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3rd grade critical thinking research
50 MORE Printables for Early Finishers & Enrichment
Keeping your fast finishers and enrichment students engaged just got easier! Never again hear a student say, "I'm done, what do I do now?" Although these are easy prep printables for you, they provide more than just fill in the blank busy work for your students.
This set of activities is based upon one my most highly rated, best selling products. You can see the first set of 50 printables
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Inside you will find critical and creative thinking activities for a wide range and ability of stud
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1st - 4th
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How to Spot Fake News Websites Activity Cards
Equip your students with essential digital literacy skills using our carefully curated set of 15 interactive how to spot fake news websites activity cards. Designed specifically for elementary students, these cards will guide them in identifying and debunking fake news on the internet. Take the first step in combating misinformation and nurturing responsible digital citizens. Benefits:✅ Cultivate Critical Thinking: Foster a generation of critical thinkers who question information sources and mak
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Fake News Elementary Activity Cards & Worksheet Bundle
Raising Rigor: Project Based Learning- Self Guided Projects for Fast Finishers
Self Guided Inquiry Packet for High Ability Students:Every year I seem to have 2-3 students that come into my classroom way ahead of the pack. They finish early, they know the answers to my questions, and they are very good at independent tasks. I've always desired to challenge them in the way that they deserve to be challenged, but it can be overwhelming in the midst of Common Core rigor, the needs of struggling students, and the “busy work” of being a teacher. I designed this to be an independ
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Raising Rigor: BUNDLE!
Website Evaluation - CAKE
Time for research? Help your 3rd and 4th grade students understand website evaluation by teaching my simple C.A.K.E. model. Soon, your kids will be able to spot elements of dependable, trustworthy resources for their research tasks.During the lesson, you and your students will consider an informational text entry to see whether or not it is:✅Current✅Accurate✅Kid-Friendly, and ✅Easy-to-Use. They'll also investigate to determine whether or not a web author is truly the expert on cake that she appe
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3rd - 4th
Also included in: Website Evaluation Bundle - CAKE
3rd Grade Science TEKS Projects, STAAR Prep Research Projects! PDF and Digital!
Ready-to-Go Research Projects for the 3rd Grade Science TEKS! With this resource, you'll find 40 engaging, creative and fun enrichment research projects aligned to the Texas 3rd Grade Science Texas TEKS. The projects allow students to think outside of the box when they research topics for specific answers. From researching why unique devices will float and others will not, how soil is formed from weathering rocks, the workings of sound energy or researching a food chain in the desert ecosystem
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3rd
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UPDATED Women's History Month Biography Research Project- Exploding Box Project
Updated to now include Dr. Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala HarrisMarch is the time of year to celebrate all of the accomplishments women have made around the world. This Women's History Month project is sure to your engage students and assist them with the research process. Included in this resource:Step by step instructions explaining how to prepare and cut the pop-up box. A video tutorial is linked for assembling and creating your pop-up box.53 different Notable Women to choose from in co
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3rd - 6th
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ONE DOLLAR WORDS 2.0 Critical Thinking Because of Mr. Terupt Extension
ONE DOLLAR WORDS 2.0 Critical Thinking Challenge continues the fun and learning from ONE DOLLAR WORDS Freebie with 45 new clues. One Dollar Words are any words that have a value of exactly $1 when the letters are added together using these values: a = 1¢, b = 2¢, ... z = 26¢. The true value is in all the skills your kiddos will practice while engaged with this unit. ONE DOLLAR WORDS combine computation with vocabulary development, grammar with research, and editing with Higher Order Thinking
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3rd - 6th
Online Research Skills PowerPoint Lessons for Successful Research Projects
This Online Research Skills unit includes important lessons and activities for any research or inquiry project in elementary or middle school. The lessons lead students through topics such as searching, evaluating websites and resources, plagiarism, bibliographies, and much more.What you get:27-slide PowerPoint Slide lessons covering:Finding Just Right InformationKeyword and Boolean SearchingWebsite Evaluation lessons and activitiesBibliography and Plagiarism InformationPDF version included for
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Also included in: Research Skills for Successful Research Projects Bundle
Computer Based & Online Genius Hour Bundle
This bundle includes all you will need to implement a successful Genius Hour / 20% Time / Passion Projects / Personalized Learning experience. This somewhat paperless bundle allows for students to post research, ask questions, and complete the entire Genius Hour project online.
Bundle Includes:
- Google Site editable template for Genius Hour (allows all notes, resources, feedback etc. to be in one place)
- Student & Teacher-Friendly video and picture tutorials for site usage
- Genius Hou
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Create-A-Game! Planning Packet for Research Products for Advanced Students
One of my best sellers! The Create-A-Game Planning Packet for Enrichment/ Research Products is for ANY research topic! Your advanced or gifted students, or even your fast finishers, can "show what they know" in a unique, fun way! My students have been creating their own games for years…this packet is the end result of the lessons, guidelines, and many details I helped them include in their original games. This planning packet includes a 14 page detailed checklist to guide students through the s
Grades:
1st - 9th
Graphic Organizers for Analyzing Primary Sources
Your students will become History Detectives when they analyze primary sources using these graphic organizers. This type of activity improves critical thinking skills and these organizers are perfect for learner led inquiry. Use as a whole group, provide time as independent work, or use with small groups. Use at a social studies center, too! Students of all ages can study primary sources!
Included in this product:
*2 anchor charts: one color and one B&W
*7 graphic organizers (written documen
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Thanksgiving Activities, Logic Puzzles, Research, Writing in Print or Digital
Do you need fun ideas centered around Thanksgiving that can be printed or used virtually? Engage and challenge bright students with these standards-based Thanksgiving Activities. This product is loaded with fun activities to get your gifted and talented or bright students thinking during the month of November. Find puzzles, Inferencing, writing, and research activities to interest even reluctant learners in grades 3 - 6. Click HERE to save 25% with the Year Long Bundle.Save 30% off the price of
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3rd - 6th
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Meteorology Today! Gr 4 Project Based Learning Activities and Rubric for Weather
In this unit, students have an important job! They will become meteorologists for an important weather magazine called “Meteorology Today”! Throughout this project, students will be investigating weather patterns and weather maps for a US region. They will research from a meteorologist’s point of view. Students will be broken up into 5 groups by US regions. Students will report their findings on an online website for the magazine (There is not a real webste—they will present in person or i
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Developing Research Skills Task Cards An IB PYP Activity with Distance Learning
*UPDATED TO INCLUDE DIGITAL VERSION*These 36 task cards, now with digital versions and 18 additional digital slides, are a terrific way to actively practise the IB PYP Approaches to Learning skills needed for research and that we use continuously throughout inquiry based teaching. Covering data analysis, questioning, inferring, synthesising and much more, the task cards can be used in a variety of ways that encourage the children to reflect and think about the strategies for researching, with v
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: IB PYP Approaches to Learning Skills Task Cards with Distance Learning
CRITICAL THINKING RESEARCH CHALLENGE U. S. History Mystery
HISTORY MYSTERY – U.S. Edition combines critical thinking with research skills. It was developed as an enrichment unit for intermediate grade students and conducted as a competition among those classes. However, it will work equally well in self-contained classrooms. From colonial to contemporary times, these mystery figures represent inventors, scientists, presidents, pioneers, athletes, men, women, African Americans, and Native Americans.CONTENTS15 pages of clues; 5 clues/page + solution1 file
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3rd - 6th
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Moon ~ Mr. Moon, Are You Shrinking?
Moon ~ Mr. Moon, Are You Shrinking?* NEW PAGES ADDED!!This Moon Common Core research project addresses Common Core Standards for Research Writing.Through guided and supported research, the students will resolve any misconceptions that the Moon is changing its shape. They will learn that the moon doesn't shrink or grow!-Learn the Moon Phases and other Moon Facts-A pre-research page to assess students' current understanding or misconceptions about why the moon's shape seems to change-2 options fo
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K - 4th
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Helen Keller Biography Research Project, Flip Book, Women's History Month
This fun, interactive flippable is a great tool to study historical figures! Featuring the life of Helen Keller, students will learn her story, her accomplishments, key character traits, and her impact on our world through a combination of writing and illustration. Higher level thinking activities lead them to consider what message she would have for us today, and how being born in the year 1880 impacted overcoming her challenges.
Each flip-book is ready to go and easy to assemble. Availabl
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2nd - 5th
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ONE DOLLAR WORDS MEGA BUNDLE Critical Thinking Because of Mr. Terupt Extension
ONE DOLLAR WORDS MEGA BUNDLE offers a deal that can't be beat! This unit combines the fun of two ONE DOLLAR WORDS bundles at an unbelievable price. You will get 450 clues to get your students working on vocabulary development, computation/calculator skills, traditional and/or internet research, and critical thinking. This mega bundle also includes suggestions for extending the learning that are not found in any of the component units. Moreover, this bundle is available digitally on TPT Easel.
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3rd - 6th
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Steph Curry Biography Research Project, Mini Book, Quote Posters, Writing Prompt
This engaging Steph Curry printable biography mini-book will get your students thinking not only about stats and scores, but about what it really takes to be successful and achieve one's goals. Easy to use, it's the perfect tool to encourage a wide range of thinking and creativity among students. Explore character traits, mock interview questions, influential figures, and the formational years that led to Steph Curry's present achievements. Students also will write about their personal impact
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2nd - 6th
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Candy Cane Inquiry STEM
This 30 page unit…
• taps into prior knowledge
• covers the legend of the candy cane through read aloud/video and venn organizer comparison
• how candy canes are made
• candy cane experiments
• exploring a candy cane
• inquiry into how to bend a candy cane without breaking it (mold into other shapes)
• follows inquiry process with recoding organizer for each step
• and culminating ideas/crafts
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1st - 3rd
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Unit of Study: Roller Coaster Physics | Isaac Newton | Laws of Motion
Through this unit of study, student's will be introduced to and will actively explore Newton's Laws of Motion. At the end of the unit, students will put their knowledge to practice as they build a marble roller coaster. ***This unit is also available in my VIP PASS (July 2023), a $4.99 monthly subscription for new curriculum resources (or save 15% on a yearly subscription with code VIP15). Once you are a member you have access to all previous VIP PASS curriculum downloads as well, forever! Thi
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3rd - 5th
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Spider Sleuth! Creepy Crawly Research Activity Menu for Gifted and Enrichment
WEAVE critical and creative thinking into your science curriculum! Your students' higher-order thinking skills will SPIN as they become Spider Sleuths, researching various spiders to complete their choice of 8 motivating research activities. Science and Language Arts integrated, including research websites and categories. Perfect for Halloween! This 7 page menu packet includes 3 levels of difficulty and diverse multiple intelligences/learning styles. Want differentiation made easy? Try an activ
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1st - 8th
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Project Based Learning: Traveling on a Budget Common Core Math + Social Studies
I designed this for our first ever Project Based Learning unit!! The concept behind the project is that students are assigned a place (country, city, state) and a budget. Based on this information, the students must research their trip location and plan all details if their trip while remaining within their given budget. These sheets are designed to assist in the planning of this trip. They can certainly be adapted and mix n' matched to fit a variety of different units such as travel plannin
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3rd - 5th
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Website Reliability: The Tree Octopus Fake or Real
This is the power point for a lesson which teaches students strategies to find reliable websites. This is a Language Arts single lesson which has suggestions to extend into Science (making it a double block).
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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