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Higher education critical thinking physical science independent work packets
Inquiry Based Learning Project: VAPING
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Vaping has become more and more common over that past decade, but how (un)healthy is it really for us? Students are given a general overview of how inquiry projects work, and are then set loose to dive into an authentic research process. At the end, they are given the option of presenting in one of four different modes: A presentation, a podcast, a documentary film, or an essay. This Package Includes:An Introduction to VapingAn Ov
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Internet Safety, Woes of the Web
This is a set questions paired with two articles that pose the essential question: Do you know what your digital footprint looks like? The articles catch students' attention immediately, and spark some serious discussion. Not only will students be engaged throughout this mini unit, but also they will be practicing key ELA skills. Student Experience: This lesson provides a close reading guide with questions for each article and then provides and argumentative prompt to pull both of them togeth
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
Inquiry Based Learning Project: ENERGY DRINKS
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Energy Drinks are one of the fastest growing sections of the food industry, and a growing issue in high schools everywhere (over 40% of students admit to having had one in the last three months!). But what exactly are they at risk of? Are energy drinks better than drinking coffee or a can of soda? Are they ok to have on occasion?Our students should know the truth about the drinks they're consuming and their affects, but more impor
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
Inquiry Based Learning Project: ANXIETY
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Anxiety is a growing issue in high schools everywhere, and our students need to know the warning signs, its affects, how to cope, and who they can talk to if they're going to be able to tackle it! In this project, students are given a general overview of how inquiry projects work, and are then set loose to dive into an authentic research process. At the end, they are given the option of presenting in one of four different modes: A
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
Chemical Nomenclature: Self-guided Unit for High School Organic Chemistry
Updated with current IUPAC nomenclature. This self-instructional unit with step-by-step instructions, examples, problems and room for student answers, is an effective introduction to organic chemistry nomenclature especially for senior/AP biology, biochemistry, and chemistry students. Use it prior to your unit on biochemistry/functional groups. This package covers the following compounds: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatics, alcohols, organic acids, esters, aldehydes, ketones, ethers, amines
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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HS-PS1-1
, HS-PS1-2
Finish the Drawing Brain Break, Morning Work Drawing Prompt Art Warm Up Exercise
These Finish the Drawing Prompts for Kids are an easy no prep art activity that engages your students’ creativity. This self expression “finish the picture” activity has a variety of unfinished drawings challenges. Perfect for morning work, no prep brain breaks, or last minute sub plans. The creativity challenges and activities engage students as they:Think outside of the box and develop divergent thinkingImprove fine motor skillsDevelop drawing confidenceSolve problems with their own creativity
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K - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Distance Learning - AP Lang Identifying Tone Exercises
This 15 page resource WITH answer key is a highly effective means of teaching tone to advanced students. I use this with honors, AP and college students to build their skills through annotation and how to apply this knowledge to real rhetoric. There are two lengthy exercises. The first is annotation with 10 excerpts from various pieces of literature and non-fiction. The second offers eight close reading passages with application rewrites. Students develop skill and confidence through these ac
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: AP Language and Composition Rhetoric Bundle
Verbal Reasoning Questions
In this product, you'll find 60 verbal reasoning questions that will test your students' critical thinking abilities.Each question consists of a short passage of text followed by a statement. Based on this information, students will have to decide which of four multiple-choice statements are true.Questions will help students to:Determine if a statement is true, false, or impossible to sayIdentify reasoning errorsIdentify which statements support or contradict a positionImprove reading comprehens
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Inquiry Based Learning Project: FAST FASHION
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Fast Fashion has become one of the biggest environmental and human rights issues of the last 15 years - so much so that the fashion industry has been identified as contributing 10% of global CO2 emissions annually! So if we all know it's a problem, why haven't we fixed it?!In this package, students are given a general overview of how inquiry projects work, and are then set loose to dive into an authentic research process. At the e
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
74-Bond Enthalpy in Reactions Worksheet
Concepts:Students will calculate the enthalpy change (∆H) in kilojoules per mole for chemical reactions using bond energies. The Lewis structures for various compounds are drawn and students look up the bond energy for each in the table provided on the worksheet. At the end of this assignment students draw their own Lewis structures and then find the enthalpy change using bond energies.How I Use This:I give this assignment after I teach students about determining the number of valence electrons
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Complete Set of Chem Worksheets
Black History Month Independent Critical Thinking Activity
These worksheets would make fantastic additions to any Black History Month unit. They're also great resources for early finishers who need an extra challenge or for no-prep sub days. Includes a reading comprehension activity with tons of fun facts and questions that follow, a vocabulary study, logic puzzles, word searches, a "Would you rather...?" activity, some writing prompts, and 2 coloring pages.
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Chemistry 1 Final Exam Review: 21 Single Page Worksheets on Chemistry Topics
Do you need a review for your Chemistry students to help them get ready for the final exam? This product might help. It covers topics usually covered in a Chemistry 1 course in a high school or college setting. I'm calling this product a modular review. That means that each page is self-contained. You can use the pages you want and leave out the pages you don't. If you didn't cover a topic, no problem, just don't give that page to the students. It could even help you prepare for the Chemistry pr
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
DYSTOPIAN SCIENCE FICTION FILM STUDY - LEVEL 3 MEDIA STUDIES 91493
**UPDATED July 2023** -- Now includes an exemplar student essay from the 2022 91493 exam, graded E8A 49 page booklet to support a genre film study of dystopian science fiction films.Three focus texts are:Mad Max: Fury Road directed by George Miller (2015)Elysium directed by Neill Blomkamp (2013)Snowpiercer directed by Bong Joon-ho (2012)Notes included are hyperlinked to supporting materials (websites and YouTube videos) with footnoted references. Content covered includes:Unpacking the genre of d
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Film Studies Critical Thinking Activity Bundle
This is a bundle of really fun and interesting activities all to do with acting, theater, film & movies. Works especially well in the winter/spring awards season or for no-prep emergency sub plans. Includes a reading comprehension fun fact activity, 3 word searches, a logic puzzle, a "Would you rather...?" activity, a list of writing prompts, and a coloring page.
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Cognitive Biases and Logical Fallacies Bundle
Now, more than ever, it's important for students to think critically about the information that they encounter every day. In this packet, I use examples of two cognitive biases and five logical fallacies that people commonly encounter to help students understand how their thinking can go wrong, and how we can use science to correct it.It begins with introductory questions that use Harvard’s Project Zero thinking routine ‘Red light, yellow light’ to elicit students’ prior experience with critical
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Density Unit (includes easy prep labs)
Density unit includes: bell ringer writing promptsshort engaging video clipsstudent interactive notebook pagesGoogle slides deck that walks your students through all of the activities easy prep density labsnotes and activities to address underpinning learning targets like mass vs weight, how to calculate volume etc)class discussion promptsdensity word problems practicebuilt in timers
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Tax Day Critical Thinking Cross-Curricular No-Prep Sub Plans Bundle
This is a bundle of great information and some independent reading and critical thinking activities over taxes and Tax Day in America. Includes reading comprehension questions, a vocabulary study, a vocabulary word search, a logic puzzle, a "Would you rather...?" writing activity, a series of thought-provoking writing prompts, and a coloring page! Perfect for no-prep sub days (especially around April 15th) or for early finishers.
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Chess Puzzles Bundle - Printable PDF -with Answers - Instant Download
The bundle consists of Chess printable puzzles keywords:chess book, chess game, chess problems, chess for kids, kasparov, KDP Puzzle book, Japanese puzzles, printable puzzle, brain workouts ,maths puzzle, Japanese game, number game, kids activity, logic puzzle, adult activiy book, mind puzzle, puzzles for adults brain teaser puzzles for adults, chess puzzles, adult puzzles, chess gift, chess printable
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
A Critical Thinking Activity Bundle about America's Prisons
This is an informational critical thinking bundle all about America's prison system. It works great in a character-building lesson or any unit over restorative justice. Would work well as no-prep sub plan or for your early finishers who need enrichment activities to keep their minds occupied while others are working. Includes a reading comprehension activity, a word search, a vocabulary study, a word unscramble, and a logic puzzle.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
HIGHWAY TO NOWHERE S.T.E.M. Engineering Physics Design Challenge - ALL SCIENCES
*****STAR SALE $19.99 The “Unique” STEM Challenge: “HIGHWAY TO NOWHERE” Student S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) teams from local school classrooms of Baltimore City and Maryland High Schools and Middle Schools . . . PLUS . . . Nationwide Schools Will: Re-imagine, re-configure, and DESIGN A DISPLAY MODEL [details enclosed] of Baltimore City’s “Highway To Nowhere” for RE-DEVELOPMENT … that considers mixed usages of passageways for transit [The Red Line], pedestr
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ESS3-1
, HS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Act 4: Julius Caesar
Understandably, a lot of curricula stop Julius Caesar after Act 3. But that's not why you're here, is it?This resource is 100% ready-to-print and totally customizable so you can teach all of Act 4 in your classroom at the pace best suited for your students.Each scene features the original text plus helpful annotated notes to help students better understand the more challenging and outdated word choices. Plus, the embedded comprehension questions (with answer key) will help you assess their und
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Julius Caesar: Complete Unit Bundle
PHYSICS PROJECT on Torsion Springs, Torsion Bars, Helical Torsion Springs STEM
*****STAR SALE $19.99 PREMIUM STEM PHYSICS LESSON on UNDERSTANDING TORSION SPRINGS, TORSION BARS, HELICAL TORSION SPRINGS (Hooke’s Law) . . . BY designing and CONSTRUCTION a model powered by a helical torsion spring that obeys the angular form of Hooke’s Law. 1-WEEK 51-PAGES Then, CALCULATING, INVESTIGATING, CONDUCTING 5-FUN ACTIVITIES in small groups of 4-students . . . Then doing a GROUP REPORT and GROUP PRESENTATION of their findings to the whole class. FUN! FUN! FUN! Limited Time Offer! Hur
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-PS2-5
, MS-PS2-4
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UNIT 6 - IONIC COMPOUNDS WORKSHEETS BUNDLE (#37-42)
This is a bundle of six printable worksheets that teach students about ionic compounds and how they form. These worksheets follow a natural progression, first teaching students how ions form from atoms, and why the common ions have the charges they do. This worksheet introduces the octet rule as a basis for ion formation. The pattern of common ions charges is illustrated using the element's position on the periodic table. The next worksheet explains why magnesium would combine with two chloride
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Chemistry Test - HOW DO ATOMS BOND? and ANSWER KEY 12-PAGES
*****STAR SALE $19.99 TEST How Do Atoms Bond? 30 Questions, 8 Drawings, 5 Essay Questions ANSWER KEY INCLUDED Atomic bonding is chemical bonding. Chemical bonding is the physical process that is responsible for the interactions between atoms and molecules. Bonds vary widely; there are covalent, ionic, hydrogen, and metallic, as well as many other types of bonds, and all have a working connection in all living things. This test covers the basic bonding of atoms; Electron-Dot Diagrams, and drawing
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
NGSS:
HS-PS1-6
, MS-PS1-4
, MS-PS1-2
, MS-PS1-3
, MS-ESS3-3
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