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This high interest math/science packet is designed to give you assurance that when those unexpected sick days happen you are prepared with activities that any substitute can feel confident working with your students. These activities require minimal supplies and come complete with answers. You can feel confident that you classroom and students are staying focused and all students, from you lower level to higher level, will be actively engaged. The diversity of these activities allows

Your students will perform various calculations that compare Earth statistics with other planets in our solar system. The activity is designed to support your study of the solar system and help the students visualize the concepts of size, rotation/revolution and gravity. Each student will apply their individual personal information to the statistics of each planet. Solar System-Out of Body Experience by Miz With is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

This is SMARTBOARD ready activity that the teacher will "walk" their students through the journey a blood cell makes from the blood vessels, the cardiac structures and the lungs. This is designed to be a whole class activity that allows for guided student note-taking and follow up worksheets. It comes complete with answer document. Ciculatory System and the Movement of Blood is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

Using pictures of birds,students will learn to make inferences about habitat and body design. Each bird image has been chosen for its unique body design and habitat. This is a great activity to project onto the Smartboard for a whole class activity and discussion, group work or individual activity. This comes complete with answers and culminating activity that allows individual creativity to be expressed by ALL students. Animal Adaptations is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

This is a fun activity that will excite all of your students to identify the bones of the human body. They will be shocked at how quickly they learn the bones without "memorizing". Each student will draw all the bones of their body using a life size model-themselves! The activity comes complete with vocabulary, materials list, procedures, analysis questions, rubric and final assessments. Human Skeletal System is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

This is an hands-on activity for students to manipulate scientific equipment and learn the techniques involved in determining volume of a variety of objects. This can be a confusing concept for students, but with practice and this lab complete with data tables, formulas and analysis questions your students will experience great success! Volume Mystery is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.

This is a very user friendly activity that addresses many skills in the science classroom. It can be designed as a quick time filler for those extra minutes when your lesson did not extend as long as planned, or review for a quiz, a substitute lesson plan or it can be designed to have great panache for your professional observation day! Your students will continue to ASK for this activity throughout the year-they love the challenge! It works well as data collection for learning assessme

This is a great way to start the new school year with your students and show them how fun science can be. The students will love looking for acorns and then the best part for them is breaking the acorn apart to find the "surprise" inside! This activity comes complete with pre-reading, vocabulary, data tables, formulas, analysis questions and great links to short colorful and descriptive video clips that will fascinate your students. Acorn Weevil is licensed under a Creative Commons Attributio