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:

Producers

Decomposers

Consumers

Food web

Energy Pyramid

Food chain

10% Rule

Carbon Cycle

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

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The 7 types of stations include:

1. Love Rocks – Students will review concepts about slow changes on Earth such as weathering, erosion and deposition.

2. Love Songs – Students will explore sound waves through a mini experiment.

3. Love Rollercoaster– Students will identify transformations of potential and kinetic energy on a rollercoaster.

4. The Human Heart – Students will read and answer questions about the human heart and circulatory system.

5. Element Conversation Hearts – Students will create their own conversation heart using a slogan that includes elements from the periodic table.

6. An “Out of this World” Relationship – Students will review the Earth-Moon-Sun-Relationship.

7. Symbiotic Relationships– Students will research different mutualistic relationships in ecology.

8. Love Potion – Students will create a “love potion” and identify the characteristics of a physical or chemical change.

*Each station should take students between 8-10 minutes to complete.*

The RESOURCE includes:

• Digital Google Slides link to perform stations online.
• Printable version of stations in color and black/white
• Editable PowerPoint version of stations.

Content covered:

Periodic Table

Potential and Kinetic Energy

Physical and Chemical Changes

Symbiotic Relationships

The Human Heart and Circulatory System

Earth-Moon-Sun System

Slow Changes on Earth (Weathering, Erosion, Deposition)

Sound Waves

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There is a printable version, editable PowerPoint version and a Digital Google Slides version that will help you save on time and paper for EACH topic.

The 7 types of stations include:

1. Discover – Discover Stations require students to research how topics relate to real-world situations.

2. Observe – Observe stations include demonstrations or mini experiments for students to observe phenomena.

3. Experiment – Experiment stations involve mini experiments for students to complete and answer questions based on.

4. Write – The Write station requires students to write short responses to questions relating to the topic.

5. Create – Create stations typically require students to draw something like a comic, infographic, prototype or diagram.

6. Sort – Sort stations requires students to sort and match either scenarios or parts of diagrams.

7. Quiz – The Quiz station includes a short assessment for students to complete.

*Each station should take students between 8-10 minutes to complete.*

The RESOURCE includes:

• Digital Google Slides link to perform stations online.
• Printable version of stations in color and black/white
• Editable PowerPoint version of stations.

Topics Covered:

• •Atoms & The Atomic Theory
• •Periodic Table of Elements
• •Pure Substances & Mixtures
• •Changes in States of Matter
• •Mass, Volume & Density
• •Properties of Waves
• •Interactions of Light Waves
• •Electromagnetic Spectrum
• •Newton’s Laws of Motion
• •Energy Transformations
• •Thermal Energy & Heat

*Please note that the instructions for stations are editable but clip art, special fonts and formatting are not.*

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The 7 types of energy transformations stations include:

1. Discover – Students will research real-world application of energy transformations in wind turbines, hydroelectric dams and solar panels.

2. Observe – Students will use a PhET simulations to observe various energy transformations.

3. Experiment – Students will perform 3 mini experiments to observe changes in potential and kinetic energy.

4. Write – Students will explain their answers in 2-3 sentences.

5. Create – Students will create 2 drawings of energy transformations they experience every day and explain them.

6. Sort – Students will sort scenarios to match the appropriate energy transformation that occurs.

7. Quiz – Students will answer a mix of 8 true/false, multiple choice and short answer questions.

*Each station should take students between 8-10 minutes to complete.*

The RESOURCE includes:

• Digital Google Slides link to perform stations online.
• Printable version of stations in color and black/white
• Editable PowerPoint version of stations.

Content covered:

Types of Potential Energy

Types of Kinetic Energy

Energy Transformations

Law of Conservation of Energy

Energy Efficiency

*Please note that the instructions for stations are editable but clip art, special fonts and formatting are not.*

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Content covered:

Energy Forms (Radiant, Chemical, Gravitational Potential. Electrical, Mechanical, Potential, Kinetic)

Energy Transformations

Conservation of Energy & Energy Efficiency in a system

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All the activities in this energy and heat unit bundle are editable except for the digital Google Slides activities. Google Slides or Forms versions of each activity are included.

For each unit, the following are included:

• PowerPoint (with a Google Slides version) – editable
• Guided Notes (with a Google Slides version) – editable
• Assessment (with a Google Slides version)- editable
• 24 Task cards (with a self-grading Google Forms version) – editable
• 2-3 weeks of Warm Ups (with a Google Slides version) – editable
• Choice Board (with a Google Slides version) – editable
• Digital Google Slides& Print Activities
• Stations Activities – editable

Also Included:

• Create an Instrument Sound Waves Project-Based Learning
• Energy Transformations CER Stations Lab.
• S’mores Heat Transfer Lab

Content covered:

What is energy?

Types of Potential Energy

Types of Kinetic Energy

Energy Transformations

Law of Conservation of Energy

Kinetic Theory of Matter

Temperature

heat

Thermal Energy

Transfer of Heat

Conduction

Convection

Radiation

*All resources, besides the Google Slides and Print Activities are text editable. Clip art and fonts are not due to copyright.*

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These exit tickets are colorful, visually appealing and come 4 to a page do they’re easy to cut out and give to students at the end of a lesson. They can even be glued into interactive science notebooks!

What is included?

• 32 Editable Exit Tickets in PPT format & PDF for printing
• Editable Google Slides version for online learning (link included in the resource)
• Answer Key
• Teacher notes

Content covered:

Forms of energy (potential, kinetic, mechanical, thermal, electromagnetic, chemical, elastic, radiant, etc.)

Mechanical energy

Conservation of Energy

Energy transformations

Thermal energy

Heat transfer (conduction, convection, radiation)

Conductors and insulators

*Please note that the questions are editable but special fonts, clip art and some formatting are not.*

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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:
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:
What is a wave?
Transverse and longitudinal waves
Mechanical vs. electromagnetic waves
Parts of transverse waves
Parts of longitudinal waves
Wavelength
Amplitude
Frequency

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This resource contains a PowerPoint wave properties 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:
What is a wave?
Transverse and longitudinal waves
Mechanical vs. electromagnetic waves
Parts of transverse waves
Parts of longitudinal waves
Wavelength
Amplitude
Frequency

*Each resource is in PowerPoint format for easy editing.

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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:
What is a wave?
Transverse and longitudinal waves
Mechanical vs. electromagnetic waves
Parts of transverse waves
Parts of longitudinal waves
Wavelength
Amplitude
Frequency

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• Properties of Waves Editable Warm Ups online Learning

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