Powerful Points
My name is Heidi Crowhurst. This is my 21 st year in education and I am currently serving as the Department Chair at a Jr. High school in Northwest Houston. My certifications include Secondary Science, Special Education, Elementary Self-Contained, and Elementary Biology. I have taught in Texas
and Colorado. I have served as a mentor teacher for West Texas A&M University, Teach for America, Region 17 Service Center (Texas), and Harrison District 2 (Colorado). My goal is to produce meaningful lessons in an engaging format that reaches all types of learners. I create PowerPoints with a purpose.
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May C. Jemison Biography and Assignment
$1.25Biography Reading Comprehension Assignment worksheet based on US standardized testsThis Assignment contains an Article, Significant impact , Chronological Events, Supporting the Claim, Text Evidence, Readers Understanding, Main Purpose questions and...$1.25 -
Physical and Chemical Changes
$5.00This PowerPoint includes the following:Introduction to physical and chemical changes.Multiple Response strategy activity identifying examples of physical and chemical changes.Laboratory Activity: Mystery Powders - Valentine's Day theme activity. Students...$5.00 -
Electromagnetic Spectrum
$3.00Power Point: An introduction to the Electromagnetic Spectrum including examples, energy, and wavelengths. Includes guided notes and a student activity sheet designed to help students identify examples of the EM spectrum in everyday life. Store: Powerful...$3.00 -
Food Chains and Food Webs
$3.00PowerPoint presentation includes a comparison of food chains to food webs. Essential vocabulary - trophic level, producer, consumer, heterotroph, autotroph, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer, quaternary consumer. Multiple Response...$3.00 -
Strawberry DNA Extraction Lab
$3.00PowerPoint includes:Lab description and background information for teachers"How it Works" with illustrations for studentsScientific Method Lab report formatted as a Graphic Organizer including:Testable QuestionTerms to KnowFormatted Hypothesis (If,...$3.00 -
The Peppered Moth - Natural Selection
$2.00PowerPoint includes:Natural selection defined with examples.Abbreviated story and pictures of the evolution of the Peppered Moth.Student Activity:Goal:To analyze how color affects an organism's ability to survive in certain environments.Procedure:Working...$2.00 -
Heat Transfer - Land & Sea Breezes
$4.00PowerPoint includes:An introduction to "heat" and "temperature"3 methods of heat transfer: Conduction, Convection, RadiationSea Breeze vs. Land Breeze: -convection currents-direction of breeze flow-animations-Check for understanding breeze...$4.00 -
Plate Tectonics
$4.00PowerPoint includes:Focus Activity: Pangaea Puzzle Activity with pre and post activity questions.Part 1:Introduction to Plate Tectonics and the Theory of Continental Drift, including Alfred Wegener.Animations of continental drift and convection currents...$4.00 -
Eco-Footprints - How Big is your Eco-Footprint?
$3.00PowerPoint includes:Table Talk: Students predict the meaning of the term ecological footprint.Guided instruction: Intro. to the term ecological footprint, what it measures, and how it impacts nature.Students will complete the Eco-Footprint Quiz to...$3.00 -
Weekly Science Warm Ups
$4.00A 10 week set of science weekly warm ups (bell work). Questions are predominantly related to life science. 22 pages over 100 questions with answer key. Store: Powerful Points$4.00 -
Forces: Gravity - Tropisms - Turgor Pressure - Body Systems
$7.00Forces PowerPoint presentation includes:Lesson Objectives – Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Middle School ScienceLesson Foldable “How To”Guided Notes that correlate with lesson foldableLabs/Activities (keys included) designed...$7.00 -
Cell Organelles (Basic)
$3.00PowerPoint includes:1. Animated introduction to the following organelles:NucleusCytoplasmCell MembraneMitochondriaVacuoleCell WallChloroplast2. Guided student worksheet with plant and animal cell diagrams and structure/function chart. Answer key included...$3.00