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Elementary critical thinking other (science) resources for Microsoft Word
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Giving instructions GREAT FIRST DAY ACTIVITY TEAMWORK LEADERSHIP
This activity demonstrates the difficulties that arise when a medical professional or other professional must give instructions verbally without the assistance of anything in writing. This is an essential ability in the medical field or any field that requires relaying of instructions or orders. health science, medical, anatomy, communication disorders, speech therapy, homeschool, high school, middle school, medical terminology, pharmacology, leadership, teamwork, first day, icebreakers, intro
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Forms of Energy and Energy Transformations Practice
This activity provides students with energy practice! it starts with identifying different forms of energy in common life scenarios and items: mechanical, kinetic, potential, heat/thermal, radiant/light, sound, electrical, nuclear and chemical. It then moves on to identifying energy transformations: the starting form and the final form. The practice is best used after the "Energy Powerpoint" and the "Energy Guided Notes". I find it important to scaffhold the practice - to do a few of each type
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5th - 9th
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Math Project-Create Own Dream Home-Blueprints and Floor Plan (perimeter & area)
Create blueprints and/or floor plans for your own dream home!!
Your little architects will love dreaming big with this project. Using their imaginations and graph paper, they will create their own blueprints.They will be learning area, measurement and perfecting those problem solving and critical thinking skills. The bonus is they won't even know it because they will be having fun.
This project is very "real life" oriented.
For the younger grades this would be better for the GT students. Or
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Science Achievement Award 2
*** EDITABLE!!! *** >>> view preview for best image>EDITING IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH MAC<Whether it's the end of a unit, science fair, or the school year, acknowledge your students with award certificates. The Science Achievement Award certificate is great for upper elementary through high school students.
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4th - 10th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film For the Birds
After watching Pixar's short film: For the Birds, students will infer by answering three questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
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K - 10th
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Behavior Reflection Sheet
We use this in our first grade class to help students understand the consequences of their actions. They "Stop and Reflect" in order to make a better choice the next time.
*I have recently updated the document to include a middle grade version for 3-5 with more grade appropriate wording and formatting!
After it is completed, fold in half to keep private. The student signs it, the teacher signs it, then it goes home for the parent to sign.
It has helped our parent communication immensely to
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Friend or Foe Garden Game: Pests and Pollinators
This is an original game I invented and used at school gardens in California and Texas - HUGE HIT! It's fun to challenge students' knowledge and INTUITION about creatures that might be found in nature and around the garden. All photos are original!
Students learn by playing the game. Find out which insects are beneficial and why. Instead of instantly swatting at all insects, students will respect the role they play, e.g., predator, member of the food web, pollinator, etc.
To play, two groups
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3rd - 6th
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Bill Nye: S2E10 Heat, Thermal Energy Video sheet (with answer key)
Bill Nye: S2E3Heat (energy) video sheet.
Very easy for my 6th grade EC classes, it's multiple choice answers. This way they get a chance to watch the video and not spend all of the time on reading and answering the follow along questions.
3 short response questions
Define conduction
Define convection
What did you find interesting from the video
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Bill Nye: The Science Guy. Chemistry (5) Video Bundle (With answer keys)
Primary GATE with Caldecott -- "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" Mo Willems
Let’s have some fun along with the Pigeon and expand DOK along the way! This lesson will lead your primary GATE students through four challenging activities, culminating in an artistic response showing why they “never get to do anything!” either.
Gifted and talented learners carry similar characteristics throughout their lives—even as kindergarten and first graders. One common characteristic of gifted learners is a strong sense of justice. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus gives us a good o
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K - 3rd
Argumentation/C.E.R. writing- Murder Mystery #2 - Improve student argumentation!
This is a follow up lesson to the Slip or Trip Murder Mystery! I use this lesson to re-teach my students understand Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning in writing later on in the school year. I've also used it as an extension activity for students that need to be challenged as this one is a bit more challenging than Slip or Trip. Cross-curricular - can be used in science and social studies classes as well.Included with purchase:- Copy of crime scene photo with story and discussion questions for group
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5th - 12th
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STEAM DaVinci Renaissance Style: A Unit for Elementary GATE
In STEM Renaissance Style, students will follow the engineering process as they return to the 16th Century. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning.
Students construct a prototype of Da Vinci’s parachute while learning about falling objects, gravity,
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Scientific Method Variables and Graphing Practice
Students are given six different sets of experimental data and asked to identify the variables (independent, dependent etc.). They also reinforce graphing by identifying if the data should be represented with a bar or line graph. With this information, students the create data tables and graphs for the data.
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3rd - 12th
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5TH GRADE NGSS REVIEW FOR CAST TEST
Are you tired of doing boring in class reviews for the CAST? I know I was! That is why I create the Review Hunt. It gets the kids up and moving. If it is a beautiful day you can even get the class moving outside!This 5th grade review hunt is based on the CA NGSS 3rd-5th grade standards. This is because the CAST tests student science knowledge from 3rd -5th grade. This can take up a whole 50-minute class period and is a fun refreshing way to review for the California NGSS test!
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5th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film Partly Cloudy
After watching Pixar's short film: Partly Cloudy, students will infer by answering four questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
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K - 6th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film Lifted
After watching Pixar's short film: Lifted, students will infer by answering two questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
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K - 6th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film One Man Band
After watching Pixar's short film: One Man Band, students will infer by answering three questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
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K - 8th
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Allele Genotype Phenotype Practice 2
**Distance Learning and Remote Learning AppropriateThis is a second basic genetics coding and interpreting practice with alleles, genotypes, phenotypes, heterozygous, homozygous, dominant and recessive. They learn interpret traits charts and apply their understandings. This practice is important leading up punnett squares. It scaffholds the basics to ensure that students are successful when they move on to using punnett squares to predict genotypes and phenotypes of offspring.
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5th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-LS3-2
Science Project Rubric
Science Project Rubric is a great resource for evaluating student science projects of any kind. The rubric is focused on organization, creativity, and content for a PowerPoint, poster, science display, group project, display case, replica, diagram, etc. of all sorts and kinds. This rubric is a resource that can be saved and used day after day, month after month, and year after year. Also, I left it in a Word Document so that it is easily adaptable to each educator's needs/wants. Happy Teaching :
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3rd - 6th
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Primary GATE with Caldecott COLLECTION - 180 pages - 7 Books!
Your primary kids will love these lessons! You save a bundle: 33% off individual purchases!
I teach 30-45 minute groups once a week of 1st and 2nd graders all year, and this collection is more than enough to get me through an entire school year of groups. I can’t absolutely guarantee it will do the same for you, but it’s going to be very close if it doesn’t . . .
You’ll see best practices in gifted education throughout. You’ll see many graphic organizers, age-appropriate and challenging cr
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K - 3rd
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Scientific Method Webquest
Web quest for students to learn about the scientific method.
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4th - 9th
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Solid, Liquid, and Gas Picture Sort
This is a great picture sort with realistic looking pictures of 5 objects that are solids, 5 objects that are liquids, and 5 objects that are gases. This activity includes labels and pictures. For children that cannot read the labels, simply go over the beginning sounds of "solid," "liquid," and "gas." You can cut out these pictures and laminate them for continued use in the classroom or have students cut these out, sort them, and glue them on paper. This could be used as a class activity, asses
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PreK - 3rd
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Speed, Velocity and Acceleration Card Activity
What is the difference between speed, velocity and acceleration? This is a hands-on activity that can be done with a group of students, an individual student, teacher demo or turned into a foldable. Students will classify pictures and sentences based on the characteristics of speed, velocity and acceleration. A detailed answer key is included. This activity is an upper level thinking activity that will encourage your students to argue for their answers and reasoning.
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5th - 10th
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Reading Tables to Interpret Science Data for ACT ASPIRE
This is a table of climate data on five different biomes. The students are asked to use the data in the table to answer a variety of questions. They must interpret the information given in order to answer the questions. There are multiple choice, sorting, and open ended questions. It is similar to the type of questions seen on the science part of the ACT Aspire.
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3rd - 5th
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Good Touch-Bad Touch -"Underwear, Swimsuit Rule" CDC Health Standard Four
This lesson emphasizes what a good touch, a bad touch, and a confusing touch is. Never keep a secret is covered, along with the "Underwear and Bathing suit rule" information is included with a visual. It also gives advice on what to do if a bad touch happens to a student. 3 activities and 3 coloring pages with "good touch-bad touch" information that students can take home. Assessment, which is also part of Clip art, printables, no prep needed. answer key. Easel activity and assessment
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Grades:
1st - 6th
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