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NGSS Seafloor Spreading Model MS-ESS2-3

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In this activity, students will create a model that simulates the creative and destructive forces that result in seafloor spreading. There are movable tabs that are pulled on the sides that show how these horizontal layers of basalt are created and

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Laboratory

$4.00

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NGSS Trilobite Evolution Through the Fossil Record Lab MS-LS4-1

By GuertinScience

PurposeIn this activity, students will organize the fossil record of a group of organisms belonging to the Trilobite evolutionary tree. Then students will study the record for patterns that will help explain how the Trilobites evolved over

Subjects:

Science, Biology, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Centers

$6.00

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NGSS "The Will" Pedigree Inheritance Mystery Lab MS-LS3-1

By GuertinScience

The student will determine the sole beneficiary of the Hawking family fortune by drawing a family pedigree based on 18 clues about the family members and their genetic traits of polydactyly and widow's peaks.Typically lasts two 45-minute class

Subjects:

Science, Biology, Forensics

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Laboratory, Centers

$6.00

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NGSS Chromosome Inheritance and Mutations Lab MS-LS3-1 MS-LS3-2

By GuertinScience

Fellow Science Teachers,My kids LOVED this activity and I got major props from my department head and principal for the kinds of thinking my kids were doing because of it!In Part 1, students create monsters based on randomly selected sections of

Subjects:

Science, Biology, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Laboratory, Centers

$10.00

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NGSS Sun, Earth, Moon Model with Phases and Eclipses Lab MS-ESS1-1

By GuertinScience

In this lab/activity students create a model of the Sun, Earth, and moon to demonstrate what happens during moon phases, eclipses, and time zones. This product includes all hand-drawn templates of the Sun, Earth and moon. This model is not to scale,

Subjects:

Astronomy, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Centers

$3.00

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SEP 1.1 - Asking Scientific Questions that Require Empirical Evidence

By GuertinScience

I have taught middle school general science for 14 years and decided to create a resource that we were missing: a pointed and accurate reference that fully explains each Science and Engineering Practice. If students understood and practiced the

Subjects:

Science, Other (Science), General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Independent Work Packet

$5.00

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NGSS Newton's Third Law Collision Bumper Design Lab MS-PS2-1

By GuertinScience

This product includes student lab directions and a performance assessment rubric connected to MS-PS2-1 (Applying Newton's Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects). Students roll cars down a ramp into

Subjects:

Science, Physics, Physical Science

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Projects, Laboratory, Centers

$4.00

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Clock Buddies Partnering Strategy

By GuertinScience

As a Science teacher, students work together often in my class and frequently need to be paired up. This strategy provides a drama-free way to have students pair up with someone different almost every time. Three pages containing different formats

Subjects:

Science, For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory

$1.00

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NGSS Peppered Moth Lab & Natural Selection MS-LS4-4 & MS-LS4-6

By GuertinScience

In this lab students will play the role of a hunter while simulating the population of peppered moths during the Industrial Revolution through the course of 10 generations. This is an interactive lab where students FEEL the difference camouflage

Subjects:

Science, Biology, Environment

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Centers

$6.00

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Independent/Dependent Variable (etc) Scientific Inquiry Worksheets 1-5

By GuertinScience

This is a bundle of 5 worksheets (the first of which can be downloaded for free) that emphasizes the identification of variables, constants, controls, conclusions, and sources of error in scientific experiments. I have been assigning worksheets

Subjects:

Science, Basic Principles, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets

$4.00

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NGSS Gravity and Orbit Lab MS-PS2-4

By GuertinScience

This is a 2-day lab where students investigate how increasing distance from the sun affect revolution period. (Can also change the mass of the planet or sun for an extension.)Materials Needed:· Fishing line (about 20 meters)· Short metal tube

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, Physical Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Centers

$3.00

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NGSS Gravity in the Galaxy Lab MS-PS2-4 MS-ESS1-2

By GuertinScience

In this investigation students will create a scale model of the solar system on their way to figure out why Ganymede (Jupiter's largest moon) orbits Jupiter instead of the Sun even though it is bigger than Mercury which orbits the Sun.In this 6 part

Subjects:

Astronomy, General Science, Physical Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Laboratory

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NGSS Kinetic Energy Lab MS-PS3-1

By GuertinScience

MS-PS3-1: Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.Materials:ramps, carts, timers, meter sticks, books (for ramp angle)In this lab,

Subjects:

Science, Physics, Physical Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Centers

$2.00

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NGSS Speed vs Velocity Lab MS-PS3-1

By GuertinScience

Students will understand the difference between speed and velocity.Students create a walking course out of meter sticks and measure the time it takes to walk it. The distance they walked is greater than the displacement and learn the difference when

Subjects:

Science, Physics, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Laboratory

$2.00

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NGSS Periodic Table of Elements Game with Slide Randomizer MS-PS1-1

By GuertinScience

HOW TO PLAYThis is a game where I have all students stand up at first (so they know I'm requiring them all to think), and to sit down they must raise their hand and (after I call on them) correctly identify the element symbol. When everyone is

Subjects:

Science, Basic Principles, Chemistry

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7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Games

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NGSS Crosscutting Concepts Posters

By GuertinScience

This is a bundle of 8 printables that can be displayed in your classroom that focus on the new NGSS Crosscutting Concepts. It helps when students familiarize themselves with them so they can recognize when they are building on those skills in

Subjects:

Science, Basic Principles, Engineering

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Printables, Posters, Centers

$1.99

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Discovery: Life Video Series Worksheet

By GuertinScience

This is a generic video worksheet I have used with my students to ensure they pay attention to any of the Discovery: Life episodes (not that it isn't extremely interesting anyway).I have shown most of the series during my genetics and evolution unit

Subjects:

Science, Biology, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets

$2.00

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Independent/Dependent Variable (etc) Scientific Inquiry Worksheet 1

By GuertinScience

I made this worksheet in response to my students weak skills in experiments. This worksheet is designed to help students understand the elements of scientific experiments like independent and dependent variables, constants, conclusions, and sources

Subjects:

Science, Basic Principles, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

13 years teaching middle school general science

MY TEACHING STYLE

Inquiry-based learning, guide on the side, students do more work than the teacher

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

District Teacher of the Year 2016

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

University of Connecticut Bachelor's and Masters degree

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

SUBJECTS

Specialty, Science, Astronomy, Basic Principles, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Environment, Physics, Other (Science), For All Subjects, Classroom Management, General Science, Physical Science, Forensics, Engineering