8th grade critical thinking for all subjects centers

Halloween STEM Activities will keep your kids engaged in brain-busting work disguised as fun!This bundle includes the following 6 Halloween STEM activities:⭐ Bone Bridge® STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Creature Catcher STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Ghosts in the Graveyard STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Treat Toss STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Wings Wanted STEM Challenge Activity⭐ Halloween STEM Improv Activity (336 possible combinations!)The basic idea: In the 5 Halloween STEM Challenge Activities, students

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Back to School, For All Subject Areas, Math

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

5th 6th Grade 1st Day of School Numbers Math About Me Poster Worksheet Activity

Created by

Teaching on Lemon Lane

✨ Math About Me ✨ This editable Math All About Me Poster is perfect for the 1st Day or week of School in 5th, 6th grade or Middle School classrooms. Get to know you through numbers w/ these 1st day of School Math Activities! Use this All About Me Math worksheet in a Back to School Math Station or Math About Me workshop, as the First Day of Math Bellringer, or as a worksheet, or assign the PDF version in Easle. First Day of School All Math About Me Poster for Math Activities 5th 6th Grade *Digita

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Centers

Also included in: First Day of School Math About Me Activity for Middle School 5th 6th 7th Grade

Halloween STEM Activity - Bone Bridge® - Halloween STEM Challenge

Created by

The Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM activity is collaborative, brain-busting work disguised as fun! This STEM challenge goes beyond Halloween. Connect it to your science lessons on skeletal system, bridges/transportation, and/or forces (specific ideas provided in the resource). The basic idea: Students work in partners or groups against a list of criteria and constraints to build a bridge for length, strength, or capacity using simple materials. This is the first resource from Bone Bridge® STEM Ch

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Problem Solving

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

LEGO Challenge Task Cards {Great for STEM or fun building!}

Created by

A Special Toolbox

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

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 8th

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

Shades of Meaning: A Cooperative Vocabulary & Language Center {Common Core}

Created by

Hello Literacy

Attn: Click here to get Shades of Meaning Volume 2 - NOW AVAILABLE. I created this 21st century vocabulary center to give my students a meaningful opportunity to work independently with others in a cooperative, collaborative and critical thinking setting, without me to work on and increase vocabulary and language. Students practice the 21st century skill of empathy while they follow "agreed upon rules of discussion" to evaluate and justify 8 synonyms and sometimes antonyms and all the shades o

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Classroom Management, For All Subject Areas, Other (Specialty)

Rotation Boards EDITABLE

Created by

Pocketful of Primary

|UPDATED FEB 2017| These EDITABLE rotation boards are perfect for displaying your centers/rotations for any subject all in one place WITH TIMERS! There are rotation boards included for 2-6 groups and 2-6 rotations with timers available for 1 min, 2 min, 5 min, 10 min, 15 min, 20 min, 25 min, and 30 min. There are TUTORIAL VIDEOS included to show you how to work every element of this product including editing text, timer settings, copying slides, and setting automatic slides! __________________

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 8th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Centers

Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature

Created by

Teacher Thrive

Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any fiction reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives. You will appreciate the versatility of these task cards; they can be used with almost any text (novels,

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

4th - 10th, Adult Education

Types:

Literature Circles, Task Cards, Centers

Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards Bundle

Christmas STEM Activities and Winter STEM Activities Bundle

Created by

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Critical Thinking, Engineering

Looking for fun Christmas or winter activities that incorporate science, technology, engineering, and/or math? Christmas-Winter STEM / STEAM Challenges sure to engage with brain-busting work disguised as fun!Christmas and Winter STEM Challenge Activities Overview: Students work in partners or groups against criteria & constraints lists to design and build Winter or Christmas-themed devices. Modification suggestions are included to make these challenges engaging and productive for students i

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Comic Strip Templates - BIG Bundle!

Created by

Morpho Science

Comics are a great way to engage the reluctant learner and can be used across all subject areas to integrate common core as well as content specific standards. This file is a big bundle of 60 comic strip graphic organizers. Within this set, I have included a big accordion comic strip foldable and a story element graphic organizer that I have my students fill out prior to beginning any comic story. You might also like: Photosynthesis Comic Strip Project Carbon Cycle Comic Strip Project Photos

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 12th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers, Centers

Vocabulary Activities Bundle Differentiated for Any Word List: Set 1

Created by

Reading and Writing Haven

Whether you've chosen words from literature, from test prep lists, from a vocabulary book, or hand-selected words you think your students should know, the exercises in this bundle will complement them perfectly. Designed to work with any vocabulary list, these activities, games, and practice worksheets will get your students thinking creatively. If your classroom culture calls for small group activities, stations, creative learning, differentiation, brain-based learning, or enrichment, this bund

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Vocabulary

Grades:

8th - 11th

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

CCSS:

, L.8.6

...

Halloween STEM Activity - Bat Wings Wanted Halloween STEM Challenge

Created by

This Halloween STEM activity will keep your kids engaged & learning! Not doing Halloween activities this year? No problem! Just add this to a science unit on bats, life science, the physics of flight, or as a supplement to Stellaluna.Basic Premise:In this Halloween STEM challenge activity, students design and engineer a new set of bat wings, with the goal being to achieve maximum flight distance and/or accuracy. You can even throw in style points, if you like! It's a paper airplane challenge

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Back to School, For All Subject Areas, Other (ELA)

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

Daily Morning Meeting Messages Digital Activities [1 YEAR]

Created by

Teachers Resource Force

Start your day in a consistently positive and engaging way with these daily themed morning meeting whiteboard 5 minute prompts!There is a theme for each day of the week: • "Motivational Mondays" to start the week with a positive quote / thought / discussion. This quote is the same as the ones in the Afternoon Meeting set for continuity and deeper impact, but the prompts are different to allow for reflection on their day.• "True or False Tuesdays" to start the day with a bit of fun and engaging t

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 9th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Centers

Also included in: Daily Morning Meeting PowerPoint + Journal BUNDLE [1 YEAR]

Math Brain Teasers - Bell Ringers - Logic Puzzles

Created by

Robert Duncan

★This is a collection of animated math brain teasers and puzzles for PowerPoint. They are great for warm-up problems or just as a quick change of pace activity with either a projector or smart-board. Many of the classic math puzzles (as well as some newer ones!) are included, all with animated solutions. A lot of them even have animated explanations showing how to solve the problem. The difficulty level ranges from Elementary all the way to Algebra. Even other teachers are likely to get foo

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Math, Mental Math

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Games, Centers

Math Early Finishers Activity - The Equation Station

Created by

Mandy Neal - Teaching With Simplicity

A differentiated early finishers or centers activity! Perfect for 3rd grade an above!Students are provided with a set of numbers, and they create as many equations as they can. ** A digital version is now included in Google Slides!**Here is how it works!*Students find as many equations as possible.*Equations can be addition, subtraction, multiplication or division.*They can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.*Equations must include at least 3 numbers and no more than 6 numbers.*When an equati

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Math, Order of Operations

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Printables, Activboard Activities, Centers

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

Add & Subtract Fractions Enrichment Activities - Math Logic Puzzle Challenges

Created by

Live Laugh Math

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:

Critical Thinking, Fractions, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

GATE, Centers

CCSS:

5.NF.A.1

, MP1

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

Real-World Grammar Fails, Proofreading Task Cards, Set #1

Created by

Julie Faulkner

This easy prep, multi-functional task card set of real-world grammar mistakes is an excellent modern and engaging activity for bell ringers, grammar practice, review or just for fun! These amusing images are ready-to-go in bright, attractive task card format, which gives you tons of flexibility for using these in class. Students love to spot errors in the unlikeliest places, and an activity like this gets them thinking, collaborating, and editing! All subjects could get involved in the editing

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, Grammar

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.L.1

, CCRA.L.2

Halloween STEM Activity - Creature Catcher Spider Web Halloween STEM Challenge

Created by

In this Halloween STEM activity students work in partners or groups against a criteria and constraints list to design a device to catch as many “creatures” as possible. While spider web STEM designs definitely come to mind, there are many ways to catch a creature! Let your students' imagination and creativity shine by leaving the challenge open-ended.Not doing Halloween STEM activities this year?If Halloween activities are a no-go in your classroom, no problem! You can use this to start off a un

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

Christmas STEM Activity - Candy Cane Calamity STEM Challenge

Created by

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Critical Thinking, Engineering

Christmas STEM Activities are perfect to engage your students in brain-busting work disguised as fun this winter!Candy Cane Calamity Christmas STEM Challenge Activity Premise: Working against a criteria/constraints list individually or in partners, students will design and build a way to safely “mail” two candy canes in one paper bag package without breakage. (Note: cookies can be substituted for candy canes.)Note: This is the printable version, though you can upload the editable handouts to Goo

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Back to School, For All Subject Areas, For All Subjects

Also included in: Christmas and Winter STEM Activities - 5 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

Back to School Stations for the First Day of School: Expectations, Games, Survey

Created by

Lessons for Learning

These Back to School Stations can be used on the first day of school to get your students engaged and excited about the classroom! Each station has a different purpose and has been created to make the first week of school plans a breeze for you as it is a very low-prep activity. The stations include: classroom scavenger hunt, student survey, investigate the teacher (inferencing), get to know you game (silly debates) and classroom expectations. THE STATIONS:Classroom Scavenger Hunt: students will

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

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

35 Different Tangram Puzzles - Black & Color

Created by

Z is for Zebra

Here are 35 different Tangram puzzles for you to cut out and use in your classroom! Each tangram is on a 3.7" x 4.9" card and there are 4 cards per page. The color tangrams show the individual shapes while the black tangrams only show the whole figure as a sold color. The tangram cards will go with any sized tangrams. They aren't made to line up directly with the tangrams / aren't sized to any particular tangram set size, but were created give the students challenge cards to work with.I have

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Geometry, Math

Grades:

PreK - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Build a Boat STEM Challenge Mini Bundle - Print and Paperless Versions

Created by

Critical Thinking, Other (Science), Problem Solving

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

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types: