POP Science

OverviewLooking for an engaging and interactive notes page to teach or review complete and incomplete metamorphosis? This interactive folding notes page is designed to teach students to differentiate between incomplete and complete metamorphosis. It also helps student compare and contrast various types of life cycles including: insects, frogs, birds, and plants. It is important that students understand that all living things have life cycles with distinct forms. The note portion under each t

Overview: This activity includes both animal and plant cell foldables. These foldables are used to teach students the structure and functions of plant and animal cell organelles. The students are required to identify and color the organelles on each tab of the foldable using a color key provided. Fill-in-the-blank notes for each organelle are included under each tab for students to complete as well. After the foldable is complete, each tab has a specific organelle colored. When the student

This is a fill-in-the-blank notes page that highlights the similarities and differences between prokaryoteic and eukaryotic cells. It also provides students with visual representations of each type of cell. A teacher key is included. This notes page could be trimmed down or folded in half to fit in a science notebook. When notes need to be given, this fill-in-the-blank note taking strategy saves tons of time and tends to be more engaging for the students.

These are large, medium and small chromosome templates. The large to medium sized ones are designed to be printed on card stock, laminated, and a magnet clued on the back. The small ones can be printed for each individual student or pair of students to use. I use them in my classroom to demonstrate on the board the Law of Segregation, Law of Independent Assortment, meiosis, mitosis, monohybrid and dihybrid crosses and Punnett squares. They help students conceptually understand the meaning of