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Complete Unit! Fully cover Texas Math TEK 6.14 for Personal Financial Literacy. Instructs on all elements of 6.14 TEK (A-H) with an editable 37 slide Power Point Presentation that includes video links and detailed slide NOTES for teaching guidelines and extensions. INCLUDES... practice worksheets for balancing a Check Register, Vocabulary and more. ALSO INCLUDES... a quiz from all current released STAAR questions for TEK 6.14. Students LOVE this unit and so do their parents! I have a backg

NEW July 2022 UPDATE of this editable PowerPoint presentation contains over 60 slides loaded with the History of Space Exploration and with current and future NASA exploration plans including SpaceX's Dragon and Boeing's Starliner. It includes my DETAILED NOTES on each slide for tips on how to present and extend. Included are suggestions for an experiment on "How Rockets Work?", interactive notebook prompts, video enhancements, extensions to Science as a Human Endeavor with noteworthy space p

Ten pages packed with all the 5th grade STAAR tested science concepts students need. An invaluable resource for Texas Science Teachers! Quote from one of my students, "Your study guide really helped prepare me for STAAR. I liked that I could keep a copy in the car and have it on my iPad. It was fun to study with all the pictures. I was amazed at how much I have learned this year!" Included is an EDITABLE Powerpoint file. In the notes section are answers to the questions/blanks on the guide

Editable, animated PowerPoint presentation brings to "life" the classification of organisms into Domains, Kingdoms and lower taxonomic groups. Each slide has detailed notes with recommended activities, interactive notebook responses, video links and class discussion points. Includes an introduction to binomial nomenclature and Carolus Linnaeus. Covers basic characteristics of organisms that assist in classification such as prokaryotic vs. eukaryotic, uni- vs multi- cellular, autotrophic vs. h

Editable PowerPoint presentation to introduce laboratory tools and vocabulary. Fun game to reinforce the vocabulary and practice identification of key lab equipment. Scientific tool QUIZ included. Make as many of these actual tools available as possible on student lab tables/desks as you go through the PowerPoint. Call on students to "spot" these in the classroom and share how they are used.

This editable test goes along with my Space Exploration Power Point includes multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, short answer and essay questions. It includes a study guide to distribute to students a few days before the upcoming test. It tests Texas Science TEKS 11.C Click on this link to my Power Point: Space Exploration PowerPoint Presentation

This EDITABLE PowerPoint presentation contains 29 pages loaded with graphics and pauses for HANDS ON explorations into the major properties of light. Students learn how light is necessary to see and how they see color. They experiment with reflection, refraction and the absorption of light. Includes my DETAILED NOTES on each slide for tips on how to present and extend. Included are suggestions for additional experiments, interactive notebook prompts and links to key web sites for further exte

An engaging reintroduction to experimentation that is perfect for Back to Science. This adaptation of the classic "Dancing Raisins" experiment raises the inquiry bar for your students as they develop their own original experiments in Part 2. Students work in groups of 3-4 students while gaining experience with qualitative and quantitative analysis. This experiment is offered in an editable Power Point file so you can modify for your classroom materials and special needs. Included is a sample

This comprehensive matter study guide covers all the concepts in TEKS 5.5 A,B,C and D. I provide this as a review and tool for students one week before they will be tested on this material. FYI. My preview is the actual two page study guide with words missing.