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Are you looking for a more interactive way to review? This resource includes 3 easy to use templates to create engaging review or study activities for students to use individually or in groups. The templates are fully editable, just enter your own text to fit your topics, print, and cut. **Also updated to include a digital version for use in Google Drive or OneDrive***This is also available as part of the Back to School Classroom Organization PackThis product includes a template for 3 differ

Students have many misconceptions about global warming, greenhouse effect, and ozone depletion. This READY TO GO AND FLEXIBLE resource is focused on teaching students the basics of each, and giving them a chance to compare and contrast. From this activity, students should be able to briefly summarize each of these three processes, identify which are natural and which are human-caused, list causes and chemicals involved, and likely effects. Included are:- Three one-page readings (one on e

These resources make different types of weathering and erosion very exciting, visual, and hands-on. These materials can be used as a complete unit, stations, or used only in pieces as labs or introductory lessons. Includes a complete pack of labs, vocabulary, review/assessment, and student learning objectives, suggested scope and sequence, and tips and materials for each lab. You may also be interested in: Landscape Virtual Tour and Student Sheet ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Don't forget that leavi

A TIMESAVING and EASY way to prepare your students to score well on the NEW YORK STATE LIVING ENVIRONMENT REGENTS EXAM. This is a complete 25-page TOPICAL review packet, including NYS Labs and answer key to help students (and teachers) prepare for the Living Environment Regents Exam with a focus on the key points that are often tested on the Regents Exam, and are core basic biological concepts. This resource is organized topically, with one page each for the following topics, as well as one p

The process of genetic engineering and bacterial transformation are so common in the standards but can be abstract and hard to understand. This lab makes it more UNDERSTANDABLE AND CONCRETE. I couldn't find what I wanted, so I wrote it myself. MATERIALS NEEDED: paper, scissors, tape. INCLUDES: background information, extension ideas, hands-on READY TO GO lab, summary assessment questions. This product includes:Background information on the process of genetic engineering, both in the form of

Task cards are a fantastic LOW PREP way to REINFORCE lessons, review difficult concepts, or provide extra practice on main ideas about human body systems. Included are 50 cards (5 cards each on the body systems as a whole and 5 that are specific to each system (circulatory, immune, respiratory, digestive, endocrine, excretory, nervous, muscular, skeletal). Provided in full-page, four to a page, and digital (Google Slides) version. The student will read each card, perform the task, and record

Are you looking for a memorable, easy to implement, hands-on project to teach POTENTIAL and KINETIC ENERGY. This lesson works well with STEM and NGSS standards, and quickly engages students. Students will remember the concepts, explore using readily available household materials, and then synthesize their knowledge with follow up questions where students explore those concepts at a higher level. See the concept in action here!This includes: Lesson plan and accompanying lab handouts: students

Hurricanes are often in the news near the start of the school year. This EASY NO PREP ACTIVITY is a great way to engage students with real science, or during a unit on latitude and longitude, weather and storms, or at other times during the year. Students will use real hurricane data to plot the path of the hurricane on a hurricane tracking map, use a planetary wind diagram to analyze and make inferences about the data. Lastly, students make suggestions for an emergency plan. It is gre

This project is a great way for students to connect real-life and science as they research a historical weather disaster (list provided) and follow the detailed directions to create a presentation! These specifics allow all students to create a successful presentation in a timely manner. Students practice reading and finding/distilling information, and creating a presentation (great common core connections!!). This connects well to hurricane season every year, and other current events gl

Do your students struggle to keep straight the difference terms, products, reactants, and diagrams related to photosynthesis or cellular respiration? This is a QUICK AND EASY, READY TO USE activity. Students will need to determine whether each term is related to photosynthesis, cellular respiration, or both. This foldable is a quick way to compare and contrast the two processes. Students, get a chance to draw, color, and be creative. EASY TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS, BUT IN-DEPTH CONTENT. This r

After completing this DIFFERENTIATED, EASY-PREP ACTIVITY, students will understand how flowers reproduce and are able to identify the parts of a flower. This resource includes two versions of a flower reproduction lab. This activity allows for hands-on examination of the parts of a flower and how they reproduce, and then ask analysis questions and ask the student to draw conclusions about their findings. One version is a more traditional lab, and the other is more open-ended, or inquiry

Students often struggle with the concepts of specific heat, land and sea breezes, and heating and cooling times of land and water until they can see it in action, and practice foundational science inquiry skills at the same time. In this ready-to-go lab activity students model for land and sea breezes, by heating and cooling both land and water, and collect data, graph, and analyze their data to understand applications. This activity fits well in a unit on specific heat, climate, weather,

Students learn better when they are active learners, and integrating different concepts. This lab will get your students excited about the circulatory system as they practice their graphing and data collection skills. Students will practice scientific process skills, experimental design, graphing, and reinforce functions and components of the circulatory system. Objective: To understand the role of the circulatory system in the human body, and be able to apply it to their own pulse and acti

This MONEY SAVING BUNDLE includes all Earth Science items in my store, now and in the future. All the resources included are shown below, but this bundle includes a full year of warm-up activities, a digital Google Drive activity, a curriculum map/planner, numerous lab activities, a lab rubric, and several other lessons.I am offering my entire selection of Earth Science items to you at a discount. As I add more materials, I will slowly raise the price of the product. Once purchased, you get

In this INTERACTIVE DIGITAL OR PAPER, READY TO USE lesson, students will read and then analyze data and diagrams to draw conclusions about the five major types of evidence of evolution (anatomical, molecular, fossil, vestigial structures, and embryological development). This is a great resource for the paperless classroom and can be used as stations, class work, or in many other ways. Also includes a printable paper version. Students will read (short included passages) and look at data and

Quickly and easily assess student understanding, close a lesson, or get students settled and engaged at the start of class. Save time. This READY TO USE SET of 188 prompts IN TASK CARD, SLIDE, AND GOOGLE FORM FORMAT can be used as warm ups, bell ringers, exit tickets or any other way you would use formative assessment to assess student knowledge of biology topics. Click here to see a video walkthrough of the google forms warm up. Included are 10 sets of 18 prompts (180 prompts). There is also

This is a great DIFFERENTIATED way to ensure that students learn the names, functions, and visual recognition of each of the 12 main plant and animal organelles, while making that lesson less dry, and more engaging. Students can be up and moving, and stay active. Students can circulate around the room and fill in either version of the differentiated guided notes chart from the informative mini-posters.I usually put one poster at each table or hang the posters around the room. Students ci

Do your students struggle to keep straight the difference terms, products, reactants, and diagrams related to photosynthesis or cellular respiration? This is a QUICK AND EASY, READY TO USE digital sort activity. It can be used individually, or on the board, as a quick assessment, review, or closure activity. Students will need to determine whether each term is related to photosynthesis, cellular respiration, or both. See a Video PreviewGoogle Drive is great, but it is not the only education

This DIFFERENTIATED lab activity is a great chance for students to make a slide, practice microscope skills, and learn and reinforce other science content such as leaf structure, stomata, and homeostasis. Included are two versions of a leaf structure lab. One version is a more traditional lab, and the other is open-ended, or inquiry-based, and longer, allowing students to design their own experiment. Both versions allow for hands-on examination, as well as reading and diagramming of the pa

This READY TO GO PROJECT is a great sub plan, introductory project, or end of the year project. It is also a good cross-curricular assignment that helps build presentation skills, as well as science, and career knowledge. This resource includes complete directions for students to research a career related to environmental science and create a presentation. It guides them through some common careers and the information that should be included on their slides. You may also be interested i