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Free 5th grade critical thinking science games
Christmas Would You Rather Questions to Print FREEBIE! Fun Holiday Activity!
Here are 20 Fun Would You Rather Questions to use with your students. These are great discussion starters for when you have a few extra minutes. They can also be used for classroom polls or journal prompts.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:1 Page with 20 Would You Rather QuestionsGreat for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying: ✏️ "My students loved this resource. I’m sure they weren’t even thinking
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1st - 8th
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Thanksgiving Would You Rather Questions with Poll FREEBIE
Here is a set of 20 Would you Rather Questions about Thanksgiving. Great for discussion starters, class polls and journal prompts.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:List of all 20 Would You Rather ChoicesDIGITAL:Classroom PollGreat for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying: ✏️ "My students love this activity and shared with some others at home! with all the stressful things going on at this point in t
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1st - 8th
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Animal Adaptations Word Search
Animal Adaptations Word Search This activity is designed to consolidate learning. Students will find 18 words hidden within the word search and may extended their knowledge by finding the meaning of unfamiliar words such as hibernate or migrate. You may also be interested in:• Growth and Survival of Living Things Science Unit • Fact Families BUNDLE • 5 Low Cost STEM Activities BUNDLE.Please rate my product when you get a chance. Your positive feedback is greatly appreciated.*******************
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4th - 5th
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Executive Functioning Escape Room Activity
This free escape room activity is a puzzle challenge related to executive functioning skills. Students can work together or independently to solve a puzzle and discover the secret phrase to unlock the door and win the challenge in a specified amount of time. This escape room activity is ideal for small groups, advisory periods, morning work, resource rooms, or just for fun!Note that this is a free sample puzzle that includes only one challenge. If you are interested in more similar challenges pu
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4th - 8th
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Maze Run Escape Room Logic Puzzle Game Challenge Activities Freebie Pack No Prep
Maze Run Escape Room Puzzles provide a fun brain boosting challenge for students. Great for School Party Activities, Puzzle Competitions, Extra Credit, Individual or Team Building Activities! These escape room games are designed to help exercise problem-solving, critical thinking, and focusing skills. It is a great way to keep the students busy and help build/improve essential skills. There are 4 Fun Unique Levels of the Maze Run to choose from. Each level is different and as the levels increase
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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ESCAPE THE MUMMY'S TOMB! MINI ESCAPE ROOM ACTIVITY
This FREE Escape Room resource is perfect to leave with a sub or to use anytime you want your kids to experience some self-directed learning. It begins when YOU- the most awesome and creative teacher in the history of the world- take your class to tour the great pyramids of Egypt. The trip doesn't go exactly as planned, and now the kids must work to solve a series of FUN challenges based on reading comprehension and steeped with a variety of skills that begin with FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS!
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5th - 8th
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FREE Printable Mazes for Early Finishers Activities | 18 Mazes
These 18 fun, FREE maze puzzles are perfect to keep on hand for early finishers, substitute plans, morning work, and more! 18 differentiated puzzles are included to give you multiple ways to differentiate!The mazes come with 6 levels of difficulty, and each level includes 3 mazes each. Simply print and let students choose the level that they want!Love These And Want More?I have multiple maze packs available! If you want more fun mazes, just like these, here are other maze packs I have available:
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1st - 5th
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Word Search Mini Escape Room Puzzle Game Pack - No Prep Easel Activity Freebie
This fun mini-word search escape room activity is great for individual skill building or team building. This quality word search escape room puzzle is designed to be as one escape room activity or can be combined with other escape room activities that may work with this type of puzzle.A great way to expand your escape room adventure! It is a 3 in 1 Puzzle Escape Room. A fun way to help exercise students’ problem-solving, critical thinking, and focusing skills. Great to help keep students busy wh
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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End of Year Camping Bingo ] Kindergarten and Pre-k Summer Activities
This Camping Bingo game is so fun for A elementary and preschool camping education lesson! Includes 6 unique different bingo cards about what supplies you need, and fun activities done when camping! Calling cards are also included to have the most fun in your classroom! This game is provided in color and B&w!If you enjoy this product please please a review on what I can do next or change for the future!
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PreK - 6th
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K-ESS3-2
Also included in: Summer Bingo BUNDLE ] Fun activities for Elementary & preschool!
Game Boards: Free Game Board Template
Game Boards: Game boards can be used with any subject or lesson. Game boards are perfect for math and/or literacy centers. Just print, laminate, and let the students have fun!Check out more of my products here as well as many more in my store! Language Arts Literature Circles Bundle With Depth and ComplexityLiterature Circle BundleLanguage Arts Scoot Activity/Task Card Bundle4th Grade Daily Language Arts Spiral Review Bundle (Weeks 1-36)5th Grade Daily Language Arts Spiral Review Bundle (Weeks 1
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PreK - 8th
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Animal Adaptations Science Vocabulary Bingo Game Printable Worksheets
Animal Adaptations Science Vocabulary Bingo Game Printable WorksheetsThis printable animal adaptations bingo game includes 16 vocabulary words that match most state's science standards. Students write the animal adaptations vocabulary words in random order on their bingo form. Adaptation vocabulary clue cards with definitions are included along with complete instructions. Great for review before science assessment assessments about animal adaptations. Comments from teachers who have used this ga
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2nd - 6th
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Parts of Ecosystems Vocabulary Puzzles FREEBIE | Species Population Community
Parts of Ecosystems Vocabulary PuzzlesUse these puzzles to provide quick and fun matching practice with the vocabulary for the different parts of ecosystems.. Each puzzle includes 4 pieces: vocabulary word, examples/facts, illustration, and definition. When you download this file, it will contain a link to access the FREE digital version as well.Save 20% when you purchase the year-long Science Vocabulary Puzzles Bundle.Vocabulary covered in this set:EcosystemSpeciesPopulationCommunityBioticAbiot
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3rd - 5th
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Save Fred! Community and Teamwork Builder
Save Fred! is a great community builder and review of the Scientific Method. I've used this activity at the beginning of the year for 2 years with my 5th graders. They LOVE saving Fred and talk about it for the rest of the year!
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This goes along with the Save Fred! lesson on my blog.
Save Fred! Blog Post
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The Following Directions Test is another fun Back to School activity!
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3rd - 8th
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Science Tools & Safety Word Search - FREE
Word searches can be a wonderful way to increase exposure to key vocabulary. Word searches can be used for homework, early finishers, etc. If you like this resource check out my other available word searches as well. Happy learning!If you enjoy this product please leave feedback. Thanks!
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3rd - 12th
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Photosynthesis Interactive Diagram Game
OverviewThis hands-on manipulative, reading passage, and student assessment page requires students to identify the components of photosynthesis and explain the role of each in the process. Using this colorful, clear game board, student groups will work collaboratively to name and describe all components involved in photosynthesis and develop an understanding of the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle in plants. Students have the opportunity to practice the game multiple times until they attain mastery o
Revealing Evidence Freebie - an ELA game for critical thinking
Revealing Evidence is a classroom game that incorporates critical thinking and riddlelike clues. Students are given seven clues about a mystery person, place, or thing. The clues, which appear automatically on a PowerPoint screen, get progressively easier. By the end, most of the students will experience the success of getting the correct answer, but the challenge is to see who can link the clues together the fastest. *SIGN UP AS A FOLLOWER OF “OFF THE PAGE” AND GET NOTIFICATIONS OF ANY SALES F
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Revealing Evidence Bundle - a game for critical thinking
Plant and Animal Adaptations for Survival Crossword Puzzle
Keep your students entertained while they learn about plant and animal adaptations with this eleven word crossword puzzle. We've included a teacher answer sheet, student worksheets with and without word lists. Younger students may do better with the word list. Challenge older students or students that have already learned about plant and animal adaptations.
This crossword puzzle goes hand-in-hand with our Plant and Animal Adaptations PowerPoint and soon to be published Adaptations Unit.
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3rd - 6th
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Scoot Template {editable}
If your looking for a general Scoot template, then this is the file for you! It includes:
- Directions
- 30 Blank Cards {now editable}
- 2 Recording Sheets {one for 20 students and one for up to 30 students}
- 2 Answer Sheets {if you would like to create an answer sheet for your students} (editable)
The activity can be used to review any subject matter!!
Enjoy!
If you are looking for Scoot games that have already been developed for you, then please check out my Math Scoots for first, second,
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K - 8th
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FREE Think Outside the Box Winter Doodle | Social Emotional Learning
Are you looking for an engaging morning meeting activity? Think outside the box Thursday is the creative WINTER solution you're looking for! ...or grab the growing bundle and get all the prompts!These 20 creative drawing prompts use half of a "common" winter image to prompt your students to create an outside the box picture! This Doodle activity works great for a warm-up, morning work, morning meeting activity, crew or advisory time, early finisher activities, or a sub plan day. As you go Back t
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2nd - 12th
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Also included in: Spanish Winter Resource Bundle
The Road to Regulation - Zones of Regulation Board Game
An interactive board game to help reinforce The Zones of Regulation.Players take turns rolling a dice and moving their piece (not included) down the track. When they land on their square, they must pick up a card of the same colour and answer it for the group. Each set of cards focuses on a different Zone of Regulation and offers prompts, questions or role-play situations that the players must navigate on their Road to Regulation.
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K - 9th
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Escape the Classroom: A Pirate Adventure! (Digital Breakout, Escape Room)
Engage your students with this editable, digital breakout using Google Forms! Scenario:“Pirates have sailed into your school and have taken your teacher hostage! You and your classmates try to run after the pirates, but they locked the door behind them! You are trapped inside! You notice a small leather bag on the floor that must have fallen off the waist of one of the pirates during all the commotion. Search through the bag, solve the puzzles, and escape the classroom before your teacher walks
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4th - 9th
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FREEBIE - No-Prep Review Game - Fact Swap - for Any Subject
Sometimes called Get One, Give One, this review game can be used with your whole class to review almost any unit you have been studying.To begin, each student writes three facts about the subject in the top three boxes. Then students walk around the classroom swapping facts. A student must give a fact in order to get one. At the end, each student should have 9 different facts!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:Review Game Worksheet - LinedReview Game Worksheet - UnlinedGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, o
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3rd - 8th
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STEM Scavenger Hunt Icebreaker Activity
This scavenger hunt works great as an icebreaker game to transform the dynamics of your classroom– helping students get to know each other, work in teams, and learn something while having fun! This activity by Vivify also provides exposure to simple machines which are the foundation of tools used in physics and engineering to multiply force. In the scavenger hunt, students are asked to find items that represent the list of tools commonly used in S.T.E.M. fields. Let the hunt and creativity begin
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K - 8th
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Also included in: Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
FREE The Scientific Method Activity Vocabulary Task Cards 4th 5th Grade Science
You will download six free scientific method task cards for your 4th grade, 5th grade, and special education students to practice and review science vocabulary words and steps. They work well in your scientific method stations and centers for fun games and activities, such as a scavenger hunt or SCOOT.You will download both TPT digital EASEL and printable PDF formats for your convenience.Please click on the PREVIEW.Please click HERE to see 30 more scientific method vocabulary task cards.You may
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Importance of learning science
Learning science is particularly important for students as it equips them with the essential knowledge and skills to make sense of the world around them. Science education is not just about memorizing facts. It fosters critical thinking, inquiry, and problem-solving abilities. These skills are not only useful in school but also in everyday life beyond the classroom.
Benefits of learning science
Learning science offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. In fact, it helps students:
- Question the world around them and seek evidence-based explanations
- Cultivate their ability to observe, experiment, and analyze data
- Nurture a sense of curiosity, awe, and wonder about the natural world
- Understand natural phenomena and the laws that govern the universe
With a solid foundation in science, teachers can help empower students to think critically, solve problems, make informed decisions, and engage with the world around them in meaningful ways.
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One of the best parts about science class is all of the possibilities for hands-on, collaborative learning! Think: labs, experiments, inquiry-based activities, and design challenges. These activities encourage students to explore scientific concepts by observing, asking questions, and conducting investigations. Additionally, with small group centers, students can engage in group experiments, discussions, and projects that require them to collaborate, share ideas, and solve problems together.
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