Over 12 years of teaching experience. I have taught 6-8th for 10 years total, High School Sciences for 8 years total, and have taught Higher Education Chemistry 110 classes for 1 year.
This cumulative Study Guide is 20 questions that cover 6.1 Open Sci Ed Lessons 1 -7 on light and matter. The study guide is filled with multiple choice questions, fill in the blank, label the diagram, and short answer response questions. Answer key included.
Metal Loop Collision lab pairs with 8.1 Open Sci Ed Lesson 3 Contact Forces. This version focuses more on motion and energy transfer (since metal loops won’t really change shape), but students will still observe differences in movement. In this lab, you will investigate what happens when metal loops collide by observing changes in motion during different types of collisions. The students complete 3 trials and then the students answer analysis questions and write a conclusion. Materials2 carts
Students will review and apply what they’ve learned about thermal energy and how it moves. They will start by defining key vocabulary terms like conductor and insulator. Then, they will demonstrate their understanding by answering multiple-choice questions and explaining concepts in short responses.
In this short review, students will practice key ideas from our thermal energy unit lessons 4-8 that covers convection, conduction, and radiation. They will define important vocabulary, answer multiple-choice questions, and explain concepts about energy transfer. Students will also analyze a real-world scenario and complete a Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) response to show their understanding of how thermal energy moves.
This assignment reviews key ideas from OpenSciEd 6.2 Lessons 1–3 by helping students understand how particles behave and how thermal energy works. Students define important vocabulary, answer multiple-choice questions, and explain concepts in their own words. They also analyze a real-world example to show how energy transfers between objects. Overall, the worksheet reinforces how particle motion relates to temperature and how energy moves from warmer objects to cooler ones.
Students will read a short article about how chemical reactions in their body create energy, cause sweating, and lead to body odor after P.E. They will then take some notes, create a drawing, and then answer comprehension questions to check their understanding of the science concepts.
Students will read an article about the states of matter at the beach and explore how solids, liquids, and gases can be found in real-life settings. After reading, they will take notes, create a drawing, answer comprehension questions to check their understanding.
Students will read the story “A Journey Through the Skeleton” to learn about the major bones in the human body and their functions. After reading, they will take notes, create a drawing, and answer comprehension questions to check their understanding of key ideas.
Students will read a short article about the organs of the human body and learn about the important jobs each organ performs. After reading, they will take notes, create a drawing, and answer comprehension questions to check their understanding.
Students will read a short passage about how listening to music with headphones demonstrates how sound waves travel and how we hear. After reading, students will take notes, create a drawing, and answer questions to check their understanding about how sound moves through the ear to the brain.
Students will read a short article about contact forces in P.E. class and learn how pushes and pulls happen when objects touch. They will then take notes, create a drawing and then answer questions to check their understanding.
This is a 30 question Study Guide that covers 8.1 Open Sci Ed Contact Forces. This Study Guide includes Multiple choice, fill in the blank, diagram questions, and short answer response.
This worksheet helps students learn the structure and function of the human ear in a hands-on, visual way. Students color and label a diagram of the outer, middle, and inner ear using a word bank, reinforcing key anatomical parts like the ear canal, eardrum, and cochlea.
The matching and fill-in-the-blank sections help students understand and use important science vocabulary. In the matching section, students connect each term to its correct definition, helping them recognize what each word means. In the fill-in-the-blank section, students apply those vocabulary words in sentences, which helps them see how the terms are used in real science situations. Together, these activities build a stronger understanding of key concepts like systems, energy, and variables,
🔎 Overview:13 question Web Research questions that my students asked while completing 8.1 Open Sci Ed Lesson 1. These questions range from forces, energy, forces in the ocean, and forces in space. "Today you’re going to investigate force and how it relates to motion, energy, and the world around (and beyond!) us. Use reliable science sources like NASA, Britannica, Physics Classroom, Khan Academy, or textbook resources. "
4 pages PBL that covers a scene to evaluate and give a report. This is a 7 part project that will be expanded upon where students have to calculate the speed, acceleration, and force. The students then have to create a free body diagram and write a report on who was guilty based on the evidence collected through this pbl.
Over 12 years of teaching experience. I have taught 6-8th for 10 years total, High School Sciences for 8 years total, and have taught Higher Education Chemistry 110 classes for 1 year.
Teaching style
I follow the 5 E's as an educator. Every unit being taught should include some research, engage, exploration, explanation, elaboration or extension of the phenomena, and then an evaluation through assessment or a project.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Orange Frog for being teacher of the month at my school. I was a presenter at the AMLE 50th Celebration November 2023, November 2024, and November 2025.
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