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Lab Safety - "Silly Scientists" Practice Activity

By Andrea Paradise

This is an easy lesson to do at the beginning of the year. The PowerPoint includes 7 pictures of teachers breaking safety rules in the lab. Sometimes I'll go through all 7 as an entire class with students volunteering to share which rules are

Subjects:

Basic Principles, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Laboratory, Lesson

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Weathering, Erosion, Deposition - Hands-on STATIONS

By Andrea Paradise

I use this after students have learned the basics about weathering, erosion, and deposition. My on-level or special needs students use their notes about WED to help them with the follow-up questions to the activity at each station. Students travel

Subjects:

Archaeology, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Centers

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Metric Conversions - Hands-on teaching

By Andrea Paradise

Students often struggle with metric conversions. I use this document to print numbers for students to use in order to bring the math used during conversions to life. Kinesthetic learners respond well to this approach and the numbers are all in

Subjects:

Numbers, Basic Principles, General Science

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

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T. Swift & Metrics- A Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Activity

By Andrea Paradise

I came up with this activity to teach the metric system to my gifted students. The problem centers around Taylor Swift going on tour and requiring some information from my students. You could definitely change the artist to someone more popular

Subjects:

Measurement, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Simulations

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Biomes Review Activity - "Bouncing Between Biomes"

By Andrea Paradise

This activity gets students up and moving and can be used to review the characteristics of both land and marine biomes. Students start at a biome station around the room (signs included in packet) and use their student activity sheet (also

Subjects:

Biology, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Assessment

$3.50

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Weathering and Erosion - Compare and Contrast Jigsaw Activity

By Andrea Paradise

This is a traditional "jigsaw" activity. Students are assigned either the number 1 or 2. All students assigned as #1 will read one article and all students assigned as #2 will read the second article. They will take notes about the article

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Environment, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

$2.00

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A Geological Family Tree- Elements, minerals, and rocks summative assessment

By Andrea Paradise

Students must demonstrate mastery of the connection between elements, rocks, and minerals as well as the characteristics of each when completing this "geological family tree." Included: -Project description -Graphic organizer (model for

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Critical Thinking, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Projects, Assessment, Lesson

$4.00

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Landforms recipe book- a fun way to learn about landforms on Earth

By Andrea Paradise

To be honest, I was bored with teaching landforms this year and decided to turn our direct instruction of landforms into something a little more fun for my students- it was a huge hit!!! The basic idea is that Mother Nature is hungry and wants to

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Lesson

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Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration - food-based exploration

By Andrea Paradise

In this hands-on activity, students use different types of cereal to represent different atoms. The atoms are then "bonded" to form the reactants during photosynthesis and rearranged to form the products. The same amount of cereal pieces are used

Subjects:

Chemistry, EFL - ESL - ELD, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Simulations

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Plate Tectonics - PowerPoint - the basics

By Andrea Paradise

This is a fairly extensive PowerPoint presentation that I work my way through slowly with students, reinforcing each individual concept along the way with hands-on activities, videos, and practice handouts. Lots of cool colors, fonts, and images to

Subjects:

Archaeology, Earth Sciences

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

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Earth's Layers - analogy (critical thinking practice)

By Andrea Paradise

Each student will use a basic understanding of Earth's layers to create an analogy between the layers of the Earth and a familiar object of his/her choice. Often Earth's layers can be confusing for 6th graders because we have never been to the

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Critical Thinking, General Science

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Lesson

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Organelles review activity- rotating practice

By Andrea Paradise

This activity gets students up and moving and can be used to review the characteristics of organelles. Students start at an organelle station around the room (signs included in packet) and use their student activity sheet (also included) to

Subjects:

Biology, General Science, Test Preparation

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Lesson

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Classification of Organisms WITH a dichotomous key of celebrities

By Andrea Paradise

This is an introductory PowerPoint presentation covering what taxonomy is and the purpose of classification. The history of taxonomy is covered and the 8 levels of classification are briefly introduced using graphics from the Holt Life Science

Subjects:

Biology

Grades:

7^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

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Earth's Layers "meet n' greet"- introductory activity, easy to differentiate

By Andrea Paradise

I used this activity to introduce the topic of Earth's layers to my 6th grade gifted students. It could be used in elementary school as a summative assessment as well. Students complete a "Hello, my name is..." name tag about each main layer of

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, For All Subject Areas, General Science

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

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Density Column LAB using process skills

By Andrea Paradise

This is a lab I do at the beginning of the year with my gifted students to introduce the steps of the scientific lab, the application of lab safety rules, and the use of process skills (observations and inferences) within a lab setting. I keep the

Subjects:

Basic Principles, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Lesson

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Plate Tectonics - Notes Sheet

By Andrea Paradise

This packet goes directly along with the PowerPoint posted on my page. I usually break up the presentation over the course of a week and include hands-on activities, practice handouts, and videos to reinforce the basic concepts included in the

Subjects:

Archaeology, Earth Sciences

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Handouts, Printables

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Basic Introduction to the Scientific Method

By Andrea Paradise

This is the PowerPoint I made to introduce the steps of the scientific method to my students. It includes descriptions for the following steps: 1) Big Question/Problem 2) Form a hypothesis 3) Conduct the experiment 4) Make observations and record

Subjects:

Basic Principles, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

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Imagine-A-Lab - using the steps of the scientific method in a creative way

By Andrea Paradise

I use this activity with my gifted students as a challenge activity in which they develop a problem/question of their own using critical thinking skills. Last year, the ideas ranged from "How can I become an expert jewel thief?" to the more typical

Subjects:

Basic Principles, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

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Bulletin Board - Earth Science - "Across the universe in 180 days!"

By Andrea Paradise

This is a very cute and functional bulletin board that you can keep up in your classroom all year long. You can make this board as interactive as you like. Included are pages to create the title, which reads "Across the UNIVERSE in 180 days!!!" as

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Other (Science), General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

This is my 7th year of teaching middle school science. I teach TAG (talented and gifted), on-level, and team-taught sections of earth science.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Hands-on, engaging, extremely organized, clear, honest, and fun!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Teacher of the Year 2012-2013 school year (selected from over 100 teachers)

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Miami University of Ohio (undergraduate- graduated in 2007) Georgia State University (Masters in Ed. Leadership- graduated in 2012)

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I'm a perfectionist when it comes to my work and I'm constantly searching for ways to improve my lessons and develop innovative projects to encourage student engagement.

GRADES

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Specialty, Math, Measurement, Numbers, Science, Archaeology, Basic Principles, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Environment, Other (Science), ESL-EFL-ELL, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, General Science, Test Preparation