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Middle school measurement tools for common cores for GATE
Fidget Spinner STEM Challenge Activities and Science Experiment
The ORIGINAL Fidget Spinner Stem Challenge & Science Lab! Discover the science of fidget spinners with this engaging and low-prep STEM activity. Practice scientific method with an exploration of variables, data collection, graphing, mean/average, and more...all while having fun!This self-paced, fidget spinner activity is print-and-go. Each activity sheet guides students through the project. STEM Challenge Overview:Students will use the included visual directions, graphic organizers, chart
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3rd - 6th
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Create Your Own Dream House Project - Using Area & Perimeter
This project requires students to design a dreamhouse using graph paper (provided in this resource). Once students have designed their dreamhouse they are then asked to find the area and perimeter of all objects in their house. I have provided a list of suggestions and student-friendly directions. This is a fun project that will get kids motivated about practicing area and perimeter concepts. Included in this download are the following:-Teacher Directions/Helpful Hints-Student Directions-Student
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3rd - 6th
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Depth of Knowledge and Learning Icons - Digging Deep - Critical Thinking Skills
These focus wall resources are designed to be engaging and meaningful. Help your kiddos reach for deep knowledge and content mastery using a variety of critical, complex thinking skills.Digging Deep Learning Practices assist students in engaging in critical thinking and developing meaningful understanding of concepts.This resource contains both large and small posters as well as “quick cards” that can be displayed on focus walls, resource walls, or simply during specific lessons.Encourage your s
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K - 6th
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Design a Cube City...a study in volume!
Students use isometric dot paper to draw 3-D buildings and design their own cube cities. This project is a great culmination to any study in volume.
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1. Teaching Notes
2. Student Sheets:
*Learn to Draw Cubes and Rectangular Prisms
*Draw Rectangular Prisms practice sheet
*Design a Mini Metropolis instruction sheet
*Metropolis Information Sheet, a table to collect information on volume and cost (3 options are included so teachers can select the one that best fits their students' needs:
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4th - 6th
Percentages Project Based Learning for 6th Grade Math: Open a Surf Shop
This fun Math project-based learning activity teaches students math and business skills while they design and plan their surf shop opening! Standards covered include geometry, money skills, graphing, percentages, and more! It's great for Common Core Math and other state standards! Help your students practice real-life and math skills with this quality math project. It even includes a teacher guide walking you through each step. Differentiation and student choice is built into all of my PBLs!Your
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6th
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Customary Conversions Measurement Task Cards Capacity and Weight Word Problems
Put your students to work solving the Farmers' Market Capacity and Weight Word Problems! Farmer Wayne and Jane are headed to the market with their farm goods. Unfortunately, they packaged all their fruits, vegetables, jams, jellies, and milk in containers of one size. Customers want to buy goods in different sizes and amounts. Farmer Wayne and Jane need your students to help to make sure customers get the amount they want to buy.Included in Customary Conversions Measurement Task Cards:✔ 8 basic
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4th - 6th
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Volume City - Second Edition
The resource is a perfect addition to the original volume city. Most teachers find that it's more challenging than the original as students are required to fit the building to certain perimeter and area dimensions. Also, each unit square is considered 20 feet. Students need to have a strong understanding of area and perimeter, as well as square feet, before attempting this activity. |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|There
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Geometry and Measurement Bundle - Grades 2-6 Worksheets
Valentine's Day Math Project-based Learning: 5th grade standards
Fun Valentine's day Project-based learning (PBL) 5th grade! Help your students practice decimals, graphing, multiplication, and division. Includes Math concepts and links to other subject areas.This project will get them out of their seats, happily practicing the Math they've learned this year! Students will put their Math skills to work planning their very own Valentine's Day party, using the guests of their choosing. All of my project-based learning activities come with free e-mail support! Re
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: 5th Grade Math Project Based Learning Bundle
Essay Template aligned with Lucy Calkins Boxes and Bullets
Students can use this template to plan and organize their essays for Informative, Persuasive, and Expository essays.
It includes Sentence Starters and Language Frames and lined paper to start their essays on.
The C_ O_ P_ S_ S_ is a checklist for students to check their writing for Capitalization, Organization, Punctuation, Spelling, and Sentence structure.
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4th - 8th
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A Literature Unit for Patricia Polacco's Junkyard Wonders
This unit was made to go Patricia Polacco's book The Junkyard Wonders. Included are 18 pages of activities to challenges your students to think more deeply about the story. The unit was created with the 4th and 5th grade Common Core Standards in mind. Topics explored are theme, setting, character traits, visualizing, and many more. Writing assignments and a project idea are also included. The themes in this book would also be perfect to explore with a gifted class. Email me at ideabackpack@
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3rd - 6th
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3-D Name Project: Isometric Drawing
This engaging project develops students' understanding of crucial geometry concepts of volume, surface area, and spatial visualization. The comprehensive 21-page handout will provide everything you need to help your students foster these skills: isometric drawing paper, examples, full instructions, answer keys, and actual student samples. The Common Core connection is also included. You and your students will be rewarded with eye-popping examples of the beauty of mathematics.The activity include
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6th - 9th
Social Media, Digital Citizenship, & the Internet Depth & Complexity Bundle
Teach your students how to be digital citizens using the prompts of Depth and Complexity and Content Imperatives! This bundle offers Depth & Complexity frames, thought provoking games, and engaging activities all about social media, digital citizenship, and the internet! Students will have the chance to write, collaborate with others, share opinions, create a website and blog about it (on paper), and participate in many other activities.
Never used Depth and Complexity icons or frames in
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2nd - 8th
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame: Baseball Math Enrichment Project
This is a real world enrichment project for those students who need some deeper work in mathematics. Students will use a variety of skills to complete this project including, research skills, elapsed time skills, measurement skills, and higher level thinking skills. This is a great way to provide differentiation in the classroom. There is a 3rd/4th grade packet and a 5th/6th grade packet included. This is great for gifted and talented students. It also can be a great family activity to work
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3rd - 6th
Differentiated Instruction CCSS STEM Choice Boards & Extension Menus K-8
Teachers, meeting the needs of all learners through differentiated instruction is more important now than it ever was. With the transition to the Common Core, more English language learners, and differing learning styles and abilities makes it pertinent for teachers to offer activities that appeal to each and every student. This is a collection of choice boards, extension menus, and Think-Tac-Toe boards for all grade levels and content areas. These will allow you to reach all students, ensure th
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K - 8th
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Start a business - Pizza Parlor {STEAM activities}
Students will design and create a pizza parlor. With a focus on STEAM, they will be placed in small cooperative groups where they will start with a business plan, apply for a business loan, design a floor plan of their restaurant, create a menu, uniforms and a logo. Students will then create advertisements using print, radio and television ads. They will be faced with daily decisions and will need to a keep a balanced budget. Each cooperative group will be competing with the other groups for ear
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3rd - 6th
Math & Art Project-Based Learning: Monet, Perimeter, Area,& Metric Measurement
Welcome to Monet Math! This 3 part-project is an interdisciplinary one that combines area, perimeter, metric linear measurement, art history, reading, research, and drawing and design. This investigation began when we posed the questions, “If we were going to design your own garden, how would we design it? What would we plant in our garden? What features would we include in your garden?”This product includes step-by-step directions for investigating Claude Monet, garden planning using centimete
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4th - 6th
Open Ended Math Questions | Math Challenges with an Animal Theme
These open ended math questions will provide math challenges that your students will be excited to solve! These open ended questions are easy to differentiate and will promote questioning, estimation, strategies, communication and planning.Skills Include:questioningmaking an organized planusing a variety of strategiescommunicating resultsestimationaddition and multiplicationcreative thinkingproductive risk taking in mathWhat's Included:11 different open ended math challenge problems (PLUS- one b
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4th - 6th
Error Analysis: Multiplication
Higher Order Thinking Task Cards
Newly update with new graphics: This is a set of critical thinking task cards. Students are required to analyze a traditional algorithm multiplication problem to find the single error. Students are then required to use their math knowledge and vocabulary to describe the problem. Then students write an extended response to help fix the error.
The task cards in this packet can be used in a variety of ways in the classroom: individual work stations, partner/ gro
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4th - 7th
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Multiple Intelligence (MI) PowerPoint (Secondary Version) by Jennifer A. Gates
Teaching gifted, talent development or preparing students for Common Core by teaching them to identify their strengths?
This is the perfect way to introduce Multiple Intelligence: 8 characteristics that students can use to best identify ways in which they can make positive growth. They are: nature smart, logic smart, self smart, people smart, word smart, picture smart, body smart, and music smart.
Introduce and explore Multiple Intelligence in depth with students the elementary or primary and
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
STEM Activity Challenges for Building Bricks
Calling all Lego® master builders! If you are looking for more advanced building challenges with bricks for your upper elementary through middle school students, I've got you covered.These STEM building tasks are perfect to use in STEM class, makerspaces, libraries, after school clubs, or for early finishers.Please note that this set has been designed for advanced learners or builders, or those who have already completed the basic set of STEM mats. These require higher order thinking skills, per
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: STEM Activities and Challenges for K-2 - Whole Year Bundle
Easter Jelly Bean Catapults: Exploring Forces and Motion!
Jelly Bean catapults is an awesome hands-on engineering project that can be used before, during, or after Easter. Students will learn about simple machines, specifically levers, as they explore, design, and test their Jelly Bean catapult. Students will also be given opportunities to modify their design and test for both distance and accuracy, allowing them to experience the Engineering Design Process. During this investigation students will learn about Newton's 1st Law of Motion and the relation
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2nd - 7th
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Common Core Text-Dependent Writing Prompt Argumentative Grade 8
The new common core standards will require students to relate their story and essay writing to two-three passages of text. The text may be nonfiction, charts, quotations, environmental print, fiction, or poetry. In line with PARCC demands.
This writing prompt contains three texts for the student to read (very short) and specific writing prompt directions. The type of writing the students will be composing will fall under the category "argumentative" because the student will be forced to establi
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7th - 9th
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Common Core Text-Dependent Writing Prompt Explanatory Grade 6
The new common core standards will require students to relate their story and essay writing to two-three passages of text. The text may be nonfiction, fiction, quotes, environmental print, or poetry.
This writing prompt contains three texts for the student to read (very short) and specific writing prompt directions. The type of writing the students will be composing will fall under the category "explanatory" because the student will be forced to respond to a question by making a definitive answ
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5th - 7th
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Volume PBL | Project Based Learning Bundle
In this bundle you will find the Mini City and Design Your Own Cereal Box projects. The projects allows students to explore volume and surface area. There is a flip book that on volume.
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4th - 6th
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