Do you often ponder the question when a child "misbehaves" was it due to sensory concerns or behavior? This FREE sensory versus behavior checklist can act as a guide when you observe a child's behavior

Do you hear that? That soft sound of pages turning? That’s the sound of new fall cookbooks being thumbed over; the most beautiful sound you can hear this time of year. I for one can’t wait to get into the kitchen and cook everything these gems have to offer. While there are many beautiful and exceptional cookbooks coming out this fall, these are the 10 everyone is going to be talking about. Buy a couple for yourself, give a few as gifts, and add the rest to your holiday wish list. 1.

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Here is a fun, ready to go, pullback toy car lab that aligns with the NGSS MS-PS3-1 and HS-PS3-1 dealing with calculating speed, observing potential energy, kinetic energy and mass. Hands on, easy set up activity where the speed equation is introduced and sample problems are included. The lab involves setting up a starting line, finish line and pullback point and the students do 24 runs of 6 each. *The first six runs involve finding the mass of the car and the maximum pullback distance/potential energy. *The second six runs use the same car and half of the pullback distance so less potential energy. *Then the students add masses to their cars and use the maximum pullback distance for the next six runs. *The last six runs use the cars with the extra mass but half the pullback distance. * Students calculate average speeds and plot them on a bar graph. *They finish up with reflective questions. There is a very detailed description for teachers plus answer keys. This can be sent to their digital devices or printed out. Included in this resource: Teacher Notes List of Key Terms Speed Practice Problems Answers to Speed Practice Problems Materials List Diagram of Set Up Student Directions 3 Data Charts Bar Graph for Comparing Speeds Reflection Questions Answers to Reflection Questions For more information on how I do this activity, I have created a blog post: Make Speed and Acceleration Fun with Pullback Cars There are several methods I use to get this resource to students. Since this is a PowerPoint, I simply upload it into a Google slides presentation and share it on Google Classroom with each individual student. The students can then copy which slides they want and paste them into their own Google Slides unit presentation and add text boxes. You can export the PowerPoint into images and then send the images to them in Google Classroom. You can download the PowerPoint into images and place all of the images into a Google Drive folder to share with the students. If you are using iPads, in the same room as the students, you can simply AirDrop the images, Powerpoint or Google Slides presentation to their iPads . If you have any questions at all, as to how to use these, please contact me at [email protected] and I am more than happy to help you! DIGITAL SCIENCE NOTEBOOK TEMPLATE Google Slides with Student Examples/ Rubric Zombie Calculating Speed Activity Average Speed from Distance Time Graphs F=Ma Review Sheets HS-PS2-1 NGSS Interpreting Motion DISTANCE-TIME and SPEED-TIME GRAPHS, MS-PS2-2 Force Diagrams Motion Activity-Vector Arrows on Action Photos MS-PS2-2 Are you looking for other science resources? NGSS aligned activities? Science classroom decor or clip art? Please check out the rest of my store at SCIENCE BY SINAI. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Science-By-Sinai Follow Me Do you want to be the first to find out when I post a new resource? Please click on the green star next to my name to FOLLOW MY STORE, SCIENCE BY SINAI, and to get an email each time I post a new product. As a follower you will also get notifications of freebies and sales! Check me out on social media.  https://www.pinterest.com/karensinai2/ https://www.instagram.com/sciencebysinai/ https://www.facebook.com/Science-by-Sinai Feedback **Did you know that you can save money on TpT resources by leaving feedback? Go to your “My Purchases“ page and leave feedback on the resources you’ve purchased to earn TpT credits!  Copyright.  Each purchase is a license for ONE person to use in a classroom setting. It is a violation for individuals, schools and districts to redistribute, edit, sell, or post this item on the Internet or to other individuals. Disregarding the copyright is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright  Act and subject to legal action. By purchasing this product you acknowledge that you have read and understood these terms of use.

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I have a 15 year old with ASD/ADHD/SLD, who goes to an Autism school and is doing very well and catching up on school after a long drawn out battle with trying to make it in public school. I also have a 14 year old and a kindergartner with Aspergers, and a kindergartener with ADHD and other learning issues due to brain bleeds at birth and a grand mal seizure. I have three teens and twin kindergarteners! I homeschool my kindergarteners and it has been going really well so far! With much research, trying many things, talking to teachers and therapists at Autism schools and therapy facilities, I have found the best products to help your fidgety child concentrate!! I recommend starting with the headphones and yoga ball if you are on a budget!! I added all of the items, which are not all pictured here, to my amazon store. Check out each product HERE!! a must have!! excellent product I just found! a big must for getting the wiggles out! best adjustable height table ever!!! love these chairs vibrating weighted turtle! A MUST MUST MUST have! these are amazing!! totally worth the money! great option for Autism, adjusts! well loved item!! MEGA MUST HAVE! (strengthens hands and fingers) for under table or out in open space great item! great for on a chair! See these items and all of the rest of the products on the list HERE Visit Kristen (Caution! Twins at Play)'s profile on Pinterest. Follow Kristen (Caution! Twins at Play)'s board Light Tables, Light Boxes, Light Panels & Light Play on Pinterest. Visit The Ultimate Light Table Guide's profile on Pinterest.

Enhance your knowledge of neuroscience as it relates to rehabilitation with the first neuroscience laboratory guide designed just for rehabilitation students! This unique manual helps you easily identify the structures of the nervous system and gain a better understanding of the mechanism of the sensory and motor pathways and how they contribute to movement. Fourteen hands-on labs cover the internal and external structures of the CNS, as well as the ventricular system, cranial nerves, the meninges, blood supply, the muscle spindle and GTO, sensory and motor pathways, and the vestibular and visual systems. Numerous case studies illustrate spinal cord injury, brainstem, cranial nerves, and/or cerebrum dysfunction, helping you improve your clinical reasoning skills. Helps you develop your critical thinking skills in a hands-on lab environment. These skills, along with a solid understanding of the nervous system, are the bases for understanding movement, behavior, and occupational performance - all essential for rehabilitation professionals! Includes case studies that help you build clinical reasoning skills and bridge the gap between theory and practice. Student-focused approach allows you to choose from a list of neurological diagnoses and present the pathology as it would manifest in a typical patient - an effective method to help you retain what you've learned. A focus on clinical applications clearly demonstrates how a knowledge of neuroscience is important in day-to-day rehabilitation practice. Key anatomy exercises are presented with helpful illustrations so that you can better identify anatomical structures. Step-by-step directions help you find gross and specific structures of brain anatomy, pathways, and more. Can be used to supplement any major neuroscience textbook, enhancing your ability to make quantitative and qualitative observations in clinical practice.

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This month I have been teaching my students a weather unit. I created this unit during my student teaching and the kids have really enjoyed it. This past week we learned about the wind. In Idaho it is always windy but recently it has been windy EVERY single day. Which is great for us going out to measure the wind with our anemometers. :) The art activity for this lesson incorporates writing. To create the kite use 12X18 construction paper and trim the sides down. Click HERE for the writing template. Enjoy :) EARTH DAY ACTIVITY My students created an earth day acrostic poem about our Earth. First they brainstormed ideas for each letter and then picked the ones they liked the best. You can download and save for next year. Click HERE to download the worksheet. We also made these adorable hand print earth's. I found this idea on The First Grade Parade blog. The kids loved it! SENSORY WORDS About a month ago in our Houghton Mifflin curriculum we read a story When I am Old Like You. One of the activities was for the students to come up with sensory words for the topic bacon. In the story the Granddad and little boy ate bacon together. Of course I had to go out and buy bacon so my students could get the full effect! They used their five senses to brainstorm words. Click HERE to download your own copy. My First Grader's were POPPING out adjectives last month. The Inspired Apple had the cutest idea to use popcorn to help students identify adjectives. Here is what my students came up with. I used our schools fancy popcorn popper for them to get to use all their senses to describe the popcorn. Our bulletin board outside the classroom I had my students brainstorm adjectives before creating their popcorn art project. For a copy and template of art activity click HERE.

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Vestibular input activities can provide some of the best stimulation for active sensory seeking kids which can keep their sensory needs met for hours.

Heavy work has been used to help calm and stimulate students with sensory needs for years! You are probably already using some heavy work activities and you might not even realize it! So what is heavy work? Heavy work is an activity that either pushes or pulls against the body and provides the muscles and joints with input. Heavy work activities can be beneficial to EVERY student but can be particularly helpful for students with sensory processing needs. Heavy work can help students feel regulated and focused. Heavy work activities fall into 3 main categories: Whole body/ gross motor activities (like pushing, pulling, lifting, and moving) Oral activities (like chewing, sucking, and blowing) Fine motor/ use of hands (like squeezing and pinching) 1) Examples of gross motor/ whole body heavy work at home and school include: Pushing & pulling objects / items: Vacuuming, sweeping, moping Pushing someone on a swing Pushing a heavy/ full grocery cart Pulling a heavy/ full wagon Pushing heavy doors open Raking leaves Dusting furniture/ wiping tables Cleaning the white board Scooters Climbing on the playground or obstacle courses Lifting heavy objects/ items: Carrying everyday household objects (laundry basket, groceries, taking out trash, etc.) Playing toss/ passing games with weighted balls or weighted toys Carrying buckets of sand or water Yoga & exercises with body weight Carrying a heavy lunch bucket/ basket Stacking and un-stacking chairs Jumping & bounding on/ with items: Jumping on a trampoline Jumping/ falling into beanbags Bouncing on therapy balls/ chairs Jump roping Gymnastics Climbing/ hanging on items: Hanging/ swinging on monkey bars Rope swings/ rings Rock walls Ladders and slides 2) Oral heavy work activities at home and school include: Chewing food items: Gummy candies (like gummy bears, licorice and Sour Patch Kids) Bagels Gum Cheese Dried fruit (raisins, craisins, mango, etc.) Dried meat (beef jerky, turkey jerky) Popcorn Blowing activities: Blowing bubbles Blowing up balloons Using whistles Blow party favor toys (like kazoos) Blowing through a straw Sucking activities: Sucking through fun straws (bendy or twisty straws are awesome!) Using water bottles with straws Drinking smoothies or milkshakes with a straw Hard candies Popsicles & lollipops 3) Fine motor heavy work activities at home and school include: Resistance toys and activities: Using stamps and molds with Play Doh Using spray bottles to spray cleaner on tables or water plants Cutting thick paper or cardboard with scissors Putting clothespins on materials Bingo dabbers Ripping heavy/ thick paper Writing & working on vertical services: Writing and drawing on vertical or slanted chalkboard or whiteboard Erasing and cleaning/ wiping chalkboard or whiteboard Tabletop easels for art or writing Cleaning/ wiping vertical surfaces above eye level (like doors, walls, showers, etc.) It's also important to observe your students and take data to determine what activities calm and stimulate (or over stimulate) your students. You should remember that what calms one student might over stimulate another student. There are so many different ways to incorporate heavy work into your day! Take the time to figure out what works best for your students and then start sprinkling the activities throughout your day!

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STEM and/or STEAM seem to be the popular trends in schools now! It was actually a little over a year and a half ago that several awesome colleagues from my school presented our whole staff with the term STEM. Sure I had been doing aspects of STEM for many years in my classroom, but I loved the way that the whole STEM approach pulled everything together and gave opportunities for students to problem-solve, collaborate, create, and more in an engaging, structured, meaningful way! Since learning more about it, I've been trying to incorporate it on a more regular basis with my second graders...and they LOVE it! As a grade level team we immediately saw the value in STEM, and we found many free STEM lessons and activities on-line, but we knew that we would need to get our hands on a lot of supplies! So, we built a STEM lab in our workroom, through donations of supplies from our classroom families! Here's a FREEBIE copy of a sample STEM supply list to give you an idea of how to start building up your supplies at school too! Download a Copy of a STEM Supply List As a team, we then decided to host a STEM Day last year, to introduce the process to our students and parents! Each teacher took on planning 1 STEM project, and our classes traveled from room to room throughout the day to participate in 4 different projects! The kids ENJOYED every minute! This year, my team has taken on STEM through planning together and participating in our own classrooms independently. My class has already worked on a Georgia Regions and Settlement STEM, marshmallow shooters STEM, and a few other projects. However, my kids and I agree, that our favorite STEM project thus far has been creating Marble Tracks to demonstrate what we learned about force & motion! My kids truly blew me away with their designs this year and as a teacher, I can't think of a better victory than a collective "NOOOOOO!", when telling a class they need to stop learning, working, and talking to go to recess! Another reason I love this particular STEM project, is that you probably have almost everything on hand to put this into place immediately! Check out the pictures of our STEM Tracks below! If you are at all thinking about incorporating STEM into your classroom--DO IT! Take on one small STEM project and get it into the hands of your kids! They will grow, learn, and be engaged and you will reap the rewards of having planned a truly "hands-on" experience for your kids! Here's the link to my How Slow Can You Go? Marble Track STEM project in my TPT Store! Hootfully Yours, Lindsay

Gas Exchange in Respiration: Qualitative Observation of Carbon Dioxide Release It is the time of year for teaching photosynthesis and respiration to my biology students. I think that all biology teachers will agree that these are difficult concepts to teach to our students. Other than genetics, I think that the topics of photosynthesis and respiration may be my favorite topics to teach. I enjoy the chemistry aspects, and I especially enjoy sitting back and marveling at how beautiful these two processes are. I really get excited in my classroom and can often be heard saying, "Isn't it cool how this works?!" Which do you teach first? Personally, I like to teach respiration first. After 28 years of teaching, I find that this approach works best for me. I have tried it both ways, and now I always start with respiration. It is so important to make sure that the students first have a firm grasp on the "big picture". Emphasize the reactants and the products. Make sure the students understand what the end result will be. Then start adding in the details of the chemical reactions. Once the student has a basic understanding of the relationship between these two processes, you can begin to add the details just like hanging ornaments on a Christmas tree. As I move into the more complicated aspects of these chemical reactions, my students become more and more excited. They quickly realize that they can really "see" the chemistry that is taking place. Unfortunately, I have found it very difficult to find good labs to reinforce the concepts of respiration. I find photosynthesis labs to be more more effective. At any rate, today I did this lab with my students: Gas Exchange in Respiration. The basic idea is to show students that living organisms give off carbon dioxide. In the test tubes shown in the picture above, a small amount of phenol red has been added to each tube. Glass beads are added to provide a barrier between the phenol red and the specimens that will be added to each tube. As you look at the picture, the tube to the far left contains a piece of paper toweling that was dipped in a boiled yeast solution. Tube 2 has paper toweling that was dipped into a fresh yeast solution. Tube three contains 5-10 germinated seeds. Tube four contains 5-10 dry seeds. And tube 5 contains only the phenol red and no additional materials. If the organism gives off carbon dioxide it will cause the phenol red to change from red to orange or yellow. The tubes containing boiled yeasts and dry seeds will not show any change in the phenol red. Fresh yeast and germinated seeds are actively respiring and will quickly cause a color change in the phenol red. If you have great lab ideas for respiration, I would love to hear them! Happy Teaching! Gas Exchange in Respiration: Qualitative Observation of Carbon Dioxide Release

Happy Friday everyone! Today I am sharing my next series of anatomy drawings, which will be all about the brachial plexus, its different components, and how it supplies sensory and motor innervation throughout the arm, forearm, and hand. The brachial plexus can be very tricky. One of the best ways I