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8th grade critical thinking instructional technology unit plans
Depth and Complexity Teaching Critical Thinking Using Fairytales
Teach your students how to explore content with depth and complexity.Here it is, a complete and ready-to-use resource for teaching all 11 elements (Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives) of critical thinking.! Your students will explore of these elements by applying them to familiar stories, such as “Cinderella”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “Goldilocks and the
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Computer Coding in Scratch Lesson Plans and Activities Bundle - Computer Science
Looking for a way to get your computer coding classes to actually understand and write their own code in Scratch, rather than just copy out code? These Scratch lessons plans and activities contain several computer coding worksheets and don't just contain a step by step scratch tutorial. They cover programming concepts in detail by teaching IF statements, loops, variables etc…. Questions in the computer coding worksheets also expect students to look at their created scratch blocks and explain how
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3rd - 10th
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Technology Teacher Planning and Data Binder to Track and Assess ISTE Standards
Map, plan, organize, reflect, and assess with these forms for the technology teacher. Everything you need to get started or get organized with the ISTE® Standards for Students.ISTE Standards for Students, ©2016, ISTE® (International Society for Technology in Education),iste.org. All rights reserved.Who is this for?K-8 (or any combo) Technology Teachers who want help planning, organizing, and assessing their technology curriculum.What is included? -Curriculum map with space for notes/reflections
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K - 8th
Historical Thinking Bundle: A Complete Unit - Digital & Print!
This bundle contains 7 Historical Thinking lessons and a 4-5 day culminating group project where students are required to apply the skills from these lessons in a fun, critically engaging way. This means roughly 2 weeks of fully planned materials that will help your students develop their historical thinking skills!Included in this Unit Bundle:Introduction to Historical Thinking lessonHistorical Significance LessonContinuity and Change LessonCause and Consequence LessonHistorical Perspective Les
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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A Wrinkle in Time: Novel Study Unit Plan
This 4 ½ - 6 week novel study will guide students through an imaginative exploration and critical analysis of Madeleine L’Engle’s Newberry Award Winning book, A Wrinkle in Time. Students will be challenged to think deeply about the book’s themes and respond thoughtfully through written work and oral discussions. Their imaginations will be stretched and their critical thinking skills will be developed on a daily basis. The study is divided into three segments: Chapters 1-4, Chapters 5-8, and Cha
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5th - 9th
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Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library - a complete novel study
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with minimal preparation required by the teacher. It contains several interactive activities that engage students in critical thinking. This book is a great fit for middle school language arts, and it aligns with many of the common core state standards.The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, decoding new words, predicting, critical thinking, analyzing, understan
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5th - 8th
Among the Hidden - a complete novel study
Among the Hidden is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with minimal preparation from the teacher. This book is great for middle school language arts. It aligns with many of the common core state standards.The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, critical thinking, supporting a position, understanding point of view, recognizing imagery, creative writing, skimming and scanning for quotes, doing book reports, and solving puzzles.This resou
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5th - 8th
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Decision-Making Lessons: A TPT Best-Selling Unit on Dangerous Teen Decisions!
TPT's #1 Best-Selling High School Decision Unit!!If you work with 6th through 12th grade teens, these decision-making lessons are so powerful! I consider this one of my BEST Health units since it deals with the consequences of teen decisions! Your students will LOVE this-it's so relevant to their lives and the world we live in today!Articles are shocking, revealing, often heart-breaking, and very relatable for teens!>> Integrated Skills Based, Content Based / Knowledge Based. The best of b
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6th - 12th
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Prosthetic Leg Engineering Design STEM Challenge
Prosthetic Design STEM ChallengeAfter learning the history and uses of prosthetic legs, students use the engineering design process to build a prosthetic leg that is interchangeable for multiple people. This design challenge is followed by a research extension to design a prosthetic leg for an animal. Lesson Sequence: Introduce real-world careers of biomedical engineers and show a video on fabricating a prosthetic legRead about the history of prostheticsLearn important concepts related to prosth
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5th - 9th, Higher Education
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 4-LS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Hatchet - a complete novel study
Hatchet is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with very little preparation by the teacher. This book is a great fit for middle school language arts. It aligns with many of the common core state standards.The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, critical thinking, using context clues, understanding the five types of literary conflict, sequencing, prioritizing, defending a position, writing a paragraph, creating opening and closing senten
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5th - 8th
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Listening to Podcasts and Creating a Podcast from Start to Finish
Have you noticed your students are LISTENING to information now more than ever before? Podcasting is a new genre of literacy students will need to learn how to navigate and understand. Digital Media Literacy is here to stay!This complete guide to podcasting begins by immersing students in the genre of podcasting by listening and noticing what makes a podcast effective and impactful. Students begin to notice sound effects and ways the authors work to entertain, evoke emotion, inform, or persuade.
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Podcasting with Kids Starter Pack
GROWTH MINDSET FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH UNIT PLAN AND RESOURCES
Are you ready to get your middle school students MOTIVATED and ready to learn in math class?? To be successful, students need to BELIEVE in themselves and their ability to grow mathematically. They need to change the belief that mathematical ability is something people are just born with and, therefore, unchangeable.This resource has everything you need to change those negative attitudes about math!! Through a variety of lessons, videos, & engaging activities, students will gain confidence i
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: GROWTH MINDSET FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH BUNDLE
Computer Technology Curriculum Complete Unit Google Lessons Grades 6-8
An entire year of WEEKLY Computer Technology Lessons & Activities for Grades 6th - 8th. This bundle includes Computer Technology Lessons for Google Drive apps for a WEEKLY Computer Class or for classroom teachers wanting to teach Google Apps on a weekly basis.Each lesson/activity is approximately 40 minutes allowing for a 5-minute teacher introduction. Over 87 Weekly Lessons/Activities for Grades 6-8 (a few lessons will take more than 1 class period to complete)These lessons and activities w
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6th - 8th
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Structures and Forces - a science unit for middle school
Structures and Forces is a comprehensive science unit for middle years students with very little prep required by the teacher. It's completely laid out with teacher notes and a sequence of activities. Students will learn about various types of structures and the forces that act upon them. They will also experience many hands-on activities to reinforce the concepts in the unit. The culminating activity is a project in which students design, build, test, and evaluate a structure that has a functio
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5th - 8th
Scratch Coding Lesson Plans Bundle - Beginner to Advanced - Computer Science
This bundle of Scratch lesson plans allows students to code and progress from beginner to advanced skills. The resources contained in this bundle are all the resources available on my store (excluding the editable bundle), thus allowing you to teach Scratch to your students with confidence. You will find that quite a few students are able to work through this material in an independent manner, thus limited teacher intervention is required. All resources are supplied in a digital (google drive) a
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3rd - 10th
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Social Studies SUPER BUNDLE | Units 1-9 for 5th-8th Grades! | Google Apps!
The Social Studies SUPER BUNDLE Units 1-9 for 5th-8th grades is COMPLETELY ready for both in-person and digital learning (via Google Apps)! With this amazing Social Studies SUPER BUNDLE you'll receive EVERYTHING you need to cover the Age of Exploration all the way to the Reconstruction Era with your students, -PLUS- you'll also receive an Intro to U.S. Geography Unit -AND- Thinking Like a Historian Unit!! ***STOP the stressful and endless search for amazing, high-quality, and affordable Social S
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5th - 8th
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Teaching Morality Using Kohlberg's 6 Stages of Moral Development
This unit helps to teach what morality is using Kohlberg's six stages of moral development. It helps students think about what makes things right or wrong with activities that encourage critical thinking. It includes scenarios such as the famous Heinz dilemma, teacher notes, extension activities, assessment, and a unit plan. This activity can be easily adapted to students from 5th grade to high school.100% editable and includes an Easel Activity which includes a self-checking assessment.
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5th - 12th
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Canvas LMS Template - HOMEPAGE, BUTTONS & BANNERS - Eucalyptus - 100% Editable
Create a wonderful Canvas Home Page for your elementary or secondary class with this Eucalyptus Farmhouse Canvas kit! It includes everything you'll need to make beautiful pages for you and your students to enjoy. Written directions, instructional videos, and Canvas Export Package Templates are included to help you along! ⭐️ Why choose this Canvas template? ⭐️Total Customization: Every design element is fully customizable through Canva Templates, ensuring a perfect fit for your needs.Easy to Use:
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1st - 12th
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The Phantom Tollbooth: Novel Study Unit Plan
This 6 - 8 week novel study will guide students through an imaginative exploration and critical analysis of Norton Juster’s classic, fun-filled tale, The Phantom Tollbooth. Students will be challenged to think deeply about the book’s themes and respond thoughtfully through written work and oral discussions. Their imaginations will be stretched and their critical thinking skills will be developed on a daily basis. The study is divided into four segments: Chapters 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, and 16-20. Dur
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5th - 8th
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Hypothetical Questions | Visual Writing Prompts | What would you do? Icebreakers
Following the wild popularity of the Visual Writing Prompts Bundle comes HYPOTHETICAL VISUAL ICE BREAKERS AND OPINION PROMPTS for 2024. This FUN writing resource is evergreen with proven success with struggling or reluctant writers and an excellent ICEBREAKER for students and staff.The resource is broken into five unique areas⭐ What If?⭐ Icebreakers⭐ Would you rather? ⭐ Hmmm??? That's a tough one⭐ Tough questions for young adults.Everything is entirely EDITABLE with absolutely "NO PREP REQUIRE
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4th - 9th, Staff
Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit for 8th-10th Grade Social Studies
The amazing resources included with the Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit for 8th-10th Grade Social Studies have been successfully used by thousands of students and come completely ready to use for BOTH in-person and digital learning (via Google Apps)! The Thinking Like a Historian Unit lays the foundation for your students to succeed in your social studies class! They'll explore and discuss learning strategies that promote and encourage students to think critically, how to effectively
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: 8th Grade U.S. History YEAR-LONG Curriculum Bundle!! | Google Apps
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,
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Full Year Technology Lessons - Middle / High School Curriculum Digital Resources
This is a whole year of lessons to use in your Middle or High School Technology class!This will save you hours and hours! Reclaim your weekends!This bundle will not only save you the burden of choosing what to technology to teach, but you will look like a pro as you enter the classroom with high-quality resources!There are presentations, plans, activities, videos, assessments, rubrics, and so much more!Lesson 1 – Technology IntroductionUnit 1 – Scratch – Drag and Drop CodingUnit 2 – Canva – Digi
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5th - 12th
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STEM Specialist | ICT | Digital Technologies Bundle | Australian Curriculum
If you are a ⭐STEM / Digital Technologies⭐ Co-ordinator or specialist or an experienced Australian teacher in 2024, this bundle is your SMARTEST INVESTMENT OF THE YEAR and is available FOR ALMOST HALF PRICE for a limited time.All 30 of our Premium STEM / Digital Technologies resources are included in this bundle to provide exemplary teaching and learning opportunities, planning tools, and staff Professional Development sessions.Packed with over 1000 PAGES of High-Quality Content, this is a MUST-
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PreK - 12th
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