A visual presentation deck for the 'Storm Watchers' lesson, featuring vocabulary definitions, the 'Severe Weather' video embed, discussion prompts about tornado updrafts, and engineering solutions.
A two-page sorting activity where students match organisms from the Arctic, Desert, and Coral Reef to their correct ecosystems and identify producers.
A visual slide deck exploring energy flow in extreme ecosystems (Arctic, Desert, Reef) and introducing the concept of wildlife crossings.
A creative two-page design activity where students draft a wildlife bridge to solve habitat fragmentation and analyze its impact on energy flow.
An aquatic food web worksheet where students identify producers/consumers and draw energy flow arrows for a pond ecosystem.
A two-page cut-and-paste activity where students build a terrestrial food web for a forest ecosystem and draw energy flow arrows.
A visual slide deck introducing food webs, the difference between food chains and webs, and contrasting terrestrial and aquatic energy foundations.
A one-page reading passage about energy flow and trophic levels, followed by four multiple-choice comprehension questions.
A comprehensive single-page teacher-facing resource providing the answer key for all student activities, including the new wildlife bridge design project and the habitat hike.
A comprehensive matching and identification worksheet focusing on trophic level vocabulary, including a fixed 4-level diagram lab for color-coding.
A colorful two-page cut-and-paste activity where students assemble an energy pyramid using trophic labels and specific prairie organisms.
A visual slide deck introducing energy pyramids, trophic levels (producers to tertiary consumers), and the 10% energy transfer rule.
A participant handout for Lesson 2 (Decomposition) with a Rally Coach section for low-lift tasks, a Professional Blueprint for classroom application, and a reflective Coach's Corner connecting early exposure to long-term CS success.
A 5-slide presentation for Lesson 2 (Decomposition) featuring the Allison Cuttler quote, the video intro, Rally Coach instructions, and professional application examples across storytelling, standards, and math.
Updated facilitation guide for Lesson 2 (Decomposition), featuring quotes from Krauss & Prottsman and Allison Cuttler, a Rally Coach instructional strategy, and cross-curricular connections from literacy to industrial tech.
A comprehensive scoring guide for teachers to assess students' biome box projects and written reports, covering accuracy, creativity, writing, and presentation.
A naturalist-themed worksheet for students to document their biome box project, featuring sentence starters, short response areas, and sections for climate, flora, fauna, and project reflection.
A comprehensive instructional guide for teachers to facilitate the water purification experiment. Includes lab prep recipes, facilitating prompts, answer keys, and troubleshooting tips.
A visual presentation guide for teaching the concepts of physical filtration and phase-change purification. Includes clear visual aids and a lab safety overview.
A comprehensive guide for students to conduct a two-part water purification experiment using filtration and evaporation. Includes safety tips, material lists, and observation sections.
A comprehensive teacher's guide for the Cycle Seekers lesson, including learning objectives, pacing, discussion prompts, and notes on common misconceptions. Optimized for single-page use.