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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

CER Introduction: PowerPoint and ActivityThis product is a great resource to introduce CER (Claim-Evidence-Reasoning) to students in order to help them write informative papers. The PowerPoint includes an introductory slide that gets students thinking about writing papers before going into definitions for Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning. At the end of the slides, there is a quick write for students to practice what they just learned by making a short CER for why ice cream is the best dessert. Aft

COVID-19: Pandemic and Vaccine - WebQuestThis WebQuest is a great way to get students thinking about COVID-19 as a pandemic and how the vaccine works. This WebQuest focuses the differences between pandemics and epidemics and the vaccine for COVID-19. During the first section, students will learn why COVID-19 is considered a pandemic and why it is no longer considered an epidemic. The second section focuses on the Moderna vaccine and explains how the vaccine helps the immune system produce antibo

Take Home Lab - Transverse Waves & Wave Properties of LightThis is a fun and engaging way to help students understand how to conduct a lab while learning about transverse waves and how rainbows can be created from light. Great for distance learning. This take home lab was built for students to do entirely at home with little to no help from a teacher or adult. However, the lab could be used as an independent inquiry lab in class. The supplies needed for this lab are ones that most if not all st

Human Impact on Animals - WebQuestThis WebQuest is a great way to get students thinking about how humans are impacting the ecosystem around us and how we are harming animals. This WebQuest focuses on invasive species and how humans are harming pollinators. During the first section, it first starts with students thinking about how humans have sped up the natural process of extinction. It also looks into invasive species and how they impact other organisms. The second section talks about human imp

Scientific Method Lab: Paper AirplanesThis is a great resource to help students review the different steps to the scientific method while creating an experiment. In this product, students will use provided supplies in order to detemine how changing one variable of their choice will affect how a paper airplane flies. The steps in the lab walk students through the scientific method and review terms such as independent, dependent, and control variables. Students will need a open space to fly their

Greek & Latin Root Word PostersThis is a great resources for any English or Science classroom to help students learn about Greek and Latin root words. In this product, there are a total of 76 color posters with a total of 79 root words. Each card has a root word, the definition, an example with the definition, and two pictures. They can be used as classroom decorations or a teaching tool when introducing new Greek and Latin root words. A list of all the root words and a preview of the cards can

This is an easy way to help your students stay on top of any assignments, activities, or assessments they missed while they were absent. These forms are great for when students are absent and you need to communicate with them when they come back what they missed and when they need to turn it in by. They also help you to avoid questions like "What did I miss?", "Did we do anything when I was gone?", and "Do I have to make up everything I missed?". There are three different editable handouts inclu

Moon Phases and Eclipses LabThis is a fun and engaging way to help students understand more about why the Moon goes through phases and what causes eclipses. In this lab, students will model and view for themselves the phases of the Moon using a lamp and ball. Students will become the Earth. The ball represents the Moon, and the lamp represents the Sun. By moving, the ball around them, students will see the lit sections of the "Moon" wax and wan as they move it in its orbit. The second half of th

Displacement ActivityThis is a fun and engaging way to help students understand how displacement and distance are similar and different. In this activity, students will fill out a table to create directions they will follow. They will then walk a number of steps in a particular direction based off of their table. In the end, they will compare their distance and displacement to see how they are different. This lab was built for students to do with only a few instructions from the teacher. Meaning

This is a fun and engaging way to help student understand how to read and interpret a lab before they start doing it. This is a worksheet intended to help students read and understand a lab handout before they start doing it. It can be completed in class or done as homework. Some topics that this worksheet covers include hypothesis, materials needed, lab safety, new words, and procedures. What is included?~ Printable worksheet ~ Teacher instructions and suggestions

This is a fun and engaging way to help student visualize how humans hear and see. This is a worksheet to be give to students after they have been introduced to the anatomy of the ear and eye. The students will be asked to color and label the diagrams as well as explain how the different parts are used by the body to allow humans to perceive sound and light. What is included?~ Printable worksheet with diagrams ~ Teacher instructions and suggestions What types of files are included?~ PDF

Take Home Lab - Physical Changes - Dissolving & FreezingThis is a fun and engaging way to help students understand how to conduct a lab while learning about physical changes that occur when dissolving a solute into a solvent and how the freezing temperature of water is lowered when a solute is added. Great for distance learning. This take home lab was built for students to do entirely at home with little to no help from a teacher or adult. However, the lab could be used as an independent inquiry

Learning vocabulary can be hard for students. Word walls can help bridge the gap in learning while also being fun and engaging. This word wall contains all of the major organelles and parts for plant and animal cells. Each cards lists an organelle, the definition, and a picture with an arrow to the organelle. What is included?~ 12 word wall cards including the organelle/part name, definition, and picture ~ Organelles and parts included are cell wall, cell membrane, chloroplast, cytoplasm, endopl

First Flower - Video GuideThis is a fun and engaging way to help students learn how scientists are using fossils and present day plants to discover what the first flower could have looked like. Great for supplemental material, a sub day, or distance learning. This video guide was created for the documentary First Flower produced by NOVA. In this documentary, a team of scientists talk about a fossil found in China that is believed to be one of the oldest known fossils of a flowering plant. They

This is a an engaging way to have students think about their own learning and determine how they can preform better for the next test or summative. This resource allows students to predict the score they think they got on a test before they see it and explain why they earned that score. It also allows students to explain why they earned their actual score after they see the test. There is also questions that ask students to think about their own study habits and how they can improve for the next

Seek by iNaturalist is a fun and exciting way to get students interested in the natural world around them. This product walks you through how to use the Seek and enjoy its many features. This app allows you to learn the common name, scientific name, taxonomy, interesting facts, and more for a variety of organisms. What is included?~Letter Size PDF ~A4 Size PDF If you would like to use this app in a lab setting, please check out Plant Seek App on my store.

Cornell NotesThese notes are a wonderful way to teach students how to take good notes. All too often students do not know wha they should write down when taking notes, but Cornell Notes help students who struggle learn a format they can follow. What is included?~ Editable Word Document ~ PDF ~ Instructions for Students ~ Teacher Suggestions

This is a good way to engage your students in the fight against bullying. This is a survey to give to students to find out if they have been bullied or if they have been the bully. There is also a question that allows students to give suggestions to the school to help reduce and eliminate bullying. What is included?~ 2 page printable survey made of 10 multiple choice and 2 short answer questions ~ Teacher instructions and suggestions