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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

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, Environment

Grades:

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

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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,

Subjects:

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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Ecology & Ecosystems - PowerPoint & Handouts Bundle

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How do organisms interact with one another and their environment? Find everything you need to teach with this ecology and ecosystems unit bundle that is complete with a guiding PowerPoint, tons of activities, graphic organizers and more, plus one of

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Biology, Environment, General Science

Grades:

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Google Apps, Lesson

$120.95

$96.95

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Ecosystem Biome Diorama Project

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Is it the Mojave Desert, or the Red Sea? Are you creating a Costa Rican rainforest, or a sub-Saharan rainforest in Africa? Students get creative as they make a realistic miniature model of an aquatic or terrestrial biome in this fun project. WHAT'S

Subjects:

Biology, Environment, General Science

Grades:

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

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Projects, Assessment, Google Apps

$3.95

156

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Life Science Biology Curriculum Bundle - PowerPoints and Handouts

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Everything you need at your fingertips! Teach an entire YEAR of life science with over 35 weeks of lessons in this curriculum bundle - including daily warm-ups, lessons, labs, activities, projects, study guides and assessments, and an animated

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, Environment

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Google Apps, Lesson

$537.15

$399.95

284

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Ecology Scavenger Hunt Review Activity

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Explore ecology as an Eco-Spy as you participate in this fun scavenger hunt activity that covers biomes, energy pyramids, food webs and food chains, symbiotic relationships (mutualism, parasitism, commensalism), succession, invasive species, current

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, Environment

Grades:

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

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Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

$5.95

147

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Perch Paper Dissection - Scienstructable 3D Dissection Model

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Feast your eyes on this Perch-fect dissection model! Our 3D Scienstructable dissection models can be used as a dissection-free exploration, a pre-dissection tool, or as a summative assessment for comparative anatomy. Grab your pole and let's go

Subjects:

Science, Anatomy, Biology

Grades:

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

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Projects, Activities, Google Apps

$21.95

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Finding Nemo Movie Companion Questions

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Movie Day! Students will have oceans of fun watching Finding Nemo and reviewing dichotomous keys, animal relationships, and all things marine biomes with these movie companion questions. WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 1-2 DAY LESSON:• 4 page NON-EDITABLE

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, Environment

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Movie Guides, Google Apps

$3.95

230

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Ecology Complete Bundle - PowerPoint Unit, INB, Task Card, Word Wall

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Unit Lesson Plans complete with guiding PowerPoint and student pages? ✓Word walls? ✓ Interactive Notebooks? ✓Task Cards? ✓You're ready to teach with this comprehensive bundle for teaching Ecology and Ecosystems. Engage your students with our

Subjects:

Biology, Environment, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps, Lesson

$155.35

$124.95

164

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Ecology - Science Centers / Lab Stations - Food Chains Webs Energy Pyramid

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Ecology - Food Chains, Food Webs, Energy Pyramid and Energy Transfer - Differentiated Student Led Cross-curricular STEAM Lab StationsStudents will use this stations lab series to learn about food chains, food webs, trophic levels, energy transfer,

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$5.50

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Food Chains Food Webs and Energy Pyramids - PowerPoint, Notes and Extension

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Use this Ecology mini-bundle to teach all about food chains, food webs, and energy pyramids with a lesson that teaches the difficult concept of how energy is transferred form one organisms to the next in a fun and easy to understand way. WHAT'S

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, Environment

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Google Apps, Lesson

$11.95

231

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Ecology Biome in a Bottle Ecosystem Model Project Activity

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Biome in a bottle, ecosystem in an envelope, habitat in a handbag…what on earth? No seriously…what on EARTH are you going to create?! Think about where you live – the organisms that surround you and the environment they live in and get started on

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, Environment

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Laboratory, Google Apps

$5.95

Digital Download ZIP (22.39 MB)

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Life Science Supplemental - Interactive Notebook, Word Wall, Task Card Bundle

By Getting Nerdy with Mel and Gerdy

Word walls? ✓ Interactive Notebooks? ✓Task Cards? ✓You're ready to teach with this comprehensive bundle to supplement your life science curriculum. Engage your students with over 200 Interactive Notebook activities, a year-long visual word wall with

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, Environment

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

$218.25

$169.95

127

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Symbiosis Notes and Want Ad Project

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Desperately seeking a symbiotic relationship. Students get creative as they research mutualism, commensalism and parasitism and create a want ad looking for a suitable partner. WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 3-5 DAY LESSON:• 4 page NON-EDITABLE PDF handout

Subjects:

Biology, Environment, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Projects, Google Apps

$5.95

267

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Ecology - Water Cycle Dice Simulation Game

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Imagine yourself as a tiny drop of water exiting the condensed form of a cloud and falling to the ground at 15mph. Where will you land? What will be your fate? Find out now with this hydrologic cycle dice simulation game! WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 1-2

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, Environment

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Google Apps

$4.95

Digital Download ZIP (37.85 MB)

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Life Science Centers / Lab Stations Bundle - Cross-curricular STEAM Activities

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Want to head full steam into S.T.E.A.M., but not sure how to get started? Try our twist on S.T.E.A.M.! With science as the primary background subject, students learn all about life science using Social Studies, Technology, ELA, Art, and Math. With

Subjects:

Science, Anatomy, Biology

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Centers

$231.00

$209.95

125

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Predator Prey Relationship Analysis - Graphing and Questions

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It's a dog eat elk world... learn about predator prey interactions as students study realistic data on wolf and elk populations in the Midwest. WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 1 DAY LESSON:• 3 page NON-EDITABLE PDF handout • Answer key• DIGITAL GOOGLE

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, Environment

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

$3.00

157

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Ecology - Science Centers / Lab Stations - Levels of Ecological Organization

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Ecology - Levels of Organization - STEAM Stations Lab - Cross Curricular Differentiated Life Science Lab Stations Students will use this stations lab series to learn about the levels of ecological organization (organism, population, community,

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$5.50

Digital Download ZIP (15.81 MB)

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Ecology - Science Centers / Lab Stations - Aquatic Biomes

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Biomes - Aquatic Lab Stations - Ecology - Differentiated Student Led Cross-curricular STEAM Lab StationsStudents will use this ecology stations lab series to learn about the various marine and freshwater biomes.With science as the primary

Subjects:

Science, Biology, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$5.50

Digital Download ZIP (17.70 MB)

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Life Science Task Card Bundle

By Getting Nerdy with Mel and Gerdy

These open-ended and inquiry-based cards will get your kids thinking about science! Engage your students with over 130 Life Science task cards, perfect for warm-ups, exit tickets, project starters, stations, differentiation, review, enrichment, and

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, Environment

Grades:

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

Types:

Internet Activities, Task Cards, Google Apps

$33.00

$26.95

293

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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**