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8th grade critical thinking character education projects
Create a Board Game! Project Based Learning Unit - Templates + Rubrics + Slides
Unleash creativity with our Board Game Project Based Learning Unit! Ideal for 1st grade and up! Make learning fun by creating a board game. Includes templates, rubrics, and more! PDF & Powerpoint Slides to introduce the project to students.KEY FEATURES:64 PAGES OF VALUE: Includes 64 pages of resources to support the entire project lifecycle from planning and crafting to reflecting.TEMPLATES FOR EVERYTHING: Comes with a variety of templates including warm up activities, planning, game design,
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2nd - 8th
Shark Tank Interactive Invention & Innovation Project! (DIGITAL and PRINT)
**UPDATED With New Link! (4-1-22)**Now includes DIGITAL student worksheets for remote learning. You will need to have a Google account in order to access and edit the Google Slides.**UPDATED (3-23-19)** Now includes:-Student Checklist -Updated Shark Tank Successes-Pictures of completed student products/presentations!-Speech guidelines-Optional Extension Feedback Activity (with pictures!) -Shark Tank Judges Questions Sheet -Questions/Worksheet for students to fill out during their peers' presenta
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3rd - 12th
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STEM Space Lander Math & Engineering Activity
Space Lander STEM ChallengeThis STEM activity is one of our favorite engineering design challenges! The combination of marshmallows (or ping pong balls) and aliens makes this a winning STEM challenge! In the Space Lander Challenge, student teams build a lander using the engineering design process to keep two marshmallow "aliens" or "astronauts" inside a cup as it is dropped from various heights. Using straws, index cards, and mini marshmallows or cotton balls, students apply concepts of shock ab
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5th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
Bobblehead Biography Project
Use “Bobblehead Biographies” to tackle informational writing in your classroom AND (more importantly) make history come alive for your students!
The “Bobblehead Biography Project” will immediately capture the attention of your kiddos (plus anyone else walking by) while promoting important skills like:
•Reading comprehension
•Summarizing + drawing inferences
•Informational writing
•Research
Create adorable art while setting the stage for purpose-driven writing + high-interest reading!
The
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Grades:
K - 12th
Leadership Student Council Government Course for Middle High School Advisors
Build your middle or high school Student Council group and Leadership class with this whole program bundle!Everything is included to kick off, grow, and run a fantastic year as student council government advisor and/or leadership teacher. Start the year strong with ice-breakers and goal-setting lessonsHost amazing school events like assemblies and school-wide projects Support your student leaders in school projects that promote kindness and serviceTeach impactful lessons on teamwork, problem-sol
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6th - 12th
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Genius Hour Passion Project: Research Skills for Inquiry Project Based Learning
Your students will love this Genius Hour Passion Project! They'll develop strong inquiry research skills while engaging in project-based learning (PBL). You'll SAVE TIME with this EDITABLE NO-PREP research unit that includes a bulletin board kit, rubrics for assessment, and much more. Genius Hour is a classroom favourite because it allows students to choose a topic of interest and create a presentation. ABOUT OUR GENIUS HOUR PASSION PROJECT RESOURCE✪ PDF files for easy printing and computer com
Grades:
4th - 8th
"BEE KIND" Collaborative Project w/ Tessellations | Community Kindness Activity!
“BEE KIND” Collaborative Tessellation Project. Help your students focus on the importance of kindness. This project is perfect at the beginning of the school year, the start of the New Year, around Valentine’s Day, or any time of the year. Kindness is always “in”! Using hexagons that tessellate, your students will create a collaboration poster that connects the individual with the group. The final poster has a ton of “wow factor” when complete, and I hope it will greatly impact your students. Ev
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Tessellation Bundle | Use one every month!
Persuasive Techniques Unit - Media Literacy Analysis PowerPoint & Project Bundle
Teach persuasive techniques, ad analysis, and propaganda with this bundle of media literacy activities. This comprehensive bundle includes bellringers, projects, PowerPoints, and quizzes for teaching persuasion through engaging advertising analysis, interactive practice, and creative projects. In this bundle, you’ll get 3 weeks of engaging activities to introduce or strengthen student understanding of persuasive techniques. This is a perfect foundation for media literacy with a variety of activ
Grades:
6th - 9th
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
Famous Faces® Growth Mindset Poster BUNDLE | Great Classroom Inspiration!
Get your students engaged and inspired from the start of the new year with my Famous Faces® Growth Mindset Collaboration Posters! This bundle includes two collaborative posters featuring portraits and inspirational/motivational quotes from famous people. Each poster features 7 different portraits. Best of all, the two individual posters can be combined to produce a large, visually engaging, 14-ft long banner to hang across the back of your classroom, in the hallway, in the library, or even your
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K - 9th
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Forensics Fun - Murder Mystery for Middle School: Getty Palace Hotel
There has been a murder the old historic hotel in downtown. The concierge has been found dead in the basement elevator. Your detective team has been assigned to the case. Can you solve the murder?Click here to save 20% on our TRIO Murder Mystery BundleUsing their skills critical thinking skills, deductive reasoning, and team work, the Junior Crime Detectives work in partnerships or teams to solve the murder mystery.Everything you need for your Junior Detectives is included in this kit including
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Leadership Skill Worksheets & Activities - Team Building for Student Council
Strengthen the skills of teamwork, communication, creativity, healthy relationships in your Leadership or Student Council students with these 30 structured, yet fun and interactive lessons! Then, let your students teach their own leadership lessons to the class. They practice true leadership AND take the planning and prepping off your hands for the day, making this truly no-prep, no-brainer addition to your Leadership course!Check out this FREE sample lesson introducing Service Leadership to try
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7th - 12th
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Think OUTSIDE the Box Drawing Prompts ORIGINAL | Doodle Challenges | No Prep
These are challenging and creative drawing prompts that will nurture your artists' creative juices. There are 32 drawing prompts that varies in difficulty and theme and will work well throughout the school year. Also included is a set with name/date pages. This resource is intended for all ages to complete, however I do suggest starting with grades 1 or higher. There are other drawing prompts that are specific to early learners. This is a great way to nurture creative and critical thinking skil
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1st - 8th
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Persuasive Techniques and Media Literacy - Make a Commercial Project
Get students up, moving, and speaking while they demonstrate their knowledge of persuasive techniques and make a commercial. This is a great way to integrate drama and media literacy in the ELA classroom, and students' creativity will make you laugh.Your Persuasive Techniques project includes:✅ Step-by-Step guidelines to make a commercial (editable)✅ Analytic & holistic rubrics✅ +/Δ Peer Feedback sheets Why should you have your students make a commercial? Putting their understanding of persu
Grades:
7th - 10th
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literary Mini-Books
This resource includes 11 individual mini-books (one for each element of critical thinking-) that can be used with ANY novel. The mini-books measure about 5 x 7 inches, contain 3-5 pages, and can be glued into an interactive notebook or lapbook. They can be used as a concluding project once students have finished a novel, or they can be completed based on smaller reading selections within a book (chapters, pages, etc.). Each of the 11 books comes with detailed teaching notes. $AVE: Get this an
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
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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Random Acts of Leadership - Kindness Bingo - Kindness Week Activities Challenge
Kick off a month or week of kindness with this Random Acts of Leadership activity challenge in your Leadership class or with Student Council officers. This BINGO-style game encourages kindness, inclusion, and service around campus and the community. Sample of acts of service: Being a door greeter in the mornings Writing an unexpected note of appreciation Volunteering at an extra-curricular event Showing staff appreciation Cleaning up the campusGreatness is serving others and spreading kindness i
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7th - 12th
STEM Sailboat Challenge Math & Engineering Activity
STEM Sailboat Engineering Activity Description Updated to include an editable STEM journals, instructional video, and teacher slides!The Sailboat STEM activity is a great way to incorporate the engineering design process into your classroom or afterschool program! Many are familiar with the boat buoyancy challenge, and this takes it one step further by adding a sail! Now students must build a boat to hold a specific weight as well as incorporate aerodynamic principals to make it move. This hands
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Grades:
4th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-PS2-2
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Also included in: Middle School Distance Learning: Digital STEM Activity Bundle
Depth and Complexity Literary Lapbooks
These Depth and Complexity Literary Lapbooks present a creative, engaging, and interactive way for your students to critically respond to ANY novel. You will love the versatility of these lapbooks and will find them very easy to customize to suit the various learners that you work with. There are three unique lapbooks that are based on the 11 dimensions of Depth and Complexity. The lapbooks can be completed separately, or they can be joined together to make one large lapbook using three plain
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
My Dream Car: A Microsoft Excel Project
I found that my students really enjoyed doing this Excel project in Computer Applications. Students will use Excel and its capabilities, to apply formulas and charts to a subject which they find fun and interesting, their dream car. They will choose several cars and will then do a cost analysis of their selected cars. To do this project, they have to select several cars, find cost and fuel economy information on those cars, download pictures of the cars and use Excel to do a cost analysis.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Microsoft EXCEL Activities - 6 PROJECTS!
COMPLETE Sphero Card Set Bundle
This bundle includes all of my current sphero card sets:Sphero MazeSphero Simon SaysSphero Mini GolfSphero Grid ReviewSphero Draw and TraceSphero TwisterSphero Basics: ControlsSphero Basics: ActionsGreat resource for creating a STEM challenge kit for your classroom! This bundle of card sets will walk students through basic controls using a sphero but will also guide students through a few fun activities like creating a maze (following certain criteria and constraints) or following commands durin
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2nd - 12th
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Student Council Leadership Activity Project Planning Forms Template Kit
Use this universal activity and project planning kit to let your Student Council officers and Leadership students take charge. Everything from the back-to-school assembly and Homecoming week to community service projects and your graduation ceremony can be brainstormed, executed, and reflected upon with this one simple kit!Templates and forms included from proposal to planning sheets, calendars to day-of script forms, role and responsibilities to rubrics and reflections.Out of all the tools you
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7th - 12th
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Kindness Acts Bulletin Board Challenge | Kindness Posters for Middle or High
Spread kindness and gratitude with this Acts of Kindness bulletin board, designed especially for middle and high school. Perfect for a kindness campaign in February, a month of gratitude in November, or any time of year!Multiple options are included to allow you to customize to your needs.Greatness is making someone else’s day. Every day.Liven up your classroom door, that awkward wall space, or an empty hallway bulletin board with this Kindness Acts wall display and to-take challenge slips. What
Grades:
7th - 11th
Project Based Learning Entrepreneur Assignment: Create a Product PBL
Use this engaging Project-Based Learning assignment in your classroom to teach students about becoming an entrepreneur, creating/designing a product or toy and about the marketing & pitch strategy we see on shows like Shark Tank or Dragon's Den. Students will use their critical thinking skills to brainstorm and develop a product idea, prototype and marketing strategy. They will also use a profit formula to determine if their product is profitable and write an informative pitch to present to
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4th - 8th
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