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Measurement simulations for Gifted and Talented
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Minecraft Area and Perimeter Project Based Learning 4.MD.3 3.MD.8
4.MD.3 - Apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real world and mathematical problems. For example, find the width of a rectangular room given the area of the flooring and the length, by viewing the area formula as a multiplication equation with an unknown factor.
Students will plan and design the blueprint for a Minecraft village. They are also given the area or perimeter for some buildings, and will be required to figure out length and width. Use the project with basic grid
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3rd - 6th
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Line of Best Fit and Scatterplots
Who doesn't love a good mystery?!!!! In this engaging students use a real life scenario to apply scatterplot data of shoe size and height and the line of best fit to capture the correct suspect. This product has lots of great reviews! Many middle school math teachers state this was a great way to review the concept of line of best fit and scatterplots. Aligned to CCSSM8.SP.A.2 and CCSSM8.SP.A.3This activity is also available in a bundle at a discounted rate:Scatterplots and Line of Best
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Line of Best Fit and Scatterplots: The Bundle
Measure-Thon - Measurement Project Based Learning
This math simulation is the perfect culminating activity and alternative assessment to measure your students’ understanding of second grade length measurement concepts. During the Measure-Thon math simulation, your students (AKA Mathletes) will compete in four measuring events. They will test their physical strength as they blow, kick, flick and toss a small puff ball through the air, and their mental power as they measure the distance their puff ball travels using centimeters, inches and feet.
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2nd
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Also included in: Measurement Math Enrichment Bundle for Second Grade
Zombie Task Force Simulation for Model United Nations BUNDLE
Get students debating and engaged in Model UN with this fun Zombie Task Force simulation! This bundle includes everything you will need to host an effective Model UN simulation. The comprehensive Zombie Task Force Simulation Slides presentation will walk your students through the process from learning what it means to be a delegate to successfully writing a resolution. Resources and graphic organizers are provided for each step of the process. This is a great way to kick off your club or unit! S
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6th - 12th
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Gifted and Talented - Living on Your Own: Lessons in Financial Responsibility
Challenge your gifted and talented to play the “game of life” and survive financially during their first year in college. This concept-based unit allows students to “earn” an inheritance from a distant relative by repurposing items from a barn. With this “money,” students find affordable housing, transportation, furnishings, and other essentials. Then the “game of life begins with monthly reoccurring expenses, opportunities to buy additional necessities and/or wants, as well as challenges or o
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5th - 8th
Gifted Crime Scene Investigation Activity The Case of the Missing Cash
This highly engaging crime scene investigation activity will have your students using their critical thinking skills as they critically read and analyze witness testimonies, view and evaluate evidence, and draw inferences to determine the motive and identity of the person guilty of robbing a bank. Higher-level thinking skills will be practiced while investigating the crime scene, as students form a hypothesis about who committed the crime, establish a motive, and then justify their hypothesis b
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5th - 8th
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Line of Best Fit and Scatterplots: The Bundle
This bundle includes 2 engaging activities where students can apply the skills of plotting points in a scatterplot, making a line of best fit, and finding the slope of the line to find missing data. Fun scenarios of Sasquatch and a crime scene hook kids into learning. Please leave feedback, you can earn TpT credits for future purchases. If you enjoy these activities consider following my store as I work to increase my middle school math inventory. Check out my other middle school math produc
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7th - 9th
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Force and Motion Science Lab Activities: NASCAR Class Transformation
Are you looking for a fun way to teach about force and motion? Do your students struggle expressing the relationship between force, mass, and motion? This set of science activities will have your students understating the relationship through fun racing science activities. These fun simulation brings real life experience into the classroom making students immediately vested and ready to learn about force and motion. I have designed the lab activities in this classroom transformation to engage st
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Math and Science Lab Classroom Transformations
Create your own civilization based off of 'Weslandia'
Create your own civilization based off of the book 'Weslandia'. Students will use their social studies knowledge to create their own utopian society. Your students will have a blast taking knowledge that they have previously learned about and applying it to their new civilization! Their creativity will amaze you!!!!
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CCSS Writing: W.2, W.4, W.5, W.6, W.8, W.10
Social Studies: geog
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4th - 12th
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Dog Sled Race Project Based Learning
This engaging project allows students to use a variety of math and language skills in a relevant simulation. They will plan, prepare, and race in a Dog Sled Race. Here's a list of the different activities included in this project:Activity 1: Your Team: Students create their dog team. They draw pictures of each of their 6 dogs and name them. They also develop a team logo.Activity 2: Sled Dog Care: Students read a passage describing the needs of their sled dogs. They follow up by answering
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
Project Based Learning Bundle
Engage your students throughout the school year with relevant projects where they can apply a variety of skills from math and language arts. Project Based Learning Projects are actually my favorite products to make. This product includes 15 different projects; 4 of which are also in a digital format. Click on each of the individual products to see previews, and read below for more details of what's included.Design an Aquarium (A Digital version is also included for use with Google Classroom™
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3rd - 6th
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Class Escape Problem Solving Game
Modeled after the popular "Escape" games in many cities around the country, this classroom version prompts students to work together as a class to solve puzzles, connect the clues, and crack the code! This is a great activity for the first week of school to encourage teamwork and help students get to know each other and the classroom. Your students will be totally engaged in this hands-on challenge!
You will need the following tools:
- tape
- color printer
- scissors or paper cutter
- white c
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7th - 12th
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Project Based Learning: Volume and Area of Prisms and Cylinders
This cooperative project involves applying many math and language skills to a real life situation. Teams are tasked with planning an aquatic center. Specifications include rectangular and circular pools which allow students to practice older skills such as perimeter, area, and volume of rectangles and prisms, as well as newer skills such as circumference, area, and volume of circles and cylinders. Measurement conversions are integrated, as well as writing and presentation skills. A final po
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6th - 8th
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Class Escape: Halloween Edition
My students loved my original Class Escape, so I created the HALLOWEEN EDITION when they begged me to make another! Modeled after the popular "Escape" games in many cities around the country, this classroom version prompts students to work together as a class to solve puzzles, connect the clues, and crack the code! Your students will be totally engaged in this hands-on, Halloween-themed challenge!
You will need the following tools:
- tape
- color printer (preferred) or regular printer
- scisso
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6th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Project Based Learning: Design an Aquarium
Engage your students in a relevant project where they can apply a variety of skills. Skills in this activity:*Area*Volume of prisms*Problem Solving*Addition*Subtraction*Multiplication*Persuasive Writing *Writing a letterGiving a PresentationStudents write a proposal, plan a budget for purchasing fish and tanks, and set up their aquarium model. They purchase gravel and other decorative accessories for the tanks. The project culminates with a poster presentation where students share their plans
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
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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Project Based Learning: Measurement Conversions, Math and Language Skills
Engage your students with this fun project! Students work in teams or individually to design a dog house. A variety of math skills are practiced including area,volume, measurement conversions, addition, subtraction, and multiplication. ELA skills are also integrated as students write persuasive letters and give oral presentations on their creations. Giving students relevant contexts to apply skills is a meaningful way for students to construct conceptual understanding and see a useful appli
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle for Dog Lovers
Build a Business Math Project with Volume
This math project combines creativity, human, capital, and natural resources, volume, and balancing a checkbook! Your students will create a business and then build it using rectangular prism nets. After the businesses are done, students will shop in their classmates' stores and balance their checkbook! It has been a huge hit with my fifth graders!Rubric included.Check out the preview!
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Integrated Math Projects GROWING Bundle Grades 3-5
Choose Your Adventure: Dystopia
Immerse your students in the world of Dystopian literature with this "Choose Your Adventure" activity! Students are inserted into the story as the protagonist and are given a series of choices that will determine their fate. There are 74 choices and 28 possible endings! They must navigate through social classes, a rebellion, totalitarian rule, and a dubious government. Use as a hook activity for a novel, a genre study, or to accompany another dystopian text!
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6th - 10th
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Area of Composite Figures | Irregular Shapes | Surgery Room Transformation
Surgery room transformations have been seen all over social media, and now you can bring this engaging activity to your own classroom! Everything is included in this product to create your own “surgery experience” for your students as they find the area of composite shapes. You can make it as simple or theatrical as you like! If you need a print and go version, your students will only need the patient files, scissors and glue. If you really want a memorable experience, provide surgical gloves a
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3rd - 5th
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Defining Leadership & Creating Tomorrow's Leaders Today
In a democratic society, choosing effected leaders is an essential criterion for citizens. In this activity, students will explore leadership qualities that are essential for a strong leader, not only in the government, but also in all facets of life. Through understanding what makes a leader, students are then able to model those traits and become leaders themselves. Students will explore leadership through analyzing ambiguous information about major leaders throughout history. Using that limit
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6th - 12th
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Stock Market Game - Interactive Activity to Purchase, Trade and Track Stocks
Economics by itself? Boring. Economics with a competition and prize involved? Now we're talking!I created this activity to enrich my Sixth Grade Social Studies unit on Economics. I begin by teaching about the stock market, going over vocab and practicing calculating stocks/broker's commision. If your students have a basic understanding of the stock market, then this is the perfect next step. The object is to have your students purchase stocks (while paying you - their broker - a 5% commiss
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6th - 8th
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Money Matters: A Real-World Simulation for Upper Elementary Students
A creative problem-solving unit that simulates real life. Students are faced with real-world decisions related to money management, budgeting, jobs, taxes and bills.Students are randomly assigned families and jobs. They then are presented with real-life situations and decisions that they must make (just as their parents do).Creative problem-solving, decision-making, Socratic seminar, and real-world dilemmas are incorporated into this unit.Printables: Everything you need is in this unit. It h
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4th - 6th
Learning Disabilities Simulations- Social Emotional Learning for Students
Every classroom in the world is comprised of students who learn differently. Our students are surrounded by peers who have learning disabilities, speech disorders, attention deficits, and more! Are we teaching our kids about these differences? Are we equipping them to help their peers and show empathy towards them? Have we empowered those who learn differently?In this 4-part simulation, students will gain an understanding of how some kids learn, struggle, and feel during parts of their learni
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1st - 12th, Staff
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