Garguilo Science
Mike Garguilo is a 7th grade science teacher in NY. He implements strategies to target all styles of learners and believes in hands-on experiential learning. His lessons engage students and captures their attention, creating a lasting mental impact.
He leads the way in integrating ENL/Special Education strategies into a cutting edge, intensive science education format. He has been featured in many education articles and books as valuable case studies. His lessons have built in ENL and Special Education resources to ensure success for all students.
The lessons have been used, tested, modified, and enjoyed by over 1000 of his students over many years. The lessons blend interest, challenge, and exposure to a wide variety of learning styles and strives to create life long learners. He hopes everyone enjoys science as much as he does.
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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 -
Natural Selection: Angry Birds
$2.00Students learn NATURAL SELECTION through a simulation. Students play as birds and in an outdoor field setting they collect toothpicks scattered around in 30 sec rounds. After a set number of rounds the instructor informs them of an adaption developed by...$2.00 -
Natural Selection: Snurfle Islands
$2.00Students are guided in the use of the "Snurfle Islands" computer game found on the internet to learn about Natural Selection. The computer game alone does not teach important features about NATURAL SELECTION, but when paired with this lab worksheet the...$2.00 -
Evolution: Pokemon Gotta Catch em All
$2.00Students explore EVOLUTION through the process of creating a CLADOGRAM of Pokemon. No previous Pokemon knowledge is required for the activity. Using pop culture enhances the interest level of the students.A high interest, fun, hands on lab experience for...$2.00 -
Symbiosis: Why Can't we be Friends
$2.00Students journey through different SYMBIOTIC relationships analyzing them for their type. A combination of cross-word puzzle for review and progressive, live-action board game style play, engages the learner.A high interest, fun, hands on lab experience...$2.00 -
Food Web: Weaving a Web
$2.00Students become a part of a FOOD WEB in this simulation using a series of FOOD CHAINS. Students work together as a whole class and build a FOOD WEB using rope/string. Once the web is built, students can easily see the interconnected nature of life...$2.00 -
Nitrogen Cycle: From Poop to Plants
$2.00Students role-play as NITROGEN and cycle through ecosystem. Students simulate being nitrogen and get an in person experience as to where and how nitrogen makes its way in and out of living things.A high interest, fun, hands on lab experience for students...$2.00