INTRODUCTION

to Biology
Grades 8 - 12

Biology Warm-Ups, Bell Ringers or

Inserts for Interactive Notebooks
Includes Printable and Digital Versions
 Introduction to Biology
Biology Warm-Ups, Bell How can these
Ringers or Inserts for pages be used?
Interactive Notebooks
• Warm ups or bell ringers
• Exit slips
• Additions to interactive
notebooks
• Homework assignments
• Tutoring and review
• Short daily quizzes
• The completed notebook is
perfect for semester exam
review.
 Classroom management is a very large part of what we do every
single day as science teachers. All teachers know that the first few
minutes of a class period can be somewhat chaotic. You can turn
this chaotic time of your class into a time of meaningful learning.
Included in this resource:
• 34 Printable and editable warm-up or
bell-ringer activities
• Digital paperless versions (not editable)
for use in Google Drive, Google
Classroom, and/or Microsoft OneDrive.
• Editable Template pages for starting a
warm-up interactive notebook (title
page, table of contents)
• Editable Template for creating your own
warm-ups.
• Complete Teacher Answer Keys
• Teacher Guide to Printable Warmups
• Teacher Guide for Google Apps
Versions
34 Student Pages
Introduction to Biology 34 Titles Include:
• Title Page
• “All About Me” Page
• Table of Contents Template
• What’s in my textbook?
• Thinking Scienti@ically
• Scienti@ic Method
• The Controlled Experiment
• Experimental Design
• Interpreting the Data
• Graphing the Data
• Reading a Graph
• Early Ideas About Life
• Redi’s Experiment
• The Study of Life
• Levels of Organization
• Introduction to Metrics
• Metric Pre@ixes
• Metric Review
• Metric Conversions
• Scienti@ic Notation
• The Microscope Part 1
• The Microscope Part 2
• The Nature of Matter
• Properties of Water
• Solutions and pH
• Carbon Compounds
• Carbohydrates
• Lipids
• Proteins
• Nucleic Acids
• Name That Molecule!
• Chemical Reactions of the Cell
• Enzymes and Catalysts
• How do Enzymes Work?
Includes Print Version and Digital
Google DriveTM Version
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These half-page activities can be collected and quickly graded,
or you might want to have your students keep a daily warm-up
notebook. These warm-ups will make excellent additions to
your interactive notebooks.
Completed
notebook is
great for
semester
exam review!

The student pages are printed

landscape style. The pages look best
if printed in color, but also look great
if printed in black/white. Each
acLvity is one-half page in size. Two
idenLcal warm-ups are printed per
page in order to conserve paper.
Simply print the pages and cut them
in half.
 NO PREP!
There is no cutting, gluing or folding involved. The “NO
PREP” format maximizes your classroom instruction time.

Please Note: These warm-ups are designed to take 5-7 minutes to

complete. They are used for review and reinforcement of key concepts,
but are not intended to be used as @irst-time instruction. Students will
need prior instruction and/or textbook to complete these warm ups. This
resource contains pages that can be used as warm ups, bell ringers, inserts
for your interactive notebooks, homework assignments, or classwork.
This resource does not include teaching materials such as textbook
readings, informational text readings, or a teaching PowerPoint.
 Student Pages

The student pages are printed landscape style. The pages

look best if printed in color, but also look great if printed in
black/white. Each activity is one-half page in size. Two
identical warm-ups are printed per page in order to conserve
paper. Simply print the pages and cut them in half.
 Teacher Pages

All teacher pages are set up in this style. The student

activity is on the left, and the answers are on the right
side of the page. Print these pages for your teacher
notebook.
 Teacher Guide
A 5-Page Teacher Guide is included. It contains table of
contents, tips, suggestions, and directions for use.
The warm-ups/bell ringers require and
measure a wide variety of skills:

• Compare and contrast

• Identify and label
• Define terms
• Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
• Short Answer
• Listing
• Research
• Cause and Effect
• Drawing
• Analyzing
• Interpreting
• Predicting
• Fill in the Blank
• Writing/Explaining
Other Bell Ringer / Warm Up Units Include: