Problem solving art simulations

Also included in: Mystery Activities Bundle | Escape Room | Graphic Organizers | Early Finishers

Back to School Escape Room | Team Building Activities | First Week of School

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Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Problem Solving

Are you ready to kick off the new school year with a thrilling and collaborative experience for your students? Our Back-to-School Escape Room Team Building Activities will make the first week of school unforgettable as students work together to solve puzzles, decode challenges, and build lasting connections.This is the PRINTABLE VERSION, the DIGITAL VERSION is available here. Why Choose Our Back-to-School Escape Room Team Building Activities?Engaging and Interactive: The escape room format adds

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Grades:

3rd - 4th

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Also included in: Escape Room Challenge Bundle | Breakout Games | Teamwork Challenges

Football Escape Room Mystery Challenge | Breakout Game | Teamwork Activity

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Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Problem Solving

Bring the fun and excitement of a breakout room to your classroom! This cross curricular mystery challenge will have your students engaged, investigating and challenged from start to finish without the need of complicated locks or boxes. Students will work their way through 4 clues, each time they complete the clue challenge, they eliminate a suspect. You can use this as an introduction to teaching mysteries or a review day game! This football themed mystery works great in the fall during footba

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 4th

Types:

Classroom Community, Classroom Management, Problem Solving

Also included in: Escape Room Challenge Bundle | Breakout Games | Teamwork Challenges

Peace Path: A Visual Conflict Resolution Strategy

Created by

Always a SPECIAL Day

I have used a Peace Path for the past 8 years of teaching Special Education, and absolutely love it. It is an awesome way to help students work out any issues that arise. I also use it personally with my students if an issue needs to be addressed. It really helps students learn how to work out a problem in a safe way. Just print the pages on card stock, laminate each one, and tape it together. It's very easy to use- two people step on each sides of the path on the footprints and walk through the

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 9th

Types:

Activities, Simulations

CCSS:

SL.3.1b

Film Studies - Camera Angles (Middle School Edition)

Created by

The Bald Welshman

Middle School-appropriate version of my popular Film Studies course. Revised and revamped to meet the needs of 6-9 teachers. Film clips chosen with the middle school student in mind. This slideshow reviews the topic of camera angles, with 16 movie clips (accessible via the web) from Raiders of the Lost Ark, Forrest Gump, Shrek, Harry Potter, Zootopia, and more! Also includes a quiz. Password for web access is on the last slide.

Subjects:

Arts & Music, English Language Arts, Visual Arts

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Simulations

Digging For Fossils - A Cookie Excavation Experiment

Created by

Teaching with Morale

Students will love acting as an archaeologist as they dig for fossils during this experiment! Using simple materials such as toothpicks and cookies, students will learn what it's like to excavate fossils. Students will formulate a hypothesis, collect data, and develop conclusions using this experiment aligned with both Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Teaching tips included! A great resource and hands-on lesson for any fossil unit.

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Problem Solving

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Simulations

Design a Zoo: A Digital Project Based Learning Experience

Created by

PBL Learning Lab

Thanks for choosing this project based learning experience for your students! They are sure to have fun, be creative, and learn some valuable skills. In Design a Zoo, students take on the role of a design consultant asked to create a new zoo. Students will need to: –Name the Zoo –Create a welcoming sign –Select the animals –Design animal habitats –Create information sheets –Create a budget –And present their work to a "Board of Directors" This experience is designed to be completed without sub

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Science

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Projects, Simulations

Ancient Egyptian Mummy Reenactment Activity

Created by

Art with Lockheart

Teach students about ancient Egyptian mummification with this fun and interactive reenactment activity. Students will role-play while they learn how to “mummify” one of their classmates, who will play the part of the deceased pharaoh. The rest of the class will pretend to be embalmers, priests, priestesses, and other people involved in the mummification process. The students will select their roles by picking cards that illustrate different burial goods and items used in the mummification proc

Subjects:

Ancient History, Art History, Halloween

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Not Your Average Classroom

CCSS:

CCRA.L.6

Characteristics of Living Things Interactive PowerPoint AND Case Studies

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Fun, animated review of the material as well as TWO case studies exploring the characteristics of life. Students journey to Europa, where they must analyze samples for the presence of life. In the second case study, students discover the tobacco mosaic virus. This extremely fun PowerPoint was created to get kids thinking! No more simple lectures centered around listing the shared characteristics of life - your students will be putting themselves in the shoes of xenobiologists and research bota

Subjects:

Biology, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Simulations

Ultimate Entrepreneurship & Business Mastery Bundle: Shark Tank to Stock Market

Created by

The EDpreneur Academy

Experience ALL of my Entrepreneurial, Business Creation, Marketing, Design Thinking, Stock Market and Investing Projects currently available in my TpT Store! Each activity is easily sharable or assignable on Google Classroom or your LMS, and many include printable PDF files for your convenience.In this Bundle you will receive EVERYTHING that is currently listed in The Edpreneur Academy TpT Store! That's 25 activities and projects, enough for 1 full school year of business creation and entreprene

Subjects:

Business, Economics , Graphic Arts

Grades:

4th - 12th

Types:

Projects, Simulations

CCSS:

7.SP.A.1

, 6.NS.C.6

, 6.EE.B.7

, W.6.1

, W.6.2

...

Escape Room Challenge Bundle | Breakout Games | Teamwork Challenges

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Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Problem Solving

Bring the fun and excitement of a breakout room to your classroom! These cross curricular mystery challenges will have your students engaged, investigating and challenged from start to finish without the need of complicated locks or boxes. This bundle includes over 10 different escape room challenges.Students will work their way through clues, each time they complete the clue challenge, they eliminate a suspect or collect tools to move on to the next challenge. You can use this as an introductio

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

For All Subject Areas, Gifted and Talented, Problem Solving

Class Escape Problem Solving Game

Created by

Erin Smith ELA

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! This is a great activity for the first week of school to encourage teamwork and help students get to know each other and the classroom. Your students will be totally engaged in this hands-on challenge! You will need the following tools: - tape - color printer - scissors or paper cutter - white c

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Games, Simulations

Art Museum Virtual Hispanic Art Gallery in Spanish

Created by

Llearning Llama

An art museum virtual Hispanic art gallery filled with over 20 images of Hispanic art! Virtual Spanish Art Gallery for Spanish classes - This interactive, virtual art gallery tour of 6 Hispanic artists is perfect for Spanish students of Novice-Intermediate levels. You can use it for distance learning, socially-distant learning in the classroom, or in-person project-based learning. During the art museum virtual gallery, they will navigate through the various rooms in the art gallery. They wil

Subjects:

Spanish, Visual Arts, World Language

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Back to School, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

Also included in: Hispanic Artist Spanish Lessons Bundle Pack - 5 Units

Stranded: Island survival icebreaker/team-building

Created by

Gov Games and Lessons

Thieving monkeys. Angry ghosts. And there's SOMETHING in the jungle. Can YOU survive the island until help arrives?Many students have played the classic critical thinking game in which they prioritize a list of items to survive on a remote tropical island. But there's two major drawbacks of this original version. First, most of these games reward a clear preference for certain items ("What do you mean you didn't take the compass?"). Second, the game basically ends as soon as the students m

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Games, Simulations

Holidays Around the World Escape Room | Math Fact Practice | Zodiac Calendar

Created by

Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Problem Solving

Bring the fun and excitement of a breakout room to your classroom! These holiday challenge activities will have your students engaged, investigating and challenged from start to finish without the need of complicated locks or boxes. Students will complete 5 challenges in order to earn each passport stamp while learning about holidays celebrated around the world at the same time!This would be an excellent culminating activity to a Holidays Around the World unit or a stand alone activity to fill t

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 4th

Types:

Critical Thinking, End of Year, Problem Solving

Also included in: Escape Room Challenge Bundle | Breakout Games | Teamwork Challenges

End of the Year Escape Room - Summer Vacation Escape Activity feat. GoogleSlides

Created by

MrWorksheet

Need a fun and engaging activity to get your students excited about the end of the school year? Then this is the product for you! Escape Rooms have been all the rage this year and this End of the Year Escape Room will not disappoint. Through unique and creative puzzles, clues and activities, students will digitally interact with the various items in the room to figure out the 7 Letter code (in ALL CAPS) to escape the classroom. Once they have compiled the 7 letter code (in ALL CAPS), students wi

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Activities, Simulations

Frida Kahlo: La Casa Azul Virtual Field Trip

Created by

Michelle McDonald

Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn about Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. A great addition to your Women's History Month learning, your students will deepen their understanding of her life, artistic works, and contributions through this tour of her home and studio, La Casa Azul. This trip combines Google Earth™ 360° views, websites, informational text, video, and visuals, with everything set up in Google Slides and ready to go!This virtual field trip covers::: Who was Frida Kahlo?::

Subjects:

Art History, Hispanic Heritage Month, Women's History Month

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Lisa Taylor Teaching the Stars

CCSS:

RI.6.7

, RH.6-8.4

, RH.6-8.7

Also included in: Latin America Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)

Project Based Learning Bundle

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PBL Lessons will engage your students as they create simulations of real live event learning tasks. Students will engage and think critically as they go through these projects. Students love learning when it is real, relevant, and engaging!How to Start a School Newscast is a guide to help teachers or administrator start a school newscast. STEM Starting a School Post Office will introduce students to many important economics concepts as they start and run a School Post Office Simulation. Studen

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Worksheets, Projects, Simulations

Cave Paintings and Petroglyphs: Museum Bundle

Created by

Thematic Teacher

Set up an enriching classroom museum where your students can explore ancient rock art. Step-by-step directions are included to help you (or volunteers) make plaster artifacts for your students to use. Artifacts include: *mortar (you'll need to supply a rock for the pestle) *stone "rock" your students can carve into a bowl *plaster petroglyphs *a replica of the "Blombos Stone" *a replica of a stone carved with cupules *several stones for your students to carve on *Museum Display Cards, patterne

Subjects:

Ancient History, Art History, Social Studies - History

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Simulations

Frida Kahlo The Blue House Virtual Field Trip

Created by

Llearning Llama

This Frida Kahlo The Blue House virtual field trip takes students to Frida's museum in Mexico. This is the ENGLISH version of the field trip. You can use the interactive trip for distance learning, socially-distant learning in the classroom, or in-person project-based learning. Students will navigate through the 360 tour of various rooms in the museum. Students will also use the website to learn about Frida's life, paintings, and house. They will take pictures and write descriptions of thei

Subjects:

Spanish, Visual Arts, World Language

Grades:

8th - 11th

Types:

Midnight Lessons with Macey

Also included in: Virtual Field Trip Bundle ENGLISH

High Engagement Murder Mystery Classroom Activity! (Murder at the Dance)

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This "whodunit" style classroom murder mystery game will have your students collecting and evaluating information, making inferences, identifying red herrings, practicing speaking and listening skills and so much more! This activity will have your students' full attention as they try to find the "killer" at the homecoming dance. This interactive activity includes all necessary pieces to run your own murder mystery game in the classroom!Setting the Scene: During the homecoming dance, the dead bod

Subjects:

Drama, English Language Arts, Problem Solving

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Games, Simulations

CCSS:

Also included in: High Engagement Murder Mystery & Whodunit Classroom Activities GROWING BUNDLE!

Fun Project-Based Learning Trio - Food Trucks, Ice Cream Shops and Theme Parks!

Created by

PBL Central

Get all three of our awesome project-based learning resources for $1 more than the price of two!These projects will lead your students through an amazing and in-depth journey as they design all aspects of their very own food truck, theme park or ice-cream shop business. With the provided grade-appropriate support, your students will design each aspect of their business as well as how to market their business. There is a wealth of information in this packet to guide you and your students through

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Problem Solving

Grades:

3rd - 9th

Types:

Projects, Simulations

Mantua: A Role Playing Simulation and Game of the Renaissance

Created by

Chris Butler

Mantua is a role-playing simulation set in fifteenth century Italy at the start of the Renaissance. In it students are divided into teams to play the five major Italian city-states of the time (Milan, Venice, Florence, the Papal States, and Naples) and try to earn prestige points by developing the various skills and institutions that largely defined the era: the printing press, banking, art, architecture, diplomacy, and warfare. The game gets its name from a small, but very influential city-sta

Subjects:

Art History, European History, World History

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

Unit Plans, Games, Simulations

Boot Camp Escape Room Challenge | Main Idea | Multiplication | Breakout Game

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