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Hi! I'm an 8th-grade science teacher in Missouri with 8 years of experience teaching both Life Science and Physical Science. I have a passion for making science engaging and accessible to all students. Whether we’re diving into ecosystems, exploring the laws of motion, or experimenting with chemical reactions, I strive to create hands-on, inquiry-based lessons that help students develop a deep understanding of the world around them.
With a focus on inquiry, real-world connections, and differentiated instruction, I design resources that support students' diverse learning styles and encourage critical thinking. My goal is to help students not only master the content but also develop a lifelong love for science.
On my Teachers Pay Teachers store, you’ll find a variety of ready-to-use lesson plans, worksheets, labs, and activities that are classroom-tested and designed to keep students engaged. I believe in creating practical resources that save teachers time while providing students with the best possible learning experiences. Whether you're teaching in-person or remotely, I’ve got you covered with high-quality materials that fit your needs.
Thanks for visiting my store, and I hope you find something that makes your teaching a little easier and your students’ learning fun!
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Middle School Life Science Bundle - Differentiated Labs, Activities, & Review
Bring your entire year of Life Science to life with this Ultimate Life Science Bundle... a comprehensive, engaging, and low-prep resource designed specifically for middle school science teachers! This bundle includes everything you need to teach key Life Science concepts while keeping students actively involved through hands-on activities, problem-solving, and meaningful connections. Perfect for 8th grade Life Science, this bundle aligns with NGSS and supports a wide range of teaching styles,
6th - 8th
Biology, Reading, Vocabulary
Human Body Systems Middle School Bundle: Fun Projects, Activities, Labs, Review
Are you looking for a way to teach human body systems that goes beyond the textbook while still maintaining rigor and structure? This Human Body Systems Bundle transforms your anatomy unit into an interactive, movement-filled, problem-solving experience that students actually remember. Instead of worksheets and passive notes, your students will be solving, competing, collaborating, analyzing real-world diseases, and making meaningful cross-curricular connections.What's Included:✅ Task C
6th - 8th
Anatomy, Reading, Vocabulary
NGSS, TEKS
MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-8
, SCIENCE.6.1.A
+57
Lab Safety & Scientific Method Escape Room Activity - Back to School 6th - 8th
Kick off the school year with this Back to School Lab Safety Escape Room - a fun, interactive way to teach or review science lab safety rules with your middle school students! Perfect for grades 6-8, this engaging science classroom activity reinforces essential lab procedures, safety symbols, CER and equipment identification through puzzles, critical thinking challenges, and teamwork. The print-and-go science escape room is ideal for the first week of school, science stations, or
6th - 8th
Basic Principles, General Science, Other (Science)
TEKS
SCIENCE.8.1.A
, SCIENCE.8.1.C
, SCIENCE.8.1.D
Sexual and Asexual Reproduction Activity Bundle - Middle School Plant & Animal
Make reproduction concepts engaging, hands-on, and meaningful with this comprehensive Plant & Animal Reproduction Bundle. Including sexual and asexual reproduction strategies, this resource combines i nquiry, critical thinking, movement, and creativity to help students truly understand how plants and animals reproduce. What's Included:✅ Design a Flower Project ✅ Triangle Puzzle Activity ✅ Question Cards ✅ A Word Wall With 24 Terms & Reading Passage ✅ See, Think, Wonder, Expert: Pollinator Re
6th - 8th
Biology, Reading, Vocabulary
NGSS, TEKS
MS-LS1-4
, SCIENCE.6.1.A
, SCIENCE.6.1.B
+36
Design a Flower Project - Review Parts of a Flower, Pollination, & Reproduction
Engage your students with this creative Design a Flower Project, perfect for art, science, or STEM integration! This hands-on activity allows students to explore the beauty of flowers while applying essential design skills. Created by an 8th grade science teacher, this project aligns with NGSS MS-LS1-4.What's Included?✔️ Step-by-step project instructions for both teacher and student ✔️ Flower anatomy and design reference sheets✔️ Guided templates for sketching and drawing ✔️ Creative
6th - 8th
Biology, General Science, Science
NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
MS-LS1-4
, SCIENCE.6.12.A
, SCIENCE.8.12.A
+4
Life Science Review Stations - Engaging & Low Prep Middle School Problem Trails
Make review engaging, active, and stress-free with this comprehensive Life Science Problem Trail Bundle for middle school! These movement-based, self-checking review activities gets students up, thinking, and collaborating while reinforcing key life science concepts. Perfect for small groups, stations, whole-class review, or test prep, this bundle makes content stick without adding extra prep for you. Topics Included:✅ Cells ✅ Ecosystems ✅ Human Body Systems ✅ Human Impact on the Environ
6th - 8th
Biology, Reading, Vocabulary
NGSS, TEKS
MS-LS1-5
, MS-LS1-7
, MS-LS1-2
+34
Ecosystems Middle School Bundle - Food Chains & Webs, Cycles of Matter Activity
Make Energy Flow and Cycles of Matter in Ecosystems engaging, hands-on, and easy to teach with this interactive middle school life science bundle!This resource helps students truly understand how energy flows and how c ycles of matter move through ecosystems... all through fun, meaningful, and low-prep activities. Concepts Covered:✅ Food Chains & Food Webs ✅ Energy Flow in Ecosystems ✅ Flow of Energy vs Cycles of Matter ✅ Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration ✅ Producers, Consumers, and Dec
6th - 8th
Biology, Environment, Vocabulary
NGSS, TEKS
MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-5
+56
No Prep STEM Challenges and Activities Bundle - Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER)
Bring STEM, team building, and hands-on learning to your classroom all year long with this engaging Seasonal STEM Bundle! This collection of STEM challenges and labs is designed to keep students thinking, collaborating, building, testing, and analyzing data... while having fun! Each activity is low-prep, uses minimal materials/supplies, and is perfect for small groups (and a little friendly competition!). What's Included:⭐️ Christmas Catapult Lab ⭐️ Fall Catapult Lab ⭐️ Spring Cata
6th - 8th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Physics
NGSS, TEKS
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-PS3-4
, MS-PS2-4
+82
Cell Organelles & Functions Bundle - Middle School Activities, Labeling, Review
Make your cells unit engaging, hands-on, and easy to teach with this comprehensive Cells Bundle! Designed for middle school life science, this resource covers essential cell structure and function concepts through interactive, high-interest activities that are low-to-no prep! This bundle helps students master:✅ Cell theory ✅ Organelles & their functions ✅ Plant vs. animal cells ✅ Cell labeling ✅ Diffusion & osmosis ✅ Cell transport ✅ Structure and function relationships ✅ Academic vocabu
6th - 8th
Biology, Reading, Vocabulary
NGSS, TEKS
MS-LS1-7
, MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-1
+37
Evolution, Natural Selection, Adaptations Fun Activity Bundle - Middle School
Make evolution and natural selection fun, engaging, and hands-on with this complete Evolution Bundle! Perfect for middle school life science, this resource includes low-prep and no-prep activities designed to teach key concepts like adaptations, survival, and variation while keeping students actively involved. What's Included:✅ Word Wall - Reinforce key vocabulary throughout the unit. ✅ Problem Trail - Movement-based review activity to engage students and build understanding. ✅ Surviv
6th - 8th
Biology, General Science, Vocabulary
NGSS, TEKS
MS-LS4-5
, MS-LS4-4
, MS-LS4-6
+35
Life Science Vocabulary Word Wall Bundle - Reading Passages for Middle School
Transform your classroom into an engaging learning environment with this Life Science Word Wall Bundle! This comprehensive resource includes vocabulary support for all major middle school life science units, plus a FREE bonus word wall for Lab Safety & Scientific Method.Designed with student-friendly definitions and built to support reading comprehension and content mastery, this bundle makes it easy to reinforce essential concepts all year long.What's Included:✅ Word Wall Sets for Lif
6th - 9th
Biology, Reading, Vocabulary
Human Impact on the Environment - Low-Prep Activities, Review, Stations, & MORE!
Equip your middle and high school science classrooms with a comprehensive, standards-aligned collection of hands-on activities, assessments, and extension projects - all focused on how humans affect our planet. This money-saving bundle brings together several resources that aid in teaching environmental science, Earth systems, sustainability, and climate change in one convenient package. The best part: EVERYTHING is low or NO-PREP!!Dive deep into key environmental topics with engaging, inq
6th - 8th
Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment
NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-5
+26
Pumpkin Catapult STEM Challenge Activity - Differentiated CER Halloween Lab
Engage your students this fall with a fun, hands-on STEM challenge that brings Newton's Laws of Motion and energy transfer to life! In this interactive catapult engineering project, students design, test, and improve a popsicle stick catapult to launch candy pumpkins across the classroom (and hopefully hit the target!). Perfect for middle school science, this activity combines engineering design, data collection, and scientific reasoning - all while keeping students actively learning a
6th - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Physical Science
NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
MS-PS3-4
, MS-PS2-4
, MS-PS3-2
+126
Plant & Animal Cell Organelles: Color, Label, Fold Structure & Function Activity
Perfect for middle school classrooms, this Plant & Animal Cell Organelles Activity includes both English and Spanish versions! Students will explore the structure & function of key cell organelles with this engaging foldable activity. The activity involves coloring, labeling, and cutting out a foldable diagram for both plant and animal cells, making it perfect for reinforcing cell structure concepts. This resource includes detailed slides for classroom instruction, and the Spanish versi
6th - 8th
Biology, Science, Spanish
NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-1
, SCIENCE.8.13.A
+2
Evolution Review Activity: Hands-On Fun Survival of the Fittest Simulation Game
Bring evolution to life in your classroom with this hands-on Survivor Evolution Activity! Designed for middle school life science, this activity helps students understand natural selection, adaptation, and survival of the fittest through an engaging, interactive simulation.Students will manipulate traits, face environmental challenges, and make survival decisions, seeing firsthand how certain traits increase an organism's chances of survival. Perfect for NGSS-aligned lessons, this resou
6th - 8th
Biology, Environment, Other (Science)
NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
MS-LS4-4
, MS-LS4-6
, SCIENCE.6.13.C
+12
Body Systems Research Project - Rare Diseases & Conditions Activity
Looking for an interactive, research-based project that gets your students excited about human body systems? This rare diseases & conditions project challenges students to explore some of the most unusual and fascinating medical disorders, analyzing how they affect different parts of the body! What's Included?✅ Student-friendly research guide✅ List of 50 rare diseases to choose from ✅ Differentiation strategies for all learners ✅ Project format options (poster, brochure, video, or model)
6th - 10th
Anatomy, Biology, Science
NGSS, TEKS
MS-LS1-5
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-1
+2
Human Body Systems Review Activity: Middle School Fun, Differentiated, Hands-On
Bring energy, excitement, and interactive learning to your classroom with this high-interest Human Body Systems Olympics Review Activity! This hands-on, engaging game transforms body systems review into a memorable whole class activity where students complete fun Olympic-style challenges while reinforcing important science concepts. Included Activities:The Cookie Coordination Challenge - moving a cookie from their forehead to mouth without the use of hands.The Circulation Speed Run - sprint
6th - 8th
Anatomy, Biology, Measurement
NGSS, TEKS
MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-8
, SCIENCE.7.13.A
Christmas STEM Challenge: Low-Prep Middle School Engaging Catapult CER Activity
Bring the magic of winter into your classroom with this Christmas STEM Catapult Challenge - a high-interest, hands-on, and engaging force and motion activity designed specifically for middle school science! Students will design their own catapults, launch marshmallow "snowballs", collect data, and analyze their results through interactive STEM exploration. This low-prep, fun, and interactive activity is perfect for December lessons, winter break weeds, STEM Fridays, and engineering un
6th - 8th
Engineering, Physical Science, Short Stories
NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-PS3-4
, MS-ETS1-4
+98
Evolution Review Activity Problem Trail Stations - Middle School - Engaging
This student-led, interactive, and engaging Evolution Review Activity is NGSS-aligned and perfect for middle school science! Designed as a movement-based Problem Trail, this resource helps students review key evolution concepts while staying actively engaged. Whether used as a stations activity, test prep, or formative assessment, it reinforces vocabulary, concepts, and scientific thinking in a fun and effective way. Topics Covered: Natural selection Adaptation Variation Evidence for evolution
6th - 8th
Biology, Environment, General Science
NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
MS-LS4-5
, MS-LS4-4
, MS-LS4-6
+8
Plant & Animal Reproduction Vocabulary/Reading Word Wall Activity Middle School
Bring your classroom walls to life with this engaging Reproduction Word Wall! This resource is designed to support student understanding of key concepts in plant structures and functions and animal behaviors through clear, student-friendly vocabulary. Perfect for middle school life science, this word wall helps reinforce essential terms such as sexual reproduction, asexual reproduction, courtship behaviors, pollination, and many more!What's Included:✅ An engaging reading passage to get
6th - 8th
Biology, Reading, Vocabulary
NGSS, TEKS, VA SOL
MS-LS1-5
, MS-LS1-4
, MS-LS3-2
+18
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Hi! I'm an 8th-grade science teacher in Missouri with 8 years of experience teaching both Life Science and Physical Science. I have a passion for making science engaging and accessible to all students. Whether we’re diving into ecosystems, exploring the laws of motion, or experimenting with chemical reactions, I strive to create hands-on, inquiry-based lessons that help students develop a deep understanding of the world around them.
With a focus on inquiry, real-world connections, and differentiated instruction, I design resources that support students' diverse learning styles and encourage critical thinking. My goal is to help students not only master the content but also develop a lifelong love for science.
On my Teachers Pay Teachers store, you’ll find a variety of ready-to-use lesson plans, worksheets, labs, and activities that are classroom-tested and designed to keep students engaged. I believe in creating practical resources that save teachers time while providing students with the best possible learning experiences. Whether you're teaching in-person or remotely, I’ve got you covered with high-quality materials that fit your needs.
Thanks for visiting my store, and I hope you find something that makes your teaching a little easier and your students’ learning fun!
My own education history
I received my education at Missouri State University!
Bachelor’s degree in Middle School Science Education with an emphasis in science and math.
Master’s degree in Teaching and Learning.
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