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8th grade critical thinking biology resources for Microsoft Excel
My Dream Car: A Microsoft Excel Project
I found that my students really enjoyed doing this Excel project in Computer Applications. Students will use Excel and its capabilities, to apply formulas and charts to a subject which they find fun and interesting, their dream car. They will choose several cars and will then do a cost analysis of their selected cars. To do this project, they have to select several cars, find cost and fuel economy information on those cars, download pictures of the cars and use Excel to do a cost analysis.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Microsoft EXCEL Activities - 6 PROJECTS!
Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes: Mystery Picture DIGITAL Activity
Teaching types of cells, Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes, is foundational to every life science class during your Cells Unit. Transform your lesson on Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes and increase student engagement with a fun and interactive Digital Mystery Puzzle Activity. At the end of this activity, your students will have shown you that they can successfully distinguish between Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. Checking student understanding made easy with this fun mystery puzzle digital activity. As stud
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Cells BUNDLE
Raccoon Game: Population Growth and Limiting Factors
This resource is a great way to explore population growth and limiting factors while also getting students up and moving. This resources includes: 1. Class instructions for the activity 2. Google Form Exit Ticket 3. Modified Google From Exit Ticket 4. Spreadsheet to help with calculations for students needing math accommodations 5. Absent student activity All you need from your classroom for the activity is.. 1. Small pieces of paper of different colors (see resource) 2. Blindfolds of some kind3
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7th - 10th
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NGSS:
HS-LS2-3
, HS-LS4-4
, HS-LS2-2
, HS-LS4-5
Living Environment Learning Targets - Standards Based Grading - NYS
New to Standards Based Grading? Designing Learning Targets? Live in NYS?
This is set of Learning Targets aligned to NYS Living Environment Standards, but would apply to any Biology class. The targets are categorized into power targets (the ones you grade) and sub targets (more specific targets clumped together to make power targets). All targets are written in student friendly language
Standards Based Grading may mean a lot of extra grading and analysis- so you don't want to wade through dozen
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8th - 12th
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Gel Electrophoresis Crime Scene Questions
Four Gel Electrophoresis crime scenes for students to evaluate (including a key). Easy to adapt or copy to create new problems.
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7th - 12th
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Excel 2010 - Let's Plan a Party/Budget
TSW create an excel spreadsheet to prepare a budget for a birthday party. The budget is $1,000 for a Sweet 16 or Finally 16 (for the boys) party. The students will determine amount of supplies needed for 20 guests and create formulas to calculate expenses and stay within the budget.
Grades:
7th - 12th
DNA vs RNA: Mystery Picture DIGITAL Activity
Teaching nucleic acids, DNA and RNA, is foundational to every life science class during your Cells Unit. Transform your lesson on DNA vs RNA and increase student engagement with a fun and interactive Digital Mystery Puzzle Activity. At the end of this activity, your students will have shown you that they can successfully distinguish between DNA and RNA. Checking student understanding made easy with this fun mystery puzzle digital activity. As students answer the questions about DNA and RNA, t
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Mrs. V's Digital Resources Bundle
AICE Thinking Skills - Curriculum and Exam Breakdowns
(This product had originally been mistakenly uploaded incorrectly and then fixed but the negative review has never been taken down)This product includes a day-by-day breakdown of an entire First Semester, which covers all skills involved for AS level except the writing application needed in questions #2 and #5 on Paper 2. It includes all AS level Problem Solving Skills for Paper 1, as well as the AS level skills needed for questions #1, #3 and #4 (RAVEN, Main Conclusion, Intermediate Conclusion,
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Protein Synthesis LEVEL UP
Enhance your students' understanding of transcription and translation with this interactive and self-checking Protein Synthesis Activity. This digital resource provides an engaging, hands-on approach to mastering the intricate processes involved in protein synthesis. A printable version for each level and review is included. Each printable version has additional short answer questions for student response.Through four progressively challenging levels, students will decode DNA/RNA strands and tra
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7th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-LS1-1
Solve Systems by Substitution | Set-Up Practice | Google Sheets and Excel MAZE
Do your students need help with substituting an integer, term or expression BEFORE actually solving a system? If so, this self-checking/self-guiding MAZE is for you!!A self-checking digital maze made on Google Sheets and Excel is a fun and interactive way for students to practice substituting an integer, term, and expression before actually solving a system of equations. This type of activity is especially helpful for students who struggle with algebraic concepts or who may make common mistakes
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7th - 10th
Evolution Mystery Pixel Art- Common Vocabulary
Students will practice identifying 30 common vocabulary terms used in your evolution unit. Use this pixel art to assess what your students know at any point or to introduce your unit. This easy to use digital assignment engages students while giving direct feedback on their knowledge. This download is packed with two-pixel art sheets. Version one, students will type the vocabulary word from a word bank. In this bundle, you will receive an editable Google Doc of the vocabulary terms and definiti
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8th - 12th
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Living Environment Lab Tracker
Throughout the year, students are required to complete 1200 minutes of labs and their accompanying questions. This google sheets allows teachers to monitor students progress to see if they are on track for completion of lab minutes. It calculates the time student have completed and highlights the names of students that are regents ready
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8th - 12th
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Group Discussion Rubric
Use this rubric whenever you have a class discussion. It provides a tangible way of grading these discussion, it teachers discussion behavior/skills, and it helps manage the discussion time. Students rate themselves and are rated by each other and the teacher completes a rating. Points are awarded for synchronicity of ratings. Repeated use of this rubric reinforces dicussion skills and solidifies the application of these skills. Students who do not choose to verbally contribute in the discussion
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Cell Part Pixel Art
In this activity, students use google sheets to answer vocabulary questions about the parts of a cell. As students input the correct answers, the image will be revealed piece by piece. This allows students to recieve immediate feedback about their accuracy. It also allows for easy grading!Vocabulary includes: chloroplast, cytoplasm, mitochondria, nuclear membrane, endoplasmic reticulum, nucleus, golgi body, vacuole, chlorophyll, cell wall, nucleolus, lysosome, cell membrane, ribosome, chromosome
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6th - 10th
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Mitosis / Cell Cycle Pixel Art
In this activity, students use google sheets to answer vocabulary questions about mitosis. As students input the correct answers, the image will be revealed, piece by piece. This allows students to recieve immediate feedback about their accuracy. It also allows for easy grading!Vocabulary includes: Telophase, Anaphase, Centriole, Prophase, Cytokinesis, Mitosis, Cell Plate, IPMATC, Metaphase, Interphase.Helpful tips for common student errors:- Students must type the answers as they appear in the
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6th - 10th
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Acid Rain Lab Investigation (A Seed Germination Study)
INCLUDED:Google Doc with Google Sheet Link!Google Sheets with automatically perform ALL calculations and produce graphs! In this lab, students model the effects of acid rain on plant structure and function by studying seed germination in various pH treatments. In this investigation students will expose the seeds to various solutions of acid treatments and document the effects on seed germination. By exposing the seeds to various pH levels in a controlled environment, students can determine at wh
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7th - 12th
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Project Football in Excel
Students will research a favorite sports team and create an Excel spreadsheet listing players name, age, hometown, weight and height. Students will use the FUNCTION button in Excel to calculate the average age, weight and height of players on their team. Students will also write a one page summary on their data analysis and team information and can also create a PowerPoint presentation that includes Excel charts to analyze the team data.
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7th - 11th
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Ecosystems & Plant Reproduction Unit Bundle
Everything you need to introduce your middle school science students to ecosystems and plant reproduction. This is a whole topic bundle covering 10 lessons minimum (probably more depending on your class). These lessons are engaging and challenging, with opportunities for extended writing, reading comprehension and numeracy skills. However, scaffolding is also provided to support students who may need it. We need to be able to support all our learners and their needs! Included in each lesson:Less
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6th - 8th
Microplastics Lab (Microscopic Analysis, Chemical Isolation, Food)
This is one of my favorite labs to do with my Environmental Science kids! It has 3 parts: Microscopic analysis of beach sand (you can substitute with any substrate you think might have microplastics!), microscopic analysis of everyday objects (I have my students look at food/snacks that they bring in, and do a dissection of clams/mussels from the grocery store), and chemical isolation/digestion of microplastic-containing samples of muck (we get ours from a pond and a beach). For the chemical dig
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Biology - DNA - Escape Room Challenge
Escape Room Time. This Challenge has 6 levels. Each level can only be unlocked when the previous level has been completed correctly. Included is the Excel document which self-checks. It will give a 4-digit code to open the lock and the lock will give a 6-digit code to unlock the next level. In addition is a pdf explaining how to use the excel file to complete. It is locked so that only the windows for answers can be inputted. This is a great assignment to asses students knowledge of the introduc
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Biology - Escape Room Bundle
Chordates / Vertebrates ~MARIO~ Color by Vocab -Free Content! - STEM
Students will LOVE this fun worksheet! They'll color each square based on what Class of Chordates each animal belongs to. When finished, they'll find MARIO (or LUIGI). FISH = Blue, BIRDS = Red, MAMMALS = Yellow, AMPHIBIANS = Black, REPTILES = Tan). Leave any INVERTEBRATES White, and color any PLANTS Brown. This is actually a TWO-PAGE Worksheet, basically the same content on both. You can do partners, with one having the TOP page, and the other the BOTTOM. Or, Give everyone the BOTTOM sheet t
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6th - 9th
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DNA REPLICATION Practice - Self Grading Review
This is a self-grading review of DNA replication. Student answers will turn GREEN when they select the appropriate answer from the appropriate dropbox.
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7th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-LS3-1
, MS-LS3-2
Osmosis Self-Grading Worksheet
This worksheet contains 6 images, and a total of 37 questions. The questions focus on having students identity a solution as hypertonic, hypotonic, or isotonic. Students must also determine the %solute, or %solvent in the solution. Lastly, students must predict if the cell will swell or shrink based on the movement of water into or out of the cell.This is a self-grading assignment, meaning correct answers light up in bright green. This helps provide students with immediate feedback, and prompts
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Grades:
7th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-LS1-2
B2G - 9-15
Bio 2 Go's are a great way to help your students master introductory concepts and vocabulary. Each packet focuses on a topic and introduces the big ideas associated with that topic. It streamlines reading, allowing students to just work through it versus having to read multiple parts of a textbook. There is a reading section with embedded questions and a practice section to help cement the lesson. Currently aligned with Florida standards, they are posted as a Word document for easy editing. They
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Grades:
8th - 10th
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