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Adult education engineering resources for Gifted and Talented
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Greek and Latin Roots Activity Pennant ✏️ 4th Grade 5th Grade Creative
Enhance your students' vocabulary with a creative and engaging Greek and Latin Roots Pennant Activity! In this hands-on morphology activity, students become active participants in their learning process. Students add words, definitions, or visuals to create their own unique representation of these 60 roots. Why learn root words?Root words are useful for strengthening vocabulary.They can help understand language (including when learning many foreign languages) and build reading skills.Roots are i
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature
Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any fiction reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives. You will appreciate the versatility of these task cards; they can be used with almost any text (novels,
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards Bundle
Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
Back to School Icebreaker STEM Bundle! Need back to school icebreakers or games that get students moving, communicating, working in teams, and building relationships? Here are 50+ of our favorite basic activities that are low-cost and low-prep for any classroom or subject!Working as a team, they will learn lessons in communication, innovation, hidden assumptions, and creativity that are central to the engineering process. Use as a warm-up, icebreaker, team building activity, or basic STEM and en
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literary Response Booklet
Incorporate Depth and Complexity into your next novel study! Take your students’ learning to new “depths” with this Critical Thinking Literary Response Booklet. This open-ended resource can be used with any piece of literature in a variety of grades (4-8+). This kit comes with everything you need to provide your students with a thought-provoking and engaging alternative to traditional book reports.Totally reformatted to fit on letter-size (8.5 x 11 inches) paper!!!Included in this resource:• 11
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for History/Social Studies
Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for History! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any historical reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). You will appreciate the versatility of these task cards; they can be used with almost any text and with
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards Bundle
STEM Space Moon Crater Design Challenge (Engineering Design Process)
Can your team of astronauts work together to land a rover in the center of a crater on the Moon? This engaging STEM challenge is a fun way to incorporate the engineering design process into your classroom or afterschool program! Students use the engineering design process and explore the forces of motion to place a ball in a cup at the center of a 6 foot diameter circle without entering the circle. This challenge represents placing a NASA rover into the middle of the Apollo lunar crater for expl
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
39 Digital Moveable Tangram Puzzle Activities STEM Team Building Math
Have fun with your students while they solve these Tangram Puzzle Activities! This set of puzzles can be used in Google Slides or it can be downloaded and printed on paper. You choose! Great for developing critical thinking skills and team building activities!Great for distance learning!Included is a Google Slide version of the Following:39 Digital interactive Moveable Tangram Puzzles and their answers as well as a printable version. Your students will be able to move the tangrams into posit
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
15 Mystery Puzzles - Brain Teasers - STEM Project - Team Building - GT
Have fun with your students while they solve these Mystery Puzzles! This set of puzzles is interactive in Google Slide or it can be downloaded and printed on paper. You choose! Great for developing critical thinking skills!Great for distance learning!Included is a PDF version and a Google Slide version of the Following:15 Digital interactive Mystery Puzzles and their answers. Your students will learn and have fun at the same time. This project can also be used as a center activity with an i
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Back to School STEM: 6 Icebreaker Teamwork Activities
Before tasking students to complete rigorous engineering design challenges, educators should start with Stage 1 STEM activities. Click here to learn more about the Stages of STEM.Stage 1 STEM activities are perfect icebreakers and team challenges to promote collaboration, teamwork, communication, and problem solving. They lay a criticalfoundation for more intensive STEM challenges. Working as a team, students will learn lessons in communication, innovation, hidden assumptions, and creativity tha
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
Chess Club Tips and Tricks Cheat Sheet Handout Help Sheet Printable
Chess is a fun game for students of all ages. Studies have shown that playing chess improves reading, memory, problem-solving skills, and concentration. Playing chess teaches students planning, foresight, and utilizes both sides of the brain. This help sheet is extremely beneficial for any person that is just learning the rules of the game. Included on this sheet:* Each piece and what it looks like* The point value assigned for each piece* How each piece moves* How each piece attacksThis chess s
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Chess Club Posters Reference Sheets Matching Game Log Mini Book Bundle
Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Listening and Following Directions and Reading ComprehensionActivities that challenges students to listen and pay attention to detail.These activities are designed to challenge students to follow oral and/or written directions and complete tasks in the correct locations of a diagram. The activities are designed so the directions can be read to the students by the teacher or the students can read the directions to themselves. This allows the activity to function as either a listening or reading c
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4th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for Science
Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for Science! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any historical reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). You will appreciate the versatility of these task cards; they can be used with almost any text and with
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards Bundle
PATRIOT DAY - SEPTEMBER 11 - "SIRIUS, THE HERO DOG OF 9/11" - NON-FICTION
From educator/author Hank Fellows: This 32 page children's book, with 25 child-friendly photos, is an ideal introduction to the facts and themes surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. This is the true story of "Sirius," the police patrol dog who died in the Twin Towers on 9-11-01. The story is told by "Sirius" in his own words, and also recounts his friendship with his police officer partner, David, who survived the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks. This book is currently
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3rd - 9th, Adult Education
Mouse Trap Car Project: Energy and Motion | Physics and Engineering
There is nothing better to solidify the students understanding of Energy than to have them build and test out their mouse trap cars. Many times, students look forward to this project all year. This project allows students to visualize how elastic potential energy converts to kinetic energy. Students are always astonished to see concepts they are learning about come to life as we work on this project.Even though I allow the students to build the mouse trap car however they like, I have included a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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HS-ETS1-3
, HS-PS3-2
, HS-PS3-1
, HS-ETS1-1
Also included in: Physics and Engineering Project Bundle
Intro to Coding: Communication STEM Activity
Intro to Coding: Unplugged & Distance Learning STEM Activity Practice critical Stage 1 STEM communication skills with this intro to coding activity! This download provides options for distance learning including activities for live virtual classes, Google Slides / Google Classroom, Seesaw, Flipgrid, and printed packets for in-person instruction. All activities can be edited.**This activity is perfect for classrooms needing to implement social distancing or physical distancing between student
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1st - 8th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Intro to STEM Bundle: Icebreaker & Teamwork Activities
Binary Coding Unplugged Secret Codes and Poster Bundle Ascii
This Bundle includes the following:ASCII Code to Binary Secret CodesThese ASCII Secret Codes are perfect to help students learn how to encrypt and decrypt binary messages as well as understand binary code. They are great at engaging your students with problem solving and help support your stem teaching.Included in this resource are- Writing your name in Binary- Two secret messages (2 versions normal and challenging)- Answers have been includedASCII Code to Binary A3 PosterThis ASCII Table Poster
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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PhET Simulation Online Lab: Electric Circuits, Resistors in Series & Parallel
Using this electric circuits PhET guided inquiry lab your students will gain an in depth understanding of the difference between resistors in series circuits and resistors in parallel circuits. I have done these activities with my students many times and they always find them fun and engaging. The best part is that your students won't even know they are learning as they complete the included inquiry-based laboratory assignment sheet. The PhET Circuit Construction Kit: DC simulation can be found
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Electric Circuits Bundle No. 1: Resistors in Series and Parallel
Balloon Car - Newton's Laws of Motion at Work - Physics Project
This lab is super inexpensive and so much fun! Students construct a “car” that runs on the power of a single balloon expelling air. Most of the materials are scavenged – water bottles, bottle caps, straws, etc. The activity takes 120 minutes including testing, data collection, and completing the lab questions for the easier version ad 150 minutes for the advanced version. This is real science with real calculations.
My files include a simple version for lower grades (calculating average vel
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Kinematics Bundle No. 3: Position & Velocity vs Time Graphs
In this time saving kinematics bundle from my TpT store you get everything you need to teach Position vs Time Graphs and Velocity vs Time Graphs. This includes 4 pages of handout notes and over 20 pages of exercises with answer keys. Also included is a presentation covering the transformation of position vs time graphs to velocity vs time graphs to acceleration vs time graphs. No Preparation Necessary! Just Download and Go! All the notes, exercises and solutions are included as PDFs and editable
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Back to School Icebreakers: 5 Get To Know You Activities
Do you need a way to connect with your students for back to school? Are you looking to build a meaningful relationship that will last all year? Find the distance learning version of these activities here. This download includes 5 interactive icebreaker activities that will help educators get to know their students and build a strong relationship. Activities are centered around the theme of student sparks. Sparks were developed by the Search Institute, who explains them as follows: “Sparks are th
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
Toothpick Bridge UNIT BUNDLE - STEM, Physics, and Engineering Project!
Get students engaged with this project based learning toothpick bridge activity! Students will use this project to apply what they have learned about Newton's Laws and Forces by designing and constructing a bridge out of toothpicks and glue. They will conduct research using various online resources (which are included in this resource) and create a blueprint that illustrates their bridge design. From there, students will construct and test their bridge!This resource can be used as a STEM project
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-PS2-2
STEM Stack Cup Challenge
Challenge your students with this fun team building activity! Students cam demonstrate team work by trying these stack cup challenges! This is an easy prep activity with minimal teacher set up. All you will need is plastic cups, string, and rubber bands. This is powerpoint that you can display from the projector. This product includes a rule page, a STEM meaning review, six different challenges that your students can try, and a "what did you learn slide"! PLUS there is a bonus slide where studen
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Professional PDF Editable "Blank" Certificate in Color
This is a Professional PDF Editable Blank Certificate in Color. This certificate could be used for any achievement.
Please look at my other certificates in Teachers pay Teachers. We have 17 different class certificates. We also offer a zipped folder with all 17 certificates.
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Small Group Reader's Theater Twisted Fairy Tales - Book Two
In this second book of Reader's Theaters for small groups, I have placed 7 scripts. They are: Sleeping Homely, The Princess and the Pizza for 3 people, The Princess and the Pizza for 4, Peter Pants and Captain Looks, Beauty & the Beets (and the Turnips and the Onions), Romeo and Juliet, Hansel and Pretzel. I realize that Peter Pants and Captain Looks as well as Romeo and Juliet are not strictly fairy tales but they are very well known and fun for the students. You can buy each of these indiv
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4th - 8th, Adult Education
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