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Getting Nerdy with Mel and Gerdy

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Frog Dissection Lesson & Model - 3D Paper Scienstructable

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Ready to make your dissection lessons less messy, less chaotic and stress-free? Our hands-on, authentic, and eco-friendly 3-D paper frog dissection model lessons are the perfect way for your students to dissect and explore frog anatomy in a way

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Anatomy, Biology, Environment

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

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Science Interactive Notebook - Human Body Systems

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Engage your students with 35 Interactive Notebook activities for all of your human body unit needs. Our interactive notebook flippers will have your kids "flipping" their way to learning all about the major systems of the human body. Disseminate

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Anatomy, Biology, Environment

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

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Adaptations, Mutations and Natural Selection - Evolution PowerPoint and Handouts

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May the best beak win as students fight for survival of the fittest in this lesson about mutation, adaptation and evolution by natural selection. Charles Darwin would be so proud!WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 1-2 DAY LESSON:• 19 EDITABLE PowerPoint

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Anatomy, Biology, Environment

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

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Science Interactive Notebook - Ecosystems and Ecology Activities

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Engage your students with over 30 Interactive Notebook activities and digital Google Slides for all of your ecology unit needs. Our interactive notebook flippers will have your kids "flipping" their way to learning all about organisms interect with

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Anatomy, Biology, Environment

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

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Microscope CSI Forensics Lab

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Whodunnit? This immersive mascot mystery requires a few microscopes and a scientific eye as students view various residues while they act like detectives and try to determine who the culprit is! This lab is easy to implement using household items

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Biology, Environment, Forensics

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

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Activities, Laboratory

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Science Interactive Notebook - Genetics & Heredity

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Engage your students with over 24 Interactive Notebook activities for all of your genetics unit needs. Our interactive notebook flippers will have your kids "flipping" their way to learning all about DNA and how characteristics are inherited.

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Anatomy, Biology, Environment

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

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Fetal Pig Paper Dissection -Scienstructable 3D Dissection Model

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Soooweee, this pig model looks just like the real thing and is the perfect alternative or supplement to your fetal pig exploration! You'll love our eco-friendly 3D Scienstructable dissection models which can be used as a dissection-free exploration,

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Science, Anatomy, Biology

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

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Projects, Activities, Google Apps

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DNA History, Structure and Function - PowerPoint and Notes

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Bring the structure of DNA to life for your middle school science students with this resource that would make Watson, Crick AND Franklin proud. In this lesson, students learn the history of DNA discovery, demonstrate how nucleic acids pair with one

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Anatomy, Biology, Environment

Grades:

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

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Activities, Handouts, Laboratory

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Genetics & Heredity - PowerPoint & Handouts Bundle

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Your students can unravel the mysteries of how DNA affects their appearance, behavior and more using our fun and engaging genetics unit bundle, complete with a guiding PowerPoint, tons of activities, graphic organizers and more!WHAT'S INCLUDED in

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Anatomy, Biology, Environment

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Unit Plans, Lesson

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Skeletal System - Bones of the Skeleton Project

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The hip bone's connected to the thigh bone... connect all the major bones of the human body and identify major joints in this creative project where students create a skeleton and put it in a scene!WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 2-3 DAY PROJECT:• 5

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Anatomy, Biology, Environment

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

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Projects, Activities, Google Apps

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Cells Science Interactive Notebook Activities

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Engage your students with over 30 Cells Organelles and Processes Interactive Notebook activities for all of your cell unit needs. Our interactive notebook cut and paste flippers and online digital slides activities will have your kids "flipping"

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Anatomy, Biology, Environment

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

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Homeschool Curricula, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

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Science Interactive Notebook Bundle - Life Science and Biology

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Engage your students with over 200 Interactive Notebook activities in digital google and regular format for all of your life science needs. Our interactive notebook flippers will have your kids "flipping" their way to learning all about cells,

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Anatomy, Biology, Environment

Grades:

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

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Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

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Genetics PTC Paper Tasting Lab

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Looking for a way to make genetics more accessible to your students? Using Phenylthiocarbamide or PTC paper, you can give students a "tastable" way to identify the invisible traits that are passed on from generation to generation. Students can test

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Math, Anatomy, Biology

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

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Worksheets, Activities, Laboratory

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Eye Paper Dissection - Scienstructable 3D Dissection Model

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For an EYE-opening exploration, check out our Scienstructable 3-D Paper Dissection model. This authentic paper dissection can be used as a dissection-free exploration, a pre-dissection tool, or as a summative assessment for comparative anatomy.

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Anatomy, Biology, Environment

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

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Projects, Activities, Google Apps

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Adaptations of Animals Project for Evolution

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Make a beast as you roll a die for predetermined traits - will mother nature prevail or will the adaptations you create survive in this evolution project all about mutation and adaptations.WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 1-2 DAY LESSON:• 5 NON-EDITABLE PDF

Subjects:

Biology, Environment, General Science

Grades:

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

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Projects, Activities, Assessment

$4.00

$3.20

327

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Human Body Systems - PowerPoint & Handouts Bundle

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The leg bone's connected to hip bone... learn all about the major systems of the body from the integumentary system to the nervous system using our fun and engaging human body unit bundle, complete with a guiding PowerPoint, tons of activities,

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, Environment

Grades:

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Google Apps, Lesson

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Integumentary System - CSI Fingerprinting Lab

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Everyone has a unique set of fingerprints, even identical twins! In this lab, students learn about the various types of fingerprint patterns and determine their own pattern for each finger. With this information, they will figure out the

Subjects:

Math, Anatomy, Biology

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Google Apps

$4.95

$3.96

247

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Skeletal and Muscular System - Joint Model

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Show students that muscles always pull and never push with this easy to assemble and understand joint model for the skeletomuscular system.WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 1 DAY MINI-BUNDLE:• 6 slide fully-editable PowerPoint presentation with title slides,

Subjects:

Science, Anatomy, Biology

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

$4.95

$3.96

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Christmas Winter Genetics - Punnett squares

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Brrrrrrrr! It's winter, fresh snow is on the ground and it’s time to build your perfect Snowperson! Students really enjoy these fun Punnett Square practice problems that help to reinforce genetics concepts such as homozygous, heterozygous, dominant

Subjects:

Biology, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

$4.95

$3.96

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Evolution, Natural Selection, Adaptation - PowerPoint & Handouts Bundle

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Watch evolution in action as you leave your species' fate up to chance playing our funky monkey game and trace the evolution of the whale from land to sea in our evolution unit bundle complete with a guiding PowerPoint, tons of activities, graphic

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, Environment

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Together Mel and Gerdy have 17 years of life science teaching experience. We taught in an International Baccalaureate school in Georgia. Individually, we served as Science Department Chair, Team Leader, Advisory Chair, Science Fair Club Coordinators, and Yearbook Coordinator. Together, we are a dynamic pair with a flair for lesson planning.

MY TEACHING STYLE

We enjoy inquiry-based, hands-on, cross-curricular activities. We LOVED to co-teach. We frequently brought our classes together into one room and teach them together. The kids loved to interact with other classes and enjoyed seeing their teachers have fun together.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Together we have: Flown weightless on the Zero G (a.k.a. Vomit Comet) and achieved eight total minutes of weightlessness (see Mel holding the sign and Gerdy's long hair achieving new heights): Walked the model's catwalk for Teacher in the Spotlight. Worked alongside Ecologists in Skidaway and Sapelo Island GA. Mel was honored by being featured as Atlanta's 11 Alive Class Act Teacher of the Month where she was interviewed and her class appeared on the morning news!

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Gerdy: B.S. Wildlife Biology & M.Ed. Biology both from Auburn University Mel: B.S. Biology & B.S. Biology Education both from Kennesaw University

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

We aim to please. Before leaving feedback, please contact us via "Ask a Question" or Email Us and let us know if we can help make our products better for you and your students. Getting Nerdy prides itself in good customer service and would appreciate the opportunity to provide the highest quality science products for your needs. All of our materials are designed for implementation within a middle school setting but can easily be adapted for remedial high school biology or higher level elementary life science with scaffolding and substantial teacher facilitation. **All pictures, graphics, and artwork in our lessons are either purchased legally for use or are created by Getting Nerdy, LLC**