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7th grade critical thinking life skills simulations
Growth Mindset Escape Room | Middle and High School
Want a fun and engaging way to teach perseverance, grit, teamwork and why having a growth mindset is important? This Growth Mindset Escape Room is the perfect challenge for middle and high school students to both teach the concepts of a growth mindset and to have fun. ● ● ● Students are given the a scenario where their school is taken over by the evil Dr. Dread, with the only way out is to use their brain power before it turns to mush. By working together, and figuring out the clues, studen
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Escape Room Counseling Bundle | Friendship Growth Mindset Career
The Sinking of the Lusitania: Solve the WWI Mystery w Primary Source Analysis!
Perhaps one of the most important events of World War One, the sinking of the Lusitania has fascinated kids and adults for years. Use this mystery to harness that fascination and engage students in an inquiry-based mission that they will remember all year long!In this mystery, students are posed with an engaging scenario - they are CIA Agents that must piece together once and for all how and why the Lusitania sank. They are presented with a variety of "exhibits," all cleverly designed to engage
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: GROWING WWI BUNDLE: Higher Order Thinking WWI Activities (SS5H2)
Budgeting Board Game for Financial Literacy - Students Practice Real Life Skills
Empower young minds with the ultimate guide to shaping their dream lifestyle! This resource isn't just a bunch of financial planning worksheets. This game is designed to show pre-teens and teens the real-life impact of personal financial choices on their future. It's a game-changer for helping them grasp the art of budgeting as they transition into adulthood.Over the course of the game, students embark on a journey where they'll make a series of decisions, each one carrying the power to shape th
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6th - 12th
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Game of Life- budget simulation
In just one class period, your students will not only understand the importance of creating and sticking to a budget, but also practice creating one!- Students are randomly given a "career card" with correlating annual salary and average student loan debt, if applicable. - They will then use a chart to determine how much of their salary will be taken out in the form of federal tax withholding, state tax withholding, social security, and medicare. - They'll then be given a set of choice cards (
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4th - 10th
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Lunch Bunch Games | Friendship Escape Room
This Friendship Escape Room is the perfect challenge for upper elementary and middle school students to build teamwork and learn about positive friendship skills. This challenge is meant to be given in a shorter time span than other escape rooms and is perfect for those lunch time groups! Students are given the a scenario where there school is infected with Bully Fever and to release the antidote students need to work together to solve the challenges, release the keys and solve the secret co
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Escape Room Counseling Bundle | Friendship Growth Mindset Career
CELLS CSI Investigation - Examining Plant and Animal Cells
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In this lesson, students will be given a mystery to solve, based on their knowledge of cells. To solve the mystery, they need to know the major differences between plant and animal cells. Students apply their knowledge to a "real-life" scenario in which they must classify cells as plant or animal. Students will record their conclusions in a forensic lab report similar to one that could be used in court. This is an excellent activity for the end of a unit on plant and animal ce
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4th - 7th
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Oregon Trail: Simulation Game
Super engaging slideshow game to get students thinking about what life on the Oregon Trail was like. You lead the class with 13 scenarios, and students make decisions and keep track of survival points. A great way to introduce the Oregon Trail to students. It includes 42 slides, directions, and a student handout to record survival points. I use this activity with my 8 graders a few details might need to be edited if used with younger grade levels.Takes about 1 hour.
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Western Expansion Games Bundle: Oregon Trail, Gold Rush, Lewis and clark
Personal Finance Unit - PBL Simulation - Print and Google™ Drive
If you’re looking for a way to teach life skills that gives kids the opportunity to see what it’s like to have the financial responsibilities of an adult, this Project-based Learning Simulation is it! In this financial literacy unit, kids will confront the challenges we all face as they try to make their money last the month, while paying the usual bills, and hoping to dodge those unpleasant surprises that sneak up on us from time to time. *** 7-16-2021 BIG Announcement! The digital version of P
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Personal Finance Unit - PBL Simulation - Money Crack the Code Bundle
Credit Card Simulation
Included in this product you will find a credit card simulation activity that requires students to choose between three different furniture store credit cards (all with different interest rates and special deals). After they choose a credit card and fill out an application, they will practice calculating monthly interest, minimum payments, and remaining balance on a well organized chart that is provided for them. Next, they will use an Excel Spreadsheet (included) to do those same calculations a
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5th - 12th
Zombie Task Force Simulation for Model United Nations BUNDLE
Get students debating and engaged in Model UN with this fun Zombie Task Force simulation! This bundle includes everything you will need to host an effective Model UN simulation. The comprehensive Zombie Task Force Simulation Slides presentation will walk your students through the process from learning what it means to be a delegate to successfully writing a resolution. Resources and graphic organizers are provided for each step of the process. This is a great way to kick off your club or unit! S
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6th - 12th
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Gifted and Talented - Living on Your Own: Lessons in Financial Responsibility
Challenge your gifted and talented to play the “game of life” and survive financially during their first year in college. This concept-based unit allows students to “earn” an inheritance from a distant relative by repurposing items from a barn. With this “money,” students find affordable housing, transportation, furnishings, and other essentials. Then the “game of life begins with monthly reoccurring expenses, opportunities to buy additional necessities and/or wants, as well as challenges or o
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5th - 8th
Your First Job: Learning about Job Applications, Resumes & Interviewing
This lesson gives students an introduction to the basics of applying for their first job. This is perfect for a technology, business or social skills class, or a class that focuses on careers. Students learn about the opportunities that may be available to them for their first job and then learn how to apply for the job. They learn about completing a job application, creating a resume in Microsoft Word, and the basics of interviewing with an employer. Students work with a team to create the
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6th - 9th
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Gifted Crime Scene Investigation Activity The Case of the Missing Cash
This highly engaging crime scene investigation activity will have your students using their critical thinking skills as they critically read and analyze witness testimonies, view and evaluate evidence, and draw inferences to determine the motive and identity of the person guilty of robbing a bank. Higher-level thinking skills will be practiced while investigating the crime scene, as students form a hypothesis about who committed the crime, establish a motive, and then justify their hypothesis b
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5th - 8th
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Design a Zoo: A Digital Project Based Learning Experience
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
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3rd - 8th
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Winter Break Simulation | Last Day Before Winter Break Activity
This no-prep, game-based Winter Break Simulation will be a fun activity for the last day of school before students go on break! In this winter break activity with printable and digital options, students will work on their budgeting, problem-solving, and executive functioning skills to plan out a winter break trip for themselves and their friends! Simulations can be such fun and meaningful activities, but they often take a lot of work and preparation to set up, which is why we did all of the work
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Winter Activities and Printables Bundle for Teachers | Winter Break
Characteristics of Living Things Interactive PowerPoint AND Case Studies
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
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7th - 12th
Editorial vs. Regular News Article Game (Is it Fact or Opinion Writing?)
In this engaging, self-checking Google Slides game, students gain a valuable skill for interacting with media. Students are guided to learn the difference between fact and opinion writing—even when the difference is subtle—by reading information about both, then looking at headlines and choosing whether the headlines are for editorials or regular facts-only news articles. All headlines are from real articles, so students are learning with content that is relevant. Students are given feedback i
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4th - 10th
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ARGUETROPIA - Argumentative Writing and Speaking Group Debate Fun ELA Game
Do you want to be the best teacher? Get ready to dive into the world of argumentative writing with a twist of game-day excitement. Tackling real-world issues through the lens of argumentative writing and speaking is like embarking on a heroic quest. With social, economical, or environmental challenges as your battleground, you're not just teaching; you're inspiring students to be advocates of change. If you found something that gave you all these benefits, would you want to get started with it
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6th - 8th
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Buying A Car: Interest Rates, Selling, Trading & Buying Cars
This is one of the most interesting and engaging lessons I use every year dealing with personal finance. The students are always interested to find out what the value of the car they are driving or riding in everyday is worth. This lesson teaches students how higher interest rates and length of loans can effect monthly payments. Teaching students how to buy and sell a car can be lesson that students never forget. Recommend buy a car note sheet and buy a car PowerPoint by same seller to go wi
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7th - 12th
Career Day - Job application and Interview skills, third fourth and fifth grade
Your students will love this activity! Students will start with filling out an elementary school friendly application for the career of their choice, some are provided. Meanwhile other students will pretend to be managers and conduct interviews. This activity works great for a speaking and listening grade/activity as well as great social studies activity for teaching communities. Over the years, I have received feedback from several upper level ESE teachers that said this mock interview helped w
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Create your own civilization based off of 'Weslandia'
Create your own civilization based off of the book 'Weslandia'. Students will use their social studies knowledge to create their own utopian society. Your students will have a blast taking knowledge that they have previously learned about and applying it to their new civilization! Their creativity will amaze you!!!!
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CCSS Writing: W.2, W.4, W.5, W.6, W.8, W.10
Social Studies: geog
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4th - 12th
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Impromptu Interviews - perfecting the art of conversation
Impromptu Interviews is a mini unit about the art of interviewing where students analyze what happens in a good interview. In the culminating activity, students will participate in impromptu interviews. They will prepare for these as interviewers without knowing beforehand who they will interview. This will help to preserve the true nature of interviews, which are not rehearsed in advance. Interviewees, chosen at random, will play the role of the person being interviewed. A wide range of scenari
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5th - 8th
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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The Mystery of Harris Burdick Simulation
Engage your students in an exciting mystery simulation based on Chris Van Allsburg's book (The Mysteries of Harris Burdick) where YOU become the Chief of Police, and your students become first-rate detectives! Students will delve into a mystery that at first seems to have no solution, but through open-ended questioning and investigation through role-play, your students will come to a conclusion and arrest the culprit — maybe.
Every mystery is different since the students use their creativity to
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3rd - 7th
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