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This is a great activity when starting a fossil lesson or when reviewing. It covers mold fossils, cast fossils, trace fossils, and body fossils. The QR codes take you to different websites, videos, and presentations. At the end of the lesson students are asked to make a moonshot presentation. Check out Moonshot Thinking! It is something that every classroom can use.

This is a great organizer for poetry. It allows students to break down poetry step by step. Have students analyze the title, make predictions, paraphrase stanzas, examine the poem for meaning, look for attitude and tone, note any shifts or changes, and find the theme all in one sheet. This organizer can be paired with any poem and can help students prepare for end of grade testing.

This is a great activity to help students learn or review the skeletal system's vocabulary terms. Each card has either the definition or the term along with a QR code which will direct students to the correct answer. There are 11 terms in all.

Using QR codes students will explore the different parts of the water cycle. Students will also get to see different forms of technology including Prezi, Educreations, Google Slides, and more. Students are asked to create a presentation once they have completed the exploration. For high achieving students you will find a Moonshot about California's Drought. Students will have to expand on what they find.

This is a handy tool that allows students to store their passwords for a number of different programs such as RAZ Kids, BrainPop, CODE, Edomodo and more. Students can write in their own information or teachers could provide labels to place in the rectangles.

These questions tie into the "What Are You Made Of?" article which can be found on Discovery Education. The article's focus is multicellular organisms. This is a great way to tie in a little language arts with science!