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Higher education critical thinking projects
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
Student Lawyers: Criminal Court Mock Trials & Cases with PowerPoint
Students will get the opportunity to be lawyers and prosecute or defend an accused person in a criminal trial (11 total). Each group will consist of 2 lawyers (prosecuting and defending), and an accused person. The teacher will act as the judge and guide the jury as they vote on the verdict. The majority vote determines the verdict. This unit includes court brief handouts, directions, and PowerPoint explaining how the cases will proceed. Visit our store for much more helpful and free stuff!Crim
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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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:Â Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Save Fred! A STEM and Team building Challenge
This STEM has a challenge for students to save the gummy worm Fred from falling in the water because he can't swim! It's great for a back to school or team building activity! This is a great way to teach your students how to work together, as well as to teach how to think outside the box! You will need to have gummy worms, gummy life savers, paper clips, and a cup in order to do this activity. This packet includes:- Fred's story and student instructions- An experiment log handout for your stude
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Inquiry Based Learning Project: VAPING
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Vaping has become more and more common over that past decade, but how (un)healthy is it really for us? Students are given a general overview of how inquiry projects work, and are then set loose to dive into an authentic research process. At the end, they are given the option of presenting in one of four different modes: A presentation, a podcast, a documentary film, or an essay. This Package Includes:An Introduction to VapingAn Ov
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
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
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
 ...
STEM Problem Solving Service Learning Project
Help your students to think critically, develop good character traits, improve our world, and create heartfelt persuasive writing using the 8 components of this project:
Inspirational Quotes
Random Acts of Kindness
Kids Improving Our World Research Project
STEAM Project - Identifying a Real World Problem and working on a Solution
Online Giving Challenge
Oral Presentation
Carousel Presentations & Scavenger Hunt
Comparing Themes with "A Dolphin's Tale
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Brand and Package Design - Printable Cereal Box Project
This brand and package student project is somewhat complex, fun and extremely educational. Geared toward any student learning art and design, entrepreneurship, or advertising, and marketing. The 98 page presentation starts off with a lesson in target audiences, then quickly moves onto product gimmicks and taglines. The goal is for students to create an original - "real-world" cereal box design that he or she can proudly put in their portfolio.
Take one-two days (depending on class time) to pr
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Murder Mystery Activity w/out the Murder Who Poisoned Willy Wonka
Who Poisoned Willy Wonka is an interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, character, literature or just for a fun and engaging activity. It is also great for classroom parties or bonu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Rebus Puzzles/Brain Teasers/Word Puzzles
This resource contains 181 word puzzles that will get students thinking outside of the box! Each puzzle is on a separate slide to display on the Smartboard/Loft Board. There are lots of ways that you can use these puzzles in your classroom! Use the puzzles as a bell-ringer, an extension activity or throughout the days as a transitional tool! Print the puzzles out for students to work on independently by selecting the option to print multiple slides per page (up to 16).Take the resource apart and
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Microsoft Access (PBL) - The Stranger Things Project
This project is an excellent introduction to MS Access. Project: Access Project – Stranger Things EditionStyle: Project Based LearningDuration: This takes my class about 1.5 hours to completeProject Includes: Editable 14 page Word documentProject Videos: 6 videos Project InformationThis packet introduces students to MS Access and shows them how to build a MS Access database step-by-step. This packet is made up of 4 MS Access projects. Project 1 – Data Skill Practiced:1. First this project exp
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Marshmallow Challenge Handout
This FREEBIE includes a color and black and white handout to provide to teams of students engaging in the Marshmallow Challenge activity. This activity is great to use as an icebreaker or to engage students in critical thinking, cooperative learning, and innovative thinking. It can also be used to reinforce basic principles of physics or as a fun math activity involving measurement.
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Atomic Habits Book Study
Take your high school English classroom on a transformative journey through the book Atomic Habits with this comprehensive unit! As an experienced high school English teacher, I understand the importance of providing educators with resources that foster collaboration, meaningful engagement, and clear learning objectives.This unit comes complete with a detailed pacing guide, allowing you to plan exactly how long each lesson will take to teach. With clear learning objectives and essential question
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Classroom Murder Mystery: Murder in Gold Rush Gulch - 3 Games in One
This interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a murder mystery set directly after the California Gold Rush - and on the brink of the Civil War.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, the Gold Rush of 1849 or even abolition. It is a fun activity for classroom parties or bonus time.3 Ways to Play - All engaging -
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Whodunit? - Who Stole Dracula's Coffin? - A Classroom Mystery Inference Activity
Who Stole Dracula's Coffin? is an interactive classroom activity that promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time. There are two versions included - one with a named thief and the second, where student consensus determines who committed the crime. Murder mystery game without the murder.This is a great group activity, classroom team activit
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Murder Mystery, Reader's Theater, Games - Halloween Activities BUNDLE
Microsoft Access (PBL) - The Harry Potter Project
In the Harry Potter project students will work with data, create and update tables, create forms, create queries using a where clause, and create reports.Style: Project Based LearningDuration: 1.5 hoursProject Includes: Editable 11 page Word documentProject Videos: 8 videos Project Information Project 1 – Data & TablesSkill Practiced:1. Adds data to a table2. Asks about missing data3. Adds a field to a table4. Creates a table5. Explains Primary Key Project 2 - Forms Skill Practiced:1. Create
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Creating a Business Plan - CTE Project based
Creating a business plan involves products and services, and plans for marketing, financial, operations, management, and more. It begins with determining the kind of business, selecting an appropriate name, developing the mission statement, vision, goals, and values that work up to the project for the student to create a business plan. Teachers' reviews say this unit is helpful and their students were engaged.Eight activities with worksheets help the students step-by-step towards the big projec
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Business Plan Bundle - CTE
Murder Mystery Activity - w/out the Murder: Who Poisoned Sherlock Holmes
This interactive classroom activity promotes collaboration, logic, inference, critical thinking, character analysis and fun in your classroom. Students work to solve a mystery involving some of the greatest literary characters of all time.This is a great group activity, classroom team activity, or center activity. It is a great way to introduce units on mystery, character, literature or just for a fun and engaging activity. It is also great for classroom parties or bonus time.This resource inclu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Business Plan Bundle - CTE
The Business Plan Bundle includes lessons on Mission Statements, Visions, Goals & Values, Activities for Mission Statements, Visions, Goals & Values, and Financial Information as well as the basic lesson on Creating a Business Plan. It covers products and services, marketing, operations, and management. Download a free sample mini lesson of Mission Statement here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mission-Statement-Sample-mini-lesson-Project-based-5749060?st=2e7a5d1afc648fdd572
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Naked Roommate Digital INB Companion Journal Book Study
Hello, AVID educators, counselors, and teachers of juniors, seniors, and college students! Welcome to The Naked Roommate Digital INB Book Study! Based on Harlan Cohen's book of the same title, this digital INB comes ready to digitally push out to students. This product is the first of its kind on Teachers Pay Teachers-enough for a full yearlong book study! Great for AVID teachers, counselors, transition coordinators, and teachers of juniors and seniors to help students think critically about the
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Inquiry Based Learning Project: FAST FASHION
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Fast Fashion has become one of the biggest environmental and human rights issues of the last 15 years - so much so that the fashion industry has been identified as contributing 10% of global CO2 emissions annually! So if we all know it's a problem, why haven't we fixed it?!In this package, students are given a general overview of how inquiry projects work, and are then set loose to dive into an authentic research process. At the e
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
Gun violence argumentative passages critical thinking end of year social studies
GUN VIOLENCE, MENTAL HEALTH, ARGUMENTATIVE PASSAGES, CRITICAL THINKING, DEBATEDo you want to address gun violence in the classroom but are not sure how to do it? This product explores how mental health issues are associated with gun violence. COURT CASE SUMMARY DEBATE (#3) (GUN VIOLENCE & MENTAL HEALTH)My COURT CASE SUMMARY DEBATES are excellent supplements to any class focusing on ethics, law, justice, argumentative writing, and debate, and they also work well as last-minute sub-plans or st
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Second Amendment, Informational Writing, Argumentative Passages, gun rights
Chemistry Stoichiometry Rocket Project Based Learning
Students always struggle when learning stoichiometry. "Why are we learning this?", they cry. This project is perfect for fixing that! Students have the chance to become rocket scientists! They work in pairs to design, build, and launch their rocket!
This product includes:
-Teacher instructions
-Examples
-Notes from the teachers
-Grading rubric
-Student instructions
-Presentation checklist
-Judge's Rubric
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Logical Fallacies Skit
This lesson teaches students how to identify logical fallacies through project-based learning. Included is a powerpoint that delivers an overview of the common logical fallacies, and a quick summary guide. Students then work in teams to develop a skit that must employ a logical fallacy to elect a fictitious candidate to office. Lesson contains a script guide with prompts to help students along with the process. This is an enjoyable, hands-on way to make a lesson on logical fallacies fun and even
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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