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Evolution: Natural Selection is not always easily understood in science. This 18-slide PowerPoint and student worksheet (2 pages) with teacher’s key allows students to follow the PowerPoint. It includes scientific vocabulary necessary to understand the concepts; Students go over the basic 5 steps of Natural Selection. This is reinforced step by step using the example of peppered moths of England. It allows students to see the change over time in an authentic situation. It provides an example of

Students are more engaged and enjoy making foldables! Foldable, PowerPoint, Quiz, and Extras! This printable, foldable design is a 3-D, hands-on, concept map using a basic French door, with images that represent the 8 characteristics of life on the outside (when the doors are shut, 4 on each side). Inside each of the 8 characteristics is listed with a space for the students to complete by writing in an example or definition. This foldable provides an introduction to each characteristic, and

Animal Kingdom Classification Project Review, Research, Venn Diagram, Student Presentations, Dichotomous Key, Create a NEW species! Use this product near the end of your animal classification unit! Animal Kingdom Classification Project is ideal as an anchoring summative unit that allows your students to apply their previous knowledge of the 3 domain, 6 kingdom classification, the DKPCOFGS, and characteristics of the Animal Kingdom. It provides an opportunity for students to conduct research

Plant Kingdom Classification Project Research, Student Presentations, Dichotomous Key, Create a NEW species!Use near end of plant classification unit! Plant Kingdom Classification Project is ideal as an anchoring summative unit that allows your students to apply their previous knowledge of the 3 domain, 6 kingdom classification, the DKPCOFGS, and characteristics of the Plant Kingdom. It provides an opportunity for students to conduct research on 2 species within the Plant Kingdom, synthesize

Students enjoy discovering how their heart and circulatory system works! This Unit begins with an example of middle ages medical treatment then arrives within modern times with technology, diagnostic tools and methods. This NGSS aligned Cardiovascular Heart Unit includes a free 20 slide PowerPoint with engaging images, sounds and activities now updated with embedded slide notes. A 1 page lesson plan is included that details out the materials, time needed for each section, and student learning t

The Life and Death of Spontaneous Generation is a 20 page PowerPoint with embedded teacher notes that begins with Aristotle and concludes with Pasteur. This section is designed to strengthen several standards within Scientific Method and Inquiry. As it leads students through the advancement of technology, specifically the microscope, it debunks the Theory of Spontaneous Generation by including the scientists and their methods that disproved a theory in existence for over 2,000 years. Four o

Engaging PowerPoint taking students from the medicine of the Middle Ages to modern times. PP includes modern diagnostic approaches, anatomy of heart, vessels, and specialized tissues, with built-in checks for understanding. Applications such as student vital sign checks, math extensions, and references. Complete LP with student worksheets, Quiz review, exam, and activities, including virtual activities and lab, available as a Unit. PP with embedded teacher notes! Questions or Concerns? Reach out

How can we guide students in making scientific observations? NGSS aligned engaging Power-points, Seed Germination Investigation, Seed Germination Lab Notebooks, and Resources (LS-1, LS-3, Structure and Function). Plant Seed Biology has many aspects, and impacts on every human. Providing students with opportunities to explore, inquire and increase their understanding of this important aspect of science is eye-opening, engaging and critical. Topics include: Seed structure and function, Monocoty

NGSS Aligned PowerPoint with embedded notes, several videos and student activities and anchoring projects to help students grasp the multiple ways scientists support the theory of evolution. LS4-1,2,3; CCC: Patterns; Cause and Effect; SEP: Analyzing and Interpreting Data. Fossils, Dinosaurs, Evidence, Embryology, Homology, Ancient vs Old, 3 major Eras!This ever-growing field of science has an extraordinary array of evidence and methods of discovering links to related organisms and common ancestr

Heredity, Punnett Squares, Traits Task Cards & PP Review A set of 46 questions/tasks for reinforcement and review for science students grades 7 – 10 and home-school, life science, and biology. NGSS Aligned LS3-1 & 2: Inheritance and Variation of Traits; MP.4 Model with Mathematics; SEP: Developing and Using Models; CCC: Structure and Function Included in Heredity, Punnett Squares and Traits Task Cards and PP Review:· 46 questions / tasks · 24 Blank cards for your additional tasks (editable) · S

They say Darwin would have had a heyday if he explored the Hawaiian endemic species. You still can, with this engaging way to delve into the phenomena of Natural Selection using Hawaiian bird species. This NGSS aligned PowerPoint with note prompts clarifies Evolution and Natural Selection concepts based on Hawaii Honeycreeper Birds. In this 22-slide PowerPoint, the basic concepts of Natural Selection are provided. Included is a basic scientific vocabulary to help students navigate through this

Chocolate is a captivating topic that intertwines cultures, geography, economics, science, history and more. Essential Question: Where does chocolate come from? This NGSS aligned product allows students an opportunity to explore and investigate an array of science based inquiries that uncovers a great deal of information for a food that is familiar to all. What is included (everything included has an editable format): 1. PowerPoint 16 slides 2. Student guided notes, 2 versions, Key,