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Fairy Tale Court - a mock trial mini unit
Fairy Tale Court is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that's highly engaging for students. Students will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. They will learn all about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesFairy Tale Court InstructionsCourt Procedures and EtiquetteSix Classic Fairy TalesExhib
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Mock Trial Scenarios 1 - court simulation for middle school
Mock Trial Scenarios 1 is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that is highly engaging for students. Students will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. Students will learn about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesCourt InstructionsCourt Procedures and EtiquetteCasesTemplate for the Prosecutio
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6th - 9th
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Day and Night Earth's Rotation Activity
Rotation, Day and Night and Time Zones become clear with this spinning paper model perfect for Interactive Notebooks (INBs). This lesson plan and hands-on simulation involves students spinning a mini-model of the Earth as it experiences daylight and darkness. It gives kids a visual representation of why we have time zones!
Includes:
Lesson Plan
Spinner Printable
Student worksheet
Teacher Answer Key
Check out the preview document to see the paper Earth spinner included in this product.
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Grades:
4th - 7th
The Tell-tale Heart Mock Trial - Edgar Allan Poe - Real life and Speaking Skills
Ignite your students' passion for "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe with this immersive Mock Trial! Turn your classroom into a thrilling courtroom drama where the lines between fiction and reality blur. Prepare for an educational experience that will leave your students spellbound and craving more!Watch as your students step into the shoes of the characters, ready to take on the roles of the narrator, police officers, mental health psychiatrist, and more in a riveting courtroom showdown.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Taxation without Representation! Simulation & Reader's Theater
Students will actively engage in this hands on activity that was developed to give students a solid understanding of the unfair taxing practices on the colonists by the British in 1773. Students will participate in various roles to simulate how the feelings and actions resulting from this time in history ultimately led to the beginning of their fight for independence!√ Purchase this within my American Revolutionary War Bundle of Activities to save money!Please visit my store (JB Creations) for
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: 4th Grade Social Studies Projects Bundle
Earth's Rotation and Revolution Interactive Notebook
No student has been into space to see the Earth rotate on it's axis or revolve around the Sun (as cool as that would be)! These notebook pages give them a concrete understanding of these two very important motions.
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Grades:
5th - 7th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
Reader's Theater: Branches of Government (intermediate grades)
Students will bring the 3 branches of our government to life in this whole class script of We the People! The fast moving script reviews the roles and responsibilities of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches in a fun, relaxed way! This original play contains 24 parts featuring various reading levels to ensure whole class participation, differentiation, and engagement. Students will integrate important Social Studies concepts with key LA common core standards such as fluency and ex
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: America Becomes a Nation: Reader's Theater Bundle for 4th Grade
Tides Lab Using Water Balloons - Hands On Experience That Kids LOVE!
This lab is a really fun way to use discovery and investigation to teach students how gravity and inertia cause tides, along with the moon. The cost is low (a package of water balloons and yarn) and it is a great activity to get kids moving and outside. They work in small groups and go through a series of steps and procedures and record data. This was one of the most fun labs of the year for students and was instrumental is having kids understand why we have high tides on the side of the Earth c
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6th - 12th
Life Cycle of a Star Virtual Exploration Lab
What are the stages of a star's life? In this virtual lab, students will use mathematical data to analyze the life cycles of different stars based on their initial mass. Students will also:⚗️Test their Pre-Existing Knowledge of Stars⚗️Analyze the Fusion of Hydrogen Atoms into Helium⚗️Explain the Correlation between a Star's Mass and its' Age⚗️Investigate the Formation of Neutron Stars & Black HolesNOTE: This activity links to the Star in the Box Simulation from Las Cumbres University. Check
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ESS1-3
, HS-ESS1-1
Also included in: Virtual Science Labs Full Exploration Activity Bundle
Holes Mock Trials - a court simulation activity
This resource is included in Holes available at our store. Holes Mock Trials is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that is highly engaging for students. They will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. Students will learn about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesCourt InstructionsCourt Proced
Grades:
5th - 8th
Social Skills Unit based on My Mouth is a Volcano by Julia Cook
This mini-unit is designed to teach and review with students the importance of being polite, respectful friends by not interrupting. Taking turns is an important life skill that students need to practice and learn. The unit can be used to teach and/or review with students in pre-K through 5 grade at any level, including a great resource for special education. The book "My Mouth is a Volcano" by Julia Cook is a great addition to this unit, but is not required for this unit to be successful.
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Gravity and Orbits PhET Lab
This virtual PhET Gravity and Orbits simulation lab provides students opportunity to experiment with the variables that affect the force of gravity between two objects and the concept of orbital motion. This inquiry activity can be used in a physical science class while students are exploring motion and gravity. This could also be incorporated during an astronomy unit or even as an inquiry into the concept of gravity alone. There are two differentiated versions of this activity:The green circle
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Grades:
7th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-2
Impromptu Interviews - perfecting the art of conversation
Impromptu Interviews is a mini unit about the art of interviewing where students analyze what happens in a good interview. In the culminating activity, students will participate in impromptu interviews. They will prepare for these as interviewers without knowing beforehand who they will interview. This will help to preserve the true nature of interviews, which are not rehearsed in advance. Interviewees, chosen at random, will play the role of the person being interviewed. A wide range of scenari
Grades:
5th - 8th
Mock Trial Scenarios 2 - a court simulation
Mock Trial Scenarios 2 is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that is highly engaging for students. Students will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. Students will learn about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesCasesCourt InstructionsCourt Procedures and EtiquetteExhibitsJudge InstructionsJ
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6th - 9th
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Gravity and Orbits PhET Simulation
Students use a PhET computer simulation of the Earth and Sun orbit to see how different variables affect the orbit and the force of gravity between the two objects. In this computer model, students change variables (mass and distance) of the Earth and Sun to see how they affect the force of gravity and the orbit of the Earth. In the first part of the activity, students observe the Earth’s orbit around the sun under ”normal” conditions. In part 2, students look at the relationship between mass a
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-PS2-4
, MS-ESS1-2
Also included in: Gravity and Orbits in the Solar System Bundle For Middle School
Solar & Lunar Eclipses Virtual Exploration Lab
What is the difference between a Solar and Lunar eclipse? In this virtual lab, students will manipulate the Earth & Moon to determine what causes an eclipse. Students will also:⚗️Test their Pre-Existing Knowledge of an Eclipse⚗️Identify the Lunar Phases that occur during Eclipses⚗️Draw Diagrams of a Solar & Lunar Eclipse⚗️Compare & Contrast Partial and Total EclipsesNOTE: This activity links to the free Interactive from Earth Space Lab. Check it out below!Solar & Lunar EclipsesPu
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: Virtual Science Labs Full Exploration Activity Bundle
Phases of The Moon Wheel (multiple versions)
Put a hands on twist to learning the Phases of the Moon. With this wheel students can easily visualize how the moon changes it's state in each phase.
Easily put together by connecting the two wheels with a brass fastener. Great reinforcing activity that gives clarity. Also great if your grade takes the standardized science test! There are always questions about identifying the phases of the moon!
No prep needed! Just print it and you're done!
Multiple versions of wheel included. Complete
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Space Super Bundle: Solar System, Eclipse, Astronomer
This AWESOME Super Bundle combines 4 separate resources with a Space Theme.Save a bunch by purchasing all of these products together. Each product is also available separately in my TpT store. Here's a summary of what's included in each: Earth's Place in the Universe:*Planet Report Pages*relative distances of planets activity using toilet paper squares*gravity activities to resolve common misconceptions*investigation of mass and weight on different planets*creation of a sun dial to help stude
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Big Bang Evidence: Red Shift - Virtual Lab Simulation
NO FLASH NEEDED! Students will explore the early steps of the Big Bang and then prove the Universe is expanding by manipulating the light of a galaxy moving away from or towards Earth. This virtual lab is excellent for remote or in-class laboratory exploration. The virtual lab simulation worksheet contains auto-fill in blanks, so no annotation software is needed. The links for the free sites used are located within the lab.
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Grades:
6th - 11th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
, HS-ESS1-2
Gravitation Bundle: Newton’s Law, Satellite Motion and Kepler’s Laws
Looking for a great resource for teaching all the important topics in gravitation and planetary motion? This comprehensive physics bundle contains everything you need for your students to understand Newton’s law of universal gravitation, satellite motion and Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. This money saving bundle contains the following products:(1) Gravitation: Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation(2) Gravitation: Satellite Motion(3) Gravitation: Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion(4) PhET On
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Measuring Star Brightness - Absolute vs. Apparent Magnitude Virtual Lab
In this 3-part virtual lab, students will understand the ways in which astronomers measure star brightness. This lab covers both apparent and absolute magnitude. In Part 1, students watch a short video and read through a small webpage to answer 7 background questions about magnitude. In Part 2, they use the "Apparent magnitude, Absolute magnitude, and Distance to stars" JavaLab, created by DongJoon, to practice adjusting star brightness to their absolute magnitude by moving them to a distance of
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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The Martian Classroom Labs and Activities
Product DescriptionThis is an multi sensual immersion into the world created in The Martian by Andy Weir. All are in Word format so that you can customize to your school's needs. The Martian Video Questions We have included both a blank Student Video Question worksheet and a Teacher Answer Sheet. Asks questions in order of the movies so that you can stop and discuss the various topics as the movie is viewed. Great intro to the concept of Mars colonization.The Martian Book QuestionsA chapter by
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Earth's Rotation & Seasons Virtual Exploration Lab
How does the Earth's tilt result in the four Seasons? In this virtual lab, students will observe the Earth rotating on its axis and how it's tilt changes as it revolves around the Sun. Students will also:⚗️Test their Pre-Existing Knowledge of Rotation vs. Revolution⚗️Describe how the Earth's Rotation results in Day & Night⚗️Analyze how different Seasons occur in different Hemispheres simultaneously⚗️Create Visual Models of the Earth's Tilt at different LatitudesNOTE: This activity links to t
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: Virtual Science Labs Full Exploration Activity Bundle
Mars Space Simulation with Engineering Challenges
Send Young Astronauts on a mission to Mars! This package includes a space simulation where students use knowledge of Earth, space, and space travel to land on Mars!
The purpose of this 8-10 day project is to allow students to investigate Earth’s place in space in an interactive simulation: Mission to Mars. Students will begin the simulation by researching Mars. Students will prepare for their journey by researching what is currently known about Mars. Groups will pull Fate Cards each day that wi
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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