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Description:These EDITABLE "Solar and Lunar Eclipses" articles, worksheet, & key will help your students with reading comprehension and earth science content. Help them get ready for the total solar eclipse in April 2024! Students will read an article (2 different reading levels provided) and answer questions directly aligned with the article content. A key is provided to help you quickly check their answers. ALL items are EDITABLE in Google Slides! This product includes:2 editable two-page ar

Description:This EDITABLE "Plate Tectonics PhET Simulation" lab activity helps students use PhET's website to explore the features and processes that occur at convergent, divergent, and transform plate boundaries. It could also be modified to align with another resource, such as a reading passage, textbook, or online resource. This product includes:2 student pages2 teacher key pages1 Google Slides link to create an editable copy of the student pages & keyHow to use this product:Print and copy

This is a middle school social studies and math integrated unit that was used to teach the economics standards for social studies and number sense and data analysis standards for math. Topics include: supply and demand, surveys, assembly lines, marketing, unit rates, competition and advertising, and profit. The unit includes a culminating activity where students advertise and sell their product and then calculate their earnings. Some of the activities are whole group and others are group or part

This activity is a perfect follow-up to the PPT in my store called "How to Write Professional Emails." The one page worksheet asks students to edit three "fake" emails using their knowledge of professional writing and email formatting conventions.

This bundle includes 10 posters of influential scientists, featuring striking visuals of the scientists themselves, their historic contributions, and bold titles. These posters are ready to print full size at 17" square in high resolution, but they could easily be printed at a smaller size to suit your needs. I usually have these printed at Office Depot or Staples on bond paper, which without lamination or mounting is very inexpensive! They were originally intended to be part of a "science timel

Description:In this EDITABLE "Absolute and Relative Motion at Plate Boundaries" activity, students use maps to identify plate motion at 10 tectonically active sites. The 10 case study sites include convergent, divergent, and transform plate boundaries and 2 hotspots. The slides and worksheet can be used as is or modified to fit into a larger project on plate tectonics. This product includes:2 student worksheet pages 2 teacher key pages2 Google Slides links to create editable copies of the slide

This set includes a PPT and a practice activity/assessment, adding up to a 2 day lesson sequence. The PPT (Day 1) instructs some basic visual composition terminology, focusing on positive vs. negative space, static vs. dynamic composition, and the Rule of Thirds. There is also a sponge activity at the end of the PPT for students to brainstorm their own compositions. The practice activity (Day 2) assesses students' grasp of these concepts through a tracing exercise. They are prompted to identif

I didn't like the so-called "inspirational" posters available out there, so I made my own! I wanted to include women and people of color without the cheesy cliches we are so used to seeing in classroom art. You can also buy these posters individually in my store for $2! The bundle (discounting each poster to $1.50) includes: --- Feminist icon Audre Lorde: "It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences." --- Baseball icon Babe

Within this package you will find 11 Creative Writing Prompts for high school students. Many of the prompts refer to or are based on literary texts and multimedia materials (songs and images), which are also included. That totals: -11 pages of writing prompts - 6 poetry structure models & explanations - 5 versions of a song to demonstrate Tone - 49 images to inspire kids' writing - 7 additional supplementary texts Each of the prompts could be used a stand-alone writing activity for your stu

This poster of Alfred Wegener features his picture and the title "Continental Drift" with a bold background image. It is ready to print full size at 17" square in high resolution, but it could easily be printed at a smaller size to suit your needs. If you print at Office Depot or Staples on bond paper without lamination or mounting, it is very inexpensive! This was originally intended to be part of a "science timeline" in an 8th grade classroom, but could hang independently around a room or scie

This PPT walks students through the steps of writing a professional email, mostly so they are better able to advocate for themselves when they need help. The slides prompt students to think about why it's important to look professional when emailing a teacher to ask for help, and then provides a series of examples in an interactive "game" format. Finally, the students get practice applying those skills in a writing activity. See additional activity sheet "Editing Professional Emails" in my sto

This poster of Arthur Holmes features his picture and the title "Mantle Convection" with a bold background image. It is ready to print full size at 17" square in high resolution, but it could easily be printed at a smaller size to suit your needs. If you print at Office Depot or Staples on bond paper without lamination or mounting, it is very inexpensive! This was originally intended to be part of a "science timeline" in an 8th grade classroom, but could hang independently around a room or scien

This poster of Charles Darwin features his picture and the title "Natural Selection" with a bold background image. It is ready to print full size at 17" square in high resolution, but it could easily be printed at a smaller size to suit your needs. If you print at Office Depot or Staples on bond paper without lamination or mounting, it is very inexpensive! This was originally intended to be part of a "science timeline" in an 8th grade classroom, but could hang independently around a room or scie

This poster of Marie Tharp features her picture and the title "Map of Ocean Floor" with a bold background image. It is ready to print full size at 17" square in high resolution, but it could easily be printed at a smaller size to suit your needs. If you print at Office Depot or Staples on bond paper without lamination or mounting, it is very inexpensive! This was originally intended to be part of a "science timeline" in an 8th grade classroom, but could hang independently around a room or scienc

Get Ready for the April 8, 2024 Eclipse! Use for stations, independent, or group work. This Moon Phase and Eclipse BUNDLE includes the following products: Solar and Lunar Eclipses | Articles, Worksheet, & Key (April 2024!)Moon Phases DRAG & DROP Digital Activity | Prepare for the April 2024 Eclipse!

aka Teaching Art for Non Art Teachers! This PPT includes handouts as well as teacher & student instructions. Students are led through a 3 day activity sequence, demonstrating and providing practice in a strategy that shows them how to illustrate professional looking characters without any previous drawing experience or talent. By the end of the 3 days, students are able to create original illustrated characters, empowering them to feel like artists who know how to draw. This lesson series wou

Description:These EDITABLE "Moon Phases DRAG & DROP" digital activity & key will help your students understand HOW & WHY moon phases occur, rather than just memorizing names & images. Inquiry-based and interactive! A key is provided to help you quickly check their answers. EDITABLE in Google Slides! This product includes:18 Drag and Drop Slides8 identifying phase names and images10 multiple choice application questions1 Key (six slides per page)You may also be interested in:Solar and Lun

Description:This EDITABLE "Collaboration RECAP Log" is a tool you can use to help students evaluate and reflect on skills like Responsibility, Engagement, Communication, Attitude, and Performance that make someone a good team member for group projects. Perfect for project-based learning! Use the PDF to print immediately, or make a copy and modify it to your needs in Google Slides! Check out how this tool was used for my plate tectonics project on EDUTOPIA! This product includes:2 editabl

This poster of civil rights icon MLK Jr reads: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." The image file can be printed full size in high resolution at 24x36" or at a smaller size if that's preferred. I usually print these posters at Office Depot or Staples on bond paper, which without laminating or mounting costs only a few dollars. Very affordable! Contact me about designing custom posters or other artwork for your classroom

In this interactive PPT, students practice changing the 30 most common English verbs to the simple past tense (ex: think to thought, use to used, have to had, play to played). A complete list of included verbs can be seen in the Preview document. This teacher-led PPT has two main sections. First, students choose a present verb from the list by defining or acting out its meaning. This part could easily be turned into a game! Clicking on the chosen verb takes you to a slide where students are pro