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Environment Common Core W.7.1 resources
THE MISSING GATOR OF GUMBO LIMBO Quick Chapter Quizzes and more
Focusing on the environment, for this outstanding, easy to read novel by Jean Craighead George - here are Quick Quizzes for each chapter - use like exit tickets. WITH ANSWER KEYS.Quiz styles vary - cause/effect, true/false, multiple choice, fill-in-the blank, etcSee the preview for a breakdown of style and number of questions for the quizzes. Four sample quizzes are in the preview also.The unit includes character logs for both main characters and minor ones as well. A word search for names in
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5th - 9th
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Operation Redwood Novel Unit- Common Core Aligned
Operation Redwood by S. Terrell French is a great story for intermediate students, and can be a wonderful supplement to a unit on ecology or redwoods. This novel unit includes: Glossary & Vocabulary Match Aligns with 4th and 5th grade Language standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.4 & CCSS.ELA- LITERACY.L.5.4 Design a Treehouse (3 pages) Aligns with Next Gen Science Standard 3-5-ETS1-1Character Map using evidence from text (CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL. 4.3, 5.1, 6.1) compare/ contrast graphic organi
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4th - 6th
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Global Warming BUNDLE
158 printable or digital pages for students to explore global warming. Students learn about:the food we eat and where it comes from, how we produce electricity, the effects of buildings on the climate, the increasing magnitude and frequency of storms, how changing weather harms plants and the animals that consume them,questions and writing prompts inspired by Greta Thunberg, and more.PRINT: I created PDF versions that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or a
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Grades:
4th - 10th
Conversation Starters Package on Bad Habits- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on bad habits.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of bad habitsActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and tra
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conversation Starters Package on Sitcoms- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on Netflix.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of NetflixActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitio
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conversation Starters Package on Sitcoms- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on sitcoms.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of sitcomsActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitio
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Exploring Science Worksheets (Grades 1 to 7)
Science Activities Worksheets from Grades 1 to 6This product includes:1. Poster “Exploring science” - students’ attitudes in practical activities in science2. “Experiment plan” templateActivities: student’s + teacher’s guides3. “Grow, seeds, grow!”Do different seeds, under the same conditions, take the same time to germinate?4. “Investigating water condensation”Why does water vapor condense?5. “The journey of light”How does light travel?6. “Magnetic power”Does the magnetic force of a magnet pass
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1st - 7th
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NGSS:
1-LS1-1
, MS-ESS2-2
, 3-PS2-3
, 1-PS4-2
, MS-PS2-3
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Conversation Starters Package on Global Warming- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on global warming.What's included:A list of 14 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of global warmingActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Enrichment Writing Prompts using Wildlife Photos - Extra Credit (7th Grade)
34 writing prompts for seventh grade students. Each page has a wildlife photo and a question to promote critical thinking, such as: Where does wood come from?How does a dragonfly find food?What is below ground?How does a bee learn to fly?Why do flowers hang toward the ground?Can flowers feel bugs?What causes leaves to fall to the ground?Why are there bugs on Earth?How is water different from air?How does a leaf float on water?Where does pond water come from?Where do rocks come from?Why do spide
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7th
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Clean Up The Oil Spill Decision Making Activity
This oil spill activity is perfect for Earth Day. It teaches students how to research engineering design methods to clean up water pollution spills. Students must then synthesize and analyze the information collected. The last step in this activity is for students to take into account the human and environmental impacts of each clean-up method and decide which method is the best one to use to cleanup the spill.Students will complete research on a variety of oil spill clean up methods and use the
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ESS3-3
Plants - Writing Prompts
27 printable or digital pages to engage your students in thinking about flowers, trees, bushes and grass: How are BIRDS and PLANTS connected to each other? Which plants ITCH your legs and feet? How does a tree GROW? Why might you SIT on the GRASS? What might you FIND in an old tree? Why are there PLANTS on Earth? Where do animals HIDE? How are plants DIFFERENT from each other? and more...PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use i
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3rd - 8th
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75 Questions for Kids - Back to School Writing
75 printable or digital writing prompts to engage students in thinking about wildlife on their first few weeks of school: Why are people afraid of spiders? Which parts of nature are pointy? Can plants feel pain? How do plants find water? What does an insect think about? Is a mountain alive? Do insects talk to plants? Why are some plants poisonous? What are little animals afraid of? What is a tree made of? and more... Take a look at the Preview to see sample pages. And if you would l
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4th - 10th
Fall - Hypothetical Situations (Seasons)
20 printable or digital pages for students to explore hypothetical situations. Students imagine and write about how life would be different...as a flower, as a bird, as a bee, as a rock, as a rainbow, as a centipede, as a snail, as a school bus driver, as a pilot, as a kid's backpack, as a school desk, as a snake, as a turtle, as a dolphin, as a dinosaur, and many more...Use these writing prompts during the Fall season to promote divergent thinking and improve explorative imagination. Take a lo
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2nd - 7th
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Also included in: Back to School Writing BUNDLE
Spring - Hypothetical Situations (Seasons)
20 printable or digital pages for students to explore hypothetical situations. Students imagine and write about how life would be different...as a roly-polyas a lizardas a duckas a butterflyas an elephantas a mushroomas a cloudas a spideras a ladybugas a dogand many more...Use these writing prompts during the Spring season to promote divergent thinking and creativity. Take a look at the Preview to see a few pages from this packet. If you would like more of this activity, here are the FOUR SEAS
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in: Back to School Writing BUNDLE
Reading Comprehension Passages with Questions NO PREP
Why create engaging activities when it is already made for you? Hellbenders and Snakes Paired Passages with Questions is a high-quality and critical thinking resource your students will love! Paired texts can be used to focus on comparing and contrasting and are perfect for students to practice “analyzing how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take,” as called for by Common Core. (fordhaminstitute.org)Hellbend
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5th - 7th
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Human Impact Test or Project
This is an end of unit summarizer. It can be used as a test or project. It allows the students some freedom; which often encourages better performance. The students can choose the way they present the information. This project encourages ELA skills also.
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Not Grade Specific
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
Lizards and Iguanas - Writing Prompts
This packet has 10 pages of writing prompts about lizards and iguanas for students of compare and contrast, descriptive writing, narrative writing, hypothetical situation, opinion vs facts, internet research, and more. Use in class or as homework. All photos were taken by me while wandering around Puerto Rico on vacation. Enjoy!
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3rd - 8th
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Wildlife Prompts (Fall)
11 printable or digital pages of writing prompts to use in the Fall Season: How is a bridge that takes you across a stream similar to school?What is it like to walk in a forest?Are spiders scary?Does a leaf have a birth and a death?How does a tree keep from falling over?How does a moth know to hide on a tree that it looks like?Are bugs dangerous?Why are flowers blue and yellow and red and pink?Do bugs deserve the same respect that we show elephants and eagles?Does a tree feel pain when a branch
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Also included in: October BUNDLE
Project Drawdown and the future of climate change! (Remote learning project)
This project introduces scholars to the innovative, promising solutions proposed by Project Drawdown for fighting climate change!After using the included Google Form to pick their top 5 interests, scholars are then grouped into fours and tasked with producing an organized presentation of their technology. Each slide of the presentation serves a different purpose towards evaluating whether the technology works and is practical. All requirements are laid out in the instructions, along with a con
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Grades:
5th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
Return Flight Classroom Study Guide
A new Classroom Study Guide is now available to accompany the PBS documentary, Return Flight: Restoring the Bald Eagle to the Channel Islands. (Watch a short clip of movie here: http://youtu.be/gnjXsW0AMxs)
This resource was developed for middle school, high school, and community college teachers allowing them to delve deeper into the topics introduced in this educational film. The study guide features seven lesson plans that emphasize the relevant concepts of the film and the pressing environ
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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CCSS:
CER Writing | Impact Analysis | Free Climate Change Lesson
This lesson teaches how to write a claim-evidence-reasoning paragraph. Students learn about climate change and its impacts on the Earth. Then students choose one impact of climate change and write a paragraph, explaining why they believe it is the worst impact of climate change. Step 1 - Inquire: Teacher shares a video summarizing climate change for context.Step 2 - Investigate: Students take notes while watching four videos of the impacts of climate change. Then the teacher explains how to writ
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
Lesson Starters: Population Biology
How to study populations in nature, factors that influence populations, and more. These can be used as class discussion starters or warm ups that get students thinking about the content prior to the start of a new topic within this unit.
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Grades:
7th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
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