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Evidence for Continental Drift Stations Activity

By Mrs Lyons

In this activity students examine 7 lines of evidence in support for the theory of continental drift. Two modes of running this activity are included either assign teams to become expert groups and then teach the material to the entire class, or

Subjects:

Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Activities, Laboratory, Interactive Notebooks

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Claim Evidence Reasoning Station Activity

By Mrs Lyons

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,

Subjects:

Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Centers

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Measuring Earthquakes Seismic Waves Worksheet

By Mrs Lyons

Worksheet to drill the students on identifying Primary, Secondary waves, determining P-wave and S-Wave arrival times, calculating S-P interval, Determining earthquake epicenters, and distances2 pages | 11 problems.

Subjects:

Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Handouts

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Impulse Momentum Car Seat Crash Test Claim Evidence Reasoning Activity

By Mrs Lyons

Do you want your students to apply the concepts of force, acceleration, impulse and momentum to real world scenario? Do you want them to see actual data to determine forces during collisions? This is a perfect activity for you.Students will analyze

Subjects:

Anatomy, Physics, Physical Science

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Task Cards

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Claims Evidence Reasoning Science Bookmarks Cheat Sheet

By Mrs Lyons

Do your students have trouble constructing scientific explantations? Or arguing from evidence? Do you have trouble getting your students to write their science explanations using the claims, evidence, and reasoning framework? Did you painstakingly

Subjects:

Science

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Study Guides, Interactive Notebooks, Centers

CCSS:

W.9-10.1, W.9-10.7, RST.9-10.1, RST.9-10.7, RST.11-12.1, RST.11-12.7

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Mapping Earthquakes and Volcanoes

By Mrs Lyons

NGSS aligned video lesson and activity handout for getting students to map volcanoes and earthquakes using latitudes and longitudes. Have students determine which places are earthquake risky and earthquake safe. Develop the evidence for plate

Subjects:

Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Activities, Handouts, Video Files

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Solar Energy Cost Analysis Worksheet

By Mrs Lyons

Students use their math skills to determine whether the solar panels generate cheaper or more expensive electricity for a generic location, and also for the city of Chicago. (You can change this to your locale).Answer key is included.

Subjects:

Math, Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Worksheets, Homework, Interactive Notebooks

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MS-PS4-3 Sending a Snapchat Using Waves Activity

By Mrs Lyons

In this activity, students will use the characteristics of waves to encode and send a Snapchat message to a classmate. They will then decode the message they received using their knowledge of frequency, wavelength and amplitude and transform the

Subjects:

Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Activities, Laboratory, Printables

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Lab Activity Effect of Sunspots on Satellites (Claims Evidence Reasoning Task)

By Mrs Lyons

A short lab activity for astronomy or earth space science. Students make a double line graph of the number of sunspots and the number of crashed satellites in a given year. Then they look for patterns and write a science conclusion utilizing claim,

Subjects:

Science, Astronomy, Engineering

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Homework

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Binder Check Rubric

By Mrs Lyons

This is a rubric that I have used for 4 years now with my high school students in conjunction with organized binder system. It's a rubric that evaluates the organization of their binder on a 1-5 point scale. Rubric can be used in two ways. As a

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For All Subject Areas

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Assessment, Classroom Forms, Rubrics

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Seismic Waves Shadow Zones Worksheet

By Mrs Lyons

A worksheet that brings it all together for students. Concepts included: Earth's internal layers, Seismic Waves, P-waves, S-waves, Angle, Distance. 16 questions Answer Key!

Subjects:

Science, Geology

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Interactive Notebooks

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Scale of the Universe Performance Task Activity

By Mrs Lyons

This activity is designed to get students to grasp the understanding of the enormous size of our universe.Skills practiced:* Scientific notation* Metric units and conversions* Proportional thinking* ModelingStudents use the size information

Subjects:

Math, Science

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Task Cards

CCSS:

6.RP.A.1, 7.RP.A.2, RST.6-8.7, MP2, MP4

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Restorative Justice Conversation Starters Lanyard Cards

By Mrs Lyons

Restorative justice converstation starter cards. These cards can be used to start a reflective conversation with a student who was misbehaving or causing some sort of a disruption in class. The questions or sentence starters on the cards guide the

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Scripts, Task Cards

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Plate Tectonics Stations Activity for High School Earth Science

By Mrs Lyons

7 Stations to teach plate tectonics to students.Teachers: You will need copies of student note page for each students. You will need to make copies of station pages and task cards as well as gather the materials for station 2 and also two

Subjects:

Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Interactive Notebooks

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Kinetic and Potential Energy Conservation Worksheet

By Mrs Lyons

Kinetic and Potential energy worksheet with answer key. This practice assignment allows the students to apply the idea of conservation of energy means, using the mathematics that the total change of energy in any system is always equal to the total

Subjects:

Science, Physics, Physics

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education

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Worksheets, Handouts, Assessment

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Measuring Earthquakes Seismic Wave Test

By Mrs Lyons

Assessment of student knowledge and skills that tests the following concepts: 1) Seismic Waves 2) Seismograms 3) P-waves vs S-waves 4) Epicenter 5) Richter Scale 6) Mercalli Magnitude 7) Locating the earthquake epicenter NGSS Alignment: MS-ESS3-2.

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, Geology

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment

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Wave Interference Graph Analysis Task

By Mrs Lyons

Students analyze two graphs to determine wavelengths, amplitudes, frequencies and the shape of the resulting wave after interference.

Subjects:

Math, Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment, Interactive Notebooks

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Earth Making of a Planet Movie Worksheet | Video Lab | Note Page

By Mrs Lyons

An assignment for students to complete as they watch "Earth: Making of a Planet" movie documentary. The video takes students through topics such as formation of the solar system, formation of the earth and moon, differentiation of the Earth,

Subjects:

Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Laboratory

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Earth's Energy Budget Modeling Activity

By Mrs Lyons

Model using mathematics the incoming and outgoing energy of our planet. Students complete a diagram using the accompanying modeling cards. Solve for missing information algebraically. Then use their finished model to answer comprehension and

Subjects:

Science

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Centers

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Popcorn Dating | Radiometric or Carbon Dating Activity

By Mrs Lyons

Do your students struggle with radiometric or Carbon dating? This activity is an engaging way to introduce the concept of dating to your students. It relies on a concept they already understand - popcorn popping in the microwave. Included in this

Subjects:

Science

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Task Cards

CCSS:

MP3, MP4, MP7

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Taught for 14 years and counting at Chicago Public Schools

MY TEACHING STYLE

Direct, Socratic questioning, STEM, inquiry based.

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Framework Specialist

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

M.Ed. STEM Leadership B.S. Astronomy & Astrophysics - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Illinois Teaching Certification - Astronomy, Earth Space Science

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