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Getting Nerdy with Mel and Gerdy

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Scientific Method Task Cards

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These open-ended and inquiry-based cards will get your kids thinking about science! Engage your students with 20 scientific method task cards, perfect for warm-ups, exit tickets, project starters, stations, differentiation, review, enrichment, and

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Basic Principles, Biology, General Science

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Human Body Systems 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 the Human Body. Engage your students with our animated

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Anatomy, Biology, Environment

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Cells Complete Bundle - PowerPoint Unit, INB, Task Cards, 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 Cells and Cellular processes. Engage your students with our

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

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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

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Anatomy, Biology, Environment

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Evolution Vocabulary - Differentiated Science Reading Passages & Questions

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Evolution Vocabulary - Differentiated Life Science LessonLearn about Darwin's theory of evolution and how mutation, adaptation, and natural selection lead to survival of the fittest and ultimately evolution in this vocabulary lesson that includes a

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Anatomy, Biology, Environment

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Fortune Teller / Cootie Catcher Blank Editable Template - Distance Learning

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How do you get students interested in studying for a test or understanding the most important concepts of your class? Use a fortune teller or cootie catcher! Using this blank editable template, students will create an origami study guide filled

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Genetics Vocabulary - Differentiated Science Reading Passages & Questions

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Ready to take learning essential science vocabulary from difficult and boring to accessible and fun? Increase the science literacy in your middle or high school classroom using our differentiated student-friendly reading passages that introduce

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Anatomy, Biology, Environment

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Life Science Task Card Bundle

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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

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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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Life Science Word Wall Bundle

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Science terminology doesn't have to be overwhelming. With over 370 different vocabulary terms, this colorful visual word wall meets all of your learners' needs with roots, suffixes and prefixes of the word on each card. What's more? Each set can be

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Cellular Processes Vocabulary - Differentiated Reading Passages & Questions

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Students will read and answer questions about the inner workings of cell processes: mitosis, cell energy (photosynthesis and respiration) and moving cellular materials (diffusion, osmosis, endocytosis, exocytosis, passive and active transport, and

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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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Human Body Systems - Task Cards

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These open-ended and inquiry-based cards will get your kids thinking about science! Engage your students with 20 human body task cards, perfect for warm-ups, exit tickets, project starters, stations, differentiation, review, enrichment, and so much

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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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$5.50

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Ecology & Ecosystem Levels of Organization - PowerPoint, Vocab, Notes & Activity

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Use this Ecology mini-bundle to introduce your ecology unit using differentiated vocabulary lessons and a creative drawing lesson as students create the levels of ecological organization. WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 1-2 DAY MINI-BUNDLE:• 15+ slide

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Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

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

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Unit Plans, Google Apps, Lesson

$5.95

118

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Life Science Vocabulary Bundle - Differentiated Reading Passages & Questions

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Science terminology doesn't have to be overwhelming. Each of our integrated literacy activities includes a teacher-written, student-friendly reading that introduces new terminology in a fun and engaging way while providing differentiated options

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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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$28.50

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Cells, Cell Processes and Characteristics of Living Things - Word Wall

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Science terminology doesn't have to be overwhelming. With 70+ different vocabulary terms, this colorful visual word wall meets all of your learners' needs with roots, suffixes and prefixes of the word on each card. What's more? Each set can be

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, General Science

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

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Word Walls, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

$12.95

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Ecology - Task Cards

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These open-ended and inquiry-based cards will get your kids thinking about science! Engage your students with 20 ecology task cards, perfect for warm-ups, exit tickets, project starters, stations, differentiation, review, enrichment, and so much

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Biology, Environment, General Science

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

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Genetics - Word Wall

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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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Word Walls, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

$11.95

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Scientific Method - Word Wall

By Getting Nerdy with Mel and Gerdy

Science terminology doesn't have to be overwhelming. With 20 different vocabulary terms, this colorful visual word wall meets all of your learners' needs with roots, suffixes and prefixes of the word on each card. What's more? Each set can be

Subjects:

Basic Principles, Biology, General Science

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 9^th, 10^th, Adult Education

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Word Walls, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

$5.95

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Classification Vocabulary - Differentiated Science Reading Passages & Questions

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Classification VocabularyUse our Life Science differentiated vocabulary to learn about Carolus Linnaeus’ system for classifying organisms (Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Genus, species, etc) according to their characteristics such as cell type,

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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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Worksheets, Activities, Graphic Organizers

$3.50

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Genetics - Task Cards

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 20 genetics task cards, perfect for warm-ups, exit tickets, project starters, stations, differentiation, review, enrichment, and so much

Subjects:

Anatomy, Biology, Environment

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Google Apps

$5.50

142

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Cell Organelles Vocabulary - Differentiated Science Reading Passages & Questions

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Cells Vocabulary - Differentiated Life Science Lesson for Cell Organelles Learn about the levels of organization and organelles of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells with our differentiated cell and cell organelle vocabulary lesson that includes a

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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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Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

$7.00

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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

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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**