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This secondary education lesson covers how Earth's orbit causes time zones and seasons. This Powerpoint contains many visuals, notes, videos and questions to stimulate all types of academic learners. The games drive the content home, with a hands-on approach to learning the content. The videos and questions throughout break up the routine note taking process and reconfirm the knowledge the students are taking in. One of the games contains a worksheet that I use to ask the students questions, but

This is a secondary education project that allows the students to research and present information about different scientists throughout history. The students will create an presentation (powerpoint, prezi, glogster), about their scientists, as well as, a wanted poster and extension activity in order to teach the class about their famous scientist. This is a perfect end of the semester, trimester or year project! Included in the download: Famous Scientist introduction picture Project guidel

This lesson covers the vocabulary and parts of fresh water. There are questions throughout the lesson to check on the students' understanding and a critical thinking debate at the end of the lesson. The topics in this powerpoint are: Where on Earth fresh water is found -surface water -ground water -water table How does Water Move -channel -tributary -watershed (separations and divide) -flow gradient and stream load How does Ground Water Flow -aquifer -porosity vs permability -recharging/rech

This powerpoint highlights topics on how humans affect our Earth and the organisms in it. The first day the students look at the journey of coal and oil in an ecosystem and create a comic strip based off their journeys. Day two the students look at the introduction of exotic organisms into ecosystems and their impact. They also look into how humans have tampered with ecosystems such as, the rain forest, grasslands, wetlands, and how these places can be restored. After the lesson the student

This secondary education lesson covers the creation of wind and its purpose in the atmosphere. This powerpoint includes, an anticipatory set, notes, visuals, questions, and videos to help all types of students learn the information in their own way. Within the powerpoint is an example of what students should draw/label in their notebook as their interactive page. At the end of the powerpoint is a STEM engineering and design lab - creating a wind powered car. **I typically have my students co

What are elements, compounds and mixtures? This secondary lesson plan is set up with an introductory classification investigation. The lab will help students decipher why materials are classified based off their properties, and allow them to create their own classification groups. The powerpoint is broken up into visuals, notes, videos and questions to present the material to all types of learners. There are many formative assessments throughout the powerpoint, to check and see what the stud

This is an introduction powerpoint for a unit on oceans. The powerpoint is very inquiry based and is meant to be a fun way to jump into the new unit. This powerpoint includes multiple questions, random facts, pictures, videos, vocabulary and three mini-labs. The quick paced powerpoint and labs introduce many different topics in ocenography, such as: The five oceans Cold vs Warm water Currents Percent of world is salt vs fresh water Salinity *Low and High Mini - Labs *Hot vs Cold Water *S

This is an secondary level lesson covering clouds and cloud formation. This Powerpoint contains many visuals, notes, videos and questions to stimulate all types of academic learners. The interactive notebook activity at the beginning of the lesson has students draw information from their prior knowledge on the topic. The videos and questions throughout break up the routine note taking process and reconfirm the knowledge the students are taking in. **I Have my students write the text in RED. To

This secondary education lesson covers what influences weather. This Powerpoint contains many visuals, notes, videos and questions to stimulate all types of academic learners. The questions at the beginning of the Powerpoint get the students thinking and ready for the material about to be presented. The videos and questions throughout break up the routine note taking process and reconfirm the knowledge the students are taking in. **I Have my students write the text in RED. Topics Covered in thi

This powerpoint and interactive pages cover primary and secondary succession. The powerpoint and interactive coloring page should take one day. The Mt St Helens - back from the dead video is an example of real life succession, and can be watched on day two or omitted. This lesson goes over the steps in colonizing a new or previously populated habitat and how to distinguish between the two types of successions. The videos and questions throughout help break up the routine lecture. This les

These tags are a vibrant way to categorize your science room. They can be used to label lab supplies, desks, or notebooks.

This is a secondary education lesson plan on what makes up matter. The powerpoint contains has notes, visuals, videos and questions. The questions help use formative assessment, to make sure the students are following along and understanding. There is an option for an interactive notebook page, and a fun lab that involves candy (what students doesn't like that!?). **I typically have the students write the BLUE text in their notebook. This powerpoint covers: Subatomic Particles -Protons -Ne

This secondary education lesson covers interactions in ecosystems and energy transfer. This powerpoint includes, an anticipatory set, notes, visuals, questions, and videos to help all types of students learn the information in their own way. Within the powerpoint are two activities which can be done as a group on the board, or drawn/labeled in students' notebook as their interactive page. There are many questions throughout the powerpoint to assess the students' knowledge on the concept. **I t

How do forces interact is a secondary education powerpoint and activity lesson that covers the many ways items all around us interact with each other. This lesson is filled with notes, visuals, videos, and mini labs to help all types of learners understand the material. There are also questions scattered throughout to formatively assess the students understanding of the content. Many of the points in this powerpoint are driven home with the hands on activities within the lesson. **I typical

This download contains cards to play the game, around the world, with the different tiers of producers and consumers. The students can compete against each other, one-on-one, and try to beat out their classmates, in order to move all the way around the classroom and back to their original seat. The game can be played on a lower level, stating whether an organism is a producer, decomposer, carnivore, omnivore, or herbivore. It also can be played at a higher level stating the organism is a pro

This colorful and bright copy of the laboratory safety rules is sure to draw your students' attention.