Amanda Behen

Students can fill out this 3-page chart on each of the following body systems: integumentary skeletal muscular digestive circulatory respiratory endocrine nervous reproductive lymphatic excretory This 6-page document actually includes TWO versions of the chart, one that asks students to list the function of each body system and how that body system interacts with other body systems and one that instead asks students to list the function and major organs of the body system. This is a nice revi

This 2-page worksheet is all about food webs! Students are asked to look at a food web and identify: producers, consumers, herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. Students should know the difference between a food web and a food chain. Students are also asked to draw their own food web in the worksheet and predict how one changing population will affect the others. Students are also asked to describe how a decomposer would fit into the food chain as well.

This PowerPoint file includes a presentation on the characteristics of living things and spontaneous generation. Also included is a printable guided notes word document that goes along with the presentation. Topics Include: 1. The characteristics of living things 2. Spontaneous generation 3. Francesco Redi and Louis Pasteur experiments 4. What do all living things need to survive Covered Vocabulary Terms: biology, organism, asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction, homeostasis, spont

This PowerPoint file includes a presentation on the basic structures of plants including a diagram for students to fill out. Also included is a printable guided notes word document that goes along with the presentation. Topics Include: 1. Labeling and identifying the job(s) of the following structures: Roots (taproots and fibrous roots) Stems Leaves 2. How do the above structures play a role in obtaining materials for photosynthesis 3. Characteristics of all plants 4. Transpiration and pr

This 13-page activity workbook contains activities about the 6 major biomes: Desert Rainforest Temperate Forest Grassland Boreal Forest/Taiga Tundra Activities/Topics Include: (Students should have prior knowledge) Animal adaptations Symbiotic relationships Graph analysis Natural Selection Energy Pyramids Food Webs Venn Diagrams ** Please note: Thumbnail images may make product graphics APPEAR slightly offset.**

In this experiment students put gobstoppers in petri dishes of water and observe what happens to the disolving colors. Materials Needed: (Per person/group/pair) 6 gobstopper candy peices 1 petri dish or shallow round container water Time: 40 minutes This is a great activity that focuses on the steps of the scientific method. Students should have prior knowledge of the scientific method. The homework assignment asks students to write their own procedure for a gobstopper experiment of their

This worksheet asks students to label the basic parts of the flower: petal, stamen, anther, ovary, receptacle, sepal, pistil etc. Other questions included ask students to: - match parts of the plant with their function - list methods of seed dispersal - describe the difference between cross and self-pollination - identify male and female reproductive plant parts - explain why petals are often brightly colored

In this worksheet, students are asked to list the 9 characteristics of living things: 1. They grow and develop 2. They maintain homeostasis 3. The reproduce 4. They evolve 5. They respond to their environment 6. They use energy 7. They are organized 8. They are made of cells 9. They have a limited lifespan They are also asked to draw a picture in each box that will help them remember each characteristic.

This worksheet is 3 pages long and deals with the scientific method. Students follow along and help design an experiment to test whether or not a NEW type of acorn will make squirrel ears grow. Tasks include: Identifying the independent and dependent variable Identifying the control and experimental groups Plotting data on a line graph* Students should be familiar with the term "average" Determining control variables The steps of the scientific method Writing a hypothesis and conclusion Answer k

In this worksheet students practice simple multiplication facts to color in a picture with colors that correspond to their answers!