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The educational units found on this website use
well crafted, engaging, and interactive
PowerPoint presentations to deliver an entire
unit of study.  The class notes, lab activities,
projects, discussion questions, and review
games are meaningful, the built-in quizzes and
constant questions involve the class and
challenge them.  A bundled homework package
chronological follows the slideshow to help
reinforce class lessons.  These units will have
your students at the edge of their seats.
This is a typical red colored slide
which means it's very important and
should be recorded in the students
science journal.  By color coding
slides students automatically record
the important notes without
prompting.  The words are always
posted in large 32 font and at the
top of the slide so all can see.  The
unit notes include these important
red slides with visuals.
In this slide, a shade technique is used
to cover up notes so students cannot
jump ahead.  The picture will change
before the next shade box is revealed.  
The teacher can have the students
guess the upcoming notes before they
are presented.  Text per slide is always
limited, and color coding helps to
maintain focus.  Transition effects are
never used.  The approach to
PowerPoint is always step by step.
Each unit comes with a multi-page
assessment (8-48 pages) and modified
assessment that chronologically follows
the PowerPoint slideshow for nightly
homework.  These assessments
require students to review class notes,
activities, and labs in their science
journal in order to complete these
challenging assessments.  Nightly
homework becomes staying current
with daily lessons.  This set-up allows
students to complete the assessment
when it fits into their busy schedule.
Labs, demonstrations, questions,
simulations, and other activities are
constantly spread throughout the unit.  The
directions are not over complicated, and the
visuals help students to quickly set-up and
then correctly conduct the activity.  A visual
with a blank spreadsheet and worksheet is
provided.  The activities always include
questions and usually a graphing exercise.  
Answers are provided at the end.  This
system has allowed me to make the most of
scheduling constraints.
Most aspects of a unit can be modified to fit any curriculum or time
requirement.  The PowerPoint slideshows (.ppt), assessments (.doc), and class
notes (.doc) can be altered to fit your own needs.  The nice part about these
units are they can be easily updated, used year after year, and have already
been used in an extremely busy and challenging classroom with great results.t
Each unit contains many visual
oriented questions based on a topic or
concept the students have just learned.
The teacher can use a variety of
questioning techniques to get everyone
in the class involved.  These types of
slides challenge the students and help
the teacher gauge understanding.  
Answers are color coded and always
provided on the next slide.
In this slide, the teacher is made
aware of a demonstration /
activity that will occur in several
days.  Having the entire unit
organized in advance keeps the
unit moving in a positive
direction. The students will learn
the content just in time for the lab.
After purchase, add your own
favorite labs and activities to the
unit.    
Each unit also comes with
detailed unit notes.  These are
the important red slides,
important visuals, and much
more.  These are great for
students who require extra
assistance and for your
support professionals.  I print
these up in advance and
distribute them to the students
and staff who need them.
Each unit also comes with between 1-7
PowerPoint review games (125 slides
each).  Each game has 20 questions
and 5 for fun bonus questions. A Final
question also allows the students to
wager points.  Answers are provided in
PowerPoint form so students can self
assess.  A blank template sheet is
provided.  I usually play them in small
table groups with quiet communication.
You can decide if you want to allow the
use of science journals or not.  These
are a really nice review opportunity.
Each unit is loaded with visual quizzes to help reinforce class lessons.  I usually
let my students use their science journal but you can also use them as a more
formal assessment.  The quizzes are usually visually based and have students
record the name of the picture or concept learned.  In this quiz, students are
deciding if the picture is a mono or dicotyledon.  Answers are provided after the
quiz.  The question is presented one last time before the answer is revealed so
the teacher can call upon students to help gauge understanding.  A student
favorite bonus question concludes each quiz.
In this slide, the teacher is made
aware of a relevant video that can
be played.  Just click the provided
link to access that video on the
internet.  The videos are short
clips (2-7 minutes) and extremely
engaging.  These short clips are a
great way to review material
throughout the lesson.  
A blank spreadsheet is provided for
the students at the beginning of lab
activities.  This helps the students
organize their data correctly if using
a journal.  In most cases I also
provide a spreadsheet that shows
the expected data so you can
discuss the findings if you don't have
the time or resources to conduct the
activity.
Students are asked to graph their data
after they have completed the lab activity.  
A blank graph template is provided to
assist the students.  Questions are then
provided and followed by the answers.  All
of the questions are presented at once,
and then addressed one at a time.  
Students are always encouraged to use
data in their responses and will use a
variety of graphs throughout the units.
In this slide the teacher is made aware
of a reading that is available.  The
teacher will find the reading in the
activities folder.  Most are only a few
pages and include questions for the
students to answer.  Students are
usually given a choice to answer 3 or
more questions from a large list.  The
questions range from easy to difficult
which is great for the mixed
classroom.
Units also come with many other
activities and games such as
crossword puzzles and printed
board games.  You will find these
review opportunities in the activities
folder.  These are great to have in
your bag of tricks for sub plans or
when the unexpected interrupts your
day.  A word bank is provided for
the crossword puzzle which can be
removed to make it more or less
challenging.
Many units also come with flash
cards.  The teacher prints up the
flash cards and then the students
cut them out.  Some of the flash
cards are your standard flash card
with their term and definition that
gets folded to create the card.  
Other flash card sets have the
students arrange the term,
definition, and picture in a row to
create a match.  Both are great for
student who need them.
Many units also come with flash
cards.  The teacher prints up the
flash cards and then the students
cut them out.  Some of the flash
cards are your standard flash card
with a term and definition.  Other
flash card sets have the students
arrange the term, definition, and
picture in a row on a flat surface to
create a match.  Both are great for
students and support staff who can
use them.
Each part to the unit PowerPoint ends with several hidden box game
challenges.  A relevant picture from the unit is hidden beneath some shapes.  
Each slide uncovers more of the picture as students try and guess what's
beneath.  I only allow one guess per student so the anticipation builds.  This is a
great way to end the unit as students review all that we have learned.  The
students visual memory is quite unbelievable.
Each part of the PowerPoint roadmap has a find
the hidden owl somewhere in the slideshow game.  
One tiny cartoon owl is hidden somewhere
between 1-900 slides for each Part of the unit.  
The student that spots the owl must raise their
hand in the air when they see it.  I added this
hidden owl game into a slideshow many years ago
and it became an immediate sensation.  Your
students will go bonkers over this.  If you don't
want the owl in the units, it will only take a few
seconds to delete those slides.  This is mostly just
for fun, but having a reward handy gets some
students focused on the board and not trouble.
Detailed answer keys are also
provided for the bundled
homework package, modified
version, crossword puzzles,
and much more.  These are
great for teachers, support
staff, and homeschool parents.
 A rubric is also provided to
assist in grading science
journals.
Navigating through a unit is a snap.
Each unit consists of folders with
homework packages, unit notes,
answer keys, lab activities, and
general information.   The
PowerPoint slideshows are labeled
Part I, Part II, etc., and the bundled
homework package, unit notes,
PowerPoint review games, and
much more chronologically follow
the PowerPoint roadmap.
Periodic slides are placed  
throughout the slideshow at natural
breaks to remind students about
the bundled homework.  This slide
reminds students that they should
be close to page 7 in their
homework package.  I require
students to record this information
in their assignment book.  Staying
organized becomes part of the
daily lesson and throughout the unit.
Every unit also includes a coloring
and labeling page that's always a
student favorite and terrific sub
plan if needed.  Students record
notes and information in the
margins next to relevant sketches.  
The students can then color as
desired.  I tape them all together at
the end of the year and laminate
for a nice culminating wall poster.
Each unit also comes with an
available sheet folder for those
teachers who don't want to use
journals or just want to change things
up.  A slide within the slideshow
reminds the teacher and student when
these sheets are available.  These
sheets are great for classwork and
allow the teacher to collect as
necessary.  Lab activities have
available sheets with spread sheets
for organizing data, questions, and
blank graphs to speed things along.
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Also included in each unit is a student version folder.  The
student version is much like the teachers but is missing the
answer key to the bundled homework, built-in quizzes,
PowerPoint review games, hidden box games, owl,
crosswords, and many of the surprises that are meant for
the classroom.  I distribute the entire student version
curriculum / units to the students at the beginning of the
year.  I also provide my support professionals a copy of
each unit.  Students, parents, and support staff can use the
slideshow for assistance to complete the homework and
for further exploration.  I also place the student version on
an accessible computer in the back of my classroom for
the students to use during work time and after school help.