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Save time and money by buy all three video guides for the PBS documentary series The Mystery of Matter. Great for supplemental material, three sub days, or distance learning. What is included?Out of Thin Air~ Editable video guide for students including 17 questions (13 fill in the blank, 3 short answer, 1 paragraph) ~ Teacher key ~ Link to documentary on YouTube (56 min) ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Gt5IOjAuc) ~ Teacher instructions and suggestions Unruly Elements~ Editable video guide

Optics of Mirrors - PhET Simulation LabThis is a great resource to help students understand how the properties of mirrors affect the image they will form. In this lab, students will use the PhET simulator for optics. This simulator uses the basics of ray diagramming to help students see how moving an object or changing the properties of the mirror can affect how the image will be viewed. After setting up the simulator, students will measure the object and image distance and height and then calcu

Law of Reflection with Plane Mirrors LabThis is a great resource to help students review the law of reflection or as an inquiry lab. In this lab, students will use a laser and plane mirror to view an incident ray, its reflection ray, and the angles they make with the normal. There are two post-lab questions at the end that review the law of reflection. What is included?~ Editable student handout ~ Teacher suggestions ~ Set up instructions What supplies does this lab require?~ Plane mirrors ~ Bin

The Mystery of Matter: Into the Atom - Video GuideThis is a fun and engaging way to help students understand how scientists come to understand the elements. Great for supplemental material, a sub day, or distance learning. This video guide created for the third and final episode entitled Into the Atom of the PBS documentary series The Mystery of Matter. This documentary looks at the story of how scientists were able to combine and split atoms leading to the discovery of nuclear physics. The la

Why is Sleep Important? - WebQuestThis WebQuest is a great way for students to review the importance of sleep. The first website in this WebQuest focuses on the biology of sleep and how it happens. During the second website, they will be looking at how much sleep different age groups need and what can happen if they do not get enough sleep. The final website talks about sleep debt and the consequences of it. What is included?~ Editable worksheet with 12 questions ~ Teacher Key ~ Teacher instruct

The Mystery of Matter: Unruly Elements - Video GuideThis is a fun and engaging way to help students understand how scientists learned that elements can be grouped together by their properties. Great for supplemental material, a sub day, or distance learning. This video guide created for the second episode entitled Unruly Elements of the PBS documentary series The Mystery of Matter. This documentary tells the story of how Mendeleev created the Periodic Table of Elements and Marie Curie's discov

Chemistry Naming PostersThis is a great way to help your students understand the different naming rules in Chemistry and when they are meant to be used. This product contains 7 color posters of the naming rules. They are set up in an equation format so that the rules are easier for students to understand. They can be used when introducing the rules for the first time to students or as a refresher when students are unsure how to name a chemical compound or molecule. What rules are included?~ Bina

This is a fun and engaging way to help student visualize DNA and how all of the parts fit together. This is a model of DNA that can be rearranged and built to help students see how DNA can replicate and how the different components bond together. What is included?~ Color shapes named for each aspect of DNA (deoxyribose, phosphate, adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine) ~ Teacher instructions and suggestions

Human Impact on Plants - WebQuestThis WebQuest is a great way to get students thinking about how humans are impacting the ecosystem around us and how we are harming plant life. This WebQuest focuses on exotic plants species and deforestation. Using the first website, students will delve into the topic of exotic plant species and how they are harming native plants. The second website looks into deforestation and how humans have been clear cutting the land to make way for farming. It also talks ab

Optics of Mirrors - PhET Simulation LabThis is a great resource to help students understand how the properties of mirrors affect the image they will form. In this lab, students will use the PhET simulator for optics. This simulator uses the basics of ray diagramming to help students see how moving an object or changing the properties of the mirror can affect how the image will be viewed. After setting up the simulator, students will measure the object and image distance and height and then calcu

8 Science Lab Station Signs Numbered 1-10This is a great way to help organize labs that involve stations. The signs helps students know exactly what station they are currently working at. There are 8 sets of 10 signs that are designed with different areas of science in mind. Images on the signs include beakers, test tubes, telescope, stopwatch, textbook, microscope, magnifying glass, and DNA. This allows you to match the signs with your current unit or mix and match. What is included?~ 80 full c

This is a fun and engaging way to help students learn about how scientists learning about cells. Great for supplemental material, a sub day, or distance learning. This video guide was created for the documentary Secret Life of Cells from The Kunt and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. This documentary describes how scientists are currently researching cells, their discoveries, and how their discoveries are impacting cancer research. The last question asks students to write at least a paragraph explai

Balancing Chemical Equations Steps & Hints PostersThis is a great way to help your students understand how to balance chemical equations and what to do when they get stuck. This product contains 2 color posters of the balancing steps and hints. They can be used when introducing the rules to students for the first time, or as a refresher when students are unsure how to balance a chemical equation. What is included?~ PDF file with 2 color posters

Genetic Disorder Research ProjectThis is a great resource to help students learn how mutations in DNA can cause disorders people around the world experience. In this project, students will choose a genetic disorder to research about and then create a PowerPoint presentation on. They will be expected to find out who discovered their disorder, what causes it, the prevalence of the disorder, symptoms, and treatments. When students are finished, they will present their PowerPoint to the class so tha

Infectious Disease APA Research PaperThis is a fun and engaging way to help students learn how to write a APA formatted paper and learn about an infectious disease. This is a project that is intended to help students learn how to collect information to write an APA formatted paper and learn about a particular infectious disease. Students will collect information on their infectious disease, create a rough draft of their paper, give constructive feedback to other students on their rough draft, an

Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator - TED Talk Video GuideThis is a fun and engaging way to help students learn about how procrastination affects our lives. Great for supplemental material, a sub day, or distance learning. This video guide was created for the TED Talk Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator by Tim Urban. This video describes how procrastination happens and the long-term problems of procrastination. It uses a fun analogy using a money and panic monster to help people u

This is an easy way to decorate your classroom or bulletin board while also introducing students to a variety of scientists. These posters can be printed out and hung in a classroom or bulletin board. There is a wide range of scientists from different fields of science making this product great for any science classroom. Each poster contains a graphic of the scientist, their name, basic facts about them, and a short description of why they are famous. The preview offers a look at all 11 posters.

Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap - Video GuideThis is a fun and engaging way to help students understand how scientists come to understand the theory of quantum mechanics. Great for supplemental material, a sub day, or distance learning. This video guide created for the third episode entitled Quantum Leap of the NOVA documentary Fabric of the Cosmos. This documentary delves into the story of how scientists were able discover the theory of quantum mechanics, what quantum mechanics means, and

DNA: The Secret of Life - Video GuideThis is a fun and engaging way to help students learn how scientists were able to determine the structure of DNA. Great for supplemental material, a sub day, or distance learning. This video guide created for the first episode entitled The Secret of Life of the PBS documentary series DNA. This documentary, explains how Watson and Crick were able to discover the structure of DNA. It also talks about the other scientist who were working on this same project i

Optics of Lenses - PhET Simulation LabThis is a great resource to help students understand how the properties of lenses affect the image they will form. In this lab, students will use the PhET simulator for optics. This simulator uses the basics of ray diagramming to help students see how moving an object or changing the properties of the lens can affect how the image will be viewed. After setting up the simulator, students will measure the object and image distance and height and then calculate