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Evidence For The Big Bang Theory BUNDLE - HS-ESS1-2

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Develop student understand of the big bang theory and more specifically, the evidence that supports through this unit storyline bundle that addresses concepts like the red shift of galaxy light, the composition of stars and the universe, and the

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Science, Astronomy, Earth Sciences

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9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Unit Plans, Assessment, Task Cards

$41.75

$30.00

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Evidence For The Big Bang Theory - Digital & Print Workbook - HS-ESS1-2

By iExploreScience

Introduce and reinforce the evidence that supports the big bang theory with this interactive digital/print workbook. Based on the NGSS Evidence Statements themselves, this interactive text is crafted to assist students in developing and cementing

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Science, Astronomy, Earth Sciences

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Google Apps

$7.00

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Earth's Formation & Early Earth History Activity Bundle HS-ESS1-6

By iExploreScience

Launch student learning into Earth’s ancient history with this activity bundle. In this resource collection, student investigations begin four billion years ago with the formation of the Solar System and a planet that looks wildly unlike the place

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Science, Astronomy, Earth Sciences

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9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson

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Exploring Light Spectra - Spectroscope Lab (HS-ESS1-3, HS-PS1-1)

By iExploreScience

Launch a storyline into stars, the universe, and matter and energy in space by investigating the sun's spectrum and exploring what we can learn about our star by understanding it. This bundle includes three activities to guide students through an

Subjects:

Astronomy, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory

$4.75

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Ancient Evidence - Earth's Formation & Early History Timeline - HS-ESS1-6

By iExploreScience

Engage students in an interactive, digital learning activity in which they construct a timeline of Earth’s formation and early history supported by evidence (HS-ESS1-6). In this minds-on task, students analyze evidence obtained from Earth's ancient

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

$7.00

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Formation Of The Moon & Earth’s Early History HS-ESS1-6

By iExploreScience

Discover how the Moon formed in Earth’s early history through a data analysis and argumentation activity. Students will analyze two sets of data to draw conclusions about how Earth's moon formed. First, they explore isotopic ratios to discover that

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

$5.00

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Evidence for Big Bang Theory - Review Stations - HS-ESS1-2 Print + Digital

By iExploreScience

Develop, reinforce, and review understanding of the big bang theory and the evidence that supports it with these station activities - six student tasks in all. Review concepts like key vocabulary, the organization of the universe, the red shift of

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Science, Astronomy, Earth Sciences

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

$6.00

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Exploring The Kelp Forest Ecosystem Collapse Investigative Phenomenon - Distance

By iExploreScience

In this activity, students take a quick virtual video tour of a healthy kelp forest ecosystem and then analyze photographs and data from kelp forests along the California coastline to generate questions about the factors that can disrupt ecosystems.

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Science, Earth Sciences, Environment

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Lesson

$4.50

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Assessment Bundle - Evidence for the Big Bang Theory - NGSS HS-ESS1-2

By iExploreScience

Evaluate student understanding of the big bang theory and the evidence that supports it with this assessment pack aligned to the NGSS HS-ESS1-2. This bundle includes traditional multiple choice assessment tasks, a C-E-R performance task, a red shift

Subjects:

Science, Astronomy, Earth Sciences

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Assessment, Graphic Organizers, Rubrics

$8.00

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Sampling Rock Strata & The Fossil Record - Ankylosaurus - Distance Compatible

By iExploreScience

In this activity, students will analyze play-doh rock strata to dig into Earth’s geologic timeline and construct a narrative of Earth’s history from evidence. They will build a model to uncover the principle of superposition and then use

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, Environment

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Lesson

$6.00

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Exploring Light Spectra - Spectroscope - Distance Learning (HS-ESS1-1, HS-PS1-1)

By iExploreScience

Engage students in a storyline designed to investigate the stars, their life cycle, the universe, and the big bang theory. This activity pack launches Living In Star Dust by connecting those abstract ideas to something we can observe each day -- the

Subjects:

Science, General Science, Physical Science

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Simulations

$4.00

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Rock Strata, Fossil Record, & K-Pg Dinosaur Extinction Workbook - Dist Comp

By iExploreScience

Reinforce student understanding of rock strata, the rock cycle, and the fossil record through this comprehensive, engaging, and interactive student workbook that focuses on the K-PG mass extinction event as the unit storyline phenomena. Engage

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, Environment

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Workbooks, Laboratory, Lesson

$4.75

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Earth's Atmosphere and Climate (Then and Now) - Digital and Print Workbook

By iExploreScience

This resource is designed to supplement hands-on and minds-on activities for a unit targeting high school NGSS Performance Expectations related to Earth's atmosphere and climate, climate change, and the coevolution of Earth's systems. This workbook

Subjects:

Science, Astronomy, Earth Sciences

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Google Apps

$6.00

Digital Download PDF (28.76 MB)

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Earth's Formation and Early History - Digital and Print Workbook HS-ESS1-6

By iExploreScience

Supplement hands-on activities with this task-oriented, three-dimensional student workbook that is designed for a unit targeting high school NGSS related to the formation of the solar system, Earth, and its early characteristics. This workbook is

Subjects:

Science, Astronomy, Earth Sciences

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Google Apps

$7.00

Digital Download PDF (3.25 MB)

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Timeline Of Earth's History From Rock Strata & The Fossil Record - Distance

By iExploreScience

Assess student understanding of rock strata and how scientists can use it to construct a relative timeline of Earth’s history at a particular location in this three-dimensional assessment task targeting MS-ESS1-4. In this activity, studentsanalyze

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, Environment

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Assessment, Laboratory, Lesson

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (2.54 MB)

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The Earth - Sun - Moon System NGSS Bundle

By iExploreScience

In this lesson bundle, students explore the Earth-Sun-Moon system. This bundle includes:Gravity and Earth's Moon (Investigative Phenomenon)This activity is the investigative phenomenon for “What Patterns Exist In Our Solar System?” Students will

Subjects:

Astronomy, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Assessment, Lesson

$33.75

$20.00

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Quiz - Redshift of Galaxy Light - Evidence for the Big Bang Theory - HS-ESS1-2

By iExploreScience

Evaluate student understanding of the redshift of galaxy light as a piece of evidence supporting the big bang theory with this data-analysis focused performance task. Students analyze authentic data of star spectra to draw conclusions about the

Subjects:

Astronomy, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

$2.50

Digital Download PDF (0.16 MB)

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Modeling Asteroid Impacts, Mass, and Kinetic Energy Hands-On Force Lab

By iExploreScience

In this activity, students will design an experiment to explore kinetic energy and the factors that affect it. By simulating asteroid collisions and examining their impact craters, students will uncover the relationship between the mass and speed of

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, Environment

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Lesson

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (3.04 MB)

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Rising Tides Storyline - Earth Sun Moon System, Solar System, + Climate Change

By iExploreScience

Investigate the threat of rising tides and nuisance flooding to develop an understanding of the Earth-Sun-Moon system, gravity, and climate change in this NGSS-aligned, three-dimensional learning unit bundle. Students will expand their learning to

Subjects:

Astronomy, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Assessment, Lesson

$57.75

$35.00

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Redshift Of Galaxy Light - Big Bang Theory Evidence - Activity Bundle HS-ESS1-2

By iExploreScience

Develop student understanding of the red shift of galaxy light and how it supports the big bang theory in this activity set. Students first use slinkies to visualize the Doppler Effect and how light waves change as the object emitting them moves

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

$4.75

Digital Download ZIP (1.30 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

thirteen years in education :: private and public school experience :: urban classrooms

MY TEACHING STYLE

hands-on :: student-centered :: aligned to national standards :: Next Generation Science Standards :: BSCS 5E Model :: student ownership of their learning :: authentic learning tasks

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

NSTA Shell Science Lab District Winner (2015 and 2016) :: PSTA William B. McIlwaine Science Teaching Award (2014) :: NSTA Maitland P. Simmons Award for New Teachers (2014) :: Alpha Epsilon Lambda Graduate Honor Society (2011) :: Allegheny College Harold Huntley Haine Prize in History (2010) :: Allegheny College Alden Scholar (2006-2009) :: Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society (2009), Allegheny College Outstanding Junior History Major (2009) :: Lambda Sigma Honor Society

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Master of Education in Middle and Secondary Curriculum and Instruction, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (2010-2012) :: Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in Environmental Education, Allegheny College (2010) :: "Preserving Coastal Diversity: Sea Turtles and Bay Resources" The School for Field Studies: Center for Coastal Studies

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association (2014 - Present) :: National Science Teachers Association (2013 - Present)