Problem solving world languages simulations

Also included in: Mystery Activities Bundle | Escape Room | Graphic Organizers | Early Finishers

Back to School Escape Room | Team Building Activities | First Week of School

Created by

Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Problem Solving

Are you ready to kick off the new school year with a thrilling and collaborative experience for your students? Our Back-to-School Escape Room Team Building Activities will make the first week of school unforgettable as students work together to solve puzzles, decode challenges, and build lasting connections.This is the PRINTABLE VERSION, the DIGITAL VERSION is available here. Why Choose Our Back-to-School Escape Room Team Building Activities?Engaging and Interactive: The escape room format adds

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Grades:

3rd - 4th

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Also included in: Escape Room Challenge Bundle | Breakout Games | Teamwork Challenges

Football Escape Room Mystery Challenge | Breakout Game | Teamwork Activity

Created by

Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Problem Solving

Bring the fun and excitement of a breakout room to your classroom! This cross curricular mystery challenge will have your students engaged, investigating and challenged from start to finish without the need of complicated locks or boxes. Students will work their way through 4 clues, each time they complete the clue challenge, they eliminate a suspect. You can use this as an introduction to teaching mysteries or a review day game! This football themed mystery works great in the fall during footba

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 4th

Types:

Classroom Community, Classroom Management, Problem Solving

Also included in: Escape Room Challenge Bundle | Breakout Games | Teamwork Challenges

Peace Path: A Visual Conflict Resolution Strategy

Created by

Always a SPECIAL Day

I have used a Peace Path for the past 8 years of teaching Special Education, and absolutely love it. It is an awesome way to help students work out any issues that arise. I also use it personally with my students if an issue needs to be addressed. It really helps students learn how to work out a problem in a safe way. Just print the pages on card stock, laminate each one, and tape it together. It's very easy to use- two people step on each sides of the path on the footprints and walk through the

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Grades:

PreK - 9th

Types:

Activities, Simulations

CCSS:

SL.3.1b

Digging For Fossils - A Cookie Excavation Experiment

Created by

Teaching with Morale

Students will love acting as an archaeologist as they dig for fossils during this experiment! Using simple materials such as toothpicks and cookies, students will learn what it's like to excavate fossils. Students will formulate a hypothesis, collect data, and develop conclusions using this experiment aligned with both Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Teaching tips included! A great resource and hands-on lesson for any fossil unit.

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Problem Solving

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Simulations

Frida Kahlo y La Casa Azul Virutal Field Trip SPANISH

Created by

Llearning Llama

Take your students to visit Frida Kahlo y La Casa Azul with this Virtual Field Trip for Spanish Class. Your students will visit Frida's museum in Mexico. You can use the interactive trip for distance learning, socially-distant learning in the classroom, or in-person project-based learning. Spanish students will navigate through the 360 tour of various rooms in the museum. Students will also use the website to learn about Frida's life, paintings, and house. They will take pictures and write

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Spanish, World Language

Grades:

8th - 11th

Types:

Simulations, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Hispanic Artist Spanish Lessons Bundle Pack - 5 Units

Design a Zoo: A Digital Project Based Learning Experience

Created by

PBL Learning Lab

Thanks for choosing this project based learning experience for your students! They are sure to have fun, be creative, and learn some valuable skills. In Design a Zoo, students take on the role of a design consultant asked to create a new zoo. Students will need to: –Name the Zoo –Create a welcoming sign –Select the animals –Design animal habitats –Create information sheets –Create a budget –And present their work to a "Board of Directors" This experience is designed to be completed without sub

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Science

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Projects, Simulations

Characteristics of Living Things Interactive PowerPoint AND Case Studies

Created by

Not Your Average Classroom

Fun, animated review of the material as well as TWO case studies exploring the characteristics of life. Students journey to Europa, where they must analyze samples for the presence of life. In the second case study, students discover the tobacco mosaic virus. This extremely fun PowerPoint was created to get kids thinking! No more simple lectures centered around listing the shared characteristics of life - your students will be putting themselves in the shoes of xenobiologists and research bota

Subjects:

Biology, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Simulations

Escape Room Challenge Bundle | Breakout Games | Teamwork Challenges

Created by

Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Problem Solving

Bring the fun and excitement of a breakout room to your classroom! These cross curricular mystery challenges will have your students engaged, investigating and challenged from start to finish without the need of complicated locks or boxes. This bundle includes over 10 different escape room challenges.Students will work their way through clues, each time they complete the clue challenge, they eliminate a suspect or collect tools to move on to the next challenge. You can use this as an introductio

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Foreign Languages, Spanish, World Language

Virtual Field Trip Peru and Machu Picchu in SPANISH

Created by

Llearning Llama

This Virtual Field Trip to Peru and Machu Picchu for Spanish Class is an interactive Google Slides & Tour. You can use it for distance learning, socially-distant learning in the classroom, or in-person project-based learning. Spanish students will navigate through 7 stops on a virtual field trip to Peru and Machu Picchu with Google Tour Builder map, which provides a 360 tour of the stops. Pictures and intermediate level Spanish descriptions are provided. Students will take screenshots and

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Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Simulations, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Spanish Virtual Field Trip Bundle

French Food Unit - Café and Restaurant Roleplay Project - Nourriture et boissons

Created by

World Language Resources

This EDITABLE Café and Restaurant Roleplay Skit is an amazing tool to gauge how well your students have learned target vocabulary (la nourriture, les boissons, le couvert, etc.) as well as grammar structures (prendre, boire, vouloir, le partitif, etc.) from your French Food Unit. Students will work in small groups and create a skit taking place at a French-speaking café or restaurant that that they will perform in front of their peers. Students LOVE this activity because it allows them to showc

Subjects:

en Français, French, World Language

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Simulations

Also included in: French 1 Projects BUNDLE - Projects, Presentations, Skits for Beginners

Clothing Shopping Spanish Unit

Created by

SpanishPlans

This is a great activity to have students practice clothing and shopping vocabulary in a practical real-life scenario. A proficiency and task based activity. Gets students up and moving around, while conversing with classmates about clothing items. Includes 6 PDF files.: -4 Roles – Practice the roles of the Salesclerk, Customer, and Friend of Customer. Also included is an additional Customer card when talking to friend about the clothing. Each pages features 4 cards per page and come in bot

Subjects:

Spanish

Grades:

7th - 11th

Types:

Activities, Simulations, Task Cards

Spanish Murder Mystery Party Kit Activity Game Engaging Spanish Conversation

Created by

The Teacher Emporium

This wonderful, editable "who dunit" activity was designed for my Spanish 3 + 4 classes. During the “party” a mysterious murder will occur and it is students’ jobs to talk to each other in the target language to gather and infer information to make an accusation at the end of the game. My students love this game and talk more in Spanish than in any other oral activity that we do. All students receive character cards days before the game starts to tell them how to act, what info they know and wha

Subjects:

Spanish

Grades:

10th - 12th

Types:

For All Subject Areas, Gifted and Talented, Problem Solving

Class Escape Problem Solving Game

Created by

Erin Smith ELA

Modeled after the popular "Escape" games in many cities around the country, this classroom version prompts students to work together as a class to solve puzzles, connect the clues, and crack the code! This is a great activity for the first week of school to encourage teamwork and help students get to know each other and the classroom. Your students will be totally engaged in this hands-on challenge! You will need the following tools: - tape - color printer - scissors or paper cutter - white c

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Spanish, Visual Arts, World Language

Art Museum Virtual Hispanic Art Gallery in Spanish

Created by

Llearning Llama

An art museum virtual Hispanic art gallery filled with over 20 images of Hispanic art! Virtual Spanish Art Gallery for Spanish classes - This interactive, virtual art gallery tour of 6 Hispanic artists is perfect for Spanish students of Novice-Intermediate levels. You can use it for distance learning, socially-distant learning in the classroom, or in-person project-based learning. During the art museum virtual gallery, they will navigate through the various rooms in the art gallery. They wil

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Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Simulations, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Hispanic Artist Spanish Lessons Bundle Pack - 5 Units

Intro to WWI Simulation Game English & Spanish Bundle

Created by

Maestra Novoa

The MAIN game is a great introduction to World War I that goes over the MAIN causes of WWI! This bundle includes the SPANISH and ENGLISH versions. The MAIN causes students will experience during this game are Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism. Students will be in groups and create their own country. They will then try to take over the world!Countries will take turns trying to take over the world by conquering territories, building industries, and military, and creating alliance

Subjects:

European History, Social Studies - History, Spanish

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Foreign Languages, Spanish

Ordering Food in Spanish; a Mexican Restaurant Simulator for your Classroom!

Created by

PicantePractices

To see a demo of this product, go to minute 1:13 of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7DlM3WFxG4 Imagine a real menu and waiter in your classroom. The waiter asks questions at your command, and your student answers each one, for both herself and a friend. You grade the student's performance on an easy-to-use rubric. Most Spanish teachers practice talking about food and ordering it several times during levels one, two, and three. This file transports the Mexican restaurant (it's actually IN M

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Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Simulations, Rubrics

Holidays Around the World Escape Room | Math Fact Practice | Zodiac Calendar

Created by

Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Problem Solving

Bring the fun and excitement of a breakout room to your classroom! These holiday challenge activities will have your students engaged, investigating and challenged from start to finish without the need of complicated locks or boxes. Students will complete 5 challenges in order to earn each passport stamp while learning about holidays celebrated around the world at the same time!This would be an excellent culminating activity to a Holidays Around the World unit or a stand alone activity to fill t

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 4th

Types:

Back to School, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

Also included in: Escape Room Challenge Bundle | Breakout Games | Teamwork Challenges

Stranded: Island survival icebreaker/team-building

Created by

Gov Games and Lessons

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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Grades:

3rd - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Games, Simulations

FRENCH Virtual Field Trip to Les CATACOMBES de Paris! Excursion Virtuelle!

Created by

French with Elise

Enjoy this French Virtual Field Trip to les CATACOMBES de Paris! This is a great tool during distance learning. It can be used on ZOOM, just "share screen", or in the classroom (great with a projector). This 27 page PowerPoint Presentation IN FRENCH is a fun introduction to les CATACOMBES de Paris. It includes:- Teacher directions- Anticipatory set & questions- Facts about les Catacombes de Paris- Link to a video of les Catacombes- Link to a short video of the movie Le Bossu de Notre Dame (M

Subjects:

en Français, French, World Language

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Activities, Simulations

Also included in: French Virtual Field Trip MEGA BUNDLE - Excursions Virtuelles Francophonie

Project Based Learning Bundle

Created by

Lisa Taylor Teaching the Stars

PBL Lessons will engage your students as they create simulations of real live event learning tasks. Students will engage and think critically as they go through these projects. Students love learning when it is real, relevant, and engaging!How to Start a School Newscast is a guide to help teachers or administrator start a school newscast. STEM Starting a School Post Office will introduce students to many important economics concepts as they start and run a School Post Office Simulation. Studen

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Worksheets, Projects, Simulations

Pre and AP Spanish Speed Dating | Citas Rápidas | ¡SOY YO! | Interpersonal Speak

Created by

Granabana

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

Subjects:

Back to School, International Baccalaureate, Spanish

Grades:

10th - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Scripts, Simulations

Also included in: ¡Paketón! AP Spanish Tips for Temas | Resources, Practices and PBL Complete Kit

End of the Year Escape Room - Summer Vacation Escape Activity feat. GoogleSlides

Created by

MrWorksheet

Need a fun and engaging activity to get your students excited about the end of the school year? Then this is the product for you! Escape Rooms have been all the rage this year and this End of the Year Escape Room will not disappoint. Through unique and creative puzzles, clues and activities, students will digitally interact with the various items in the room to figure out the 7 Letter code (in ALL CAPS) to escape the classroom. Once they have compiled the 7 letter code (in ALL CAPS), students wi

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, End of Year, Problem Solving

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Activities, Simulations

Immigration Simulation Game in Spanish / Juego de inmigración

Created by

Growing Global Citizens

This product is a fun, hands-on way for students to learn about push and pull immigration factors. Colored candies (not included) represent different groups of people. This game is set up to be played in groups of six but can be modified for smaller groups. Each student represents an imaginary country and as students go through the event cards their population is affected by events listed and they lose or gain their candy population. Students record their population at the beginning of the g

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Geography, Spanish

Grades:

5th - 12th, Higher Education

Types: