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9th grade Common Core RI.5.1 projects
Intro to STEM: Think Like a Scientist & Engineer!
A great way to introduce STEM into your classroom! Updated to include editable versions of all student handouts! How does a scientist explore the world? How can you think like an engineer? Students will explore these questions and more through a series of critical thinking STEM exercises. The packet includes 4 critical thinking challenges centered on STEM learning (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). These activities expose students to the real world of science and engineering with chal
Grades:
3rd - 10th
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Also included in: Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
STEM Problem Solving Service Learning Project
Help your students to think critically, develop good character traits, improve our world, and create heartfelt persuasive writing using the 8 components of this project:
Inspirational Quotes
Random Acts of Kindness
Kids Improving Our World Research Project
STEAM Project - Identifying a Real World Problem and working on a Solution
Online Giving Challenge
Oral Presentation
Carousel Presentations & Scavenger Hunt
Comparing Themes with "A Dolphin's Tale
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Get a Life Project - A Standards-Based Real World Math Project for Grades 5-12
Finally! A research-based, standards-based, real world math project! Students receive a job, salary, student loans, and credit card debt, and must buy a car and find an apartment to rent all within their calculated budget. They learn financial literacy in a fun and engaging way!This download includes 26 job cards complete with a job description, requirements, nationally averaged salaries, credit card debt, and student loans. Salaries range from $30,000 to $750,000 and cover a wide range of o
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5th - 12th
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Hatchet Canadian Wilderness Field Guide Research Project
This is a great enrichment project for the novel Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen. Students will create a Field Guidebook about the Canadian wilderness by researching topics that were mentioned in the novel. Topics include a map of Canada, Canadian facts, Plants and Animals, Survival skills and First Aid.Purchase includes:Student project directionsField Guide informational page printables: Canadian Map Page, Canadian Facts Page, Animals and Plants Page, Survival Skills and First Aid Pages, Field Guid
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5th - 10th
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Animal Research: Animal, Ecology, Biome & Habitat Activity for Big Kids
Animal Research Activities for big kids tied to life science/ecology units! Includes 70 pages of guided notes to help support student understanding of ecology concepts through an animal of interest! Meets NGSS standards and ELA CCSS! This document includes the following:- Comprehensive Animal Research Note Sheets- Circle Schema Builder- KWL Chart- Can/Have/Are/Eat/Live Graphic Organizer- Informational Fact Graphic Organizers (Flower, Web, List)- Basic Biome Vocabulary (Words/Definitions)- Empty
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Ancient Mesopotamia Ziggurats Bundle: In-Person, Online, or Distance Learning
You can download this as a:1. PDF/Print activityor2. A ready-to-go TPT Easel Activity. You can assign Easel lessons through Google Classroom or you can copy a link to it and paste it into any learning management system you use with your students. However, for the time being, students will need to log in with a Google email account in order to access the assignment. You can use TPT Easel for free with this resource. Click here for info on how to use TPT Easel for free.This 13-page product is a
Grades:
4th - 10th
The Ultimate Paper Airplane STEAM Project + Escape Room: 10 Day Challenge
Every year since I started teaching, I've done a paper airplane contest. When I first started around 12 years ago, it was a quick contest that lasted just an afternoon. Gradually, as my experience as an educator grew, this project began to grow into what it is today... A 10 day cross-curricular mega project! I always say that student engagement is the key to learning, and I can guarantee that your students will be engaged during these activities! They will be measuring, graphing, reading, analyz
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3rd - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
...
Groundhog Day Animal Research Activity
Upper Elementary 2-sided guided note worksheet that students can use while researching groundhogs on/around groundhogs day. Aligned to upper elementary science curriculum.
Students will look at the following things about groundhogs!
-scientific classifications
-physical appearances
-diet
-geographic locations (coloring map and writing)
-habitat name/fact
-biome name/facts
-structural adaptations (3 adaptations/reasons why adaptations support survival)
-physical adaptations (3 adaptations/reaso
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4th - 9th
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1849 Gold Rush WebQuest - Differentiated for Grades 4-12
1849 California Gold Rush WebQuest - Differentiated for Grades 4-12This high-interest and engaging webquest spans the California Gold Rush of 1849 and works well with readings, book study or as a stand alone, student-centered lesson. Students complete a webquest using URL links to primary and secondary source documents to learn about the people and events of the Gold Rush.The file includes a form fillable PDF WebQuest and Internet Scavenger Hunt. All work is standards-based, differentiated and
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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California Gold Rush Unit - Differentiated - Complete Unit with Lesson Plans
Comprehensive California Gold Rush Unit - Differentiated for Grades 4-12This high-interest and engaging Unit, with lesson plans, covers the California Gold Rush of 1849 and is completely differentiated. Include are text dependent questions, resources for primary document study, projects, hand-on learning and more. Students pan for gold, make sluice boxes, complete projects. The span of the Gold Rush, including its environmental impacts, contributions to California Statehood, economics, exploita
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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History Intro Project: THE BEST YEAR EVER!
If you need a short and powerful, 2-class mini-project to start off the year in your history class, you have found the perfect activity! In "The Best Year Ever," you will not only get to know your students and build your classroom community, but get an easy pre-assessment indication as to your students BOY historical skills.This mini-project involves students defending their idea of "The Best Year Ever" - in all of history! The first objective as stated within the resource is to "build a stron
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4th - 12th, Staff
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Digital Article Poster Assignment (with rubric!)
Download is a Microsoft Document with live links to assignment and resources! This activity was designed to encourage students to become worldly knowledgeable, research unknown topics, and introduce students to different and new ways of thinking. This assignment is designed to encourage students to ask questions, seek understanding, and analyze information in an article.Includes for teachers: -rubric-link to editable Google Slides assignment -exemplar to show/guide students-guide for use in the
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5th - 12th
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Why is the Sky Blue, not Purple? Reading Comprehension Passage & STEM Project
This Reading Comprehension passage and Stem Activity package combines close reading of a science informational text along with a STEM project to reinforce the reading. The passage uses text based questions which require evidence based answers to help develop close reading skills. Answer key is included. You can use this package in a number of ways:• As a stand-alone unit for the entire class• As supplemental material for students who finish a task early• As a package for a substitute teacher
Grades:
5th - 12th, Adult Education
NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, MS-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-2
, 4-ESS2-2
, 4-PS4-3
Step by Step Research Project
Step by step guide to conducting a thesis research project. This Google Slide presentation can be broken up and presented over various days as students continue to work on each step in this research process. It begins with selecting a type of thesis to present, then creating a thesis statement, conducting researching, making a rough and final draft of a research paper, and finally concluding with a presentation. Rubrics for the research paper, presentation, and peer feedback (for during the pres
Designing Temporary Shelters: A STEM Design Team Project
Designing shelters to provide safety to those in harm’s way.Temporary Shelters is a design team project that supports critical thinking and collaboration as student teams make decisions about how to solve the critical need for temporary shelters. Each team will focus on one need for temporary shelters by randomly selecting from the provided Challenge Cards. They will be guided on a design path to learn about the specific need for shelters, analyze current solutions, and decide how to improve upo
Grades:
5th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Rhetorical Cereal Box Activity
Learning the essentials of rhetorical analysis (speaker, audience, message, ethos, pathos, logos) can be difficult, but students at any age will better understand these concepts through looking very carefully at cereal boxes! I use this lesson every year, and refer back to it again and again as we review.
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6th - 12th
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Character: Fun Activity for ANY Work of Literature
This writing activity is fun and easy to use, while also requiring students to use critical thinking skills and text evidence writing. It’s also versatile! Students can create a desktop and blog for a literary character, an author, a person from history, or even a pop culture character.
Students will choose a character, author, or historic figure, and design him/her a desktop and blog. It will include tabs and bookmarks for a site the character has recently visited, an organization they belong
Grades:
5th - 10th
Student Research Conference Organizer
Project-based learning can be daunting, but this research conference resource takes all the heavy lifting and organization out of the equation and helps you create an amazing research project for your students. PRODUCT SUMMARY:This resource has a ton of materials you need to have your students create a collegiate-style research poster at a middle school level. Topics students research can pertain to any discipline. You can choose an overarching concept for them (i.e. “Everyone must research an a
Explorers of the 1200-1500s Biographical Research Paper
Objective: To research and summarize the early life and expedition of an explorer from the 1200-1500s Paper Requirements: Students will compose a 5 paragraph essay explaining the early life and expedition of an explorer of their choice from the 1200-1500s. Students must use at least 2 different sources to research the topic. Includes:Directions for studentsGraphic Organizers for note takingSample cover pageRubric for grading
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5th - 12th
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13 Colonies Slideshow Research Project
Students will create an 8 slide research project about one of the 13 colonies. Students will research information about the colony such as geography, climate, citizens, government, etc. and then follow the directions to create a Google Slideshow or PowerPoint Project.
Grades:
4th - 9th
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Also included in: 13 Colonies Bundle!
All Inclusive Research Rubric-Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Digital Ar
Fully editable and inclusive project rubric. Easily modified for students with IEP's and/or 504's. I used this rubric for posters, presentations, and slide shows. This rubric meets most of the middle and high school reading, writing, social studies, and science standards although not all are listed below.
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, MS-ESS2-3
, MS-LS1-7
, MS-ESS3-2
, MS-PS3-4
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Bulletin Board Creations
Creating bulletin boards for your classroom or school is an artistic and fun way to:~ Develop your creative abilities~ Advertise for a group, school or an upcoming event~ Inspire others~ Share announcements, invitations and sign-up information ~ Remind everyone of deadlines~ Recognize and congratulate achievements ~ Teach mini lessons by posting interesting fun facts about a topic~ Welcome everyone back to school- Introduce your student officers and student organizations ~ Etc.You don’t need spe
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Black History Month or Women's History Month Research Project
Help your students understand the power of black girl magic in this engaging research project. Even better is that students are able to showcase their different skills and abilities in either digital or non-digital form. This can be used in place of a formal informative essay but still teaches students how to craft and present well- curated information to a reader.
Grades:
5th - 12th
The Giver Opinion Writing Cooperative Learning Project
I’ve developed an opinion-writing project in which students read The Giver by Lois Lowry, answer a writing prompt, peer-edit, and revise their work. Cooperative learning activities take place during group discussions and peer editing.
This project does include below level and above level accommodations.
I have created this project for 5th grade after doing a read-aloud with The Giver. However, this could be done in upper grades, especially 7th grade. The Giver is a 7th grade level book.
The p
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5th - 9th
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