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Fun, animated review of the material as well as TWO case studies exploring the characteristics of life. Students journey to Europa, where they must analyze samples for the presence of life. In the second case study, students discover the tobacco mosaic virus. This extremely fun PowerPoint was created to get kids thinking! No more simple lectures centered around listing the shared characteristics of life - your students will be putting themselves in the shoes of xenobiologists and research bota

This unit includes the following: 1. A fully animated INTERACTIVE PowerPoint full of hyperlinked examples for every element of poetry. Check out the preview! This PowerPoint features built in activities and an anticipatory set with video clips. Elements of poetry are color coded into three categories and organized like a set of digital flashcards. you click on the element that you want to know more about, and it takes you to the slide with a definition and examples from the Poetry Foundation si

This Digital Interactive Notebook for Google Slides can be used for ANY NOVEL STUDY for upper elementary grade levels. Looking for the Middle School Version 6th 7th 8th Grades ? What is a Digital Interactive Notebook? It's an editable slide with text boxes for notes and definitions, and movable parts to label, sort, or create with. They look just as gorgeous as their physical counterparts, and students will NEVER LOSE OR DAMAGE THEM! Pages print as 8.5x11 sheets when students are done. Include

This Digital Interactive Notebook for Google Slides can be used for ANY NOVEL STUDY for middle school grade levels. It's an upgraded and bigger version of the elementary Novel Study version, specifically for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders What is a Digital Interactive Notebook? It's an editable slide with text boxes for notes and definitions, and movable parts to label, sort, or create with. They look just as gorgeous as their physical counterparts, and students will NEVER LOSE OR DAMAGE THEM! Page

18 pages of gorgeous leaf drawings. Perfect for making your own lesson plans or coloring sheets! Leaf clip art of 15 different species of trees Set includes: • An image of all the leaves together on one page • 15 individual, transparent line drawing images of leaves • 15 large coloring sheets with the names of each type of tree I hand-draw all of my clip art! Check back every week for new themes.

My interactive powerpoints are packed with animations, video clips, and self-assessments. This phlebotomy presentation is the first in a series that I'll be creating. Check out the preview! The unit covers the following learning objectives: 1. Information found on requisition forms 2. Patient Identification 3. Basic steps for a routine venipuncture (with lots of video clips linked throughout!) 4. Order of draw Don't forget to download the free preview!

All the fun and engagement of an interactive notebook, but without all the cutting, pasting, folding, and paper waste. It's all on the computer! Interactive notebooking has finally grown up to fit 21st Century learning. This notebook is on Google Slides. All you need is a Google Account to open it (that's free) Special instructions included for OneDrive users! You can buy this product too! What is a Digital Interactive Notebook? It's an editable slide with text boxes for notes and definitions,

An interactive notebook that covers shapes, colors, vocabulary building, object recognition, and counting 1-10. Step 1: Print the Activity Mats and cut-outs Step 2: Place Activity Mats in sleeve protectors Step 3: Laminate the cut-out sheets Step 4: Cut out the items on the cut-out sheets Step 5: Add velcro! And that's it! Put it all together in a 3 ring notebook and you have a pre-school learning notebook that comes with 22 gorgeous and fun activity mats for your toddler ages 1-3 (or child with

Top Hat graphic organizer templates in various sizes and layouts that can be used for a wide range of ages and subjects. Top Hats are essentially a Venn Diagram, but without that annoyingly small bit in the middle, where you're supposed to cram all the similarities. A Top Hat gives you plenty of room for the often more challenging comparison portion. The top portion of a Top Hat is for contrasting, and the bottom is for comparison of similarities. It's a big improvement on the old Venn Diagram

This is a resource PowerPoint for psychology and anatomy physiology. Each slide presents some form of interactive activity or mini-lesson. You will need internet access to open these activities. While viewing this PowerPoint in Slideshow mode, you can click on picture links to open interactive content. This PowerPoint is the second in a series of interactive and resource PowerPoints. All resource PowerPoints are free. I did not create, nor do I own any of the content. All content contained w

An interactive PowerPoint highlighting the research done by Dr. Amy Cuddy on body language. Great for a psychology class or a career class. Students always want to know: "Why are we learning this?" So, I often base lessons around real world issues. This PowerPoint briefly discusses posture and how it can affect you during a job interview. A link to Amy Cuddy's talk on her work is included at the end.

This is a PowerPoint presentation on the Carbon Cycle. It's perfect for middle school and general science students. The Carbon Cycle Introduction is a not an entire lesson or lecture, it's designed to introduce the topic and illustrate an example of carbon cycling. Each slide is animated and has beautiful pictures! May be used alone, or in conjunction with my Carbon Cycle Lesson which provides worksheets and lecture notes for you to use. THIS ITEM IS FREE!

Case study activity in the convenient form of a PowerPoint - interactive, cross-disciplinary, and engaging! The second in a collection of case studies which promote a deeper understanding of the scientific method (Check out the first case study for FREE - What's Wrong With Nya?) Note: Each case study is a stand alone. You can do just one, or all of them. Bark of the Willow Tree In this case study, you are a doctor in colonial America. Colonists begin falling ill, and you decide to try some med

Everything you need to teach about microscopes all in one PowerPoint! This presentation has built-in assessments and covers all of the following: 1. Types of microscopes 2. How microscopes work 3. The parts of a light microscope 4. How to calculate magnification 5. The path of light through a microscope 6. How to focus a microscope 7. Tips for care and use As with all of my PowerPoints, the slides are colorfully animated and are designed with a style that helps students focus on, absorb, and

This PowerPoint covers how scientists predict population size using the Capture-Recapture method. It's perfect for: 1. Incorporating a little math into a biology class. 2. Showing students how real-life problems can be solved using science. 3. Introducing population prediction calculations when covering ecology. 4. Or, to use as an accompaniment to my "Predicting Population Size" lesson plan in which students capture and mark plastic egg "creatures" to see if math formulas really do work in the

All the fun and engagement of an interactive notebook, but without all the cutting, pasting, folding, and paper waste. It's all on the computer! Interactive notebooking has finally grown up to fit 21st Century learning. This notebook is on Google Slides. All you need is a Google Account to open it (that's free) What is a Digital Interactive Notebook? It's an editable slide with text boxes for notes and definitions, and movable parts to label, sort, or create with. They look just as gorgeous as

This is an interactive PowerPoint with built-in trigger animations. (Things happen when you click on items) You MUST view it in slideshow mode! That goes for the sample as well. All Flashcard Slides and Objective Slides will have items for students to click on. These will help them study and review. I use this PowerPoint during lectures, but I send it to students several days in advance, so that they can go through it like an interactive textbook. Students love it! This PowerPoint covers the

This case study presents a problem: Ms. Goulet's classroom pet, Nya, won't eat her crickets! Students read the case study and brainstorm possible solutions to the problem. At the end it's revealed that each step your class took to solve the problem was actually a part of the scientific method! Case Studies are a great way to encourage active learning. This case is the first in a series. Follow me or keep checking back for the rest! Perfect for a wide range of grade levels! Check out the othe

Egg Ecology is a great way to bring some math into your biology class - or some biology into your math class! In this lesson, students get to use the capture and recapture method on a population of wild plastic eggs that have been dispersed through the classroom habitat. Using data from the egg hunt, students predict the population size and then analyze how effective the mathematical model is. This is a great way to help show students how math concepts are applied in real life scenarios! Stude

Middle School Edition! 12 spooky vocabulary in digital flashcard format in a creepy, convenient PowerPoint. Download the preview to see how they work! Built-in trigger animations reveal answers upon clicking. Each flashcard has a single term with 3 clue cards and a definition. Students click on each clue card to help them figure out the meaning of the word. Great for flipped classrooms, a whole-class activity at the SmartBoard, independent work in at the computer lab, or even homeschooling. FR