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Megascience Meg

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Tucson, Arizona, United States
About the store
My experience includes teaching in the classroom as well as museums and other recreational settings. Taught the "Private Eye", a grant-funded science-based curriculum for Tucson's school system Worked with Boston Schools teachers to design exhibits for the Children's Zoo and for the Zoomobile Coordinated workshops for Career Education Grant Designed a mini-museum with a 5th Grade class for the Harvard Museum of Comparitive Zoology
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Preview of Inuit People & Arctic Animals Science, Literacy & Math - Inuit Unit  Arctic Unit

Inuit People & Arctic Animals Science, Literacy & Math - Inuit Unit Arctic Unit

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Megascience Meg
This resource focuses on: • Arctic Habitat • Inuit People • Arctic Animals This file includes: • Opening Activities • Movement Activities • Dramatic Play Introduction - Eskimo Boy’s Dream Story • Eskimo Boy’s Dream Story – A play • Stick Puppets (could be used with the play) • Jokes • Craft Activity - Laughing Mask Directions • 12 Posters (color) • 24 Word Wall Cards (color) ~ can be used in a science or writing center or in a pocket chart, etc. • Arctic Animals Memory / Concentration Gam
Preview of Polar Bears Science, Movement, Literacy & Math -Polar Bear Unit -Winter Activity

Polar Bears Science, Movement, Literacy & Math -Polar Bear Unit -Winter Activity

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Megascience Meg
Do you want educational activities where your students can be up and moving around? Do your students like polar bears? Do you want to incorporate science, literary, & math? … Then this polar bear movement activity is for you and your class! This Polar Bear file focuses on: • Arctic Environment • Polar Bears and their Adaptations: (camouflage, thick fat and fur, good swimmers, etc.) This Polar Bear file includes: • Polar Bear Introduction and Movement Activities • Arctic Animals Memory / Conc
Preview of Desert Science with Movement Activities, Literacy, and Math  - Desert Unit

Desert Science with Movement Activities, Literacy, and Math - Desert Unit

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Megascience Meg
This resource focuses on: • Desert Animals (Bats, Iguanas, Snakes, Hummingbirds, Hawks, Scorpions) • Animal Classification (Mammals, Reptiles, Birds, Invertebrates) • Desert Flowering Plants This file includes: • Opening Activities • Desert Animal Movement Activities and The Hawk Game with Poster (color) • Desert Animal Memory / Concentration Games (includes cards) {2 sets: color and grayscale} • Desert Animal Classification Sorting Activity (includes heade
Preview of Polar Bears Math - Number Puzzles 1-10

Polar Bears Math - Number Puzzles 1-10

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Megascience Meg
This resource contains 10 puzzles with numbers ranging from 1-5 and 6-10. Each puzzle is a full page. Counting is done by 1s. All you need to do is Print, Laminate, and Cut the strips. Each polar bear puzzle is divided into 5 strips. Students put the puzzles into correct number order. The polar bear puzzles include: • Numbers: 1-5 (5 puzzles) • Numbers: 6-10 (5 puzzles) Please view the PREVIEW to see ALL the puzzles before purchasing. Let me know if you would be interested in differen
Preview of Bird Science with Movement Activities and Literacy  - Bird Unit

Bird Science with Movement Activities and Literacy - Bird Unit

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Megascience Meg
This resource focuses on a variety of birds: ~ hawk ~ vulture ~ hummingbird ~ woodpecker ~ seagull, ~ backyard birds This bird file includes: • Bird Movement Activities • 6 Bird Posters • 1 Bird Coloring Sheet • 3 Graphic Organizers: KWL Chart, Bubble Map, Tree Map • Bird Diagram (Cut & Paste or Fill-in) and Answer Key (Coloring Sheet) • My Favorite Bird Drawing / Writing Assignment – 3 sheets for differentiation • Book and Toy Puppet Recommendati
Preview of STEM: Owls Science with Movement Activities and Literacy - Owls Unit

STEM: Owls Science with Movement Activities and Literacy - Owls Unit

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Megascience Meg
This resource focuses on: • Becoming a "Birder" • Owl Habitats • Owl Adaptations This Owls file includes: • Owl Opening Activities: Becoming a "Birder" ~ Making a "Mudpie Feeder" • Owl Habitats: Dress-up Activity & Zoo Bird Exhibits • 3 Graphic Organizers – KWL Chart, Bubble Map, Tree Map (grayscale) • Memory / Concentration Game Directions • Owl Habitat Memory Game (color and grayscale) • Great Horned Owl Photograph and Coloring Page • Owl Movement Activity • Owl Beak Game (includ
Preview of Farm Math - Number Puzzles 1-10

Farm Math - Number Puzzles 1-10

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Megascience Meg
This resource contains 10 puzzles with numbers ranging from 1-5 and 6-10. Each puzzle is a full page. Counting is done by 1s. All you need to do is Print, Laminate, and Cut the strips. Each card is divided into 5 strips. Students put the puzzles into correct number order. The puzzles include: • Numbers: 1-5 (5 puzzles) • Numbers: 6-10 (5 puzzles) Please view the PREVIEW to see ALL the puzzles before purchasing. Let me know if you would be interested in different themes or number sequ
Preview of STEM: Zoo Animals Science, Literacy, and Math  -  Zoo Unit

STEM: Zoo Animals Science, Literacy, and Math - Zoo Unit

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Megascience Meg
Do your students like the zoo? Do you want to incorporate science, literacy, and math? … Then this zoo file is for you and your class! This file focuses on: • Zoo Habitat • Zoo Animals • Zookeepers • Animal Classification This file includes: • Opening Activities • Movement Activities and Sounds of Zoo Animals • 10 Posters (color) • Zoo Animals Memory / Concentration Games (includes cards) - made with clip art (3 sets: color and grayscale) • Zoo Animals Memory / Concentration Games (inclu
Preview of Farm Theme Science with Movement Activities, Literacy, and Math - Farm Unit

Farm Theme Science with Movement Activities, Literacy, and Math - Farm Unit

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Megascience Meg
Do you want educational activities where your students can be up and moving around? ~ Do your students like the farm and farm animals? Do you want to incorporate science, literacy, and math? … Then this resource is for you and your class! This file focuses on: • Farm Animals and Plants • Farmers • Jane Goodall – Naturalist This file includes: • Opening Activities • Movement Activities ~ ~ Song (Old MacDonald’s Farm) ~ ~ Dance (The Chicken Dance) ~ ~ Dramatic Play (
Preview of Ocean Science - Beach Science with Movement Activities, Literacy, and Math

Ocean Science - Beach Science with Movement Activities, Literacy, and Math

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Megascience Meg
This resource focuses on: ~ Sun Safety ~ Ocean Animals (Whale, Turtle, Seagull, Shark) ~ Animal Classification (Mammals, Reptiles, Birds, Fish) This file includes: • Sun Safety Movement Activity – (includes Sun Safety Item Cards) (grayscale) • Ocean Animal Movement Activities • Ocean Animal Memory / Concentration Games (includes cards) (2 sets: color and grayscale) • Ocean Animal Classification Sorting Activity (includes header cards) (2 sets: color
Preview of Desert Habitat Math - Number Puzzles 1-10

Desert Habitat Math - Number Puzzles 1-10

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Megascience Meg
This file contains 10 Desert (Animals and Plants) Puzzles with numbers ranging from 1-5 and 6-10. Each puzzle is a full page. Counting is done by 1s. All you need to do is Print, Laminate, and Cut the strips. Each card is divided into 5 strips. Students put the puzzles into correct number order. The puzzles include: • Numbers: 1-5 (5 puzzles) • Numbers: 6-10 (5 puzzles) Please view the PREVIEW to see ALL the puzzles before purchasing. Let me know if you would be interested in different
Preview of Dinosaur Science with Movement Activities, Literacy, and Math - Dinosaur Unit

Dinosaur Science with Movement Activities, Literacy, and Math - Dinosaur Unit

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Megascience Meg
This file focuses on: • Pre-Historic Animals / Fossils / Dinosaurs • Scientists / Paleontologists • Mary Anning – first female paleontologist (1800s) • Pre-Historic Animal Classification (meat-eaters and plant-eaters) This file includes: • Opening Activities • Movement Activities ~ ~ ~ Dino Dance (Hokey Pokey) ~ ~ ~ Dramatic Play (The Mary Anning Story) • Pre-Historic Animals Memory / Concentration Games (includes cards) (3 sets: color and gr
Preview of Ocean Animals Math - Number Puzzles 1-10

Ocean Animals Math - Number Puzzles 1-10

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Megascience Meg
This resource contains 10 puzzles with numbers ranging from 1-5 and 6-10. Each puzzle is a full page. Counting is done by 1s . All you need to do is Print, Laminate, and Cut the strips. Each card is divided into 5 strips. Students put the puzzles into correct number order. The puzzles include: • Numbers: 1-5 (5 puzzles) • Numbers: 6-10 (5 puzzles) Please view the PREVIEW to see ALL the puzzles before purchasing. Let me know if you would be interested in different themes or number sequ
Preview of Volcano Cake Demonstration and Be a Volcano Movement Activity - Free

Volcano Cake Demonstration and Be a Volcano Movement Activity - Free

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Megascience Meg
Have you ever made an erupting volcano cake in science class? Here are directions if you would like to try. This cake has become very popular with young students. Don’t be surprised if they ask to do this activity again and again! This pdf file includes 2 sets of directions for making a volcano cake. • The 1st set of directions includes using dry ice. • The 2nd set of directions is for making a volcano cake without the dry ice. Also included is a movement activity where children will pre
Preview of Insects Science Activities and Games - Insects Unit

Insects Science Activities and Games - Insects Unit

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Megascience Meg
This insects file focuses on a variety of “bugs” including: •ant •bee •beetle •butterfly •fly •ladybug •mantis •scorpion •spider This Insects file includes: Bug - Insects Opening Activities  ~Activate Prior Learning  ~Counting Legs  ~Pretend  ~Role-play  ~Mini-Museum Exhibit Bug Games  ~Bug Food Game  ~Ants Game  ~Bug Memory / Concentration Games (Sets 1, 2, and 3) Bu
Preview of Arctic Animals Math - Number Puzzles 1-10

Arctic Animals Math - Number Puzzles 1-10

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Megascience Meg
This file contains 10 puzzles with numbers ranging from 1-5 and 6-10. Each puzzle is a full page. Counting is done by 1s. All you need to do is Print, Laminate, and Cut the strips. Each card is divided into 5 strips. Students put the puzzles into correct number order. The puzzles include: • Numbers: 1-5 (5 puzzles) • Numbers: 6-10 (5 puzzles) Please view the PREVIEW to see ALL the puzzles before purchasing. Let me know if you would be interested in different themes or number sequences.
Preview of Zoo Math Number Puzzles 1-10 - Zoo Animals

Zoo Math Number Puzzles 1-10 - Zoo Animals

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Megascience Meg
This resource contains 10 Counting Puzzles with numbers ranging from 1-5 and 6-10. Each puzzle is a full page. Counting is done by 1s. All you need to do is Print, Laminate, and Cut the strips. Each card is divided into 5 strips. Students put the puzzles into correct number order. The puzzles include: • Numbers: 1-5 (5 puzzles) • Numbers: 6-10 (5 puzzles) Please view the PREVIEW to see ALL the puzzles before purchasing. Let me know if you would be interested in different themes or numb
Preview of Penguins Science with Movement, Literacy & Math - Penguin Unit - Winter Activity

Penguins Science with Movement, Literacy & Math - Penguin Unit - Winter Activity

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Megascience Meg
This resource focuses on: ~ South Pole Environment ~ Animal Adaptations ~ Penguin Family Relationships This file includes: ~ Penguin Family Game Includes Penguin Waddling Activity, Fish Cards, and Stick Puppets ~ 3 Penguin Posters ~ 3 Graphic Organizers: KWL Chart, Bubble Map, Tree Map ~ Penguin Diagram and Answer Key (Coloring Sheet) ~ 1 Color Words Printable Option: print 2 sets and cut cards to use as a memory game
Preview of Earth Day Math - Numbers Puzzles 1-10

Earth Day Math - Numbers Puzzles 1-10

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Megascience Meg
This file contains 10 puzzles with numbers ranging from 1-5 and 6-10. Each puzzle is a full page. Counting is done by 1s. All you need to do is Print, Laminate, and Cut the strips. Each card is divided into 5 strips. Students put the puzzles into correct number order The puzzles include: • Numbers: 1-5 (5 puzzles) • Numbers: 6-10 (5 puzzles) Please view the PREVIEW to see ALL the puzzles before purchasing. Let me know if you would be interested in different themes or number sequences.
Preview of Butterfly Science with Movement Activities Literacy, and Math - Butterfly Unit

Butterfly Science with Movement Activities Literacy, and Math - Butterfly Unit

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Megascience Meg
This resource focuses on: • Animal Classification (butterflies are insects) • Butterfly Anatomy - 3 main insect parts (head, thorax, abdomen) plus antennae (2), wings (4), legs (6) • Butterfly Life Cycle (Metamorphosis) This Butterfly file includes: • Butterfly Opening and Movement Activities • 5 Posters: Caterpillar, Butterfly, Parts of a Butterfly (2), Life Cycle (color) • 3 Graphic Organizers: KWL Chart, Bubble Map, Tree Map (grayscale) • Butterfly Di
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About the store

Experience

My experience includes teaching in the classroom as well as museums and other recreational settings. Taught the "Private Eye", a grant-funded science-based curriculum for Tucson's school system Worked with Boston Schools teachers to design exhibits for the Children's Zoo and for the Zoomobile Coordinated workshops for Career Education Grant Designed a mini-museum with a 5th Grade class for the Harvard Museum of Comparitive Zoology

Teaching style

* Hands-on Science that incorporates movement, literature, and arts and crafts. Presentations for teachers and conventions including simulation games, Readers' Theater especially famous women stories. *Designed and taught popular science programs for Tucson Children's Museum weekend programing. Coordinated talented teen volunteers. *I love teaching in libraries because the entire family gets involved. *My lesson plans are flexible and change dependent on the age-levels in the crowd and the interests of the individuals.

Awards & shining teacher moments

*Nominated honorary degree in Entomology - University of Arizona * Graduated Cum Laude, Boston State Teachers College * Fellowship with "Right to Read" Grant teaching undergraduates at Boston University * MA Dept. of Employment Excellence Award for outreach to unemployed workers assisting with re-employment * City of Boston "Woman of the Future" Award

My own education history

* Boston State Teachers College - Elem. Ed * Boston University - M. Ed. in Science Education *Arizona SUCCEEDS Early Childhood Trainer, Career Level VI-B * Arizona Teaching Certificate * MA Teaching Certificate

Additional biographical information

* Hiked Appalachian Trail - Georgia to Maine * Hiked Long Trail - Canada to Massachusetts * Wrote 50 monthly articles for children's newspaper, to teach parents in how to instruct hands-on activities. *Developed educational books that were sold at the Children's Museum, Girl Scout events & Tucson Libraries! * Designed & coordinated Naturalist Badges for Sahuaro Girl Scouts focused on games & crafts to enhance learning *Junior Ranger Badges from Chiricahua National Monument, Redwoods National Park, Arches National Park & Oregon State Parks. Over 50 Junior Ranger Badges in total!