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Back to School geometry simulations
Marshmallow Team Building: A Back to School Activity for First Day of School
Whether you’re headed back to school or starting a new unit, this team building exercise will get kids engaged and excited about being in your classroom. The Marshmallow Team Building exercise helps teachers establish a classroom atmosphere of teamwork and sets the tone for a fun, high energy class!Here's what you need: a whole lotta marshmallows, a box of toothpicks, and some Clorox wipes! :-) Set your classroom up for the first day so that students are working in teams to build eight differ
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5th - 12th, Staff
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Middle School Escape Room | Middle School Transition Lesson
Are your kids nervous about starting middle school? Do they have questions about what's going to be different, how hard it is or how they can make new friends? This Escape To Middle School is a fun transition activity for students starting middle school that will help them feel more at ease with the transition headed their way. Students will explore the differences between elementary school and middle school and look at ways to find success as a student in their new building.●●● To begin the
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Middle School Transition Bundle | Transition to Middle School
Minecraft Area and Perimeter Project Based Learning 4.MD.3 3.MD.8
4.MD.3 - Apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real world and mathematical problems. For example, find the width of a rectangular room given the area of the flooring and the length, by viewing the area formula as a multiplication equation with an unknown factor.
Students will plan and design the blueprint for a Minecraft village. They are also given the area or perimeter for some buildings, and will be required to figure out length and width. Use the project with basic grid
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3rd - 6th
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Desert Island Team Building, Cooperative Learning Challenge
Your students will love this game! They are required to work together in teams and make important decisions to help them survive on and escape from a Desert Island.Perfect for developing Critical Thinking, Cooperative Learning and Team Building.Students earn points based on the decisions they make and one team will leave the island as the victors. This resources comes with a comprehensive teacher guide, a full lesson on PowerPoint and an island map. You don't need to do a thing!!This would be g
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4th - 9th
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Scientific Processes: Case of the Missing Cookie Forensic Science Unit
The Case of the Missing Cookie walks students through the steps of the scientific process in order to solve a mystery! This resource is a 1-2 week mystery simulation, which can be used to teach science process skills, review the nature of science and practice team building skills. Students will help you find the thief through fingerprint analysis, handwriting analysis, and more!This resource is low prep, just print and copy; and minimal set-up (just a few materials). You can use this resource tw
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3rd - 5th
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GRAPES Design a Civilization Activity | Ancient History Social Studies Project
Teach the GRAPES of Civilization in your classroom with this creative activity that tasks students with designing their very own unique civilization! This resource contains printable project worksheets in color and black and white versions. Organizer worksheets feature each of the G.R.A.P.E.S. of Civilization: Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economics, and Social Structure. Civilizations can be rooted in the real world, or fantasy! Will your students declare themselves emperor of th
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: GRAPES Ancient Civilizations Resource Activities Value Unit Bundle
Ancient History Reader's Theater Skit Bundle
Engage your students in opportunities to actively engage with the content you're teaching through skits related to Ancient History! Topics include Early Humans, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient China and the Mayans of Mesoamerica.This bundle includes all of the Ancient History skits available in my shop. Each skit includes parts for multiple students and five discussion questions that you can use to foster class discussions or use as writing promp
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5th - 8th
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Map Skills Activities | Project Based Learning
Take your kiddos on this engaging 10 lesson project based learning simulation that teaches map skills. The simulation scenario involves an expedition group that has gotten lost somewhere in North America. Students will learning various map skills focusing on using US maps. Your students will work in collaborative groups completing activities and earning points to build a helicopter on the last day of the simulation to save the expedition team.The simulation also contains a study guide, assessmen
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3rd - 4th
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Social Narrative Growing Bundle
Ease anxiety for students in school and at home with this social story bundle! Establish expectations, procedures, and positive behavior models. Includes:Riding the Bus to School Social StoryCalm Down Book Social StoryTake a Deep Breath Social Story and Deep Breath VisualFire Drill Social StoryHallway Rules Social StoryNew Classmate Social StoryNew School/Class/Grade Social StorySubstitute Teacher Social StoryNew Baby SiblingWashing HandsTaking TurnsSocial GreetingsSocial Distance GreetingsGent
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PreK - 2nd
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Project Based Learning: Volume and Area of Prisms and Cylinders
This cooperative project involves applying many math and language skills to a real life situation. Teams are tasked with planning an aquatic center. Specifications include rectangular and circular pools which allow students to practice older skills such as perimeter, area, and volume of rectangles and prisms, as well as newer skills such as circumference, area, and volume of circles and cylinders. Measurement conversions are integrated, as well as writing and presentation skills. A final po
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6th - 8th
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Project Based Learning: Design an Aquarium
Engage your students in a relevant project where they can apply a variety of skills. Skills in this activity:*Area*Volume of prisms*Problem Solving*Addition*Subtraction*Multiplication*Persuasive Writing *Writing a letterGiving a PresentationStudents write a proposal, plan a budget for purchasing fish and tanks, and set up their aquarium model. They purchase gravel and other decorative accessories for the tanks. The project culminates with a poster presentation where students share their plans
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
Back to School REVERSE Escape Room: Candy Land-Inspired Break IN to ANY Class!
The only thing sweeter than summer break? Knowing that you’ve got a game-changing activity in store for the first days back. Kick your new school year off with a REVERSE escape room -- which is *SO. MUCH. BETTER.* than the traditional approach of “hi! Now let’s waste 40 minutes reading the syllabus" and “Let’s Do Some Super Awkward Icebreakers!” approach to a traditional course introduction. Introduce course routines, cool tech tools, and classroom procedures to start your class year off with a
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5th - 12th
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Stranded: Island survival icebreaker/team-building
Thieving monkeys. Angry ghosts. And there's SOMETHING in the jungle. Can YOU survive the island until help arrives?Many students have played the classic critical thinking game in which they prioritize a list of items to survive on a remote tropical island. But there's two major drawbacks of this original version. First, most of these games reward a clear preference for certain items ("What do you mean you didn't take the compass?"). Second, the game basically ends as soon as the students m
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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The Trading Game (Social Studies Simulation)
This trading simulation game was developed during my practicum as part of a unit on Canada's trading partners but can be easily adapted for History and Social Studies lessons in other countries, as well as exploring ancient civilizations. The focus of the game is to instill an understanding of the uneven distribution of global resources, and is intended to be played with lots of time for a (guaranteed passionate!) discussion period afterwards. This game was modeled for the Ontario Curriculum (gr
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4th - 10th
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Standards For Mathematical Practices Activities
Do you struggle helping your students to understand the 8 standards for mathematical practices and how to apply them? This activity bundle simulates a road trip to becoming a math master.Students work in teams to collaboratively create posters for each math practice and complete activities that guide students in how to apply them in math situations.All eight mathematical standards are covered with posters and activities for practice. When students are finished, they will also have a booklet of e
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3rd - 4th
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Area of Composite Figures | Irregular Shapes | Surgery Room Transformation
Surgery room transformations have been seen all over social media, and now you can bring this engaging activity to your own classroom! Everything is included in this product to create your own “surgery experience” for your students as they find the area of composite shapes. You can make it as simple or theatrical as you like! If you need a print and go version, your students will only need the patient files, scissors and glue. If you really want a memorable experience, provide surgical gloves a
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3rd - 5th
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Pre and AP Spanish Speed Dating | Citas Rápidas | ¡SOY YO! | Interpersonal Speak
CLICK HERE TO SEE A VIDEO PREVIEW!THE PERSPECTIVE: Are you looking for a strategy to engage your intermediate and mid intermediate students, break the ice AND practice Interpersonal Speaking by expressing and elaborating ideas in 20 seconds? ¡Para Aquí! THE PRACTICE: Citas Rápidas: ¡SOY YO! is a proven strategy for incorporating interpersonal speaking into your curriculum. Allow students to feel comfortable by starting slowly, allowing previous practice in pairs and small groups. As an entir
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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Animated Traditional Cursive SmartBoard Upper and Lowercase
Your students will love this interactive SmartBoard Cursive lesson. It contains 52 pages of animated upper and lowercase letters. While your students are practicing their cursive at their seats, keep the animation going on the SmartBoard so they can check their own progress.
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2nd - 12th, Adult Education
End of the Year - 7th Grade Math Review Project - PBL - Summer Olympics-Themed
VIDEO HOW TO USE THIS PRODUCT Summer Olympics Fun! Looking for a great end of the year review of 7th Grade Math? - This Digital Thematic Unit on the Summer Olympics covers eight different 7th grade math standards and incorporates Language Arts, Geography, and Internet Research. Great for a review, end-of-the-year project, or as an 7th grade beginning of the year assessment.Students choose their Olympic Sport, solve math problems, travel to cities all over the globe, keep a journal, fill in a
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7th
Modern Farmhouse Style Bitmoji Classroom
It seems that the most time consuming part of setting up a Bitmoji classroom is finding and placing all the furniture and decor to make it look like your own! This is a PowerPoint slide with a room set up that has a "modern farmhouse" look. You can change the items in the room or rearrange them. You can also add items or change what is inside each of the picture frames! Customize it to make it your own, but save time with having the set-up done for you! Make sure you have pinned your Bitmoj
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Not Grade Specific
Classroom CLUE Back to School REVERSE Escape Room: Break IN to ANY Class!
Ready to solve the mystery of back to school engagement? Put the power of old-school detective work to use for this game-changing activity for your first days back. Kick your new school year off with a REVERSE escape room -- which is *SO. MUCH. BETTER.* than the traditional approach of “hi! Now let’s waste 40 minutes reading the syllabus" and “Let’s Do Some Super Awkward Icebreakers!” approach to a traditional course introduction. Introduce course routines, cool tech tools, and classroom procedu
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5th - 12th
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FSA Simulation for 6th Grade Math: 64 qsts; NO PREP Distance Learning Packet
I created this FSA Simulation to simulate the varying levels of rigor on the actual 6th Grade Math FSA. The test includes Session 1 and Session 2, each with 32 questions. It also includes an answer sheet for the student, and an answer key for the teacher, parent, or for the student to self-correct. This test was designed to simulate the Florida FSA, but the standards are very similar to most other states. Therefore this also makes a great practice test for: Georgia Milestones Indiana
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6th
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Geometry:Concurrent Points GeoGebra Activity - Circumcenter & Incenter -w/ Key
Tired of teaching the same boring lessons on Circumcenter and Incenter? After years of using the standard book resources, I decided to create this activity that demonstrates some real-life applications of these concurrent points. This product includes 9 tasks (with complete answer key and screen shots of graphics). Each task will ask students to find a real life circumcenter or incenter. (While this product did not include any centroid or orthocenter problems, I left those options on the top
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Riding the Bus to School Social Narrative
Riding the Bus to School Social Story helps students review bus expectations, rules, and step-by-step procedures. Customize with three pick up location options. Includes standard and symbolated text.Other Great Resources from The Alternative Way to Pre-KNew Classmate Social StoryNew School/Class/Grade Social StoryCalm Down Book Social StoryHallway Rules Social StorySocial Story BundleWheels On The Bus Adapted and Interactive BookBack to School BundleBack to School MatchingBack to School Count an
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Back to School Bundle
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