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5th grade critical thinking science resources for Microsoft OneDrive
Would You Rather Prompts - Digital and Printable Activities - Writing
It seems like every conversation I overhear my students having starts with, “Would you rather...”! I remember having the same conversations with my friends when I was in school!! So, why not use conversations that students are already having and apply them to critical thinking, opinion writing, and collaborative discussions!!This resource includes 16 Would You Rather prompts and comes in two formats: DIGITAL and PRINTABLE!! Editable versions of each are also included!These activities can be used
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2nd - 6th
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Write a Scary Story: Creative Writing Notebook Activities Print and Digital
Your students will love writing their own scary stories with this print and digital notebook. This resource guides them step-by-step through setting up the plot, characters, setting, and theme. The end result is a creative writing project your students will feel successful about.Students usually get bogged down by a creative writing assignment -- but this resource breaks all the elements of a good story down into manageable pieces. You're students will know exactly what they want to write -- b
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
Analyze Bias Evaluate Websites Fact Check Wikipedia Research Skills Bundle
Print & digital versions! You'll have everything you need to teach the essentials of digital literacy and research skills with this bundled product. Sharpen students' critical thinking skills by engaging them in interesting, real-life learning tasks. Here's what teachers are saying about my Digital Literacy resources:"I think this may be the most thorough and well done resource I have ever purchased on here. THANK YOU. You're attention to detail and thoroughness have made my day so much si
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5th - 10th
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Classify the Five Themes of Geography 5E Lesson | 5 Theme WalkAround | Microsoft
This lesson challenges students to identify, classify & explain the 5 themes of geography using real-world examples. The activities are engaging for students & the guided, 5-E format is easy for you to use! Begin with a fun “Picture It” warm-up activity. Then, introduce each of the five themes & practice applying the concepts. Fill-in notes & practice activities accompany the lesson. A “GSI: Geography Scene Investigation” challenges students to classify 16 colorful images by them
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4th - 10th
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STEM Challenges & Activities for the Year STEAM Team Building Summer No Prep
Looking to use STEM Challenges and activities in your elementary classroom? These hands on simple STEAM activities are low prep and use common classroom materials. These STEM activities are both digital and printable! There are STEM challenges and activities for the entire year for you to use - 48 challenges! You will find just what you need for Back to School, Team Building, Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer STEM fun! This STEM Bundle includes STEM challenges and STEM activities for the entire ye
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K - 5th
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4th and 5th Grade Science SOL Digital Review Activity
There is so much content for 5th graders to review when it comes to the science SOL test! This interactive digital activity is a great way for students to review the 4th and 5th grade science SOLs! Use the questions throughout the year for spiral review or save them for spring test prep!Students will use this digital resource in Google Slides™. No prep for you; no lost papers for them!Questions are modeled after TEI items found on the end-of-year SOL test (including drag and drop and hot spot it
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4th - 5th
Also included in: Mega 4th and 5th Grade Science SOL Review Bundle
Space & Ocean WebQuest STEM Activities Virtual Field Trip BUNDLE Digital Habitat
Space & Ocean STEM WebQuests are a digital resource that takes students on a journey to learn about topics. Students will complete 6 interactive challenges to solve a riddle, and they will be taken to websites, videos, and Google Earth along the way. This resource is easy to prep and ready to go, and it promotes problem solving, thinking skills, and assessing STEM topics.This BUNDLE currently includes these themes:OceansSpace⭐Save 20% with this BUNDLE - Any additional activity is yours FREE!
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3rd - 6th
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How to Identify Bias Online Activities Digital Literacy
Just what you need to teach bias! This print and digital resource has everything you need to teach this valuable critical thinking skill in our online world. Ready to use -- includes websites, questions, student notes, practice, and more!Here's what teachers are saying about my digital literacy resources:"Big packet full of so many options. Really gets kids thinking. Thanks for creating exactly what I was looking for.""Great resource to teach students about possible bias when they are rese
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5th - 10th
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Human Environment Interactions 5-E Unit BUNDLE | Geography Resources | Microsoft
An engaging BUNDLE of Human-Environment Interactions resources exploring how geography affects our world. The guided lessons are FUN for students & the 6-E teaching model is easy for you to use! Each activity includes a Teacher Reference Guide to ensure success & engagement in your classroom! The bundle has print & interactive, digital versions of the materials. Made for traditional in-class learning or digital 1:1 classrooms. Everything you need is included! Includes Microsoft Resou
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4th - 9th
Five Themes of Geography BUNDLE | FUN 5 Theme Lessons and Activities | Microsoft
An entertaining BUNDLE of unique resources that introduce the 5 Themes of Geography - Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human-Environment Interactions. The guided lessons are FUN for students & the 7-E teaching model is easy for you to use! Each activity includes a Teacher Reference Guide to ensure success & engagement in your classroom! The bundle has print & interactive, digital versions of the materials. Made for traditional in-class learning or digital 1:1 classrooms. Everythin
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4th - 9th
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Five Themes of Geography Research Project PBL | 5 Themes City Mosaic | Microsoft
Challenge your class to research & showcase the “5 Themes of Geography” for a major world city. Creating mosaics is a fun way to assess student learning while letting them show off their creativity. First, they research their city’s location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interactions. Then, they design colorful mosaics with images & descriptions featuring their cities. A rubric sets clear expectations for your students & makes grading easy! Your purchase has editabl
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5th - 12th
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Weather Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions | Digital and Print
I love bringing science into reading workshop! These helpful weather-themed reading comprehension passages and questions make it easy to review weather concepts while practicing important reading skills! Use these engaging, no-prep passages during your language arts or science lessons or save them for an interactive test prep activity!4 short passages are included (fiction, nonfiction, poem, and functional text).Each passage has 4 comprehension questions.There are also 3 stand-alone word analysi
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4th - 5th
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Persuasive Writing Public Service Announcement Activities Write and Analyze
Your students will love analyzing, researching, and creating their own PSA with this ready-to-use resource. What an engaging way to introduce persuasive language and writing. Lots of practice means your students are confident as they create their own PSA.Digital and print -- guides your students step-by-step through the process – from analyzing what a PSA is and does to choosing their own topic, researching and creating it. This is what you'll get:print and digital versionstips and suggestions
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
Football STEM Challenge Super Bowl Activities Low Prep Stem February Goal Post
Ready, Set, Hut! Celebrate the Super Bowl with this hands-on STEM Football Activity. Students will be challenged to create a field goal and a launcher (catapult) to kick their "football". This football STEM Challenge includes a digital & printable version for all classroom needs. ⭐ This Football STEM Challenge in included in the Year of STEM Bundle. Get 48 challenges for $2 each. Save 30%THE STEM CHALLENGE:Your students can create one or both, a field goal and a launcher (catapult) Test ou
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2nd - 5th
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Solar Eclipse 2024
✏️If you're looking for the perfect 2024 Solar Eclipse Activities, look no further. This pack has over 20 pages full of fun and engaging activities to help your students learn all about the different types of eclipses! It's been used by thousands of teachers all over the world and will definitely become one of your favorite resources to use for teaching all about the solar eclipse types! These solar eclipse activities are also great for independent center practice, early finisher activity, or e
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2nd - 5th
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5-ESS1-2
, 5-ESS1-1
Symbiosis - Symbiotic Relationships PowerPoint
Symbiosis - Symbiotic Relationships PowerPoint. Colorful graphics and animated slides explain the differences between the three types of symbiotic relationships that exist in ecosystems: commensalism, mutualism, and parasitism. This digital resource is a nice addition to your ecology unit with an expository writing prompt to assess understanding. Easy to understand terms help students understand species interactions. Includes a slide to review the scientific vocabulary, and a print or digital ac
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5th - 8th
OCEAN Virtual Field Trip Digital Webquest STEM Activities Sharks Google Slides
STEM Quest: Oceans is a digital webquest that takes students on a journey to learn about under the sea. Students will complete virtual field trip to 6 interactive challenges to solve a riddle, and they will be taken to websites, videos, and Google Earth along the way. This resource is easy to prep and ready to go, and it promotes problem solving, thinking skills, and assessing STEM topics.Theme of this STEM Quest: OCEANS! Save 20% with the bundle & receive ALL STEM QUESTS! What is a STEM Que
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3rd - 5th
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Vocabulary Activities 30 Fun Creative Word Study Tasks
With 30 print & digital activities, this workbook makes teaching vocabulary fun, easy, and ready to go! Editable word lists, checklists, and lots of creative ways for your students to engage with learning new vocabulary! Choices galore!Use with your words or the editable vocabulary "menu" provided.Assign one, some, or all activities -- so flexible! Use for self-paced activities, book clubs, independent reading, or whole class word studies. This resource includes:"vocabulary collectors"vo
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4th - 8th
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Space and Solar System Unit (Google Slides™)
A complete and comprehensive PAPERLESS space unit on our planet, the solar system, and space. The best part is that it is all DIGITAL and NO PREP! Share with your class using Google Classroom™, Google Slides™ or via Microsoft OneDrive™. You can even use these with SeeSaw and PicCollage when you save the file as a PDF.This 71 page unit includes a Google™ Slides file on:Informative text for all planets, Sun, moon, seasons, stars, and space related topicsComprehension questions for all planets, Sun
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3rd - 5th
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Space WebQuest STEM Activities Virtual Field Trip Back to School Activities
STEM Quest: Space is a digital resource that takes students on a journey to learn about space. Students will complete 6 interactive challenges to solve a riddle, and they will be taken to websites, videos, and Google Earth along the way. This resource is easy to prep and ready to go, and it promotes problem solving, thinking skills, and assessing STEM topics.The theme of this STEM Quest: SPACE!Save 20% with the bundle & receive ALL STEM QUESTS! Any new activities are yours free! What is a ST
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3rd - 6th
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Shipwrecked Geography Survival Challenge | Adapt and Modify Activity | Microsoft
This FUN activity challenges your class to examine human-environment interactions in a unique way. Students imagine they are shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. Their only chance for survival is to successfully adapt & modify to their surroundings. Students love the engaging activity; you will love the critical & creative thinking it fosters! Your purchase has print & interactive, digital versions of the materials. Made for traditional in-class learning or digital 1:1 classroo
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5th - 12th
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Digital Lesson: The Engineering Design Process
Please take a few seconds to leave feedback! I'd really appreciate it.This Digital Lesson is great for e-Learning days, substitute teacher days, or days when you want to help your students learn about the engineering design process. When you open up the Zip file, click on the folder - you will see 2 more folders. One folder covers the Design Process in 6 Steps and includes 18 interactive slides. The second folder covers the design process in 7 steps and includes 19 interactive slides. You ca
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5th - 8th
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STEM Recycling Challenge What To do With a Box April Earth Day Activities
This Earth Day Inspired STEM Challenge will show off your students' creative thinking skills!! Students will learn about recycling and be challenged to create an invention using box and recyclable materials only. This project is open ended & students can create what they want, but this will guide you through. The digital slide show includes fun interactive activities too. ★Grab all 5 SPRING challenge & save 30%. Click here to view the bundle!!!Tie in literacy with this lesson & begi
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2nd - 5th
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Continents, Oceans and the World Map 5-E Resource BUNDLE | FUN Microsoft Unit
This CONTINENTS & OCEANS UNIT BUNDLE has everything needed to keep your classes engaged! The guided lessons are FUN for students & the 5-E teaching model is easy for you to use. The materials focus on identifying the location of each continent or ocean, comparing & contrasting various aspects of the continents, and practice using lines on a globe. Each resource includes a Teacher Reference Guide to help you easily plan. Your purchase has editable, print & interactive, digital ve
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4th - 8th
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