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8th grade problem solving centers
LEGO Challenge Task Cards {Great for STEM or fun building!}
I am really excited to show you some cute, older-kid friendly LEGO Challenge Task Cards! These are bright, colorful, and can appeal to older students without looking too primary. Don’t’ have LEGOs? That’s okay! These can be used for any building materials you may have—unifix cubes, plastic Flake Discs (Amazon), Bunchems (Amazon or Target), Wiki Stix, pipe cleaners, play-dough, etc. Get those kids engineering and manipulating. They work great as an independent station for special education, a STE
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PreK - 8th
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Math Problem Solving [Book A]
This resource is a set of 50 non-routine math problems that require students to utilize critical thinking and problem solving skills. Each and every problem is completely unique, and can be solved in multiple ways.
The Importance of Problem Solving
Incorporating non-routine problem solving into your math program is one of the most impactful steps you can take as an educator. By consistently allowing your students to grapple with these challenging problems, you are helping them acquire essenti
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4th - 8th
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Number Tiles: 15 Hands-On Problem Solving Math Activities for Grades 5-8
Number Tiles is a math booklet containing 15 different hands-on math problem solving activities for grades 5-8 that range from addition and multiplications, to primes and composites, to exponent problems, to using the divisibility rules. Students solve the Number Tile Math Activities by arranging ten number tiles, numbered 0-9. The number tiles can be made from construction paper, cardboard, or square colored tiles that are purchased. (How to make the number tiles as well as storage ideas is inc
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Number Tiles Math Bundle: 67 Critical Thinking Hands-On Activities
Customizable WORDLE Templates for Google Sheets (3, 4, & 5 Letter Puzzles)
This activity was inspired by Wordle, the newest internet word craze! Students have 6 opportunities to guess the word. This template comes with 3 Letter, 4 Letter, and 5 Letter puzzle templates that are customizable! Cells automatically determine if entries are correct!Letters automatically turn green when they are in the correct position, correct letters in the incorrect position automatically turn yellow, and incorrect letters that do not occur in the puzzle turn grey. See it in action here!W
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1st - 12th
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Build a Boat STEM Challenge Mini Bundle - Print and Paperless Versions
It’s the end of the school year, so your end-of-year activities need to be on-point to keep kids engaged! This boat building STEM / STEAM Challenges is perfect for summer – or any time of the year! It brings the joy back to your classroom with collaborative, hands-on, brain-busting work (disguised as fun)!The basic premise: Individually, or in partners/groups, students work against a criteria and constraints list to build a boat that is designed for capacity and/or speed. You can choose to run
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2nd - 8th
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The Eggstremely Eggciting Egg Drop STEM Challenge
In this STEM and team building challenge, students will work to foster collaboration and team-work as they design and construct a structure that will protect their eggs from a 10 foot drop. Teams will be given supplies (supply lists and shopping lists included) identical supplies and amounts of time to build their designs. The twist for this challenge will be that each team MUST use all of their supplies. Even more challenging, each team CANNOT communicate verbally during the construction pha
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5th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
"City Designer" Geometry Project: Parallel lines, Transversals & Special Angles
Students will become civil engineers in your geometry class by designing their own cities using parallel lines, transversals and special angles!
This project will help master the concepts of
* parallel lines
* transversal lines
* alternate interior angles
* alternate exterior angles
* corresponding angles
* same side interior angles
and
* vertical angles
in a fun and hands-on way.
What an exciting way to integrate art into math and master the math concepts while doing so!
Step-by-step direct
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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Math Problem Solving [Book B]
This resource is a set of 50 non-routine math problems that require students to utilize critical thinking and problem solving skills. Each and every problem is completely unique, and can be solved in multiple ways.The Importance of Problem SolvingIncorporating non-routine problem solving into your math program is one of the most impactful steps you can take as an educator. By consistently allowing your students to grapple with these challenging problems, you are helping them acquire essential
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4th - 8th
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LEGO Block STEM BIN Challenge Cards for Maker Space
Lego blocks are a staple of any school space! These cards will help inspire your students to build something unique and imaginative these standard building blocks. No need to be able to read, each card comes with an image to demonstrate the build visually!__________________________________________________________These Lego Block challenge cards are fantastic for a fast design challenge. The perfect addition to any maker space, these are great to add to STEM bins for early finishers. They are des
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PreK - 9th
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Also included in: STEM Challenge Cards BUNDLE
Christmas Logic Brain Teasers for Middle School Holiday Problem Solving Activity
Looking for an engaging enrichment activity in your middle school math class? These Christmas logic puzzles and brain teasers are perfect for middle school and the entire month of December! They are great for problem solving enrichment and will keep your students engaged for Christmas!The resource includes six separate puzzles in which students must use their problem solving skills. These activities are perfect to round out the week before holiday vacation, and can be used as a math station, for
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Christmas Middle School Math Bundle PBL Movies and Activities
Build It! Lego Activity
Use this activity for centers, task boxes, teaching basic math skills, or even team building. Students can pick a card and match the structure on the card. Older students can work with a partner to practice several team building exercises. Set includes 24 cards and requires:Two 2x2 of each color (red, yellow, green, and blue)Two 2x4 of each color (red, yellow, green, and blue) * If printed on 8 1⁄2” x 11” paper, the pictures should be extremely close to the actual size of standard Legos (not Dup
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K - 12th
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Function Tables Math Centers Math Tiles
Time to Tile: Function Tables is a hands-on activity that provides students with an engaging way to work with functions. This resource requires critical thinking and problem-solving skills and is an excellent way to activate algebraic thinking. Students must place 10 number tiles (0-9) on the Time to Tile cards in order to correctly complete the function tables according to the equations.This resource is now provided in printable and digital formats (Google Slides).This resource includes:•30 dif
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5th - 8th
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Special Education Life Skills Bundle of Activities For Teens and Young Adults
This Life Skills bundle is packed full of engaging activities for young adults and teens. You'll find task cards, sorting activities, math activities, social skills, filling orders, and much more! This bundle gives you a 20% savings!!!Please view our BUNDLES section of our TpT store for additional deeply discounted ready made bundles!READY MADE BUNDLES!!!What activities are included?Please view all of the products within this bundle by clicking on "Preview" button for each of the activities i
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7th - 12th
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STEM Zone Starter Pack - Labels, Booklet, + Worksheets
STEM Zone Starter Pack - Labels, Booklet, WorksheetsThis resource is intended for you to create your own STEM Boxes OR Brain Bins in your classroom. There is a detailed list of items that I used to create my stem cart and the separate boxes. My student LOVE using the bins. I use them as morning choice activities, whole class challenges, and as a fast finisher activity on Fridays. Newly changed design that is shown in the preview! Included:Pre-made COLOR labels with picturesPre-made B&W labe
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1st - 8th
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Twelve Days of Christmas Holiday Shopping Math Activity to Calculate Cost
Everybody has heard of the 12 days of Christmas, but have you ever stopped to think about how much all those gifts would actually cost?
This activity will have your students figure that out. There are 2 choices. You can let your students know which one to do.
1. Figure out how much all the items will cost for the 12th day only. OR 2. Figure out how much ALL the items will cost for the whole 12 days. That means calculating day 1, day 2, day 3, all the way to day 12 and putting them alto
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3rd - 8th
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Tangram - Double Tangrams 1 - Puzzle Cards
Tangram Super Challenge: Twice as much challenge with twice as many puzzle pieces.
The set contains 24 different puzzle cards with double tangrams (card size = A6). Double tangrams are made from 2 sets of tangram pieces (14 puzzle pieces).
Also included is a bonus PDF with 1 quadruple tangram (4 tangram sets / 28 pieces).
The puzzle pieces are larger than the shapes on the game cards as the pieces are not made to “fit” the shapes on the cards. The intention is to reproduce the tangram puz
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1st - 12th
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Also included in: Tangram Mega Bundle - 312 Puzzle Cards
Space Math Activity Bundle: Real World Math (Fractions, Ratios, and Geometry)
Bring math to life with these fun math activities related to asteroids and space! This bundle includes four space themed activities that incorporate ratios, geometry, and algebraic expressions combined with a STEM career connections. Perfect for grades 5th - 8th depending on student level. Activities can be completed stand alone or in a sequence. Recommended for extension of a space unit, a math center activity, or as part of an out of school STEM program.Activity 1: Russian Meteor Event30 to 45
Tangram - 20 Christmas / Santa Claus Puzzles - Puzzle Cards and Pieces
Ho, Ho, Ho, Merry Christmas to you all! This set with 20 different figures is all about Santa and his elves (card size = A6). Some puzzles are easy to solve, others can be quite challenging.
The puzzle pieces are larger than the shapes on the game cards as the pieces are not made to “fit” the shapes on the cards. The intention is to reproduce the tangram puzzle next to the game card.
Please feel free to download the preview to see what's included!
*Note: These puzzle cards are identical to th
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1st - 12th
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Also included in: Tangram Mega Bundle - 312 Puzzle Cards
Keva Plank Challenges - Super easy STEM lesson (Google Slides)
All you need is this Google Slides presentation and a few materials and you are good to go. Also Available as Power Point Presentation in my TpT storeStudents roll the dice and then complete the corresponding task on the slide. There are also some examples on the types of builds for students to get an idea. Easy Lesson Plan! Great for STEM class. Great for substitute. P.S. I taught this lesson virtually. My students were at school (with a sub) and I was at home (quarantined, but no symptoms). Th
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2nd - 8th
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Makerspace LEGOS Challenge Task Cards | STEM STEAM Hands-on Activities
Looking for Lego Challenge task cards for your Makerspace Lab, STEM/STEM, classroom or Lego Club? This resource includes 2 activity sets with 48 Challenges! Your students will love working on their engineering, creativity & problem solving skills as they work on designs in these Build Your World & Create Your World themes!Each of the 48 cards also includes questions that will help them with their brainstorming & planning and can be used as follow-up discussion and writing - perfect w
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2nd - 8th
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Tangram - 20 Spring / Easter Puzzles - Puzzle Cards and Pieces
Happy Easter! This set with 20 different tangram shapes has lots of cute rabbits, chicks and more (card size = A6). Some puzzles are easy to solve, others can be quite challenging.
The puzzle pieces are larger than the shapes on the game cards as the pieces are not made to “fit” the shapes on the cards. The intention is to reproduce the tangram puzzle next to the game card.
Please feel free to download the preview to see what's included!
*Note: These puzzle cards are identical to the ones in
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1st - 12th
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Also included in: Tangram Mega Bundle - 312 Puzzle Cards
Area and Perimeter with LEGO -- Encourage Higher Level Thinking
This is a hands-on LEGO build game reinforcing concepts of area and perimeter for students, challenging kids spacial reasoning, logic thinking and problem solving skills.The package includes 45 LEGO build challenge cards of 5 different types activities:1. Compare two shapes built with LEGO and pick the one with larger area;2. Build a shape with LEGO bricks with the required area size (example: twice the areas of the given shape)3. compare two shapes built with LEGO and pick the one with longer p
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3rd - 8th
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Science Fair Projects: A Step-by-Step Guide
This packet was created for my fifth grade class and for other 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classes for the school's Science Fair. It provides detailed, step-by-step, illustrated directions for completing a Science Fair Project based on the Scientific Method. The guidelines can be used for any level of experimentation whether it be a simple mini project in class or a full-blown Science Fair Project that will be competing in a school, regional, or state science fair.Both a PDF and WORD (editable if y
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Scientific Method Bundle
STEM - Engineering Design Process Template
This graphic organizer template allows students to use the Engineering Design Process Steps to design, build, and test solutions to any problem.The template guides students through the following steps so that they can successfully design a solution to a problem they want to solve.Engineering Design Process Steps1. Ask - Define the problem2. Imagine - Brainstorm ideas3. Plan - Select a solution and sketch a prototype4. Create - Build a working model5. Test - Evaluate and test your model6. Impr
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Grades:
4th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
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