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The Amazing Race: Classroom Edition (Includes Customizable Clue Templates)
This student-driven game includes 50 pages of racing material that will take your students on a fun-filled, virtual tour of 6 continents!
The Amazing Race: Classroom Edition is a game in which multiple teams of two or three students compete in a race with one another. Teams strive to arrive first at "pit stops," located at the end of each leg, to avoid coming in last. The clues provided during each leg lead the teams to the next destination or direct them to perform a task. These tasks are perf
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6th - 12th
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Journalism: Fact-Finding Scavenger Hunt Activity
One vital aspect of being a successful reporter is learning how and where to find factual information. With this activity, middle school and high school students will use any source that they can, i.e. the internet, the telephone, in-person interviews, etc., to figure out the needed information. An answer key is included. This product offers students the chance to exhibit a number of reporting skills. Although I use this activity for a Journalism 1 class, teachers could also use this in any l
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6th - 12th
Also included in:Â Journalism Activities & Lessons Bundle: Beginning & Advanced Students
Leadership Research Project Middle High School ASB Student Council AVID Google
This is a great research project for leadership, AVID, or gifted students and is based on Kouzes and Posner's 5 Principles of Leadership. It is geared towards middle or high school students. The Google slides are completely editable so you can add, delete, or edit any slides to suit your needs. The project guides students to research a famous leader and compare them to a person "in real life" who also demonstrates similar leadership qualities. They create questions and interview their "in real
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6th - 12th
Also included in:Â BUNDLE ASB StuCo Starter Pack Leadership Lessons Middle Junior High School
Inquiry-Based Endangered Animal Research Project
Inquiry-based learning is a student-centered and teacher-guided instruction approach. It empowers students to become critical thinkers. It increases students’ ability to develop a deep understanding of content while increasing students’ intellectual engagement.
Students start by brainstorming endangered animals and why they would like to research those animals. Then, students pose questions about their endangered animals. Students go through the research process by finding sources and info
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4th - 8th
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The Critical Thinking Toolkit: DESIGN SPRINT (Design Thinking Activity)
Give your classes the critical thinking tools and frameworks they need to think through big, complicated issues, as well as training them to reflect on their own thinking patterns and behaviours!Design Sprints are creative problem-solving tools for moving your student’s thinking forward a lot in a small amount of time (1-2 hours) by taking them through a series of timed brainstorming, feedback, and iteration sessions. The logic behind them is that it’s better to test and figure out all the thing
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â THE CRITICAL THINKING BUNDLE
Spring Break Project: Plan a Trip
Product Description: Plan A Trip Project Based Learning, Staycation or VacationResearch, organize, and plan a staycation or vacation. An eight step guide walks students through their project. Brainstorming, traveler interests, itinerary, expenses, web research, scoring guide, and awards are all part of this no prep unit. Unit culminates with a presentation on their planned trip, complete with award certificates for audience or teacher chosen favorites. Students can choose a driving vacation wi
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5th - 9th
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Inquiry Based Learning Project: CLIMATE CHANGE
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Climate change has been a topic of discussion and debate, under various titles, for many decades. With an increase in droughts and flooding, ecologically forced human migration, and the melting of ice sheets globally, climate change is obviously a major issue. But if we know it's a problem, why is so hard to solve?! With the ability to look at climate change scientifically, politically, socially, economically, or any combination o
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6th - 12th
Also included in:Â THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
All of our Inquiry Based Learning Research projects, all in one place, and all %50 off the regular price! All products have digital and printable hard copy formats.This bundle is a growing package, so purchasing it now at the lower price will lock you in for all of the future additions (over the next few months) for free!Each project includes 16 pages of the Inquiry Learning Process Explanation, Brainstorming, 5 Vetted Background Information Sources pertaining to their individual topic, a Later
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6th - 12th
Project-Based Learning: Real-World Student-Produced Ideas That Make a Difference
Project-based learning activity is entitled "Make a Difference" because it challenges students to select an issue in their school, community, nation, or world that concerns them. They research this issue and write a report explaining statistics and logical information to support the need for their project to be implemented, how their project will be carried out in detail, the desired outcomes, and how they will measure the project’s success. Then, they fill out a grant proposal, create two art
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8th - 12th
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
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3rd - 8th
Inquiry Based Learning Project: CYBER BULLYING
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!The internet has given us new power to connect, but has also given rise to one of the largest social health crises that people have ever faced: Cyberbullying. While often dismissed as ‘not big deal’, cyberbullying has been identified as a leading or accompanying factor in the rise of mental health degradation over the last 20 years. It can happen 24 hours a day, it can follow us home from the outside world, and it can be relentles
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in:Â THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
Inquiry Based Learning Project: RENEWABLE ENERGY
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Renewable energy has become a more popular topic over the past two decades, largely because of rising global temperatures and an increase of climate catastrophes. While many renewable energies have been around for quite a while (solar, geothermal, tidal, etc.), the amount of resources being dedicated to advancing renewable technologies have skyrocketed as we culturally (and politically) understand what our reliance on fossil fuels
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in:Â THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
Save the Earth! Critical Thinking Space Themed STEM Activity
Save the Earth! Students use critical thinking and creativity to come up with ideas to stop an impending asteroid collision. A great science or STEM activity to get students excited about space. The activity is flexible and can be tailored to fit your time constraints. Additional background is provided on the resources page including real strategies being developed by scientists and engineers. STEM career connections are included. Click here for an editable STEM journal to use with distance lear
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5th - 9th
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MS-ETS1-1
TED Talk Viewing Guide: How Great Leaders Inspire Action
A Viewing Guide to get your class thinking about the importance of LEADERSHIP!Leadership is something that we wish our students had, and that we ask them to demonstrate, without ever really explaining what that means (or how to do it). While there are many different aspects of leadership, communication (and how to convey your vision in a way that inspires others to come along with you) is fundamental piece of that puzzle. In his TED Talk, How Great Leaders Inspire Action, Simon Sinek discusses t
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7th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
Inquiry Based Learning Project: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Recently, electric vehicles have taken the world by storm, but they have been around for a much longer time. Even so, they have not been very popular until the last few years. So why is it that we’re only starting to see their popularity grow now? It would seem that the former hurdles of cost, mileage, and infrastructure are all being addressed, but these solutions also present new issues.In this project, students are given a gene
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in:Â THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
Peer Editing Group Activity For Research Papers | Editable Google Doc
Have you struggled with how to structure Peer Editing time in a meaningful way? This Peer Editing Checklist and rotation activity helps MS and HS students optimize their time, collaborate effectively, and give (and accept) constructive criticism during a Research Paper unit.Can be used digitally of course, but I have found that nothing works quite as well as printing out their papers and editing by hand in a group. With this activity, students have one printed copy of their paper and one editing
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8th - 11th
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Neurodiversity Awareness Bundle, Autism Acceptance Month Research Bulletin Board
Embrace the spirit of Neurodiversity Awareness Month with our bundle! Two of our listings in one. Our engaging project designed to celebrate the unique talents and contributions of neurodivergent individuals. Perfect for classrooms or homeschooling, this project encourages students to conduct simple research on famous figures from the past and present who exhibited neurodivergent characteristics. Through identifying these traits and exploring their impact, students gain insight into the diverse
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7th - 10th
Neurodiversity Awareness Activity | Autism Acceptance Month Research & Coloring
Embrace the spirit of Neurodiversity Awareness Month with our engaging project designed to celebrate the unique talents and contributions of neurodivergent individuals. Perfect for classrooms or homeschooling, this project encourages students to conduct simple research on famous figures from the past and present who exhibited neurodivergent characteristics. Through identifying these traits and exploring their impact, students gain insight into the diverse experiences of neurodivergent individual
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7th - 10th
The Omnivore's Dilemma - Research Project Bundle
The Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Readers Edition is an amazing resource for teaching students the research process. It's interesting, relevant to their lives, and is an awesome platform for inquiry based learning.
These resources have all been used in my classroom to genuinely astounding results. When given the autonomy to research an aspect of the food industry that they want to change, students dive deeply into the research--more so than they ever did on tasks I had explicitly assigned.
This bu
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7th - 12th
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Super Bowl LVIII Middle School Math Group Project Problem Solving Football 2024
Are you ready for the big game? Your students will be. Let's take advantage of this opportunity and have them thinking about and discussing math during the week leading up to Super Bowl Sunday. This is a Middle School math group project intended for up to four students per group. There are four tasks total - one for each student. Students can get in groups and divide the task according to their strengths. Task 1 - Uses Excel or Google Docs spreadsheets to enter historical data for Super Bo
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5th - 9th
Invasive Species Project and Presentation Pack
Study an invasive species and recommend a solution to FWS in this PBL with a real audience. Increase research, critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, and presentation skills with this authentic project.Includes directions, rubric, and research links, note-catcher, and presentation templatecan be used for science, writing, research, oral presentation skillsFully editable
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Mysterious Fossils Come To Life
Virtual Paleontology lesson. This is a non-fiction lesson plan of real fossils that were found 50 years ago. I have made a puzzle for students to put it together. As they find the ancient fossils they will have to look at them comparing them to clues that they will find to answer critical thinking questions. Student's will put all the clues together by looking, comparing, reading, matching, answering, and studying. The real fossil's will start to come to life and will tell them a story about wha
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5th - 9th, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-2
Backwards Life Planning Computer-Based Research Project
This backwards life planning research is great for students of all ages. I have found it most useful as an end of the year project for students to apply what they have learned. Students will have to begin with the end goal in mind and think about their goals and what they will have to do to get there. Students will research the job they want, the college they want to go to and the costs associated with them. Students will research costs such as utilities, automobile prices, college tuition, and
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3rd - 12th
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STEAM Fair Bundle
These 41, completely editable slides provide you with everything you will need to host a school-wide STEAM Fair. The packet is laid out step by step for students and can be completed by them digitally or by printing the slides as a pdf. Students will have the option to choose from three pathways: Science Investigation, Engineering Project, or Passion Project. The goal is to have an option available that will cater to every student and their curiosity. Each pathway follows a similar 7-step proc
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
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