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Problem solving Common Core RI.7.1 resources
Winter Olympics 2022 - Ten Logic Puzzles and Brain Teasers for Middle School
Winter Olympics Fun for Middle Schoolers!Looking for a way to incorporate the Winter Olympics into your class?This packet of ten activities includes seven logic puzzles, one cryptogram, one grid matching puzzle, and one grid drawing sheet. This product has been updated with the digital overlay feature, perfect to use with distance or virtual learning! It can be assigned to students in a Google Classroom. You can either use the digital overlay already created, or create your own! For more in
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Year Round Logic Puzzle Bundle for Middle School!
The Omnivore's Dilemma - Research Project Bundle
The Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Readers Edition is an amazing resource for teaching students the research process. It's interesting, relevant to their lives, and is an awesome platform for inquiry based learning.
These resources have all been used in my classroom to genuinely astounding results. When given the autonomy to research an aspect of the food industry that they want to change, students dive deeply into the research--more so than they ever did on tasks I had explicitly assigned.
This bu
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7th - 12th
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Christmas Project Based Learning | Plan a Cookie Exchange Party | Close Reading
Make learning fun this DECEMBER with GATER Educator's, Plan a COOKIE EXCHANGE Party, an engaging and fun project-based learning activity!Engage students in close reading, math skills, and COOKIE EXCHANGE comprehension while they create their perfect holiday celebration.All of the extra work is done for you. Simply print the NO PREP pages, and let your students make the decisions in this fun Project-Based Learning CHRISTMAS Unit!Go to new depths of learning with this Project-Based Learning activi
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4th - 7th
EDITABLE Mary Celeste Webquest | Guided Research Activity | Documentary Notes
Using simple countdown prompts to guide students, this resource allows your class to get on with research responsibly with clear starting and finishing points.This product is also included in my Middle School Combo BUNDLE.There are three differentiated versions of the webquest worksheet - one with suggested search terms and foci for pupils needing support, one with only the suggested search terms, and one without prompts for more independent students.NEW documentary notes sheet for recording inf
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6th - 9th
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Problem and Solution Essay Writing Unit | Cause and Effect | Graphic Organizers
When you give a writing assignment, are your students excited? What if you told them they're going to help solve a mystery and save a bakery? Now you have their attention!Students love to problem solve, and as they work through this scenario they'll be practicing discussion, critical thinking, close reading, organization, and written analysis skills.This Problem-Solution activity asks students to help a fictional bakery owner figure out why her sales are declining. Your students will uncover th
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6th - 8th
Lights Out: Settlement and Negotiation
When is the last time you had to settle a conflict? The answer to that question is probably today! Solving problems and conflicts is a valuable real-world skill. Using the settlement and negotiation process taught in law skill can help your students develop these important skills and mindsets. In this lesson, students will analyze a real-life legal case. A family creates an extreme holiday display that receives national attention. But Christmas cheer isn't the only consequence of the display. T
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â *Bundle* thinkLaw First Semester Holiday Bundle
In the Neighborhood: Settlement and Negotiation
When is the last time you had to settle a conflict? The answer to that question is probably today! Solving problems and conflicts is a valuable real-world skill. Using the settlement and negotiation process taught in law skill can help your students develop these important skills and mindsets. In this lesson, students will analyze a real-life legal case. Dale and Debra have trouble sleeping and cannot get any quiet moments in their home because of the constant barking of their neighbors' 150-po
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6th - 8th
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Homelessness Webquest Guided Research using 54321 Process (Differentiated)
Using simple countdown prompts to guide students, this resource allows your class to get on with research responsibly with clear starting and finishing points. This product is also included in my High School Combo BUNDLE.Supplement your unit on homelessness or social issues as either a classroom or a homework task.There are three differentiated versions of this worksheet - one with suggested search terms and foci for pupils needing support, one without prompts but including writing lines, and on
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6th - 9th
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Dr. DooRiddles B1: Fun Associative Reasoning Riddle Activities for Grades 4-7
This 48-page printable PDF ebook for upper elementary is packed full of brain-scratching riddles that develop students' fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations. These riddles also develop spelling, vocabulary, reading, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. Everyone loves the mystery of a riddle and Dr. DooRiddles will bring laughter, groans,and challenges (perhaps for as much as a week or more per riddle) to you and your students.Perceiving relationships betw
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4th - 7th
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White Christmas: Settlement and Negotiation
When is the last time you had to settle a conflict? The answer to that question is probably today! Solving problems and conflicts is a valuable real-world skill. Using the settlement and negotiation process taught in law skill can help your students develop these important skills and mindsets.In this lesson, students will analyze a real-life legal case. A jewelry store offered a holiday promotion. If six inches of snow fell on Christmas, everyone's holiday purchases would be free! The snow fell
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â *Bundle* thinkLaw First Semester Holiday Bundle
Dr. DooRiddles B2: Fun Associative Reasoning Riddle Activities for Grades 4-7
This 60-page printable PDF ebook for upper elementary is packed full of brain-scratching riddles that develop students' fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations. These riddles also develop spelling, vocabulary, reading, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. Everyone loves the mystery of a riddle and Dr. DooRiddles will bring laughter, groans,and challenges (perhaps for as much as a week or more per riddle) to you and your students.Perceiving relationships betw
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4th - 7th
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Dr. DooRiddles B1: Associative Reasoning Activities for Grades 4-7
This 48-page printable PDF ebook is packed full of brain-scratching riddles that develop students' fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations. These riddles also develop spelling, vocabulary, reading, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. Everyone loves the mystery of a riddle and Dr. DooRiddles will bring laughter, groans,and challenges (perhaps for as much as a week or more per riddle) to you and your students.Perceiving relationships between words, ideas, and
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4th - 8th
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Dr. DooRiddles B2: Associative Reasoning Activities for Grades 4-7
This 60-page printable PDF ebook is packed full of brain-scratching riddles that develop students' fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations. These riddles also develop spelling, vocabulary, reading, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. Everyone loves the mystery of a riddle and Dr. DooRiddles will bring laughter, groans,and challenges (perhaps for as much as a week or more per riddle) to you and yourstudents.Perceiving relationships between words, ideas, and
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4th - 7th
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Designing Temporary Shelters: A STEM Design Team Project
Designing shelters to provide safety to those in harm’s way.Temporary Shelters is a design team project that supports critical thinking and collaboration as student teams make decisions about how to solve the critical need for temporary shelters. Each team will focus on one need for temporary shelters by randomly selecting from the provided Challenge Cards. They will be guided on a design path to learn about the specific need for shelters, analyze current solutions, and decide how to improve upo
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5th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Science Fiction: Critical Thinking Research
This PowerPoint Presentation is great for introducing the Science Fiction genre or as a culminating activity, as it explores the question "What if?" These activities are aimed at middle school gifted and talented students, but can be tweaked for any level student in a classroom that utilizes cooperative learning. Students have discussion questions, scenarios to analyze and generate their own questions, and then opportunities to research and develop solutions to their problems. The activity concl
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6th - 8th
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