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7th grade problem solving simulations $5-10
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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High Engagement Murder Mystery Classroom Activity! (Murder at the Dance)
This "whodunit" style classroom murder mystery game will have your students collecting and evaluating information, making inferences, identifying red herrings, practicing speaking and listening skills and so much more! This activity will have your students' full attention as they try to find the "killer" at the homecoming dance. This interactive activity includes all necessary pieces to run your own murder mystery game in the classroom!Setting the Scene: During the homecoming dance, the dead bod
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7th - 12th
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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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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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Roaring 20s / Great Depression / Game
Immerse your students from the highs of the 1920's through the lows of the 1930's as our country struggled to survive some of the most difficult years on record. Students will take on character rolls, make choices, roll a die to determine outcomes, and chart successes and failures. Along the way they'll learn in an interactive environment that will feel more like play than education - a win all around! Game includes 101 slides in PDF format, instructions, and student score sheet.
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7th - 12th
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Colonies Shark Tank: Pitch Your Own Settlement
Have you wondered how to get students excited about the Colonies Unit? Have you wondered how to make the Colonies Unit a perfect bridge into the Revolutionary War? Are you tired of having students label maps, answer multiple-choice questions, and write essays about the similarities and differences between the Colonial Regions? Have you ever wanted King George III to visit your classroom?This end-of-unit assessment solves many of these questions and more! Have your students jump back in time as B
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5th - 10th
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High Engagement Christmas WHODUNIT Classroom Activity! (Winter Themed Mystery)
This winter "whodunit" style classroom mystery game will have your students collecting and evaluating information, making inferences, identifying red herrings, practicing speaking and listening skills and so much more this Christmas season! This activity will have your students' full attention as they try to find the "culprit" after the winter dance. This interactive activity includes all necessary pieces to run your own murder mystery-type game in the classroom! Setting the Scene: Every year, t
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7th - 12th
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Making Money from Lemons--Microsoft Excel 2010 Project
This is an updated version of a previously posted project. This version is updated to reflect the Microsoft Office 2010 format. Students play a fun game that requires them to figure out how to make the most profit from their own "Lemonade Stand". Students will learn to create a spreadsheet that keeps track sales profit and loss. They will also create a graph that shows a sales report at the end of their "season".
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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ESCAPE ROOM || Gingerbread Man
ESCAPE ROOM || GINGERBREAD MAN THEMEDIn this engaging escape room activity, students work together to solve puzzles, riddles, and secret codes. They will need to complete 7 different quests to escape the room.It's a team-building and bonding activity. It builds critical thinking skills, encourages creative thinking, improves attention to detail, and develops analytical and problem-solving skills. It's easy to set up.Anticipation of the story"...Nothing beats the smell of freshly baked gingerbrea
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4th - 9th
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Saving Squiggles (A Modern Twist on "Save Fred") Back To School Activity!
Are you ready for an adventure that combines fun, learning, and teamwork? Look no further than our revamped "Save Squiggles" activity, a modern twist on the beloved "Save Fred" challenge. Join Squiggles, a colorful gummy worm, as he embarks on a puddle-sailing escapade with his boat made from a discarded cup. But oh no, there's a twist! Squiggles forgets his life jacket in his excitement and encounters a series of mishaps during his journey. A distracted Squiggles, an amusing umbrella, and a hid
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K - 8th
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Theme Park Challenge - Project-Based Learning for Grades 3-8
Welcome to the Theme Park Challenge PBL project! In this project, your learners will design a theme park that can compete with the best theme parks in the country. Students will consider all aspects of business start-up, including park naming and branding, selection of attractions, park layout, 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 PBL teacher or trying PBL for the firs
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3rd - 8th
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Write Your Own Scifi Adventure Game Creative Writing Game
A creative writing game designed to take students on a fun, imagination fueled sci-fi journey. Students will write their own sci-fi adventure in this fun creative writing game. They will become the authors of their own sci-fi adventures in this thrilling write- your-own-adventure. Students will work individually or in groups. Using dice, students will use the randomly chosen suggestions to create their own story. This Product Includes:74 Page PDFThree 9-Part Sci-fi StoriesGuided Creative Writing
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7th - 12th
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Earth Day: The Global Water Crisis Activity
Celebrate #earthday in the classroom with this simulation. Students will be active participants in solving a mystery. Why are the villagers getting sick? Your download contains the presentation to facilitate the simulation and guide discussion. Handouts and role playing briefs are included. Introduce students to advanced topics such as the United Nations and the Sustainable Development Goals on an age-appropriate level while having fun! Go deeper on your own and get interdisciplinary by includi
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Grades:
6th - 8th
A Mystery Upon the Sea: An Interactive Boom Card Adventure (distance learning)
*Find many more speech and language and special education Boom cards here*Check outthis video walk-through of the deck on YouTube.Ahoy there, detective! A precious parrot has gone missing. Do you have the observation, inference, problem-solving, and reading skills to solve this crime? Use your skills to find clues, interview suspects, answer questions, and follow this fascinating pirate tale.This fun adventure can be used to work on language, reading, memory, problem-solving, visual skills, and
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3rd - 8th
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Juego "El pueblo duerme" Versión Mundo Mágico / Town Sleeping Game
Magical World of Witchcraft and Wizardry "Town Sleeping Game" to play with character cards. It includes: instructions and character cards.Juego "El pueblo duerme" versión "Colegio de Magia y Hechicería" en castellano. Este juego, también llamado "Los hombres lobo de Castronegro", es un juego de rol donde los personajes, que tienen habilidades especiales, mantienen su identidad oculta. En esta versión, uno de esos roles es el del "Devorador de almas", que cada noche, mientras los demás jugadores
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4th - 12th
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Special Education Conflict Resolution through Art
This is a conflict resolution plan to help students confront stress through art. They are in control....The image is provided by Conde Naste.
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K - 9th
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Climate Change Kachina
Want to teach about human impact on the environment and open up discussion about climate change? Follow the (mis)adventures of Koshare, the Kachina who teaches by doing everything wrong. Use the scenario cards to see if he makes a bad, uninformed choice or is guided by other Kachina to lessen his carbon footprint and mitigate climate change. Keep track on the carbon "footprint" clip chart. Great for opening up conversation and looking for new solutions to living more sustainably.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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NGSS:
HS-ESS3-3
, MS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
, HS-ESS3-6
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ESCAPE ROOM 1
Greetings,Will Rogers said, “I never met a man I did not like.” I say, “I never met a student who did not love an Escape Room.” Play it anytime – start of the year as an ice-breaker, before exams as a relaxer or reviewer, end of year celebration. You can even give them a single Escape puzzle once a week, or when you finish a lesson early or it flopped. And do not feel guilty. Escape Rooms are serious stuff -- they test problem-solving, thinking, team work, communications skills, and character.
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Coding Adventure Differentiated Choice Board
This AWESOME resource is great for allowing your new, intermediate AND advanced coders to have a chance to get out there and explore on their own! Using CODE FOR LIFE (a FREE!!!!!) resource for learning the very basic coding skills, students will learn their way around the coding language. Then, watch them bloom with other fun coding games in the HOUR OF CODE activities, MINECRAFT coding and other FUN coding programs! There are 3 EASTER EGGS hidden on the choice board... :) Those will take t
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2nd - 9th
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Juego "El pueblo duerme" de Stranger Things / Town Sleeping Game
Stranger Things "Town Sleeping Game" to play with character cards. The aim deals with discovering who the "Demogorgons", who have been killing the citizens of Hawkins, might be. It includes: instructions and character cards.Juego "El pueblo duerme" versión Stranger Things en castellano. Este juego, también llamado "Los hombres lobo de Castronegro", es un juego de rol donde los personajes, que tienen habilidades especiales, mantienen su identidad oculta.En esta versión, uno de esos roles es el de
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6th - 12th
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Simulation Station-Hurricane Relief Budgeting Activity
This hurricane relief simulation is designed to challenge students to think outside the box to help others in a time of need. It provides real-world problems that students will be able to connect with on many levels. It consists of a total of 4 tasks that uniquely address issues that arise in a time of disaster. This product may be presented as a center/station. It is ready to print and go. The simulation design allows teachers to be flexible while meeting the needs of the students.
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4th - 7th
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The Mystery of the Missing Manuscripts
This is a cooperative activity for a group of students. Students should work together to solve the mystery of the "missing manuscript." This resource is left open to interpretation, so teachers can choose who they believe the "guilty party" is. The bundle includes: - an outline of the crime- a list of suspects - suspect interviews - photos of "evidence" from the crimeI recommend printing all of these out and putting them inside a document wallet or folder to make it look like a real case file fr
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7th - 10th
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Geology Consortium (bundled)
This is a bundled package of Geology Consortium #1 and #2. This bundle covers the topics of plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis in an open-ended, discovery-based model. Through these slides, students will play the role of geologists as they work collaboratively to study many pieces of evidence to develop scientific theories. They will use the evidence to support their thinking and share ideas with one another to revise their ideas throughout the study. Along with the pieces
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5th - 8th
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ESCAPE ROOM 3
Greetings,Escape Rooms are serious stuff -- they test problem-solving, thinking, team work, communications skills, and character. And that’s called FUNdamental education! Play it anytime – start of the year as an ice-breaker, before exams as a relaxer or reviewer, end of year celebration. You can even give them a single Escape puzzle once a week, or when you finish a lesson early or it flopped. Put students in Escape Room teams. Give them six challenges, one at a time. The goal --solve them all
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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