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Interactive "First Aid/Emergency" Activities and Instructions
$1.90This interactive lesson plan focuses on teaching students how to administer first aid, use a first aid kit, and how to call 911 in case of an emergency. Several activities are presented in the lesson; with the teacher using their discretion as to age...$1.90 -
Thomas Jefferson Collaborative Poster! Team Work - Declaration of Independence
$5.25The Thomas Jefferson Collaborative Block Poster can be used as a fun teambuilding activity to introduce the Declaration of Independence. Students work together to piece their Jefferson “block” with their classmates. The result is a beautiful,...$5.25 -
Abraham Lincoln Collaborative Poster! Team Work - Gettysburg Address
$5.25The Abraham Lincoln Collaborative Block Poster can be used as a fun teambuilding activity to introduce the Gettysburg Address. Students work together to piece their Lincoln “block” with their classmates. The result is a beautiful, fun, one of...$5.25 -
Medieval Times and Feudalism WebQuest
$5.99This WebQuest Takes Students on a journal into understanding Feudalism and Medieval Times!This Web Quest has students research specific aspects of this period in order to answer the Social Studies Essential Questions:1. Why Did Feudalism Develop?2. How...$5.99 -
Adaptations: Changing Shape
$2.00Students engage with readings and activities to better develop background knowledge on a wide variety of plant and animal ADAPTATIONS. Students then create an imaginary organism based on ADAPTATION choices, which are provided.A high interest, fun, hands...$2.00 -
Food Webs: Ktizo Companion Lesson
$2.00KTIZO is a card game that explores FOOD WEBS and ECOSYSTEMS. Students play a modified version of the game of KTIZO (sold separately). I did not create KTIZO, but instead have created this companion lesson to use with the game.A high interest, fun, hands...$2.00 -
Biogeography: Madagascar Gotta Move it Move it
$2.00Students rotate through stations to explore Madagascar. Key concepts of BIOGEOGRAPHY, NATURAL SELECTION, and ADAPTATIONS are explored throughout the lab.A high interest, fun, hands on lab experience for students ranging from 6th-12th grade. Use as either...$2.00 -
Ecological Succession: Using Pop Culture
$2.00Students explore SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS and SUCCESSION through the use of pop culture. My Little Pony and Moana are used as "hooks" to grab attention and check for application understanding of science. Students sort a series of cards to align SUCCESSION...$2.00 -
Natural Selection: Toothpick Fish
$2.00Students simulate an ecosystem and the process of NATURAL SELECTION. The process demonstrates how DNA, genetics, fuels the adaptation of camouflage by allowing those best suited for the environment to survive and mate. The final round of the simulation...$2.00 -
Succession: Success through Knowing Succession
$2.00Students move through stations to explore different aspects of SUCCESSION. The lab serves as either an introduction or review of the concepts depending on the style of implementation.A high interest, fun, hands on lab experience for students ranging from...$2.00 -
Succession: Forest Management
$2.00Students receive a donation of a fictional forest in which they decide how to divide and manage. The lab introduces concepts of stewardship and accounting, giving an opportunity to experience the business side of science. Color coding of the equations...$2.00 -
Evolution: Apples Don't Fall far from their Tree
$2.00Students learn how to make an EVOLUTIONARY cladogram using Apple corporation mobile products (ipods, iphones, ipads, etc). The lab shows how new adaptations can lead to branches in evolution trees. The thought process involved in the lab makes reading...$2.00