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Cooking projects for Microsoft Word and for Gifted and Talented
Table-top Mini Golf: STEAM Engineering and Design for Elementary GATE
In From Putt-putt to Pebble Beach--Table-top Mini Golf, students will design and construct a playable table-top sized miniature golf course using the engineering design process. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning. The result is a classroom filled
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Integer Project Bundle
Integer Projects Bundle
Need an integer project idea? This bundle includes 5 Integer Projects that you can use in your classroom. This is great for grades 6-8. I have used these in the past for an alternative to a written integer test. These projects are 21st century and provide real-world application. Great part about this – completely editable.
Projects Included:
-Budgeting Your Money with Integers (with rubric)
-Integer Timeline (with rubric)
-Integer Rules Comic Strip
-I am an Integer
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Math Project-Create Own Dream Home-Blueprints and Floor Plan (perimeter & area)
Create blueprints and/or floor plans for your own dream home!!
Your little architects will love dreaming big with this project. Using their imaginations and graph paper, they will create their own blueprints.They will be learning area, measurement and perfecting those problem solving and critical thinking skills. The bonus is they won't even know it because they will be having fun.
This project is very "real life" oriented.
For the younger grades this would be better for the GT students. Or
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Food Around the World- Culture and Foods Research Project
Students work individually or in pairs to research a country (of their choice or assigned) and present the information. The project checklist is editable to meet the needs of your class.The project checklist has students explore a countries unique cuisine including:The countries location and how that affects cuisine. common ingredients from various food groups.authentic recipe (can be cooked for a follow-up activity).foods used for celebrations or religious ceremonies. comparing the countries cu
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Primary GATE with Caldecott -- "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" Mo Willems
Let’s have some fun along with the Pigeon and expand DOK along the way! This lesson will lead your primary GATE students through four challenging activities, culminating in an artistic response showing why they “never get to do anything!” either.
Gifted and talented learners carry similar characteristics throughout their lives—even as kindergarten and first graders. One common characteristic of gifted learners is a strong sense of justice. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus gives us a good o
Grades:
K - 3rd
STEAM DaVinci Renaissance Style: A Unit for Elementary GATE
In STEM Renaissance Style, students will follow the engineering process as they return to the 16th Century. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning.
Students construct a prototype of Da Vinci’s parachute while learning about falling objects, gravity,
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
SHARK TANK Economics Pitches Prototypes PROJECT BASED PBL GATE
Welcome to the shark tank project-based learning unit. Let’s begin our entrepreneurial careers today!
Build critical thinking skills, public speaking success, and bring creativity, language arts, and economics into your classroom in a purposeful and authentic way.
Students will work in collaborative teams to solve a complex, ongoing, inquiry-based problem with a physical product for an authentic audience:
• Brainstorm a product, citing a need that will be fulfilled.
• Construct a prototyp
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Creativity Bundle for GATE Gifted and Talented and ALL
Carnival Game Economics PBL Project-Based Learning GATE
Smaller tasks add up to big, big learning with this gold medal standard project-based learning activity! What a sneaky cool way to learn math, economics, and functional design! (Insert evil teacher laugh.) It’s a hands-on approach to Common Core Standards.
In Carnival Game Economics, students design a carnival skill game and gather data as junior market researchers during the test phase. They’ll use this data to help make decisions. After making calculations for probability, students will
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
Road Trip Adventure PROJECT BASED LEARNING for GATE and 3rd - 8th Grades
Come along on a fun project-based adventure as students practice different forms of writing, geography skills, computer and internet technology skills, engineering and design skills, math skills, public speaking, creativity, and art.
Here is your Gold Medal Standard project based learning unit ready to go. Because this project-based unit relies heavily on student creativity and invention, the key knowledge, understanding, and success skills can be scaffolded across many grade levels. This un
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
T-Shirt Entrepreneurs PROJECT BASED LEARNING Math Economics GATE 4-8th
Your students will be excited for this “gold medal standard” project-based math, design, and economics activity. It’s appropriate and adaptable for 4th – 8th grade. It has been a staple for my 4th grade gifted and talented math group since 2013.You won’t be the sage on the stage. Students will problem-solve their way through the project working in collaborative teams, and the teacher will guide, be a resource, spur discussion, play devil’s advocate, and provide mini lessons when necessary.In
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class BUNDLE - Math Focus Hours of Hands-on Projects GATE Gifted
Service Learning Project - Research and Planning Organizers
"Be the change you want to see in the world" - GhandiThis is a powerful quote. Inspiring someone to not just sit and dream, but to take action. However, for many people (adults and students alike) it is not that simple. While the dream may be there, the plan is difficult to organize.I began doing one service learning project a year because my students were so dedicated to their passions. From animals to women's safety to literacy, each student was able to focus on something that was importan
Grades:
6th - 8th
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STEM Kid Engineering and Construction -- Hoop and Launcher Game GATE
Kid-built in a few hours . . . this 7 inch tall basketball hoop can be assembled and re-assembled. We’re not going to toss a ball to make baskets with this project. Oh, no . . . we are making a little catapult to launch marshmallows at the hoop! Oh, yes! Sweet!
Use this building project as a challenging independent study for upper elementary, as a whole-class engineering project, or use it to make math and science applications like percentages, measurements and geometry, action/reaction, tr
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Project on Italian food and Italian regions
In this file, there are 3 pages of different assignments for a Food & Culture unit in Italian class.
The first assignment is a choice board of different assignments.
The second assignment is a research task on Italian cuisine and regions. Rubric included.
The third task is a dialogue at an Italian restaurant that the students will present.
Useful vocabulary for the students is included.
The projects can be adapted for ANY languages class OR a travel & tourism course.
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Business Plan and Entrepreneurship Project for Elementary School
Overview: Students will develop and operate a business. Students will conduct market research, analyze the results, develop a business plan, and implement the business. After each day of operation, students will determine profits and losses based on their expenditures and sales. Students will graph and analyze the results to make decisions for their business.
The business described below was a “movie theater” my students ran during the last weeks of school. Students who earned the privi
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3rd - 5th
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News report and Newscast Project
In this project, students select local news, world news, sports or weather as their focus. They they self direct their research with teacher support and graphic organizers to help guide them. They then write a news story and participate in a newscast. I had the students use iMovie to create their finished newscast, but it is not required. Students can perform their newscast in front of the class. My students loved this activity and I loved that it hit individual interests, but also had the
Grades:
4th - 8th
End of Year Geometry Project (Distance and Midpoint Formula), 9th, 10Math, No-pr
Geometry STEM Project. -Plan a trip around the United States calculating distance and midpoint using the appropriate formulas. Calculate the midpoint and then find a city that is close to that point on the map. Research and find at least 5 fun facts about each city as well as places to visit. -Make a presentation (google slides, powerpoint, prezi, canva, video, etc) to present your travels to the class(or your teacher) so they can learn about the cities you visited. Table included to record
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in: High School Math Projects (Algebra II and Statistics) STEM No prep
The Crane Design and Building Challenge -- STEM Problem Solving
A best practice lesson for the teaching of physical science or GATE talent pools:
In this lesson, students use the engineering process to build a working crane model that is strong enough to lift a stapler.
There are no set patterns, pre-cut materials, or teacher-led building instructions here! Students engage in the engineering process to design and build their own working models of cranes. The teacher sets guidelines and limitations, provides feedback and monitors progress, instructs the
Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in: Creativity Bundle for GATE Gifted and Talented and ALL
Friday Math -- Baseball Card Probability Game
This series of activities will challenge students’ Common Core skills and critical thinking skills in a variety of ways!
How do baseball video game developers design their video games so that Major League players perform with relative accuracy according to their real-life strengths and weaknesses? They begin with statistics and probability.
In this series of activities, students will apply probability (expressed as fractions and dice rolls) in order to design a baseball card which will be use
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle
BILLBOARDS - Language + STEM + Advertising + GATE
Want to combine language skills, graphic design skills, and engineering skills in a way that will keep your students thinking and engaged?
Here’s a 2 to 3 hour activity which is fun and hands-on, takes critical thinking skills and building skills, and refers to real-world experiences in advertising and economics. It’s perfect for upper elementary GATE and made to order for our 21st Century Learners—combining language, engineering, and graphic design. As always, these activities help meet Comm
Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
Persuasive Writing Commercial Presentation
Students will consider elements of Persuasive Writing to develop and Present a 30-second Commercial. They'll have fun creating and describing a game or toy, and think about advertising techniques and effective persuasive delivery of their original ideas. Includes a Grading Rubric to evaluate Persuasive Elements, Verbal Delivery and Overall Performance.
Created by CruzCyberClass
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5th - 12th
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Primary GATE with Caldecott -- Owl Moon Pop-up and Critical Thinking
Now with a more kid-friendly pop-up option:
Owl Moon is incredibly rich in critical thinking potential, rich in artwork, and rich in the feelings words evoke.
Come along for a challenging lesson and a fun extension activity with the poetic 1988 Caldecott Award winner Owl Moon. Critical thinking about poetry, participatory reading, and figurative language along with a project in which we create an owl to “pop up” and spread its wings poetically will energize your students.
Caldecott books a
Family Studies / Health - Canada's Food Guide 2019 Web-Quest. (1-2 Classes.)
This is an introductory assignment that will familiarize students with the current version of Canada's Food Guide. All questions are taken directly from the Food Guide website and the link to the site is at the top of the assignment handout. By completing this activity students will examine and record strategies to promote healthy food choices, healthy meal preparation, and healthy food culture.Assignment description / handout included.Rubric included. (NS Family Studies Curriculum.)
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6th - 9th
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Open A Restaurant Project for Prostart
This activity can be used as a final culmination of several topics in Prostart, including kitchen management and costing out of recipes. Students work in groups to design a restaurant, including: its theme, sampling of the menu, costing out items from the menu, and even preparing a dish they would theoretically serve in their restaurant. It will take about 2 days for planning and a third day for recipe completion.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Home Economics/Foods and Nutrition Menu/Meal Planning Project
This is a seven page project which allows students to organize, plan and budget an entire 3 course meal plus a beverage. This is a great hands on project for Grade 7-12. Included is a typed up letter to parents, initial meal planning sheet (covers allergies and food intolerances), self-assessment, guest comment card and assessment, and the 6 step project nicely laid out to ensure full organization. It ensures students covers all the tools they will need, terms to research such as "sauté" and
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
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