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Dirt Road..Neighborhood Street...Simple Highway...Complex Freeway (New to me       know some              I know it                 I know it all) BEFORE beginning a new unit see where your students are at.  1-Post the 4 roads posters in the 4 corners of your classroom…. 2-Project and read questions one at a time and allow students to choose their comfort level with that content and whether or not they want to answer the question… 3-Allow confident students to answer and have introductory discus

Have your students use tools on the tool bar to illustrate diagrams including rotation, revolution, day/night, and shadows. This is a great activity for Substitute plans, review, demonstrating understanding, or even homework.

Incorporating writing in your Science classroom is so very important! Have your students think and write as if they are planning to conduct scientific investigations. I am creating writing activities that you can use as a "when you are finished" activity, substitute activity, or science practices review activity.

In this slide show you will find a short clip explaining the nuclear reactor in a nuclear military submarine. There are also several questions posed for students to discuss and answer in partners or small groups. This is great to get student's started thinking and talking.

6th grade Science TEKS 6.12 C Hierarchical organization Students read background information, have an example from the human body, then research an organism to create a diagram of hierarchical organization based on a living organism of their choice.