This webquest gets your students into the mindset of what cancer is and how it develops. This webquest uses government websites for accurate, up-to-date information. The best part? It runs on PC, Mac, iPad, and chromebooks which makes it ideal for distance learning!
This bundle brings together the reference sheets and graphic organizers! These two resources combined can be used in a variety of ways such as station teaching, providing students a way to explore a topic prior to discussing the topics, as a review, and many other ways!
This is a BUNDLE package! It includes the lesson plan, hand out, materials for the hands-on activity, instructions for how to complete the hands-on activity, and exit tickets! Very easy to follow and can easily be tiered/brought to varying levels for all students. This is designed as an introductory lesson for students that are beginning to learn about macromolecules. The lesson provides students the ability to learn in a hands-on style while including visuals, notes, kinesthetics, and other mo
This bundle of learning scales (26 in total) cover every biology standard under the Next Generation Science Standards. Along with learning scales for each standard, a generic learning scale for everyday use in any classroom is included, as well as a blank format to hand-write in a scale of your own choosing. These scales are numbered with light color-coding and a star located on the region of the scale all students should strive for.
This breakdown of tonicity is just what your students need. Over the course of 7 pages your students will be provided with background on what tonicity is, how to determine the difference between the 3 tonicities, and solve simple tonicity problems. Included in this activity is 20 diagram-based problems and 5 word-problems.
This is a bundle that includes the PPT presentation and fill-in notes for the cells and cell theory listing in my store! Click the preview to see what they are like!
Take a break from direct instruction by letting your students explore meiosis a bit more on their own! These stations allow for students to review concepts they know by utilizing vocabulary, writing skills, microscope skills, and reading comprehension (talk about cross-curricular!). What's included: lesson plan (with suggested timing), 5 stations with included worksheets and links, directions, and answer keys!
Station teaching anyone? This grouping of station worksheets is great for changing up activities in the classroom. This grouping of activities provides students the opportunity to utilize their vocabulary, writing skills, and microscope skills. (If you want to get the lesson plan as well, check out the full package).
This activity utilizes your students knowledge of ecosystems, food webs, and food chains to interpret how energy cycles through the ecosystem they are provided. Provided with options for ecosystems, the students create a food web utilizing the organisms and clues provided on the attached handouts. Once created, the students highlight a food chain and use those organisms to show how much energy is passed along from one trophic level to the next. This is a great activity for distance learning!
What better way to ensure students are comprehending the material than by providing them a reading that they have to complete! Using their knowledge of the vocabulary, students have to complete the handout with the correct terms provided. It can be used as homework, a Do Now, or even a quiz.
This brief PowerPoint (teacher presentation with skeleton notes!) discusses the topic of Chemistry of Life. The students will learn about the basics of chemistry needed for biology class.
These quick reference sheets provide students with the need-to-know information that is crucial to understanding the 4 classes of macromolecule. Complete with general information, diagrams, and other useful information, these sheets are sure to be your students most utilized tool in the future!
Help your students to grow their understanding of cells and cell theory with this set of notes that introduces the contributions made by various scientists, what the theory is, and the different components of a cell.
Engage your students with this station-based lab activity to explore the properties of water. Students will observe the properties of adhesion, cohesion, and capillary action. When cut, the documents combine together to make a small booklet.
Are your students beginning the topic of tonicity? Do you need a quick reference sheet for them to help determine what type of solution they are being faced with? This handy reference sheet allows students to identify the type of solution presented to them and determine the net water movement generated by the osmotic gradient.
Provided with a word bank, the students will be able to identify and use their vocabulary skills in a manner that can quickly be reviewed and used to determine how well students know the content vocabulary that they are using. The Photosynthesis Cloze Reading activity provides a rough overview of photosynthesis from beginning to end. Students can identify the basics of what goes into photosynthesis and what the products are.
Help your students to grasp the concept of the Compass Rose, directions, and coordinate points with this interactive, drag and drop activity paired with how to find locations around the globe.
This is a quick overview of the topic of bonding with carbon and the processes of dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis. The PowerPoint is more of a guiding resource meant to be built off of with further explanation and in-depth discussion.
These graphic organizers are set up to help students tackle the difficult topic of macromolecules. The organizers will help students picture the molecule, determine the elements in each, their function, the monomers, and the polymers. Students find these organizers extremely helpful!