Matter and energy in ecosystems answer Key

This project incorporates everything learned about matter cycling, energy cycling, food webs, and biomes into one culminating project. Students will observe an ecosystem, take their own pictures, and design a presentation about their ecosystem which includes a description of the ecosystem, animals and plants they observed, which biome their ecosystem is in, how matter cycles through it, and how the plants and animals and a decomposer interact in the ecosystem by creating a food web.This document

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Strengthen your ✿ Odd and Even Numbers ✿ skills with these fun, spring-themed Boom Cards™. This package includes 30 self-correcting, self-grading, digital learning task cards in Boom Cards™ format that can be used on devices like smartphones, tablets, computers, and interactive whiteboards. These are great for distance learning, learning at home, as well as in-class activities. *NOTE: Boom Cards™ are internet-dependent activities which require a modern browser. If you'd prefer downloadable (

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Learn about the factors that affect blood flow in the cardiovascular system through this board game. Great review for finals and Biology EOCs, as well as practice within a cardiovascular system unit. In this game, students roll dice to move through the blood vessel landing on spaces that have different interactions. There are scenarios and quiz questions.This file includes: Teacher notes, game rules, 15 scenarios, 14 quiz questions (2 answer choice option), 8 1/2 x 11 game board, 11 x 17 gam

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Distance Learning Resource (if needed) A cash flow tracker is used as a place to write down all income and expenses that an individual or business experiences over a given time period, in this case 1 month. Students (or adults) will be asked to track all income (salary, gifts, dividends, allowance) and all outgoings (spending investing, and saving to other accounts) for one month. This information is then used to help individuals, families, and businesses identify where they are currently spendi

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Transitions words and phrases are like traffic signals; they are essential to keeping a smooth "flow!" Without appropriate transitions, the reader may get lost, lose interest, or simply CRASH into confusion! These 15 road trip-themed task cards will help your students identify the best transition words and phrases to connect ideas. I have incorporated a variety of time-order, compare/contrast, cause and effect, and addition/elaboration transition words, such as:- First, next, then, after that, f

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Get your students' creative juices flowing! This create-your-own invention activity allows them to think of their own invention, draw a picture, give it a name, name a price, and write about how it works, who it will help, and what problem it solves. This activity could be used with younger students for a creative activity, or you can use it as I did with older students as part of a novel unit (students design an invention that would help a character in the novel).

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A template for a butterfly life cycle flow map and publishing paper for students to write final drafts. Makes for a beautiful bulletin board for spring, Open House, or any time of year!The template includes the title in the cloud, the leaves, the text (egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly), and the arrows as shown in the photo. Step-by-step directions with pictures are provided for the craft. The writing paper comes with different template options and 2 choices for title headings: "Butterfly L

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Up your classroom slides game with this beautiful set of EDITABLE Classroom Slides. Streamline your planning and instruction, maximize your instructional time by creating flow in your classroom, and provide a consistent visual for all learners that supports classroom management.Classroom Slides are the perfect addition to any classroom, sure to keep you organized, on track, and the added color and flair doesn’t hurt! This Plant Lady Vibes set is cute, unique, and a little bit funky. Beautiful pa

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These high school biology homework pages or worksheets are full of pictures, diagrams, and deeper questions covering Hardy Weinberg equilibrium and population genetics, speciation, biogeography, phylogenetic trees, geologic time, gene flow, and much more!This unit is part of my High School Biology for the Whole Year Bundle. Check out the preview for a lot more details, pictures, and a list of learning goals! These are non-editable PDFs.Frequently Asked Questions:1. Why should you purchase thi

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Groundwater Aquifers - Reading Comprehension and Substitute Plan allows students to read and explore the huge volume of water flowing beneath our feet for which we take for granted and are putting at risk this most vital of resources.Included is a 4-page reading (Narrative, Hydrologic Cycle, Septic Systems, Tailings Dam), 4-page (27-questions) comprehension, word search, and comprehension questions answer key.Groundwater Aquifers may be incorporated in English Language Arts, Science, and Social

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This set is perfect for your first, second grade, and third grade students. These digital slides cover a variety of properties of matter including: size, weight, temperature, material, shape, color, texture, and flexibility. This is set up as a Flow Magic set, so if you only want your students to do a couple of the properties, they can do that! _______________________________________________________________________⚠️Save $$$ with the BIG BUNLE! Do not purchase this if you have my 1st Grade Mat

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Looking for introduction to accounting resources to integrate into your financial unit? This bundle includes 8, easy to use, low-prep activities that will engage your high school students. Topics covered in these activities include: Assets, Liabilities, Owner's Equity, Accounting Equation, Financial Statements (Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and Income Statement), Invoice, Purchase Order, and keeping accurate financial records.I use these resources in my Introduction to Business and Mar

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Narrative writing prompts for reluctant writers and writers of all abilities in 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grade. These imaginative story starters, covering a range of subjects and genres, feature a high-quality visual stimulus, word bank, first sentence or part sentence, sentence starters, and prompt questions to get ideas flowing. Ideal for the whole class as regular warm up activities, morning work, daily quick writes, early finisher challenges, homework tasks, main writing lessons, sub lessons,

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Coloring pages have recently become a huge hit all over the world. In my new series of word wall coloring pages, you can bring the excitement of coloring into your middle school and high school science classrooms.This set includes the words: Evolution, population genetics, homologous, analogous, vestigial, convergent evolution, divergent evolution, natural selection, Charles Darwin, gene flow, genetic drift, DNA evidence, comparative anatomy, embryology, the fossil record, biogeography. All imag

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This unit plan includes 5-day lesson plans for Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (All of Unit 1) of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys for Second Grade. The flow of each day's lesson includes a whole group phonemic awareness and phonics lesson, a whole group shared reading lesson, abbreviated small group guided reading plans, grammar lessons and word lists. Teacher's Edition page numbers are noted. Each lesson's plans are two pages. These plans were written from the 2014 edition but these plans ARE comp

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Volcanoes Cootie Catchers/ Fortune Tellers: These cootie catchers on volcanoes are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different types of volcanoes and their subsequent features. These cootie catchers contain the following vocabulary terms about volcanoes: ♦ Volcano, Shield volcano, Cinder cone volcano, Composite volcano, Vent, Hot spot, Magma chamber, Caldera And ♦ Lava, Magma, Aa, Pahoehoe, Pill

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This pack addresses or compliments your teaching of the following Virginia standards for science 4.9. It includes foldables, worksheets, notepages, graphic organizers, cut and paste activities and more. • Virginia is rich in a wide variety of natural resources, including forests, arable (farmable) land, coal, sand and aggregates (rocks), wildlife and aquatic organisms, clean water and air, and beautiful scenery. • A watershed is an area over which surface water (and the materials it carries) fl

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Narrative writing prompts with photos for reluctant writers and writers of all abilities in 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grade. Here is a BUNDLE of 40 printable full-page cards in PDF format, or you can assign them as digital activities with Easel. These imaginative story starters, covering a range of subjects and genres, feature a high-quality visual stimulus, word bank, first sentence or part sentence, sentence starters, and prompt questions to get ideas flowing. Ideal for the whole class as regular

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This unit plan includes 5-day lesson plans for Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (All of Unit 1) of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys for KINDERGARTEN. These plans were written from the 2014 edition but these plans ARE compatible with the 2017 edition. There may be some small differences in page numbers, but the work of the Unit is the same.These plans are saved in docx format so that you can edit them the way you want. The flow of each day's lesson includes a whole group warm up, phonemic awareness, a

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A colorful, four level, noise chart that will help you teach your students the different ranges of noise to use inside the classroom. From announcer's voice, to inside voice, to whisper, and finally to no voice. Enjoy choosing from two different color palette's! chart, flow, noise, level, colorful, color, tool, classroom management, classroom decoration

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Total makeover for 2017!It's Apples and Pumpkins time! Fall is here! This packet contains literacy and math activities that you and your children will "fall" in love with. They will help you teach your children life science standards at the same time as the math and literacy standards. This packet includes math activities for number, measurement, volume, pie graph, counting, graphing, counting, number combinations, patterning, and addition. And, in literacy it has venn diagrams, characters, non

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These review task cards are an awesome way to check your student's understanding of simple machines and force and motion. These task cards can be used as a SCOOT game, a game of memory, or even Jeopardy! Task cards cover ecosystems, abiotic factors, biotic factors, producers, consumers, decomposers, energy, predator versus prey, food chains, scavengers, adaptations, camouflage, color & mimicry, behavior, and extinction. Includes: - 28 task cards - recording sheet - answer key These task ca

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Are you teaching the human heart but having trouble finding kid-friendly, engaging text, activities, and diagrams? This resource includes everything you need to teach your upper elementary students about the human heart and circulation. Both a print and interactive digital version made for Google slides are included. Activities cover heart facts, pulse, blood flow in the heart, parts of the heart, heart health, heart illnesses, and heart vocabulary. Students will love the fun, engaging activitie