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Budgeting Board Game for Financial Literacy - Students Practice Real Life Skills
Empower young minds with the ultimate guide to shaping their dream lifestyle! This resource isn't just a bunch of financial planning worksheets. This game is designed to show pre-teens and teens the real-life impact of personal financial choices on their future. It's a game-changer for helping them grasp the art of budgeting as they transition into adulthood.Over the course of the game, students embark on a journey where they'll make a series of decisions, each one carrying the power to shape th
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6th - 12th
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Ice Cream Shop Tycoon PBL (Project-Based Learning)
Welcome to the Ice Cream Shop Tycoon PBL project! In this project, your learners will design an ice cream shop that will be ready to compete with the best ice cream shops operating in your local city. Students will consider all aspects of business start-up including menu design and branding, customer experience, pricing and costs, marketing, etc. There is a wealth of information in this packet to guide you and your students through an amazing learning experience. Whether you are an experienced P
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3rd - 9th
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ARGUETROPIA - Argumentative Writing and Speaking Group Debate Fun ELA Game
Do you want to be the best teacher? Get ready to dive into the world of argumentative writing with a twist of game-day excitement. Tackling real-world issues through the lens of argumentative writing and speaking is like embarking on a heroic quest. With social, economical, or environmental challenges as your battleground, you're not just teaching; you're inspiring students to be advocates of change. If you found something that gave you all these benefits, would you want to get started with it
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6th - 8th
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Create your own civilization based off of 'Weslandia'
Create your own civilization based off of the book 'Weslandia'. Students will use their social studies knowledge to create their own utopian society. Your students will have a blast taking knowledge that they have previously learned about and applying it to their new civilization! Their creativity will amaze you!!!!
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Curriculum:
CCSS Writing: W.2, W.4, W.5, W.6, W.8, W.10
Social Studies: geog
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4th - 12th
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Alcohol Refusal Skills: Use These Role-Plays and Activities for Teen Health!
Should a dad let his 17-year old son have a graduation party with alcohol in their basement? Use this true story to grab your students' interest and hone their decision-making skills in this alcohol refusal role-play lesson! >> Integrated Skills Based, Content Based / Knowledge Based. The best of both worlds.>> Meets HS/MS National Health Education Standards. >> Meets HS/MS Technical Subjects Health Common Core Standards.>> Meets Washington State’s rigorous Health Educat
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6th - 12th
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Fun Project-Based Learning Trio - Food Trucks, Ice Cream Shops and Theme Parks!
Get all three of our awesome project-based learning resources for $1 more than the price of two!These projects will lead your students through an amazing and in-depth journey as they design all aspects of their very own food truck, theme park or ice-cream shop business. With the provided grade-appropriate support, your students will design each aspect of their business as well as how to market their business. There is a wealth of information in this packet to guide you and your students through
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3rd - 9th
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Dealing with Murder Series: 2 Cases - Fatal Error and Dead & Breakfast
NOTE: While generally similar in process to the Unsolved Crimes cases, the Dealing with Murder cases have one significant difference. Rather than being given all of the case information at once, the information in the Dealing with Murder cases is provided in four sections in an effort to be more realistic and better represent the process of an actual investigation.
The Dealing with Murder cases merge science and literacy as students are required to be critical and active readers as they conduc
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7th - 12th
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End of the Year Escape Room - Summer Vacation Escape Activity feat. GoogleSlides
Need a fun and engaging activity to get your students excited about the end of the school year? Then this is the product for you! Escape Rooms have been all the rage this year and this End of the Year Escape Room will not disappoint. Through unique and creative puzzles, clues and activities, students will digitally interact with the various items in the room to figure out the 7 Letter code (in ALL CAPS) to escape the classroom. Once they have compiled the 7 letter code (in ALL CAPS), students wi
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4th - 7th
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Photosynthesis Virtual Lab Simulation
Are you a middle school Science teacher using Next Generation Science Standards? Are you ready to challenge your students with tasks that show their learning?In this activity, students will be using a computer simulation to model photosynthesis. Students will experiment digitally to determine which is the best claim:Light intensity is the most important factor to plants producing oxygen.Having the right color of light is the most important factor to plants producing oxygen.Heating up the wate
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6th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-6
Hire Me - Real World Career Game, Persuasive Writing and Speaking ELA Activity
Do you want to be the best teacher? Would you like to teach your students how to deal with real life situations? Is one of your goals to help them be better at persuasive writing? Would you be interested in tackling social and employment problems in a fun persuasive group game?If you found something that gave you all these benefits, would you want to get started with it right away?Think about what a difference it would make if you started using this persuasive writing and speaking group game in
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6th - 8th
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Toy Entrepreneur! An Engaging Simulation About Entrepreneurship.
Presented at NCSS Boston 2014.
I have been doing the Toy Entrepreneur project for years now. It is a true highlight of the year in our economics class.
This simulation is my ENTREPRENEURSHIP unit in my economics course. The great thing about this simulation is that it can be completely tailored to your needs. You can do the whole thing as a unit or just some of the lessons. It's up to you.
This is what Toy Entrepreneur is all about:
*There is a step by step lesson plan for each day of the
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Budgeting Board Game Travel Edition - Fun Real Life Financial Literacy Skills
Discover the ultimate adventure in financial literacy with this dynamic resource! Empower pre-teens and teens to take charge of their financial futures while exploring the allure of a dream Hawaiian getaway. Dive deep into the world of budgeting and watch as students embark on an exciting journey to plan their ideal vacation. Through a series of engaging decisions, they'll experience firsthand the impact of financial choices on their dream trip. Get ready to unleash the power of practical knowle
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6th - 12th
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Critical Thinking Simulation Using Superheroes
Students have $15 and they must solve a given crisis by forming the best Marvel Comics superhero team that money can buy.This is an extremely flexible resource that allows students to design their own crisis or use a conflict from any book, movie, historical event, or current event. They can also use one of four fictional scenarios included with the resource. Once the conflict is established, students are to problem solve, develop a strategy, and then put together the best team of superheroes
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7th - 12th
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Simulation: Capitalism vs Communism in the Cold War
This Google Slides presentation uses a simulation to teach students the basics of capitalism and communism and how they were perceived during the Cold War. The simulation allows students to experience the different economic systems and understand why Americans feared communism and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.Similar Resources—> Capitalism vs. Communism Rock Paper Scissors Full Class Activity —> Butter Battle Book Study and Reading Guide Activity Cold War Allegory—> 1968 Role Pl
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7th - 12th
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Gifted Education Unit- Design Your Own App
As of 2017, 77% of Americans own a smartphone or tablet. It is estimated that in 2020, people will spend $189 billion on apps. Design Your Own App is an excellent extension for students to use critical thinking and problem solving skills to develop a new innovative app. Their new app can be used to entertain, connect people, educate, or make everyday living easier. Students will create a thorough description of how to app works and a visual design of the app. Finally, students will have the opp
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6th - 12th
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Current Global Events BUNDLE
Get your students talking and writing on a higher level about current global events with this bundle, by building their vocabulary, discussion, and writing skills and extend the two lessons with role-play or debate.How can I use this resource?You can use it at the end of a unit, end of term culmination or as staged lessons ranging from 3 hours to 8 weeks, or more- entirely depending on the level of your class. This bundle can supplement a unit or serve as self-contained lessons and projects. Su
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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Mars Mission Chaos Breakout
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Your students will have 45 minutes to escape your room in this immersive learning escape game about Mars. You are the commander and as you read the scenario, build up the suspense for your students to crack the codes for 6 locks and several challenging clues! They will learn facts about Mars and complete a math problem to breakout of this chaos! This Breakout does use real locks and boxes to add to the real feel of escaping!
Goals of a Breakout Room:
• Teamwork and collabo
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3rd - 6th
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WWII Resistance Fighter Activity
This activity highlights 10 resistance groups during WWII. In this activity, your students will research, give a short presentation, create their own resistance plan, and find out how they would have faired. This activity teaches how to look for and present vital information in understanding a group of people. This activity also exercises critical thinking skills to create and anticipate problems that may arise in their own resistance movements. Students will enjoy this activity and walk away wi
Grades:
7th - 9th
Scientific Method Interactive PowerPoint Case Study #2: Bark of the Willow Tree
Case study activity in the convenient form of a PowerPoint - interactive, cross-disciplinary, and engaging!
The second in a collection of case studies which promote a deeper understanding of the scientific method (Check out the first case study for FREE - What's Wrong With Nya?) Note: Each case study is a stand alone. You can do just one, or all of them.
Bark of the Willow Tree
In this case study, you are a doctor in colonial America. Colonists begin falling ill, and you decide to try some med
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6th - 12th
Budgeting Board Game College Edition - Real Life Financial Literacy Skills
Future college rockstars, are you ready to supercharge your financial wisdom? This fun resource is here to show pre-teens and teens the real deal about budgeting when you step into the thrilling world of university life.Have students get ready to make decisions that will shape their school year and unveil the secret sauce to mastering their moolah. These resources are not just about numbers; they're your ticket to a tangible understanding of how their financial choices can sculpt the lifestyle t
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6th - 12th
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Social Media and Teens: Real Scenarios for Wired Teens
The format for this 32 page guide has been employed in a variety of ways in the classroom: in game show form, in cooperative teams, and in whole class discussion. Some scenarios are geared for older teens so use your discretion for which circumstances best apply to your audience. The bolded “answers” are what the students decided on after listing the options and defending their rationale. Your teens may disagree and that is GREAT…really, as long as they are talking, then you are doing your
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in High School Bundle
Music BUNDLE
Music is a topic that connects people across the world. Get your students talking and writing on a higher level about music with this bundle, by building their vocabulary, speaking, and writing skills and close the lessons or unit with role-play, a complete Inquiry-Based Learning: IBL project, debate or case-study.How can I use this resource?You can use it to teach a unit in music, art, free-time activities; end of term culmination; to introduce music, or as staged lessons ranging from 45 minute
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Business Game Simulation # 3 -The Food Truck
This is the third business simulation game, perfect for economics, financial literacy or just a great whole group class activity. Students are faced with various scenarios in this game and must make the best decision by selecting an option for each scenario.Total of 10 scenarios. In the following slide the student will either gain or lose points depending on their choice. Fantastic activity that is surely to keep the whole class engaged. Perfect for middle school and high school.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Advertising BUNDLE
Advertising has a major impact on our consumer behavior, and environment. Get your students talking and writing on a higher level about advertising with this bundle, by building their vocabulary, speaking, and writing skills and close the lessons or unit with role-play, a complete Inquiry-Based Learning: IBL project or debate.How can I use this resource?You can use it at the end of a unit in advertising, shopping and consumer behavior; end of term culmination; to introduce education or as staged
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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