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Free middle school psychology projects
Zombie Brain School Project
This project idea can be used in physiology, psychology, or biology classes. It is intended to be a fun project that allows students to use creativity to explain the different regions and functions of the human brain. Within the project, students must describe what happens to the human brain after it has been attacked by a zombie virus. Using what they have already learned about the functions and anatomy of the human nervous system, students will compile a report and generate a presentation e
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7th - 12th
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Anti-bullying Art Unit - 4 Lessons
Four great art programs that allow students to express feelings, discuss others feelings, experience different emotions through art.
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PreK - 6th, Staff
Stages of Development Mini-Project
This fun project will give your students an opportunity to creatively visualize the organized stages of "human development" by using technology in the classroom. Note: Your students may select to illustrate themselves or a fictional person in this project.
**(Students can use-Power Point, Prezi, Movie Maker, iMovie, or any type of technology based presentation for this project.)
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6th - 12th
Super Self Cartoon
Super Self Cartoon is a great art project for middle school and early high school students. Personality and identity is addressed while planting a seed of planning for the future. Many of my students said they gained confidence in finding their “power” ...a personal quality they never appreciated about themselves before. This lesson includes formal plans, two worksheets, a link to the online personality test, assessment, and art standards.
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7th - 9th
Psychology Project Ideas Using Legos: Rationale/Ideas
Using LEGO to teach psychology can be an engaging and hands-on approach to exploring various concepts and theories. Psychology encompasses a wide range of abstract concepts and theories that can be challenging for students to grasp. By using Legos to create visual representations of these concepts, such as the structure of the brain, the stages of development, or psychological disorders, students can better understand and internalize complex ideas.Psychology Project Ideas Using LegosRationa
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Psychology Class: Project Outline BUNDLE
Brain Hat Directions and Templates
Overview and FeaturesBrain and bio unit, or AP review!Hands-on activity for students to illustrate and describe parts of the brainCan be used for regular psych, AP psych, and even biology!All you need to do is print the brain templates on cardstock (or regular paper), provide gluesticks/tape, scissors, and labeling supplies. There is a colored template that has parts of the brain filled out with symbols, a black and white version of the same template, a child-size version of the same template, a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Act of Kindess Roster and Form
Good citizenship is a virtue. Awarding students when caught doing something positive and nice for others should be recognized and publicily displayed - especially inside classrooms and/or notes given to parents and/or guardians. The opposite has been the norm when students have been "caught" behaving not so wonderful. This form also allows the students to "turn themselves in" when they too recognize positive behavior by themselves or others. This is a student friendly form designed for student
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2nd - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
Brain Model Activity: Play-Doh Brain Sculpture
Engage your students in a hands-on learning experience with this interactive brain model activity. In this activity, students will have the opportunity to create a three-dimensional representation of the brain using Play-Doh or modeling clay. By sculpting the different regions of the brain and labeling each part, students will deepen their understanding of the brain's structure and function.Activity Steps:Materials: Gather the necessary materials, including Play-Doh or modeling clay in various c
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5th - 8th
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MS-LS1-3
Understanding Roles - Story with Role Diagram, Answer Key, & Extension Activity
As a way for students to develop an understanding for all of the different roles they play in their own lives they read a story about a girl named Jenny and try to identify all of the different roles she plays in her life. The story provided can be used as a pre-assessment to find out if your students understand the idea behind "roles." They are at least 15 roles that Jenny plays in the story and an answer key is provided. I've used this activity for years when I taught 7th grade Psychology a
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5th - 8th
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Presidential Project Research Project and Graphic Organizer
This is a project I modified from a much more extensive research project for high school US History students with learning disabilities/differences. It includes a research organizer that could be used for any grade assigned a presidential research project.
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5th - 11th
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Free Version Creating a Vision, A vision board for the rest of us!
What the heck is a vision board anyway? Have you ever felt like you have a difficult time achieving your goals? Stop thinking about achieving and put forth a plan of action in order to make it happen!A vision board is an outlet for you to visualize and achieve your goals. Of course, you have to put forth the hard work. Have a vision board party where friends, family, students, and colleagues can build together. Perhaps you wish to work on your vision board in private. Whatever the case could be,
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Psychology - Language Unit
This is a fun and unique activity for students to learn about how language and thinking are used in everyday life. My students had a lot of fun determining the actual meaning that the artist might be trying to convey in their song. It also includes the vocabulary words that are important for the Thinking and Language unit, it allows students to use these words to express lyrics or music that they enjoy.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Neuron Model Activity: Play Doh Neuron Structure
In this activity, students will explore the structure of a neuron and its components by creating a model using playdough. They will learn about the dendrites, axon, axon terminal, cell body, and myelin sheath. By using different colors for each part, they will visually distinguish and label the components on a provided paper.Step 1: Gathering Materials Gather playdough in different colors, a large sheet of paper, and markers or pens for labeling.Step 2: Creating the Neuron Model Instruct the stu
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5th - 8th
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MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-8
How to Forgive PowerPoint
This is an editable PowerPoint on how to forgive and what forgiveness offers.
Slides Include
Learning to Forgive
-Recognize the Injury
-Distinguish What Happened
-Identify and Accept the Emotions Involved
-Expressing Hurt and Anger
-Forgive
What to do about the Relationship
What Forgiveness Is and Is Not
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Logical Fallacy Advertisement Project
A student favorite! Students create an advertisement for a product, service, or politician using at least four logical fallacies. Great for an end-of-year project! New: student examples included.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Evolution Assignment - Essay or Extra Credit Options
This assignment was originally developed to provide an opportunity for college-level psychology students to earn extra credit by learning more about evolution. It provides several options, including researching and examining the students' own misconceptions about the theory. It can be easily modified for high school students and other fields of study.As with most of my assignments, it takes a critical thinking approach and promotes understanding of the scientific process and healthy scientific s
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Remember this? Test your memory!
In this lesson kids will learn how memories are formed, test their own memory, and learn about false memories!
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5th - 7th
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Psychology Sock Baby Rubric
Psychology egg/sock baby rubric- grading scale.
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8th - 12th
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Erasing Domestic Violence
This is a class project designed for both Middle and High School students. The objective of this lesson is to provide students empathy training for Domestic Violence survivors thru community service participation in the students' community, within their immediate school and family relations. Each student can self monitor his/her own success thru a visual iconic representation.
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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DIY Stress Balls
Printable instructions on how to make stress balls with visuals.
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2nd - 6th
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Korean War: Children and War
This inquiry leads students through an investigation of the consequences faced by children of war, including hunger, displacement, trauma, and the loss of family and stability. By investigating the compelling question “How does war affect children?” students attempt to contextualize the consequences of war on children. The formative performance tasks help students build knowledge and skills through the course of the inquiry as they examine the experiences of Korean children during the war, the r
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6th - 8th
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