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This fun-Interactive Christmas-themed Jeopardy game is the PERFECT addition to your holiday classroom activities. This is a PowerPoint Presentation with animated snow in the background of the main game-board. Action settings on each category to lead you to the appropriate question/answer. Categories: *Christmas Characters *Christmas Carols *Christmas Traditions *Christmas Movies *Santa's Sleigh *12 Days of Christmas Each category has five question ranging from 1

PLEASE WATCH PREVIEW! This hands-on project has become a MUST the past three years. I plug this activity in with my States of Matter unit. ------------------------------------------------------------------ INCLUDED: 16 page slideshow PowerPoint Presentation 16 page PDF file (Identical to PowerPoint) INFORMATION INCLUDED IN POWERPOINT: 1. Hot Air Balloon Part Description 2. Hot Air Rising Mini Lesson 3. Required Material List 4. Gore Template Construction Instructions 5. Step-by-Step instructi

This Dichotomous Key PowerPoint is the perfect resource to introduce how a dichotomous Key works as well as serving as THE perfect Science Station in your classroom. Simply print/laminate the information cards and have your students work through the key included as the last slide. The PowerPoint works by simply asking YES or NO questions based on what your students see in the picture. If YES, then click YES. If NO, then click NO. The presentation will guide them to the correct answer and giv

This is the PERFECT addition to your ENERGY unit. Zip File Includes: 1. 24 page PowerPoint 2. 24 page PDF files of PowerPoint (identical to PowerPoint) 3. 2 page PDF Worksheet to go along with PowerPoint 4. 2 page Docx Worksheet to go along with PowerPoint (Identical to PDF) Key Vocabulary Words Definitions/breakdown and examples on: 1. Kinetic Energy 2. Potential Energy 3. Gravitational Potential Energy 4. Mechanical Energy 5. Law of Conservat

A short, sweet, and to the point mini-lesson on HABITATS. This mini-lesson focuses on four key vocabulary words: -HABITAT -NICHE -POPULATION -COMMUNITY Included in this Zip File: -10 Slide Interactive PowerPoint Presentation -10 Identical PDF files of PowerPoint -2 Page WordSearch (PDF) w/ answer key -2 Page Worksheet (PDF) w/ answer key

This product has a variety of possible uses. Although there are 88 constellations, these include the 28 most popular of the list. SUGGESTIONS: -Print two each of the identification cards and play a memory style game to get associated with names/images. -Print identification cards, cut, and use as study flash cards. -Print report templates and assign groups to write one paragraph reports on the 28 chosen constellations. -Print identification cards, tape on black construction paper...using a thum

PowerPoint w/ worksheet and word-search focusing on TIDES. Covers: High Tide, Low Tide, Spring Tide, Neap Tides, Tidal Range. This informative PowerPoint will serve as an EXCELLENT supplemental resource for your Tides Unit. Worksheet is set up for students to fill out as teacher works through PowerPoint. Word-search consists of key words dealing with TIDES.

Power Point THOROUGHLY explains: ~What are Crystals. ~Types of Crystals. ~How Crystals Form. (Nucleation) ~How to create Borax Crystal Christmas Ornaments. Zip File contains: -25 Slide PowerPoint for MAC -25 Slide PowerPoint for PC (Same info, but basic fonts and editable) -25 Identical PDF Files

This is the absolute PERFECT resource for teaching the basics Binary Code. I tried this lesson with my 2nd grader, 5th grader, and 8th grader- all successfully grasped this concept by using the PowerPoint and PDF worksheets included. This lesson is VERY easy to adapt to the skill/knowledge level of your students. Very easy to simplify as well as very easy to tailor activities to advanced levels. After this lesson, your students will be able to read/write binary codes for NUMBERS and LETTERS.

Excellent Review Game for Energy Resources 6 Categories: -Fossil Fuels -Solar Energy -Wind Energy -Water Energy (Hydroelectric) -Geothermal Energy -Nuclear Energy Each category has 5 questions ranging in difficulty. Point values increase as difficulty increases. Home screen is set up to change color once that category has been chosen. You'll have to have a person keep track of points on a chalk/white board. Colors reset when PowerPoint is closed and reopen. Each question is fo

This extensive PowerPoint covers an array of topics and information in regards to the Sun. -Information, Images, Tables, Descriptions, Definitions. Topics: -Basic Statistics -Structure -Nuclear Fusion -Radiation -Convection -Sun Spots -Solar Flares -Prominences I've also included identical PDF"s for printoff for a possible science center in your classroom.

This packet is something I've been using for the past four years to help my students prep for the Science Fair. Included: 1. Planning Guide---Helps students find a topic they enjoy and hopefully gives them a resource to choose a project that won't feel like work. 2. Official Form Page--- This is what I use for their abstract. It's their display board....condensed. 3. Display Board Expectations/tips 4. Sample Lay-Outs

This PowerPoint can serve as a useful and practical tool to introduce, explain, and demonstrate the terms: Cohesion, Adhesion, and Surface Tension. This presentation concludes with an activity that is an ol' classic, "How many drops of water can a side of a penny hold?" Break-down of instructions/ material list, procedures, and follow-up questions.

This 32 page/high resolution product proved to be an EXCELLENT way to engage all of my students with a wide variety of learning styles to effectively teach the concept of Food Chains. This is hands-on, and visually stimulating. Key vocabulary words: *Food Chain *Carnivore *Omnivore *Herbivore *Tertiary Consumer *Secondary Consumer *Primary Consumer *Producer Included: 15 page PowerPoint (How to construct) 15 page PDF (Identical to PowerPoint) 2 page PDF (Instructions and the most important do

If you are looking for an interactive lesson on teaching how to balance chemical equations for beginners, then look no further. These files have been tested with my own 7th and 8th graders and have proven to be VERY effective. PowerPoint presentation takes the students step by step through the processes of effectively balancing a chemical equation. My students went from knowing absolutely NOTHING about this concept to balancing them so well that they were teaching others within 2 days. Include

Looking for an interactive/fun classroom lab that isn't going to break your pocket book/classroom budget? If so, this is the lab for you! Combindation of PowerPoints/PDF's this lab will walk you through two days worth of interactive activities where students: 1. Come up with a question. 2. Create a hypothesis. 3. Plan their experiment. 4. Experiment. 5. Collects/Records Data 6. Makes observations about data. 7. Asks new questions based on data. All questions will deal with heart-rates based o

This kit includes 13 attractive PDF's for your bulletin board to display images of famous African American leaders, sheets for students to fill out for Biography Reports and final publishing sheets to display on your board as well. Illustrated leaders sheets include: -Dr. Martin Luther King -George Washington Carver -Maya Angelou -Oprah Winfrey -Jackie Robinson -Barack Obama -Malcom X -Rosa Parks Student Worksheets are given in color as well as Black & White. There is also an edited sheet t

PowerPoint/PDF This is a Hands-On investigation that asks the key question “What is inside a seed?” Students will begin by completing an anticipation guide to think about the purpose and components of seeds, use a dichotomous key to sort seeds and examine the seed coat of various seeds, hypothesize what the interior of a seed looks like, dissect a pinto bean to examine the parts of a seed, and draw a diagram of a seed. The follow-up activities include planting seeds to explore the germination

This Jeopardy style game is the PERFECT activity to cover/recover/discuss various topics dealing with The Great American Hero: Martin Luther King Jr. The game is set up like the classic Jeopardy style. 6 categories with 5 questions each. Questions range from 100-500 point values. Questions increase in difficulty as it increases numerically. Categories: -Childhood & Family -Birth & Death -I have a Dream -Civil Rights -Inspiration -Vocabulary **This is a PPTX file, but transitions are such t

Teaching your students the proper steps of Scientific Method is CRUCIAL at any grade level. What in the heck is a whirligig? A whirligig is actually anything that spins, or has parts that spin. Ya know those "helicopters" that fall from Maple trees that spin around and around as they fall? That's an example of a whirligig. I've taken that concept and created a template on an 8.5" x 11" paper where your students can cut/fold into a shape, then when dropped it will spin/rotate/whirl down to