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Hurricanes Google Slides™ and Print Activities

Michelle Rudolph — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 14:55:10 +0000

This is a print and digital resource that uses Google Slides. There are 10 interactive activities with 1 reading related to tropical storms and hurricanes. These activities are perfect for a Marine science or Earth Space Science class and are no prep! These can be used as online stations, an activity for early finishers, homework or for review in the classroom. Perfect for virtual learning or in person instruction!

Students will practice vocabulary skills, make real-world connections, research independently, understand/label visual representations and review concepts. One slide also includes a reading comprehension article that can help students complete many of the slides.

The activities include either drag and drop or short answer text. See the preview to get a better idea of how each slide works.

The slides and print version are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.

Content covered:

Vocabulary (eye, eye wall, rain bands, storm surge)

Labeling parts of a storm

Storm names around the world (hurricane, cyclone, typhoon)

Storm development (disturbance, depression, tropical storm, hurricane)

Hurricane categories (1-5)

Storm surges and how hurricanes dissipate

Hurricane formation

The Coriolis Effect and spin direction

*Please note that this is not an editable resource*

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Scientific Investigations and Inquiry Editable Warm-ups

Alexis — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:26:08 +0000

4 weeks of editable warm up slides, digital or print versions are perfect for a scientific method unit in your classroom with no prep! Use these as bellringers or even cut them out to use as exit tickets. Google Slides versions are also included for online learning.

Each question is in short or long response format so students explain the topic and their understanding.

There are 3 ways to use these editable warm ups:

1. Use them with slides as students fill out the answers on their own personal answer sheet.

2. Use the answer sheets with the questions on them without the slides. I personally have my students hole punch them each week to add into a pronged folder or binder to use as a study tool. You can even print them at 90% so students can glue them into their interactive science notebooks!

3. Use them for online learning or digitally with the Google Slides version. This is also perfect for digital interactive student notebooks.

A PowerPoint version is included for editing and a PDF version is included for easy printing.

*The questions are editable but the fonts and clip art are not due to copyright.*

Included in this resource:
4 weeks of warm ups (20 total).
3 editable templates to fit the needs of you and your students
PowerPoint Slides with the questions to project for your students
Answer key

Content covered:

Experiments vs Observations

Creating a Hypothesis

Variables (Independent, Dependent, Constant)

Data (qualitative vs quantitative)

Scientific Method Steps

Repetition vs. Replication

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Scientific Investigations and Inquiry Editable Choice Board

Alexis — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:26:06 +0000

Students have options in how they apply their knowledge of scientific method, investigations and inquiry through choice. There is differentiation with the activities so students can have autonomy with their learning and presentation of knowledge.

This choice board is editable to suit the needs of you and your students. Students can also submit most of the activities digitally through Google Classroom or Canvas. The title and clip art are not editable.

General teacher directions and the choice board are included in PowerPoint format for easy editing. There are no rubrics included within the resource for their individual choice activities.

2 files included: PowerPoint for easy editing and PDF for printing.

*Only the choice options are editable. Fonts and clip art are not editable due to copyright.*

Options include:
Creating a video or skit.
Creating a poster
PowerPoint Lesson
Social Media post
Designing an experiment
Rap or poem
and more!

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Scientific Investigations and Inquiry Editable Task Cards

Alexis — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:26:06 +0000

These 24 scientific method, scientific investigations and inquiry task cards can be used in a classroom or digitally for online learning through Google Forms with no prep and self grading! They can be easily printed, cut and laminated for use in the classroom with a ready-to-print student answer sheet.

The link for Google Forms is available in the resource as well as an answer key.

Task cards can be printed 1 per page or 4 per page. The answer sheet can be printed 1 per page or 2 per page to save paper. I typically print 2 per page so they’re perfect for gluing into interactive science notebooks.

The text is editable in each task card but the titles and clip art are not editable. The task cards are images in google forms so they are not editable if you are using the digital option.

Content covered:
Experiments vs Observations
Creating a Hypothesis
Variables (Independent, Dependent, Constant)
Data (qualitative vs quantitative)
Scientific Method Steps
Repetition vs. Replication

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Nature of Science Lesson Guided Notes and Assessment

Alexis — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:26:05 +0000

Do you need to introduce a nature of science lesson to your middle school physical science class?

This resource contains a PowerPoint nature of science lesson with Cornell notes style guided notes and an assessment that all tie together. This resource is excellent for traditional and digital interactive science notebooks. The PowerPoint and guided notes are also included in Google Slides which make this a perfect digital resource for online learning! There is also a self-grading Google Forms assessment. This is a no prep resource!

The PowerPoint Lesson and guided notes are broken up into 4 different parts:
Engage: This is a question that is used to get students thinking and engaged before the lesson begins. They answer the question in their guided notes.
Checkpoints: These are questions throughout the lesson that assess what students are learning as they go through. The student’s answer these questions in their guided notes. Answer key is included in the PowerPoint.
↵ Bringing it Back: This final question wraps up the lesson by tying student’s new knowledge with the engagement piece.

✐Summarize! Students can summarize their learning by writing, drawing or both.

All links for the Google Slides and Google Forms are included in the resource.

The PowerPoint is editable. The titles, images and clip art are not editable.

Guided Notes:
The Cornell style guided notes follow along with the lesson. This allows the students to go through the lesson with the class as the teacher goes through the slides or they can fill it out independently if they are using the PowerPoint digitally. All the text aside from the title and cover page are editable.

Includes two cover pages for interactive notebook booklets. One in color and one in black and white.

The Google Slides version of the notes includes text boxes for students to add in their own text. A Google Slides “toolbox” is included for students to reference to for changing fonts, adding images, drawings, etc. There are even drag and drop highlighter marks for students to make their notes more interactive.

*There is an included answer key for the guided notes to be easily printed and added to a teacher’s copy of an interactive science notebook.

Assessment:
The assessment contains 20 questions with a mix of vocabulary matching, short answer and multiple choice questions. An answer key is included. Everything is editable except for the title and any included clip art lip art.

A Google Slides version is included as well as a self-grading Google Forms version. The links are included in the resource.

Content covered:
Experiments vs Observations
Creating a Hypothesis
Variables (Independent, Dependent, Constant)
Data (qualitative vs quantitative)
Scientific Method Steps
Repetition vs. Replication

*The Guided Notes and Assessment are included in PDF and PowerPoint format for easy editing.

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Interactive Notebook Set Up Starter Kit for All Subjects

Alexis — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 22:44:34 +0000

An interactive science notebook set up kit! This low prep resources includes templates, organization tools, grading rubric and more to make your students notebooks more meaningful and useful throughout the year.

Included in this kit:

Covers for 20+ subjects including Earth and Space Science, Life Science, Physical Science, Biology, Environmental Science, Science, Marine Science, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Civics, World History, Algebra, Pre-Algebra, Geometry, Art, Technology, Computer Science, Physical Education & music.

Don’t see your subject area? Request a cover by emailing me at michelle@secondarysparks.com.

This interactive science notebook set up kit has everything you need to get your notebooks set up in the beginning of the school year. You can even use them with other subject areas!

Editable Table of contents page
Editable “Learning Goals” page Create a learning progression scale for students to rate themselves based on their knowledge and skills.
Editable Key Vocabulary Page
Editable Weekly Bellringer pages (also includes “warm ups” or “do now”)
Editable “Reflection on Learning” page. Student reflect on units/chapter using the learning progression scale and answer questions about strengths/weaknesses.
Assessment Tracker
Editable Grading Rubric

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Learn more about interactive science notebooks.

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Properties of Water Lesson Guided Notes and Assessment

Alexis — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 19:47:57 +0000

Do you need a properties of water lesson for your Biology, Marine Science, Earth Science or Oceanography class? This resource contains an editable PowerPoint properties of water lesson with Cornell notes style guided notes and an assessment that all tie together. The PowerPoint and guided notes are also included in Google Slides which make this a perfect digital resource for online learning! There is also a self-grading Google Forms assessment. This is a no prep resource!

The PowerPoint is broken up into 4 different parts:
Engage: This is a question that is used to get students thinking and engaged before the lesson begins. They answer the question in their guided notes.
Checkpoints: These are questions throughout the lesson that assess what students are learning as they go through. The student’s answer these questions in their guided notes. Answer key is included in the PowerPoint & PDF.
↵ Bringing it Back: This final question wraps up the lesson by tying student’s new knowledge with the engagement piece.
✐Summarize! Students can summarize their learning by writing, drawing or both.

The PowerPoint is editable. The titles, images and clip art are not editable.

Guided Notes:
The Cornell notes style guided notes follow along with the lesson. This allows the students to go through the lesson with the class as the teacher goes through the slides or they can fill it out independently if they are using the Google Slides digitally. All the text aside from the title and cover page are editable.

The Google Slides version of the guided notes include helpful tools for students to use and moveable digital pieces in the form of highlighter strokes so students can highlight key words and information.

Includes two cover pages for interactive notebook booklet sand digital interactive notebooks. One in color and one in black and white.

The Google Slides version of the guided notes are not editable.

Assessment:
The assessment contains 25 questions with a mix of vocabulary matching, short answer and multiple choice questions. An answer key is included. Everything is editable except for the title and any included clip art lip art.

A self-grading Google Forms version is included. The link is in the resource. The google Forms assessment has the same questions but they are all multiple choice.

Content covered:

Geometry of water molecules
Covalent & Hydrogen Bonds
Polarity/Polar molecule
Cohesion
Adhesion
Surface Tension
temperature Vs Heat
States of Matter water exists in (Solid, liquid, gas)
molecular movement and interactions with hydrogen bonds in each state of matter
Heat capacity and specific heat
Why is water considered a universal solvent?

*Each resource is in PDF and PowerPoint format for easy editing.

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Properties of Water Editable Warm Ups

Alexis — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 19:47:56 +0000

2 weeks of editable warm up slides, digital or print versions are perfect for a properties of water unit in your biology, marine science, Earth Science or oceanography classroom with no prep! Use these as bellringers or even cut them out to use as exit tickets. Google Slides versions are also included for online learning.

Each question is in short or long response format so students explain the topic and their understanding.

There are 3 ways to use these editable warm ups:

1. Use them with slides as students fill out the answers on their own personal answer sheet.

3. Use them for online learning or digitally with the Google Slides version. This is also perfect for digital interactive student notebooks.

A PowerPoint version is included for editing and a PDF version is included for easy printing.

*The questions are editable but the fonts and clip art are not due to copyright.*

Included in this resource:
2 weeks of warm ups (10 total).
3 editable templates to fit the needs of you and your students
PowerPoint Slides with the questions to project for your students
Answer key

Content covered:
Water as a polar molecule

Covalent vs hydrogen bonds

High heat capacity

Water’s states of matter (molecule behavior and hydrogen bonds)

Viscosity

Cohesion and adhesion

Water as a universal solvent

Heat transfer

*Each resource is in PDF and PowerPoint format for easy editing.

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Properties of Seawater Task Cards Editable and Google Forms™

Alexis — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 19:47:54 +0000

These 24 Properties of Seawater editable task cards can be used in a classroom or digitally for online learning through Google Forms with no prep and they are self grading! Perfect for a Marine science, Earth Science or Oceanography class. They can be easily printed, cut and laminated for use in the classroom with a ready-to-print student answer sheet.

Review vocabulary and key concepts about ocean water.

The link for Google Forms is available in the resource. An answer key in included in the resource and in Google Forms.

*Please note that the text is editable in each task card but the titles and clip art are not editable.

Content covered:
Cohesion
Adhesion
Surface tension

Viscosity

Water as a universal solvent

Transparency

Density

Pressure

Sound Propagation

Ocean temperatures

Salinity and solutes

Composition of seawater

Dissolved gasses

Rule of Constant Proportions

Ocean Acidification

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Properties of Water Digital Google Slides™ and Print Activities

Alexis — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 19:47:54 +0000

This is a digital and print resource that uses Google Slides. There are 6 interactive activities to review properties of water. These activities are perfect for a biology, marine science or an oceanography class. These can be used as online stations, an activity for early finishers, interactive science notebooks, homework or for review in the classroom. Perfect for online learning!

Students will practice vocabulary skills, make real-world connections and review concepts.

The activities include either drag and drop, matching or short answer text. Watch the preview video to get a better idea of how each slide works.

The slides are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.

Content covered:
Structure of water molecule
Water’s states of matter (structure, molecule behavior and hydrogen bonds)
Cohesion, adhesion, surface tension
Covalent bonds, hydrogen bonds
Polarity

Why is water essential for life? (universal solvent, adhesion/cohesion, high specific heat, density)

Vocabulary (hydrogen bonds, cohesion, adhesion, covalent bonds, density, molecules, viscosity, specific heat, solvent)

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