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Common Core WHST.6-8.1a research
History's Mysteries - The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
History is full of unsolved mysteries, and who doesn’t love a good mystery? This packet is one of a growing collection of engaging inquiry-based learning adventures for your students. In each packet, students will investigate a mystery from history and try to solve the case!This investigation requires your history detectives to return to the year 1937. The world was a buzz with the excitement of Amelia Earhart completing the first trip around the world at the equator. Everything was going well.
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4th - 8th
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The Water Scarcity Crisis Challenge | Investigate Solutions Activity | Google
The United Nations needs help combatting the world’s water crisis! This thought-provoking activity challenges students to examine innovative solutions to ease scarcity in the Middle East. They analyze various ideas, determine the pros & cons of each, and create their own unique solutions. Then, students write innovative proposals recommending the most promising proposal in a final report to the UN Council. A fill-in rubric is included for easy grading. Your purchase has print & interacti
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5th - 12th
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History's Mysteries Whatever Happened to the Ghost Ship Mary Celeste?
History is full of unsolved mysteries, and who doesn't love a good mystery? This packet is one of a growing collection of engaging inquiry-based learning adventures for your students. In each packet, students will investigate a mystery from history and try to solve the case!This adventure includes activities for integrated learning in history, reading comprehension, writing, and technology. Students will be required to use higher order thinking skills to infer, evaluate, analyze, draw conclusion
Animal Research Unit - Project Based Learning
In this project-based learning unit, kids focus on animal adaptations and their habitats. Animal RAFT Research Unit is a two-week Language Arts-Science animal research unit that allows students the opportunity to use their research by applying it to one of five different RAFT choices. RAFT is an acronym for Role Audience Format Topic. Students choose a role they want to assume and, based on that role, are given a format and topic for a specific audience. RAFTs are great ways to embed different
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5th - 8th
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MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
Monthly Current Event Assignment
Have your students become world class news reporters and stay current on events with this monthly project!! This is one of my students' favorite assignments and they enjoy presenting their research to the class throughout the year. I tend to get too many request to do current events and have to limit them as progress through the curriculum. This assignment also astonishes parents, because their student becomes mini-experts on the specific topic that they choose. This project is successful becau
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Histories Mysteries The Lost Colony of Roanoke
History is full of unsolved mysteries, and who doesn’t love a good mystery? This packet is one of a growing collection of engaging inquiry-based learning adventures for your students. In each packet, students will investigate a mystery from history and try to solve the case! This investigation requires your history detectives to return to the year 1590 along the coast of what is now North Carolina. They will explore the history of one of the original colonies of the new world. Their miss
Solve History's Mysteries- Stonehenge
History is full of unsolved mysteries, and who doesn’t love a good mystery? This packet is one of a growing collection of engaging inquiry-based learning adventures for your students. In each packet, students will investigate a mystery from history and try to solve the case!This investigation requires your history detectives to travel back in time to 5000 B.C. where they will enter the world of the Celts and Druids in Britain. Their mission: unravel the mysteries of Stonehenge. How was it buil
Greek Mythology Research Google Slides: Distance Learning
Greek God or Goddess Research Google Slides✧ Google Slides Research projects are a perfect independent activity to give your students to complete while they are at home.✧ These slides encourage creativity, reflection, and collaboration between peers using online resources.✧ Students can insert their own drawings, hyperlink, or insert images from the internet.Greek Mythology Research Google Slides Contents:-Title Page-Instructions-2 pages of research-Quick Facts-Special Abilities-Weaknesses-Appea
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6th - 12th
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Endangered and Threatened Species Comprehensive Research Project
This is a comprehensive research project on Endangered and Threatened Species.
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Links to information on teaching about endangered and threatened species
Notes on endangered and threatened species
List of 50 animals and web links to each
Additional list of trusted web resources
Project description and outline
Teacher Notes for project
Organizers for student notes
Organizers for bibliographic information and works cited
Sample research for an endangered species not on student list
Sample
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4th - 9th
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Thomas Jefferson Hero or Hype? U.S. History Body Biography Poster Project
Based on his accomplishments, was Thomas Jefferson an American hero, or is it hype? Students decide! This fun, student-centered, full-body biography project is skill and content-based. Students read, write, and support claims with evidence in a creative biography project format.Here's what's included:1. Teacher Instructions2. An Instructional Slide Show that explains each requirement3. A Thomas Jefferson 2-page Google Doc Reading. The reading can be read to students via Google and easily transla
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5th - 9th
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Science of Gratitude Experiment Project Thanksgiving Activity CER Middle School
Discover firsthand the profound impact of gratitude on well-being with our Science of Gratitude CER & Project Pack! Tailored for science, health, and advisory educators at the middle school level and above, this resource empowers students to investigate the science of gratitude while honing their critical thinking and scientific argumentation skills.This resource is also adaptable for homeschooling families, community and church groups, and kindness/character clubs.Why Explore Gratitude?Unde
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7th - 12th
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Charlemagne Hero or Hype? Medieval Europe Body Biography Poster Project
King Charlemagne was one of the most popular royalties of his time, but based on his accomplishments, was Charlemagne a hero, or is it hype? Students decide! This fun, student-centered, full-body biography project is skill and content-based. Students read, write, and support claims with evidence in a creative biography project format.Here's what's included:1. Teacher Instructions2. An Instructional Slide Show that explains each requirement3. A King Charlemagne 2-page Google Doc Reading. The read
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5th - 9th
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Bias Detectives: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Cross-Curricular Unit!
Welcome to Bias Detectives! This thematic unit is centered around the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire that occurred on March 25, 1911. In this unit, your students will immerse themselves in life from the 1910s, and examine first-hand primary sources, newspaper excerpts, and speeches that led to the reform of worker's rights and factory safety, and eventually the birth of OSHA many years later! All of these resources will help your detect the bias and argue whether the negligent building owners
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5th - 9th
Perfect World Argument
Students are challenged to create a perfect world by exploring and deciding on all of the elements that make up a society. They are then writing an argumentative essay to explain why their world is perfect. There is a link to a Canva presentation with pre-set resources for students to use to investigate different aspects of the society to help them decide. On the final page is a link to graphic organizers to help students plot out their information. Included in the handouts are paragraph frams t
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7th - 10th
Confucius Hero or Hype? Ancient China Body Biography Poster Project
We know that Confucius was one of the best teachers of Ancient China, but based on his accomplishments, was he a hero, or is it hype? Students decide! This fun, student-centered, full-body biography project is skill and content-based. Students read, write, and support claims with evidence in a creative biography project format.Here's what's included:1. Teacher Instructions2. An Instructional Slide Show that explains each requirement3. A Confucius 2-page Google Doc Reading. The reading can be rea
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5th - 9th
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Internet Search and Research
Internet Search and Research in Your Classroom shows you how to teach this complicated but necessary topic. This lesson includes how to use it safely, how to determine credibility of information, and how to search strategically and capably. Designed for grades 3-6, it’s aligned with Common Core and ISTE Standards and includes a rubric for assessment, as well as over a dozen other methods to assess learning.What’s included: brief summary of project suggested prior knowledge
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4th - 6th
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Black History March Madness
At the end of Black History Month and before March Madness(NCAA Basketball Tournament) I use this lesson. It's a great way to end BHM and a perfect way to introduce March Madness. I run a tournament with 16 influential African Americans. The students vote through Pear Deck and at the end of the tournament we crown the "champ". There are two ways to do it. 1. You can have the kids be one of the "participants in the tournament. They could even dress up like them and add to the info provided
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4th - 12th
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Living History Interview Activity Kit - Black History
Product Description:Engage your students in a dynamic and meaningful exploration of Black history with our "Living History Interview Activity Kit." This comprehensive kit is designed for middle school and high school classrooms, providing a unique and interactive way for students to connect with living individuals who have made significant contributions to Black history.Key Features:Real-World Connection:Foster a deeper understanding of Black history by allowing students to connect with living h
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Fact-Checking the Internet Bundle (CER)
In these 12 student-paced lessons, students will work with a partner to use their Claim-Evidence-Reasoning skills to fact-check videos from the internet. They will analyze the information in the video for false or misleading statements, and then conduct their own internet search to verify whether those statements are factually correct or not. Each student will take notes separately while conducting their own search, and then compare notes with their partner before writing their final CER stateme
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6th - 8th
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Hispanic Heritage Month Writing Prompts Bundle
Thank you for visiting and downloading. For the latest new resources, Follow. Please Provide Feedback after use to help build this resource library! Thank you!Elevate your students' understanding of Hispanic and Latinx cultures with our engaging Hispanic Heritage Month Writing Prompts Bundle! Designed for both middle school and high school, this resource offers a diverse array of daily prompts aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts. Focused on key figures, eve
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6th - 12th
Charles Darwin Slide Show Project/Evolution/Natural Selection
This is a self paced slide show project for students about Darwin and his contributions regarding the theories of natural Selection and evolution. Most students should complete this in about one hour. Teachers can also have students present these projects for further use of class time. Students can search via the internet or use this website as a starting point https://darwingame2.s3.amazonaws.com/index.htmlStudents can use power point, google slides or canva.com
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7th - 12th
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MS-LS3-2
Mosquitoes Unit Study for Middle and High School
Come summer and mosquitoes are up in arms against humankind- biting and causing diseases and transmitting some deadly viruses. But did you know that nature actually NEEDS mosquitoes? This research notebook will help you understand them better- beyond bites, diseases, lifecycle and more.What will you be researching on:Etymology and classificationBody systems and anatomy (body segments, limbs, wings, exoskeleton, and respiratory, digestive, circulatory, nervous and reproductive systems and sensory
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7th - 12th
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Black History WebQuest Kit - For Middle School and High School
Thank you for visiting and downloading. For the latest new resources, Follow. Please Provide Feedback after use to help build this resource library! Thank you!Description:The Black History Webquest Kit is a comprehensive educational resource designed to engage middle school and high school students in an exploration of key figures and events in Black history. This kit includes teacher instructions, full lesson plans for both middle school and high school levels, a detailed rubric for assessment
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5th - 12th
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Exploring Identity, Privilege & Oppression
Why are some identities granted social privileges more than others? How does oppression manifest on ideological, institutional, interpersonal, and internalized levels? In this unit, students will explore their various identities and the ways in which oppression and privilege manifest in American society. Students will use the 4 I's of Oppression as a framework to analyze one oppressed social group (-ism) in a focus group.
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8th - 12th
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