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TED Talk Worksheet
Use this worksheet as a general guide for any TED Talk! This worksheet asks students to identify the speaker's claim/thesis and support for it. Students then reflect on the information shared in the talk.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Infographic Creation Mini Unit & Assignment
Infographics are great tools to get students processing and contextualizing the information that they research while allowing them to creatively convey what they’ve learned. This makes them perfect for any class! This assignment was designed to teach students about the core concepts of infographic texts, how to make the basic visualizations (graphs, flow/pie charts, tables, titles, etc.) that comprise them, and how to incorporate them all together into a layout that conveys information for a sin
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film For the Birds
After watching Pixar's short film: For the Birds, students will infer by answering three questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
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K - 10th
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Life During the Dust Bowl: A Gallery Walk Exercise
Engage your students in developing historical empathy regarding the experience of an individual living through the Dust Bowl with the use of historical photographs. Using a gallery walk format, students will examine the impact of the Dust Bowl and the experience of migrant families. Activity includes a pre-gallery walk activity and exit ticket, which involves students using what they learned to imagine that they are writing to a family member about their experience living during the Dust Bowl. T
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: US History Gallery Walk Activity Bundle
The Critical Thinking Toolkit: DESIGN SPRINT (Design Thinking Activity)
Give your classes the critical thinking tools and frameworks they need to think through big, complicated issues, as well as training them to reflect on their own thinking patterns and behaviours!Design Sprints are creative problem-solving tools for moving your student’s thinking forward a lot in a small amount of time (1-2 hours) by taking them through a series of timed brainstorming, feedback, and iteration sessions. The logic behind them is that it’s better to test and figure out all the thing
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE CRITICAL THINKING BUNDLE
Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film One Man Band
After watching Pixar's short film: One Man Band, students will infer by answering three questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
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K - 8th
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Argumentation/C.E.R. writing- Murder Mystery #2 - Improve student argumentation!
This is a follow up lesson to the Slip or Trip Murder Mystery! I use this lesson to re-teach my students understand Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning in writing later on in the school year. I've also used it as an extension activity for students that need to be challenged as this one is a bit more challenging than Slip or Trip. Cross-curricular - can be used in science and social studies classes as well.Included with purchase:- Copy of crime scene photo with story and discussion questions for group
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5th - 12th
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Heroes vs. Villains Argument Claim Counterclaim Counterargument Activity
Students use a graphic organizer to practice creating argumentative claims, counterclaims, and counterarguments using heroes and villains of their choice from fairy tales, movies, comic strips, etc.
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6th - 9th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film Partly Cloudy
After watching Pixar's short film: Partly Cloudy, students will infer by answering four questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
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K - 6th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film Lifted
After watching Pixar's short film: Lifted, students will infer by answering two questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
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K - 6th
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Brain Games from National Geographic: Worksheets (Easy Sub Plans!)
This document contains 3 separate worksheets (2 pages each) and matching answer keys to follow along with the three episodes in Season 1 of National Geographic's "Brain Games." Each episode is approximately 44 minutes long (DVDs available online or full episodes found on youtube or other video websites).
Episode 1 focuses on Optical Illusions & the 5 Senses.
Episode 2 takes a look at Attention.
Episode 3 focuses on Memory & Memorization Techniques.
Each worksheet has three parts:
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Inferences, Evidence, Crime Scene Investigation
Students will find and record clues throughout 5 different stations that allow them to practice making inferences. This "real world" lesson asks students to become text detectives to find evidence that supports their inferences. Students must read through eye witness accounts, police reports, a media blast, observe a crime scene, and analyze some forensic evidence to collect information. At the end of the five stations, they must write up a police report. You will need to set up your crime s
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6th - 10th
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Ethics and Journalism - Controversial Photos Activity (GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS)
This packet allows your students to explore ethics and journalism. Through this activity they view three controversial photographs that were taken and published by professional journalists but stirred up controversy due to the graphic content or story topic. This activity is very thought-provoking and engaging. Students view each photograph, read a short paragraph or two about the context surrounding its taking and publishing, and finally analyze each one for the ethical questions it raises and
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8th - 12th
Wacky Wordies Word Puzzles
This is six-page handout of Wacky Word puzzles. These puzzles are great activities for either the first day of class or the last day of class.
These puzzles challenge students to use higher level thinking skills to put together common phrases.
This entire handout includes over 150 Wacky Word puzzles and an answer key for all puzzles.
Great for grades 7th -12th. These are great to fill those 10-15 minute gaps in a classroom or as extra credit for students. They are challenging and fun to do
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8th - 12th
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The Critical Thinking Toolkit: HEXAGONAL THINKING
Give your classes the critical thinking tools and frameworks they need to think through big, complicated issues, as well as training them to reflect on their own thinking patterns and behaviours!Hexagonal Thinking is an analysis and facilitation tool that gets individuals, pairs, or groups to make connections between ideas, themes, terms, people, places, and just about anything else they can think of. It generally involves arranging hexagonal tiles together in a ‘web’ or mosaic. The only real ru
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE CRITICAL THINKING BUNDLE
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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Depression and Anxiety in Teens-lesson/activities CDC health standard 4
This lesson gives a detailed description of depression and anxiety in teens, suicide awareness, and where to get help. Activities, Assessment, Clip art, printables, no prep needed, answer key. Easel activity and assessment is included. CDC (Center for Disease Control) Health Standard four: Students will demonstrated the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks. The lesson plan covers: Symptom
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6th - 12th
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Good Touch-Bad Touch -"Underwear, Swimsuit Rule" CDC Health Standard Four
This lesson emphasizes what a good touch, a bad touch, and a confusing touch is. Never keep a secret is covered, along with the "Underwear and Bathing suit rule" information is included with a visual. It also gives advice on what to do if a bad touch happens to a student. 3 activities and 3 coloring pages with "good touch-bad touch" information that students can take home. Assessment, which is also part of Clip art, printables, no prep needed. answer key. Easel activity and assessment
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1st - 6th
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Code Breaking - A Veterans Day Activity
Involve your students in a celebration of Veteran’s Day by discussing the integral role of encoding and decoding messages in WWI (e.g. the Zimmermann telegram) and WWII (e.g. the Enigma code), and then challenging your students to decipher three diverse messages.
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9th - 12th
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Teen Eating Disorders- lesson, 3 activities, CDC Health Standard 2 and 7
This lesson plan looks at teen eating disorders; Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge eating and ARFID. Signs and symptoms, as well as health complications are included. Critical to healing is treatment and getting help; which is addressed in the lesson plan. 3 activities, with one being an assessment and answer key. Clip art, printables, no prep needed. Easel activity and assessment is included with this lesson plan. CDC HEALTH STANDARD SEVEN: Students will demonstrate the abili
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6th - 12th
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Inference Mystery Activity - The Stolen Will
My students tend to have a hard time inferencing, or they just don't want to.
I started using mysteries that they have to solve to try and peak their interest, and they LOVE them. They're always asking if I have a new one for them to solve.
This is my first one, and I will be adding more.
In this mystery, students have to figure out who stole the will and testament of a famous singer. They have to read a background passage, answer clues, and then use clues to solve logic puzzles. They h
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5th - 12th
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Jury Duty Experience Activity Twelve Angry Men
This activity is excellent for teaching students about the jury system and reasonable doubt. I use this activity before I teach the play, Twelve Angry Men. This would be an excellent activity for students to work in groups to decide whether or not the person on trial is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. My students love it.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Reading Tables to Interpret Science Data for ACT ASPIRE
This is a table of climate data on five different biomes. The students are asked to use the data in the table to answer a variety of questions. They must interpret the information given in order to answer the questions. There are multiple choice, sorting, and open ended questions. It is similar to the type of questions seen on the science part of the ACT Aspire.
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3rd - 5th
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Quick STEM: Domino Challenges
Quick STEM for Kids: Domino Challenges is a collection of 19 activities that the kids complete with dominoes. It was developed to get kids thinking creatively, problem solving, creating, and having fun! It can be used as a whole group activity, stations, individually, during class or during indoor recess. The challenges start out easy and get harder as you make your way through them. This can be printed out and stapled into a booklet or laminated as center cards. The only thing you need to
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1st - 8th
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