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Adult education critical thinking games
Word and Logic Puzzles Escape Room Activity With Digital Lock Option
In this engaging escape room activity, teams work together to solve the word puzzles and logic puzzles using critical thinking skills to discover codes to open the lock. Students love the fun of an escape room game, and you will love that this low-prep activity gets them thinking as they solve the puzzles and clues! ⭐️ How does the escape room work? (Click the PREVIEW link above and watch the VIDEO for a closer look at this activity!)In this escape room activity, students will solve 4 different
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6th - 9th, Adult Education
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BRAIN TEASERS 4-Pack Bundle, Logic, Word Sense, Puzzles, Lateral Thinking – Fun!
Whether you need bell-ringer presentation slides or just want to occasionally mess with your students’ minds when you have a few unused minutes at the end of a class period, this four volume set of Brain Teasers has everything you need to keep your students working hard and thinking deeply. There are LOTS of ways you could use this collection of 152 questions in both PDF & Google Slides format (304 slides – the question is on the first slide and the answer with an eye-catching image is on th
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Common Grammar and Writing Mistakes Escape Room Game - Digital Resource
This digital resource is a grammar review disguised as a fun escape room adventure activity. Mission: individuals or teams work through puzzles to discover the location of stolen jewels. Challenges in this grammar escape room include working with common mistakes in writing, such as frequently confused words and common grammar errors. There are also other challenges to encourage critical thinking, problem solving, and following directions! (See important information below about tech requirements)
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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BRAIN TEASERS VOL. 2 – Logic, Word Sense, Puzzles, Lateral Thinking – Fun Stuff
Entertain and challenge your teens with this compelling collection of brain-twisting presentation slides in PDF & Google Slides format. There are many different ways you might want to use these 76 slides (38 questions + 38 answer key slides) in your classroom, including:1. Use as a routine bell-ringer activity to begin class one day each week. I use these as Brain Teaser Tuesdays (I enjoy alliteration), but they’ll work great any day of the week.2. Use them as a sponge activity to soak up th
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8th - 11th, Adult Education, Staff
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Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
Back to School Icebreaker STEM Bundle! Need back to school icebreakers or games that get students moving, communicating, working in teams, and building relationships? Here are 50+ of our favorite basic activities that are low-cost and low-prep for any classroom or subject!Working as a team, they will learn lessons in communication, innovation, hidden assumptions, and creativity that are central to the engineering process. Use as a warm-up, icebreaker, team building activity, or basic STEM and en
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
BRAIN TEASERS VOL. 3 – Logic, Word Sense, Puzzles, Lateral Thinking – Fun Stuff
Entertain and challenge your teens with this compelling collection of brain-twisting presentation slides in PDF & Google Slides format. There are many different ways you might want to use these 76 slides (38 questions + 38 answer key slides) in your classroom, including:1. Use as a routine bell-ringer activity to begin class one day each week. I use these as Brain Teaser Tuesdays (I enjoy alliteration), but they’ll work great any day of the week.2. Use them as a sponge activity to soak up th
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8th - 11th, Adult Education, Staff
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2 Games Wheel of Fortune and Family Feud - PowerPoint Templates
This is the most realistic Family Feud and Wheel of Fortune.You can create your own questions to review any subject.This game contains everything you need for a real TVShow game: sound effects, music, updated graphics and animation.Easy to customize for any topic you are teaching in class.It includes a PDF with instructions on how to setup, play and customize. It's pretty simple if you're familiar with the game TV shows.To use the scoreboard, you need: PowerPoint 13 or a newer version is require
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Critical Thinking Mystery Activity: Murder of a Millionaire
In this fun murder mystery activity that encourages critical thinking and reading skills, students have to follow the clues to figure out who killed the rich CEO of a powerful company at his home during a dinner party. Who can figure it out especially when he was found in a locked room? With multiple plot lines, this one feels like an old Agatha Christie cozy mystery. Was it a jealous husband? A corrupt lawyer? Whodunit?This is a printable version in PDF. Looking for other versions? Click the li
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Complete Clue by Clue Critical Thinking Printable Activity Bundle
End of the Year Escape Room "Escape Summer School" Summer Breakout
Please Follow so you know when new products come out!Escape the evil principal who wants to give everyone summer school. The only thing between you and ice cream rolling down your chin sitting by the pool are these puzzles. Use your knowledge and skills you learned this year to escape the school and start your summer...good luck! The set includes everything you need. If you have never done an escape room before full set up instructions and directions are included. The set utilizes a Google Form
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3rd - 6th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Escape Room Bundle Growing Year Long Holiday and More Sets
Chess Club Tips and Tricks Cheat Sheet Handout Help Sheet Printable
Chess is a fun game for students of all ages. Studies have shown that playing chess improves reading, memory, problem-solving skills, and concentration. Playing chess teaches students planning, foresight, and utilizes both sides of the brain. This help sheet is extremely beneficial for any person that is just learning the rules of the game. Included on this sheet:* Each piece and what it looks like* The point value assigned for each piece* How each piece moves* How each piece attacksThis chess s
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Chess Club Posters Reference Sheets Matching Game Log Mini Book Bundle
BRAIN TEASERS VOL. 4 – Logic, Word Sense, Puzzles, Lateral Thinking – Fun Stuff
Entertain and challenge your teens with this compelling collection of brain-twisting presentation slides in PDF & Google Slides format. There are many different ways you might want to use these 76 slides (38 questions + 38 answer key slides) in your classroom, including:1. Use as a routine bell-ringer activity to begin class one day each week. I use these as Brain Teaser Tuesdays (I enjoy alliteration), but they’ll work great any day of the week.2. Use them as a sponge activity to soak up th
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Escape Room Break Out Box Game, Macbeth
Get ready to dive into an exciting escape-room style adventure with this break-out game designed to follow a reading of Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth with secondary students! From the most reluctant learner to the most advanced, all of your students will be 100% engaged in solving the clues in this interactive lock box game for reviewing drama. Plus, you'll be on the cutting edge with this educational teaching trend that will be exciting and purposeful in classrooms for years to come! In
Adventure PPT Games BUNDLE: Survival Island, Mission to Mars, and Zombie Town
The bundle includes three separate adventure PowerPoint games that are perfect for building community in the classroom and developing creative thinking skills.This bundle includes:- 3 interactive PowerPoint games about surviving on a deserted island, surviving a zombie invasion, and planning a mission to Mars.- 9 writing/conversation prompts (3 for each game)- 6 pages of PDF printable handouts to accompany the games- Printable item cards that are optional to include with the gamesThis activity i
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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BRAIN TEASERS VOL. 5 – Logic, Word Sense, Puzzles, Lateral Thinking – Fun Stuff
Need more brain teasers to keep your teens entertained and challenged? I’ve got you covered!Entertain and challenge your teens with this compelling collection of brain-twisting presentation slides in PDF & Google Slides format. There are many different ways you might want to use these 76 slides (38 questions + 38 answer key slides) in your classroom, including:1. Use as a routine bell-ringer activity to begin class one day each week. I use these as Brain Teaser Tuesdays (I enjoy alliteration
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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CCSS:
Grammar Review Digital Escape Room - Escape the Decades - Digital Resources
Who says grammar review has to be boring? Bring on the fun with this escape room that has engaging challenges including grammar, spelling, and mechanics activities as well as tasks to encourage critical thinking, problem solving, and following directions. Your students will love this all-digital escape room adventure, where they find themselves in a time warp and need to solve puzzles and complete activities to move through the decades and return to modern times. This would be perfect for decade
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6th - 9th, Adult Education
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Escape Room Break Out Box Game, The Great Gatsby (Movie or Novel)
Get ready to dive into an exciting escape-room style adventure with this break-out game designed to review narrative elements in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby with secondary students! From the most reluctant learner to the most advanced, all of your students will be 100% engaged in solving the clues in this interactive lock box game for reviewing fiction. Plus, you'll be on the cutting edge with this educational teaching trend that will be exciting and purposeful in classrooms for years to come
Intro to STEM Bundle: Icebreaker & Teamwork Activities
Want to introduce STEM to your classroom? Here are 45 of our favorite basic (Stage 1) STEM challenges that are low-cost and low-prep for any classroom! Activities are perfect as back to school icebreakers or games that introduce STEM while getting students moving, communicating, and working in teams! BACKGROUNDBefore tasking students to complete rigorous engineering design challenges, educators should start with Stage 1 STEM activities. Click here to learn more about the Stages of STEM. Through
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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The Complete Clue by Clue Critical Thinking Printable Activity Bundle
By popular demand, all my clue by clue mysteries PDF (printable) format in one big bundle, plus a free mystery story organizing worksheet. Be sure to check the list above to see the exact list of Clue by Clue Mysteries!Each individual mystery is in PDF format and contains:A cover imageComprehensive teacher notes outlining how to use the activity in class - 2 pagesA teacher sheet with a description of the situation and mystery to be solved, hints to give students if they get stuck, and the soluti
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Home Alone Christmas Escape Room (inspired by the Home Alone movie)
You have been left Home Alone! The sinister Wet Bandits are out on the prowl and coming to your house!You wake up three days before Christmas to realize, you are the only one in the house. All the bags your family had packed and readied for your Christmas in Paris trip are gone. You realize you have been left home alone! You know your parents will be in big trouble if you call the police. You begin to panic, and realize you're stuck. Later in the afternoon, after you have calmed down a bit
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Escape Room Break Out Box Game, Fahrenheit 451
Get ready to dive into an exciting escape-room style adventure with this break-out game designed to review narrative elements in Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 with secondary students! From the most reluctant learner to the most advanced, all of your students will be 100% engaged in solving the clues in this fun, interactive lockbox game for reviewing fiction. Plus, you'll be on the cutting edge with this educational teaching trend that will be exciting and purposeful in classrooms for years to com
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Word Puzzles Treasure Hunt Escape Room Game - Printable and Digital Resources
Students loved the original Word Puzzles Escape Room and have been asking for another one, so here it is! In this differentiated escape room type activity with word puzzles, your students will have a fun treasure hunt while building spelling and critical thinking skills. For this game, teams work together to solve the word puzzles and follow clues that will lead them to hidden treasure. Students love the fun of an escape room game, and you will love that this low-prep activity gets them thinking
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6th - 9th, Adult Education
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stranded - a group survival simulation. Social Studies CCSS
Which people would you choose to start a new community with until being rescued? Who deserves to be saved?What’s more important: their character or their skills? Their past or their future?This simulation has been done lots of times in many different ways. Here’s my variation on it, complete with gorgeous graphics and some tongue-in-cheek humor with the names of characters.NOTE: I've used this activity with grade 4 all way through to adult friends at small group :)Apart from the cover page (S
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Class Escape: Halloween Edition
My students loved my original Class Escape, so I created the HALLOWEEN EDITION when they begged me to make another! Modeled after the popular "Escape" games in many cities around the country, this classroom version prompts students to work together as a class to solve puzzles, connect the clues, and crack the code! Your students will be totally engaged in this hands-on, Halloween-themed challenge!
You will need the following tools:
- tape
- color printer (preferred) or regular printer
- scisso
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6th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Finish the Drawing Brain Break, Morning Work Drawing Prompt Art Warm Up Exercise
These Finish the Drawing Prompts for Kids are an easy no prep art activity that engages your students’ creativity. This self expression “finish the picture” activity has a variety of unfinished drawings challenges. Perfect for morning work, no prep brain breaks, or last minute sub plans. The creativity challenges and activities engage students as they:Think outside of the box and develop divergent thinkingImprove fine motor skillsDevelop drawing confidenceSolve problems with their own creativity
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K - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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