Digital MEGA Bundle | Project Based Learning, Enrichment, Research & More!

These no prep projects use student choice and interests to engage students. You will get digital and printable resources, like the Passion Project, for project-based or inquiry-based learning. Perfect for gifted and talented students, a meaningful activity for early finishers, and a great fit for low or no prep whole-class engagement. These would make a great extension or enrichment resource, too!

These resources are on Google Slides, and some come in printable PDF versions too!

This is a GROWING BUNDLE! More resources will be added as I create them. Buy now to lock in this price, and get everything added in the future for free! The price of this bundle will go up as I add new resources.

What's Included:

• Passion Project (a student favorite every year!)
• Podcasting in the Digital Classroom
• Digital Book Club + Printable Graphic Organizers
• Debate Project
• Vision Board & Career Exploration Project
• Students Teach the Class Project
• Problem Solver Project
• Travel Agent Research Project
• Holiday Research + Create a Holiday Project
• Classroom Newscast

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1. Passion Project

This no prep resource is perfect for teachers looking for engaging and meaningful end of the year activities. It contains two full weeks of activities to guide and support students through the process of creating their very own Passion Project, a research project similar to Genius Hour.

The goal for this project is... for students to research and explore any topic they want, and create any product they can come up with to share their learning. This Passion Project is similar to projects conducted during genius hour. It allows students to engage in learning, enjoy it, and get excited about it! Student choice is what makes this project so meaningful to students.

What's Included:

This product comes in two formats.

• A color PDF version (perfect for printing)
• A black & white PDF version (perfect for printing)
• A Google Slides format of this resource

All steps are outlined and broken into activities for each day of the week - with two weeks full of activities to complete. Check out the video preview to see what it looks like!

Students will brainstorm an idea, conduct research, and present their learning in any way they see fit.

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2. Podcasting in the Digital Classroom

This digital Google Slides resource contains slides to guide your students in the process of creating their very own podcast! In five steps, students will learn about what makes for a good podcast, brand their own podcast, use digital graphic organizers to plan, and then record their podcast episode! This project can be done in groups of 2, all the way up to 4 or 5.

This resource is perfect for ANY subject area, but fits in really well with history topics, social studies topics, reading, novel studies, informational writing, opinion writing, and narrative.

Click here to view a video preview of this resource!

This is a Google Slides resource. You must have access to Google Slides to utilize this resource. You can make a free Google account!

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3. Digital Book Club + Printable Graphic Organizers

This is a two-in-one product - You get a set of 12 printable graphic organizers, perfect to go along with any fiction book. You also get a no prep distance learning friendly version of these organizers in an editable and engaging Google Slides format that will promote collaboration, even in the distance learning setting.

We've formatted the Google Slides into a Digital Book Club, similar to literature circles, that allows for small groups to work on reading standards with ANY fiction book - easily differentiate by selecting books that align with student reading levels. The Digital Book Club is a perfect no prep novel study for any novel. Alternatively, you can select and assign specific digital graphic organizers to align with whatever topic you are teaching! All work can be completed in Google Slides on the Digital Book Club version of this resource, and it is completely editable.

Click here to watch the video preview.

Focus Skills

Character traits 

Character’s struggle and motivations 

Perspective

Setting 

Point of view 

Author’s purpose 

Character change

Theme

Small moments / items have big meaning 

Problem and Solution 

Part to whole 

+ End of book critical thinking activity

This resource is great for all learners in your classroom. You can easily differentiate based on the books / texts you assign. This is also a great resource as an extension for the gifted learners in your class. For an independent enrichment project for your gifted learners, I'd pair the Digital Book Club with my Podcasting in the DIGITAL Classroom resource.

This would even be great for summer enrichment, or to pair with summer reading assignments!

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4. Classroom Debate Project

This no prep debate unit project is perfect for bringing opinion writing to life! No more boring expository essays, or argumentative writing lessons, this project provides you with debate topics and graphic organizers that can be used to research and develop clearly thought out arguments. It comes with both printable and digital versions for Google Slides so you can use this engaging activity again and again.

This resource comes in 3 formats: Color printable, Black and White printable, and Digital Google Slides.

In just 7 steps, students will have a perfectly crafted debate. Simply follow the debate structure in step 7 to have a successful debate!

This project includes:

• List of Debate Topic Ideas
• Vocabulary
• Step One: Brainstorming and Taking a Position
• Step Two: Research
• Step Three: Interview
• Step Four: Analyze and Evaluate
• Step Five: Fill in the Gaps
• Step Six: Outline
• Step Seven: Practice and Debate

Depending on the debate topic chosen, this resource is perfect for elementary school or middle school debates. Use this in the ELA classroom to practice skills similar to those in opinion and expository writing, use it in the Social Studies classroom to debate issues brought up in history, use it in an after school debate club or enrichment club, use it as a project to challenge the gifted learners in your classroom, or this is a perfect project for a GT pull-out enrichment class.

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5. Vision Board & Career Exploration Project

The perfect no prep back to school, before break, new year, or end of year activity! This digital project, in Google Slides and PowerPoint formats, gets your students thinking about their future through creating a vision board, doing some career / job exploration research, researching about the required education, and summing it all up into one word or phrase that describes their future.

This isn't a super in-depth or intense research project. Rather, it's a way to introduce your students to thinking about their future, and a way for them to dip their toes into the huge topics of careers, jobs, and additional education that may be required. It's perfect for the upper elementary age, or for students who haven't yet thought about their future.

It's a fun back to school project that's meaningful. This project is also a great one to send home - parents and families love it!

This resource includes:

Google Slides and PowerPoint Versions that include...

• A cover slide that introduces the project
• A slide for students to create a vision board
• A slide with a graphic organizer for students to think through aspects of what they want to be when they grow up
• A slide with a graphic organizer for students to learn more about the required education that aligns with their career / job choice
• A slide to sum it all up - students write one word or phrase that describes what their future will be like

Check out the video preview to see all the slides!

Why you need this:

• An activity that is meaningful for any time of year
• Gets students dreaming about their future
• Great to send home to families
• No prep!
• Digital - works for any class format (online, in person, etc.)
• Fun and engaging
• Students love it

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6. Students Teach the Class Project

This low prep, student led project gets kids engaged by allowing for student choice and personal interests to take center stage. Students take over and teach the class, building leadership and classroom community in the process. The bonus? You don't have to lesson plan! Let the kids do it for you with this Students Teach the Class Project.

This is a great activity for before or after a school break, or an end of the year activity. Kids love it, and teachers do too!

Students Create a Lesson to Teach the Class in 7 Steps!

1. Selecting a topic
2. Zooming in
3. To do list
4. Completing to do list
5. Teacher to do list
6. Teach
7. Reflect

Students Will:

• Select a topic they want to teach their classmates about
• Zoom in on specifically what about that topic they want to teach, how they'll teach it, and what they want their classmates to do (ex. worksheet, quiz, etc.)
• Create a to do list of things they need to create for their lesson
• Complete their to do list
• Create a to do list for the teacher of things to make copies of or have pulled up on the computer for the lesson
• Teach their classmates
• Reflect on their teaching

This Resource Includes 3 Versions:

1. PowerPoint version with 7 slides to guide students through the entire process of creating a lesson, teaching the lesson, and reflecting on their teaching
2. Google Slides version with 7 slides to guide students through the entire process of creating a lesson, teaching the lesson, and reflecting on their teaching
3. Printable version with 7 pages to guide students through the entire process of creating a lesson, teaching the lesson, and reflecting on their teaching

Each Version of the Resource Includes:

1. Teacher instructions
2. Table of contents
3. Selecting a topic slide / page - with directions and a spot to write their chosen topic
4. Zooming in slide / page - with directions and a graphic organizer to outline what specifically they want to teach, how they are going to teach it (with examples), and what they want their classmates to do during or after teaching (with examples).
5. To do list slide / page - with directions and a blank checklist for students to outline everything they need to get done
6. A work log slide / page - with directions and a table to track the work they completed each day, perfect to hold them accountable
7. Teacher to do list slide / page - with directions and a blank checklist for students to outline everything they need their teacher to prepare for the lesson
8. Teach slide / page that tells them their teacher will give them a date and time to teach their lesson
9. Reflection slide / page - with directions and 3 reflection questions

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7. Problem Solver Project

This project turns students into problem solvers as they invent a solution to an everyday problem they face! No prep, and with digital and printable versions, make this resource perfect for you!

This resource includes:

1. Digital PowerPoint version
2. Digital Google Slides version
3. Printable black & white version

Students complete the project in 4 steps:

1. Brainstorm everyday problems
2. Select a problem
3. Brainstorm possible solutions
4. Invention time!

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8. Travel Agent Research Project

This open-ended research project turns students into travel agents as they plan a trip! They will conduct research and select a destination, then use the internet to figure out flights, hotels, activities, and more! Students will also use addition, and maybe a bit of multiplication, to determine the total cost of their trip!

This Resource Includes:

1. Digital PowerPoint Version
2. Digital Google Slides Version
3. Printable Black & White PDF Version

Completed in 6 Steps!

1. Location Research

2. Select a Location

3. Flights + Hotel

4. Activities

5. Total Cost

6. Vision Board

This project is perfect for...

•Early finishers

•GT students – differentiation

•Independent study project

•A whole-class project

•Emergency sub activity

•End of the year activity

•& more!

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9. Holiday Research + Create a Holiday Project

This fun, no prep research project gets students to learn about different holidays and the elements that make a holiday what it is. Then, they'll take that knowledge to create a new holiday! Lastly, they'll select from a choice board to spread the word about their new holiday!

CREATE is the highest level of thinking according to Bloom's Taxonomy, making this activity perfect for your gifted and talented students, early finishers, or those in need of enrichment. This is great for an independent study project, or can be a group project too!

This Resource Includes:

• Digital Google Slides Version
• Digital PowerPoint Version
• Printable Black & White PDF

Students Complete the Project in 6 No Prep Steps:

1. Select 3 Holidays to Research - there is a list students can choose from, or they can select other holidays.
2. Research Holiday One - students fill in a table with details about different elements of the holiday
3. Research Holiday Two - students fill in a table with details about different elements of the holiday
4. Research Holiday Three - students fill in a table with details about different elements of the holiday
5. Create a Holiday - students use the same table with key elements of a holiday to create their own new holiday
6. Spread the Word - students select from 5 different choices on a choice board to spread the word about their new holiday

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10. Classroom Newscast

This classroom newscast gets students to take on the role of news anchors, reporters, or guests, as they write and produce their own news show. Leave it open-ended, or assign an overarching topic for students to report on.

This project can go in so many directions. Students can report on school-related news, current events in the world, or historical events. They can also use this as a project to accompany a novel study, sharing news stories that summarize important events in the novel, and interview the characters as guests. The only limit to this project is the imagination! The cross-curricular possibilities are endless!

This Resource Includes:

1. Digital Google Slides Version

2. Digital PowerPoint Version

3. Printable Black & White PDF Version

4. News Backdrops to present and "set the scene"

Students Complete this Project in 6 No Prep Steps:

Step One: Name Creation

Step Two: Selecting Role

Step Three: Outline the Episode

Step Four: Script

Step Five: Practice

Step Six: Record

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These no prep projects are the perfect way to make learning fun and engaging. Use these in any classroom including reading, writing, science, and social studies. This would be perfect for your GT students, high achievers, early finishers, or a pull out GT enrichment model. Or, these are perfect for an after school club!