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By RockScienceGeek
So much fun for students! This is a lab they remember all year, and you know it's a win when they put photos of your class on their snapchat story :) Simple setup, and includes detailed, step-by-step teacher instructions for directing lab during
Subjects:
Science, Environment, Economics
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Activities, Laboratory, Printables
$3.00
48
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By RockScienceGeek
In-depth guided inquiry investigation of LD50 (Lethal Dose 50%) appropriate for AP Environmental Science students. Set up once, use year after year. Instead of paying for and killing real animals (crickets, brine shrimp, daphnia, etc.), 'kill' some
Subjects:
Science, Biology, Environment
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Activities, Laboratory, Simulations
$6.00
29
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By RockScienceGeek
Many teachers have students make soil horizons with pudding and cookies because we all know students are motivated by food! I created this lab to bring more AP content knowledge into this fun activity. Instead of all making the same soil profile
Subjects:
Science, Earth Sciences, Environment
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Laboratory, Printables
$4.00
50
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By RockScienceGeek
Have students use an online ecological footprint calculator to determine their personal Earth Overshoot day, their ecological footprint, how many earths would be needed if every human lived like they do, etc. Then students go deeper into data and
Subjects:
Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Internet Activities, Printables, Webquests
$3.00
15
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By RockScienceGeek
Perfect activity to get your kids outdoors and thinking about all the different topics within the APES course. Simple observation and inquiry - no materials or prep required! Get them thinking, discussing, and asking questions. Get them excited for
Subjects:
Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Activities, Laboratory, Centers
$3.00
22
Digital Download DOCX (0.62 MB)
By RockScienceGeek
Answer Key added! Your students will learn all about the processes, economics, challenges, and wastes of surface mining operations using a chocolate chip cookie. I've revised this lab for simplicity for the teacher and clarity for students, and
Subjects:
Science, Earth Sciences, Environment
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Activities, Laboratory, Printables
$3.00
16
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By RockScienceGeek
Excellent for practice or review of biomes for APES. This product includes one full google slides document with 8 matching slides for all of the terrestrial biomes and 8 matching slides for all of the aquatic biomes. On their electronic device,
Subjects:
Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Study Guides, Activities, Independent Work Packet
$3.00
2
Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder
By RockScienceGeek
Students watch the video "flush to finish" , which is available for free on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRaptzcp9G4. I use edpuzzle for students to access it, and then have them draw a comic strip representing water traveling through
Subjects:
Science, Environment
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Webquests
$3.00
13
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By RockScienceGeek
UPDATED to include KEY. I called this a webquest, but I don't direct them to specific websites for the information so I'm not sure it technically qualifies as one. However, this handout is a great way to summarize all the important information about
Subjects:
Science, Earth Sciences, Environment
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Activities, Printables, Webquests
$3.00
9
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By RockScienceGeek
UPDATED! Includes powerpoint with guided student instructions, questions interspersed throughout, and review questions at the end. REALLY helps make this an activity, and makes it easy for distance learners to follow. So helpful for visual learners!
Subjects:
Science, Chemistry, Environment
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Handouts, Printables, Graphic Organizers
$6.00
6
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By RockScienceGeek
An activity using sandwich fixings to simulate geological rock layers. Students learn the law of superposition, relative ages, drawing a stratigraphic column, and correlation by taking 'core samples' of their sandwich and comparing it to others. Lab
Subjects:
Earth Sciences, Environment
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Activities, Printables, Simulations
$3.00
12
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By RockScienceGeek
This activity gives students the opportunity to design a city-wide area using principles of sustainable land use. Students are given an area map, a key, and a checklist of specific requirements that they must include in their town plan. They must
Subjects:
Science, Earth Sciences, Environment
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Projects, Activities, Printables
$4.00
13
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By RockScienceGeek
Students are engaged in this fast-paced review game called "3 in 5 seconds" that is completely ready for you to open up and use. This product is a powerpoint with 100 slides and a button to randomize the order in which they appear. Each slide has a
Subjects:
Environment, Other (Science)
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
PowerPoint Presentations, Games
$3.00
1
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By RockScienceGeek
UPDATED to include KEY. 4-page handout/activity to summarize key concepts about Earth's atmosphere. Diagrams to print are included, and these can be used for student stations or as a whole group lesson (I prefer stations, but that's just me).
Subjects:
Science, Earth Sciences, Environment
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Activities, Printables
$3.00
8
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By RockScienceGeek
Students will research the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem and specific environmental issues/threats that affect it. They will then synthesize their information to construct an argument according to the AP scoring guidelines for FRQ arguments.
Subjects:
Science, Biology, Environment
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Research, Activities, Printables
$3.00
8
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By RockScienceGeek
Get your kids outside to discover and identify the variety of species found around your school (or their home, neighborhood, etc.) Each student identifies a species, takes a selfie with it, and researches information about that species to create a
Subjects:
Science, Biology, Environment
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Research, Projects, Activities
$4.00
7
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By RockScienceGeek
Simple, colorful, easy-to-understand. All the formulas in one place where someone not strong in math (like me!) can make sense of them, and there are 'thought bubbles' with helpful hints in them too. I've always had trouble sorting out these
Subjects:
Science, Environment, Geography
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Study Guides, Handouts, Printables
$2.00
8
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By RockScienceGeek
Before the holiday break in December, have students create an upcycled gift as a thank-you for a staff member in your school. Then celebrate before break with a sustainable feast where students share low-environmental-impact dishes and bring their
Subjects:
Science, Environment, The New Year
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Projects, Activities
$3.00
2
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By RockScienceGeek
Updated! Quick and impactful activity, with additional reinforcement of solid waste concepts. Bring in some food products you find at the local grocery store that use an excess of packaging (typically single-serve or convenience items), and have
Subjects:
Science, Environment
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Activities, Laboratory, Printables
$2.00
3
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By RockScienceGeek
5-pages to explain key concepts of water resources, including properties of water, ocean currents, freshwater supplies/groundwater, and cloud formation/types. Includes many visuals. Can be done as a class as notes, or you can give it to students to
Subjects:
Science, Earth Sciences, Environment
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Handouts, Outlines, Internet Activities
$3.00
3
Digital Download ZIP (7.52 MB)
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have 22+ years as a science teacher, middle and high school. I have taught in multiple schools and states - AP Environmental Science, Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physical Science, Life Science. I have taught gifted, blended, team taught, and ELL classes. I've led professional development on guided inquiry learning, spiral curriculum, differentiated instruction, etc., and presented at both state and national educational conferences. I have mentored and supported many new teachers.

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Guided inquiry, experiential, differentiated

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