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Looking for an engaging way to teach your students about Ocean pollution? This lab activity is an interactive and fun way to teach students about a critical environmental issue. Students are challenged with the task of cleaning up one of the main types of ocean pollution, oil spills! Overview of resource: In this resource, students act as specialists in marine ecosystem protection and must act quickly to clean up an oil spill. In teams, students will have to decide on the best strategy and b

Are you looking for an engaging way to teach about ocean acidification? This no-prep ocean acidification resource is interactive and fun! This resource will save you time and help your students learn about the complex topic of climate change and human impacts on the ocean. What is included in this resource:Ocean Acidification Digital Scavenger Hunt:Students actively take part in a digital scavenger hunt in search of developing a deeper understanding of the changes that are happening in the

Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your students about climate change? Have your students explore the causes and effects of climate change with these low-prep science lab stations. Develop student understanding of the greenhouse effect, global warming, and human impacts in a hands-on engaging resource. This cross-curricular STEAM resource integrates science, technology, engineering, ELA, art, and social studies. Students travel between 8 stations exploring climate change basics, the gr

Looking for a fun and engaging way to introduce or review key information about climate change? This resource includes a Climate Change & Greenhouse Effect color-by-number worksheet with an accurate diagram of the greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases. This no-prep climate change activity is perfect for SUB DAYS and helps with student comprehension. Overview of Resource:Climate Change Key Information Climate change is a complex issue and the greenhouse effect introduces many new terms, ess

Are you looking for a creative way for students to learn about interactions within ecosystems? This minimal prep resource challenges students to become environmental scientists in the year 2050. As a result of habitat destruction, pollution, and increasing human population ecosystems have been destroyed and many have been lost. Students are to create their own ecosystem taking into account abiotic and biotic factors, creating a food web, describing the weather and climate of the ecosystem as

Looking for hands-on, engaging activities that get students learning about Ecosystem Sustainability? This resource includes 3 fun activities that allow students to learn about the concept of the Tragedy of the Commons and the importance of sustainable resource management. Students apply their knowledge in analyzing real-world case studies. This low-prep resource includes Doodle Notes, a fun whole-class sustainability game, and real-world applications. This lesson includes:- Doodle Note and Goog

Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach about Cellular Respiration? This resource includes 6 Cellular Respiration reading passages with questions and accurate diagrams of the mitochondria, stages of cellular respiration, including Glycolysis, the Link Reaction, the Krebs cycle, the Electron Transport Chain, and the overall process of cellular respiration. These no-prep worksheets on cellular respiration are perfect for SUB DAYS and help with student comprehension. Overview of Resource:Ce

This fun and engaging resource is a perfect way to introduce or review the process of Protein Synthesis! This resource includes a protein synthesis color-by-number worksheet that includes accurate diagrams of DNA and RNA. This no-prep protein synthesis activity is interactive and helps student comprehension. Overview of Resource:Transcription & Translation Protein synthesis is a complex process that many students require practice with. This resource provides students with 12 short sequence

This no-prep and relevant resource is an excellent way to get students looking at the environmental impacts of oil spills and the aftermath including clean-up methods! This activity helps students gain an understanding of the methods used in cleaning up oil spills. Students research the various methods and determine the effectiveness of each method, along with the positive and negative impacts. Students are then tasked with researching a historical oil spill recording facts and impacts of the

Looking for a fun and festive way to practice Punnett squares? Engage your students with this holiday-themed Easter Genetics activity. This no-prep, print-and-go activity is perfect for practice and is sub-day-ready! In this resource, students use their knowledge of dominant and recessive traits along with incomplete and co-dominant inheritance to build their own Easter Bunny! Students have the opportunity to practice phenotypes, genotypes, and Punnett Squares. Students really love creating

This fun and engaging resource is a perfect way to introduce the process of Protein Synthesis and have students practice transcription and translation! This resource includes 6 DNA sequences that students will translate into mRNA and then using a coding chart will solve for hidden messages. This no-prep protein synthesis activity is interactive and helps with student comprehension. Overview of Resource:Protein Synthesis Hidden Message Translation Protein synthesis is a complex process consisti

Help Santa solve the Case of the Missing Presents Caper! Use Pedigree Charts to determine who has stolen all of Santa's presents on the day before Christmas! In this fun, no-prep activity students help the North Pole Police Department identify which of the Elf suspects have stolen the presents. Students are presented with 5 Elf suspects and evidence from the crime scene. Students are tasked to investigate each suspect and their family histories to determine which Elf matches the evidence. St

Looking for a fun way to engage students in genetics? This resource is perfect for science practice, including pedigree chart analysis and Punnett Squares with a fun Halloween theme! Students help Count Dracula, the mayor of Halloweentown solve the case of the missing Halloween candy. Use Pedigree Charts to determine who has stolen all of Halloweentown's candy on the day before Halloween! In this fun, no-prep activity students help the Halloweentown Police Department identify which of the Mo

Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach the concepts of Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification? Through this interactive resource, students model the processes of bioaccumulation & biomagnification through a marine food chain. This low-prep class simulation helps students understand the impacts of bioaccumulation and apply their knowledge to real-world issues. Using Hershey Kisses, students collect and analyze class data and create graphs to display their results. This resource is divided i

Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your students about environmental science and ecosystem sustainability? This bundle contains resources that address human impacts on ecosystems with hands-on activities. Topics covered include oil spills, plastic pollution, ocean acidification, bioaccumulation, and biomagnification. What this resource includes:Ocean Acidification Digital Scavenger Hunt & Doodle Note: Students actively take part in a digital scavenger hunt in search of developing a de

Looking for a fun, engaging activity to help students learn about ocean circulation? This resource is a fun, hands-on lab-based activity that has students investigating how the Global Ocean Conveyor Belt circulation system works and the factors that influence it. The lab is designed to allow students to explore factors such as temperature and salinity, and how they impact deep ocean circulation. This activity creates an amazing virtual representation of the movement of currents helping to reinfo

Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach the concepts of Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification? This NO-PREP interactive resource helps students understand the processes and impacts of bioaccumulation and biomagnification. It will save you time and engage students in learning about real-world issues. Combine science and literacy with the scientific reading comprehension worksheet and questions. The Doodle Notes include differentiated versions to meet student needs and the accompanying Google S

Looking to teach Genetics in a fun and engaging way? This Easter pedigree chart and Punnett square activity engages students in helping to solve the mystery of the missing Easter Eggs, while practicing their skills in genetics along the way! Help the Easter Bunny solve the Case of the Missing Easter Eggs Caper! Use Pedigree Charts to determine who has stolen all of the Easter Bunnies Easter treats on the day before Easter! In this fun, no-prep activity students help the Easter Island Police D

Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach about Viruses? This resource includes 6 pages of Virus reading passages with questions and accurate diagrams of the structure of viruses, the lytic and lysogenic replication cycles, and comparing viruses and bacteria. These no-prep worksheets provide an introduction to viruses, their structure and replication, and are excellent as independent work, perfect for SUB DAYS helping with student comprehension. Overview of Resources:Virus Reading Comprehe

Are you looking for a fun minimal prep activity to engage your students on the importance of pollinators and biodiversity? This resource offers students the opportunity to learn about pollinators and pollinator habitats and develop their research skills and critical thinking as they work together to create a pollinator garden. In this resource, students are asked to investigate pollinators local to their area. Students carry out research on local ecosystems and discover interactions between pol