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Okay, imagine the Cookie Monster singing his 'One of these things is not like the other,' song. Kids quiet down immediately. You don't even have to say a word... just point at the screen. You can dance to the music. Hands will pop into the air. Resist. Don't call on a student until the song ends and many hands are in the air. The first kid will have an answer. Resist commenting. Ask why they think that (they may have an entirely different answer than expected, but their scientific exp

I created this POWERPOINT to give my students an opportunity to analyze graphic organizers. Each slide (there are 13 total) has a graphic organizer and a question. Is a SQUARE a PARALELLoGRAM? You can make YES/NO cards for students to hold up or designate a hand signal. You can quickly assess whether students are able to read the graphic organizer. If you want, you could make it into a quiz and take a grade. I have just used it as a whole class activity with a short discussion. This i