Critical thinking art cultural activities for GATE

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

...

Also included in: Math Logic Puzzles: 3-5 BUNDLE - [Digital & Printable PDF]

Depth and Complexity Novel Study for The Giver

Created by

Teacher Thrive

Reading and Responding to The Giver and Complexity!Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Lois Lowry’s The Giver. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to traditional novel worksheets available. Each chapter has a unique graphic organizer that contains 4 critical thinking questions questions and 1 related "Core Question". All questions within the graphic organizers are open-ended, can be answered in multiple

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

GATE, Graphic Organizers

Winter STEM Activities and Challenges with Paper ❄️ Snowflakes ❄️

Created by

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

**BEST SELLER!** Winter STEM / Snowflake STEM activities! Create a variety of snowflakes with these 3 STEM engaging challenges. For these challenges, the only material that is necessary is plain paper. This is a great companion activity if you are reading about Snowflake Bentley (Wilson Bentley).✅ What You'll Get ✅Teacher Instructions and sample imagesWarm up activities: How snowflakes form in nature (1 page informational text)Cutting practice page (if your students need it, recommended!)Which f

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Printables

CCSS:

4.G.A.3

NGSS:

MS-ETS1-2

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-PS2-2

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, MS-ETS1-1

...

Also included in: FLASH SALE ⭐ Low Prep STEM Activities and Challenges Engineering Design Process

Math Logic Puzzles: 4th grade ENRICHMENT - [Digital & Printable PDF]

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Math Logic Puzzles for 4th grade includes 14 higher order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math.Math Con

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Literature, Reading

Grades:

4th - 5th

Types:

CCSS:

...

Also included in: Math Logic Puzzles: 3-5 BUNDLE - [Digital & Printable PDF]

Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literature Circles Book Clubs

Created by

Teacher Thrive

Add some depth and complexity to traditional Literature Circles with this complete and ready-to-use resource!You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Each Literature Circle role (listed below) is directly connected to 11 elements of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). Ju

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 9th, Adult Education

Types:

GATE, Literature Circles

Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle

Halloween STEM Activities | Fall STEM Activities for October | Halloween Science

Created by

Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Halloween STEM Activities will keep your kids engaged in brain-busting work disguised as fun!This bundle includes the following 6 Halloween STEM activities:⭐ Bone Bridge® STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Creature Catcher STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Ghosts in the Graveyard STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Treat Toss STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Wings Wanted STEM Challenge Activity⭐ Halloween STEM Improv Activity (336 possible combinations!)The basic idea: In the 5 Halloween STEM Challenge Activities, students

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Halloween

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Math Logic Puzzles: 2nd grade Enrichment - [Digital & Printable PDF]

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Math Logic Puzzles for 2nd grade includes 16 higher-order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math.--------

Subjects:

Teach With all Your Heart

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

CCSS:

...

Team Building Escape Room with Logic Puzzles Critical Thinking Escape Room

Created by

Engage your students with this Team Building Escape Room! This is great as a back to school escape room! This escape room is perfect for both the end of the year and beginning of the year. Students will be engaged and challenged with logic puzzles, codes to decipher, and more. There is both a full easy prep printable version as well as a Google(TM) form digital version for virtual or distance learning.This resource includes everything you need to implement a challenging and fun escape room fo

Subjects:

Classroom Community, Critical Thinking, End of Year

Grades:

4th - 9th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Games

Also included in: Team Building Escape Room with Logic Puzzles BUNDLE - Critical Thinking Escape

Halloween STEM Activity - Bone Bridge® - Halloween STEM Challenge

Created by

Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

The Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM activity is collaborative, brain-busting work disguised as fun! This STEM challenge goes beyond Halloween. Connect it to your science lessons on skeletal system, bridges/transportation, and/or forces (specific ideas provided in the resource). The basic idea: Students work in partners or groups against a list of criteria and constraints to build a bridge for length, strength, or capacity using simple materials. This is the first resource from Bone Bridge® STEM Ch

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Halloween

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

GATER Educator - Kris Prince

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

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

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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

Back to School Art Project : Kandi-Apples : In the Style of Kandinsky

Created by

Art with Creations Claudia Loubier

Here is the perfect project for the start of the school year: Kandi-Apples.This project will allow students to create a work of art in the Style of Kadinsky.When they are finished, you can make a colourful collective display. This project requires simple materials, and apple models are also included. A great way to discover a fundamental artist. Level:Kindergarten to Grade 6Technique:DrawingVisual Language:Thick linesThin linesCurved linesMaterials:White sheet or piece of cardboard (8.5 x 8.5 in

Subjects:

Autumn, Back to School, Visual Arts

Grades:

K - 6th

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Also included in: Art Lesson Plans Bundle : Grade 1 Visual Art

Fairy Tale STEM and STEAM Activities and Challenges Makerspace Task Cards

Created by

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Hands-on fairy tale STEM challenges that are open-ended and allow for student creativity! Students can complete all 20 STEM activities OR use the choice board and pick their challenge(s). These low prep activities are easy to set up with materials you already have, like paper, recyclables, or building bricks and blocks. Your students will be begging to do more!✅ What You'll Get ✅20 Fairy Tale STEM challenges: These can be displayed from the PDF file or from Google Slides, or printed at 4 per pag

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Activities, GATE

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

...

Also included in: Fairy Tale STEM MEGA Bundle 100+ Tasks for Fairy Tales, Fables, & Nursery Rhymes

Goldilocks STEM Activity - Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM Design a Bed

Created by

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM: Design a New Bed for Goldilocks! What do you get when you combine fairy tales and STEM? A fun, hands-on STEM tale! This fairy tale with a twist guides students through the engineering design process to create a new bed for Goldilocks. The storybook can be read aloud together. Students will complete it as they work through the STEM activity.⚙️ The STEM Activity ⚙️Your students will help Baby Bear build Goldilocks a new bed of her own! In this story, there is a

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Canadian History, Graphic Arts, Other (Arts)

CCSS:

, RL.K.1

...

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-PS2-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

Also included in: Fairy Tale STEM MEGA Bundle 100+ Tasks for Fairy Tales, Fables, & Nursery Rhymes

Indigenous Artists in Canada | Elementary Art Lessons and Projects

Created by

Brain Ninjas

This set of art projects incorporates painting, oil pastels, printmaking and carving to study six different artists in Canada who identify as First Nations or Métis through creating a piece of art inspired by George Littlechild, Bill Reid, Dana Standinghorn, Jason Carter, Benjamin Chee Chee and Leah Dorian.This inspiring product includes:six different art projects (each one can usually be completed within a few hours from start to the end of clean-up).complete lesson plans with step-by-step inst

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Also included in: Art Lessons Bundle | Elementary Art Projects | Classroom Art | Easy Art Projects

Starry Night Pumpkins : Art Lesson Plan - Halloween - Fall - Autumn

Created by

Art with Creations Claudia Loubier

Here is an art project that highlights the arrival of autumn while also discovering Vincent Van Gogh and other impressionist painters. Your students will create artwork with pumpkins/squash while using superimposition. They will work in the manner of the impressionists to colour their projects. The technique of using oil pastels and tempera paint gives an incredible result. Level:Grades One and upTechniques:DrawingPainting Visual Language:Warm and cool coloursDifferent kinds of lines : (curved

Subjects:

Art History, Autumn, Halloween

Grades:

1st - 8th

Types:

Cultural Activities, Lesson

Diwali Craft - Paper lantern

Created by

Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Celebrate Diwali (The Festival of Lights) by making these paper lanterns. Fun, easy to make and they look great hanging in the classroom. They are also a great activity for a 'Holidays around the world' unit.Included:♦ 10 x different templates ♦ Handle template (just cut paper strips if you want to cut down on printing)♦ Construction instructions♦ One substitute template for the spelling of the word colour/colorA variety of templates to suit what you are looking for. Some are plain

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Visual Arts

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities

FAIRY TALE STEM Activity Challenges BUNDLE Family STEM Night and Homeschool STEM

Created by

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

These fairy tale STEM activities bring a classic story alive in a hands-on way, exploring force and motion, sound, measurement, kinetic and potential energy, and more using the engineering design process to creatively problem solve. ⭐ Students will join characters like Goldilocks, Rapunzel, and Jack and the Beanstalk on 12 engineering adventures, with 48 STEM activities included. They will be challenged to use their problem-solving skills to help the characters solve an engineering dilemma! ⭐Stu

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Projects, Activities, GATE

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.9

, RL.2.1

...

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, K-2-ETS1-1

2nd Grade Money & Coins Activities Games, Centers, Counting Money Word Problems

Created by

Keep 'em Thinking with Susan Morrow

Your kids will love these money activities that involve students in real-world applications involving counting money, solving money word problems, showing monetary amounts in different ways, and more! More than just worksheets, this money unit for 2nd grade and 3rd grade includes 15 challenging yet fun money centers, games, and activities to keep your kiddos excited about learning to count money in different ways. If you're looking for a resource in which students must use mathematical reasoning

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Math

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

GATE, Games, Centers

Also included in: 2nd Grade Money Math Games, Projects, Task Cards, Warm-Ups Activities Bundle

Math Logic Puzzles: 1st grade Enrichment - [Digital & Printable PDF]

Created by

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Math

Math Logic Puzzles for 1st grade includes 18 higher-order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills.These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math.----------

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

CCSS:

...

End of Year & Summer Math Logic Puzzles Worksheets - Enrichment Activities

Created by

Live Laugh Math

Need summer math activities to keep kids learning & challenged? Math logic puzzles allow students to practice critical thinking & math skills during the end of the year and over the summer. Use as end of year enrichment worksheets for early finishers, a cooperative learning activity, a math challenge center, or a summer math review packet. Available as a printable resource (PDF) and a digital version (made with Google Slides™).Math Skills Included:- Basic Operations & Prime Numbers-

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Math

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Activities, GATE

Also included in: Math Logic Puzzles - Holiday Enrichment & Critical Thinking Activities

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

Chinese New Year Art Project: Chinese Ming Dynasty Vase Art Lesson & Sub Plan

Created by

Glitter Meets Glue - Art Projects and Crafts

Ready to liven up your middle school art curriculum with engaging, no prep Chinese New Year art projects? This Ming Dynasty vase lesson will boost student confidence and creativity. Kids will be intrigued by production of the cobalt blue porcelain ceramics. Moreover, they’ll enjoy playing a roll a dice game to make a vase of their own!And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create art lesson plans based on ancient China. During this art project, your class will learn about pottery, earthe

Subjects:

Art History, Asian Studies, Visual Arts

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Projects, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

W.5.1a

, W.5.2d

, W.6.1a

, W.6.2d

, W.7.1a

...

Also included in: Multicultural Art Projects: Self-Assessment Rubrics, Worksheets, & Exit Slips

Halloween STEM Activity - Bat Wings Wanted Halloween STEM Challenge

Created by

Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

This Halloween STEM activity will keep your kids engaged & learning! Not doing Halloween activities this year? No problem! Just add this to a science unit on bats, life science, the physics of flight, or as a supplement to Stellaluna.Basic Premise:In this Halloween STEM challenge activity, students design and engineer a new set of bat wings, with the goal being to achieve maximum flight distance and/or accuracy. You can even throw in style points, if you like! It's a paper airplane challenge

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Halloween

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

Math Logic Puzzles: 3-5 BUNDLE - [Digital & Printable PDF]

Created by

This BUNDLE contains 44 Math Logic Puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math in grades 3-5.This bundle is a perfect,

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