Kimberly Repking

Cells, Cells, Cells! These completely student-run seven cell stations require approximately three class periods to complete. Aligned with the NGSS, these cell stations focus on these main ideas: levels of organization, structure and function of organelles, differences between plant and animal cells, and mitosis. Students will receive a packet to complete as they travel from station to station in groups. All materials needed for the stations are included in the document. Two of the stations req

MITOSIS, MITOSIS, and more MITOSIS: Get the students up and moving with a game about mitosis! NO PREP WORK! This activity could serve as a great introduction to the life cycle of a cell, and it gets students acting out each phase from interphase, mitosis (prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase), and cytokinesis. Students will not realize that they are learning! You need a class size of at least twelve students to play this game.

Nature of Science Stations! Get students moving and collaborating with these eight stations that focus on nature of science! These nature of science stations focus on the lab report, in particular identifying independent, dependent, and constant variables. The stations also allow students to explore modeling and a controlled experiment. Eight stations will have students doing experiments with a small amount of materials, as well as making a model with a small amount of materials. Read what eac

PUNNETT SQUARE FUN Students will choose a “mom” card and a “dad” card from this project and use Punnett squares to determine the genotype and phenotype of their child. (There are 25 mom cards for students to choose from, and 25 dad cards for students to choose from.) Each mom and dad card has 12 genotypes on the card. Students will draw what the mom looks like (mom’s phenotype), and they will draw what the dad looks like (dad’s phenotype). After each parent has a picture profile, students will c

Metric Measurement: Length Metric Measurement Length This length activity complements any metric measurement unit in a fun way. Students solve a puzzle by figuring length problems. Students will measure the a line in cm, mm, and in decameters. Students will also answer questions about using the appropriate unit in finding the distance of two objects. Each problem that they solve tells students where to place a puzzle piece in order to complete a puzzle. This activity allows students to self-c

Density, Density, Density! This five-day density unit allows students to start with a conceptual understanding of density before starting in on the density math problems. Students will interact through multiple modalities – games, simulations, a lab, real life applications, density word problems, and an assessment to measure conceptual and mathematical density ability. Below is a timeline of the unit. Included in the zip file is a much more detailed plan with helpful teacher notes. Day 1 -

Metric Measurement: Volume Metric Measurement Volume This volume activity complements any metric measurement unit in a fun way. Students solve a puzzle by figuring volume problems. Students will measure the volume of regular solids, irregular solids, and liquids. Each problem that they solve tells students where to place a puzzle piece in order to complete a puzzle. This activity allows students to self-check their work. If an answer is incorrect, the puzzle will not turn out and students wil

Ecology, Ecology, Ecology! – These completely student-run twelve ecology stations require approximately one week to complete. Aligned with the NGSS, these ecology stations focus on these main ideas: food webs and food chains, adaptations, relationships among organisms, effects of resource availability on organisms, biomes, relationships among nonliving parts of an ecosystem and its organisms, and biodiversity. Students will receive a packet to complete as they travel from station to station

Metric Measurement: As students read nursery rhymes, they circle the correct metric measurement term. The following nursery rhymes centered around metric measurement are included: Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty, Itsy Bitsy Spider. In each nursery rhyme, students must choose 9-10 correct terms in the story. Examples: (From Jack and Jill) I don't want to go back down the hill to measure the (length, mass) that we just walked. (From Humpty Dumpty) One nice fall day, Humpty Dumpty scaled the tow

Nature of Science: This nature of science bingo game is a great review for any nature of science unit! There are over 30 different bingo cards. I also included call cards so students can play this game in a small group setting or at a station. This bingo game includes the following vocabulary words: Independent variable Dependent variable Constant variable Testable Question Hypothesis Conclusion Data Graph Procedure Experiment X axis Y axis Qualitative observation Quantitative observation Infe

Cells, Cells, Cells! This fun cells coloring sheet will allow students to practice or review their concepts of cell structure and function. Included are two cells coloring sheets. On the first cell coloring sheet, students will identify the organelles in the cell. On the second cell coloring sheet, students will identify what each organelle's function is in the cell. Below are the organelles that students will practice on each of the following cell coloring sheets. nucleus cell membrane chloro

This conversions activity complements any metric measurement unit in a fun way. Students solve a puzzle by figuring conversion word problems. Each problem that they solve tells students where to place a puzzle piece in order to complete a puzzle. This activity allows students to self-check their work in a unique manner. If an answer is incorrect, the puzzle will not turn out and students will have to go back and rework that problem missed.

Nature of Science: This file contains four of my most engaging and most impactful nature of science hands-on lessons. Two of the nature of science activities are labs in which students are testing models in an experiment. In the labs, the students test varying heights of a Dixie cup "boat" and see if height will affect how much mass it can carry. In the second lab, students are testing different types of cheap cup "boats" to see if material affect how much mass a boat will carry. The third acti