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Elementary critical thinking mental math research for Microsoft Word
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The Cost of Growing Up: A career focused personal finance project
Recently reformatted as an editable Word document. This project allows students to individually research a future profession and walks them through the math to figure out a monthly paycheck. Once there, the students are able to research a home, car, and other necessities all while determining whether or not they will be able to afford them. This is a great project for those in the state of Georgia attempting to fulfill the fifth grade career requirement or anyone wanting to help give their stu
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4th - 8th
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Invasive Species Project and Presentation Pack
Study an invasive species and recommend a solution to FWS in this PBL with a real audience. Increase research, critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, and presentation skills with this authentic project.Includes directions, rubric, and research links, note-catcher, and presentation templatecan be used for science, writing, research, oral presentation skillsFully editable
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Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Create your own genetically modified organism
Learning about Genetics? Try this fun extension about GMOs. Students will use this worksheet to create their own genetically modified organism. This project requires them to design the packaging for their innovative new item!
Grades:
5th - 6th
Cribbage Investigation
Teaching students cribbage improves their mental math, problem solving and strategies. It also allows them to be social with peers and get involved with parents. When having students learn cribbage I made this research sheet. They had to finish the investigation to be allowed to play in our class cribbage tournament. It helped the students learn the terminology and rules so that the tournament could be played without having students lagging behind. Also included is a quiz that for the studen
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Decade Delight - A Research Project for the Decades
This is a great way to get students to integrate writing and research into Social Studies. Students are divided into groups of 2-3, and given the attached packet. They are assigned a decade and will research it. They will not only fill out the packet, but also create posters and a presentation. Some presentations even include dances from the decade! Students are encouraged to dress the part as well for the presentation. It's a great way to build team working skills as well. Students really
Grades:
4th - 8th
STEM Computer Project: Design a Keyboard!
Designed to align to most computer technology curriculum. Students research and learn about various keyboards and then use that information to design their own special keyboard.
Uses research and note taking skills, critical thinking, design process, writing reports and explanations, and many more skills.
Includes directions, websites, and rubric in Word.
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4th - 9th
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Charity Unit - Project Based Learning
This is a Project Based Learning unit on charity. Students will spend time researching different charities, watching different videos links, and follow links to different charity websites. When all the research is done the students will answer to this challenge: The Challenge - Of all the charities that are out there, which one do you feel is the most valuable one? Who do they support? How do people/groups qualify for the support? How do they get their supplies/funding to support those in nee
Grades:
4th - 11th
Debate T-Chart Template
Use this handy T-chart to have students research and jot down their debate points prior to the actual debate. It can also be used during the debate for note-taking. It includes a place for the topic to be written as well as an extra page for notes with columns entitled AFFIRMATIVE (PRO) AND NEGATIVE (CON). There's nothing like being prepared for a vigorous and educational classroom debate. A classroom debate is a great exercise for the entire class or for your gifted and talented students. T
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Number Sense Screeners for Kindergarten & 1st Grade
Quick 1 minute Screeners given at the Beginning, Middle and End of Year for Kindergarten and 1st Grade to determine each student's Number Sense Level - Beginning, Developing or Mastery. Includes directions, copies for teachers & students along with data record sheet to record student performance.
A GREAT DATA TOOL!
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K - 1st
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Cold War to Present Technology Integrated Unit - Common Core Reading/Writing
Technology integrated unit for "Cold War to present." This unit requires students to research multiple resources in order to find relevant information about the period from the Cold War to the present. Unit can be adapted for text usage and pen and paper production.Students in a “discovery classroom” will learn how to be independent learners, boosting their research, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills. The teacher will act as a facilitator and guide. Each project is accompanied by ins
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5th
Famous Americans U.S. History Mini-Research Paper w/ Rubric and Suggested Topics
It's a great way to pique student interest in American history! Here is a comprehensive mini-research assignment that will elicit integral material about people who have made a positive difference in U.S. culture and/or throughout the world. As they share their findings, classmates will be entertained and fascinated with important and interesting facts about those who helped to better our world. A list of possible subjects, as well as a detailed rubric, are included.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Personal Shopper to the Stars- Research and Math Project
What kid doesn’t have a famous person that they admire? Who doesn’t’ like to spend money? This download combines both interests into one motivational activity.
In this project, students will research a famous person alive today, focusing on their hobbies, personal preferences, family life, etc. Then take the information they’ve learned about their famous person and become their personal shopper. They will then use a budget of $5,000 to buy gifts that fit their person’s lifestyle. The student
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3rd - 6th
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21st Century Humanities Project - Immigration suitcase story
21st Century Humanities Project
Immigration suitcase story
When immigrants came to Australia, they were not able to bring all of their personal belongings. They had to select items that were particularly important to them.
Exciting and engaging project based learning.
Package includes:
- Task outline
- Teacher rubric
Grades:
5th - 7th
Middle Eastern Governments - Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey
This student handout contains TWO different charts for students to complete using the cia.gov website (or other resources you may prefer) based on the governments of Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. It also contains critical-thinking questions for further study. Students will research topics such as each country's executive branch, legislative branch, citizen participation, and the role of religion.One chart (my original version) includes Israel, Iran, and Saudi Arabia and the other chart
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4th - 8th
Genius Hour - Everything You Need to Get Started
Genius Hour is a framework started by some of the major tech companies that run our world. They believe that if you give employees a chance to be creative and seek their own learning, productivity in other areas of growth will progress quicker and with better success.
Giving students a chance to research, create and present their passions adds intrinsic motivation to the learning environment, that depending on the student, may have been a weak connection before.
Genius Hour gives students just
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K - 12th
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Japanese Occupation of the Aleutian Islands in World War II
I was looking at a website on United States History and found a mentioning of Alaska in World War II. It grabbed my attention so, I did some research and found out some really interesting information.
I made this packet to use in class and decided I would share it with my friends on TpT.
Includes: Reading Comprehension w/ Questions; Vocabulary worksheet; Research Questions; Writing to Describe Pictures; Books to Read; Create Words; Word Search; Alaska Map; Puzzle Piece Activity; and answer ke
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5th - 8th, Adult Education
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Climate Change
Climate change: it´s happening even though skeptics like to disagree. It is a scary reality that faces us now, our students, the future. In a non-scary way, though, this is a three day mini unit with a project based learning hand out for research, a geography refresher, a teach us four square for brainstorming, a presentation rubric, and a wrap up. It really is non prep for you as educator and also incredibly meaningful for students to randomly choose from deforestation, burning of fossil fu
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5th - 8th
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Managing a Household - Renting an Apartment project
For this project the students are required to pretend they are looking for an apartment to rent.
The project is broken up into 3 parts:
During the first part they are required to choose an apartment in the local newspaper or apartment listing book or website. They must than determine how much money they are required to earn at their job so that they can live in this apartment.
During the second part, they are given a specific salary and told they need to find an apartment affordable under th
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Awesome Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi Activity
This Qin Dynasty activity brings Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi to life for students! This obituary activity is a fabulous writing activity that ties into the ancient China curriculum. There is a creative component as well, including artwork and advertisements for students to create. All of your students will be engaged during this project!
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5th - 9th
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Socratic Seminar- Current Events (Iran)
I put together this Socratic Seminar guide for my students so that we could start seminars in class. In this product is a current events article about Iran giving up their nuclear weapons, but this is a word document and you can replace the text with whatever piece you like. The other portions of the guide are very helpful for students to complete the seminar process.
Includes
Brief description of Socratic Seminar
Why it benefits learning
How to talk to others (sentence stems)
Ticket to partici
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5th - 9th
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Debate Guidelines and Topics
Use this handy list of guidelines to have a successful classroom debate. There is a T-Chart describing what a good debate should look like and sound like. There is also a list of possible topics to use at just about any upper elementary level all the way up to adult level. This would be a great activity in particulary for gifted and talented students.
See also: Let's Debate which is the where notes are made to prepare for debate and the topic is written.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Writing a Play! - Storms
This planning guide provides the students the proper steps to include all the parts of a play and allows them the freedom to work virtually on their own (only a little teacher observation is needed to keep everyone in check!).
My second grade class had a blast!! They loved the groups they were placed in. I then gave them a book on a specific storm. As a group they read the short book, pulled out the needed information, and incorporated it into the play. With this planning guide they were a
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
2nd Grade Montessori Cosmic End of Year Review
This Cosmic Review is for 2nd Grade Montessori Teachers to have children complete near end of the year. It covers all Montessori Cosmic Curriculum traditionally taught during the 2nd grade year and light math.
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2nd
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The "Now and Then" Program, Responding to Artifacts-Question Stems
This add-on document goes with the total Now and Then, Past: Prologue to the Future learning unit offered in bulk or individual units. This is a one page document with several critical thinking questions with a focus on initiating inquiry, analyzing data, testing hypothesizes and overall generalization of conclusion responses.
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3rd - 6th
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