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When combined with the movie Zootopia, this is a mini unit on Ecosystems all on its own! With informational texts and practice sheets including depth-of-knowledge questions ranging from 1-3, this has everything you need to teach your students about the following topics: EcosystemsPopulationsCommunitiesBiomesBiotic & abiotic factorsFood webs and chainsProducers, consumers, and decomposersPrimary, secondary, and tertiary consumersHerbivores, carnivores, and omnivoresEnergy flow through ecosystems

This is a bundle of worksheets with an accompanying lesson outlined design to help you teach common core based skills while reading Roald Dahl's "The Landlady". This activity takes 1-2 weeks from start to finish including reading the text depending on how long your class period is. This covers finding evidence from the text to support a claim, creating counter claims in writing, and speaking and listening standards. Included in this pack is: -A lesson outline -Evidence Collection -Evidence Ana

Students will use this hyper-doc to explore EarthDay.org and learn about various Earth Day issues and initiatives. This is fully editable and can be customized to your needs whether you want activities for the entire week leading up to Earth Day or just Earth Day! As a part of this multi-part, multi-day assignment, students will: Learn about and take a quiz over the history of Earth DayRead an article related to Earth Day issues or initiatives and fill out a summary/analysis documentCalculate th

Students will use this hands-on ice core lab to extract and analyze "ice cores" in the classroom. This includes teacher set-up instructions, student lab directions, and the student recording sheets. This is a great way to help students tackle a difficult-to-understand concept and make it fun and engaging!

After students have learned about the different climate zones, use this fun project to reinforce their learning! Students will become travel agents in charge of creating a travel brochure to a destination of your or their choice. They will have to research the climate zone of this particular destination and then present their findings in their travel brochure. This is a great resource to ensure that your students understand the different climate zones and you can differentiate as needed by as

This all-in-one sub binder packet will give you peace of mind that when a sub enters your classroom they will have everything they need in order to have a successful day! From lesson plans to emergency information to classroom procedures, it's all here. I have had so many subs request to come back to my room solely because of how organized my sub binder is! The only thing not included is a space for rosters/seating charts because I print my rosters and put the seating charts on the back and kee

While reading The Call of the Wild, integrate science curricula by incorporating adaptations and the concept of "survival of the fittest". After re-teaching adaptations, I assign this mini-project to help students explore the adaptations that help sled dogs survive and help them to be successful at their job. This mini-assignment lists general adaptations about sled-dogs, then instructs students to pick a breed of sled dog, research further adaptations unique to that breed, and then display the

This is an activity I use for Call of the Wild but this could be changed and adapted to be used for any set of vocabulary words. This menu includes "Appetizers", a "Main Course", and "Dessert". These three categories correspond with Bloom's taxonomy levels and build as the student makes their way through the "meal". I have also included a a link to the slide that I project for when the students enter the room (make a copy to edit and make it your own!). I am super cheesy when introducing

Hands-on notes for learning what a cartographers does and the tools necessary for their work. Students record the definition for "Cartographer", "Globe", "Map", "Map Scale", and "Compass Rose". Students also get to color a picture of themselves as a cartographer to emphasize the idea that they can use all the tools of a cartographer and even be a cartographer themselves. Have students cut the boxes out from page 2, fold on the line, place glue above the fold, and glue over the lines on the pa