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Critical thinking drama projects for staff
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
Student Lawyers: Criminal Court Mock Trials & Cases with PowerPoint
Students will get the opportunity to be lawyers and prosecute or defend an accused person in a criminal trial (11 total). Each group will consist of 2 lawyers (prosecuting and defending), and an accused person. The teacher will act as the judge and guide the jury as they vote on the verdict. The majority vote determines the verdict. This unit includes court brief handouts, directions, and PowerPoint explaining how the cases will proceed. Visit our store for much more helpful and free stuff!Crim
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Save Fred! A STEM and Team building Challenge
This STEM has a challenge for students to save the gummy worm Fred from falling in the water because he can't swim! It's great for a back to school or team building activity! This is a great way to teach your students how to work together, as well as to teach how to think outside the box! You will need to have gummy worms, gummy life savers, paper clips, and a cup in order to do this activity. This packet includes:- Fred's story and student instructions- An experiment log handout for your stude
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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A Christmas Carol - A Traditional Version Play Script
This is a play script for Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'. It tells the story of a mean, old man named Ebenezer Scrooge, who runs a dark and miserable business. His workers are under-paid and over-worked, especially his assistant Bob Cratchett.It is Christmas eve and his Bob asks for the day off to spend time with his family, and sick child – Tiny Tim. Scrooge almost refuses but decides to just dock his pay for the day. Then, that evening he gets a visit from his previous business partner –
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Also included in: A Bundle of Four Christmas Play Scripts
'Adventure Time Theme Park' - A Group Problem Solving Math Project
The 'Adventure Time Theme Park' booklet is a fantastic resource for upper primary/middle school students, as it encourages collaboration, problem solving and creativity, as well as fundamental math skills such as addition and multiplication.
In order to design their theme park, students must work with a monitory budget and aim to attract as many customers as possible, meaning they must work together to make decisions about:
1. The number of rides they will have, as these attract customers but
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Sphero Mini Golf: Design, Build, and Code Your Own Course!
**Updated 05/03/23 with larger card size variation as well as full-sized slides for projection.This card set guides students through the process of creating a mini golf hole, with specific criteria and constraints to follow. Students will then use the Sphero Edu app to program their robot ball to navigate the course they've created. Along the way, they'll learn valuable coding and problem-solving skills.To complete this challenge, students will need butcher paper, construction paper or markers,
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3rd - 12th, Staff
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Also included in: Sphero Bundle 2
Intro to STEM Bundle: Icebreaker & Teamwork Activities
Want to introduce STEM to your classroom? Here are 45 of our favorite basic (Stage 1) STEM challenges that are low-cost and low-prep for any classroom! Activities are perfect as back to school icebreakers or games that introduce STEM while getting students moving, communicating, and working in teams! BACKGROUNDBefore 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. Through
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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At-Home STEM Activity Calendar: 6 Weeks of Daily Activities (Plus Spanish!)
Use this editable STEM activity calendar for 6 weeks of daily activities for at-home distance learning! Now includes a Spanish version of the activity chart! A PreK-12 daily enrichment STEM activity calendar with science, engineering, and math challenges! Activities are straightforward and accessible to students of all levels with little or no supplies needed. Get them up, outside, and exploring the world! Students will build a bird feeder, code an app, make a bee hotel, cook with fractions, and
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, HS-ETS1-2
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Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Calendar Bundle
Design Thinking - Full Content Presentation
Design Thinking is a constructivist way of approaching a problem that seeks empathy to leverage a bias toward action in order to find a radical solution to the end user’s need. The Design Thinking mindset has been pioneered by companies and institutions like IDEO and Stanford and has crept into Education over the last decade. This presentation is a 56-slide PDF of a Google Slides deck intended to deliver high-quality content to your class. The content defines each step of the Design Thinking pr
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5th - 12th, Staff
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Rebus Puzzles/Brain Teasers/Word Puzzles
This resource contains 181 word puzzles that will get students thinking outside of the box! Each puzzle is on a separate slide to display on the Smartboard/Loft Board. There are lots of ways that you can use these puzzles in your classroom! Use the puzzles as a bell-ringer, an extension activity or throughout the days as a transitional tool! Print the puzzles out for students to work on independently by selecting the option to print multiple slides per page (up to 16).Take the resource apart and
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Marshmallow Challenge Handout
This FREEBIE includes a color and black and white handout to provide to teams of students engaging in the Marshmallow Challenge activity. This activity is great to use as an icebreaker or to engage students in critical thinking, cooperative learning, and innovative thinking. It can also be used to reinforce basic principles of physics or as a fun math activity involving measurement.
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Atomic Habits Book Study
Take your high school English classroom on a transformative journey through the book Atomic Habits with this comprehensive unit! As an experienced high school English teacher, I understand the importance of providing educators with resources that foster collaboration, meaningful engagement, and clear learning objectives.This unit comes complete with a detailed pacing guide, allowing you to plan exactly how long each lesson will take to teach. With clear learning objectives and essential question
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
TECHNICAL THEATRE BUNDLE!
ALL CURRENT TECHNCIAL THEATRE ITEMS IN MY STORE[make-up, costumes, sewing, design, set, sound, toosl, safety, painting]- Year at a Glance- 2 sets of Bell Ringers- 8 projects- Tech terms/design basics with color theory (with presentation) & Assessment and answer key- tool resource and game- Emergency plan for subs- Stage management help/blocking- Tech roles/hierarchy chart & quiz
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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Mr. Harper's Public Speaking and Reading Textbook Thingee
Dear Teachers,I’ve entitled my first book, Mr. Harper’s Public Speaking and Reading Textbook Thingee (where he keeps trine to make us talk good) not simply out of whimsy but as a means to point out the declining gifts of articulation amongst our students. This book was developed for two purposes. The first is to provide schools with the materials needed to create two new elective courses for their students devoted to public speaking, reading and acting. The second purpose is to give our beleague
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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Design Thinking - Vacant Lot Challenge
Design Thinking is the revolutionary way to teach your students to be human-centered confident problem solvers! Dive deeper into the five phases of Design Thinking with this full Vacant Lot Challenge. Students will learn to develop empathy and creativity to solve a real-world problem.Design Thinking is a constructivist way of approaching a problem that seeks to leverage a bias toward action in order to find a radical solution to an end user’s need. The Design Thinking mindset has been pioneered
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5th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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STEM Lesson: Problem-Solving Urban Food Insecurity with Design Thinking
Engage your students in STEM learning with this Design Thinking lesson plan that addresses the problem of food insecurity in urban areas. Through a trial-by-fire activity, students will be introduced to the Design Thinking process and gain a foundational understanding of the steps involved. The first activity works best as an introduction to be followed by content delivery explaining the terms and the steps of the intentional design process. This lesson plan also includes 18 pages of a full proj
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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FOLEY SOUND PROJECT
TECHNICAL THEATRE SOUND DESIGN PROJECT THROUGH THE ART OF FOLEYTHIS PROJECT IS 3 TO 5 GRADES (DPENDING ON IF YOU WANT TO GIVE A DAILY PARTICIPATION GRADE OR JUST ONE AS A CHECK POINT)- PAGE ONE IS INSTRUCTIONS, TIPS, SOME HISTORY, AND VIDEO LINK- PAGE TWO IS THE SOUND CUE SHEET THEY STUDENTS MUST FILL OUT- PAGE THREE ARE THE RUBRICS FOR ALL GRADESTHIS IS A VERY HELPFUL PLAYLIST I USE WITH THIS PROJECThttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFfNaNoPFe_sBtepGVLmAxhyS_aWPxh06
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: TECHNICAL THEATRE BUNDLE!
LEGO - SET DESIGN PROJECT
My students had so much fun working on this project. Take set design in a new directions with younger students or those just starting out.I show clips of the LEGO movie and the new hit TV show LEGO masters as we discuss creativity, future jobs, building, and the design process. They get 3 days to do their research and rough draft, 2 days to do their final draft designs, 1 day for their pitch meeting (real world experience - and job interview prep), 3 days to build with the LEGO, and 1 day to pre
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: TECHNICAL THEATRE BUNDLE!
Hamlet - A play retold for young Children - understand Shakespeare! Play Script
Hamlet - Shakespeare's classic tragedy retold for children. A reading of this play will become instrumental in demystifying Shakespeare for many children. This is a version of Hamlet for children, and there is no question that the play has been abridged and the language simplified to great effect.
There is a lot in the story of Hamlet to appeal to children of all ages - murder, sword fights, poison, pirates and madness.
Cast notes: For a reduced version of the play, this still has a larg
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3rd - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Career or Job Research Project! (Grades 7-12)
Career Research! Career Day! Career Fair! This is a great research project for almost any grade! Differentiated! Great Social Studies Activities! *Includes Interview questions/practice!!! Use year after year! *Find the Elementary Version Here: Elementary Career Research Project!Includes: Teacher TipsProject/Booklet (Each is at least 8 pages long!)Project/Booklet Covers (Multiple to choose from!)Make-Your-Own Cover PageCareer Fields Display SignSelf InventoryJobs List (Jobs I’m interested in r
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7th - 12th, Staff
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Also included in: Career and Business Research Projects! (Grades 7-12)
Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery Unit (Bundle)
This is a unit about teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) that can be expanded at the teacher's discretion to include a presentation and a paper that practices utilizing evidence, reasoning, and argument, or alternatively can also be collapsed into a mini-unit of just teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER). This unit can also be used to teach the concept of Line of Reasoning for the AP Lang and AP Seminar Classes. It is structured as an investigation for students to explore the murder of a
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Mr. Harper Makes Us Speak and Read Totally Good ... er
Note:This book has been edited and updated for 2022. It includes the new project "The Box" which has become a new favorite. What I wrote below still applies, but I would simply tell you that if you enjoyed the first book, you will find the same pleasure in this one. The difference lies in that there are more oriented projects in this book.Dear Teachers, I’ve entitled my second book, Mr. Harper Makes Us Speak and Read Good ... er not simply out of whimsy but as a means to point out the declining
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery Unit
This is the accompanying teaching sequence for the unit “Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery.” It includes a mystery to solve, all the evidence (which can be turned into manipulatives), rubrics for presentations and writing, teaching instructions, graphic organizers, and solutions. It does not include the "Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery" PowerPoint presentation which can be purchased separately or as part of a bundle.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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THEATRE HISTORY PROJECT
GREAT FOR EITHER IN CLASS OR ONLINE - 3 RESEARCH BASED PACED PROJECTS TO LAST 22 DAYS! RESEARCH AND PRESENT ONLINE OR IN CLASSPEROFRM A MONOLOGUE (IN PERSON OR SUBMIT ONLINE)CREATE A QUIZ FOR YOUR CLASS MATES TO TAKEAND AN EXTRA CREDIT BUILD YOUR OWN THEATER ASSIGNMENT!
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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