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Teach cellular respiration, photosynthesis, the law of conservation of matter, reactants and products with this hands on and engaging lab! This lab has been a hit with my students for years and is a perfect way to make these complex science concepts lots more fun for students and easier for you! Check out the PREVIEW for an idea of everything included in this engaging lesson!I created this lesson for my 8th grade students, but other teachers have used this lesson with more advanced lower grades

Reinforce learning of graphing and graph interpretation with this fun zombie themed activity! This worksheet is perfect as a review prior to an exam or standardized test. Check out the PREVIEW for an idea of everything included in this engaging lesson!I created this lesson for my middle school students, but several teachers on my campus have used it with their upper elementary students. Perfect for math and science classrooms! I always feel the need to review graphing with my students, especial

This interactive physical science lab with full teacher key, teaching tips, and even a student permission slip reinforces the concepts of physical and chemical changes. This lab works perfectly for classes that utilize interactive notebooks. The lab is sized (no shrinking or enlarging when copying!) and has dotted lines to guide students when cutting (to avoid wasting class time). Other versions of the lab are included for classrooms that do not utilize interactive notebooks. Students will be f

Teaching your unit covering cells and cell organelles doesn’t have to be overwhelming or boring. My students love this clue style mystery activity and I bet yours will too! Your students will be having fun and learning as they use their knowledge of cells and organelles to solve the mystery of what happened to the school mascot, Schrodinger the cat. This engaging activity is based on the classic board game “Clue” and can be used as an individual, seated activity or a stations style activity tha

Ugly Chickens 5 step standardized test taking strategy: student handouts posters presentation student worksheet Getting your students to perform their best on standardized tests doesn’t have to be intimidating or overwhelming. This engaging lesson will empower your students to shine on test day! I created these five simple and easy to remember steps for my students and their test scores dramatically improved. I’m confident these simple steps WILL improve your test scores if method is followed

This fun and engaging activity gets your students thinking deeply and putting their knowledge of the periodic table to use as they solve elemental mysteries. By using the clues provided, students can identify the elements by reading the periodic table.After identifying elements with the provided clues students are asked to create their own mysteries by writing original clues! I've used this lesson for years in my classroom and my students are always engaged and learning! This lesson was created

This skeletal system lab was developed for middle school or upper elementary students describes the skeletal system in a hands-on, interactive way. Students visit various stations around the classroom and identify X-Rays and the part of the skeletal system they represent. Includes both PowerPoint and PDF versions (can be used even if you don't have PowerPoint). Includes teacher answer key with common names and scientific names of bones. Includes links to many engaging songs and clips that enric

Practicing using lab tools, measurements, and the metric system has never been more fun! Your students will be fully engaged and learning when they complete this engaging hands-on lab! This has been a great way for my students to learn and retain the critical skill of measuring with common lab tools. Students travel to various stations to get actual hands-on practice with various measurement tools they will encounter throughout the year during labs. Hands on manipulatives, graphic interface, a

This fun and engaging activity gets your students thinking deeply and putting their knowledge of ecology, food pyramids and energy flow in ecosystems to the test. You get templates and complete instructions for two foldables and a PowerPoint with embedded videos to guide students through the vocabulary necessary to complete the second foldable. This lesson was created for elementary and middle school students and is great practice to help students reinforce the concepts of ecology, energy pyra

Do your students often get a beaker and a flask mixed up? Mine certainly did, until I added this fun foldable to their interactive notebooks and the manipulative matching game to their test review! Your students will thank you for providing them with a fun, interactive experience when learning the most common pieces of lab equipment found in a typical middle grades science lab. This type of foldable and review has worked wonders in my classroom not only with student engagement, but with retent

This webquest for middle school and high school students covers ecological succession, primary and secondary succession, pioneer species, climax communities, and the importance of fire in some ecosystems. A great activity for computer lab day. Perfect for a substitute if they are comfortable monitoring a computer lab activity. I've found this project to be very helpful with standardized test review. All websites used are academic in nature and free to access. Various websites with different ty

This interactive game reviews students the concept of the periodic table, atoms, elements, and the periodic table, the significance of element name, symbol, molecules, etc. 40-card game, accompanying worksheet to ensure engagement, full description of how to use game with multiple variations for different classes and learners, and all teacher keys are included. 13 pages of materials. Approximately one class period in length, as a point of reference, I teach a 50-minute class. Could be adapted to

This webquest covers ecosystems, habitats, microhabitats, ecological succession, primary and secondary succession, and biodiversity. This engaging lesson will support your ecology / ecosystems unit and will help your students prepare for standardized tests by mastering the key concepts surrounding ecology. Full teacher keys are included. I use this webquest as a fun review at the end of my ecology unit. Designed to specifically cover Texas TEKS 7.10A, 7.10B, and 8.11C. Although created to ali

Teaching simple machines in your physics unit doesn’t have to be overwhelming or boring. My students love Bill Nye, but my challenge has always been how to keep them engaged and learning. That challenge is met with these engaging video guides! Students need to stay engaged in the video to complete the activity. Your students will be having fun and learning as they use this video guide to reinforce the key points of "Bill Nye the Science Guy: Simple Machines". This activity has long been a favor

Gravity differences around our solar system has never been more fun and engaging! This lesson covers gravity and the difference in gravity across our solar system. Students are provided with an engaging, short reading passage covering the key concepts they should know for mastery of Texas TEKS 6.11 B and components of TEKS 8.8 B. If you’re currently teaching a solar system unit please consider buying my solar system bundle at a HUGE discount! It is a growing bundle, which means that you will ge

This fun body system lesson covers the structure and function of neurons and the role they play in the nervous system. Lesson includes close reading passage covering neuron function and anatomy, wrap up questions, and a coloring sheet. The coloring sheet is formatted both as a standard quiz and as an interactive notebook page. The included quiz is perfect for a quick test of reading comprehension over an informational text. You also get a folder with downloads of the fonts I used to create the l

This fun and engaging periodic table lab aligns with next generation science standards. MS PS1-A middle school structure and properties of matter. This hands on, interactive, and high level thinking activity / lesson was created for middle school and early high school students and is great practice to help students to understand the concept of the periodic table, how it is arranged, and how to read and understand the table. This is an extremely popular lesson in my classroom! Students analyze co

This lesson was created for upper elementary, middle school, or early high school students and is a great way to introduce or re-teach food webs, food chains, ecology, or energy flow in ecosystems. Covers many Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core standards! My students love the rare opportunity to enjoy a video, but the challenge is keeping them engaged and learning at a high level. That challenge is met with this attached higher thinking comic style activity. This is not y

This lesson was created for upper elementary, middle school, or early high school students and is a great way to introduce or re-teach geology, the layers of the earth, Pangaea, or tectonic plates. This is an extremely popular lesson in my classroom! Students love the rare opportunity to enjoy a video, but the challenge is keeping them engaged. That challenge is met with a truths vs. lies worksheet. Students need to stay engaged in the video to determine the true statements, identify the “lies”

Teaching heat, thermal energy, convection, conduction, and radiation to your middle schoolers has never been easier! Reinforce or introduce the concepts of thermal energy with this SELF-GRADING digital video guide! I’ve learned over the years that Bill Nye can be a fantastic classroom resource, but only if done properly. That challenge is met with this well designed and engaging student video guide. Since I started using Google Drive and Google Classroom my science class runs so much smoother! T