Sparkling Science
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Tennessee, United States
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I have been a middle school science teacher for over ten years now. I have experience in 7th and 8th grade. I started the STEM program for my school. I have experience teaching 6th-8th grade STEM. Now, I begin my journey as a high school STEM teacher. I will be teaching Principles of Engineering, Engineering 1 & 2, and Engineering Practicum. I also hold the titles of PLC leader, leadership team member, and science department chair.
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Types of Waves Stations: Longitudinal vs. Transverse
Use stations to review before a test! Students will complete seven different tasks with this lesson. Types of waves can be a simple topic to teach. This activity will allow students to be engaged while they move around the room completing different challenges as they review the differences between longitudinal and transverse waves.
4th - 10th
Other (Science), Physical Science, Science
Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures Coloring Challenge
Students will show you they know the difference between elements, compounds, and mixtures with this follow-the-directions coloring sheet. Instead of using the normal multiple-choice handout, try assessing student learning with this! Students, no matter how old, still like to color...and here's their opportunity. The tasks still require students to identify elements, compounds, and mixtures but this takes it up a notch and isn't as boring as the normal black and white worksheet.
5th - 10th
Chemistry, Physical Science, Science
The Scientific Method: Card Sorting Experiment
What a fun, hands-on way for students to learn how to gather information and identify the variables in an experiment! Students will use playing cards to investigate the question "How fast can I sort a deck of cards: color or suit?"
Hand each small group of students a deck of cards. One student will sort the cards as the other student times how fast they sort them.
Round 1: Sort by color
Round 2: Sort by suit
Students can trade places to collect their own data. There's a student response
3rd - 10th
Basic Principles, General Science, Other (Science)
STEM: Maps and Civil Engineering
There are four different map activities with this product. Engage your students with STEM experiences using Civil Engineering to teach about the real-world. Activity 1: Map Reading and Answer Key Activity 2: Map Reading and Answer Key Activity 3: Map Drawing and Sample Activity 4: Map Drawing and Sample Students will have a better understanding of how to read, draw, and interpret key features of a map after completing these assignments. These four activities could be used as four separat
2nd - 6th
Engineering, Geography, Other (Social Studies)
The Earth's Magnetism (PowerPoint Presentation)
Students will learn all about the earth's magnetism with this PowerPoint presentation. It is a 30-slide presentation with an earth's magnet field assignment and quick brain break game. There are a lot of visuals on this presentation.
Quick Brain Break Game:
Pictures will appear on the screen (as the teacher clicks through through the PowerPoint).
Students (in small groups of 4) will race to shout out TRUE or FALSE.
Pictures will either show true facts or false facts.
The fastest student wil
5th - 9th
Earth Sciences, Physical Science, Science
STEM Challenge: The Duck Call Lab
STEM Activity, Scientific Method, Hands-on Experience Do your students love STEM projects? Are you looking for more ways to incorporate hands-on activities in your classroom? Have you ever wanted to make your own duck call? This hands-on activity will allow students to work through the scientific method as they create two different duck calls. Students will love the opportunity to create working prototypes in class. Students will work through each step of the Scientific Method as they parti
3rd - 10th
Engineering, Music, Science
Simple Machines Worksheet
Students will show what they know about simple machines with this review worksheet. There's a great simple machines video on Youtube that my students love to watch when we are learning about simple machines and Newton's Laws: Science Court! We always watch the video then learn about simple machines. This worksheet is great for that practice we need! (or it could be used as an assessment)
4th - 8th
General Science, Physical Science, Science
Adaptations and Natural Selection: The Bird Beak Investigation
What organisms are most likely to survive in a specific environment?
Students will love this activity! Included in this are detailed teacher instructions, materials list, and student response sheet. Students will use their "beaks" to catch food and place it in their "stomachs". This is a great way to teach adaptations and introduce natural selection. Students will see first hand what "survival of the fittest" actually means.
Food items do need to be purchased for this activity.
Suggeste
5th - 9th
Biology, General Science, Science
All About Plants Review Worksheet
Students will review the different parts of a flower, types of asexual reproduction, functions of the plant parts, photosynthesis, and the classification of plants with this handout.
4th - 9th
Biology, Science
The Engineering Design Process: Two-Wheel Balloon Powered Car
Students will work through the engineering design process to build, test, and modify a two-wheel balloon powered car. Students will love this activity as they get to show off their inquiry skills. This activity comes with a procedure sheet and student response sheet. It's always a lot of fun in class to have students either race their cars or measure the distance their cars traveled.
Materials Needed:
1 Balloon
1 Flexible Straw
1 Wooded Tongue Depresser (or wide craft stick)
1 Straight Str
3rd - 9th
Science
Lab Safety Card Sort
This activity contains several scenarios where students are not following proper lab safety. Students will identify the errors on each task card and discuss what's wrong and what needs to be corrected. Teacher notes and eight scenario cards are included. For an extension activity, students could choose one lab safety card to create a poster for that show proper lab safety.
4th - 10th
Science
The Engineering Design Process Review Game: Gender Wars!
This game is so much fun! Students will complete...boys vs. girls...in this game. This is a really fun, engaging review game for the engineering design process.
Divide the class into two groups: boys vs. girls. Students will come up two at a time to race to answer the question the fastest.
There are full directions included with this game. Students will review the steps of the design process, assistive and adaptive bioengineering, and intended benefits vs. unintended consequences.
5th - 10th
Science
The Scientific Method: Word Recognition Lab (Identifying Variables)
Does letter placement affect word recognition? Students will work through the scientific method to investigate this question in this activity. Passages (scrambled and not scrambled) are provided. The students loved this activity. They tried really hard to read fast even though the words were very tricky. All you need for this activity is a timer and the pages printed off for each group.
4th - 10th
Science
Fun with Gravity (One Day Lesson Plan)
Students will explore the effects of gravity on different planets with this lesson. A PowerPoint presentation, six station signs, six station directions, and a student response sheet is included. Students will travel around the room from "planet" to "planet" to complete a variety of tasks that will give students a hands-on experience of the effects of gravity on those planets. This lesson requires students to move around. Teachers can easily assess the students' work with the organized respo
5th - 8th
Earth Sciences, General Science, Science
Photosynthesis Flip Chart
What a fun way to take notes over photosynthesis! Students will color and cut out this interactive flip chart over photosynthesis. After attaching the flaps and folding on the dotted lines, students will take notes over the different parts of photosynthesis. This is a great study tool to put in students' interactive notebooks.
5th - 7th
Biology, Science
Electromagnets Lab: The Source of the Force
Students will learn all about electromagnets with this lab investigation! This activity comes with a READY-TO-GO student response sheet, materials list, lab procedure, and answer key. Students will test how battery size and number of wire coils affect the strength of an electromagnet. This lab has a Test 1-Part A and B and a Test 2-Part A and B. Students will be asked to write hypotheses, identify the different variables, follow a procedure, collect data, analyze the data using a bar graph,
5th - 10th
General Science, Physical Science, Science
Cell Organelle Scavenger Hunt
Students will identify the different cell organelles as they move around the room with this scavenger hunt activity. There are ten clues and a student response sheet included.
Instead of having students complete a vocabulary matching worksheet, try this! After learning all about the cell's organelles, have students complete this scavenger hunt. Make it a race! Make it an assessment!
5th - 9th
Biology, Science
Parts of a Flower Coloring Sheet
Students will have to figure out clues based off the flower's structures in order to know what colors to properly color the flower picture with this activity. This is a fun way to make a simple vocabulary worksheet into an interactive handout.
3rd - 9th
Biology, Science
Cellular Science: A Cell Organelle Newspaper Article Template
Students will create a writing piece for a fake newspaper over any cell organelle. Students will have to use their creative writing skills to accurately describe the structure, function, and importance of a given organelle.
5th - 9th
Literature, Science, Writing
Learn About Gravity! (21-Slide PowerPoint Presentation)
Students will first complete a KWL bell work assignment that will lead into the discussion about the relationship between gravity, mass, and distance. This 21-slide PowerPoint presentation contains bell work, a follow-up bell work assignment, pictures, information for student notebooks, test prep questions, a list of "center of gravity" activities, and a rapid fire picture identification game.
5th - 9th
Earth Sciences, Physics, Science
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About the store
Experience
I have been a middle school science teacher for over ten years now. I have experience in 7th and 8th grade. I started the STEM program for my school. I have experience teaching 6th-8th grade STEM. Now, I begin my journey as a high school STEM teacher. I will be teaching Principles of Engineering, Engineering 1 & 2, and Engineering Practicum. I also hold the titles of PLC leader, leadership team member, and science department chair.
Teaching style
My lessons are very fast-paced and I have my students moving around a lot. I enjoy having students compete, work in small groups, participate in whole group discussions, participate in hands-on activities, and show their skills through independent tasks. I basically plan my lessons using the following format: Bell work/Hook, Competition, Whole group instruction, Competition, Small group activity, Individual practice, and Closure. I honestly feel like I engage all students. I take pride in the student connections I make each year. My students miss my class the next year. With my STEM students, they are participating in project-based and problem-based learning. They build and create almost daily.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I have been named Teacher of the Year. I work at a very high achieving school so this honor means so much to me. I am surrounded by great teachers who are also looking to learn new things. I have been awarded several grants over the past ten years. In Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow grant competition, I was a top three finalist for the state.
My own education history
I earned my degree in Biology from Middle Tennessee State University in 2005. I also took graduate courses from MTSU and am now STEM certified.
Additional biographical information
I didn't originally go to college to be a teacher. I was a pre-med student...but I always had an inner passion to teach. I loved being a student growing up (and still enjoy sitting in a classroom). When I first graduated college, I worked as an Educational Assistant in a high school setting then decided I NEEDED to teach. I soon enrolled into a graduate program on the "alternate license" route. There I was, teaching in an 8th grade classroom with no experience...I mean...didn't even know what a "standard" was...going to grad school at night...coaching softball...and PREGNANT. What a first year! Looking back on it, it seems a lot harder than it really was. For one, I'm a very stubborn person...and two, I love teaching. I can say that I am truly doing what I was born to do. I am a mom, a wife, and a teacher. Life is good.
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