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2nd grade social studies resources for GATE
Inventions Research Project - Collaborative Tessellation Project
Research inventions from A to Z! This resource includes a list of 50+ inventions that students can research and report on in a fun way. Choose from print and go option (with invention graphics already on them) or use the template provided to research inventions not included. A digital version is also included if you use Google Classroom. When projects are complete they can be combined to create a tessellation! This makes a great wall display or bulletin board collaborative art piece.Please note
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Inventors and Inventions Bundle of Research Projects Templates
Albert Einstein Scientist Study / Biography Activity
If your students are learning about famous scientists and inventors, you simply cannot beat Albert Einstein! This is an interactive biography study where students complete a mini-booklet using a word bank and images.What You'll Get8 page create-a-book booklet. Your students will add illustrations (provided) and fill in the blanks based on context to complete the book (a word bank is included). There is a hands-on activity to demonstrate space-time, and links to websites to further explore elect
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Famous Scientists and Inventors Bundle
Latin America (Mexico, Central/South America) Geography Research Unit
This Latin America unit includes:
Several different activities/project layouts for you to chose from or use all! :)
As you teach about the geography of Latin America and all the countries in it, use these in their interactive notebooks!
Perfect for students to research and discover information about all of Latin America or just a country there on their own!
GREAT mini research project for GT students or early finishers to work on!
Grades:
2nd - 8th
STEM Black History Challenges
This fun resources will give your STEAM (STEM) challenges for the year a historical "twist"! All the challenges are focused around Black History Greats; there are 15 challenges in all! The African Americans for each challenge are from all areas, such as explorers, athletes, government, scientists, etc.. Your students will have a blast trying to design and build the challenges just like their favorite Black History Greats! Perfect for Black History Month!
The African Americans included are:
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1st - 5th
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Life Long Ago and Today with Depth & Complexity
Life Long Ago vs Life Today (This unit has been updated 11/13/2018)Enjoy this social studies standards based unit. This will be a great companion for your books on life long ago. I embed Depth and Complexity prompts/icons and Depth of Knowledge in all my products. The included standards are based on the California State Standards but I am sure they are similar to other state standards. This is NOT limited to California teachers but a great social studies primary resource.This unit includes
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K - 2nd
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Cesar Chavez Day Power Point Presentation
Power Point Presentation, Cesar Chavez Day, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Pesticides, Fair Wages, Farms, Migrant Farmworkers, Mexican Americans, Chicano Studies, Ethnic Studies, Heroes, Social Justice, Multicultural Education, Holidays and Celebrations, Birthday, California, Arizona, Politics, US Government, Farm Workers, United Farmworkers Union, Latino, Dolores Huerta, Robert Kennedy, Spanish Language, Cultural studies
26 Slide Power Point Presentation on the Legacy of Cesar Chavez. This prese
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2nd - 12th
Marie Curie Scientist Study Biography Activity
Looking for a print and go option for Women's History Month or studying about famous women in STEM history? Try this Marie Curie Create-a-Book! Learn about this scientist and why she is famous in this 8 page Create-a-Book (mini biography book). Your students will cut and paste the provided illustrations and fill in the blanks using the word bank, based on context to complete the book. Ideas for extending this activity are included.What You'll GetOverview Poster: There is a poster in color and bl
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Also included in: Famous Scientists and Inventors Bundle
Inventor Research
The following resources are intended to be used for students to research a variety of inventors. Materials can be used as a whole class or in a research center. QR Code Research Cards, Inventor Mini Book Pages, and Green Screen puppets are included for the following 30 inventors:-Alexander Graham Bell-Benjamin Franklin-Stephanie Kwolek-Ruth Graves Wakefield-Eli Whitney-George Washington Carver-Thomas Edison-Tim Berners-Lee-Lonnie Johnson-Dr. Patricia Bath-Joy Mangano-Josephine Cochrane-Henry Fo
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2nd - 4th
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GT Enrichment BUNDLE! - All my enrichment resources aligned with TPSP
Grab this bundle that includes all of the enrichment resources I've created to align with and compliment primary and intermediate Texas Performance Standards Projects tasks. This bundle is great for pull-out enrichment teachers, or for use in the regular classroom to meet the needs of your gifted learners.Check out each individual product page for more details and an in-depth preview of each resource.Learn more about TPSP at https://www.texaspsp.org/_________Looking for other GT Enrichment activ
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1st - 5th
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Hands On Map Skills: Cross Curricular Project to Teach Map Skills (Grades 2-4)
Tired of using worksheets to teach map skills? I used worksheets for years but something didn't feel right. I knew my students weren't learning map skills deeply when I was teaching this way. That was when the Hands on Map Skills project was born!
This is a social studies project that has cross-curricular connections to reading and math. In this project students use real maps to study their important features, all while refining their map skills. Then they get the chance to put all of this kno
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Henry Ford STEM - Car Building STEM
Henry Ford - Henry Ford is a famous American who changed the way cars were made. This STEM teaches students some basic facts about Henry Ford. It challenges students to design a car that has wheels that can turn. Students must use the available supplies and stick to a budget. This STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards and encourages critical thinking, budgeting, and engineering skills.
Suggested Plan of Implementation:
Prior Week: Send home the parent letter requesting supplies. Gat
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1st - 6th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Morse Code Scavenger Hunt
In this fun activity, students will create a foldable with questions about Morse code. To find the answers, students will hunt around the classroom and translate Morse code messages.
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*Two foldable options
*Morse code messages
*Answer Key
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2nd - 5th
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Abraham Lincoln Log Cabin STEM
Abraham Lincoln - President's Day STEM - In this STEM challenge your students will learn some facts about Abraham Lincoln and will complete the challenge of building a one room log cabin similar to his childhood home. Students must stick to a budget and use the available supplies. This STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards and encourages critical thinking, budgeting, and engineering skills.
Suggested Plan of Implementation:
Prior Week: Send home the parent letter requesting supplies.
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K - 6th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
MAP SKILLS BUNDLE - CLASSROOM, BEDROOM, HOUSE, ZOO, TEST, AND CENTER
These are engaging and fun projects to teach basic mapping skills. The students learn how to use a compass, place objects using the four cardinal directions, and follow multi-step directions. Describe the location of objects relative to other locations in the classroom. (Over, near, far, left, right, north, south, east, west).- Students create an interactive house map placing pictures of the house furniture on the assigned spots. Or/and they create their own house!- Blank map for your own additi
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1st - 4th
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BUNDLE Around the World in 10 Days {STEM & Target Book}
Looking for an engaging way to teach geography and letter writing? Go cross-curricular and teach both simultaneously! Students start by 'Packing up their questions' about geography by creating an anchor chart with their teacher. Then model letter writing skills and off you go! Spend one day in each of the continents and complete a STEM Challenge! On the last day of your travels create a world map to document your experience!
This product is a BUNDLE, which is at a discounted price! These are th
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1st - 4th
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Personal Interest Project for Genius Hour
Do you use Personal Interest Projects, Passion Projects or Genius Hour in your classroom?
PIP’s are a great way to extend learners who are gifted or talented, or introduce young learners to research projects. Students are able to choose their own topic to research and present in any format that they choose. This is also a great way to allow students to work at their own pace and to be accountable for their learning.
Included in this file;
o Instructions on how to implement a PIP in your
Grades:
2nd - 4th
2nd Grade Choice Boards for Differentiation & Early Finishers - Science and More
Second grade teachers searching for engaging science, math, social studies, and ELA activities, look no further! This GROWING BUNDLE includes 15 science choice boards aligned to many of the 2nd Grade Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and other common 2nd grade science topics and 15 social studies choice boards, plus it will soon include choice boards for math and ELA. Choice boards are excellent for differentiating your instruction for ALL students, including intervention and enrichment s
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2nd
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NGSS:
2-PS1-4
, 2-LS4-1
, 2-ESS1-1
, 2-PS1-1
, 2-ESS2-3
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Goods and Services Producers and Consumers Economics Activity Second Grade
Looking for an engaging early elementary economics lesson? Your students will gain a deep understanding of buyers and sellers (producers and consumers) in a community with this fun simulation activity. Your second or third grade social studies students will love creating their own good or service. This resource is suprisingly low-prep for how interactive it is. Simply print, cut, and go! You'll get teacher instructions, classroom procedures, printable student sheets, a student reflection sheet,
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2nd - 3rd
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STEM Around the World in 10 Days
This product is included in a bundle with an Around the World in 10 Days Travel Journal. Check it out HERE!
Looking for an engaging way to teach geography? Why not have students solve a STEM challenge that relates to each continent? There is STEM challenge for each of the 7 continents in this product.
This product includes:
•STEM Challenge Background information pages
•STEM Challenge Problem pages
•STEM Challenge Criteria & Materials pages
•Student STEM journal pages (Includes background i
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1st - 4th
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Geography Lessons and Activities | Critical and Creative Thinking BUNDLE
If you're looking for fabulous lesson plans about many aspects of geography, this bundle is for you! They're the perfect way to build geography skills, critical thinking skills, and creativity skills, all at once! You'll love the super high quality graphics, original articles, and the super clear teacher instructions for every single lesson.Ten different lessons/activities are included, and all of them align with National Geography Standards. Every resource has more than one activity, so this is
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Grades:
2nd - 9th
Orbit Enrichment Project
This is the perfect project for gifted or early finishers. You could alsogive to the whole class as a ”May Do” assignment when they’re finishedwith their “Must Do” tasks. This project can be used in various ways.Choice is powerful with students, especially when providing enrichment foradvanced students. Your students will surprise you with their end result.Students pick a topic that “orbits” around something they’ve learnedabout or are learning about in their grade level. For example: division,v
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2nd - 6th
Also included in: Enrichment Activity Growing Bundle
Digital Research Project Seven Natural Wonders of the World
Looking for a distance learning or 100% digital project? This is an independent digital research project in Google Slides that is perfect for distance learning.Students will independently research and present information about the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. You can easily assign one, some, or all of the natural wonders for this project. Simply delete any unwanted slides prior to sharing or assigning the project. You can also make this project appropriate for multiple grade levels by s
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2nd - 8th
Colonial American STEM: Create a Toy or Game
This STEM project explores how children in Colonial America used the "technology" of the time to create toys and games! You provide materials for students to design and build their own game or toy in a 1/2 hour time limit. This STEM's goal is to explore how children used their creativity and materials (or technology) available in their time. All the materials you need for documenting student progress are found inside! Look What's Inside the Colonial American Create a Toy or Game STEM! For the
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2nd - 5th
Flags of the World STEM Mats - STEM Center for Building Bricks Distance Learning
If you are looking for a STEM and geography resource, or are celebrating any international sporting events, this is a great set to add to your toolbox!STEM Mats are SO easy to set up in your classroom! If you were thinking of trying STEM Fridays or Maker Mondays, or you need something more engaging for your early finishers than worksheets or reading, this is the resource for you. Not only will your students be working creatively to solve problems, they will be reading, writing, and using math sk
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1st - 5th
Also included in: STEM Activities and Challenges for K-2 - Whole Year Bundle
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