POP Science

OverviewLooking for something to handy and straightforward to teach seasons and the effect of the tilted Earth? This is just the resource for you. This interactive folding notes page with a built in card sort is designed to visually model for students that the revolution of Earth with a tilted rotational axis is the cause of the seasons. It helps students understand the relationship between a tilted Earth and seasonal characteristics including temperature, angle of sun rays, intensity of sola

Overview: This is a foldable designed to help students identify the various types of microorganisms. As shown in the picture below, students identify the microbes and record important examples, ideas, definitions, and attributes about each. This is a great activity/handout for interactive notebooking. Depending on how you utilize the foldable, it could serve as a nice formative assessment. Materials prep: o Print foldable in color (two-sided printing option) or copy in black and white (two-

This Venn diagram interactive notes page is designed to teach students the different characteristics of the Earth, Moon and Sun. After students have been given information about the Earth, Moon and Sun by means of direct teach or student-lead research, they will cut out the attribute cards and correctly place them on their Venn diagram. This could also be done as the direct teach or research is being done. The diagram helps them see the differences and similarities between the three objects.

Overview: This is a foldable designed to help students identify the planets within the Solar System as well as the Asteroid Belt and Kuiper Belt. As shown in the picture below, students identify the planets/belts under each tab of the foldable and record important ideas, definitions, and attributes about each. This is a great activity/handout for interactive notebooking. Depending on how you utilize the foldable, it could serve as a nice formative assessment. Materials prep: o Print folda

This a reference handout of weather symbols and their meaning.

You are purchasing a template (along with instructions/pictures) for an interactive Insect Body Structure foldable. It also includes fill in the blank notes. See preview file for more details. Materials: o Print/copy 1 foldable per student o Colored pencils or crayons o Scissors Instructions: 1. Fold along horizontal dotted-line. 2. Complete the fill-in-the-blank notes. See key for answers. 3. Color the picture according to the colors mentioned in the notes. 4. Cut along the dashed lines. 5