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Seasonal short stories research for Microsoft Word
Psychology Final Project "Who am I?" Two Different Project Options
AP Psychology and regular psychology end of the year project to wrap up all that the students have studied of the course of the year.
This creative project will allow students to take a more in depth look at themselves and how their personal experiences relate to a wide variety of psychological concepts.
There are project two options to look at; one takes a more creative approach to self-analysis, while the second option is a purely written reflection. You can choose one to assign or give both
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9th - 12th
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Winter Olympics Research Project
Independent research project on the Winter Olympics. Students choose an event and an athlete who participates in the event to research and then complete a Google Slides presentation. Includes project outline, guiding questions, graphic organizer, and rubric for assessment. Slight focus on Canada, but can modify to suit your needs.
John Updike A&P Short Story Quiz
John Updike's Short Story A&P Quiz - Includes 20 questions and answers to assess student comprehension and understanding. Also great to be used as a Research Paper Idea (See my Short Story Research Assignment)
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8th - 12th
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A Tale of Two Mathematicians - An interactive Play
After my students completed the AP Calculus Exam during my first year of teaching AP Calculus, I continued covering material from our calculus text. However, the students struggled because the material was more difficult and, more realistically, their enthusiasm had diminished significantly after the demanding schedule that led up to the AP Exam. Therefore, I began looking for alternative mathematics that could be used to motivate students and maintain their interest after completing the AP Ex
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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December Scavenger Hunt
December Holidays Internet Scavenger Hunt. Students find answers to questions about holidays and celebrations in the month of December. They will research history and statistics in relation to this time of year and use Microsoft Word to give sources, pictures, and answers.
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7th - 12th
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Name Origins WEBQUEST
Students use the "Behind the Name" website and the student-friendly handout to research the origin, meaning, and history of their first and middle names. This is a TERRIFIC first week of school activity-- students can make name tags that display the information learned through the webquest. Students can then share this information in a quick "introductory" speech.
The handout can also be used to research the meanings behind CHARACTER names in students favorite novels OR as inspiration for nam
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Grades:
5th - 12th
30 Minute Library Lessons: What Should I Read Grades 2-5
Students often do not know what they want to look for during library visits. These 10 questions will help them see that life interests are a good place to start. Afterwards, you can collect the information to determine future book purchases for your library, or use the information to create pie charts to analyze with students in future classes.
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2nd - 5th
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Final Project: Teach Me Something!
Tired of teaching this year? Have your students do it! This project allows students the freedom to teach YOU about something they are passionate about while using important soft skills. This project involves research, presentation skills, summarizing, citations, organizing information, and more! Word Doc format allows you to easily adjust it to your needs. Rubric is included for grading! Happy Learning :)
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Life in a Shtejtl, from a Holocaust survivor perspective.
This lesson is an annotated story of the Jewish experience of life in a shtejtl. Following the two page story, there are two open ended questions for students to answer as well as 8 more multiple choice questions. This assignment is useful for students to build prior knowledge for the Jewish experience, particularly if students are learning about the Holocaust. The questions created were designed to increase reading skills in inference,main idea, comparing differences, and comprehension. The que
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5th - 8th
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Animal Research Project! Food Web, Chain, Habitat, Ecosystem, Facts Page, Rubric
Dive into our animal research projects with confidence! Packet covers habitats, weather, food chain, food web, facts sheet, life cycle, ecosystem and more!
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1st - 6th
Common Core Career Project Fifth Grade
Students will be going through the process of choosing a career that requires a college degree. They will deal with their finances, make decisions, and create a project for a presentation. This packet gives you a day by day outline for what to teach and cover, along with worksheets and a rubric. It is common core aligned and list the standards. This is great for a beginning of the year or end of year project for after the EOG's.
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4th - 6th
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Life Science End of Year/Final Exam Review
Answer key included. This is a "Life Science" end of year activity meant to help students review content from the second semester. This could be used to help prepare for standardized testing and/or to prepare for a final exam. This review is provided for you in downloadable word document format, so that you may edit. I pair my presentations with an interactive notebook, so students were asked to word individually or in pairs to go back through their notebooks and find answers to these questions.
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-5
, MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-1
, MS-LS3-1
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Chaucer Scavenger Hunt
This is an Introductory Activity that I used to introduce Geoffrey Chaucer to my English IV students before they read The Canterbury Tales.
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10th - 12th
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Martian Colony Project
This is a fun and creative project for students to complete after reading "Dark They Were & Golden Eyed" by Ray Bradbury and/or any other type of science fiction stories. It allows students to be creative in a small group setting, while also using critical thinking skills both independently and in their group. Students create their own colonies on Mars by submitting a proposal, creating a flag, writing a pledge and much more!
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4th - 9th
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Cask of Amontillado - Catacombs of Paris
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe always freaks the students out a bit. If you want to freak them out even more, use this download that introduces the Catacombs of Paris.
10 questions, one after each paragraph of the Wikipedia article (linked and legal to use), followed by open source photos of the catacombs. Yes, you could easily create this on your own, but you don't want to spend another prep period or night at home creating this assignment when it's right here for you.
Linked to
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8th - 12th
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The Monkey's Paw pre-reading questions
This is a list of at least 6 questions for the students to research and provide for class before reading the short story, The Monkey's Paw. The questions are ways for students to visualize the topic of the short story as well as parallel the vocabulary list.
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6th - 12th
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World Traveler Activity/Project
Students embark on their own research individually or in groups of 2 for a theoretical trip around the world. They will learn budgeting, trip planning, time management, logistics, how to book airfare, hotels, etc. (without actually doing so)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This lesson is typically reserved in my classes for the end of the year or just before a vacation. It helps students realize how much goes into the
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8th - 12th
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Country Research Project: Olympic Designers - Opening Ceremony
A great beginning or end of the year project! Students will design the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games for a country that has not hosted the Olympics yet. Students will research major cities, climate, cultural attire, dance, music, and key events of their assigned country. This research project is a creative spin on the typical "Country Research Project"
Grades:
4th - 12th
Travel Project
Fun, independent travel project integrating math and geography allowing students to use math skills learned throughout the year to plan a week long vacation out of the country. Students will use addition, multiplication, division, solve for elapsed time, number forms and more.
This project could also be used as a beginning of the year project for 5th graders or end of the year math project for 4th graders..
Students will enjoy researching locations, hotels, and sharing their presentations.
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4th - 5th
Fall Writing Activities
Three writing projects that fit fall themes. The first project is a paragraph activity involving fall leaves. The second project is an imaginative scarecrow writing activity. The third is a research bat project. All activities include instructions, brainstorming, rough draft, and final copy handouts. There is also an art project that fits nicely with each writing piece.
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3rd - 4th
Penguin Writing Paper
This lined paper can be used for a final copy of a penguin research report.
Edgar Allan Poe Background and Spanish Inquisition Webquest
This assignment is a pre-reading research assignment for Poe's story "The Pit and the Pendulum." It has students find basic background information about Poe's life, as well as information about the Spanish Inquisition which is the setting for the story. Several useful websites are provided as a starting point for students.
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9th - 12th
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American Dream Media Project/Presentation
This project can be just a media project that is submitted OR it can also be a presentation. This works especially well for high school students who are thinking about plans after high school.This works well with any level of student as it's very individual - there are three topic choices - and students can utilize their creativity within the project and through their choice of media for their presentation.I have also included a rubric that can be changed to suit your needs.
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Animal Book Nonfiction
After researching an animal, students can use this product to illustrate their knowledge of the animal. This 13-page document includes a blank title page, table of contents, chapter pages, and glossary. Students will learn features of a non-fiction text. Students can either draw their animal pictures or insert photographs. In the chapters, the students will write facts about the animal's appearance, habitat, food, and predators. The last chapter is where the student include more fascinating
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Grades:
1st - 5th
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