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page) This Continents lapbook contains the following: 1. How to Use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook 2. Completed facts for each of the 7 Continents 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each continent 4. Check out the preview for more details
Water Cycle Accordion Booklet
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Water Cycle Accordion Booklet

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Water Cycle: This water cycle booklet 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 booklet also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in the different phases of the water cycle. A completed water cycle booklet with answers is included. Water Cycle Accordion Booklet Contents: 1. Assembly Instructions for the water cycle booklet 2. Water Cycle Vocabulary Terms: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff, Transpiration 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each stage of the water cycle 4. A smaller version of #1, 2, & 3 to fit smaller pieces of construction paper Thank you to TruthMe and The Enlightened Elephant who provided the images 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
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Water Cycle: This water cycle 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. Water Cycle Word Search/ Coloring Book Vocabulary Terms: ♦ Air ♦ Cloud ♦ Condensation ♦ Dew ♦ Evaporation ♦ Frost ♦ Lake ♦ Ocean ♦ Precipitation ♦ Puddle ♦ River ♦ Runoff ♦ Transpiration ♦ Water Cycle ♦ Water Molecule ♦ Water Vapor Thank you to Illumismart, Ashley Hughes, The Enlightened Elephant, and Truthme who provided the images
Rock Cycle Word Search/ Coloring Book
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Rock Cycle Word Search/ Coloring Book

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Rock Cycle: This 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. Rock Cycle Word Search/ Coloring Book Vocabulary Terms: ♦ Igneous Rock ♦ Lava ♦ Metamorphic Rock ♦ Mineral ♦ Sediment ♦ Sedimentary Rock ♦ Sediment Layers ♦ Subduction Zone ♦ Volcanic Fissure ♦ Volcano ♦ Water Erosion ♦ Wind Erosion Thank you to Monster Wrangler Mike, Teaching in the Tongass and The Painted Crow who provided the images
Natural Resources Word Search
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Natural Resources Word Search

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Natural Resources: This natural resources word search allows students to actually see the concept behind the word that they are searching for! Included within this product is a black & white version as well as the solution to the puzzle. Natural Resources Vocabulary Terms: ♦ Coal ♦ Earth ♦ Fossil Fuels ♦ Geothermal Energy ♦ Hydroelectric Dam ♦ Metal ♦ Natural Gas ♦ Nuclear Energy ♦ Oil ♦ Soil ♦ Solar Energy ♦ Sunlight ♦ Timber ♦ Water ♦ Wind Energy
Animal Adaptations Crossword Puzzle
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Animal Adaptations Crossword Puzzle

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Animal Adaptations Crossword Puzzle: 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 4. Vocabulary Words: ♦ Adaptation ♦ Camouflage ♦ Carnivore ♦ Echolocation ♦ Ecosystem ♦ Environment ♦ Herbivore ♦ Hibernation ♦ Instinct ♦ Migration ♦ Mimicry ♦ Nocturnal ♦ Omnivore ♦ Predator ♦ Prey ♦ Scavenger
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Weather: This severe weather Lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each type of severe weather and write what they find on the provided blank lines. A completed lapbook with answers is included. This weather lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page) Weather lapbook contents: 1. How to Use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook 2. Completed facts for each of the following weather terms: Tornado, Hurricane, Drought, Wildfire, Thunderstorm, Blizzard, Dust storm, Flood 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each term 4. Check out the preview for more details 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
Animal Adaptations Lapbook
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Animal Adaptations Lapbook

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Animal Adaptations: This animal adaptations lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each adaptation 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 animal adaptation. A completed lapbook with answers is included. Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page) Animal Adaptations Lapbook Contents: 1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the animal adaptations lapbook 2. Animal Adaptations with completed facts: Hibernation, Migration, Predation defense, Estivation, Camouflage, Migration, Echolocation & ultrasound, Food Storage 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each adaptation 4. Check out the preview for more details 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
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Volcanoes: This volcanoes and lava lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each volcano and lava type and write what they find on the provided blank lines. One version of this lapbook also doubles as a coloring book, as students may color in the picture of each type of volcano. A completed lapbook with answers is included. Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page) Volcanoes Lapbook Contents: 1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook 2. Volcanoes vocabulary with completed facts: Shield volcano, Cinder Cone volcano, Composite/ Stratovolcano, Pahoehoe lava, Aa lava, Blocky lava, Pillow lava 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each type of volcano and lava type 4. Check out the preview for more details 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