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Critical thinking economics Common Core RST.6-8.1 resources
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How to use GOOGLE SEARCH like a BOSS!! | Research Skills | Digital Citizenship
Teach your students an ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILL of the INFORMATION ERA. Learn how to refine and filter GOOGLE SEARCH QUERIES using PROVEN TECHNIQUES that improve RESEARCH and CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS in 2024. This ❤️NO PREP unit teaches you and your students how to USE GOOGLE SEARCH LIKE A BOSS!This EDITABLE resource comes with all the instructional slides, graphic organizers, and video tutorials you need to make an immediate impact.Learn exactly how to find what you want online, filter out unwant
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Observe and Infer - Picture of the Week
All young scientists need to practice making careful observations and evidence-based inferences. With this product, you will get a complete year of Picture of the Week activities for students to strengthen these skills. Students are shown an image and spend time making careful observations. After this, they make inferences based on these observations. This would be a great warm-up exercise or a great addition to your weekly classroom routine.
You will begin to see your students become mor
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Jade C.
Complete Essential Facts for VA SOL Civics & Economics
This product includes EVERYTHING students must know for the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) Test. Essential Facts are the most EFFECTIVE study tool for students preparing for their standardized testing. I know this from experience and in the past 5 years I have personally improved my schools Civics and Economics test scores by a substantial margin. I used this strategy with the lowest performing group of students in my school and our SOL pass rate improved from 75% to 96%. Last year I had a
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Internet No Prep Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, Cyber Criminal Activity
This lesson introduces students to how the internet works and how it is used to transfer information. This also goes over the great important of staying safe online by not giving out your personal information and staying on secure sites. This lesson is designed for late elementary through middle school.
Key Terms include:
- computer network
- internet
- LAN
- WAN
- World Wide Web
- Viruses
- Social Media
All the documents can be found within the zip file. The Cyber Criminal Activity works the
Grades:
5th - 10th, Higher Education
The Outer Planets No Prep Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, and Pluto Debate
This lesson goes over how our gas giant planets were discovered, our estimates of how many moons each has, and unique features of each planet. The ending of this lesson explains how our once ninth planet Pluto is now categorized as a dwarf planet. The worksheet that is included follows along with the power point presentation to keep students engaged. This lesson is designed for late elementary through intermediate grades.
Key Terms Include
- Gas Giants
- Jupiter's Great Red Spot
- Saturn's Rin
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4th - 8th
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CONSUMER PROTECTION DESIGN BRIEFS
This is a collection of content applications that address the most common science areas found in middle and high school settings. Each challenge is introduced with a context statement and a brief scenario that helps to set the stage for introducing the dilemma. The challenge invites the students to solve the problem while adhering to specific limitations and rules.While possible procedures are provided for all the design briefs, they should never be considered the only procedures. The rationale
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5th - 11th
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NGSS:
HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-ETS1-1
Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
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5th - 12th
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NEW Comprehensive Science Fair Packet
This packet includes the following information:-Guidelines for a Highly Effective Science Fair.-Safety Procedures as recommended by ISTE.-Task Timeline (11 weeks + 1 If you do a special competition)-Explanation of a Model versus a Scientific Experiment-Differences between Science Fair and Engineering Design Process-In Depth Details of How to Design and Plan an Experiment-Graphics for Bar chart, Line chart, Pie charts + How to setup Data Tables-Student Proposal Plan → Guardian sign sheet-A 4 Assi
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5th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
{EDITABLE} Lesson Plan: How to make Mind Maps
QR code is included and linked to a video with an overview of the lesson.
If you would like to teach how to create Mind Maps, but have no time to put a lesson together, than this I lesson plan is for you.
This product contains Lesson Plan with directions for the teacher, a sample of student-generated map, QR code with the lesson overview, copy of a possible mind map created during the lesson.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff, Not Grade Specific
Psychology: Daydreaming ~ Critical Thinking Informational Article Analysis
This is a polished, graphic, new, single page 2013 PDF for critical thinking analysis of a 2009 Psychology Today article on the function(s) of daydreaming in our lives, its benefits, and much more! These questions could be addressed individually by students, in small collaborative groups, or as a whole group Q and A discussion to inspire problem-solving and critical thinking on a timely, hot topic in contemporary Psych/consciousness studies.
I have found this to be a highly thought-provoking an
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Forensics in the Classroom: A Unit for Middle Schools
This printable unit includes Teacher notes, printable Information cards for centers, and printable student sheets so they can build a Case File as the work. Also included is a complete shopping list for materials, as well as supplementary activities to take forensics into your language and drama curriculum. Students will use inquiry skills to explore real forensic techniques, working collaboratively to solve a fictional crime.
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6th - 8th
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Flight of Knowledge - A Digital Odyssey of Discovery and Learning
Embark on an educational odyssey with "Flight of Knowledge - A Digital Odyssey of Discovery and Learning."Designed to captivate middle school students and invigorate your teaching experience. These lessons are not just a curriculum; they're an invitation to unlock the extraordinary potential within your classroom.Engaging lessons on digital literacy, public speaking, active listening, and creative writing — all taught through the lens of fascinating "fun facts" that students will love.Here's wha
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6th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-1
CLAIM, EVIDENCE, RESPONSE: Benefits of the METRIC SYSTEM
Which measurement system is better, METRIC or STANDARD?
State a Claim, Back it up with Evidence, Give your Reasoning, and add a Rebuttal! Your students will read about the pro's and con's of using the metric system verses the standard system for units of weights and measurements. They then will state a Claim, Evidence, Response, and short Rebuttal on their opinion about which method to use.
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Reading Comprehension article arguing the benefits of the metric and standard methods for weig
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Metric System Bundle
Daily Mind Builders: Social Studies - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 137-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing social studies themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essent
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5th - 12th
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Water and Nitrogen Cycle Lesson
This power point goes over the water cycle and defines terms such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. It also has plenty of diagrams and goes through the passage a drop of water would take through the water cycle.
The second part of this power point goes through the Nitrogen Cycle as it starts though the air, is consumed by bacteria, and enters the plant life. There is also plenty of diagrams and pictures to help the younger audiences.
The terms included in this presentation are:
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4th - 10th, Higher Education
Developing Critical Thinking through Science Book 2 (Grades 4-8)
313-page printable ebook of easy-to-use activities to teach physical science and develop scientific thinking for grades 4-8! The fun, hands-on physical science lessons/experiments in this book teach science principles found in state and national science standards. Students also learn and practice critical thinking through the application of the scientific method of investigation. Each activity is a 10- to 30-minute guided experiment in which students are prompted to verbalize their step-by-step
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4th - 7th
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Food Chains and Energy Cycles Lesson
This Power Point goes over the energy cycle in ecosystems. It defines producers, photosynthesis, consumers, decomposers, food webs, food chains. It also contains examples of those items to help the students comprehend the definitions. I have successfully used this from third grade students and even up to some post-secondary course.
This resource includes and explains the terms:
photosynthesis
producers
consumers
decomposers
herbivores
carnivores
omnivores
scavengers
food chain
food web
Both
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4th - 9th, Higher Education
Secondary Technology Debate Topics, Research Outline & Debate Round Formats
This speech and debate activity will help secondary students sharpen their research and public speaking skills! With 25 technology-themed resolutions (“benefits outweigh the harms” topic wording), students will learn to prepare an affirmative or negative debate case and follow one of the suggested formats for an in-class round. Students will be able to research/prepare their debate “case” individually or with a partner. Due to the nature of the topics (and difficulty level of some), this activit
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7th - 12th
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Design Thinking Lesson Plan
The "Design Thinking" lesson plan is designed to provide middle school students with a fundamental understanding of Design thinking, its applications, and hands-on experience in applying design thinking of problem solving . This engaging and interactive series of lessons will introduce students to Design Thinking, fostering their creativity, problem-solving skills, and interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects.
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6th - 8th, Adult Education
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
My Life As A Tectonic Plate - Projects & PBL
Driving Question:How are tectonic plates related?Description:Tectonic plate movements direct much of our natural world, but are so large that they are difficult to imagine. In this project, students will research and analyze the attributes of a tectonic plate by becoming a plate! Students will investigate the details, trends, unanswered questions, patterns, and more in the history of the tectonic plate and explain it all from the point of view of the tectonic plate. Enemies? Yes! Peer pressure?
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6th - 10th
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Observations, Inferences & Predictions in Science
This sample of warm-ups focuses students' attention on the subtle differences among observations, inferences & predictions as they pertain to science class. Given enough practice, students learn to distinguish these cue words and become more sophisticated in writing up their labs and drawing conclusions. If you like this free sample, visit my TPT Store for additional warm-ups for the science classroom!
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5th - 8th
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Project Based Learning: Plastics | Microplastics | Oceans | Pollution
Are you looking for a unit on the environmental impacts of plastic pollution? Having trouble finding a unit where students are actively engaged through inquiry? We've got you covered! Our FREE mini unit on plastic ocean pollution and microplastics is the perfect supplement to your curriculum. In this unit, students will be introduced to an incredible, real innovator who created a way to reduce plastic ocean pollution using technology. Students will engage in inquiry, research, and collaborative
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5th - 8th, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, 5-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS3-2
Observe and Infer - Picture of the Week (GOOGLE EDITION for Distance Learning)
GREAT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING! IN GOOGLE FORM FORMAT!All young scientists need to practice making careful observations and evidence-based inferences. With this product, you will get a complete year of Picture of the Week activities for students to strengthen these skills (38 total). Students are shown an image and spend time making careful observations. After this, they make inferences based on these observations. This would be a great warm-up exercise or a great addition to your weekly class
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
CCSS:
Daily Mind Builders: Science eBook - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 145-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing science-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential sk
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Grades:
5th - 12th
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Find Economics resources | TPT
If you’re an educator or parent looking for printable or digital resources to help your student learn about economics, TPT has got you covered. We’ve got a comprehensive collection of economics and financial literacy resources available, including activities and lessons on trade, goods and services, and the stock market to name just a few. With plenty of TPT high-quality resources at your fingertips, you’ll be able to teach economics to your students in no time at all.
Economics activities to try
Here are a few examples of the different types of activities and lessons you can find on TPT to help teach students about economics:
Simulation Activities
You can introduce students to the world of investing, budgeting, and other economics-related activities through simulations. For example, have students research companies they want to "invest" in to show them how the stock market works. If you want to extend the lesson, you can have them periodically check in on their portfolios throughout the year to see how their investments are performing. Or, you could use a simulation to teach them about causes that led up to certain major historical events, like the stock market crash of 1929.
Budgeting Exercises
Help students understand the importance of managing their own financial resources by challenging them to create a budget. Give them a few hypothetical scenarios involving income, expenses, and financial goals. For example, you could ask them to plan a fictional character's monthly expenses, or have them create a budget to save for buying a house.
Trade Games
Through trading games, students can learn about importing and exporting, along with the impact of external forces and trade agreements. Ask students to work in teams and have them trade goods, record their imports and exports, and respond to charges (like tariffs and embargoes).
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Give students a real-world decision to make (e.g., building a new road, investing in a new technology, or buying property) and have them perform a cost-benefit analysis. To deepen the learning, you can ask them to justify their decisions with evidence.
Frequently asked questions for teaching economics
What is economics?
The study of economics is a social science that focuses on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. When teaching economics, the goal is to help students understand how individuals, businesses, governments, and societies make choices about resource allocation. Economics explores various topics related to this, including supply and demand, cost and benefits, and scarcity, to name just a few.
What types of economics resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of economics resources sold by Sellers on TPT — from budgeting activities to simulation games to units.
How do I find economics resources on TPT?
Educators can save time preparing economics lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for economics resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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