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Economics laboratories for special education
Tragedy of the Commons Lab, Colored Goldfish, AP Environmental Science
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 class. Materials needed: colored goldfish, straws, butcher paper, markers. This lab is readily available for free, but my version greatly simplifies it for teachers, and enhances it for students by using different colors of goldfish to represent differen
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9th - 12th
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Potential and Kinetic Energy Phet Skate Park Simulation Digital UDL Lesson
Lesson on potential and kinetic energy using google slides and the phet energy skate park simulation. Interactive lesson with NGSS science standards made accessible for all students with UDL principals. Includes multiple slides of questions on the relationship of kinetic and potential energy and the affect of mass and height on kinetic and potential energy. Product also includes an extension activity.
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-5
, MS-PS3-1
Plate Tectonics LAB: Yummy! Eat Your Boundaries (Graham Crackers and Fluff)
EAT YOUR PLATES AND YOUR ASTHENOSPHERE! Graham cracker based plate tectonic boundaries lab. A dynamic tutorial on plate boundaries and model manipulation that kids LOVE! You can eat it too!
Loaded with COLOR and IMAGES!
This is a can’t miss lab! You can use the images provided OR use actual lab materials to mimic the lab procedure provided!
This lab includes the following:
-Terminology-asthenosphere, lithosphere, plate boundaries, convergent, divergent, transform, oceanic crust, contin
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion: ELLIPSE LAB - Loaded with FUN!
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Come explore a beautiful marriage of both math and science. Experience Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion like you never have before. In this dynamic ellipse lab, content and inquiry go hand in hand. This special creation is applicable to many ability and grade levels. This is lab is LOADED starting with Kepler’s 3 Laws. First, the law of ellipses. Second, the law of equal areas. Third, th
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6th - 12th
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Diffusion and Osmosis Lab Packets
This lab packet contains 1 Skittles Diffusion Experiment and 1 Osmosis Gummy Bear Experiment. Both labs come with a list of materials needed, directions for setting it up, student data sheets to record their observations, and questions about each lab. The packet also includes quick wrap-up notes for the following day to reinforce the skills discovered in the experiment. and eliminate any misconceptions. I'm also including a FREE watercolors diffusion art activity that both you and your studen
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9th - 12th
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Plate Tectonics, Pangaea, and Continental Drift LAB (Lots of FUN!!!)
Meet the ULTIMATE Super Continent! PANGAEA! Come experience an in depth tutorial and analysis of Pangaea, its before, and its after. A variety of fun and engaging pedagogical strategies (some you have probably never seen before) including:
-Puzzle construction: colorful with differentiated symbols to denote: cynognathus fossils, mesosaurus fossils, glossopteris fossils, lystrosaurus fossils, young rock formations, and old rock formations. Using a color/symbol coded key students assemble a
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5th - 9th, Adult Education
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Moon Phases and OREO COOKIE LAB. A TRUE HIT! (Yummy for ALL Ages!)
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"REACH INC."-EMPOWERING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
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Understanding moon phases can be difficult for a student or adult of any age. According to the NSF (National Science Foundation), the conceptual process of the moon phases is "misunderstood by adults just as much as children." Well, it's time to fix that! And you can use OREO cookies to help you.
This is a comprehensive activity and mini-lab in which students investigate the dynamic yet pr
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3rd - 8th
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Mealworm Activity Pack
Teaching about life cycles?
Mealworms allow students to observe complete metamorphosis - little set-up, easy to do and minimal care required. You will need a few months to complete - but checking once a week on these little guys would be effective.
Mealworms go through stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Your students will love watching the worms change to pupas and then into adults (beetles).
TWO FORMATS
1. designed for students with significant cognitive disabilities - icons for observations
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1st - 5th
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LAB - Sugar Cube Weathering
This is a lab activity about physical weathering (abrasion) and chemical weathering (affect of temperature and surface area). Students will model abrasion by shaking sugar cubes in plastic bottles. Then, they will model the affect of temperature on weathering and the affect of surface area on weathering using sugar cubes.
This is a fun lab for students and is very cost-effective. I have students bring in empty gatorade bottles (they are hard plastic and will last for years). Sugar cubes can be
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8th - 12th
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Scientific Method Sequence Display Cards
Scientific Method Display Cards are a great resource to reinforce the steps to the scientific method as well a supporting science fair project work. This product includes two levels of differentiation, one with picture supported text and the second level using sight word sentences. It is recommended that the two levels are attached to the front and back of sentence strips to create an instructional activity that can be used to address diverse literacy skills within the same activity.Scientific
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K - 12th
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Scientific Method: SAVING SAM THE GUMMY WORM! Kids say, "So much FUN!"
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-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-
SAVING SAM (GUMMY WORM) is a VERY POPULAR lab introducing the scientific method commonly found anywhere between 4th and 8th grade. Check out the preview! This lab is also used in pedagogy classes for science education in undergraduate and graduate school. This is a modified lab geared towards lower ability levels and/or students that do not ha
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3rd - 8th
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Mixtures and Solutions using trail mix and kool aid- great for ESE
Students will create their own trail mix and kool-aid to demonstrate the difference between mixtures and special types of mixtures called solutions. I teach in a special-ed classroom and utilizing their measuring skills, and involving their taste buds make it easier for them to make a connection to the content.
You will need (per student, makes 1 cup. They could split with a partner or take home.)
¼ cup goldfish
¼ cup pretzels
¼ cup dried cranberries
¼ cup cereal
individual kool-aid packets
M
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6th - 8th
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One Item Therapy {Candy Peeps}
It’s all about simple with this product. With the busy schedules we have, I wanted a packet that would be meaningful and fun for our students but also didn’t require a lot of precious prep-time. This is the perfect packet to grab out around Easter and Spring Break and covers your entire caseload with activities for language, grammar, social language and articulation. For most of the activities, all you need are the Candy Peeps! For a few of the experiments, you need a few other common items.Thes
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Not Grade Specific
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Measurement: VOLUME LAB (Water Displacement Method / Irregular Objects)
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-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-
Volume - WATER DISPLACEMENT METHOD LAB (Irregular Objects)
Great scientific method and physical science lab!
Volume measurement of irregular objects. A dynamic 3-part lab/activity that DOES NOT require lab materials. Using the water displacement method students will calculate the volume of the following objects: ring, aluminum cylinder, glas
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3rd - 8th
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12 Science Experiments to use in Special Education
These 12 different experiments allow students with autism and special learning needs to conduct real experiments with as much independence as possible while still following the scientific method. They are structured to allow students to make the necessary connections to the content while working through the 6 steps of the Scientific Method.✩✩✩ PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE THE SAME EXPERIMENTS INCLUDED IN THE SCIENCE UNITS LISTED BELOW. YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE THE UNITS TO BE ABLE TO DO THE EXPER
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6th - 8th
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Life Skills Scrambled Eggs | Cooking Competition Cooking Lab | FCS
Grab your aprons and chef’s hats for this fun and eggciting scrambled egg cooking lab to teach life skills. Students will turn eggs into a delicious masterpiece in this eggcellent cooking activity. In this lesson, students will come up with their own scrambled egg recipe and have it be presented to judges! They will practice creativity, time management skills, and use teamwork to put their best eggs forward. Students will be placed into groups of three or four for this scrambled egg competition
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Life Skills Cooking Competition Bundle Part 2
Cloud in a Bottle LAB (BEST LAB OF THE YEAR!)
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-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-
KIDS SAY - Their FAVORITE LAB OF THE YEAR! A lab for all ages! Check out the preview! Cloud in a bottle lab. Incorporates the properties of the troposphere, where clouds form, recipe for a cloud, scientific method, data collection, data analysis, and conclusion questions. In color with a color coded in order answer key. This lab can be dif
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4th - 9th
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NYS Cool It! Guided Lab Presentation & Pre-lab Boom Card Deck
In this resource you will find a copy of a Boom card deck to familiarize students with the data tables they will have to interpret and create in the Cool It! Lab Investigation. This set can be done as a pre-lab activity. Also included in this resource are two guided lab presentations of the student directions packet, student answer packet 1 and student answer packet 2, that break down the investigation step by step. It also provides visuals for students and simplifies the questions. Fill in the
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-PS3-4
, MS-PS3-3
Force, Motion and Work Unit
In this download you will find:- Introduction Power Point for terminology (can be printed as a word wall)- Introduction Power Point for Newton's Laws- Note sheet to go with the two power points- Force practice Sheet - Force do now - Work guided practice sheet- Work independent practice sheet- Work homework- Force and work quiz- how does this ball move lab*** for the set up of the lab, you need two pencils and rubber band between them and a ball that you can flick with the rubber band. Set up a r
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4th - 10th
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Also included in:Â BUNDLE: FORCE, MOTION & WORK - Digital and Printable
Rock Cycle CRAYON LAB (A MUST HAVE! Unique and So Much Fun!)
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-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-
CRAYON LAB! So much fun!!!
Kids LOVE THIS LAB! Instead of using crayons to color, use crayons to demonstrate the rock cycle! 2 separate activities for differentiated levels.
Pairs great with the DICE GAME found at the link below:
ROCK CYCLE DICE GAME
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3rd - 10th
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Plate Tectonics: Make Your Own VOLCANO LAB! (Extended Version; EASY TO DO; FUN)
This is the extended version complete with actual procedural photographs.
MAKE YOU OWN VOLCANO! IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!
This version provides pictures in case one does not actually have the materials below. If materials are available to you, see below for must haves and optional materials.
Material MUST HAVES: Flask, stopper or cork, baking soda, and vinegar.
Optional materials to enhance the experience: paper towels, tape, ruler, beaker, goggles, and scissors.
This kid and adult frie
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3rd - 9th
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Easy Speech Experiments Growing Bundle Speech Therapy Language Articulation Stem
GROWING BUNDLE Easy Speech Experiments Speech Language and Articulation activity. This activity is easy to prep in a 1/2in binder with some interactive pieces included.This bundle includes:•Following Directions•Requesting•AAC/Expanding MLU•Comprehension•Articulation•Fluency•Present&PastTense Verbs•Sequencing•Narrative Retell•Inferencing•Scientific Method•Vocabulary•WH Qs•Object/Function•Identify Objects•Basic Concepts•Category Sort•Describing•Compare/Contrast•Play Props
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K - 5th
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NYS It's Alive? Pre-lab Packet
In this resource you will find pre-lab activities that correlate with each claim seen in the NYS lab. This Pre-lab is indented to help scaffold and prepare students to complete the NYS It’s Alive lab Investigation. Each claim is provided with a proof to help deepen students understanding and reinforce the material that they will be exposed to. The slides and images are not exact to the ones provided in the teacher materials packet but are very similar. An answer key is provided. Please note that
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-1
Unit 1-Food Safety; Food and Nutrition (HFN/HFA) Ready with Mini-Inquiry (ON/BC)
This is originally created for Food and Nutrition 11/12 in BC; after teaching in an Ontario curriculum for some time now, I have adjusted this to fit the expectations of the course: HFN1O/2O in the Ontario curriculum. This has been designed with accommodations available for ELL students and students with special needs in some cases. For the most part, there is an excess of acitvities for the teachers to choose from. The work periods as scattered in weeks 3 and 4 where students will be preparing
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Grades:
7th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-3
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Cost-Benefit Analysis
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