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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

Practice the use of and understanding of vocabulary using this crossword puzzle. Words included are: advantageous variation, biosphere, community, disadvantageous variation, environment, human impact, natural disasters, natural selection, survival, and variation.

Give your students an opportunity to demonstrate understanding of their knowledge of cell theory, prokaryotic/eukaryotic, unicellular/multicellular, and autotrophic/heterotrophic characteristics. This 15 question quiz will examine students' mastery on TEKS 6.13 AB.  This Google Form is set-up for students to complete the form 1 time, to see the questions they missed, each question's point value, to verify the student's email address and send the responder a copy of the assignment to their email.

Give your students an opportunity to demonstrate understanding of their knowledge of symbiotic relationships. This 13 question quiz will examine students' mastery on TEKS 7.612 B.  This Google Form is set-up for students to complete the form 1 time, to see the questions they missed, each question's point value, to verify the student's email address and send the responder a copy of the assignment to their email. The first 3 questions ask for the student’s first name, last name, and class period.

Students can practice and review biotic factors, abiotic factors, and how they interact in this activity that will let them know if they are correct instantly! There are 18 items on this activity. This Google Sheet is set up so that the answer boxes change color to show answers as correct or incorrect. This activity can be used for review and reteach activities, or provided as homework, or as a center activity while the teacher is meeting with small groups. To see the Key you will need to go to

Students can practice and review human activities as beneficial or harmful in this activity that will let them know if they are correct instantly! There are 12 items on this activity. This Google Sheet is set up so that the answer boxes change color to show answers as correct or incorrect. This activity can be used for review and reteach activities, or provided as homework, or as a center activity while the teacher is meeting with small groups. To see the Key you will need to go to conditional f

Students can review relationships in ecosystems using this activity that will let them know if they are correct instantly! There are 12 items on this activity. This Google Sheet is set up so that the answer boxes change color to show answers as correct or incorrect. This activity can be used for review and reteach activities, or provided as homework, or as a center activity while the teacher is meeting with small groups. To see the Key you will need to go to conditional formatting in the Format

Give your students an opportunity to click and drag to label an energy pyramid, complete a food web, label a diagram of cycles in an ecosystem, and match the names of cycles in our environment to their descriptions. This activity can be used to check understanding after teaching the lesson, review prior to a quiz or test, homework, or extra practice.

Give your students an opportunity to read to learn and answer questions pertaining to the Earth's natural resources. Students will also click and drag ideas of recycling, conservation, and impact on Earth to the main topic titles. This activity can be used to check understanding after teaching the lesson, review prior to a quiz or test, homework, or extra practice.

Slides to practice understanding of competition in ecosystems. I had my students work in pairs after lesson and notetaking activities.

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

My students LOVED these activities…. I would have students work in pairs or small groups to analyze each picture to discuss and decide which vocabulary word they believed the picture was depicting. They would also practice writing complete sentences and explaining their reasoning. I have provided 3 different student worksheets for varying levels of ability.

In this bundle you will receive: ~Natural Resources Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt with student worksheets for varying levels of ability, ~Natural Resources Card Sort ~Natural Resources Digital Practice ~Natural Resources Self Checking Activity ~Natural Resources Roads Activity These activities can be used as preview of material to be discussed, practice after lessons have been taught, Homework or extra practice for those who may be struggling, reviewing and preparing for testing, or activities for d

In this bundle you will receive: 3 Card Sorts 1 Digital practice 1 Google Form Quiz 1 Review Activity and 1 Self Checking activity. Choose what your students need and when they need it so that they are successful in your classroom!