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Portland, Oregon, United States
About the store
Easy, hands-on activities for K-8 students. Is that what you're looking for? Read a science text and answer questions? Not in my science class. I want something different for my students. Let's change that to hands-on, minds-on while doing challenging and fun activities!
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Preview of Amazing Mazes 2

Amazing Mazes 2

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Simply Science
My kids love mazes. Do yours? These mazes are more complicated than my Amazing Mazes 1 product. These can be completed in a few minutes and then students can color the images around each maze. Answer keys included. I also formatted the mazes so you can print two on a page to save a bit of paper. You might add this to your sub folder or make it an optional activity for interested students. Thanks for visiting my store. Please take a moment to leave a comment when you purchase a product.– • – ♥
Preview of Amazing Mazes 1

Amazing Mazes 1

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My kids love mazes. Do yours? These mazes can be completed and then students can color the images around each maze. Answer keys included. I also formatted the mazes so you can print two on a page to save a bit of paper. For more complex mazes check out my Amazing Mazes 2 product. You might add this to your sub folder or make it an optional activity for interested students. Thanks for visiting my store. Please take a moment to leave a comment when you purchase a product.– • – ♥ – • – Differen
Preview of Hanging Basket Flip Books

Hanging Basket Flip Books

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A flip book that illustrates the life cycle of a lovely hanging basket of flowers. Choose color images or images for students to color. There’s a blank page for a student who would like to generate a new flip book. Directions for making a flip book are included in English and Spanish. Thanks for visiting my Simply Science store. Please take a moment to leave a comment when you purchase a product.– • – ♥ – • – Differentiate for your math students with simple, fun games in our Simply Math st
Preview of Flip Book: Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

Flip Book: Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

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A flip book that illustrates the life cycle of a pumpkin. Use in the fall when pumpkins are harvested or in the spring when they are planted. Choose color images or images for students to color. There’s a blank page for a student who would like to generate a new flip book. Directions for making a flip book are included in English and Spanish. I've included a link to a web page with a link students can use to create their own flip books and short movies of the images of a few of my flip book
Preview of Flip Books: Daisies or Daisies with a Bee

Flip Books: Daisies or Daisies with a Bee

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A daisy flip book, with or without a bee buzzing about! Easily create a flip book that features daisy from blooming to wilting. Choose color images or images for students to color. Use the blank page to have students draw their own flowers. Choose from two different versions. Check out the preview to see what's included in this product. I've included a link to a web page with a link students can use to create their own flip books and short movies of the images of a few of my flip books. Than
Preview of Flip Book: Daffodils

Flip Book: Daffodils

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Just in time for spring flowers or any time you need to see lovely daffodils. Easily create a flip book that features daffodils. Choose color images or images for students to color. Use the blank page to have students draw their own flowers. Maybe a gift for a family member? I've included a link to a web page with a link students can use to create their own flip books and short movies of the images of a few of my flip books. Thanks for visiting my Simply Science store. Please take a moment to
Preview of Flip Book: Seasons for a Cactus Plant

Flip Book: Seasons for a Cactus Plant

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With this product you can easily create a flip book that features a cactus and delightful lizard. Choose color images or images for students to color. I've included a link to a web page with a link students can use to create their own flip books and short movies of the images of a few of my flip books. You could also have students create their own flip books using a blank page included in this product. Thanks for visiting my Simply Science store. Please take a moment to leave a comment when y
Preview of Flip Book: Life Cycle of a Bean Plant

Flip Book: Life Cycle of a Bean Plant

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A fun way to show movement using pages with gradually changing images is a flip book. Are you teaching the life cycle of plants? With this product you can easily create a flip book that shows the life cycle of a green bean I've included a link to a web page with a link students can use to create their own flip books and short movies of the images of a few of my flip books. You could also have students create their own flip books using a blank page included in this product. Thanks for visiting
Preview of Flip Book: Seasons of an Apple Tree

Flip Book: Seasons of an Apple Tree

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Do you or your students love to create flip books? A fun way to show movement using pages with gradually changing images. Are you teaching the life cycle of plants? With this product you can create a flip book to shows the life cycle of an apple tree. I've included a link to a web page with a link students can use to create their own flip books and short movies of the images of a few of my flip books. You could also have students create their own flip books using a blank page included in this
Preview of Classify Animals

Classify Animals

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Let this product make it easy to introduce or review classifying or sorting animals! For each kind of animal you'll find: An illustrated information sheet with basic facts about amphibians, arthropods, birds, fish, land mammals, marine mammals, and reptilesInformation in a presentation in both English and Spanish that starts simple and becomes more complicated, just pick the slides that fit your studentsPresentations recorded as short movies in both English and SpanishShort informational essays
Preview of Precipitation Patterns

Precipitation Patterns

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This resource can make it easier to introduce precipitation patterns. You might add this to your study of rain shadows. Use a presentation to introduce the patterns for the states of Washington, Oregon, or California. Color a worksheet and add notes or print a color worksheet and add notes. Suggested answers are included from the presentation. Instead of a worksheet, give each student a level of precipitation for one of the states. A worksheet can be colored or printed in color and students beco
Preview of Teaching the Periodic Table

Teaching the Periodic Table

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How to teach the periodic table? Start with sorting buttons by attributes. Then sort other common items by attributes. Introduce information about the periodic table with a variety of rich resources included in the product AND in a web page that saves you time looking for reliable resources. Here's what's included in your purchase: Suggestions and materials to print for team sortsA brief overview of the periodic tableResources to create a wall display of the periodic tableVocabulary listWord Wa
Preview of Simple Machines: Activities, Puzzles, a Word Wall, Math Sheets, a Web Page

Simple Machines: Activities, Puzzles, a Word Wall, Math Sheets, a Web Page

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Teaching about work and simple machines? This product will get you started OR enrich the resources you already have. Check out the preview to see what's included: Six simple and FUN activitiesWorksheets (with suggested answers) for each activityDozens of images that are copyright freeThree powerpoint presentationsThree short essays that can be printed in color or blacklineEssay recordings for students who need to hear the textA short multiple choice assessmentAn engineering suggestionA glossary
Preview of Cats! Back to School and Great Classroom Decor

Cats! Back to School and Great Classroom Decor

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Let me help you decorate your classroom and share a variety of activities with these fun, unique cats drawn by my friend at EGG! Included in your purchase: a welcome display with two options*a display for student imagescalendar months*calendar daysclass subjects*name tagsdesk tagsa scavenger hunt for getting acquainted*word search puzzles for school terms*picture puzzles to cut, glue and colorLOTS of pages with addition, subtraction, and multiplication problems*happy birthday certificates*happy
Preview of Resources for Teaching about Humidity

Resources for Teaching about Humidity

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A fun activity with simple material introduces humidity to your students. Then your students read a short text and write about the topic. Got a couple of thermometers? An easy activity shows students how to calculate the relative humidity in the room! Included in your purchase: An introductory activity using a small bag and piece of stringA worksheet with activity questions in English and SpanishAn activity for finding relative humidityA worksheet for recording the results of the activityA work
Preview of Resources for Teaching about the Rain Shadow Effect

Resources for Teaching about the Rain Shadow Effect

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This resources makes teaching about the rain shadow effect so much easier! Included in your purchase: a FUN worksheet with cartoon images a more traditional diagram of the rain shodow effecta worksheet for labeling the features using this diagramanswer keys for the worksheetspowerpoint presentation introducing each feature in the worksheetmovie made using the powerpoint presentationtwo optional powerpoint presentations, one with less text, one with moreThanks for visiting my Simply Science stor
Preview of Layers of the Earth: Activity, Math Worksheets, Word Wall, Word Puzzles & Games

Layers of the Earth: Activity, Math Worksheets, Word Wall, Word Puzzles & Games

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Do you need resources that help you plan your unit for teaching the layers of the Earth? This product contains: An activity for creating a model on a sheet of paper or a science notebookWords and terms for a word wall in both English and SpanishTwo word search puzzles and a crossword puzzleMath worksheets for addition, subtraction, and multiplication problems - two of the three have been annotated using the EASEL by TPT tool to save you time!Two memory games that are a fun way to practice matchi
Preview of Hovering Oil: Activity, Worksheet, Word Doc, Word Puzzles, Word Wall, Web Page

Hovering Oil: Activity, Worksheet, Word Doc, Word Puzzles, Word Wall, Web Page

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Need a mysterious new activity? A simple demonstration of density? An activity to include in your resources about liquids? Pour water and then rubbing alcohol into a small jar. Add a few drops of vegetable oil to create a display as golden spheres of oil hover in the middle of the liquid. An activity description describes step-by-step how to set up the activity. A video explains as you see how it's doneA worksheet saved in the print file and as a Word™ document can be used to record resultsA wor
Preview of Review Spinners for a Frog, a Bird, a Cat, a Whale, and an Insect ♥BUNDLE♥

Review Spinners for a Frog, a Bird, a Cat, a Whale, and an Insect ♥BUNDLE♥

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Everyone makes a spinner that features key facts! Choose one animal or all five! BIRDS: feathers, color, special feet, hollow bones, lay eggs, special beaksBUGS: exoskeleton, mouth parts, three body parts, wings, dull color for hiding, bright colors for warningCATS: for, warm blooded, blending colors, give birth to live young, nurse there young, kittens are helplessFROGS: moist smooth skin, dry smooth skin, webbed feet, toe pads, bright colors for warning, dull colors for hidingWHALES: blubber,
Preview of Food Chain Models: Birds, Butterflies, Cats, Frogs, Insects, and Whales ♥BUNDLE♥

Food Chain Models: Birds, Butterflies, Cats, Frogs, Insects, and Whales ♥BUNDLE♥

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I combined six different products into one fantastic bundle so your students can create a food chain models that shows the movement of energy through a food chain. Consider having students do this with younger students or siblings. Maybe they can share it easily with family members? What about having an interested student create a new food model using these resources that features a different animal? Videos make it easy to see how to create the mobile once you've printed and colored or printed
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About the store

Experience

Easy, hands-on activities for K-8 students. Is that what you're looking for? Read a science text and answer questions? Not in my science class. I want something different for my students. Let's change that to hands-on, minds-on while doing challenging and fun activities!

Teaching style

Active, hands-on, student centered, fun.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Shining moments were reading the letters written by my students recommending me for awards I received including: Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Education, Oregon Science Teachers Association Teacher of the Year, Oregon Public Broadcasting Technology Teacher of the Year, Tektronix/Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Teacher of the Year, American Electronics Association Teacher of the Year.

My own education history

MS in Science Education, Oregon State University and a BA in Education, Western Washington University

Additional biographical information

Please visit my other store Simply Math.