Science Education Idea Exchange

Here are the new additions since my last post: 1. Ecology Escape Puzzle Room This puzzle escape room would be great as a review or a day there is a sub in the classroom. Topics covered are food webs, food chains. energy pyramids, abiotic versus biotic factors, limiting factors, carrying capacity, and symbiotic relationships. Hints for the clues are all printable and distractors are included. The instructions tells you how the clues are solved, the code, and where it leads to next. 2. States of Matter Vocabulary Note Sheet The states of matter note sheet has key terms for a unit on phase changes, thermal energy definitions of states of matter, and molecule movement. Pair this with your favorite reading, presentation, or video for students to summarize the key terms and concepts. (Background information is not included.) 3. Plate Tectonic Review Games Bundle This bundle includes two activities over plate tectonics to help students review vocabulary terms on plate motion and concepts. The...

 I have been busy, but it took me awhile before I posted some new products. Here they are: Christmas Escape Puzzle Room Celebrate Christmas and the winter in style! This escaped room is designed with four different codes (numerical, letter, and directional) hidden in puzzles and visual clues that lead to matching Christmas presents with their missing tags. The students are told they are Santa's elves on Christmas Eve. Bundles Autumn Holiday Escape Puzzle Rooms: Halloween & Thanksgiving Cells & Genetics Escape Puzzle Rooms Rock and Rock Cycle Note Sheet The rocks note sheet has key terms for a unit on rocks, types of rocks (metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary), and the rock cycle. Pair this with your favorite reading, presentation, or video for students to summarize the key terms and concepts. (Background information is not included.) Who am I? Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Game The classic "Who Am I?" game has 22 cards that cover vocabulary terms associated with pl...

Here are a couple of the latest additions! Thanksgiving Escape Puzzle Room Celebrate Thanksgiving and the fall in style! This escaped room is designed with four different codes (numerical, letter, and directional) hidden in puzzles and visual clues that lead to a hint to where the cooked turkey has been stashed. Students are setting up for their family to come over for Thanksgiving. The clues and distractors are in PDF format to be printed off and distributed around a room with minimal additional work on your part. The instructions tells you how the clues are solved, the code, and where it leads to next. Genetics Punnett Square Inheritance Logic Puzzle This print-and-go logic puzzle allows students to practice understanding inheritance patterns and vocabulary by sorting three people and their phenotypes. They should have prior exposure to the terms hybrid, purebred, homozygous, and heterozygous. The types of inheritance reviewed are single Mendelian, incomplete, and codominance. The se...

 I worked on creating new bundle s   and here is where you can find them: Birthday I and Online Birthday Escape Puzzle Room Birthday II and Online Birthday Escape Puzzle Room All three Birthday Escape Puzzle Rooms Build You Own (pictured above)- You can choose items from my store to bundle together NGSS MS-PS1 Activities on Atoms and Matter Since I have the NGSS MS-PS1 Bundle, that means standards 5 and 6 are done! See more information about them below. MS-PS1-5:  Conservation of Matter Chemical Reaction Model Students create a model of a chemical reaction to show how atoms are conserved. This activity assumes students already are familiar with atoms, and it would pair best with a mini lesson on the Law of Conservation of Matter. The lesson starts off with a brief demonstration and a kinesthetic activity to show how matter is not created or destroyed. MS-PS1-6: Thermal Energy and Deicing Project In this project on thermal energy and chemicals, students choose an effecti...

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Available as of April, a new puzzle room to help review forces and motions. I included graphs students need to read to find the velocity of an object. There are practice calculations for speed and acceleration. Discussions of Newton's Laws of Motion. You can see samples of what's included above.   

 I have been having a great time creating more puzzle escape rooms again! This one would serve as great review or activity to have a sub teach. Topics are photosynthesis, cellular respiration, cell organelles, etc. 

 I made a number decoder that you can use for free and also for commercial use, if you are a content creator like me! You can find it at my store here .

2023 flew by and I didn't post anything, but that doesn't mean things weren't happening! We moved and I started subbing while I have munchkins. I am excited to announce that I have created a genetics puzzle escape room  on my Teachers Pay Teachers. It is active as of yesterday and is a great review tool or could be used when you have a guest teacher.  I have another puzzle room in the works. Stay tuned!  

 I have a Facebook business page that will be running a promotion: anyone who shares and comments on the post for the giveaway will be entered for free $5 or less item from my TeachersPayTeachers store!

 I am going to be having a sale on all my items today and tomorrow. Go to TeachersPayTeachers to check out the deals for my curriculum and other creators!

I am excited to announce that I have been back at creating content. I updated the Interlocking Bricks  puzzle room with minor changes from the original.  Inspired by my husband and my childhood, I made a vintage video game themed one. There are tropes that pay homage to the original classics with a twist. Believe it or not, no electronics are needed to compete in this game.

 I love to create breakout rooms for my students (as you may have noticed from my Teachers Pay Teachers page). To create your own: To get me started, I have used the template from Breakout.edu . I just discovered they have many more resources. To find pre-created resources: Search Facebook for groups- I belong to a science group that is no longer active, but you can still find resources for free Breakout.edu- requires paid membership after 14 days Teachers Pay Teachers Others? Share in the comments below

 I published an escape room with a Halloween theme last night. I know this has been a tough year, so I'm hoping this will help soften the blow for kids. You can find it here .

I am excited to announce that I will be hosting a sale on my Teachers Pay Teachers site! On Monday and Tuesday, all of my products will be 10% off! Here are a couple new products that I have added within the last week that will be included: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Self-Care-Puzzle-Escape-Room-5498046 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Early-Elementary-Animal-Scavenger-Hunt-5483036

As mentioned in a  previous post, I love making breakout /puzzle/escape rooms.  I have an example here that you can make a copy of and change, if you'd like. Here's how you can make a digital breakout box using Google Forms: 1. Click on the cog in the upper right-hand corner. 2. Click the third tab labeled "Quizzes" and flip the slider to the right to "make this a quiz" and click save. 3. Title your Form. 4. Create your first question by typing "3 Digit Code". It should change it to a "short answer" question, but if it does not, choose that option from the drop down menu. Make this a "required" question by moving the slider to the right. 5. From the three dots at the bottom right hand corner, select "description" and "response validation". 6. In the description box, provide instructions to how the answer should be typed. 7. Under the "response validation", ...

I absolutely love creating content! Since I'm finding myself at home with some extra time on my hands, I have decided to create a Teachers Pay Teachers account that can be found clicking here . I am pretty excited. I am going to try to be more faithful about updating my blog with resources I find and to share with you current projects I have in the works. Since we are all at home, I have been creating some escape/breakout/puzzle rooms by request for my friend's children. So far, I have a Lego, birthday, Star Wars, and Disney themed games. If you are interested in a specific puzzle room idea, let me know in the comments below and I will give you free access to a copy before I post it on my store. I appreciate the help generating ideas and enjoy creating them to help get kids engaged. I have also created some very basic clip art. Maybe not the most amazing things you've seen, but once again, I had fun. If you go to my store, you can download ones like below for fre...