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Effective Formative Assessment is one of the hallmarks of excellent teaching. The most skilled teachers do it constantly, making it look effortless. But consistent and effective formative assessment does not happen on its own. Stick this resource in your planning binder and use it guide to jump start your thinking about strategies for understanding your students' skills and abilities. This concise resource also serves as a vibrant, cost effective resource to distribute during relevant PD s

These cards turn a dull review period into an exciting kinesthetic activity. The EM cards review key characteristics of the different types of electromagnetic energy. Set includes four cards for each: 1 title card, 2 fact cards, and 1 picture card. After printing, cut pages to separate into individual cards. Give cards to student groups in random order. Students must then use their knowledge of the EM spectrum to organize cards. Pairs of cards can be used as a pairing activity with the who

This worksheet guides students through a simple activity to practice using litmus indicator to identify liquids as acidic or basic (alkaline). It begins with an introduction to pH (including a pH scale) and indicators, and then guides students to test common household liquids using red and blue litmus paper. If desired, the activity can be modified to test other indicators. Through completion of the activity, students will demonstrate their ability to identify liquids as acid or alkali usi

Calculating the density of an object through measurement is one of the most basic laboratory skills. Still many students are challenged with this activity because it requires multiple steps and multiple approaches for different materials. Use this simple instruction sheet to guide students thinking and build independence in the lab. Sheet can also be used to support students completing practice problems. Of course, please leave some feedback to let me know how it works for your students.

Ecosystems Word Wall provides bold key words and colorful images to help students keep track of vocabulary for this important foundation concept. Words listed include... sun community population species ecosystem food web food chain producer consumer trophic levels energy pyramid decomposer predator prey Just print, cut and post! Oh... and don't forget to leave feedback please. Enjoy!

I created this poem to help my middle school students learn the chemical equation for photosynthesis. Students love to chant or sing the poem and I found the strategy had a BIG impact on mastery of the concept. This item includes one large poem for a bulletin board and another sheet of smaller poems to photocopy and distribute to students. (I had them glue the poem into their notebooks.) I also expanded the strategy to include picture notes. Check them out in another posting... This is also