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Debate Format Planning Sheet (tool for teaching students to debate)

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Instructions for the teacher: 1. Use this sheet as a printout to place on students’ desks to help them plan and prepare for a class debate. (I used this with middle school students when debating the “pros” and “cons” of biotechnologies such as

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies - History

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Handouts, Graphic Organizers

$0.95

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Egg Drop Virtual Lab

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The Egg Drop Virtual Lab is a great introduction to the engineering design process. Students can select materials and test different designs to see how best to protect their egg from cracking. This is a worksheet for data collection and analysis

Subjects:

Science, Computer Science - Technology, Physical Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Laboratory, Webquests, Simulations

CCSS:

RST.6-8.3, RST.6-8.7

$3.00

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Fossil Lab - Station Labels (Printables) Fossil Identification

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Teacher Instructions: 1. This document can be printed in color and spread around at different stations – each station covers one time period in geologic history. 2. At each station, set out any fossils from that time period. (I use Fisher’s

Subjects:

Biology, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Laboratory, Centers

$6.00

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Create Your Own Holiday Banner

By Inquiry-Based Fun

Create-Your-Own holiday greenery themed banner with your own custom text! This item includes a zip folder containing PNG files for each of the 26 letters, numbers 0-9 and symbols “&” and “!” The combinations and uses are endless. I have

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Printables, Posters, Cultural Activities

$4.00

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Winter Themed Emoji Pictionary Game

By Inquiry-Based Fun

A simple and fun emoji guessing game for your class holiday party or just a fun activity leading up to winter break!! This game includes three rounds – Round 1: Winter Activities, Round 2: Winter Foods, and Round 3: Winter Phrases. You can choose

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Games

$3.00

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Fossil Lab - Student Worksheet / Lab write-up and observations

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Teacher Instructions: 1. This document is the student worksheet which they complete as they travel to the various stations ("through geologic time") and observe the changing life on Earth. 2. At each station, set out any fossils from that time

Subjects:

Biology, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Laboratory, Centers

$3.00

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Heat Transfer Notes PowerPoint (Includes Answers)

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This heat transfer PowerPoint is extremely versatile. It can be used to accompany readings, labs/experiments or other resources about heat transfer. It can also be used as a review PowerPoint where you can call on students to fill in the

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Scaffolded Notes

CCSS:

RST.6-8.7

$3.00

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Fall Thank You Notes

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Printable Thank You Note - Use to write notes to your students, or to have your students write notes to someone they are thankful for. These are a small size notecard (3.5" x5").Have the ease and flexibility of printing as many thank you notes as

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Autumn

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Printables, Service Learning

$1.50

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Spaghetti Towers STEM/Team-Building Activity

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This STEM challenge is one I use the first week of school every year. The activity provides some friendly competition and helps students explore some principles of structural engineering at a basic level. Students work together to build the

Subjects:

Science, Computer Science - Technology, Engineering

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Laboratory

CCSS:

RST.6-8.3

$3.00

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Heat Transfer Notes Blank Worksheet

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This is a printable student-facing worksheet for taking notes on heat transfer. It goes with my Heat Transfer PowerPoint. This worksheet is a scaffolded tool for middle school students to use when practicing note taking in science, because it has

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Scaffolded Notes

CCSS:

RST.6-8.7

$1.00

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Fossils Concept Map

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A worksheet for close reading of different types of fossil formation. Good to use with textbooks or internet articles. Can be done independently or works well as a jigsaw. Can be differentiated by assigning more complex types of fossil formation

Subjects:

Biology, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Graphic Organizers, Centers

$1.00

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Asexual and Sexual Reproduction Review Flipchart

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Sexual and Asexual Reproduction Review 1. Use this as a review or as a pre-assessment. 2. Students can be called up to the Promethean board randomly. Students select a microbe from the petri dish. Once a student selects a microbe, they must read

Subjects:

Biology

Grades:

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

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Activboard Activities

$3.00

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Performances in Geologic Time

By Inquiry-Based Fun

A planning worksheet for groups to use when writing scripts for skits about periods in Earth's history. On the back is a place to take notes on other groups' performances.

Subjects:

Archaeology, Earth Sciences, Environment

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

$2.00

$1.50

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Study Hall Flipchart

By Inquiry-Based Fun

This is a time management/classroom management tool for unstructured time (study hall). Use the "minutes" in the hourglass to track behavior (remove a minute for off-task behavior during unstructured study time). The minutes earned for good

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Activboard Activities

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

9th year teaching middle school science. I have taught grade 6, 7, and 8. My subjects include Biology and Earth Science.

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Hands-on NGSS aligned Student-centered Inquiry-based

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Maryland Teacher of Promise 2014

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