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Middle school chemistry tools for common cores for GATE
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
Grades:
K - 6th
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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
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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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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Grades:
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@
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Christmas Science Activity | Borax Crystal Growth Experiment | GR 6 7 8
Discover the properties of mixtures and solutions by growing borax crystals. You'll get a comprehensive teacher guide, a hands-on investigation gear for middle school, and a borax ornament STEAM challenge. This unit uses inexpensive materials and gives results in 24 hours, a wonderful way to reinforce the scientific method and journal writing. This hands-on Investigation and Teacher Guide IncludesTeacher Guide and Background Information and TipsAlignment to Standards6 Page Student Investigatio
Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-PS1-4
, MS-PS1-2
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Borax Crystal STEAM Experiment | Multi Grade Bundle | Christmas Activity
Slime Science And STEM | Grade 4 5 | Properties Of Matter | Non Newtonian Fluids
Discover the science of slime and the properties of matter with 3 hands-on activities. Students will investigate the role of borax on viscosity. Explore further with other glues, and create your own slime in a STEM Challenge. Includes reading passages, teacher guide, Easel Assessment, and anchor charts. Perfect for Halloween. NGSS aligned for 5th Grade Structure and Properties of Matter.Newly Added: We added a slime quiz in TpT Easel Assessments. It is 10 multiple-choice questions and is perfe
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, 5-PS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 5-PS1-1
...
Atomic Structure Logic Puzzle a Great Activity for Critical Thinking Skills
Boost Your Students Atomic Structure Skills with This Engaging Brain Teaser!Interactive and Fun Way to Master Chemistry Concepts: This brain teaser is expertly crafted to reinforce key chemistry skills such as identifying energy levels, valence electrons, and calculating the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons based on atomic mass and atomic number. It's an excellent resource for a bell ringer, review session, enrichment activity, or even as extra credit.What's Included:Ready-to-Use Easel
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8th - 10th
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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
Grades:
K - 8th
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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
Grades:
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
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Easy Chemistry - atoms, elements, and molecules
This is a beginners unit that introduces elementary students to chemistry basics. It covers atoms, elements, molecules, the periodic table, and Mendeleev. This unit uses backwards learning in that the students do the fun activities and then use critical thinking skills to relate their learning back to chemistry fundamentals. I used this unit with my fourth and fifth grade Gifted and Talented students and they loved it. Their learning was much deeper due to the activities which include block
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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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
Grades:
5th - 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
Grades:
7th - 9th
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Dodecahedron - A 3-D - Novel Study - Book Project - to Fit Any Novel!
This is a student all time favorite of mine over the past 10 years. It is fun, engaging, and makes an absolutely beautiful final project to display.Typically, I do this while reading a class novel to enhance our study of the book (click here to find book specific projects) But this particular project is meant to fit any novel and can be done independently while students read their novel or as a book project after they finish reading.The project is easily differentiated and adapts to all learners
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Also included in: Dodecahedron - Book Study Bundle - Upper Grades
Magic Milk Molecules Science and STEM | | Saint Patricks Day Rainbow Unit Gr 4 5
Using simple kitchen supplies, create a memorable experience exploring surface tension and molecular movement. A complete teacher guide, student investigation, and a chemistry STEM challenge are included. The swirling rainbow of colors makes it an engaging Saint Patrick's Day experiment.Included in the Hands-On Investigation and Teacher Guide:Correlation to the *Next Generation Science Standards 5th Grade Structure and Properties of MatterScience and Engineering Practices Third-Fifth GradeBackgr
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, 5-PS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-PS1-2
...
Grant Proposal
Grant Proposal: Grant Proposal on Crime Stoppers Investigations-
Would you love to write a grant for your elementary classroom but just can’t seem to get started? This winning proposal may be just what you need to jumpstart your ability to plan, write, and carry-out an innovative teaching grant. Crime Stoppers Investigations offers a world of possibilities for classroom learning. This proposal was written for gifted and talented students in grades four through six but could be adapted as a
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Argumentative Essay Brainstorm Outline - College Prep
Many students have difficulty writing an argumentative essay... and this document is the perfect solution!
It doubles as a brainstorming/outline worksheet, and requires students to provide both evidence to support their claim as well as analysis of the evidence they choose.
Furthermore, it requires one of the most important components of an argumentative essay that students often forget or ignore... counter-argument.
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education
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STEM Lab NGSS Science Curriculum Activities 5th & 6th Grade: Matter Interactions
This resource contains two 5th and 6th grade level STEM activities and challenges that can be completed in the classroom or at home. Explicit directions as well as wide-ranging flexibility make these STEM activities perfect for traditional Science classrooms or for distance learning.The first STEM activity allows learners to engage in an experiment that compares the water solubility of three common household substances. The basic experimental process student work page gives students explicitly
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Grades:
5th - 6th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 5-PS1-3
, 5-PS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
...
Text Dependent Explanatory Prompt Bundle
The new common core standards and PARCC assessments will require students to relate their story and essay writing to two-three passages of text. The text may be nonfiction, fiction, reference materials, quotes, environmental print, or poetry.
These writing prompts contain three texts each 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
Grades:
1st - 6th
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December Essay Writing (Opinion, Informative, and Narrative Prompts)
This packet includes 45 pages of essay writing practice for students for the month of December. There is an essay menu for the month with 20 prompts total (4 informative, 4 opinion, 4 narrative, and 4 research prompts). For December, the topics focus on Christmas, the holidays, and winter. There are some non-Christmas topics for your students who do not celebrate Christmas. The menu gives students the element of choice and allows for student engagement.
Post the menu in your classroom or in a
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Phase Change with Friends (States of Matter Explained with Water, STEM, NGSS)
A perfect STEM book for kids in the classroom or at home! This covers reading, science, and poetry in one lesson that will keep students entertained while learning whether they are physically at school or doing distance learning. This rhyming story explains thermodynamics in a way students can relate to with illustrations of ice, snow, water, steam, and a thermometer. The rhyme makes it fun to read for both students and teachers.These poems and bright colors will appeal to a preschooler and the
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Grades:
PreK - 6th, Staff
NGSS:
2-PS1-4
, 2-PS1-1
Multiple Intelligences: ARGUE IT! CHOICE CARDS® - SET 1
Power-Up your classroom with BYTES Power Smarts! These Choice Cards include 25 argumentative essay prompts that cover multiple standards for Common Core. See full packet contents listed below and click on Preview under the thumbnails above to see a sample of the packet contents.Choice Cards® are task cards, but we think the word CHOICE is more motivational. Students have lots of CHOICES with BYTES Power Smarts IT! Packs. Students can choose an IT! Pack and, within that pack, they can choose w
Grades:
4th - 6th
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PhET Leveled (Scaffolded) Assignment Build a Molecule PDF
In the PhET leveled assignments 3 different levels for each PhET will be provided. The intent is to make differentiation of the PhET simulations more accessible.In the “Build a Molecule” PhET, we will explore:Describe the difference between an atom and a molecule.Build simple molecules from atoms.Distinguish between the coefficient and subscript in a chemical formula.Construct molecules from the chemical formula.Associate common molecule names with multiple representations.Experiment with combin
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Grades:
6th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-PS1-1
PhET Leveled (Scaffolded) Assignment Build an Atom PDF
In the PhET leveled assignments 3 different levels for each PhET will be provided. The intent is to make differentiation of the PhET simulations more accessible.In the “Build an Atom” PhET, we will exploreUse the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons to draw a model of the atom, identify the element, and determine the mass and charge.Predict how addition or subtraction of a proton, neutron, or electron will change the element, the charge, and the mass.Use the element name, mass, and charge
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Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
5-PS1-1
, MS-PS1-1
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