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I began my career in the 1990's as an English As a Second Language teacher. I daily worked with student from K-8 from multiple language backgrounds. Since 2000 I've since taught full-day kindergarten, 2nd grade, 4th grade and 5th grade general education classrooms, always with a high number of English as a Second Language students. Beginning with the 2012-13 school year I've been a 7th grade science teacher. My plan is to stay in middle school science until I retire.
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Gravitational Force Explained-Articles & Google Forms 2 Reading Levels
Included are two multi paragraph articles explaining how mass and distance affect gravitational force. The content of the articles is the same, but the readability has been modified so you can choose what works best for your class, or even on a student-by-student need. I’ve also linked two separate Google Forms that include the articles so that students can respond digitally and receive instant feedback for 10 multiple choice questions. There are also two open response questions that you’ll need
5th - 8th
Astronomy, Earth Sciences, Physical Science
Gravitational Force - Video Notes - Online Free Sim - Computing Weight
I've put together 4 minimal prep activities about gravitational force. Each can be used independently or put together for a work packet. All links are for free resources - All Verified October 2025
4th - 8th
Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science
Living vs Non-Living Card Sort
Shh...don't tell them, let them figure it out. Need an engaging way to have students discover what your new unit is on? Need a challenging activity for students to justify why something is considered living while another thing isn't? What are the characteristics of living things? Here's a hands-on activity that gets kids thinking with minimal prep time and helps students to actually think and work to justify their responses. Helps even the shy students want to speak up. There are 12 images that
4th - 9th
Basic Principles, Biology
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I began my career in the 1990's as an English As a Second Language teacher. I daily worked with student from K-8 from multiple language backgrounds. Since 2000 I've since taught full-day kindergarten, 2nd grade, 4th grade and 5th grade general education classrooms, always with a high number of English as a Second Language students. Beginning with the 2012-13 school year I've been a 7th grade science teacher. My plan is to stay in middle school science until I retire.
Teaching style
I'm much more concerned with students being able to think, analyze and justify then memorize vocabulary and information. I include lots of focused discussion time in our lessons and activities. Students learn that I value their sincere questions and that we'll make realizations and put pieces together to come up with logical answers to their questions.
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