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High school science centers for special education
STEM Space Lander Math & Engineering Activity (Printed & Digital)
Space Lander STEM ChallengeThis STEM activity is one of our favorite engineering design challenges! The combination of marshmallows (or ping pong balls) and aliens makes this a winning STEM challenge! In the Space Lander Challenge, student teams build a lander using the engineering design process to keep two marshmallow "aliens" or "astronauts" inside a cup as it is dropped from various heights. Using straws, index cards, and mini marshmallows or cotton balls, students apply concepts of shock ab
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5th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
Functional Math Worksheet Life Skills Money Math Telling Time Clock
Practice money math, telling time on an analog clock, and counting in increments all on 1 worksheet! These functional life skills are important to learn and review at any age. With 36 pages, this resource will last you 1 full school year if used once a week! Design and graphics are appropriate for all ages. This resource is ideal for gathering IEP goal data around functional math skills!Want the Canadian version? Click HERE! Want the Australian version? Click HERE!Read about why I created t
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3rd - 12th
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Cooking Life Skills Worksheets Special Education Activities Reading a Recipe
You will download a life skills worksheets packet for your special education students to practice reading a recipe and cooking. These life skills special education activities work well in your functional math and reading curriculum.Your students will be reading a recipe to make healthy cereal bars. It is a real recipe, so you may also use it with your cooking measurement activities. There are 20 reading comprehension questions about the recipe. Finally, using measuring cups and manipulatives (o
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6th - 12th
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Life Skills Math Distance Learning Daily Special Education IEP Goals
Finally....IEP goals simplified! I've made this packet to streamline the IEP writing process, giving you more time to teach the skill. This 91 page unit focuses on 11 pre-written IEP goals that you can copy and paste into an IEP. This packet uses one warm-up question each day to teach basic life-skills math concepts. Each day of the week in a two-week cycle has a dedicated skill that is taught, so you can assess all the students in your class, even if they are working on different IEP goals. See
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1st - 12th
Scientific Method Activity Worksheets: Skittles Graphing Science Experiment
These skittles labs are a fun way to have students learn about the scientific method.Lab contents:1. Skittle Colors Lab:A. Question: Which color skittle is most common in a package of skittles?B. Developing a hypothesisC. ProcedureD. Data TablesE. GraphingF. Post-Lab Questions2. Skittles Mass and Amount LabA. Question: How accurate are Skittles packages to one another in terms of mass and total number of Skittles?B. Developing a hypothesisC. ProcedureD. Data and AnalysisE
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4th - 9th
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Science First Week Activity Gab Lab Stations First Days Getting to Know You
Use these Science Gab Lab stations to elicit conversation about science content and help your students to get to know each other during the first days or weeks of school! These stations are meant for grades 7-10 and for early in the school year, semester, or term when your students are first learning each others’ names and getting to know one another! They will appreciate the chance to talk about themselves and complete small coloring tasks along with engaging with interesting science content! T
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Back to School Bundle | Middle School Science
LIFE SKILLS Sequencing Mats® for Special Education
Sequencing Life Skills!!These Life Skills Sequencing Mats are a great way to teach life skills and how to sequence and complete a multi-step task and they target numerous skills. Plus, you'll love the organization...no more missing or little pieces to keep track of!There are a total of 12 mats for 4 and 5 step sequencing. There are four 4-step sequencing mats and eight 5-step sequencing mats. Each mat includes step-by-step sentences that use transitional words to help students sequence the even
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Build Your Bundle {Brandy}
Evidence of Evolution Stations
Get your students fully engaged as they travel on a journey to examine fossil evidence, discover how relative dating and radiometric dating work, compare homologous and vestigial structures, embryological evidence, analyze DNA evidence, research antibiotic resistance with a webquest, and even complete a geological time scale. The Evidence of Evolution Stations has students rotating to 8 different stations to analyze these different forms of evidence. Activity is designed for any middle school or
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6th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-LS4-3
, MS-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-2
, MS-LS4-4
Yes or No: Answering questions Autism | Speech & Language
This set will help you systematically teach, assess and target generalizing the ability to correctly answer yes or no questions with students. Students will learn to answer yes or no questions and will have a variety of ways to demonstrate and practice their skills. This life skills and communication-based set is already differentiated for you. The tasks and visuals in this set are varied to help your students practice in different ways and learn to generalize their skills.WHO IS IT FOR?Students
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K - 9th
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Life Skills Centers | Life Skills Curriculum and Activities | Special Education
This bestselling full year Long Life Skills Bundle is the perfect way to implement a life skills curriculum center to your special education classroom! This comprehensive resource gives lots of time to practice and generalize skills, this bundle focuses on one skill per month for 12 months. Click HERE to save 20% by purchasing this resource as part of the FULL Life Skills Curriculum Bundle (includes 9 Life Skills Resources)WHAT SKILLS ARE INCLUDED IN SET 1?- Matching Socks- Setting the Table- Wa
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Life Skills Bundle | Special Education
Differentiated Writing Curriculum- Level's 1-7 (Discounted Bundle)
What's Included? Check out the video preview by clicking HEREThis Writing Through The Year Daily Journal Bundle is designed for beginning writers. There are seven levels of Journal pages included. 180 student Daily Journals come in 7 designs. The seven designs included are cut and paste, tracing, boxes, copying, fill in the blanks, build a sentence and independent. Students can progress to the next level Journal Design at their own pace. Every day teachers are provided a sample to post and use
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Scientific Method Activity Worksheets: Gummy Bears Science Experiment Candy Math
Scientific Method: This scientific method gummy bears lab is a fun way to have students learn about the scientific method.This lab contains the following:1. Question: What will happen to gummy bears if they are placed into different solutions: Water, Vinegar, Water and Baking soda, Water and Salt?2. Make Observations3. Developing a hypothesis4. Procedure5. Data Tables6. Graphing7. Post-Lab QuestionsImportant: This lesson is in my Scientific Method Activities Bundle(35% OFF!)Also Check ou
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4th - 10th
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Task Box System Labels | Special Education
TASK BOX SYSTEM LABELS FOR INDEPENDENT WORK SYSTEM This task box system is simple and perfect for special education classrooms. Includes 168 card options! The system keeps all of your task boxes organized and ready to use. It also promotes independence for students to follow a visual schedule and retrieve their own boxes. It helps students learn matching skills such as shapes, numbers, colors, and letters. WHAT'S INCLUDED? 18 shape labels24 number labels (teal)24 number labels (coral)24 number l
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PreK - 12th
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STEM Oil Spill Challenge - Earth Day STEM Activity
Oil Spill STEM Activity - Great for Earth Day! Learn about the effects of an oil spill on the environment through a hands-on engineering challenge! The goal of this challenge is to clean up all of the oil from the feathers and from the water in the time provided. Students will work in teams to devise a plan to get the oil spill cleaned up in a specified time of work. Distance learning update: Activity has been updated to accommodate distance learning including instructions on creating a material
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Grades:
2nd - 9th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 5-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ESS3-3
...
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Executive Functioning Skills Printables for Students (Life Skills/Autism/SPED)
Students need executive functioning skills but resources are scarce. Students with special needs need these skills as well. Here is a solution. See the preview for examples. Over 100 positive reviews!!! These are Executive Functioning Skills Printables for Students with Autism, Similar Special Needs, ADHD, LD and Executive Functioning Needs. Thank you in advance for your feedback.These executive functioning skills printables will work well for any students learning life skills whose special nee
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Resource BUNDLE for Teens with Autism and Related Special Needs Packet
Simple Math Adapted Books for Special Education | Print + Digital
These best selling math skills adapted books are designed to directly teach basic math skills in the special education (self-contained) setting. Books can be used to introduce topics and independently practice skills. 7 adapted books are included in this set. The best part? You can laminate to reuse year after year, saving you time and money.WHAT'S INCLUDED?PRINT + DIGITAL VERSIONS:- 1:1 Correspondence to 20- Basic Coin Matching and Identification- More or Less- Big or Little- Patterns: AB patte
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Simple Math Curriculum Bundle for Special Ed (Set 1)
Science Experiments for a Year - Differentiated w/ 3 levels of Recording Sheets
Science Experiments for Kids for the Year!!! Looking for some fun summer activities for summer school or to end the summer boredom!! Or just some fun hands on science enrichment activities for your science block or for Science Fridays!? Let's face it...kids LOVE science experiments!!! It opens up a whole world of wonder, imagination, critical thinking, and hands on experiences!!! It's just FUN!!! This phenomenal Science Resource includes:100 + SIMPLE ExperimentsExperiments that only require simp
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PreK - 12th
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Touch + Count Math: Single Digit Addition + Subtraction PRINTABLE + DIGITAL
These are two full curricular resources that are packed with everything you need to get your students adding and subtracting numbers from 0-9! Some of our learners require an extra step when adding and subtracting. These resources give your learners extra support by adding dots to numbers and then quickly fading them to reduce dependence. The scope and sequence of these resources are structured to build on each previously mastered skill, ensure discrimination, and gradually increase in complexit
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2nd - 12th
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Recipe Reading Comprehension Worksheets Set 1 Life Skills and Functional Reading
Here is a set of worksheets to practice reading comprehension of recipes. Practice life skills in your special education classroom while working on reading comprehension. Included in this product are 10 recipes plus 2 worksheets for each recipe. Both recipes and worksheets include 2 levels: written and with pictures. The texts are the same for each level, but one level includes pictures in order to aide with comprehension. It's a great way to use environmental print to practice reading com
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3rd - 12th
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STEM Catapult Math & Engineering Activity (Angles and Ratios)
Take the classic STEM challenge to the next level with design optimization and math connections! This STEM catapult challenge involves engineering, geometry, ratios, critical thinking, and teamwork in an engaging activity your students will love! Using the engineering design process along with math skills, teams of students will build two catapult designs from common materials. Each team will then test at three stations: Distance, Accuracy, and Power. Included are follow-up math problems for enh
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Grades:
3rd - 11th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Middle School Distance Learning: Digital STEM Activity Bundle
Cell - 3D Models Plant Cell and Animal Cell
The Cell 3D Model Bundle includes the following cells: • Animal Cell 3D Model• Plant Cell 3D ModelThe Nitty Gritty Science Cell Model Bundle makes use of the NGSS Science and Engineering Process, it also supports the following targeted performance standard from the NGSS: MS-LS1-2. Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways the parts of cells contribute to the functionModeling can begin in the earliest grades, with students’ models progressing from concrete “pi
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5th - 10th
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Moon Phases, Eclipses & Tides
Moon Phases / Solar Eclipse / Lunar Eclipse / Tides - Includes 3 different templates to use to teach and review the phases of the moon, the difference between a solar and lunar eclipse, and how a spring and neap tide work. The templates for learning about eclipses and tides include a unique activity - students are asked to cut and paste pictures (included) to represent the position of the sun, moon, and earth during both solar and lunar eclipses as well as spring and neap tides. The extra m
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6th - 9th
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Task Mats for Life Skills, Following Multi-Step Directions, Counting, & More
Transform learning into an adventure with these best-selling task mats! Perfect for young learners and special education students, these mats are designed to teach essential life skills, multi-step directions, and make math engaging and accessible. These hands-on TASK MATS cover so many skills All-in-One and are super engaging and enticing!! Your students will have fun building a burger, a pizza, an ice cream cone, or even a grocery order. They can even decorate a Christmas tree or build a snowm
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Build Your Bundle {Wendy}
12 SHORT MYSTERY STORIES & READING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES: Follow Clues - Fun
Watch reading comprehension skills soar with these captivating short mystery stories and activities! Follow the clues around New York City with Detective Hanlon as he uncovers the truth in each short, high-interest mystery - guaranteed to capture the attention of even the most reluctant readers! Students will LOVE following clues, discovering evidence, making inferences and solving these intriguing mysteries!Meet the DetectiveTravel throughout New York City as you visit famous places and solve
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4th - 9th
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