SIMPLE MACHINES REVIEW / ASSESSMENT
Here are three simple machine review slides with fill in the blanks for types of simple machines plus the types of levers. Great for introduction, review or assessment.
Lab Report Template
Basic report template for pulling together a lab after completion. Have students form a question, purpose and hypothesis and then draw conclusions to keep track during a unit. Having this accountability assures that you know who understood the lab and allow students to study from the procedure later.
Lab Grading Rubric
A checklist rubric for you to keep students accountable during labs. Data for your grade book but also positive reinforcement of good behavior and procedures for the students.
“BE POSITIVE!” CHEMISTRY GROWTH MINDSET Decor Elements BULLETIN BOARD
Need to decorate your biology or chemistry science room and motivate your students? Here is a Growth Mindset statement composed of Periodic Table Elements perfect for the chemistry, biology or general science classroom! This is a PDF file and the elements could be printed out on colored paper to make them really pop. There is one element per slide. The statement is “Be positive!”
Online Teaching UNIT PLANNER FORM-Bird Theme
Keep your distance learning, online unit lesson plans organized with this digital unit planner that keeps track of your lessons, your handout links that you keep on Google Drive and any video or website links for that lesson. It can be difficult to keep track of all of the resources available while you are also juggling teaching on an online platform. This can be loaded into PowerPoint or Google slides and you can create hyperlinks to your lesson components so they will be at your fingertips when you are ready to put them on Google classroom or to send out to the students. This resource includes one slide that can be replicated many times designed with my own bird artwork.
This coordinates with my other bird themed classroom products.
PREDICT THE NATURE STORY! Photo Prompt CER Task Cards Distance Learning
Can you figure out what happens next in this image? When following the NGSS MS-LS2 or 5-LS2 standards for studying ecosystems, animal and plant behavior, these full color, digital or printable, prompt photo task cards are very useful for using CER to explain the phenomenon of sequential events in nature. Each image has a question such as “what happened next?“ or “what may happen in the next 10 minutes?“. Students look at the given evidence in the photo and explain their reasoning. There can be many interpretations that get the students engaged and thinking.
There is a brief description for the teacher at the beginning of the slides to use as a prompt. I like to use my CER Templates while teaching with this product.
How to Create an Exciting and Structured Rube Goldberg Machines Unit
How to Create an Exciting But Structured Rube Goldberg Machines Unit Have you tried having your students make Rube Goldberg machines and had the project drag on and on with several false starts? Did you have an abundance of random materials around your classroom? Did your students start the project with enthusiasm but then fizzle…
15 Super Benefits of Digital Science Notebooks!
Are you still deciding if you want to go with completely digital notebooks in your science classroom? Are you weighing the positives and negatives? I made the change to digital over six years ago and I’m going to tell you why it has been a GAME CHANGER for my students and me! I put together what I consider to be the top 15 benefits of using Google Slides to create digital notebooks.
How to Create STEM Magnet Mazes
How to Create STEM Magnet Mazes Are you looking for a well structured and fun project for your students to learn magnetism? Do you like projects that involve students learning the concept on their own as they create? I designed this Magnet Maze Structured STEM activityand it has become a yearly project. The upcoming…
10 Tips for Good Time Management in the Science Classroom
10 Tips for Good Time Management in the Science Classroom Are you determined to do hands-on activities in your middle school science room, but are afraid of how much time management it involves? What if you set everything up and the lab takes too long? Are you afraid that the students won’t finish in time…