Do Well Lessons

This is an accompanying student handout for parts 1 to 13 of the new Cosmos television show. Keep students engaged while watching with 20 focus questions for each episode plus analysis questions. Includes an answer sheet.

This lab covers and provided evidence for mastery of Next Generation Science Standard MS-PS2-3: Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. Students are engaged by the process of creating the electromagnets but also understand and are able to make predictions about the factors that contribute to the strength of the magnets. The conclusion and extension questions will also help students to extend what they have learned to real world

This is an accompanying student handout for part 1 of the new PBS series "Explore Your Inner Fish" titled "Your Inner Fish". Keep students engaged while watching with 20 focus questions plus analysis questions. Includes an answer sheet. This episode focuses on how fish evolved into land animals and many of the similarities that humans fish share. The series can be purchased on DVD from Amazon or found online at a number of sites. Here is a link to the episodes on google play: https://play.googl

This is an accompanying student handout for part 1-3 of the new PBS series "Your Inner Fish" plus an accompanying worksheet for the interactive online simulation "Explore your Inner Animal". Keep students engaged while watching with 20 focus questions plus analysis questions for each episode. Includes an answer sheet.These episodes focus on how humans have evolved over the past 400 million years.

I love using computer simulations and games in my classroom but I find that if students don't have some type of accompanying worksheet they often breeze through the assignment and miss the objective. I have created a number of student guides to provide teachers with evidence of student learning as well as analysis questions that are designed to deepen student thought and assist with classroom discussion. This assignment is student centered and after a brief explanation students will be working i

This is an accompanying student handout for part 2 of the new PBS series "Explore Your Inner Fish" titled "Your Inner Reptile". Keep students engaged while watching with 20 focus questions plus analysis questions. Includes an answer sheet. This episode focuses on how reptiles evolved into mammals and many of the similarities that humans and reptiles share. The series can be purchased on DVD from Amazon or found online at a number of sites. Here is a link to the episodes on google play: https://

This is an accompanying student handout for part 3 of the new PBS series "Explore Your Inner Fish" titled "Your Inner Monkey". Keep students engaged while watching with 20 focus questions plus analysis questions. Includes an answer sheet. This episode focuses on how primates evolved into humans and many of the similarities that humans and primates share.

This is an accompanying student handout for part 5 of the new Cosmos television show titled "Hiding in the Light". Keep students engaged while watching with 20 focus questions plus analysis questions. Includes an answer sheet. This episode focuses on Light and waves, Alhazan, William Hershel and Joseph Fraunhofer.

This is an accompanying student handout for part 3 of the new Cosmos television show titled "When Knowledge Conquered Fear". Keep students engaged while watching with 20 questions plus an analysis question. Includes an answer sheet. This episode focuses on the discoveries and relationships of Edmond Halley, Isaac Newton and Robert Hook.

This is an accompanying student handout for part 8 of the new Cosmos television show titled "Sister of the Sun". Keep students engaged while watching with 20 focus questions plus analysis questions. Includes an answer sheet. This episode focuses on Constellations, Women Astronomers, The Sun and Supernovas.

This is an accompanying student handout for parts 1 to 6 of the new Cosmos television show. Keep students engaged while watching with 20 focus questions for each episode plus analysis questions. Includes an answer sheet.

This is an accompanying student handout for part 2 of the new Cosmos television show titles "Some of the Things That Molecules Do". Keep students engaged while watching with 20 questions plus analysis questions. Includes an answer sheet. This episode focuses on evolution, natural and artificial selection.

This is an accompanying student handout for part 1 of the new Cosmos television series titled "Standing up in the Milky Way". Keep students engaged while watching with 20 questions plus an analysis question. This episode focuses on our solar system, the age of the universe and humans relatively short time existing in it.

This Powerpoint includes 13 days worth of middle school lessons that are built around NCSS Standard MS-LS4-1, MS-MS4-2 and MS-MS4-3. This is perfect for a school that is one to one or a teacher who can easily access computers for their students. I have gathered a wide variety of resources from around the internet and created support materials (worksheets ex.) that display student comprehension in order to create a divers and engaging learning experience for students. Included are live labs, vi

This is an accompanying student handout for part 9 of the new Cosmos television show titled "The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth". Keep students engaged while watching with 20 focus questions plus analysis questions. Includes an answer sheet. This episode focuses on Geology, Pangaea, Continental Drift and Evolution.

This is an accompanying student handout for part 4 of the new Cosmos television show titled "Sky Full of Ghosts". Keep students engaged while watching with 20 focus questions plus analysis questions. Includes an answer sheet. This episode focuses on William Hershel, Einstein, Gravity, the Speed of Light and Black Holes.

This is an accompanying student handout for parts 7 to 12 of the new Cosmos television show. Keep students engaged while watching with 20 focus questions for each episode plus analysis questions. Includes an answer sheet.

This is an accompanying student handout for part 12 of the new Cosmos television show titled "The World Set Free". Keep students engaged while watching with 20 focus questions plus analysis questions. This episode explores the nature of the greenhouse effect and the evidence demonstrating the existence of global warming from humanity's influence.

This worksheet is a companion to the "Explore Your Inner Animal" PBS online simulation that can be found at the following link http://d3tt741pwxqwm0.cloudfront.net/pbslm/Your_Inner_Fish_sa/index.html This worksheet both walks students through the simulation and includes analysis questions that provide evidence of student comprehension of the Next Generation Science Standard MS-LS4-2 MS-LS4-2.Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences am

This is an accompanying student handout for part 10 of the new Cosmos television show titled "The Electric Boy". Keep students engaged while watching with 20 focus questions plus analysis questions. Includes an answer sheet. This episode focuses on Michael Faraday, electricity and waves.