If you’ve scoured the internet looking for fun Karyotype activities like I have, you know they are few and far between. Most activities involve students cutting out 23 chromosomes, finding the homologous pair on a worksheet, and gluing them together. This activity ends with paper scraps everywhere, missing chromosomes, and frustrated students. My goal was ... Read more
This fully editable Lab Station Activity on Biodiversity and Invasive Species and its Production is meant to get your students out of their seats and engaged in the content. Each station not only offers a unique opportunity to test your students' knowledge (offer an opinion, answer questions based on a video or reading, draw, etc.), but also provides a fantastic learning opportunity where your kids are learning through assessment. Each station comes with a description card while some also contain more detailed instructions, a reading, questions to answer, etc. Students are equipped with a recording sheet (passport) to write their answers. There is almost no prep for you. Simply print the cards, lay them out around the room and you're all set. An answer key is also provided where applicable. This lab activity covers: - Biodiversity - Invasive Species **IN ADDITION. When you purchase this resource you will get 1-week free access to my membership program where you will gain access to all of my resources on my site** Buyer Comments: - "Loved this. My students really were engaged. It was very easy to use and adapt." - "Awesome! My students were actively learning while moving throughout the classroom. I need more of these!" - "My students really enjoyed this!" - "My students love stations and I do too. They are fun, exciting, and incorporate movement so students can stay engaged in the learning process." - "Another great resource to get kids moving!" - "These always work great with my students!" - "Great packet for my class" - "Perfect for my environmental science class " - "I highly recommend this lesson. I got great participation from the students. I didn't have to edit it all. I will use this in years to come" - "Excellent addition to my invasive species unit." - "Highly recommended! Thank you!" - "Love this!!!" - "My students were engaged from the beginning of this Unit with the material from this resource. They had so much fun with this. Thank you!" ---------------------------------------------- Bonus Activities: To ensure your students don’t have any downtime between stations, your lab also includes a 10-word word scramble and word search, both with an answer key. You can use them as part of their mark, as a bonus so it’s not mandatory, etc. However you choose to use it, it will ensure that your students are always busy and never idle. Note: For stronger classes, I give the word scramble and for weaker ones, the word search. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ You might also be interested in the following activities as they relate directly to invasive species and biodiversity. • Invasive Species - Device-Based Scavenger Hunt Activity - Let the Hunt begin! • Invasive Species - Scientific Reading Comprehension Article – Grades 5-7 • Invasive Species - A Science Reading Comprehension - Grades 8 and Above • Invasive Species - Ecology PowerPoint Lesson, Inquiry Project & Student Notes ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ How do the Lab Stations work? Each station is specially designed to be a unique complement to the material while at the same time, provide a valuable learning experience. Below is an overview of how each station works. In your activity, each will be tailored to the specific content. Station 1: Get Hands-On – using their creative skills, students are required to draw or build. Station 2: Research – using a classroom computer or their own device, students must research a specific question/issue surrounding the topic. Station 3: Explain yourself – students write down an opinion to a question in paragraph form. Station 4: Rest Station - students can use this time to catch up on work they didn't have time to complete at a previous station or prepare themselves for an upcoming one. Station 5 - Applicability reading – students read a short passage from an article, website, etc. which directly connects the classroom content to a real life application. Station 6: Test your knowledge – students answer 5 multiple choice questions then provide a written explanation for how/why they came to their conclusions. Station 7: Learn from the expert – using a classroom computer or their own device, students must watch a short video clip and answer the associated questions. They may stop, rewind and restart as often as they like during the time frame. Station 8 - Rest Station. Station 9: Become the question master – Students must create 2 multiple-choice questions, 2 true/false questions and 1 short answer question. Students must also supply the answers. ------------------------------- You might also be interested in my other lab station activities Ecology and the Environment: • Ecosystems • The Classification of Living Things • Biodiversity and Invasive Species • The Carbon and Water Cycle • Climate Change • Photosynthesis • Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis • Ecological Succession • Plant Sexual and Asexual Reproduction • Earth's Seasons • Interactions Within Ecosystems Biology: • Cell and the Cell Theory • The Human Digestive System • The Circulatory System • The Human Respiratory System • Mitosis and the Cell Cycle • Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis • Photosynthesis • Cancer: Cell Division Gone Wrong - Volume I • Cancer: Cell Division Gone Wrong - Volume II • Cell Membrane and Transport • Hearing and the Human Ear • The Human Eye • Genetic Material: DNA and RNA • The Nervous System • Energy Flow In Ecosystems Physics: • Newton's Three Laws of Motion • Kinetic and Gravitational Potential Energy • Current Electricity and Circuit Diagrams • Static Electricity • Light Optics and the Production of Light • Sound, Sound Energy and Speed • One and Two-Dimensional Motion • Uniform Acceleration • How Planes Fly • Refraction • Friction • Energy and Its Forms • Density and Buoyancy Space Science: • The Life and Death of Stars • The Moon and its Phases • Life In Space • Our Solar System • Solar and Lunar Eclipse • Earth's Seasons • Asteroids, Comets and Meteors Chemistry: • Atomic Model, Notation and Atoms • Chemical Reactions and Balancing Equations • Molecular and Ionic Compounds • Physical and Chemical Properties & Changes • Acids, Bases, and Neutralization Reactions • The Periodic Table • Single and Double Displacement Reactions • Balancing Chemical Equations • Synthesis, Decomposition and Combustion Reactions • Atomic Theory, Atomic Structure and Isotopes • Types of Bonds and Intermolecular Forces • The Mole/Avogadro's Number • Density and Buoyancy These station cards are meant to be used as a lab activity but can also be utilized in a review task before a test or a quiz. Used either way, your students will love it! I know mine do and I'm telling you from first-hand experience as I've used this activity in my own class. Thank you for your interest in my products. If you have any questions, please send me an email - [email protected]
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To fly, airplanes require lift, drag, gravity, and thrust. With this journaling activity, students will think, predict, observe, and interpret a diagram to learn more.
A ws that is a fun filler or end of lesson activity. It is also good for revising vocabulary. - ESL worksheets
In my work as a blended learning coach, I observe a lot of teachers facilitating blended lessons. The Station Rotation Model is particularly popular because teachers do not need a device for every student to make it work. Instead, students rotate between offline and online stations. One concern I have about this model is the […]
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Proprioceptive input activities throughout the day improves sensory integration, self-regulation, and also prevents inappropriate sensory seeking behaviors.
DNA Gene Bracelet for Kids, an easy STEAM Activity using beads to create pattern bracelets. DNA is also a pattern.
Have you been wanting to try stations in your Secondary ELA classroom but aren't sure where to start? Read through this quick post where we share 8 station ideas and how to use them with your ELA students.
Each Monday we collaborate with our building's new and Dual Language staff members for a professional development session based on what they highlight as their needs and/or desires for learning! This week we focused on Daily 5 ideas as all of our staff are currently working hard to get their stations and guided reading up and running! The teachers who attending the session came up with a variety of wonderful ideas and activities that could potentially be used throughout the year in these work stations. I thought some of you may enjoy taking a gander at what they came up with as well! Just a little background... we utilized a strategy many of you may be familiar with called "Round Robin" to gather ideas during our meeting. The staff were given the anchor charts with only the titles and asked to add any activity ideas they were doing, would like to do, etc. based on the title on their paper. We gave each group 1 minute to brainstorm and write their ideas, and then they were asked to pass the poster to the next group. We continued to do this until all posters had made it to all groups. This is a great strategy that you could use with your students as well to assess their background knowledge and/or learning of concepts. You could even do it at the beginning of the year to see what activities they already know and enjoy doing during Daily 5 if they are familiar with it from the year past! This may give you some insight as to what they may want to do in your classroom as well! Alright now onto the posters...keep in mind these were quickly written by our staff and we discussed them a bit after as well, so not everything may make perfect sense! But feel free to ask questions in the comments if you have any and I would be happy to try my best to answer! After our meeting, I also took some time to type up all of their ideas onto one page for them to hold on to and refer to throughout the year. You are welcome to a copy if you'd like- just click on the image below :)! (Graphics: Scrappin Doodles, Priscilla Concepcion)
A whole month of daily low-prep STEAM activities for kids. You are going to love all of the low-prep STEAM activities that we have in store!
A friend shared this puzzle on Facebook and I thought it would make a nice challenge to keep the kids thinking during their time off of scho...
Your new favorite teaching strategy: This pared-down version of learning stations keeps the movement, interactivity and variety while minimizing the prep work.
BIG Science Stations Units are awesome for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade. Allow your students to learn and explore concepts in fun and different ways.
Morphology instruction is a powerful strategy for improving vocabulary and comprehension. This post shares several morphology activities.
We're mixing pen and paper with digital in our blended classrooms, and everything's going great. At first (for me) it was just about throwing in some digital
Try these 10 activities to improve your students' speaking and listening - essential skills for the development of communication, speech and language.
This product is also part of a bundle!: ★★★Map Skills Bundle★★★ These stations have been used by literally THOUSANDS of teachers. This activity is great for getting students up and moving. They will learn how to analyze different types of maps. Information covered in these stations: -types of maps (political, physical, thematic) -population density -Text features -Legend information -elevation AND MORE!
With Sam not feeling well earlier today, we decided to spend our afternoon close to home and out of the sun. I love setting little play invitations out for the kids to discover after school, but since I hadn’t gotten a chance to set something up during nap time, I quickly pulled together a classic…
Self-control helps children manage their impulses and emotions. Teaching children self-control is one of the best ways that parents and care givers can prepare them for success.
Alzheimer's Disease affects people in different ways. Rather than focusing on the disease and impairment, we should aim to identify each person's strengths and remaining abilities and find activities to support these. The care needs for clients living with late-stage Alzheimer's Disease concentrate on preserving dignity, comfort and quality of life. Activities should focus on the senses: sight, touch, smell, hearing, and taste. In this article we cover: Typical changes observed in late-stage Alzheimer's Disease What the focus of activities should be 15 Activities for Late-Stage Alzheimer's Disease Login below read full article
Print our I spy art activity page and help kids build their working memory and visual discrimination skills while having fun
Use STEM engineering activities in elementary school as a fun, engaging, and meaningful way to tackle the Next Generation Science Standards.
This oil resist Escher tessellation art is a great way to combine science, art, and math into one masterful STEAM activity for kids!
BIG Science Stations Units are awesome for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade. Allow your students to learn and explore concepts in fun and different ways.
Kids will love learning about the components of blood with this fun and memorable activity - make a blood model!
Learn about cells for kids with FREE All About Cells reader, Cells worksheets, edible DNA model, Cells Game, and more human body activities for kids.
Graphing comes to life with fun paper airplane math activity! Create, fly, collect data, & use technology for serious learning.
Use this activity to drill your students on the skill of writing scientific explanations using the claims, evidence and reasoning framework. In this activity at each station students encounter a science data presentation in form of a graph, map, flowchart, data table or a diagram. It will be their job to examine the data like a scientist and determine what that data can tell us. Students will do this by writing a claim, supporting it with evidence and then giving reasoning. Station pages include various types of scientific fields and topics. - Tides - Wind patterns - Weather and thunderstorms - Ridership on public transportation - Meteorite impacts - Nutrient intakes - Blood type compatibility - Income distribution Includes: - Teacher Instructions Page - 3 Page Student Handout or Recording Pages - 8 Station Pages
Connect Four / Four in a row is a great game that is perfect for any classroom or homeschool environment. Now you can print this activity sheet for free
Cognitive disabilities weren’t just a concept for President John F. Kennedy. His eldest sister, Rosemary, was mentally disabled, and she later underwent a prefrontal lobotomy. It was a time when mental health and developmental disabilities weren’t widely understood.
These activities for Algebra, Geometry, & middle school make great stations or critical thinking puzzles. I created these for easy differentiation, and really loved them. They turned out to be durabl
Take prayer time to the next level! Incorporate one or more creative prayer stations ideas or prayer prompts into your youth ministry programming.
