Critical thinking other (specialty) lessons

This unique and original STEM Activity features a bucket with the challenge to build a tower that will hold weight. It's an engaging student favorite and you will love the ready-made lab sheets and low prep. Students must also explain why their towers need a bucket. Imaginative answers are one of the high points of this challenge- along with seeing those creative bucket towers!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.➡️ Click here for the Easy Supplies 6-Pack bun

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Also included in: STEM CHALLENGES ENTIRE YEAR 60 Projects, Planning Guide, and Posters

STEM Challenge Earthquake Resistant Structures Project- 3 Versions

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This STEM activity features an earthquake simulation with students building and shaking! You will love the shake tray instructions and ready-made lab sheets. This engineering project is one of our favorites! Your students will love building the structures and cheering when they remain standing. I include 3 different methods for the challenge.➡️ Click here to save 20% with a bundle including this resource and 2 more Earth challenges.NOTE: This resource contains many ways to complete this challeng

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 5th

Types:

GATER Educator - Kris Prince

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

, 4-ESS3-2

, 4-ESS3-1

Also included in: Earth Projects STEM Challenge Bundle Featuring Earthquake Structures

Inside Out Movie Worksheets | Movie Day Activities | Social Emotional Learning

Created by

Looking to support your student's social-emotional needs?What better way to engage students than with a MOVIE TIME? ... INSIDE, OUT is certainly a fun childhood favorite!Check out these LEARNING ACTIVITIES created just for the movie!Personality Islands Digital PBLPersonality Islands Printable PBLHow to Make Broccoli Pizza - A Fun and Engaging Reading and Math ActivityThis resource includes a printable AND digital version to use with Google Classroom™Looking for more MOVIE GUIDES? Click HERE-Movi

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Life Skills

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

GATE, Movie Guides, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, SL.4.1d

, SL.4.3

, SL.5.1

...

Also included in: Independent Projects | Gifted and Talented Students | Early Finishers | BUNDLE 1

STEM Popcorn Challenge - Problem-Solving & Volume Project - Measurement Activity

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It’s the Popcorn STEM Activity! This Easy Prep Challenge is one of my absolute favorites to use as an exploration into volume. This challenge has been tested with 2nd-5th graders and they all enjoy designing those containers to hold the popcorn. Inevitably, there will be gigantic containers. Please note: This challenge is available in money-saving bundles!➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % with STEM Volume Bundle➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % with STEM 6-Pack Math Skills Bundle➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % wit

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Carly and Adam STEM Activities and Challenges

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Also included in: STEM Challenges Volume BUNDLE featuring Problem-Solving & Math

Creativity Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle Finish the Picture, STEM

Created by

Need a quick, no prep, creative STEM challenges to get your students to think outside the box?! Creativity challenges can be used as a quick warm up before a STEM challenge to help jumpstart students’ creativity. They can also be used for morning work, brain breaks, and at various other times throughout the school day.This bundle includes 100+ Creativity Challenges and Activities. Featuring Balloons Over Broadway, Snowflake Bentley, Valentine's Day, Groundhog Day, Earth Day, Halloween, Christmas

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Activities, Lesson, Centers

STEM Spaghetti Tower Challenge Problem-Solving Project

Created by

Who knew a project using spaghetti could be so engaging and have easy prep for you? Students love this tower-building event with the unlikeliest of materials- spaghetti and one marshmallow. You will enjoy the ready-made lab sheets and the 4 different versions of this resource. ➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.What is the challenge?Students will use raw spaghetti strands to build a structure that will hold weight at the top. There are 4 variations of this

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Classroom Management, Other (Specialty), Professional Development

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Also included in: STEM Challenges Tower Problem-Solving BUNDLE Set 1 featuring Index Card Towers

Editable Teacher Binder and Planner: FREE UPDATES & Google Compatible!

Created by

Joey Udovich

*FAQ* This is one of my themed planners, which simply means that there is a set theme throughout the covers. My Ultimate Planner comes with over 520 cover choices. The forms, however, are all the same. This theme is NOT included in my Ultimate planner.I can absolutely guarantee you that you will not find another line of planners that has the perfect blend of aesthetics, true functionality, ability to personalize with ease, is both digital and printable, and jam packed with beautiful covers, form

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 12th

Types:

Printables, Classroom Forms, Lesson

READ ALOUD STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle #1 STEM Club, STEM Centers

Created by

Carly and Adam STEM Activities and Challenges

Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom all year with READ ALOUD STEM Volume One! Everything you need to be the master STEM Teacher at your school! Awaken imagination and creativity all year. Students learn coding, engineering, explore real-world problems, learn about STEM role models, pioneers, inventors, and more!Amazing resource for STEM clubs, STEM Teachers, STEM Stations, STEM Centers, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educationa

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Science

Grades:

1st - 5th

Types:

Activities, Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

W.1.1

, W.1.2

, W.1.3

, W.1.5

, W.1.6

...

SUB PLANS Emergency Sub Plans SUBSTITUTE PLANS 2nd Grade Substitute Binder

Created by

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

Have you ever woken up sick and didn't have emergency sub plans ready to go? Or worse, you are required to have lesson plans but never get around to completing them because where does the time go?! I totally get it. These sub plans for 2nd grade are perfect to have inside a substitute binder and contain substitute teacher activities that will keep kids busy and learning while you are out. Planning for substitutes can be harder than just coming into school sick! Your sub binder or sub tub will be

Subjects:

For All Subjects, Other (Specialty), Specialty

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

Back to School, For All Subjects, Other (Specialty)

CCSS:

RL.2.1

, RL.2.2

, RL.2.3

, RI.2.1

, RI.2.2

...

Weekly Lesson Plan Templates | Editable | with Distance Learning Versions

Created by

Teaching Little Leaders

Use these editable Weekly Lesson Plan Templates to type or write your lesson plans and create a template that fits your individual teacher needs. Options you have with these templates:Completely customize the lesson planning tables (add or delete columns and rows, change size of table boxes)Add your own text box on top of the table boxes to keep tables formatted as isUse any fonts you'd like within the lesson planning tables (headers are not editable)Type lesson plans or print your templates and

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Professional Documents, Printables, Lesson

Also included in: Lesson Plan Templates | Editable Weekly and Daily Lesson Planning Bundle

Anger Management Small Group Counseling Curriculum

Created by

Heart and Mind Teaching

A must have for a School Counselor! Teach those social emotional learning skills to help students with identifying anger triggers, calming strategies, coping skills for angry emotions, and more. Use with Google Slides and Google Classroom for digital learning. Nine School counseling lessons included, get your groups planned out with this ready to go curriculumI have detailed each session clearly so that it could be used by any educator in a small group setting. Geared for elementary aged student

Subjects:

Other (Specialty), School Counseling, School Psychology

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Lesson

Also included in: Small Group Counseling Curriculum BUNDLE

Fake News Unit | Critical Thinking | Media Literacy | Fact Analysis & Research

Created by

Innovative Teaching Ideas

Teaching students to navigate news and information on mainstream, traditional and social media as critical thinkers is essential in 2024. It is becoming increasingly difficult to separate FACTS and OPINIONS, SATIRE from LIES, and PERSUASION from PROPAGANDA in the "MISINFORMATION:" eraA well-grounded understanding of MEDIA-LITERACY is crucial in stopping FAKE NEWS and RADICALIZATION. And This PROVEN resource will teach your students the skills to identify, analyze and critique information throug

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.5.2

, RI.5.3

, RI.5.6

, RI.5.7

, RI.5.9

...

Also included in: CRITICAL THINKING LITERACY SKILLS | SEARCH, FAKE NEWS, FACT & OPINION, RESEARCH

Social Skills Small Group Counseling Curriculum

Created by

Heart and Mind Teaching

The perfect curriculum for a School Counselor! Teach those social emotional learning skills to help students with making friends, having empathy, using I messages, using good manners, and more. Use with Google Slides and Google Classroom for digital learning.I have also detailed each session clearly so that it could be used by any educator in a small group setting or modify the lessons to use them for a whole class lesson. Geared for elementary aged students.Includes all that you need for group

Subjects:

Other (Specialty), School Counseling, School Psychology

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Lesson

Also included in: Small Group Counseling Curriculum BUNDLE

STEM Bubble Wand Design Challenge Science Problem-Solving Activity

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Bubbles, Bubbles, Everywhere! STEM students love bubbles! This STEM activity has elements of fun, but also a great design and building challenge. After exploring with bubbles students will design and test their own bubble wands! Watch them engineer the ultimate bubble with their bubble wands!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 6 projects.What is the challenge?This STEM Challenge will have your st

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Life Skills, Other (Specialty), School Counseling

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Also included in: STEM Fun Challenge Bundle

The Magical YET Activities GROWTH MINDSET Book Companion Lesson

Created by

Robin Zorn Counselor

The Magical Yet ActivitiesA Growth Mindset lesson about the Power of YET! Written by Angela DiTerlizzi, “The Magical YET” takes you through beautiful illustrations of a girl who wants to give up after falling off her bicycle. …That is until she meets her YET! This lesson teaches students about:GROWTH MINDSETPERSEVERANCECOURAGEBELIEF IN SELFGOAL SETTING Included in this packet:1. “THE MAGICAL YET” Lesson Plan2. Magic Wand & YET Posters3. “My Magical YET” Activities (2 Options)4. “YET” Stateme

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

Oregon Trail: Simulation Game

Created by

VintageValdez

Super engaging slideshow game to get students thinking about what life on the Oregon Trail was like. You lead the class with 13 scenarios, and students make decisions and keep track of survival points. A great way to introduce the Oregon Trail to students. It includes 42 slides, directions, and a student handout to record survival points. I use this activity with my 8 graders a few details might need to be edited if used with younger grade levels.Takes about 1 hour.

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Social Studies - History

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Games, Simulations, Lesson

Also included in: Western Expansion Games Bundle: Oregon Trail, Gold Rush, Lewis and clark

My Place in the World Project: "Me on the Map" Geography for Kids

Created by

Kid World Citizen

This hands-on geography project "My Place in the World" has kids create a visual representation of how we fit into the world. Teachers often use it with the kids' geography book "Me on the Map," by Joan Sweeney. Ideal for integrated Social Studies, ELA, Geography, Literacy, and Map Skills.Using a series of nesting circles to show the relative sizes of different geographic places, this simple but effective geography lesson helps kids sort out their relation to one another. This activity includes

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Geography, Social Studies - History

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Worksheets, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Also included in: Geography for Kids Bundle: Three Essential Hands-on Activities

Getting to Know You! Editable Back to School Chit Chat Cards for Grades 4-8

Created by

Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom

I am always looking for new ways to begin that very first day of the school year. It is an amazing time where we set the tone for what is to come in the days and months of our exciting time together.This year, rather than have students complete a signature scavenger hunt where they are all over the room, I created a resource that allows them to sit, listen, and chit chat. You can have students rotate around the room, or keep them together with a partner or small group to truly enhance their fo

Subjects:

Back to School, English Language Arts, Other (Specialty)

Grades:

4th - 8th, Staff

Types:

Back to School, For All Subjects, Other (Specialty)

CCSS:

SL.4.1

, SL.4.4

, SL.5.1

, SL.5.4

, SL.6.1

...

Also included in: Back to School ELA Activities for Middle School

Lesson Planning Binder | EDITABLE

Created by

Pocketful of Primary

This EDITABLE lesson planning binder is perfect for organizing everything you need for efficient and easy lesson planning!WATCH THIS VIDEO TO SEE HOW I ORGANIZE MY LESSON PLAN BINDER - GET A FULL LOOK INSIDE THE PRODUCT!* Please note: This video includes an OLD version of this product. This product was fully updated in 2021. Please see the product preview for a full look at the newly updated product. *THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:■ Editable PowerPoint template■ Editable Google Slides template■ Video tu

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 12th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Printables, Lesson

STEM Marble Maze Challenge – Problem-Solving Activity

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You will love the versatility of this challenge. Three versions of the activity are included. Each version has a teacher's guide. Student lab sheets and sample answers are also provided. Your students will be a"mazed" with this project, too!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.What is the challenge?This STEM activity will have your students design a maze through which a marble can travel. They will fold and bend paper or cardboard into the maze paths and then

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

NGSS:

3-PS2-1

, 4-PS3-4

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-PS2-2

, 4-PS3-1

...

Also included in: STEM Projects Building Models - Mazes, Boats, and Cars Challenges

STEM Marshmallow Bridge Challenge Project-Based Learning Activity

Created by

You will love the simple materials used in this challenge! The marshmallow bridges are not very long but will test the patience and diligence of students as they work to finish this successfully. And, they will! Great cheering will happen when a bridge spans the gap and holds a little bit of weight!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource and 2 additional bridge building activities.What is the challenge?The design challenge lesson contained in this package is a bridge-building experience.

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