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8th grade critical thinking research for Google Apps
Analyze Bias Evaluate Websites Fact Check Wikipedia Research Skills Bundle
Print & digital versions! You'll have everything you need to teach the essentials of digital literacy and research skills with this bundled product. Sharpen students' critical thinking skills by engaging them in interesting, real-life learning tasks. Here's what teachers are saying about my Digital Literacy resources:"I think this may be the most thorough and well done resource I have ever purchased on here. THANK YOU. You're attention to detail and thoroughness have made my day so much si
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5th - 10th
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Social/Environmental Justice Issue Research Project ⎮ Google ⎮ Digital
This Google resource will help guide student research on a social or environmental justice issue of their choosing. Students will need to conduct their own research for this project. There is no information on these slides about social and environmental justice issues. There are links to websites where students can conduct their research. Please look through the preview for a detailed description of what this product includes. Students will complete their work entirely on the Google Slides provi
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5th - 8th
Online Scavenger Hunt - Learning and Practicing Research Skills Online
This is the update of my PDF file project for learning to refine search skills. This file allows you to share a Google Slides to your students from Drive or Google Classroom. It is editable by students and can be turned into you for marking when completed. This scavenger hunt is one of two digital and editable online projects that I am selling. If you want to teach basic skills for Grade 2 - 5 students, please take a look at my other scavenger hunt. This project helps students learn about and pr
Grades:
4th - 8th
Project Based Learning Bioethics Debate Presentation Genetics Evolution Ecology
Project-based learning is “a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge” from BIE . The Bioethics Debate allows students to choose a side from an extensive list of bioethical topics and work with a partner to research and present both sides of the ethical problem. The project can be introduced by showing the movie Gattaca but is not required.
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8th - 12th
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HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-4
, HS-ETS1-1
Fact Checking Digital Literacy Activities Print and Digital
Print and digital options! Teach this critical thinking skill along with research. This valuable skill helps them navigate the information they're exposed to every day. Teach them to determine the credibility of what they read...from emails to web sites. Fact checking helps students develop the critical thinking skills they need to determine the validity of the information they receive online and through other media sources -- especially when they are conducting research. This resource uses
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5th - 9th
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Personal Finance: Investing in Real Estate - This Flippin Project
This project introduces students to real estate investing related to flipping houses. Students will complete 4 assignments related to real estate investing about house flipping. This self-directed project encompasses many learning modalities. Students can work independently or in small groups. I have been running this exact project for years, and each year I make changes to reflect current market conditions. This bundle starts with helping students develop foundational knowledge of real estate a
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Exploring the Ethics of AI - Finding Claims and Making Arguments
Grade level(s): upper elementary gifted, Junior high, early high school.Objective: Students will use critical thinking, analysis, collaboration, and effective communication, in comparing Pandora's Box through reading, writing, speaking, and listening.Resources included in this lesson: A One to Two Week Lesson Plan with all resources, lesson plans, keys, and student examples needed. Two weeks is dependent upon if students need to learn how to find claims and extend their explanations for response
Minor (3rd) Parties Research and Creative application
Minor (3rd) parties have played a historical role in the normal 2 Party American political system. Whether single-issue, splintering the vote, ideological or protest, minor parties have been influential throughout American history and continue to do so today. Students will get to read and research a historical minor American party - list provided! - to learn their impact. After reading an article - link provided! - and researching, students will then apply what they have learned in a new sce
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7th - 12th
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Charles Dickens: Social Activist
This lesson uses four videos and a Google doc to analyze how Charles Dickens was a social activist during his life. This pairs well with any movie version of his stories and can be useful around Christmas time if you are reading or showing "A Christmas Carol".
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8th - 11th
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Inquiry Based Learning- Google Slides Bundle
This amazing resource includes 3 files to help teacher implement the Inquiry Process in their classroom. It can be used to support content areas such as Science, Social Studies, History and Geography. In addition, it is great to support comprehensive literacy, including as a passion project or genius hour activity. Use this as a bell ringer for 20 minutes a day!Resources include:1. 37 Inquiry Prompts2. The Teacher Package which includes tips on how to use the resources, as well as checklists to
Grades:
4th - 8th
Weighing Both Sides of an Issue (Secondary Digital Research Activity, Google)
“Weighing Both Sides of an Issue (before deciding which side you’re on!)” is a Google Slides digital activity created for secondary students. Whether you’re teaching ELA, debate, speech, social studies, etc., this is a relevant and engaging activity that will teach students to make educated, research-based decisions, use and cite reliable sources, and then take a stand on the side that has the strongest impacts. The topics are appropriate for grades 7-12! You can assign the topics you’d like the
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7th - 12th
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Immigration to Canada: Eastern European and Southeast Asian Experiences
This activity invites students to form small groups, select (or be assigned) one of the many countries from which immigrants came to Canada, and explore the experience of early immigration. They will research the culture and immigration experience of their country, create artifacts their family may have brought to their new home, create something to share the experience of living in a new country, and present their findings to the class. The method for doing this is deliberately open-ended but c
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5th - 8th
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Invasive Species Project Template
google slides template for project making recommendations to FWS on how to deal with invasive species. Understanding life science, build critical thinking skills, practice problem-solving and oral presentation skills with this project. Use for science, presentation, writing skillsColorful and fully editableRubric, note-catcher, directions, and research links also listed on TPT
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Invasive Species Project and Presentation Pack
Be a grown up! budget project
TEENS: Be a grown up now. Move out, pay your own way while you still know everything!This 28 sheet slideshow walks student through the decisions that come with choosing a career, and being able to budget their salary to fit the needs of their family. Then they complete a Google Sheets budget register, where the goal is to have all money accounted for and a $0 balance at the end. Can they do it???Students and Parents alike enjoy this project. I think you will too. Thanks for purchasing my pr
Grades:
6th - 12th
Media Literacy Credible Sources Evaluating Website Effective Research Skills 5-8
Engage your middle school students (grades 5-8) in the essential 21st-century skill of discerning and evaluating websites with this meticulously crafted Media Literacy Lesson Kit. Perfect for any research-based class, this resource empowers students to critically analyze information, a skill increasingly crucial in today's digital age. Whether you're introducing media literacy or reinforcing it as a review, this lesson kit serves as an invaluable tool, especially effective before students embark
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5th - 8th
Defending Disney Villains Project
In 2018, 47.6 million adults in the U.S. experienced a mental health issue. This has become an issue that affect virtual all students to some extent. This project will allow your students to research at talk about mental health in the most non threatening way: Disney!Students will choose a Disney villain and research possible mental illnesses to diagnosis them. Then students will create a presentation to defend them in a court of law on the basis of insanity. Students find this motivating, f
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5th - 9th
Invasive Species Note-Catcher
Use to research for an invasive species project. Practice problem-solving, critical thinking, and research with this PBL note-catcheruse with science, research, writingrubric, research links, and template also listed on TPTfully editable
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Invasive Species Project and Presentation Pack
March Madness Challenge- U.S./World Geography Brackets
Many say March is the longest month of the year for teachers, well, hopefully this will help fix that!! Use these March Madness Challenge Brackets to connect the excitement of the NCAA Basketball Tournament to U.S. and World Geography using sixteen different brackets. Students utilize their knowledge to complete brackets that compare the Populations, Largest Cities, Highest Points, Land Area, Longest Coastline and Latitudes of various locations around the U.S. and World. Once each bracket is c
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6th - 10th
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What is Culture? WebQuest!
If you ask your students what "culture" means, they will most likely offer their ideas about holidays, foods, and language. Here is a WebQuest designed to help students deepen their understanding of what culture is and how to study it. In this activity, students will...start with a simple pre-research activity, listing what they already know about culture and three questions they want to askdemonstrate their research skills to collect notes and define important terms, such as high culture, mains
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8th - 11th
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Body System Project Note-Catcher
Structure, function, order, and health of body system as well as connection to other systems. Use to research and plan a system of the body project. Fine-tune schema to be ready for the project. fully editable, can be used digitally or writtenused with 7th-grade life science, but could be used with a variety of levels with adaptationsbody system interest form, directions, rubric, research links, and template also on TPT
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Human Body Systems Project Pack
Scientific Method via Simple Experiments (online and interactive!)
Using the Scientific Method moves students from doing science demonstrations like volcanoes and slime to doing science experiments just like real scientists. Plus the scientifc method is a national common core standard. This online, interactive-lesson not only guides students through the main steps of the scientific method, but provides them with a hands on applicational experience that reinforces this process with a simple at-home experiment. By doing they know first hand how scientists test a
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4th - 8th
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Scholarship Research Workshop: Empowering Students to Fund Their Future!
Empower your high school students to take charge of their future by mastering the art of scholarship research with this comprehensive scholarship research workshop! As an experienced educator, I understand the importance of equipping students with the skills and resources they need to pursue higher education without financial barriers.This workshop provides a structured yet flexible framework for students to explore scholarship opportunities and become familiar with their requirements. Aligned w
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8th - 12th
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Le grand débat - Processus, gabarits et sujets de débat
Cette ressource de 45 pages contient tout ce dont vous avez besoin pour enseigner, exécuter et évaluer un débat. Les débats aident les élèves à apprendre la pensée critique et créative, les stratégies de communication orale, la collaboration, les stratégies de recherche, le format standard de la dissertation, et bien plus encore ! Vous y trouverez notamment :4 x Notes sur le processus de débat2 x Notes à remplir sur le processus de débat1 x Liste de contrôle des sources fiables1 x Astuces de rec
Grades:
6th - 10th
Black History Month: One Week of Independent Work for Secondary Students
This is 5 days of independent work for secondary students. Each slide has a link within the title. Each slide should take about 20-30 minutes, but it will differ with each student. The students can do some exploring and learning on their own and then have meaningful discussions later. The students will follow the directions on each slide and then type their responses in the response slides. This is a great tool for morning work or to use for Social Studies or History lessons.
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7th - 12th
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