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This is a worksheet that allows students to explore and explain the effects of greenhouse gasses that pair with the (free!) PHET Greenhouse Effect simulation. Students will analyze and examine the movements of waves and photons, as well as the effects of absorbant layers in the atmosphere. This assignment/activity ends with students using the data they collected to explain the consequences (positive and negative) of greenhouse gasses in a CER format. The PHET simulation is linked in the Google

Do your students struggle to include all of the pieces of CER writing? Have you noticed that your students rush through writing, and wish there was a way to slow them down and have them check their work? This CER checklist can be used as a writing scaffold or as a revising checklist! It is in an editable Google Doc format. The Google Doc includes a general checklist that you can put on the board and also smaller checklists that can be printed for students to have on the desk with them.

Looking for a new way to teach and assess students' knowledge of Newton's laws? How about making oobleck? Oobleck is a non-newtonian fluid that is fun (and easy) to make that does not follow any of Newton's laws! This Google Doc contains a recap of Newton's laws, materials, procedural steps, clean-up procedures, mini-experiments to test the oobleck, and post-lab questions. The best part --- it is editable for you to change as needed! This is a fun way to get students thinking and use their best