I have been a Christian school teacher for 40 years for grades preschool - third grade. For the past 20 years, I have been a third-grade teacher. I also direct an after-school robotics club and do a robotics camp in the summer.
Skeleton Puzzle
This is cut and paste activity to aid in learning the scientific names for the bones. Two puzzles are included one using the scientific names and one using the common names for the bones.
The following bones are included in this resource: skull, pelvis, humerus, vertebrae, femur, fibula, phalanges, patella, tibia, ulna, clavicle, scapula, ribs, sternum, radius.
If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at jplygtr@yahoo.com . My class loved putting this together
This lesson covers the cause and process of leaves on deciduous trees changing colors in the fall and dropping from the trees. It teaches about where the green color in the leaves comes from, how shorter days slow down the process of photosynthesis, the fact that there are other colors in the leaves that are covered by the color of the chlorophyll, and how the leaves gradually close their connection to the tree and finally drop off, and the fact that the deciduous tree remains dormant during th
The Photosynthesis PowerPoint teaches how the process of photosynthesis works in a green plant. This lesson describes how the sun, water, carbon dioxide, and chlorophyll work together to create glucose. Included is a worksheet to use after viewing and discussing the PowerPoint. You may also like: Why Leaves on Deciduous Trees Change Colors: Why Leaves on Deciduous Trees Change Color by Cloudless Sky | TpT (teacherspayteachers.com)
Bones of the Skeleton – Learning their Scientific Names
There are two PowerPoints in this resource to help teach and review the scientific names of the bones. The first PowerPoint, “Click on the Stars”, has three activities. The first is a picture of a whole skeleton. Students click on the stars and the name of the bone briefly appears. To make the skeleton easier to see, I enlarged the skeleton and placed the top half on the second slide and the bottom half on the third slide. Students/teache
This short 4 slide PowerPoint can be used to introduce the nervous system and to drill the different parts of the nervous system and
discuss what each part does.
2nd - 4th
General Science
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I have been a Christian school teacher for 40 years for grades preschool - third grade. For the past 20 years, I have been a third-grade teacher. I also direct an after-school robotics club and do a robotics camp in the summer.
Teaching style
My teaching style consists of PowerPoints, hands-on projects, and learning games. I believe learning should be the most fun possible both for the student and the teacher.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Yearbook Dedication 2013
My own education history
Graduated from Shenandoah University and Famous Artists School
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