In this writing prompt, students are asked to apply what they know about each individual part of the digestive system as they document how a piece of food of their choice travels through. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learning Objectives • I can identify t

This two-to-three day activity for grades 7-9 is an extension activity that goes with "Learning Genetics with Paper Pets", an NSTA Science Scope article written by the same author (Maine Coon Educational Publications). Paper Pets are used in an activity that models selective breeding to produce off

I've created a checklist for the Organisms and Cells PA state standards to attach to my Resource binder. This is the best organizational tool when preparing science content and common core in reading and writing. This gives my lessons credibility when my principal opens my binder and sees everythi

This lesson is compatible with the Middle School Next Generation Science Standards* MS-LS1-5 where students are asked to “[c]onstruct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms” and MS-LS1-6 where students are asked to “[c]

This lesson is compatible with the Middle School Next Generation Science Standards* MS-LS1-1. The standard states that students should, “[c]onduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.” Introduce you

This lesson is compatible with the Middle School Next Generation Science Standards* MS-LS1-2 where students are asked to “[d]evelop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.,” and MS-LS1-3 where students are asked to “[u]se arg