8th grade classroom community centers for Gifted and Talented

Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Do you want to introduce or review the engineering design process in an engaging and fun way? This digital breakout activity, similar to an escape room but without the need for physical locks, does just that! Students do not need any prior knowledge about engineering or the EDP to do this breakout, though it can be used as a review. In this resource, students will:Learn about the engineering design process (5 slides of informational text)Solve 6 digital puzzles related to the EDP (a variety of p

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Centers

Also included in: Engineering Design Process Guide, Activities, Journal, Rubrics, Breakout BUNDLE

Roll an Icebreaker Question - Getting to know you activity dice discussion game

Created by

Exceptional ELA

Ease the stress and spark the fun with this fantastic icebreaker game! Say goodbye to awkward introductions and hello to unforgettable connections. Inside, you'll find a treasure trove of 8 mats packed with over 250 icebreaker questions that'll have your students buzzing with excitement. Simply hit print and roll the dice to kickstart the adventure!Whether it's a dynamic duo, a lively group, or the entire class, this game adapts to any setting. Break the ice like a pro and watch the magic of gen

Subjects:

Classroom Community, For All Subjects, Oral Communication

Grades:

5th - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

Also included in: Back to School Activity Bundle - Secondary ELA - Classroom Management - Editable

Add & Subtract Fractions Enrichment Activities - Math Logic Puzzle Challenges

Created by

Critical Thinking, Fractions, Gifted and Talented

Add & Subtract Unlike Fractions Challenge Puzzles are a fun way to challenge your students while they gain a deeper understanding of adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a digital version made with Google Slides™. Three different types of puzzles are included: grid logic puzzles, determine the fractions puzzlers, and missing digits puzzles. These 14 different adding and subtracting fractions enrichment puzzles allow

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Classroom Community, Classroom Management

CCSS:

5.NF.A.1

, MP1

Also included in: Fraction Operations Enrichment Activities, Math Challenges, & Logic Puzzles

Food Partner Pairing Cards | Collaborative Partners & Small Groups

Created by

Typically Techy

Organize your groups with these adorable food pairs & squads. This resource includes 20 different food pairs (40 students) for group work. This is a great way to randomize partners in a fun way! Also included is food squads for group work and centers. Group your students into groups or 3, 4, or 5 with these cute food squads. Get your students excited about group work with this resource. Included with this resource is an editable Google slides of the pairs and groups. The pairs and groups are

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 8th

Types:

Centers

Also included in: Food Partner Pairing Cards Bundle | Collaborative Partners & Small Groups

Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literary Response Booklet

Created by

Teacher Thrive

Incorporate Depth and Complexity into your next novel study! Take your students’ learning to new “depths” with this Critical Thinking Literary Response Booklet. This open-ended resource can be used with any piece of literature in a variety of grades (4-8+). This kit comes with everything you need to provide your students with a thought-provoking and engaging alternative to traditional book reports.Totally reformatted to fit on letter-size (8.5 x 11 inches) paper!!!Included in this resource:• 11

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

4th - 10th, Adult Education

Types:

Printables, Centers

Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle

It's Not a Box! 25 Creative Drawing Prompts Your Kids Will Love

Created by

Lucy's Littles

These 25 open-ended drawing prompts range from basic shapes to abstract lines to engage your students' creativity and critical thinking skills! Use them as a drawing warmup, mindfulness activity, or for early finishers. These are perfect for any art class, and can be paired with Antoinette Portis' book Not a Box for a literacy connection. My K-1 students loved these challenges, and they could easily be implemented up to high-school grades depending on the level of depth you encourage. As an art

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Visual Arts

Grades:

K - 10th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Centers

PI DAY Activities BUNDLE ⭕ Math Fun & More for Pi Day March 14th! ⭕

Created by

Geometry, Gifted and Talented, Holidays/Seasonal

Everything you need to celebrate Pi Day! Have some hands-on math and art fun while exploring pi for National Pi Day (March 14th). If you are preparing a celebration for your school or many grade levels, save with this bundle. Please see the individual listings of the resources to see all that is included in this ultimate Pi Day bundle:Pi Day Fun (K-5)andPi Day Pack (Grades 5+)There is an overlap of some of the activities, which is why this resource is heavily discounted.✅ What You'll Get: K-4 Ac

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Centers

Bundle: STEM Family Night Planning Guide, Activity Instructions

Created by

Vivify STEM

STEM Family Night Planning Guide + Bonus Stations Bundle! Host a STEM or STEAM Family Night to generate excitement for STEM through hands-on activities and engage the whole school in the benefits of STEM learning!This all-inclusive planning guide has everything you need to host a successful STEM Family Night! The guide was created after experience hosting several successful Family Nights with over 350 participants. The activities have been vetted by math and science teachers for both elementary

Subjects:

Engineering, Gifted and Talented, Science

Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

Activities, Centers

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Integer Operations Logic Puzzles & Challenges - Math Enrichment Activities

Created by

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Numbers

Integer Operations Enrichment Puzzles are a fun way to challenge your students while they gain a deeper understanding of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers. Four different types of puzzles are included: Mystery Integers, Name those Integer puzzlers, Missing Integers Puzzles, and Grid Logic Puzzles. The integer operations enrichment puzzles allow students to practice critical thinking and math skills at the same time.Over 30 challenge puzzles are included in two forms- 10 pr

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

Also included in: Middle School Math Enrichment Activities, Challenges & Logic Puzzles Bundle

STEM Activity Pi Day ➡️ Packaging Engineer Career Exploration Math Challenge ⭕

Created by

Applied Math, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

A STEM activity with a career focus that is great for Pi Day or any time! In this hands-on math challenge, students will be packaging engineers for the day as they determine the best arrangement for a set of circles in the various packages! This 2D STEM challenge is a scaled-down, paper version of what real packaging engineers must accomplish with 3D objects and products. This activity ties in well to Pi Day because the objects are all circles! In a 3D version, these objects could be something l

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 12th

Types:

CCSS:

...

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

The Periodic Table of Elements Coloring Book

Created by

Teresa Bondora

A coloring book to familiarize children with Primary elements in the Periodic Table. Elements have a data page bulleting information about its facts, uses and discovery. The following page are pictures to color pertaining to those facts.It covers the first 85 elements plus activities at the end.You can find a lot of craft and hands on projects using the book at my blog here:http://teresabondora.tumblr.com/tagged/periodic+table+postsThis book is also available in a bundle with the Science Rules C

Subjects:

Chemistry, Gifted and Talented, Special Education

Grades:

2nd - 12th

Types:

Workbooks, Projects, Centers

Space STEM STEAM Activities 5 Challenges Straw Balloon Rocket Parachute Bridge

Created by

Fishyrobb

This is a set of 5 space-themed STEM challenges centered around the story of a group of scientists who must travel to Jupiter to save mankind. After watching the introductory “movie trailer” and hearing the opening storyline, students will read 5 of the team's travel log entries. Each one will challenge them to design something to help them survive and save the humans back on Earth.STEM Challenges in this set:• 3-2-1 Blastoff: Design a Rocket• Touchdown: Build an Orbiter Landing Device• Don’t Lo

Subjects:

Engineering, Gifted and Talented, Physical Science

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Also included in: Force & Motion STEM Activity BUNDLE 15 Projects + STEM Rubric Space Rome

Multiply Fractions Enrichment Activities - Math Challenges & Logic Puzzles

Created by

Critical Thinking, Fractions, Gifted and Talented

Multiply Fractions Challenge Puzzles are a fun way to challenge your students while they gain a deeper understanding of multiplying fractions. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a digital version made with Google Slides™. The multiplying fractions logic puzzles allow students to practice critical thinking and math skills at the same time.Four different types of puzzles are included: grid logic puzzles, determine the fractions puzzlers, product squares, and missing digits puzzles.

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Also included in: Fraction Operations Enrichment Activities, Math Challenges, & Logic Puzzles

Hatchet STEM Activities - Novel STEM Challenges Study Survival Science & Math

Created by

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Science

This is not a run of the mill Hatchet novel study. Join Brian on his survival adventure with three STEM activities, 2 science experiments, a math exploration, and more in this Project Based Learning resource that combines STEM with literacy. I have created these STEM challenges as a way for students to engage with some of the aspects of the story in a hands-on and meaningful way. Use this STEM novel study in your book club, while doing a Hatchet read aloud, or allow students to choose one or mor

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Projects, GATE, Centers

NGSS:

MS-ETS1-2

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-4

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, MS-ETS1-1

...

Also included in: STEM Bundle of Activities and Challenges Read Aloud Books and Novels

Spanish Conversation Speaking Question Cards, Task Cards BUNDLE of Ice Breakers

Created by

Mis Clases Locas

Are you struggling to get your students speaking in Spanish in class? This growing bundle of differentiated interpersonal speaking activities was designed as a communicative task card option to get Spanish students talking and moving. These question task cards would be great for students who have some Spanish background knowledge such as late Spanish 1, Spanish 2, Spanish 3, or Spanish 4 to talk about a variety of topics. These are student-centered, differentiated task card activities for Spanis

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community, Spanish

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.SL.1

Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension

Created by

teachforteach

Listening and Following Directions and Reading ComprehensionActivities that challenges students to listen and pay attention to detail.These activities are designed to challenge students to follow oral and/or written directions and complete tasks in the correct locations of a diagram. The activities are designed so the directions can be read to the students by the teacher or the students can read the directions to themselves. This allows the activity to function as either a listening or reading c

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Oral Communication

Grades:

4th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

GATE, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.SL.1

, CCRA.SL.2

Plexer "Rebus" Word Puzzles BUNDLE!!! - Google Slides Access Included!

Created by

Countryside Teaching

Now includes Google Slides Access - One puzzle per slide - Buy the Plexer "Rebus" Word Puzzles BUNDLE with over 300 puzzles and save!!! Your students will enjoy this fun critical thinking activity. It's perfect for an enrichment activity for those students who enjoy a good challenge. They can do these puzzles as an individual, with a partner, or small group. These task cards are a great way for students to exercise their brains and are perfect for literacy centers!THIS PRODUCTS INCLUDES:Plexer

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Printables, Task Cards, Centers

STEM Fall Pumpkin Catapult - Math & Engineering Activity

Created by

Vivify STEM

Looking for a pumpkin chunkin catapult challenge? Look no further with this fall or Halloween, Thanksgiving, or fall-themed STEM catapult activity! ** Note: This activity is the same as our STEM catapult challenge product, only centered around a fall pumpkin theme**Click to read more on the Vivify Catapult ChallengeThis STEM catapult challenge involves engineering, geometry, ratios, critical thinking, and teamwork in an engaging fall-themed activity your students will love! Using the engineering

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Math, Science

Grades:

4th - 10th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Centers

CCSS:

...

NGSS:

MS-ETS1-2

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-4

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, MS-ETS1-1

...

Also included in: Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle

Add & Subtract Decimals Enrichment Activities - Math Logic Puzzles

Created by

Critical Thinking, Decimals, Gifted and Talented

Add and Subtract Decimals Challenge Puzzles are a fun way to challenge your students while they gain a deeper understanding of adding and subtracting decimals. These puzzles are available as a 10 page printable PDF and a 34 slide paperless version made with Google Slides™ for distance learning. Five different types of puzzles are included: square sums, mystery decimal equations, grid logic puzzles, determine the decimals puzzlers, and missing digits puzzles. These 34 different adding and subtrac

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Also included in: Decimals Enrichment Activities - Math Logic Puzzles Bundle for Early Finishers

Add, Subtract & Multiply Mixed Numbers Logic Puzzle - Math Enrichment Activities

Created by

Critical Thinking, Fractions, Gifted and Talented

Add, Subtract, and Multiply Mixed Numbers Enrichment Puzzles are a fun way to challenge your students while they gain a deeper understanding of adding, subtracting, and multiplying mixed numbers. The 25 enrichment puzzles are available as 9 printable PDFs and 25 digital slides made with Google Slides™.Five different types of puzzles are included: Mystery Mixed Number puzzlers, Missing Digits Puzzles, Square Sums Puzzles, Area and Perimeter Missing Measurements Challenge, and one Grid Logic Puzz

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

Also included in: Fraction Operations Enrichment Activities, Math Challenges, & Logic Puzzles

Multiplying & Dividing Decimals Enrichment Activities & Logic Puzzle Challenges

Created by

Critical Thinking, Decimals, Gifted and Talented

Multiply & Divide Decimals Challenge Puzzles are a fun way to challenge your students while they gain a deeper understanding of multiplying and dividing decimals. These logic puzzles are available in two forms: a 10 page printable PDF and a 20 slide digital math center version made with Google Slides™.Three different types of puzzles are included: 6 product squares, 6 determine the decimals puzzlers, and 8 missing digits puzzles. These 20 different multiplying and dividing decimals enrichmen

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Also included in: Decimals Enrichment Activities - Math Logic Puzzles Bundle for Early Finishers

Decimals Enrichment Activities - Math Logic Puzzles Bundle for Early Finishers

Created by

Critical Thinking, Decimals, Gifted and Talented

This Decimal Place Value and Decimal Operations Enrichment Bundle 60 puzzles in the form in two forms: 29 printables and 60 digital slides made with Google Slides™ for distance learning. Decimals Challenge Puzzles are a fun way to challenge your students while they gain a deeper understanding of decimal place value and decimal operations. Four different types of puzzles are included: square sums, grid logic puzzles, determine the decimals puzzlers, and missing digits puzzles. These decimal enric

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types: