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“Six Kingdoms of Life Poster Project” is a guideline for designing a poster displaying the scientific classification of life - six kingdoms of living things: animals, plants, fungi, protists, eubacteria, and archaebacteria. It is a cross-curricular activity to engage in project-based learning when building a strong foundation for the concept of classifying live organisms. Provide your students an opportunity to convey researched information in a creative yet accessible and understandable way.

"Continents and Oceans" is a set of digital and printable world maps and the individual continent maps: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America, and Antarctica maps. It is perfect for traditional classroom settings, 1:1 schools, or distance learning in your Science and/ or Social Studies classrooms. These diverse maps are an excellent way to supplement your existing Science and/ or Social Studies curriculum . In no way it is intended or designed to replace it. It is about

A dichotomous key of friendly, colorful aliens is a great and fun tool to use when teaching students how to classify organisms. It provides a way for students to practice the concept, using adorable creatures from so-called the Sluruus planet so that students become familiar with the basics of classification of the living organisms. This resource is perfect for traditional classroom settings, 1:1 schools, or for distance learning. This updated ZIP file includes the teacher's guide and the stude

Are you about to teach the Unit on the States of Matter and its Properties? Then consider one of my former students' favorite series of activities. The States of Matter: Interactive Science Lab Activities BUNDLE is the set of various complementary activities and handouts to use when teaching Unit on Matter. The collection is designed to address the characteristics and the properties of four fundamental states of matter: solid, liquid, gasses, and plasma, and its changing phases: melting, free

Four Types of Fossils foldable serve as an interactive note-taking aid for students to explain fossils' classification: mold, cast, trace, and true form. It is a fun, hands-on activity for students to research different facts about each type of fossil and write what they find out. Are you starting to teach the types of fossils: cast fossils, mold fossils, trace fossils, and true form fossils? Students do not seem to feel very strongly when it comes to an understanding the concept and disting

Simple Machines Bundle - set of printables and hands-on activities. About to teach the Unit on the Simple Machines: wedge, screw, pulley, wheel and axle, inclined plane, and a lever? Then consider one of my kiddos' favorites series of activities presented in this growing bundle. Everyone's emotions ran free! Who said that learning should be boring? Certain Scientific concepts might be challenging for some of them, but it should not cause negative emotions to learn them. Invite students to di

The Levels of Cellular Organization in Plants and Animals (PDF file) is a set of handouts/ foldables and printables for your Science Unit on the Levels of Cellular Organization. Use it as a way to introduce the essential information of the lesson. Students would definitely appreciate this engaging way to review Science concepts for quizzes of the lesson and/ or a test of the unit. Use the two posters and variations of it as the concepts maps to engage your students on a daily basis. QR code p

Are you preparing a set of printables and/ or hands-on activities for your unit on New England colonies? Have you considered making a hornbook replica? This is a mini-set of three PNG clip art - perfect if you need just a few elements for your project of the day! All images are in PNG format (translucent background), so they can easily be layered in your printables, handouts, and other lesson materials. This set contains all of the images shown. The images are in the perfect resolution for prin

The Liberty Bell, Bald Eagle, the Statue of Liberty, etc.? Yes, U.S. Patriotic Symbols. Do they mean anything to you? What about your kiddos? They say, “Patriotism is the love and loyalty to one’s country. Patriotism is like a seed you are born with, and it blossoms as you grow and mature.” It is an unexplainable feeling that can describe itself in many different ways, and probably weirdly enough, you can feel Patriotic but not know what it really means. Building Moral Character Intelligence is

If you are looking for engaging resources to cover the classification of animals unit, then look no more! You found it - a money-saving bundle to supplement your curriculum on vertebrates (animals with backbones) - mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates (animals without a backbone): annelids, mollusks, cnidarians, and arthropods. It contains diverse no prep required printable and digital activities for interactive Science classroom and your students ISN. It is ideal f

“Four Fundamental States of Matter” is a guideline for designing a poster displaying the distinctive features of four fundamental states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. It is a cross-curricular activity to engage in project-based learning when building a strong foundation for the concept of matter and its states. Provide your students an opportunity to convey researched information in a creative yet accessible and understandable way. When designing a poster, students think critically

Students do not seem to feel very strongly in their attitudes toward social studies. It is rarely mentioned as a particularly favorite subject. Social Studies is not viewed as being a unique, enjoyable subject. Do students feel it to be particularly challenging? You might find it as the discouraging conclusion already. Then, head in the right direction with this illustrated easy to follow through resources. They’ll never want to you to stop! (Okay, maybe they might...) This is a simple yet gr

The Three Classes of Levers: Calculating the Mechanical Advantage is a great tool to implement into your Simple Machines Unit. Use it as a worksheet or a quick test to evaluate the key concept of mechanical advantage for two out of three classes of levers. The set also includes the digital quiz ready to be assigned on EASEL by TpT - a great new paperless feature for your digital classroom. Thank you in advance for purchasing and/or downloading this file. Enjoy it! Feedback is always appreci

A dichotomous key to identify various spiders is a great and fun tool to use when teaching students how to classify organisms. This resource is perfect for traditional classroom settings, 1:1 schools, or for distance learning. It provides a way for students to practice using drawn spiders to become familiar with the basics of living organisms' classification. This set contains 1/4 page cards with an individual spider on each of them. Also, each card has a QR Code linked to a real-life photo of

"Kingdom of Animals Classification Concept Map" is a graphic organizer/ concept map designed as a no-prep worksheet to display students the classification of vertebrate and invertebrate animals visually. The graphic shows that all organisms are classified into groups: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species. There are six kingdoms: Plants, Fungi, Protists, Animals, Eubacteria, and Archaebacteria. The PDF file includes:page #1 - title page;page #2 - teacher's intropage #3 -

Oh, yes! Everything goes in cycles, even rocks! Invite your kiddos to discover the rock secrets through these short simple activities and handouts for your interactive science classroom. Rocks come in various cool colors, shapes, textures, and sizes and are found all around us, but how much do your kiddo really know about them? Together, you divide in the world of knowledge to explore the three types of rock — igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary — and learn examples of each kind. This set of

This file with the Colony of New Spain foldable is perfect for an introduction to the Social Studies European Settlements and/ or Age of Exploration Units or an interactive way to review the essential information of the lesson about the European Settlements in the New World. Students would definitely appreciate this engaging way to review the key information about the formation of New Spain such as the reasons for doing it, the new commodities, the beginning of slavery, and fatal diseases, et

This is a simple yet great mini set of printable handouts to practice map skills and enhance the understanding of some physical features of the United States of America. It could be used as the take home references, flashcards or memos of the facts about the United States Geography. It is a comprehensive and colorful collection of handouts of the USA Geography. NOTE: The update coming soon. This file includes the following: ♦ page #1 - a title page; ♦ pages #2 - #3 - Great Lakes posters (Label

Looking for craftivity to enhance understanding and awaken curiosity? A cross-curricular resource to complement your curriculum? Look no more! Native American Arts Inspired Medallion Project is exactly what your students need to make the learning experience memorable. This file contains comprehensive instructions for a fantastic activity to implement Arts and Math in the Social Studies classroom. Consider working with Math and Fine Arts teacher to reinforce the strategy and build the fundamen

Students do not seem to feel very strongly in their attitudes toward social studies. It is rarely mentioned as a particularly favorite subject. Social Studies is not viewed as being a unique, enjoyable subject. Do students feel it to be particularly challenging? You might find it as the discouraging conclusion already. Then, head in the right direction with this illustrated easy to follow through the study guide. They’ll never have to stop you and ask “What do we have to study for a test?” aga