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Critical thinking simulations $5-10
Growth Mindset Escape Room | Middle and High School
Want a fun and engaging way to teach perseverance, grit, teamwork and why having a growth mindset is important? This Growth Mindset Escape Room is the perfect challenge for middle and high school students to both teach the concepts of a growth mindset and to have fun. ● ● ● Students are given the a scenario where their school is taken over by the evil Dr. Dread, with the only way out is to use their brain power before it turns to mush. By working together, and figuring out the clues, studen
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Escape Room Counseling Bundle | Friendship Growth Mindset Career
Budgeting Board Game for Financial Literacy - Students Practice Real Life Skills
Empower young minds with the ultimate guide to shaping their dream lifestyle! This resource isn't just a bunch of financial planning worksheets. This game is designed to show pre-teens and teens the real-life impact of personal financial choices on their future. It's a game-changer for helping them grasp the art of budgeting as they transition into adulthood.Over the course of the game, students embark on a journey where they'll make a series of decisions, each one carrying the power to shape th
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6th - 12th
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Thanksgiving Escape Room Activity | Breakout Game | Review Game | Multiplication
Bring the fun and excitement of a breakout room to your classroom! This cross curricular mystery challenge will have your students engaged, investigating and challenged from start to finish without the need of complicated locks or boxes. Students will work their way through 4 clues, each time they complete the clue challenge, they eliminate a suspect. This is a great activity for Thanksgiving week, an introduction to teaching mysteries or a review day game!Click here to save 20% with the Escape
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in: Escape Room Challenge Bundle | Breakout Games | Teamwork Challenges
Lunch Bunch Games | Friendship Escape Room
This Friendship Escape Room is the perfect challenge for upper elementary and middle school students to build teamwork and learn about positive friendship skills. This challenge is meant to be given in a shorter time span than other escape rooms and is perfect for those lunch time groups! Students are given the a scenario where there school is infected with Bully Fever and to release the antidote students need to work together to solve the challenges, release the keys and solve the secret co
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Escape Room Counseling Bundle | Friendship Growth Mindset Career
CELLS CSI Investigation - Examining Plant and Animal Cells
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In this lesson, students will be given a mystery to solve, based on their knowledge of cells. To solve the mystery, they need to know the major differences between plant and animal cells. Students apply their knowledge to a "real-life" scenario in which they must classify cells as plant or animal. Students will record their conclusions in a forensic lab report similar to one that could be used in court. This is an excellent activity for the end of a unit on plant and animal ce
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4th - 7th
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Escape Room Solve the Mystery Challenge | Teamwork Activity | Breakout Game
Bring the fun and excitement of a breakout room to your classroom! This cross curricular mystery challenge will have your students engaged, investigating and challenged from start to finish without the need of complicated locks or boxes. Students will work their way through 4 clues, each time they complete the clue challenge, they eliminate a suspect. You can use this as an introduction to teaching mysteries or a review day game!This is the PRINTABLE VERSION, the DIGITAL VERSION is available her
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3rd - 4th
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Back to School Escape Room | Team Building Activities | First Week of School
Are you ready to kick off the new school year with a thrilling and collaborative experience for your students? Our Back-to-School Escape Room Team Building Activities will make the first week of school unforgettable as students work together to solve puzzles, decode challenges, and build lasting connections.This is the PRINTABLE VERSION, the DIGITAL VERSION is available here. Why Choose Our Back-to-School Escape Room Team Building Activities?Engaging and Interactive: The escape room format adds
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in: Escape Room Challenge Bundle | Breakout Games | Teamwork Challenges
Mock Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Classroom Mystery/Detective Simulation Game
Stage a mock crime scene investigation in your classroom! Kids solve the mystery through observation and science labs. They study crime scene photos, gather clues, analyze fingerprints, and experiment with powders and chromatography. Students love participating in this forensic science simulation - and cracking the case!Open the preview to take a closer look at the game-like project. The crime scene and detective activities are laid out for you. With a few common household items (such as pens, p
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3rd - 5th
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Gifted and Talented - Living on Your Own: Lessons in Financial Responsibility
Challenge your gifted and talented to play the “game of life” and survive financially during their first year in college. This concept-based unit allows students to “earn” an inheritance from a distant relative by repurposing items from a barn. With this “money,” students find affordable housing, transportation, furnishings, and other essentials. Then the “game of life begins with monthly reoccurring expenses, opportunities to buy additional necessities and/or wants, as well as challenges or o
Grades:
5th - 8th
Football Escape Room Mystery Challenge | Breakout Game | Teamwork Activity
Bring the fun and excitement of a breakout room to your classroom! This cross curricular mystery challenge will have your students engaged, investigating and challenged from start to finish without the need of complicated locks or boxes. Students will work their way through 4 clues, each time they complete the clue challenge, they eliminate a suspect. You can use this as an introduction to teaching mysteries or a review day game! This football themed mystery works great in the fall during footba
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in: Escape Room Challenge Bundle | Breakout Games | Teamwork Challenges
Design a Zoo: A Digital Project Based Learning Experience
Thanks for choosing this project based learning experience for your students! They are sure to have fun, be creative, and learn some valuable skills.
In Design a Zoo, students take on the role of a design consultant asked to create a new zoo. Students will need to:
–Name the Zoo
–Create a welcoming sign
–Select the animals
–Design animal habitats
–Create information sheets
–Create a budget
–And present their work to a "Board of Directors"
This experience is designed to be completed without sub
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3rd - 8th
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Lord of the Flies Mock Trial Project Packet
This updated zip file contians all the documents needed to launch and run a Lord of the Flies Mock Trial!The boys have returned from their time on the island, and now Jack must face the consequences of his actions. Students will examine the book by William Golding and conduct a trial based on their findings. Included in this packet are templates for the following trial documents: Opening/Closing Statements, Witness Statements, Direct Examination Questions, Cross Examination Questions, Trail Fac
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9th - 12th
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Editorial vs. Regular News Article Game (Is it Fact or Opinion Writing?)
In this engaging, self-checking Google Slides game, students gain a valuable skill for interacting with media. Students are guided to learn the difference between fact and opinion writing—even when the difference is subtle—by reading information about both, then looking at headlines and choosing whether the headlines are for editorials or regular facts-only news articles. All headlines are from real articles, so students are learning with content that is relevant. Students are given feedback i
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4th - 10th
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ARGUETROPIA - Argumentative Writing and Speaking Group Debate Fun ELA Game
Do you want to be the best teacher? Get ready to dive into the world of argumentative writing with a twist of game-day excitement. Tackling real-world issues through the lens of argumentative writing and speaking is like embarking on a heroic quest. With social, economical, or environmental challenges as your battleground, you're not just teaching; you're inspiring students to be advocates of change. If you found something that gave you all these benefits, would you want to get started with it
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6th - 8th
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The Mystery of Harris Burdick Simulation
Engage your students in an exciting mystery simulation based on Chris Van Allsburg's book (The Mysteries of Harris Burdick) where YOU become the Chief of Police, and your students become first-rate detectives! Students will delve into a mystery that at first seems to have no solution, but through open-ended questioning and investigation through role-play, your students will come to a conclusion and arrest the culprit — maybe.
Every mystery is different since the students use their creativity to
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3rd - 7th
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Holidays Around the World Escape Room | Math Fact Practice | Zodiac Calendar
Bring the fun and excitement of a breakout room to your classroom! These holiday challenge activities will have your students engaged, investigating and challenged from start to finish without the need of complicated locks or boxes. Students will complete 5 challenges in order to earn each passport stamp while learning about holidays celebrated around the world at the same time!This would be an excellent culminating activity to a Holidays Around the World unit or a stand alone activity to fill t
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in: Escape Room Challenge Bundle | Breakout Games | Teamwork Challenges
Snowman Detective Mystery | Problem Solving | Escape Room | Growth Mindset
Experience the thrill of being a detective to follow the clues and solve the Case of the Missing Snowman. Can you find the solution before time runs out? This Clue Mystery Game is the perfect teambuilder challenge for upper elementary and middle school students to both teach teambuilding and problem solving.● ● ● Students are given the a scenario describing the mysterious disappearance of the class snowman. Then they must use their Clue Recording Sheet to elimate suspects, time of incident,
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Classroom Guidance Lessons Bundle | SEL Counseling Lessons
Conflict Resolution Escape Room | Problem Solving | Team Building
Experience the thrill of problem solving and conflict resolution in our immersive escape room. Can you find the solution before time runs out? This Conflict Resolution Escape Room is the perfect teambuilder challenge for middle school students to both teach the concepts of a conflict resolution and problem solving. ● ● ● Students are given the a scenario where they're having a not so great day and the only way to turn things around is to use the skills and strategies of solving problems to es
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Classroom Guidance Lessons Bundle | SEL Counseling Lessons
Hire Me - Real World Career Game, Persuasive Writing and Speaking ELA Activity
Do you want to be the best teacher? Would you like to teach your students how to deal with real life situations? Is one of your goals to help them be better at persuasive writing? Would you be interested in tackling social and employment problems in a fun persuasive group game?If you found something that gave you all these benefits, would you want to get started with it right away?Think about what a difference it would make if you started using this persuasive writing and speaking group game in
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6th - 8th
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Toy Entrepreneur! An Engaging Simulation About Entrepreneurship.
Presented at NCSS Boston 2014.
I have been doing the Toy Entrepreneur project for years now. It is a true highlight of the year in our economics class.
This simulation is my ENTREPRENEURSHIP unit in my economics course. The great thing about this simulation is that it can be completely tailored to your needs. You can do the whole thing as a unit or just some of the lessons. It's up to you.
This is what Toy Entrepreneur is all about:
*There is a step by step lesson plan for each day of the
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Fun Group Work Skills Role Playing/Discussion Lesson!
Have you ever noticed that we hardly ever teach our students explicitly how to work together on a project? How to stand up for themselves while still being respectful? How to resolve conflicts peacefully but fairly? We just sort of expect them to have learned it last year. :pIf you assign group projects, you need this lesson!This is a role playing activity in which students watch short skits illustrating common group problems, and then discuss ways to resolve those problems fairly and peacefully
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4th - 10th
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College Research Resources Bundle - College & Career Readiness Fun Activities
Ready to kickstart your college dreams? This power-packed bundle has you covered, bringing you not one but TWO incredible resources to fuel your journey.Here are the resources included in this bundle:⭐️ March Madness College Research Choose your favorite NCAA teams or pick the colleges that speak to you. It's college exploration with a twist!⭐️Budgeting Board Game College Edition Learning about budgets becomes a thrilling adventure. Simulate the financial rollercoaster of your first year at univ
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9th - 12th
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Ice Cream Shop Tycoon PBL (Project-Based Learning)
Welcome to the Ice Cream Shop Tycoon PBL project! In this project, your learners will design an ice cream shop that will be ready to compete with the best ice cream shops operating in your local city. Students will consider all aspects of business start-up including menu design and branding, customer experience, pricing and costs, marketing, etc. There is a wealth of information in this packet to guide you and your students through an amazing learning experience. Whether you are an experienced P
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3rd - 9th
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Stuck in School Fun Simulation Game (Critical Thinking, Problem Solving)
This resource is an editable, fun simulation game in which students work in groups to survive scenarios. The scene is set as the students being stuck in school overnight, with all windows and doors barricaded. If any school personnel catches them, they will die/lose. Groups must strategize tactful ways out of the situations to make it through all 12 scenarios and survive the game.
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5th - 12th
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