I have 12+ years experience teaching both middle and high school students in New York State. I have also done enrichment programs with elementary school students. I am certified in science and special education grades 5-12. I am also working on my administrator certification as I have recently graduated with my Master's in School Building Leadership from Mercy College.
Use this worksheet to help your students practice making line graphs. In addition, they will have to identify both the independent and dependent variables. Hopefully, they will make the connection between the variables and their placement on the graph. There is a key provided for the teacher. There are ten line graphs for students to work with.
line graph, plot points, independent variable, dependent variable, data table, uniform scale, x-axis, y-axis
Start the year off right by instructing and assessing your students' knowledge of the difference between independent and dependent variables. This worksheet will help you accomplish that goal in your middle or high school science class. There is a teacher answer key included.
dependent variable, independent variable, relationship, change, amount, experiment, investigate, determine, respond, manipulate
Use this resource to help your middle school math and science students learn and practice how to make line graphs as well as identify the independent and dependent variables. Move beyond bar graphs! There is a teacher key provided and eight graphs for practice.
line graph, plot points, x-axis, y-axis, independent variable, dependent variable
Use this 1 page fill-in-the-blank or "cloze" worksheet to help students review and reinforce their knowledge of the nervous system. This is both a literacy and science learning activity that is appropriate for middle school students and lower level high school. There is a teacher answer key provided.
nerves, neuron, reflex, response, stimulus, sensory organ, brain, spinal cord, neurotransmitter
Use this 1.5 page CLOZE worksheet as part of a unit of study on DNA and heredity. The basics of DNA base-pair bonding are discussed along with a brief history of the discovery of DNA. This assignment combines literacy with science content.
DNA, replication, adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine, base pairing, nucleotide, mitosis, cell division, protein
Use this worksheet to help your science students to reinforce and review their knowledge about the human reproductive system. This is a fill-in-the-blank worksheet that is also a literacy activity. There is a teacher answer key provided.
Asexual, sexual, reproduction, sperm, egg, sex cell, 23 chromosomes, uterus, testes, ovaries, external, internal, fertilization, differentiation, growth
Use this one page worksheet that is cloze (fill in the blank) dealing with basic science properties, equipment, and measurement. A teacher answer key is provided and there are word banks provided after each paragraph for students to choose from.
measurement, equipment, triple beam balance, volume, mass, density, graduated cylinder, regular shaped solid, irregularly shaped solid, metric ruler, physical property, chemical property
Measuring is an important skill in science class. One commonplace measurement activity is measuring a specimen using a grid slide on a microscope. To enhance, review, and reinforce the actual use of microscopes and grid slides, this worksheet displays specimens on grids and requires students to make a measurement to the nearest 0.1 mm. There is a teacher key provided and more than ten specimens to measure. microscope, measurement, mm, 0.1 mm, field of view, specimen, insect
Use this worksheet to help students review their knowledge of the human digestive system. There is a word bank provided, where students will fill-in-the-blank. There is a teacher key provided.
digestion, absorption, nutrients, mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, anus, enzyme, pancreas, gallbladder, chemical/physical digestion
Use this 15 page packet of notes, questions, and definitions to help your high school biology students study and learn about cellular transport processes. There are definitions provided, workspaces in the margin with essential focus questions, and conclusion questions that measure student understanding. There is an answer key provided for teachers. Passive transport, Active transport, ATP, Equilibrium, Nutrient, Diffusion, Facilitated diffusion, Gradient, Endocytosis, Exocytosis, Vesicle
Use this notes packet as a resource guide for your middle school science students to teach them about weather and climate. There is text, definitions, pictures, and questions along the side of the reading to examine and think about the concepts. There are multiple choice and extended response questions at the end as well as an enrichment section.
weather, climate, Sun, hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, water cycle, climate, climate change, pollution, global warming, hurricane, blizzard,
Students that are being introduced to the scientific method often struggle to learn how to both identify and measure variables in experiments. Use this worksheet with your introduction to the scientific method to assist students in identifying both variables in a science investigation. A teacher answer key is provided.
independent variable, dependent variable, relationship
Use this comprehensive packet to help your late elementary to intermediate level students learn about the phases of the Moon and some other basic, related concepts of Earth Science. There is a reading, diagrams, vocabulary, multiple-choice, and extended response questions to guage understanding. There is a teacher key provided for all exercises.
Moon, phase of Moon, Moon cycle, gibbous, crescent, waxing, waning, first quarter, third quarter, new Moon, full Moon, Sun, reflect, orbit, gravity,
Use this packet of notes and worksheet exercises to help your students understand the processes of DNA. There are reading comprehension passages, diagrams, multiple-choice/constructed response/fill in the blank exercises for students to test understanding. Historical experiments that revealed DNA understandings are an important part of this packet. There is a teacher answer key provided.
DNA, RNA, codon, protein, amino acid, Hershey-Chase experiment, Griffith's experiment, Avery-MacLeod expe
Use this one sheet, three paragraph Cloze worksheet to introduce your students to the basics of biology. The characteristics of life are covered in this worksheet; a teacher answer key is provided.
Biotic, abiotic, classify, activities, organism, grow, cell, reproduce, unique,cells, energy, Respond, homeostasis, adaptation, evolution, material, DNA, passed, heredity
Use this 1 page worksheet to help your students reinforce and assess their learning about changes to matter, both physical and chemical. This is a fill-in-the-blank type worksheet and has a word bank as well as an answer key for teachers.
physical change, chemical change, matter, molecule, chemical bond, chemical compound, phase change, cooking, burning, ripping, tearing
Use this 1 page worksheet to help your students review and learn the basics of the skeletal system. This is a fill-in-the-blank or "cloze" format. This can be considered an exercise in literacy as well as science. There is a teacher answer key provided.
bone, marrow, mineral, calcium, adult, child, fuse, movement, muscle, blood
This is a packet of notes that is all about heat transfer. The concepts of conduction, convection, and radiation are covered as well as the laws of conservation of energy and matter. There are questions for students to respond to in the margins, vocabulary to define, wrap up questions, and an enrichment section. This packet comes with a teacher answer key and it is appropriate for late middle school or early high school students.
radiation, convection, conduction, heat, energy, matter, conse
Use this worksheet to help your middle and early high school students to help build their foundation of understanding of cells and organelles. There are tables and charts to be filled in using word banks that will identify the function of the various cell organelles in plants and animals. There is a teacher answer key provided.
cells, organelles, lysosome, vesicle, nucleus, vacuole, cell membrane, golgi apparatus, smooth endoplasmic reticulum, ribosome, nucleolus
Use this 1 page worksheet to help students review and apply knowledge of the circulatory system. This is a fill in the blank worksheet where students choose the appropriate word for each blank in the paragraph. This activity reinforces literacy skills in science. There is a teacher answer key provided.
Heart, lungs, blood, arteries, veins, oxygen, carbon dioxide, transport, circulate, pump
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Experience
I have 12+ years experience teaching both middle and high school students in New York State. I have also done enrichment programs with elementary school students. I am certified in science and special education grades 5-12. I am also working on my administrator certification as I have recently graduated with my Master's in School Building Leadership from Mercy College.
Teaching style
I like to combine the sentiments of Gardner's multiple intelligence theory with the constructivist theory of Twomey.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Member Golden Key National Honor Society
Graduated top 10% of high school class
Graduated top 10% of PSU
My own education history
Pennsylvania State University - 2001 B.S. in Psychology with Biological Sciences Option.
Manhattanville College - 2005 - M.A.T. for Science (5 - 9) and (7 - 12).
Certified Biology grades (5 - 12), Students with Disabilities (7 - 12)
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Member Orange County Chapter of NY State Archaeologial Association
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