Ann Schechter

Warning: Please view the video before showing to your class to make sure it is appropriate for your students. This is the first of Fascinating Horror's April Fool's Day videos. It looks at the Amity Bay Shark Attacks (aka Jaws). The questions on the worksheet (to make it look like a legitimate assignment) looks at the reactions of the town and why certain decisions were made. It also looks at some of the basic science used in the video as well. This is the link to Fascinating Horror's video:

This is a quick and easy handout for the teacher. Students draw, label, and color the 4 different cycles. It can work great as a last minute activity before Open House or Back to School Night.

A great prank for your students, especially if studying genetics. The video: The Isla Nublar Incident: A Short Story by Fascinating Horror is a look at the first Jurassic Park movie. With mentioning the movie, students are introduced to how the disaster happened in a matter of fact way. Students fill out the worksheet while viewing the video. There is enough franchise pictures to allow students to catch on, but some will definitely think it is real. Please credit Fascinating Horror for creat

This worksheet was created independently of the activity in the title, but it was designed to accompany the activity. As students went from Distance Learning to Hybrid Learning, I needed a way of having them do the assignment, but the assembly in class. This worksheet solved that problem. It also gave me a chance to review all the information before students turned it in, resulting in students being able to focus their research. The sign-up sheet is a random list of about 175 animals the stud

The Supersoaker, The Jaws of Life, Cordless Powertools, Artificial Limbs, Baby Formula - NASA or NASA engineers invented or developed these everyday products while working on something else (such as a nozzle) or developing something for the space program (cordless tools). This is a great step by step guide for a report on what was created, who created it, and why. This is just the basic outline for how the report should go, not detailed report instructions. Good luck!

This is a different take on the classic KWL chart. This can be used for videos, Nearpod, lectures, or any other form of note taking. I updated from "Stuff I Know", to a more professional "Information I know". Other things you can do, make a poster and have students create their own, or put students can hand write. For videos, I recommend, 1 note (any column) per minute. So, if the video is 8 minutes long, there should be 8 things written on the entire page - not 8 things per column.

Doing a comparison between common theories (I will be late to school) versus scientific theories (Cells are the basic unit of life) can get challenging. A Venn diagram is a great help, but I noticed that the diagrams do not translate well to the digital world. This is a chart designed for the same thing. As students learn about the 2 types of theories, they can record what is unique and what is similar to each one.

Instead of an end of the year letter, I am phrasing it as cheat codes to complete my class. Please feel free to adapt to whatever you need.