Batteacher's Cave

Wonderopolis is a free website students can use to research different "wonders" I use it as a filler at the end of class, this is also a great sub-plan activity, gifted and talented activity, or homeschool activity!! You can assign a wonder or have students choose a wonder of interest! The great thing about Wonderopolis is that there are subject and content specific wonders for science, mathematics, social studies, language arts, technology, and arts & culture! This research activity gives

Editable - Distance Learning Weather and Atmosphere google slides. Week 1 The week starts out with a choice board regarding the water cycle. The next activity is vocabulary and definitions research. Students will then learn the difference between weather and climate. Students will finish the week watching two choice videos and writing a summary of each video. All slides are fully editable for your use and for what is appropriate for you students. This provides dynamic distance learning experie

These posters are great for posting learning goals, laminate them for use over and over! I use these in my classroom and I love how easy they are to pull out, post, and change with each unit of study.

Wonderopolis is a free website students can use to research different "wonders" This is a GREAT activity for distance learning and at home activities for grades 3 and up. This digital resource provides detailed directions for students. You can assign a wonder or have students choose a wonder of interest! The great thing about Wonderopolis is that there are subject and content specific wonders for science, mathematics, social studies, language arts, technology, and arts & culture! This rese

A fun game to play with students while they are learning and for review at the end of the unit! Place pages around your room, in the halls, or take advantage of nice weather and go outside! Students will read definitions and then find the correct vocabulary word that matches on the bottom of the next definition page! Students can start at any page, returning to the original page once they finish! I laminate these so they can be used over and over! Answer sheet and student sheet included!

Editable - Distance Learning - Energy Flow In Organisms google slides. This week starts out students accessing prior knowledge regarding what animals need for survival. They will then watch a video about chemical reactions in the digestive system followed by response questions. Students will then complete an interactive and organize the energy flow of organisms. To finish the week, students will review the concept of cellular respiration and then write a scientific explanation. All slides are

These posters are based on Bloom's Taxonomy, they are age appropriate for middle school (no cutesy clip art). I love having these up in my classroom, they are great to use as reference to students to encourage them to use their higher order thinking skills!

This activity is meant to get students up and moving! I usually put these up either around my room, in the halls where they won’t distract other classes or outside if it is nice outside! I like to have students work in pairs for these types of activities.Students can start with any problem, the solution to their problem #1 will be what they hunt for in the bottom left hand corner to find their problem #2. Students will continue until they return to the problem they started with.This is a great a

Editable - Distance Learning Plate Tectonics google slides. The week starts out with a choice board, followed by a video and video responses, the week finishes with vocabulary definitions. This is a dynamic way to start a distance learning unit for middle school students. You can edit slides to fit your days and dates, expectations, etc. **Please note that this is the first week of a "Distance Learning Unit" and is meant to be a modified and scaled back unit compared to what would be taught

Those first few days are rough for everyone, why not do something fun and put a twist on a classic ice breaker activity? This activity gets students up and moving, talking with each other and learning more about their classmates. The goal to start out on the right foot and help create a positive classroom community!

Scavenger hunts are a fun and different option for students review key vocabulary words! This activity can be used as a formative assessment of student's knowledge or for a review before an assessment! Students will read the definitions and then look for the vocabulary word on the bottom of the next definition they are to find. They finish by finding the final vocabulary word on the bottom of the definition they started with. Answer key is included, it is listed in the order as printed.

Scavenger hunts are a fun and different option for students review key vocabulary words! This activity can be used as a formative assessment of student's knowledge or for a review before an assessment! Students will read the definitions and then look for the vocabulary word on the bottom of the next definition they are to find. They finish by finding the final vocabulary word on the bottom of the definition they started with. Answer key is included, it is listed in the order as printed.

A fun game to play with students while they are learning and for review at the end of the unit! Place pages around your room, in the halls, or take advantage of nice weather and go outside! Students will read definitions and then find the correct vocabulary word that matches on the bottom of the next definition page! Students can start at any page, returning to the original page once they finish! I laminate these so they can be used over and over!

These posters are great for posting learning goals, laminate them for use over and over! I use these in my classroom and I love how easy they are to pull out, post, and change with each unit of study.

My version of a classic project! Every year, students look forward to this project and choose it as a favorite! This project incorporates elements of research, hands on learning, and fosters creativity while students become experts of their element of choice. This is a well structured project with detailed instructions, templates, extension activities, a lesson feedback opportunity and a rubric.

That first week back can be the make it or break it week, these are great ice breakers and getting to know you activities specifically geared toward middle school students! You get 5 activities to help you through the first 5 days of school!! 1. Tell me about your summer.......good conversation starters 2. 2019 goals.....academic and personal for whole student work! 3. Guess Who......with emoji's! 4. Toilet paper game....this is as fun as it sound! 5. Student survey....they want to know you

This activity is meant to get students up and moving! I usually put these up either around my room, in the halls where they won’t distract other classes or outside if it is nice outside! I like to have students work in pairs for these types of activities. Students can start with any problem, the solution to their problem #1 will be what they hunt for in the bottom corner of another page to find their problem #2. Students will continue until they return to the problem they started with. My stude

This activity is meant to get students up and moving! I usually put these up either around my room, in the halls where they won’t distract other classes or outside if it is nice outside! I like to have students work in pairs for these types of activities. Students can start with any problem, the solution to their problem #1 will be what they hunt for in the bottom right hand corner to find their problem #2. Students will continue until they return to the problem they started with. This is a grea

Activity slides for Halloween! 3 sets of concept slides for your middle school students! I use these for my students as a game! They can play in pairs, individually, or in small groups with dry erase boards! Answers appear after you click the slide! Add candy to make it a real Halloween experience!!!

This activity is for students to study key vocabulary words related to cells and cell anatomy, included is a list of a variety of activities for students to demonstrate and apply their knowledge. A great tool to use for differentiation! Answer key is included for the vocabulary words.