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By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This lesson explains what a fossil is and explores 4 different types of fossils - mold, cast, trace, and true form - including how they form with examples of each. This resource includes: a Google Slides lesson about the 4 types of fossilsa notes
Subjects:
Archaeology, Biology, Earth Sciences
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps, Lesson
$4.50
102
Digital Download PDF (7.78 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage defines animal adaptations as features that help animals survive. It breaks down adaptations into: physical adaptations - body parts, camouflage, mimicry, and chemical defensesbehavioral adaptations - learned
Subjects:
Anatomy, Biology, Informational Text
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10, RI.7.10
$3.00
108
Digital Download PDF (1.73 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This symbiosis worksheet includes 12 examples of symbiotic relationships between plants and animals. To complete, students will:read each symbiotic relationship scenario draw a smiley face, a straight mouth face, or a frowny face to show whether
Subjects:
Biology, General Science
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps
$3.00
107
Digital Download PDF (0.91 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This bundle includes 7 Science Shorts reading comprehension passages that describe different human body systems. Topics include: The Respiratory SystemThe Circulatory SystemThe Digestive SystemThe Nervous SystemThe Muscular SystemThe Skeletal
Subjects:
Science, Biology, Informational Text
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10, RI.7.10
$21.00
$14.70
56
Bundle
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This Google Slides presentation introduces students to the topic of animal adaptations. The lesson: describes adaptations as either physical (camouflage, mimicry, body parts, and chemical defenses) or behavioral (instinct and learned)provides
Subjects:
Science, Biology, Environment
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
PowerPoint Presentations, Google Apps, Lesson
$4.25
45
Online Resource
Google Slides™
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage about food chains:describes how energy makes its way from the sun up the food chain to plants and animalsexplains the difference between producers, consumers, and decomposers. It includes 10 multiple choice
Subjects:
Biology, Earth Sciences, Informational Text
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.3.4, RI.3.10, RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10
$3.00
65
Digital Download PDF (2.42 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage about heredity and genetics: explains how traits are passed from parents to their children, or inherited, through genesexplains that genes are found in chromosomes - structures in our cells made of DNA and
Subjects:
Science, Biology, Informational Text
Grades:
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10, RI.7.10, RI.8.10
$3.00
28
Digital Download PDF (1.92 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This Google Slides lesson introduces students to the law of superposition which states that the oldest layers of rock will be on the bottom and the newest layers will be at the top. It asks students to make inferences about the age of fossils based
Subjects:
Archaeology, Biology, Earth Sciences
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Activities, Google Apps, Lesson
$4.50
11
Digital Download PDF (7.41 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage defines ecosystems and biomes and explains the difference between the two terms. It describes 7 of Earth's major biomes: arctic tundra coniferous forestsdeciduous forestsrainforestsgrasslandsdesertsaquatic
Subjects:
Biology, Geography, Informational Text
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10, RI.7.10
$3.00
37
Digital Download PDF (1.65 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage describes symbiosis and gives examples of 3 different types of symbiotic animal relationships: mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. It includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer
Subjects:
Biology, Environment, Informational Text
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10, RI.7.10
$3.00
39
Digital Download PDF (1.44 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage about the circulatory or cardiovascular system explains:the parts of the human circulatory system including: red and white blood cells, platelets, plasma, heart, veins, arteries, aorta, and valveshow they are used
Subjects:
Anatomy, Biology, Informational Text
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.3.4, RI.3.10, RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10
$3.00
30
Digital Download PDF (1.98 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This bundle of 8 Science Shorts reading comprehension passages is all about Earth's major biomes. Topics include: Ecosystems and Biomes (overview)DesertsTundraGrasslandsAquatic BiomesRainforestsDeciduous Forests (also called temperate forests)
Subjects:
Biology, Earth Sciences, Informational Text
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10, RI.7.10
$24.00
$16.80
13
Bundle
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This hands-on science lab activity walks students through a science experiment to create a replica cast fossil using Plaster of Paris and small plastic organisms. This resource includes: teacher directions, discussion questions, and extension
Subjects:
Archaeology, Biology, Earth Sciences
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Projects, Activities, Laboratory
$3.50
16
Digital Download PDF (3.43 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage about plants explains: the difference between flowering and non-flowering plantsthe main parts of a plant including roots, stems, leaves, and flowers (stamens, carpels, ovules)how plants get energy through
Subjects:
Biology, Environment, Informational Text
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.3.4, RI.3.10, RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10
$3.00
37
Digital Download PDF (1.39 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage about the skeletal system explains: the parts of the human skeletal system including tendons, ligaments, cartilage, cortical bone, and bone marrow how the skeletal system protects our organs and give our bodies
Subjects:
Anatomy, Biology, Informational Text
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.3.4, RI.3.10, RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10
$3.00
25
Digital Download PDF (1.75 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage about the digestive system explains the parts of the digestive system including: saliva, esophagus, epiglottis, stomach, small intestine, liver, pancreas, large intestine, and rectum how the the parts of the
Subjects:
Anatomy, Biology, Informational Text
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.3.4, RI.3.10, RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10
$3.00
19
Digital Download PDF (1.87 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This Science Shorts bundle includes 11 passages relating to Life Science. Topics include: Animal AdaptationsFood ChainsLife CyclesSymbiosisEcosystems and BiomesDNAHeredity and GeneticsPlantsTypes of CellsUnicellular vs. Multicellular
Subjects:
Science, Biology, Informational Text
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10, RI.7.10
$33.00
$23.10
18
Bundle
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage about the nervous system explains:the parts of the nervous system including: the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and peripheral nervous system (nerves and neurons)the difference between motor nerves
Subjects:
Anatomy, Biology, Informational Text
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.3.4, RI.3.10, RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10
$3.00
14
Digital Download PDF (1.84 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
In this activity, students cut out 10 examples of animal adaptations and sort them as either physical or behavioral adaptations. This quick assessment is a great way to check for understanding after a lesson on animal adaptations. This download
Subjects:
Biology
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps
$3.50
30
Digital Download PDF (1.03 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
In this interactive Google Slides lesson, students learn about germs and how to avoid getting sick. This resource includes:6 slides about germs (including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa)5 slides about how to stay healthy and avoid spreading
Subjects:
Biology, Health
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson
$4.99
17
Online Resource
Google Slides™
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I've been teaching 4th grade since 2014. Rather than searching through books and online resources for activities and lesson plans for my students, I prefer to create them myself. Throughout the past several years, I have created a plethora of tried and true lessons and games that I am excited to share with other teachers. All of the materials in my store have been tested out on more than one group of students and have proven worthy of sharing with others! Enjoy!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I believe learning should be authentic. That means creating real life, hands on experiences that promote critical thinking and spark curiosity. In 8 years of teaching 4th grade, I've found that students learn better and remember more when they discover the information first hand. My resources promote problem solving, creativity, and team work. They prompt students to think deeply and explore more to discover the learning objectives for themselves. My goal is to make this type of inquiry based learning more accessible and affordable to teachers and students everywhere.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Board Certified Teacher

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I graduated from UNC Chapel Hill in 2010 with a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Spanish. I am certified to teach Kindergarten through 6th grade as well as Spanish. I recently became National Board Certified and am very proud of that accomplishment!

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I am happy to be living, once again, in my old home town and teaching at the Elementary School that I once attended alongside some of my own teachers turned coworkers. Find me on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest @lafountaineofknowledge or check out my website/blog lafountaineofknowledge.com for more!