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Basic principles Common Core RI.7.1 resources
Medical Mysteries: Readings & Resources on the Fight against Disease
Medical Mysteries is a one or 1 1/2-week lesson unit with readings and associated comprehension questions, a webquest, video links, optional writing assignments, and other resources on the impact of diseases on history and people’s efforts to understand and control them.It's now a zip file, including an editable Word document so you can make changes in the lessons to better meet your students' needs.It's an introduction to the diseases that made scientific research both urgent and difficult, and
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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TAXONOMY Basics Review: Text and Practice
Starting with a two page handout for students to read and review the basics of taxonomies, this gives them something to have in their hands rather than a powerpoint. Topics in the Next Generation Science will require this knowledge.In addition, there are three pages of taxonomy practice incuding some basic questions. Answers included.A word search and teacher notes are included.I also sell a good lesson for Herbivore, Carnivore or Omnivore in the Animal Kingdom:Herbivore, Carnivore, or Omnivore
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6th - 10th
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The Mystery of Scurvy
a two-page article about the difficult search for the cause of scurvy, with comprehension questions, answer key, and links to videos on the search for causes and cures of other deficiency diseases 4 pages plus answer key.If you would prefer a complete thematic unit on the long battle to understand and control disease, including a web quest and optional student writing or presentation ideas as well as three reading selections (this one and two more), comprehension and discussion questions, and v
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Spring Cicada's Life Cycle
Brood X Is coming this spring! This non-fiction text about cicadas, the noise they make, and their life cycle. There are also engaging videos for students to watch. You can share this resource with your students through Google Classroom™ or Google Drive™. Students can then type directly on this document and share it back with you.❤️Click Here to Follow Us!Related Resource⭐ Animal Adaptations Non-Fiction Texts and Activities for Use with Google Slides™⭐ Adaptations: How Do Birds Survive in Wint
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-5
, MS-LS2-4
The Impact of Disease on History
An introduction to the diseases that changed the course of history and made scientific research both urgent and difficult, together with a glossary, comprehension questions, and links to excellent videos and resources on several major diseases. This is a shorter version of "Medical Mysteries." It includes most of the teacher notes and links, two reading selections, on diseases in history and on the search for the cause of yellow fever (both written fairly simply but accurately, and designed to a
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Scientific Method and Skills Lesson Plan UbD/Common Core Citations
Hate to do lesson plans? Hate to redo already good plans with Common Core State Standards? Do ask yourself why we have to constantly reinvent the wheel? Here is an Understanding By Design –UbD – lesson plan on the Scientific Method and Science Skills. It merges Common Core State ELA Standards for 6th and 7th grade with science. You can customize it to you own specifications.
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6th - 8th
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Granite vs. Banana Bread Close Reading **Freebie**
Why don't all samples of granite look the same? I know my middle school students don't like it when two samples of the same rock can look completely different from one another. This close reading assignment provides your students with a great analogy, written at just their level to understand this concept.
Discussion questions included. Enjoy!
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Covering the
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6th - 9th
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Moon Phase Learning Activities
This is an excellent learning format when studying the phases of the moon. Get ready to learn all about the 8 phases of the Lunar cycle in this informative power point. Follow up by completing a cut and paste activity and then completing a great foldable using reading comprehension skills.
Page one is a Power Point. Pages 2 and 3 are cut and paste and pages 4 and 5 are a foldable that you print and copy front to back. REMEMBER TO PRINT IN LANDSCAPE MODE.
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POWER POINT OF THE PHASES
Cut
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4th - 10th
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Freebie: Daniel and the scientific method
Use as a warm up, exit ticket or lesson. Students will read text from Daniel, chapter 1, and determine the variables, constants, hypothesis, conclusion, subjects, patterns, cause etc. as they apply to the scientific method of conducting investigations and experiments. Lesson PDF includes procedure, three translations (for leveled reading) questions, answer key and options for differentiation. The Power Point (also in PDF form) saves paper by presenting the objectives, questions, answer key as we
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4th - 9th
Research and Reliable Sources in Sceince
Use the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus to help your students learn about how to identify reliable scientific sources. The key to this assignment is to be excited about your introduction of this organism and to not let on that the website is a hoax! I had my 10th graders super excited about the tree octopus and were intently researching for a majority of the class period until someone finally said, "This seems made up!" By utilizing Google drive, students can add their own ideas to
"What is Science?" Graphic Organizer
Graphic organizer to help students define science. This should be used when reading a textbook chapter, article, participating in a lesson, or viewing a video about the topic: What is Science? Next Generation Sunshine State Standards: SC.7.N.1.7
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6th - 8th
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