Shawn Sterling

This series of "skill questions" is designed to help students grow in their creative thinking and in depth thought. It is designed to be given one at a time to students throughout a semester or year without a grade but with a large amount of written feedback to encourage their growth.

This series of "skill questions" is designed to help students grow in their creative thinking and in depth thought. It is designed to be given one at a time to students throughout a semester or year without a grade but with a large amount of written feedback to encourage their growth.

This series of "skill questions" is designed to help students grow in their creative thinking and in depth thought. It is designed to be given one at a time to students throughout a semester or year without a grade but with a large amount of written feedback to encourage their growth.

This assignment, coupled with instructions and rubric is centered around a quote from Catholic Scientist Blessed Nicolas Steno and encourages students to see the value in everything that they do in school no matter the content area.

Powerpoint Slides Presentation about the vertebrate animals. Deep focus on Mammals especially as well as convergent evolution

In this bundle you will receive three AI proof assignments (1 per part) as well as in class activities for each part that allows for high levels of engagement regardless of student personality.

In this activity, students will learn how germs are found everywhere, but they need food to survive. They will compare different surfaces. Materials list, procedure, and student worksheet are included in the document.

In this lab, students will compare different water sources for bacteria. It is a multiple day lab, with each day taking roughly 20-30min depending on grade level. Document includes materials list, procedure, and student worksheet.

In this lab, students will observe plant cells and make observations about them. Lab includes materials list, instructions, and student worksheet. For grades under 5th, it is recommended to not use the worksheet and just the procedure to allow them to explore!

In this lab, students will be able to see their own cells under the microscope. It should take roughly one class period to complete. Lab includes instructions and ordering list for teacher and worksheet for student.

Lab exploring how heartrate changes with different types of exercise. Allows for discussion of cellular respiration and how the mitochondria working harder in muscles requires more oxygen and therefore a higher heartrate. Also can connect to sympathetic nervous system.

Slideshow of basic facts about Israel

Detailed instructions for Scientific Method Project (Science Fair Project)

Jigsaw Readings and Activity covering four types of marine invertebrates including the following phyla: porifera (sponges), mollusks, cnidarians (jellyfish etc) & echinoderms (starfish etc).

Rubric for a presentation on Biomes covering numerous skills related to ecology.

Jigsaw Readings & Activity covering specific clades of the Bacteria, Archaea, Protist, and Fungi Kingdoms

2 Jigsaw Activities on the Terrestrial Planets (including Pluto) and the Gaseous Planets.

Readings and Questions for Centers mostly covering major scientists of the Scientific Revolution Era including Copernicus, Galileo, Hubble, Kepler, Halley, and Einstein.

Jigsaw Reading and Activity related to 4 groups of Arthropods: Insects, Arachnids, Crustaceans, and Myriapods

Jigsaw Reading about how ancient cultures learned about astronomy and their contributions to the field. Includes Mesopotamia, India, China, Greece, Rome, Egypt & the Americas.