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Critical thinking unit plans for Microsoft Word
STEAM DaVinci Renaissance Style: A Unit for Elementary GATE
In STEM Renaissance Style, students will follow the engineering process as they return to the 16th Century. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning.
Students construct a prototype of Da Vinci’s parachute while learning about falling objects, gravity,
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Primary GATE with Caldecott COLLECTION - 180 pages - 7 Books!
Your primary kids will love these lessons! You save a bundle: 33% off individual purchases!
I teach 30-45 minute groups once a week of 1st and 2nd graders all year, and this collection is more than enough to get me through an entire school year of groups. I can’t absolutely guarantee it will do the same for you, but it’s going to be very close if it doesn’t . . .
You’ll see best practices in gifted education throughout. You’ll see many graphic organizers, age-appropriate and challenging cr
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K - 3rd
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Complete Wonderland and Looking-Glass Comprehension and Logic Unit Combo
This is my complete combo for both the "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There" books. It has chapter comprehension worksheets for both books. This also includes my logic unit study which teaches a basic introduction to formal logic as well as analyzes a lot of the hidden logic lessons within the first Alice book.Logic Unit Description:This is a collection of worksheets and tests that work for a month long introduction to formal logic and fal
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Introduction to Criminology- A four to five week course
Updated August 2021 with working current links. Please re-download the unit if you purchased it previously. This unit presents a complete overview of criminology and includes daily lessons (along with articles, materials, and web quests) games and activities and three short assessments. Everything needed to teach the introduction tocriminology is present in the unit and students in grades 8-12 would be appropriately and actively engaged in the activities, readings, and supplementary materials.
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Full Year Middle School Literacy: Non-Fiction Units
The following is a compilation of the high interest, non-fiction units I have developed and used in my classroom over the last five years. Each unit comes with a variety of readings that will provoke debate and discussion in your classroom. Each reading also has questions that allow your students to look beyond the text while working on important skills such as connecting, inferring, questioning, summarizing, and synthesizing. Combined with any fiction you introduce in your class, there is enoug
Grades:
7th - 9th
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Debate- Basic Argumentation and Fallacies Unit Packet
This is my introductory unit packet for my Debate class. It prompts bellwork assignments, explains several fallacies, provides opportunities for practice, previews a formative project, as well as outlines basic information on sources and argument structure. There are answer keys provided at the end.
This is great for a debate class or even for a debate team to use in between competition preparation!
I use this packet for a 2 week unit in class. You could use an abbreviated pacing or you could
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Going Commercial -- a GATE Unit for the 21st Century and the Common Core
Going Commercial is 100 pages of lessons and materials for the 21st Century Learner. It’s designed for 4th and 5th grade GATE students, but it is appropriate up through 8th and even 9th grade because of the nature of critical thinking and creativity involved.
This unit in its entirety will extend well beyond 20 classroom hours. You get lessons in economics, common core language and math activities, bunches of primary sources for best practices in social studies, public speaking opportunities,
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
CSI Unit Activity File
If you're looking for a creative way to teach critical thinking skills, Common Core Standards and STEM principles to middle school students using a hands-on, real-world approach, then this is the unit for you! Full of tips, resources, ideas and printable, editable notebook pages for your students, this activity file will give you everything you need to plan your own interdisciplinary CSI unit.
CSI Notebook & Unit by Terri Samson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercia
Grades:
7th - 9th
Grade 7 Bullying Awareness Campaign Project
This project-based learning opportunity allows students to create a bullying awareness campaign to present to younger grades. This package includes everything you need: resources for teachers, prior learning suggestions, ways to accommodate various types of learners, a detailed and structured assignment layout, multiple assessments (self assessment, group assessment, rubric, descriptive feedback sheet) etc. Students love this project and really take away a lot from it!
Grades:
6th - 8th
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48 Laws of Power unit
The 48 Laws of Power is an amazing and informative book; however, it is too long for most high school students. This unit gives students a taste of the text and its concepts, aiming to get students to reflect on power plays and power dynamics in jobs and relationships. Hey, maybe they will decide to read the entire book on their own! This unit:suggests ways to implementhas a TED Talk linkYouTube links to short informative videos on each of the 48 laws encourages reflection and application to st
Grades:
11th - 12th, Adult Education
Classroom Restaurant Simulation - Nutrition Lessons Unit
Students will learn how proper nutrition, exercise and rest are important to good health by setting up a classroom restaurant. The sixteen sessions in this unit contain lessons on different types of advertising, food safety rules, how to take your heart rate, analyzing food lables, understanding cooking terms, analyzing menus for nutritious offerings. Children will perform an original nutrition rap (included), write limericks, listen to speakers, learn proper table manners, serve and be served.
Grades:
1st - 5th
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Design and Technology Wheels and Axles Full Unit
Full unit designed to teach children about wheels and axles. Detailed planning and teaching resources to support teaching in effective teaching. The bundle includes children's worksheets.
Grades:
1st - 3rd
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Design and Technology Wheels and Axles Teaching Plan
Teaching plan for teaching children about wheels and axles. The teaching plan works alongside the teaching slides adding more detail for teachers.
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Design and Technology Wheels and Axles Full Unit
First Grade Common Core Science Lessons and Experiments (8 Lesson Sample)
This product takes the scientific method, simplifies it into a first grade curriculum, and connects common core standards to every lesson. While this product only contains eight lesson plans, the full version (80 lesson plans--20 per quarter) can be purchased for $3 per quarterly outline or $10 for the whole year. Many other engaging resources will be available from my store, so check back often!
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1st
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Flint, Michigan Water Crisis (2014-2016) Discussion Anticipatory Set (EDITABLE)
This is a Word document version of this product: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Flint-Michigan-Water-Crisis-2014-2016-Discussion-Anticipatory-Set-2343915
Grades:
6th - 9th
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STEM Unit of Work - Sustainable Building (Inquiry Design)
This comprehensive Unit of Work uses Guided Inquiry Design and project based learning to immerse students in current sustainable building practices as well as endeavoring to find future solutions. Suited for 5th - 8th grade but can be differentiated to also suit younger or older students. This resources is utilized best when paired with the Inquiry Design Journal (see bundles) and BYOD arrangements and is already set up for classroom teachers to share the teaching journey with school librarians.
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3rd - 8th, Staff
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NGSS Are there Different Races? Passing Chromosomes from Parent to Offspring
This is s four to five week unit that investigates how genes are passed from parent to offspring by reading passages (jigsaws available). Students use and develop models by mapping migration patterns to track the traits from Africa to the rest of the world. CERs where students can express their ideas as well as ask questions that can be argued in the classroom or online. If you are looking for lessons that are culturally relevant and socially relevant, this the unit for you. This unit has change
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Grades:
8th - 10th
NGSS:
HS-LS3-1
Ethnography Research Project
This research project is ideal for middle and high school students. It includes an editable, detailed student packet with instructions, graphic organizers, calendars, a parent letter, list of Common Core standards, and more.
This project covers reading, writing, researching, and speaking and listening standards. It is a hands on approach to research involving article/source research, but also requires students to observe and interview culture groups to collect their own research data.
It addr
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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Create a Country, Create a Culture
This product is designed as a synthesis of what your students have learned over the course of the year. It is designed to make the students really think about what they have learned and think creatively to develop their own country and culture. Depending on how in depth you want your students to get with their creativity, this unit could be pared down to be around 2.5 weeks to even 6 weeks! The "possible timeline" included in this products information lays the unit out in about 18 days.
By t
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Paper Rollercoaster STEM Activity
This project is an excellent work packet for students or classes going through the process of building a paper rollercoaster. This packet comes with research questions, sketches, reflections, and more. In order to utilize this project, it should be used in conjunction with paper rollercoaster build sheets that can be found on Teachers Pay Teachers. My students have an absolute blast with this project, and I know that yours would too!
Grades:
6th - 12th
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*EDITABLE* Planning Template //ACARA // EYLF // TEFL // Executive Functions //
This planning template is great for any teacher who wants to plan for effective learning.
The template not only provides opportunities to plan out the day to day things like timetables but also provides the opportunity for teachers to really think about what and how they are going to teach.
The best part is that it is completely editable, change it to suit your teaching style!
The Topic overview planning map can be used for term plans, weekly plans or even single lessons, the options are endle
Grades:
PreK - 12th
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Forces & Motion Inquiry Plan & Engineering Tasks - Science - Design - IB PYP
This bundle includes:A 13 page 6-7 week inquiry unit plan How the World Works which integrates science and engineering/design. Easily adapted to suit your own class/school, it includes: transdisciplinary theme, central idea, lines of inquiry, key concepts and questionsapproaches to learning (ATLs) and learner profile focusagency and action ideasassessment - before views, formative, summative, self-assessment and peer.detailed learning experiences and provocationsscience experiments and engineer
Grades:
1st - 6th, Staff
Awesome Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi Activity
This Qin Dynasty activity brings Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi to life for students! This obituary activity is a fabulous writing activity that ties into the ancient China curriculum. There is a creative component as well, including artwork and advertisements for students to create. All of your students will be engaged during this project!
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Road to the Civil War Unit
Students move through each level of Bloom's Taxonomy on a daily basis while also doing so throughout the entire unit. This unit takes students through Antebellum Reformers, analyzing a variety of primary sources (including: Frederick Douglass's "Fourth of July Speech," compare and contrast maps on the growth of slavery, and Lincoln-Douglass debates) and participate in cooperative learning activities with the purpose of creating their own solution to slavery, jigsaw learning, and group developme
Grades:
9th - 12th
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