Susan G Mitchell - RoadrunnerScience

This lesson is digital and you can add your own customization. This a great individual or lab activity for your students. It will check for understanding of how the body systems interact with each other to help the human body function properly. There are 24 task cards with graphics to test their knowledge with both multiple-choice and open-ended questions. A student response sheet and a key is provided. A great activity that can be copied and laminated into as many sets as needed and used year

This lesson is digital and you can add your own customization for distance learning. This activity is a great way to introduce the concept of calculating speed, time and distance. It allows students to participate in a teacher-directed note page that they can put in their interactive notebook and refer to as needed. It uses the easy-to- remember triangle to utilize the speed formula. Included are eight practice problems that calculate not only speed but also time and distance.

This lesson is digital and you can add your own customization. Students will have lots of practice on calculating net forces with this activity. Eighteen drawings help them master not only the net force but also the direction of the force. The last two boxes allow them to try their hand at drawing an object, adding the amount of force and then solving their own example. Key is provided.

This lesson is digital and you can add your own customization. In this fun activity, students will learn that each parent contributes information to what the creature will look like. They also will discover how dominant traits mask recessive traits. There are several versions of this activity but I have modified this one to work well in my classroom. There are 13 traits that the students will flip coins to see what the offspring inherited. They will then draw the results of the inherited traits

This lesson is and both digital and printable and you can add your own customization. This activity gives students an opportunity to refer to the definitions and examples as they complete the drawings and questions. The drawings allow them process their own examples of both positive and negative plant tropisms. The questions will make them think and predict outcomes in a plant’s behavior. I have also included a quiz to help you check for their understanding along with a key for both activities f

Two lessons that contain sorting cards and task cards. The sorting cards match the System to its Function to the Organs within each system. The task cards check for understanding of the Interactions of the Human Body Systems. See each individual lesson for more details.

This lesson is and both digital and printable and you can add your own customization. This Primary and Secondary Ecological succession activity has students sorting through cards with statements and pictures. It allows them to put together the correct order of each type of succession and then record the order on a student response page. I have also included a key for the student's responses. Students will then create a panel drawing of each stage of Secondary succession along with a descripti

This lesson is digital and printable. This activity will have students sorting through 12 task cards to decide if it is an advantage or disadvantage in Sexual or Asexual Reproduction. Students will write down their answers on the student response sheet that is provided. Students can place the sheet in their interactive notebook to later review or turn it in to be graded. This activity can done individually, with a lab partner or as a table activity depending on the time available. Laminate the

This lesson is digital and you can add your own customization. A great sorting activity to check for understanding of the basic types of asexual reproduction. The sorting cards can be cut out and glued on the student response sheet or can be used to make a 4-tab foldable and placed in their interactive notebook.

This lesson is digital and you can add your own customization. This lesson helps students understand the terms and the rules to counting elements and atoms within a chemical formula. It includes a student’s note page that gives the definitions of a subscript and coefficient along with examples. This can be teacher directed as the students follow along, but they will still have the notes later to refer to, if needed, during the activity. Sixteen formula cards can be cut out and used in a variety

Both products contain a tutorial PowerPoint. The first lesson describes the types of Weathering with graphics and the second lesson focuses on Erosion and Deposition along with examples and graphics. Each lesson contains a drag-and-drop activity along with a matching of vocabulary terms and all contain keys. Either lesson can be assigned digitally or the activities can be printed.

This bundle includes: Types of Asexual Reproduction - A sorting card activity with 4 types of asexual reproduction with descriptions and illustrations. Sexual and Asexual Reproduction - Advantages and Disadvantages sorting card activity What Genetic Creature Is This? - Dominant and Recessive traits create the creature. See more details under each individual lesson.

This lesson begins with a PowerPoint that starts with a student-information page that introduces pollinators and their role in the sexual reproduction of plants. The next three slides show and describe the structure and function of the female structures, the male structures, and other important parts of the flower. The last four slides show more examples that reinforces those structures along with photographs of flowering and fruiting and bees in action. Also included is a guided-note page (wi

In this lesson students will explore the different types of natural resources found on Earth, classify them as renewable or non-renewable, and discover the advantages and disadvantages of each. The lesson emphasizes the importance of conservation and helps students understand how we can protect and use Earth’s resources wisely. The 15-page PowerPoint presentation of information will visually engage students as they learn real-world examples of each resource including solar, wind, hydro, biomass,

In this lesson, students will explore the different adaptations of plant seed dispersal. A six-page Power Point will give an overview and then describe five different adaptations with examples and illustrations. Through two activities, students will complete a cut and paste matching exercise and comprehension questions, to develop a deeper understanding of how plants disperse their seeds. This lesson aims to engage students in critical thinking, problem-solving and scientific inquiry.

This bundle combines "Primary or Secondary Ecological Succession?" and "Primary and Secondary Ecological Succession Vocabulary - Cootie Catcher Activity." See each lesson for more details!

This lesson is digital and you can add your own customization. Sorting cards include 10 Body Systems along with each of their functions and the organs included in that system. Cut out and laminate as many sets as you need for individual, lab-station or table-group activities. After sorting the cards, the student "Body System Organizer" chart can be filled out and turned in to be graded or students can self-check using the key. I have students place it in their interactive notebook for future ref

This lesson is digital and you can add your own customization. Cootie Catchers, or Fortune Tellers, are a fun activity for students to reinforce vocabulary individually or with a partner. If time allows, there is also room for students to illustrate an example in the space where they write the vocabulary word. If you teach upper elementary or middle school science, check out my store for more lesson ideas. I always appreciate feedback and if you like what you see, give me a follow!

This is a PDF that has a link on the 2nd page for you to make a copy of the Google Slides™. “Weathering - Mechanical or Chemical?” contains an 11-page informational PowerPoint along with two drag-and-drop activities. The PowerPoint explains, What is Weathering; What is Mechanical Weathering with the descriptions and photos of the 4-main types; and What is Chemical Weathering with the descriptions and photos of the 2-main types. The students are then able to use this information to drag and drop

This is a great activity to engage and get the interest of your students as they begin learning about the skeleton system. First the students will complete a "Commit and Toss" paper. Without putting their name on the paper, they commit their answers to the 9 questions about the skeleton system, wad it up and toss it across the room. On your signal, every student will retrieve a wadded paper, straighten it out and wait for someone to read the first question. I have already placed around the ro