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Simply Science

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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 Get Started Writing: Where are they walking?

Get Started Writing: Where are they walking?

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Adorable images and writing prompts get students started writing about what's seen in the image. Choose from worksheets already prepared with a few lines or many lines, images that can be dropped into your document, or images that can be reformatted in a powerpoint presentation. A few prompts listed on the cover page can get you started. My students often suggest more than I would have imagined based on the simple image that they can add to with pencil or crayon. Thanks for visiting my store.
Preview of Use Images to Prompt Writing

Use Images to Prompt Writing

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Where are these two running? From something? Toward something? Have your students draw what they imagine and then write about the image that’s been created. Choose a few lines or many lines for writing. Choose runners who are younger or older. Maybe have students add to the image and a helper write a sentence to describe the action. 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
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 EASY TO USE ENERGY RESOURCES

EASY TO USE ENERGY RESOURCES

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Resources to make introducing or reviewing energy terms and definitions easy! Choose from three different crossword puzzles, three different word search puzzles, a memory matching game, and 20 flashcards with terms, definitions, and an illustration. Terms included are: circuit, conduction, conductor, convection, current, heat, insulator, light, opaque, pitch, radiation, reflect, refract, short, sound, static, translucent, transparent, vibration, and volume Thanks for visiting my Simply Science
Preview of Ellipse Activity

Ellipse Activity

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Collect a few cardboard sheets, print a worksheet, cut a few pieces of string, and pass it out to teams of students with push pins so they can create ellipses. To make it easy, I’ve included the worksheet and answer key in both English and Spanish, suggested extended activities, and terms with definitions to post on the wall. A video shows a student create an ellipse. Thanks for visiting my Simply Science store. Please take a moment to leave a comment when you purchase a product.– • – ♥ – • –
Preview of Resources for Teaching about Comets

Resources for Teaching about Comets

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Need an easy way to present information about comets? It's all included in this product. Teacher background overviewPresentation presents all information step by step to make it easy to take notesStudent note taking sheet with suggested answers includedCreate and display a fun model of a comet using a paper plate and crepe paperAssessmentTerms and definitions to post on the wallA memory game provides a fun way to review key vocabularyThanks for visiting my Simply Science store. Please take a mom
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 Resources for Teaching about Plants

Resources for Teaching about Plants

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Creating a plant unit? Let me make it easier for you to plan and enrich your plant unit. I've included so many resources, a few already in my store, many new options, just pick the ones you need! CraftsHand printsLeaf printsCreate a treeMake a seed mosaicScienceMany ideas for plant parts and plant needsMemory games for plant parts in both English and SpanishLanguage ArtsLiterature suggestionsPoetry to considerA glossary with basic and more complex termsA word wall to print and postA memory game
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 Sound ♥ BUNDLE ♥ - Customize with EASEL by TPT

Sound ♥ BUNDLE ♥ - Customize with EASEL by TPT

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Three captivating activities that make sharing science in class or at home nearly effortless. Cheap Chimes introduces sound is vibration, Cup Phones challenges students to try a variety of ways to hear what's whispered through string, and Reverse Pitch demonstrates how sound changes from high to low or low to high depending on what your vibrating. You just need string, a few plastic cups, a spoon, and a glass bottle of water – items found in most homes! I pulled three Distance Learning produ
Preview of Reverse Pitch: How To, Text, Essay Questions - Customize with EASEL by TPT

Reverse Pitch: How To, Text, Essay Questions - Customize with EASEL by TPT

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Fascinating results make it easy to demonstrate that sound is vibration. All you need is a bottle of water and a spoon! Do you need a distance learning activity that meets science standards and is great fun? I pulled my Distance Learning: Reverse Pitch product apart and reformatted it so you can print the worksheets or use EASEL by TPT to annotate it easily. The tool makes it possible to customize the resource just for your students. To save you time I set up the resource with text boxes
Preview of Cup Phones: How To, Text, Essays Questions - Customize with EASEL by TPT

Cup Phones: How To, Text, Essays Questions - Customize with EASEL by TPT

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Do you need a distance learning activity that meets science standards and is great fun? String and a couple of plastic cups are all that students need to study sound. I pulled my Distance Learning: Cup Phones product apart and reformatted it so you can print the worksheets or use EASEL by TPT to annotate it easily. The tool makes it possible to customize the resource just for your students. To save you time I set up the resources with text boxes you can use in your classroom tomorrow! I h
Preview of Cheap Chimes: How To, Text, Essay Questions - Customize with EASEL by TPT

Cheap Chimes: How To, Text, Essay Questions - Customize with EASEL by TPT

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Imagine a distance learning activity that meets science standards and is fun to do with simple materials? A piece of string and a metal spoon are all that students need to study sound. I pulled my Distance Learning: Cheap Chimes product apart and reformatted it so you can print the worksheets or use the EASEL by TPT to annotate it easily. The tool makes it possible to customize the resource just for your students. To save you time I set up the resource with text boxes you can use in your
Preview of Create Shadows: How To, Text, Essay Questions - Customize with EASEL by TPT

Create Shadows: How To, Text, Essay Questions - Customize with EASEL by TPT

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Do you need a distance learning activity that meets science standards and is fun to do with simple materials? Objects block bright lights to create shadows. Students will see that when an object is rotated the shadow changes. I pulled my Distance Learning: Shadows product apart and reformatted it so you can print the worksheets or use EASEL by TPT to annotate it easily. The tool makes it possible to customize the resource just for your students. To save you time I set up the resource wit
Preview of Distance Learning: Make a Resonant Pendulum

Distance Learning: Make a Resonant Pendulum

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Watch as energy is transferred through a pencil to make paperclips start and stop swinging. Fascinating! Just string, paperclips, a pencil, and tape are all that's needed to make a resonant pendulum. I reformatted a few resources from " Pushes and Pulls" and " Resources for Teaching about Waves", and then added new ones to make this a fun resource for distance learning or an independent activity, including: A How To guide that can be printed from a pdf file or edited in Word™. Choose to have st
Preview of Distance Learning: Pendulums

Distance Learning: Pendulums

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Just string, paperclips, and tape is all that's needed to make and test pendulums. I pulled a few resources from " Pushes and Pulls", Resources for Teaching about Waves, and added many new ones to make this an easy resource for distance learning or independent activities, including: A How To guide that can be printed from a pdf file or edited in Word™. Students can watch a video that highlights the text as it is read for students who need to hear the information. A short text that explains the
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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.