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Critical thinking Common Core RST.6-8.10 resources
The Internet No Prep Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, Cyber Criminal Activity
This lesson introduces students to how the internet works and how it is used to transfer information. This also goes over the great important of staying safe online by not giving out your personal information and staying on secure sites. This lesson is designed for late elementary through middle school.
Key Terms include:
- computer network
- internet
- LAN
- WAN
- World Wide Web
- Viruses
- Social Media
All the documents can be found within the zip file. The Cyber Criminal Activity works the
Grades:
5th - 10th, Higher Education
The Outer Planets No Prep Lesson with Power Point, Worksheet, and Pluto Debate
This lesson goes over how our gas giant planets were discovered, our estimates of how many moons each has, and unique features of each planet. The ending of this lesson explains how our once ninth planet Pluto is now categorized as a dwarf planet. The worksheet that is included follows along with the power point presentation to keep students engaged. This lesson is designed for late elementary through intermediate grades.
Key Terms Include
- Gas Giants
- Jupiter's Great Red Spot
- Saturn's Rin
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Psychology: Daydreaming ~ Critical Thinking Informational Article Analysis
This is a polished, graphic, new, single page 2013 PDF for critical thinking analysis of a 2009 Psychology Today article on the function(s) of daydreaming in our lives, its benefits, and much more! These questions could be addressed individually by students, in small collaborative groups, or as a whole group Q and A discussion to inspire problem-solving and critical thinking on a timely, hot topic in contemporary Psych/consciousness studies.
I have found this to be a highly thought-provoking an
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Flight of Knowledge - A Digital Odyssey of Discovery and Learning
Embark on an educational odyssey with "Flight of Knowledge - A Digital Odyssey of Discovery and Learning."Designed to captivate middle school students and invigorate your teaching experience. These lessons are not just a curriculum; they're an invitation to unlock the extraordinary potential within your classroom.Engaging lessons on digital literacy, public speaking, active listening, and creative writing — all taught through the lens of fascinating "fun facts" that students will love.Here's wha
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-1
Daily Mind Builders: Social Studies - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 137-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing social studies themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essent
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Water and Nitrogen Cycle Lesson
This power point goes over the water cycle and defines terms such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. It also has plenty of diagrams and goes through the passage a drop of water would take through the water cycle.
The second part of this power point goes through the Nitrogen Cycle as it starts though the air, is consumed by bacteria, and enters the plant life. There is also plenty of diagrams and pictures to help the younger audiences.
The terms included in this presentation are:
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Grades:
4th - 10th, Higher Education
Developing Critical Thinking through Science Book 2 (Grades 4-8)
313-page printable ebook of easy-to-use activities to teach physical science and develop scientific thinking for grades 4-8! The fun, hands-on physical science lessons/experiments in this book teach science principles found in state and national science standards. Students also learn and practice critical thinking through the application of the scientific method of investigation. Each activity is a 10- to 30-minute guided experiment in which students are prompted to verbalize their step-by-step
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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Food Chains and Energy Cycles Lesson
This Power Point goes over the energy cycle in ecosystems. It defines producers, photosynthesis, consumers, decomposers, food webs, food chains. It also contains examples of those items to help the students comprehend the definitions. I have successfully used this from third grade students and even up to some post-secondary course.
This resource includes and explains the terms:
photosynthesis
producers
consumers
decomposers
herbivores
carnivores
omnivores
scavengers
food chain
food web
Both
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Grades:
4th - 9th, Higher Education
Frankenstein Activity | Designer Babies Socratic Seminar Lesson | Stems | Rubric
Transform them into little college students. Capture their imaginations. Perfect before, during or after Frankenstein. Teach them how to generate thought-provoking, open-ended questions in preparation for their student-led Socratic Seminar. No prep needed. Packed with engaging slides, writing tips, examples, questions, leveled text sets, graphic organizer, evaluation tools, and more. Follow me for more teacher and tutor tools. Happy teaching!Note: Model close reading, annotation, and note-taking
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Daily Mind Builders: Science eBook - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 145-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing science-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential sk
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Grades:
5th - 12th
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Animal Adaptations Lesson
This is a Microsoft Office 2013 power point that goes over why animals have different adaptations. I have used this for grades 4th through 9th depending on the science level of the students. This makes a great introduction in a biology course.
The terms covered in this presentation are:
adaptations
niche
competition
predation
symbiosis
mutualism
commensalism
parasitism
Both the presentation and the work page can be found within the zip file. There is an answer key attached at the end of the
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 10th, Higher Education
Claim Evidence Reasoning - Evidence Gathering Notes
This note taking page is useful for research projects that require students to collect evidence that supports their claim. Students can use book or internet sources for research and are guided through collecting information about sources as well as information to back up their claim.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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CCSS:
Formative Assessment: Synthesis Activity~Psychology Theory Comic
This is a newly updated and fun, creative method of formative assessment in a Psychology course, to be utilized at any point in the course in which you wish to a.) provide the students a creative activity to demonstrate understanding, and b.) assess students' synthesis of material. With this PDF printable activity, you have nine options provided with which students can demonstrate knowledge and application of a Psychology theory and/or unit of study; feel free to tailor the nine options to what
Grades:
8th - 12th, Adult Education
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COOPERATIVE LEARNING NOTE TAKING ACTIVITY MADE FOR ALL TYPES OF LEARNERS
This style of note-taking activity will meet all types of learners (visual, audio, kinesthetic, etc.). It will also get students working in cooperative groups, and up moving around. Speaking and listening skills will also be applied as students have a conversation about their notes. At the end of the activity, students will turn in and the teacher can use as a quick formative. This activity attached is dual-sided. One side is teacher directed (directions) and can be used for a workshop- the othe
Grades:
1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, 3-ESS3-1
, 3-LS4-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-ESS2-1
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Outlining Content Information Resource (Making Outlines of Text)
In the age of the internet, students need skills for acquiring and criticizing information from media. This product is a trove of outlining resources offered by the author of this publication on outlining.Trove includes: rubrics, presentations, samples, computer shortcut tips, and tutorials.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Quiz for Chemsitry
Quiz for chemistry
Subjects:
Grades:
9th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
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