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Rock BUNDLE: Types of Rocks and the Rock Cycle

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Properties and Uses of Minerals BUNDLE - with Student Workbook

By CrazyScienceLady

Teaching properties and uses of minerals is about to become your FAVORITE!! This bundle contains EVERYTHING you need to teach properties and uses of minerals: PPTS, Notes, activities, mineral identification lab, a puzzle, task cards, and a fabulous

Subjects:

Science, Basic Principles, Earth Sciences

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Task Cards, Lesson

$31.00

$28.00

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Properties of Minerals - Mineral Identification Lab

By CrazyScienceLady

Ready to engage your students with properties of minerals?! It's not middle school science unless you have to identify minerals! Here I've combined data from 27 popular minerals into a table to help your students in identifying common minerals. Two

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Laboratory

$3.00

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Crystal Structure of Minerals: PPT, Notes, Activity

By CrazyScienceLady

Teaching properties of minerals and want something to DO?! Build the crystal shapes! Take the single most boring aspect of minerals, and make it FUN! First, students will take notes with this 23 slide PPT and student fill-in the blank notes that

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations, Handouts

$6.00

Digital Download ZIP (13.74 MB)

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Mohs Hardness Scale - Minerals Worksheet

By CrazyScienceLady

Teaching minerals and want the most CLEVER way to introduce Mohs Hardness Scale?! This puzzle is GENIUS. Students are given a list of 10 statements comparing people's heights. They use those statements to make a list of heights, shortest to tallest.

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Homework

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.15 MB)

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Introduction to Minerals - PPT and Worksheets

By CrazyScienceLady

Minerals do NOT have to be boring! This resource brings the definition of a mineral from blah to EXCITING. Introduce minerals by having students predict from a list which items are vs are not minerals. Students then take notes from a 20-slide

Subjects:

Science, Basic Principles, Earth Sciences

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Handouts, Interactive Notebooks

$4.00

Digital Download ZIP (16.54 MB)

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Types of Rocks - Properties & Uses of Minerals MEGA Bundle - Student Workbooks

By CrazyScienceLady

Types of Rocks and the Rock Cycle AND Properties of Minerals COMBINED Bundles!Tired of textbooks meshing rocks and minerals? Teach them explicitly. I've combined two of my favorite bundles: my Properties and Uses of Mineral Bundle and my Rock

Subjects:

Basic Principles, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Workbooks, Activities, Laboratory

$65.00

$49.00

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Properties of Minerals - PPT and Student Notes

By CrazyScienceLady

Need a ready to go lesson on the properties of minerals?! This 13 slide PPT is jam packed with pictures, definitions, and examples that cover the different mineral properties and tests. Mineral tests included: color, hardness, streak, luster,

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Handouts

$4.00

Digital Download ZIP (21.96 MB)

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Mineral Uses: PPT and Student Notes

By CrazyScienceLady

Teaching minerals doesn't have to be boring! After teaching mineral structure, testing and identification, I finish off my mineral unit with mineral uses! Students LOVE this PPT and notes. The notes in the preview are shown in color, but I always

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Handouts

$4.00

Digital Download ZIP (27.54 MB)

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Properties of Minerals - Posters - Mineral Posters

By CrazyScienceLady

Mineral Posters: Set of 11 mineral posters based on properties of minerals. Great for mineral testing stations or as a colorful bulletin board. Posters describe: color, hardness, Mohs hardness scale, streak, luster, metallic luster, nonmetallic

Subjects:

Science, Basic Principles, Earth Sciences

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Posters

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (1.33 MB)

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Mineral Task Cards

By CrazyScienceLady

Teaching minerals to middle schoolers? You NEED these! These 24 task cards (with student answer sheet and teacher answer key) are the perfect follow up to my other mineral products. These cards cover the definition of what a mineral is (and isn't),

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Task Cards

$4.00

Digital Download ZIP (1.00 MB)

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Earth & Space Science Scope and Sequence

By CrazyScienceLady

Are you looking for a complete Earth and Space Science Curriculum?! In this free download, you can view my Earth Science Curriculum outlined by topic, timing, NGSS, included labs/activities, and materials.Units of Study:Scientific

Subjects:

Earth Sciences

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Unit Plans

FREE

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Minerals and Crystals Review Sheet and Quiz

By CrazyScienceLady

Before you go RUSHING off to teach mineral testing, identification, and uses: STOP! Your students are not going to remember the crystal shapes or what defines a mineral. This review and quiz was designed to follow up my introduction to minerals

Subjects:

Science, Basic Principles, Earth Sciences

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Assessment

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.29 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I've taught middle school science for 8 years. I sponsor dozens of kids each year for science fair, have won the PA Montgomery County Middle School Envirothon for 3 years straight and run labs for various elementary grade levels.

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PA Montgomery County Middle School Science Teacher of the year.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

BSED Secondary Education, Earth and Space Science with an emphasis on Astronomy

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I am a 30-something Christian, wife, and Mother of three. I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my job.