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Invasive Species: Project Based Learning Task MS-LS2-4 MS-LS2-5

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Explore ecology concepts through the context of invasive species in this engaging project-based learning assessment. Students should already have an understanding of ecosystem structure and ecological relationships, and they should have been

Subjects:

Science, Biology, Environment

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Assessment

$6.00

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Ecology Mystery - C-E-R Changes In Ecosystems, Invasive Species, Habitat Loss

By iExploreScience

What happens when something disrupts the ability of a system to meet the needs of the organisms within its bounds? In this activity, students will explore what that “something” might be when presented with the problem of a precipitous decline in the

Subjects:

Biology, Environment, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

RST.6-8.1, RST.6-8.9, WHST.6-8.1, WHST.6-8.1a, WHST.6-8.1b, WHST.6-8.1e, WHST.6-8.2f, WHST.6-8.4, WHST.6-8.8, WHST.6-8.9

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Field Notes Food Webs: Producers, Consumers, Decomposers (NGSS MS-LS2-3)

By iExploreScience

In this activity bundle (FOUR activities, including a stations-style task), students obtain information from "field notes" to draw conclusions about the roles of organisms in ecosystems -- producers, consumers, and decomposers. In subsequent

Subjects:

Biology, Environment, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

$15.00

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Impacts of Invasive Species on Ecosystems: CER Assessment Task (NGSS MS-LS2-4)

By iExploreScience

Assess student understanding of changes in ecosystems through this phenomenon-based performance task. Students explore the case of the cane toad in Australia by analyzing real scientific data, drawing conclusions, and then using those conclusions to

Subjects:

Science, Environment, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Graphic Organizers

$4.75

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Biotic & Abiotic Changes In Ecosystems - Phenomenon Discussion Cards

By iExploreScience

Engage your students with 16 unique environmental phenomena. This card set can be used to launch a storyline, spark small group or whole class discussion, launch a research project, or even formatively or summatively to assess student understanding.

Subjects:

Science, Environment, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Task Cards

$5.00

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Ocean Currents & Climate - Temperature, Salinity & Ocean Circulation MS-ESS2-6

By iExploreScience

Explore the relationships between water temperature and convection currents, and in a second lab, salinity and convection currents through two hands-on activities. The lab analysis sheets provide an opportunity for students to begin making sense of

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Laboratory

$5.00

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Project Based Learning: Renewable Energy Poster Project (Google Slides)

By iExploreScience

In this activity, students will be researching a renewable energy source. Their job is to understand what the technology is, how it works, and how it transfers one form of energy (for example, light energy from the sun) into another form of energy

Subjects:

Science, General Science, Physical Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Assessment

$4.50

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Interactions In Ecosystems Explore Card Sort (NGSS MS-LS2-2)

By iExploreScience

Guide student discovery of interactions in ecosystems - and the patterns in interactions that exist across ecosystems - in this card sort exploration task. In this activity, students read about specific interactions in ecosystems, develop their own

Subjects:

Science, Environment, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RST.6-8.1, RST.6-8.10

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Population Interactions & Resource Availability - Explore OR Assess MS-LS2-1

By iExploreScience

Engage students in a phenomenon-based lesson OR assessment task that investigates the relationship between snowy owls and lemmings. Using one provided data set and supplementary resources, you can:guide student understanding of biotic factors,

Subjects:

Science, Biology, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RST.6-8.7, MP4

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Biotic and Abiotic Factors -- 5E Activity Bundle (NGSS MS-LS2-4)

By iExploreScience

This 5E activity pack explores ecology concepts like biological and physical components of ecosystems (aka biotic and abiotic factors), ecological relationships, and changes in ecosystems. Activities touch on NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, and MS-LS2-4.

Subjects:

Science, Environment, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.7, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.8, CCRA.W.9, RST.6-8.4, RST.6-8.7

$20.00

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Water & Human Impacts - Water Pollution, Water Cycle, & Aquatic Ecosystems

By iExploreScience

Launch student learning into the water cycle and our impact on Earth’s water resources (like non-point source and microplastic pollution) with this student-driven storyline bundle. Your storyline will unfold differently depending upon the Anchor

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

$87.50

$55.00

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Plants & Pollinators - Human Impacts & Changes In Ecosystems Storyline Bundle

By iExploreScience

Teach ecosystems, the interactions within them, and the consequences of disruptions to their delicate balance by exploring invasive species - specifically, the arrival of "murder hornets" in the U.S. in 2020. This storyline sets students up to dig

Subjects:

Science, Biology, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Projects, Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

$45.75

$30.00

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Pollinator and Honey Bee Population Decline Inquiry Project

By iExploreScience

Explore the threats to pollinator populations that contribute to bee population decline quickly and cohesively with this engaging webquest inquiry that utilizes a jigsaw grouping format. In this lesson, students are divided into groups and assigned

Subjects:

Science, Biology, Environment

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Laboratory

$4.75

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Environmental Factors Affect Plant Growth Hands-On NGSS Lab

By iExploreScience

Expand student understanding of the environmental factors that impact the growth of plants through this student-designed inquiry investigation. Students make connections to relevant and engaging phenomena like hydroponics and commercial agricultural

Subjects:

Science, Biology, Environment

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Lesson

$4.00

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Global Warming & Climate Change: NASA Climate Kids -- Distance Learning

By iExploreScience

This WebQuest guides students through NASA's Climate Kids website, "Guided Tour of the Big Questions." This activity is ideal for the latter half of the Explain phase (after students have made sense of their investigative phenomena) or the

Subjects:

Science, Environment, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities, Webquests

$4.75

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Evidence For and Impacts Of Global Warming & Climate Change Bundle

By iExploreScience

In this lesson bundle, students explore how Earth's climate is changing, its causes, and its impacts. This bundle includes:NASA Climate Kids WebQuestThis WebQuest guides students through NASA's Climate Kids website, "Guided Tour of the Big

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Internet Activities, Lesson

$19.50

$10.00

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Murder Hornets & Invasive Species - Pollinator Problems Phenomenon

By iExploreScience

Launch an investigation into invasive species, ecosystem disruptions, and mutual relationships within ecosystems with this anchor phenomenon learning experience. In this activity, students dig into resources that introduce and follow the arrival of

Subjects:

Science, Biology, Environment

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Lesson

$4.00

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Pollinators & Agriculture - Mutual Relationships In The Food Sector

By iExploreScience

Dig into the symbiotic relationship between bees and plants to uncover the importance of these mutually beneficial interactions to human society, specifically the agriculture industry. This three-part lesson engages students in data analysis to

Subjects:

Science, Biology, Environment

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Lesson

$4.75

Digital Download PDF (4.31 MB)

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Solar Energy In The Desert - Climate, Desert Ecosystems, & Energy Resources

By iExploreScience

In Solar Energy In The Desert, students will examine a debate unfolding in the Mojave Desert — should solar farms be installed in delicate desert ecosystems? — in order to develop an understanding of natural resources, including renewable solar

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Environment, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Unit Plans, Laboratory, Lesson

$84.00

$50.00

Bundle

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Patterns and Characteristics Of Solar System Objects - Creating A Scale Model

By iExploreScience

Students will explore characteristics of the planets in our solar system using data from NASA. They will identify patterns in the characteristics of the planets and the structure of the solar system -- first by examining the numbers themselves and

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, Environment

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Lesson

$4.75

Digital Download PDF (2.86 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)