Robyn Croissant

This assignment contains a variety of types of questions (diagrams, real-life scenarios, etc.) to help students grasp the concept of passive transport. Perfect for homework or a quick formative assessment! Answer key included.

Perfect for both in class and distance learning! In this webquest, students navigate through various websites to learn about domains and kingdoms. Topics/concepts covered in the webquest include: -The three domains (bacteria, archaea, eukarya) -Characteristics of the six kingdoms (eubacteria, archaebacteria, protists, fungi, plants, animals) An answer key is included.

Perfect for both in class and distance learning! Students are required to navigate through the following website ( https://www.learner.org/wp-content/interactive/dynamicearth/drift.html)) to answer questions and complete interactive games about the following topics/concepts: -Pangaea and continental drift -Tectonic plates -Types of plate boundaries and what happens/forms at each There are 23 total questions in the webquest, and an answer key is included.

Perfect for both in class and distance learning! In this activity, the students will look at photos of phenomena that occur on Earth to identify which of Earth's four main spheres (atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere/geosphere) are interacting to create the phenomena. There is a brief introduction which describes each of the spheres. The students love looking at these amazing photographs! There are 7 total photographs.

Perfect for both in class and distance learning! This is a great culminating activity for an ecology unit. For this project, students are required to do the following: -Choose a biome that their bird will live in and describe the characteristics of that biome. -Design a bird with specific adaptations (wings, beak, feet, etc.) that will allow their bird to live successfully in that biome. -Describe the relationships (symbiotic, competition, predator/prey) between their bird and other organisms t

Perfect for both in class and distance learning! In this webquest, students will navigate through different websites to answer questions about different genetic disorders, including Huntington's Disease, PKU, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and Down Syndrome. An answer key is included.

This product is a great introductory microscope activity, allowing students to practice the basics of using a microscope. Students will view sugar and salt under the microscope and record their observations. Skills used in this activity include: -Preparing a slide -Focusing a microscope -Switching between objective lenses -Creating microscope drawings -Recording observations

This activity can be used as a fun, formative assessment that the students really enjoy doing. Students are presented with the following scenario: Imagine that you are a princess and it has been determined through genetic counseling that you are a carrier for the sex-linked trait of hemophilia. Hemophilia is a disorder where the blood does not clot properly. You are dating two princes from two different royal families and you are concerned about the possibility of your children having hemoph

Perfect for both in class and distance learning! In this webquest, students navigate through a website to learn about the water cycle. This is a great introductory or review activity. Topics/concepts covered in the webquest include: -Evaporation -Condensation -Precipitation An answer key is included.

Perfect for both in class and distance learning! In this webquest, students watch video clips and navigate through various websites to learn about the following characteristics of living things: -All living things need water -All living things use energy -All living things exchange gases with their environment -All living things eliminate waste -All living things grow and develop -All living things reproduce -All living things respond to the environment -All living things are made of cells An an

This product is for use with the BBC Documentary "Mutation: The Science of Survival". The questions are designed to keep students engaged while watching. An answer key is included.

Perfect for both in class and distance learning! In this activity, students are introduced to the concept of biomimicry. There are three parts to the assignment: -In part 1, the students research existing products (using the provided links) that have been inspired by plant/animal adaptations. They need to describe the organism the product is inspired by, the adaptation that is being mimicked, and a description of the product. -In part 2, the students come up with their own idea for how an orga

This activity was used to go along with a "Characteristics of Living Things" unit. This product contains directions for setting up an experiment that explores how moisture affects the rate of mold growth on bread. Students are required to identify the parts of the experiment, form a hypothesis, and collect data over the course of 1-2 weeks. This product also contains a graphing component, where students create a double line graph to show how moisture affected mold growth over the course of th

This product includes 25 weeks worth of questions, with each week containing three questions of varying difficulty. Questions are related to all areas of science. This is a great resource for when students finish an assignment early and are looking for something to do!

Perfect for both in class and distance learning! This product contains practice problems that review the basic concepts of drawing Punnett squares. The students are provided with the genotype for eye color of two parents, and from that they must create a Punnett square and determine the probability of particular phenotypes being passed to offspring. The activity also includes two higher level problems. Students should be familiar with the following terms: -dominant -recessive -homozygous -het

Perfect for both in class and distance learning! In this activity, students will practice calculating population density using the following formula: Population Density = # of Individuals / Unit Area This can be used when studying changes in population size. There are six total problems, and an answer key is included.

This product contains 295 slides with pictures, videos, and facts covering all areas of science. I show the slides to my students whenever we have a couple minutes left at the end of class, and they love it! (Large arrows at the bottom of slides indicate that there are two or more parts to the slide.)

This is a middle school STEM project where students will be challenged to analyze an already existing cereal box and then redesign it to decrease its surface area (amount of cardboard used) while keeping the same volume (amount of cereal it can hold). The project is broken down in to 6 parts, making it easier for students to manage their time. The students will be able to: -Explain what a carbon footprint is. -Explain what an ecological footprint is. -Take measurements of cereal boxes. -Calcul

This product includes a PowerPoint presentation and accompanying guided notes covering the following topics: -Definition of a cell -The cell theory -Major contributors to the cell theory -Levels of cellular organization The presentation includes pictures, videos, and links to interactive animations that keep students engaged and encourage them to ask questions and hold conversations. Teacher notes are included at the bottom of the slides to explain their contents and help teachers understand ho

Perfect for in class or distance learning! This can be used as a supplementary assignment when covering the concept of homeostasis. Students watch the following 8-minute video ( http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.reg.fevervid/fever/) and use it to answer multiple choice and short answer questions. There are 9 questions total. An answer key is included.