Critical thinking vocational education lessons for parents

This unique and original STEM Activity features a bucket with the challenge to build a tower that will hold weight. It's an engaging student favorite and you will love the ready-made lab sheets and low prep. Students must also explain why their towers need a bucket. Imaginative answers are one of the high points of this challenge- along with seeing those creative bucket towers!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.➡️ Click here for the Easy Supplies 6-Pack bun

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Also included in: STEM CHALLENGES ENTIRE YEAR 60 Projects, Planning Guide, and Posters

STEM Challenge Earthquake Resistant Structures Project- 3 Versions

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This STEM activity features an earthquake simulation with students building and shaking! You will love the shake tray instructions and ready-made lab sheets. This engineering project is one of our favorites! Your students will love building the structures and cheering when they remain standing. I include 3 different methods for the challenge.➡️ Click here to save 20% with a bundle including this resource and 2 more Earth challenges.NOTE: This resource contains many ways to complete this challeng

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 5th

Types:

Carly and Adam STEM Activities and Challenges

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

, 4-ESS3-2

, 4-ESS3-1

Also included in: Earth Projects STEM Challenge Bundle Featuring Earthquake Structures

Creativity Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle Finish the Picture, STEM

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Need a quick, no prep, creative STEM challenges to get your students to think outside the box?! Creativity challenges can be used as a quick warm up before a STEM challenge to help jumpstart students’ creativity. They can also be used for morning work, brain breaks, and at various other times throughout the school day.This bundle includes 100+ Creativity Challenges and Activities. Featuring Balloons Over Broadway, Snowflake Bentley, Valentine's Day, Groundhog Day, Earth Day, Halloween, Christmas

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Activities, Lesson, Centers

Career Exploration Activities with Research & Financial Literacy for High School

Created by

Caffeine Queen Teacher

This CTE real life bundle is jam-packed with personal finance, career exploration, soft skills, real-world scenarios, vocational and employability readiness skills, career and technical education, and many other 21st-century skills and lessons high school students need. Students will learn about credit, credit cards, paychecks, loans, soft skills (interpersonal job skills), resumes, cover letters, interview questions, mindfulness, and character education for employment through a variety of real

Subjects:

Business, Career and Technical Education, Vocational Education

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

Speech Therapy Self-Advocacy Role Play Activity for High School Students

Created by

Speech Therapy

Self-Advocacy Role Play Activity for High School StudentsUse this activity to explain what it means to self-advocate and use the practice scenarios to teach your students how to advocate at school, college, or on the job. This packet includes:-What the word Self-Advocacy Means-Why we need to Self-Advocate-Steps to Advocate-Example of Role-Play to Self-Advocate-10 scenarios with a script to Advocate at School-10 scenarios with a script to Advocate at Work (Added 9/2018)-Self Rating Form-Teacher R

Subjects:

Special Education, Speech Therapy, Vocational Education

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Lesson

Inside Out Movie Worksheets | Movie Day Activities | Social Emotional Learning

Created by

GATER Educator - Kris Prince

Looking to support your student's social-emotional needs?What better way to engage students than with a MOVIE TIME? ... INSIDE, OUT is certainly a fun childhood favorite!Check out these LEARNING ACTIVITIES created just for the movie!Personality Islands Digital PBLPersonality Islands Printable PBLHow to Make Broccoli Pizza - A Fun and Engaging Reading and Math ActivityThis resource includes a printable AND digital version to use with Google Classroom™Looking for more MOVIE GUIDES? Click HERE-Movi

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Life Skills

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

GATE, Movie Guides, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, SL.4.1d

, SL.4.3

, SL.5.1

...

Also included in: Independent Projects | Gifted and Talented Students | Early Finishers | BUNDLE 1

Visual Communication Picture Icons Schedule Cards 140 (Editable) PCS

Created by

Creative Learning 4 Kidz

Picture Icons Starter Set 1 (Boardmaker PCS)This is a great starter set for home use.You can even put together a complete daily schedule for your child with the pictures in this set.Picture Icons are 2 X 2 with editable text.View the product preview for a complete list of Picture Icons.You may also be interested in: Picture Icons Set 2 Schedule Cards 140 (Editable) PCSIncludes a ZIP file with a PDF and PowerPoint version, along with a Microsoft Word document. Please make sure you have one of the

Subjects:

Early Intervention, Special Education, Vocational Education

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Printables, For Parents

STEM Popcorn Challenge - Problem-Solving & Volume Project - Measurement Activity

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It’s the Popcorn STEM Activity! This Easy Prep Challenge is one of my absolute favorites to use as an exploration into volume. This challenge has been tested with 2nd-5th graders and they all enjoy designing those containers to hold the popcorn. Inevitably, there will be gigantic containers. Please note: This challenge is available in money-saving bundles!➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % with STEM Volume Bundle➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % with STEM 6-Pack Math Skills Bundle➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % wit

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Hello Mrs Sykes Jennifer Sykes

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Also included in: STEM Challenges Volume BUNDLE featuring Problem-Solving & Math

Literacy Night Open House Make and Take - Parent Involvement 3rd, 4th, 5th

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Involve your upper elementary students and their parents with fun and simple projects they can use at home at your next Open House, Curriculum Evening, or Literacy Night! A Make-and-Take night gives them an immediate tool they can use at home to support essential literacy skills. Perfect for a diverse class in upper elementary, as it can be tailored to suit your school. In this packet, I walk you through the planning of a literacy event at your school, whether you are inviting just your class, o

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Critical Thinking, English Language Arts

Grades:

3rd - 5th, Staff

Types:

Activities, For Parents, For Principals & Administrators

READ ALOUD STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle #1 STEM Club, STEM Centers

Created by

Carly and Adam STEM Activities and Challenges

Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom all year with READ ALOUD STEM Volume One! Everything you need to be the master STEM Teacher at your school! Awaken imagination and creativity all year. Students learn coding, engineering, explore real-world problems, learn about STEM role models, pioneers, inventors, and more!Amazing resource for STEM clubs, STEM Teachers, STEM Stations, STEM Centers, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educationa

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Science

Grades:

1st - 5th

Types:

Activities, Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

W.1.1

, W.1.2

, W.1.3

, W.1.5

, W.1.6

...

Coffee Cart COMPLETE Setup Guide and Essential Visuals

Created by

NOODLENOOK

Discover a fun, functional, and profitable vocational training activity for your students in Life Skills, Occupational Training, or Vocational Programs with our Coffee Cart COMPLETE Setup Guide and Essential Printables. Designed specifically for special education teachers in K12, this comprehensive resource will equip you with everything you need to set up a successful classroom coffee shop enterprise.⭐ What You'll Get ⭐:Our Coffee Cart Setup Guide and Essential Printables includes: SETUP GUIDE

Subjects:

Life Skills, Special Education, Vocational Education

Grades:

K - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

STEM Spaghetti Tower Challenge Problem-Solving Project

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Who knew a project using spaghetti could be so engaging and have easy prep for you? Students love this tower-building event with the unlikeliest of materials- spaghetti and one marshmallow. You will enjoy the ready-made lab sheets and the 4 different versions of this resource. ➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.What is the challenge?Students will use raw spaghetti strands to build a structure that will hold weight at the top. There are 4 variations of this

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Adulting Made Easy aka SpedAdulting

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Also included in: STEM Challenges Tower Problem-Solving BUNDLE Set 1 featuring Index Card Towers

Vocation Units 1-12 Full Year MEGA Bundle + Supplemental Materials

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FULL YEAR OF UNIT PLANS PLUS 20 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS - MONEY SAVING BUNDLE FOR CAREER SKILLS CURRICULUM - DIFFERENTIATED & VISUAL Bundle. These units focus on vocabulary and skills for the employment process from start to finish - great for special education students.This comes with 12 Vocation Units:Unit 1 Looking ProfessionalUnit 2 Types of EmploymentUnit 3 ResumeUnit 4 Job SearchUnit 5 InterviewUnit 6 Workplace AccommodationsUnit 7 Job EtiquetteUnit 8 Getting To WorkUnit 9 Getting PaidU

Subjects:

Career and Technical Education, Special Education, Vocational Education

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

Career Interest Inventory Classroom Guidance Lesson Career Exploration Activity

Created by

Counselor Keri

Career Exploration Activity for In Person or Digital Learning: This career counseling classroom guidance lesson gives students the chance to examine their own interests with a brief career interest inventory (available in paper or Google Slides form). Students gather in groups to discuss their common interests and hobbies and brainstorm careers that relate to their interests. Reinforce that career interest inventories do not dictate future careers but point students in directions of careers to i

Subjects:

Career and Technical Education, School Counseling, Vocational Education

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Lesson

Also included in: Year Long Classroom Guidance Lesson School Counseling Curriculum

My Place in the World Project: "Me on the Map" Geography for Kids

Created by

Kid World Citizen

This hands-on geography project "My Place in the World" has kids create a visual representation of how we fit into the world. Teachers often use it with the kids' geography book "Me on the Map," by Joan Sweeney. Ideal for integrated Social Studies, ELA, Geography, Literacy, and Map Skills.Using a series of nesting circles to show the relative sizes of different geographic places, this simple but effective geography lesson helps kids sort out their relation to one another. This activity includes

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Geography, Social Studies - History

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Worksheets, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Also included in: Geography for Kids Bundle: Three Essential Hands-on Activities

Fake News Unit | Critical Thinking | Media Literacy | Fact Analysis & Research

Created by

Innovative Teaching Ideas

Teaching students to navigate news and information on mainstream, traditional and social media as critical thinkers is essential in 2024. It is becoming increasingly difficult to separate FACTS and OPINIONS, SATIRE from LIES, and PERSUASION from PROPAGANDA in the "MISINFORMATION:" eraA well-grounded understanding of MEDIA-LITERACY is crucial in stopping FAKE NEWS and RADICALIZATION. And This PROVEN resource will teach your students the skills to identify, analyze and critique information throug

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.5.2

, RI.5.3

, RI.5.6

, RI.5.7

, RI.5.9

...

Also included in: CRITICAL THINKING LITERACY SKILLS | SEARCH, FAKE NEWS, FACT & OPINION, RESEARCH

STEM Toothpick Tower Challenge Easy Prep Problem-Solving Activity

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Are you looking for an easy prep challenge? This Toothpick Tower STEM Activity is the one! Towers are the best! Students love to build and stack items to create the tallest possible tower. With this tower challenge, they also have to be diligent in maintaining a solid base and must constantly rethink the task. This is one of our favorites!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 6 projects.What is the

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Critical Thinking, Informational Text, Study Skills

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Also included in: STEM Challenges Tower Problem-Solving BUNDLE Set 1 featuring Index Card Towers

Organization 101; Full Curriculum; Study Skills; Executive Funct; Summer School

Created by

Think ELA

This is a BUNDLE of Organization 101 modules containing a full curriculum that will help your students establish a strong foundation for academic success. This is a giant bundle of 10 separate modules covering so many aspects of how to be organized mentally and physically in school.This is a perfect unit to use remotely with students through Google Classroom. The Student Playlists are a stand-alone Google doc that can be copied for students. Students will independently work through the activitie

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Lesson

Cookie Crime Scene Investigation: An Activity in Making Inferences

Created by

Wild and Free in Grade Three

BEST SELLER ALERT!Lead your students on an engaging, hands-on, inference-making journey using this crime scene investigation!Students will come back to the classroom, which has been the scene of a crime! Their teacher (you, of course!) baked two-dozen cookies to share with the class this afternoon. However, while away from the classroom, someone came into the room and stole those cookies after snacking on one of them him or herself!By planting clues in your classroom and creating a crime scene,

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.4.1

, RL.5.1

, RL.6.1

STEM Bubble Wand Design Challenge Science Problem-Solving Activity

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Bubbles, Bubbles, Everywhere! STEM students love bubbles! This STEM activity has elements of fun, but also a great design and building challenge. After exploring with bubbles students will design and test their own bubble wands! Watch them engineer the ultimate bubble with their bubble wands!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 6 projects.What is the challenge?This STEM Challenge will have your st

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Computer Science - Technology, Critical Thinking, Instructional Technology

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Also included in: STEM Challenge Bundle Fun Problem-Solving Projects for Elementary

Introduction to Coding in Python - 35 LESSONS | Computer Science & Programming

Created by

Coding With Kat

Unlock the full potential of your students with this engaging, exciting, and interactive Python coding course! This resource includes 35 lessons that will help your students develop fluency with computer science and computational thinking. And the best part? The preparation has already been completed for you, so you can jump right in! With easy-to-follow lessons, activities, assignments, and quizzes that reinforce key concepts, your students will become confident coders in no time. Take a look

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Games, Lesson

STEM Marshmallow Bridge Challenge Project-Based Learning Activity

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You will love the simple materials used in this challenge! The marshmallow bridges are not very long but will test the patience and diligence of students as they work to finish this successfully. And, they will! Great cheering will happen when a bridge spans the gap and holds a little bit of weight!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource and 2 additional bridge building activities.What is the challenge?The design challenge lesson contained in this package is a bridge-building experience.

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