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Columbus, Ohio, United States

About the store

I have taught for 30 years in a large, urban, public school district (I have taught in five different schools) and I LOVE it! I taught a self-contained, multi-aged gifted class for seven years. Prior to this assignment, I taught regular ed 4th and 5th grades. I am now in a wonderful STEM school teaching 4th and 5th grade! I love the STEM philosophy and it is really making my students problem solvers and critical thinkers! I am so lucky to have such great students, past and present!

Melt a Crayon - STEM Engineering Challenge - Freebie!

First Week of School - Set of 3 STEM Engineering Challenges

Measure Me! - First Week Math Activity - Measurement

Make Your Own Morse Code Name Necklace ~ Great 1st Week of School Activity!

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STEM Posters - Collection of 20 Informational STEM Posters

Created by

Smart Chick

Teaching STEM in my classroom has made my students into better critical thinkers and problem solvers. We try to do at least one STEM challenge a week, along with a few STEM breaks, and other STEM related activities. These posters are something we keep in our STEM notebooks. These notebooks are composition books where we keep our posters, lab sheets, and research notes and questions. These posters can be hung up in the classroom the size they are or they can be enlarged to 11 x 14 or 16 x 20 siz

3rd - 6th

Basic Principles, Engineering, Science

Unpoppable Plastic Bags ~ Dollar Store Science

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Smart Chick

This is a classic science lab idea that I have reformatted to be used in an interactive science notebook. If you don’t do interactive notebooks in science, you can use the lab sheet and simply attach the pocket to the back! This lab requires very few materials (all of which you can find at your local dollar store). I copy the pages at 85% zoom on the copy machine so they fit nicely into our notebooks. Do not give the “Is Every Type of Bag Unpoppable?” page to students until after the lab. We

3rd - 5th

Basic Principles, Science

Glow Sticks Temperatures & Reactions ~ Dollar Store Science

Created by

Smart Chick

This is a classic science lab idea that I have reformatted to be used in an interactive science notebook. If you don’t do interactive notebooks in science, you can use the lab sheet and simply attach the pocket to the back! This lab requires very few materials (all of which you can find at your local dollar store).I copy the pages at 85% zoom on the copy machine so they fit nicely into our notebooks. Do not give the “Temperatures and Reactions” page to students until after the lab. We glue the

3rd - 5th

Basic Principles, Chemistry, Science

Hatching Growing Animals from Eggs Science Lab and Scientific Method Posters

Created by

Smart Chick

My students are always fascinated with completing this science lab when we are studying fossils and dinosaurs. They are also available with different reptiles inside. It is a great lab to do and it really holds their interest. I grab plastic containers from the dollar store and these eggs from Amazon. They come in many different quantities. There are two versions of the lab sheets (one for hatching dinosaurs and one for hatching reptiles, or other animals). You can do one egg per student or on

2nd - 5th

Basic Principles, Science

Science Process Skills Lab Pack - Using Plastic Dinosaurs

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Smart Chick

As an intermediate teacher, students often come into my classroom at the beginning of the year not knowing their Science Process Skills very well. This pack, with a few easy to find materials, makes it easy to make sure students really understand these skills. Students only need some plastic dinosaurs and the growing foam capsules (links are provided to purchase these in the pack). Includes these skills: Observe Communicate Classify Predict Measure Infer Define Operationally Model Investigate

3rd - 6th

Basic Principles, General Science, Science

Growing Gators - Making Observations & Taking Measurements

Created by

Smart Chick

For this project you will need growing gators, plastic containers, rulers, and cold water. There is a link in the product so you can order the gators! You may also be able to find them at your local dollar store. The gators come in different quantities depending on your needs. I gave each table group one gator. Most kids know these gators grow, but many are surprised by how much they grow! We grow the gators over five days and then work on shrinking them over the next five days. Students

3rd - 6th

Basic Principles, Measurement, Science

Science Process Skills Lab Pack - Using Plastic Wild Animals

Created by

Smart Chick

As an intermediate teacher, students often come into my classroom at the beginning of the year not knowing their Science Process Skills very well. This pack, with a few easy to find materials, makes it easy to make sure students really understand these skills. Students only need some plastic wild animals and the growing foam capsules (links are provided to purchase these in the pack). Includes these skills: Observe Communicate Classify Predict Measure Infer Define Operationally Model Investiga

3rd - 6th

Basic Principles, General Science, Science

Science Process Skills POSTERS - Set of 9 Posters (in color and black & white)

Created by

Smart Chick

These Science Process Skill posters look great hanging up in the classroom and it helps to have students see them in order to remember the different skills. My kids need that reminder of the different process skills as we do science labs throughout the year! I use a sheet of colored fadeless art paper behind the poster to bring in an additional burst of color. I shrink the black & white ones down on the copy machine and we place them in our Interactive Science Notebooks! Includes these skill

3rd - 6th

Basic Principles, Science

Coffee Filter Chromatography for Interactive Notebooks ~ Dollar Store Science

Created by

Smart Chick

This is a classic science lab idea that I have reformatted to be used in an interactive science notebook. If you don’t do interactive notebooks in science, you can use the lab sheet and simply attach the pocket to the back! This lab requires very few materials (all of which you can find at your local dollar store). I copy the pages at 85% zoom on the copy machine so they fit nicely into our notebooks. We glue the “What is Chromatography?” page to the lab sheet (only on the top of the page) s

3rd - 5th

Basic Principles, Chemistry, Science

STEM Engineering Challenge Projects ~ PERSONALIZED Ten Pack #8

Created by

Smart Chick

This is a PERSONALIZED STEM Ten Pack for a customer request. **Please do not buy this 10 pack, if you already have any of these in another 10 pack! STEM Engineering Challenge Projects Included in this TEN PACK: Spaghetti Tower Popsicle Stick Dam Aluminum Foil Boat Roller Coaster Sugar Cube Arches House of Cards Puzzle Building Oreo Tower Build a Pipeline Paper Bag Baskets These packets contain all the information you need to make these great engineering activities in your classroom! Lab

2nd - 8th

Basic Principles, Physical Science, Science

STEM Engineering Challenge Projects ~ PERSONALIZED Ten Pack #7

Created by

Smart Chick

This is a PERSONALIZED STEM Ten Pack for a customer request. **Please do not buy this 10 pack, if you already have any of these in another 10 pack! STEM Engineering Challenge Projects Included in this TEN PACK: Water Drop Racer Newspaper Dome Gravity Cars Jump Rope Popsicle Stick Dam Rubber Band Rockets Puzzle Building House of Cards Build a Pipeline Counting Pumpkins Monthly Challenge These packets contain all the information you need to make these great engineering activities in your cl

2nd - 8th

Basic Principles, Physical Science, Science

STEM Engineering Challenge Projects ~ PERSONALIZED Ten Pack #6

Created by

Smart Chick

This is a PERSONALIZED STEM Ten Pack for a customer request. **Please do not buy this 10 pack, if you already have any of these in another 10 pack! STEM Engineering Challenge Projects Included in this TEN PACK: Foil Boats Plastic Cup Tower House of Cards Sentence Strips Toothpick Tower Pipe Cleaner & Foil 100 Building Blocks Puzzle Building Gravity Cars Paper Clip Chain These packets contain all the information you need to make these great engineering activities in your classroom! Lab sh

2nd - 8th

Basic Principles, Physical Science, Science

STEM Engineering Challenge Projects ~ PERSONALIZED Ten Pack #5

Created by

Smart Chick

This is a PERSONALIZED STEM Ten Pack for a customer request. **Please do not buy this 10 pack, if you already have any of these in another 10 pack! STEM Engineering Challenge Projects Included in this TEN PACK: Rubber Band Rocket Perfect Package Wall Marble Maze Tallest Tower Roller Coaster Marshmallow Structures Peppermint Racers Popsicle Stick Catapult Paper Bag Basket 100 Toothpicks These packets contain all the information you need to make these great engineering activities in your cl

2nd - 8th

Basic Principles, Physical Science, Science

STEM Engineering Challenge Projects ~ PERSONALIZED Ten Pack #4

Created by

Smart Chick

This is a PERSONALIZED STEM Ten Pack for a customer request. **Please do not buy this 10 pack, if you already have any of these in another 10 pack! STEM Engineering Challenge Projects Included in this TEN PACK: Paper Airplane Foil Boats Clothespin Cars Tin Foil Tower Sugar Cube Arches Popsicle Stick Catapult Paper Cup Newspaper Table Roller Coaster House of Cards These packets contain all the information you need to make these great engineering activities in your classroom! Lab sheets, s

2nd - 8th

Basic Principles, Physical Science, Science

STEM Engineering Challenge Projects ~ PERSONALIZED Ten Pack #3

Created by

Smart Chick

This is a PERSONALIZED STEM Ten Pack for a customer request. **Please do not buy this 10 pack, if you already have any of these in another 10 pack! STEM Engineering Challenge Projects Included in this TEN PACK: - popsicle stick catapult - spaghetti tower - straw boat - index card tower - straw rocket - one-hundred toothpicks - cup pyramid - geodesic domes - paper bridge - sponge structure These packets contain all the information you need to make these great engineering activities in your

2nd - 8th

Basic Principles, Physical Science, Science

STEM Engineering Challenge Projects ~ PERSONALIZED Ten Pack #2

Created by

Smart Chick

This is a PERSONALIZED STEM Ten Pack for a customer request. **Please do not buy this 10 pack, if you already have any of these in another 10 pack! STEM Engineering Challenge Projects Included in this TEN PACK: 1. Peppermint Racers 2. Newton's Cradle 3. Perfect Package 4. Pasta Cars 5. Balloon Race Car 6. Straw Boats 7. Popsicle Stick Catapult 8. Newspaper Table 9. Penny Drop 10. Cup Pyramid These packets contain all the information you need to make these great engineering activities in y

2nd - 8th

Basic Principles, Physical Science, Science

STEM Engineering Challenge Projects ~ PERSONALIZED Ten Pack

Created by

Smart Chick

This is a PERSONALIZED STEM Ten Pack for a customer request. **Please do not buy this 10 pack, if you already have any of these in another 10 pack! STEM Engineering Challenge Projects Included in this TEN PACK: Popsicle Stick Catapult Newspaper Table Geodesic Dome Straw Boat Marshmallow Catapult Aluminum Foil Boat Build a Pipeline Rubber Band Rocket Popsicle Stick Bridge Balloon Race Car These packets contain all the information you need to make these great engineering activities in your

2nd - 8th

Basic Principles, Physical Science, Science

STEM Engineering Challenge Projects ~ TEN PACK #9

Created by

Smart Chick

STEM Engineering Challenge Projects Included in this TEN PACK: Snowball Catapult Gravity Cars Betta Fish Bowl Rain Stick Juice Box Launcher Cricket Keeper Water Bottle Fountain Spider Web Index Card Tower Tube Toy These packets contain all the information you need to make these great engineering activities in your classroom! Lab sheets, student and teacher instructions, and challenge signs are all included! Using simple and cheap materials, you can engage your students in the engine

2nd - 8th

Basic Principles, Physical Science, Science

STEM Engineering Challenge Projects ~ TEN PACK #8

Created by

Smart Chick

STEM Engineering Challenge Projects Included in this TEN PACK: Peppermint Racers Potato Battery Plastic Ring Redesign Build a Pipeline Newspaper Dome Card Bridge Working Windmill Bird Feeder Straw Hoop Airplane Paper Helicopter These packets contain all the information you need to make these great engineering activities in your classroom! Lab sheets, student and teacher instructions, and challenge signs are all included! Using simple and cheap materials, you can engage your

2nd - 8th

Basic Principles, Physical Science, Science

States of Matter Introduction ~ Interactive Science Notebook Pack

Created by

Smart Chick

We create interactive science notebooks every year and they are definitely a work in progress! These are entry into our science notebooks when we study matter every year! The background information can be for the teacher only, or you can have students matchbook fold each one and glue them into their notebooks. First, students label the create the shutter foldable. We also use small chart stickers on the Molecule Arrangement page. There are two versions to choose from, both could be used wit

2nd - 5th

Basic Principles, Science

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About the store

Experience

Teaching style

I have a progressive and eclectic, a "whatever works" approach to teaching. I always want to keep kids engaged and interested in what we are doing. I do a lot of hands-on, project-based activities in all subject areas. I believe in always teaching at a high level with high expectations for both myself and my students.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Received a First Year Teacher Award in 1997 Nominated for the Disney Teacher of the Year three times WalMart Teacher of the Year 2006 PTA Teacher of the Year 2017

My own education history

Bachelor Of Science in Education 1996 Masters of the Arts in Education 2004 Gifted/Talented Certification 2005

Additional biographical information

Check me out on Facebook: Smart Chick Teaching Resources OR on my recently created blog: http://smartchickteacher.wordpress.com/ http://growingastemclassroom.blogspot.com/ Higher level materials in all subject areas designed to increase student engagement and achievement. I have been a teacher of diverse student groups, like gifted students, for many years and have designed and used these items in my own classroom with much success! I also believe that any child will benefit from highly engaging and interesting activities and projects. It is so important to make learning as authentic as possible for all learners, irregardless of their level. All students have gifts and talents and it is important that we, as teachers, find and recognize these in every child. These materials give students the opportunity to increase skills they will need in the real world, not just skills they will need to do well on tests!