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7th grade critical thinking astronomy independent work packets
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
Rebus Puzzles 1 Brain Teasers Printable and Digital Easel Activity
Rebus Puzzles are a fun critical thinking activity. Students have to problem solve to figure out the word puzzles. Great logical reasoning puzzles to do with partners or use as a warm-up or bell ringer. Print or use the Easel Activity online. Works well for gifted and talented students who enjoy challenges, but these work with other student populations as well. Includes five 2-page worksheets with 20 puzzles each, so you get 100 brain teasers in total! Also includes a blank page for students to
Grades:
5th - 8th
Solar System and Planets Reading Passages | The Solar System Worksheets
This Solar System and Planets Close Reading Packet has everything you need for a complete reading and science unit in your classroom. Differentiated reading passages, writing activities, no prep worksheets, and coloring pages are at the heart of this one-stop resource for learning about each planet!Please click the PREVIEW above for an idea of everything included in this loaded resource!If you have never used Close Reading or even if you are already a pro, this 110+ page packet truly is for you!
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Solar System and Planets Activities Bundle | Solar System Project
Math "NO PREP" 80 Emergency Sub Resources & Independent Activities
You'll be ready for anything with this super-sized Math learning resource bundle, offering all the support you will need for creating sub plans and a sub binder and with a vast collection of independent assignments for your Math students that will provide you relief from planning stress for the whole school year! Are you going to be absent from your Grade 5-9 Math classroom for several days or an even longer and indefinite period? Maybe you are you just tired of the standard skills' lessons in y
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Grades:
5th - 9th
Astronomy Moon Phases Oreo Lab NGSS MS-ESS1-1 Digital Resource Eclipse
Students love this lab!!! It's inquiry based, student centered, rigorous and easy prep! It covers NGSS DCI-ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System. The orbits of Earth around the sun and of the moon around Earth, cause observable patterns.What students do:I have the students bring in the Oreos and spoons/knives to class. Or you can spend about $25 on Oreos, which for my class size is 8 cookies per group, with 8 groups per class. Students model what they think the pattern of moon phases are for one
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Grades:
6th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-1
GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1
TEACHERS-PARENTS are you having trouble finding gifted and talented teaching materials in mathematics, problem solving, and critical thinking? “GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 and #8 each have 42 pages of activities specially designed to motivate and challenge your gifted-talented students. All of the activities involve mathematics, critical thinking, and problem solving. Great for those high achieving students in your classes who need something extra to challenge
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5th - 12th, Staff
The Barren Grounds Lessons and Novel Study
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning**** This Product is featured in my blog: Students Succeed with The Barren Grounds and Misewa Saga **** This no-prep, 6 weeks, learning resource novel study, includes a 35 page student response and answer key (70 pages in total). This unit uses comprehension strategies: Summarizing, Connection, Visualization, Questioning, Character Description, Infer and Transformation to attain deep understanding.This novel study unit is suitable for: a whol
Grades:
4th - 8th
Mars Virtual Field Trip Explore the Mars Rover
Take a virtual field trip to space and to Mars and explore the Mars Rover. Perfect activities, worksheets, and tasks for middle and high schoolers for Mars and Space Science. This PRINT and Go resource is perfect for distance learning or classroom use to help students explore and take a field trip without ever having to leave the classroom. All questions and activities can be answered from exploring the virtual field trip site. Rather than just look around using the 360 view, these tasks give
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Seasons PowerPoint Earth Moon Sun Tides Guided Notes MS-ESS1-2 3 Digital Print
This isn’t your ordinary PowerPoint! I include 65 slides with over 20 different concepts and many images, links to YouTube, Guided Notes with room to draw abstract astronomy concepts and I also provide questions with a key. ALL EDITABLE! You can use this for direct instruction or use it to flip the classroom. It’s great for SPED and ELL students. AND, it's Google ready!Click here and save over 40% by buying my Astronomy and Waves Bundle that has all my astronomy resources.THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES
Grades:
6th - 11th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-1
Inquiry Based Learning Project: ENERGY DRINKS
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Energy Drinks are one of the fastest growing sections of the food industry, and a growing issue in high schools everywhere (over 40% of students admit to having had one in the last three months!). But what exactly are they at risk of? Are energy drinks better than drinking coffee or a can of soda? Are they ok to have on occasion?Our students should know the truth about the drinks they're consuming and their affects, but more impor
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
Passion Project | Genius Hour | Digital Google Slides, Printable, and Editable
This no prep resource is perfect for teachers looking for a way to get all students excited and engaged in learning. It contains two full weeks of activities to guide and support students through the process of creating their very own Passion Project, a research project similar to Genius Hour. The goal for this project is... for students to research and explore any topic they want, and create any product they can come up with to share their learning. This Passion Project is similar to projects c
Grades:
4th - 7th
GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1 AND #2
PURCHASE “GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1 AND #2” AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE.Gifted and talented classes usually have an abundance of educational materials for English, the arts and social studies, but very little for mathematics, critical thinking, and problem solving. “GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1 AND #2” have 84 pages of activities specially designed to motivate and challenge your gifted-talented students. All of the activities involve mathematics, critical thinking and problem so
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5th - 12th, Staff
Leap Day Year 2024 Science Sub Plan or Independent Work Middle School 5th 6th 7
Leap Day Year 2024 Science Sub Plans or Independent Work for Middle School Science 5th 6th 7th GradesThis comprehensive 18-page PDF resource provides a complete solution for substitute teachers, pre-holiday days, district testing days, or teacher catch-up days.Want to Celebrate Reading Across America? Get this Engaging and Interactive 16 Print-and-Go activity for a very low price and let your students discover practical strategies to enhance their reading skills and become more efficient readers
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Big Bang Theory Evidence NGSS MS-ESS1-2 MS-ESS1-2 Includes Spanish
This resource is engaging, low maintenance, no prep, NGSS aligned, hard copies or virtual! By the end of this activity your students will have a much deeper understanding of The Big Bang Theory. AND! It includes a Spanish version for your ESL/ELL/Newcomer students!This activity can be completely student centered with zero direct instruction from you which takes students 50-90 minutes depending on ability level. Or, you can do the expanding universe balloon model yourself as a demo and embed lots
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Grades:
6th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-2
, HS-ESS1-3
, MS-PS4-1
, HS-ESS1-1
, HS-ESS1-2
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*Space Project: Create an Alien and Planet
This is a FUN, NO-PREP project, with a CHECKLIST and RUBRIC. The students can apply their learning of space in a creative and imaginative way. They will need to explain the seasons, other celestial bodies in their solar systems, the effect of these bodies on their planet and much more.This package includes:10 worksheets1 checklist1 rubricThis project can be done right on these sheets and/or you may choose to get the students to make 3D versions of their alien and planets (depending on the time)
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Grades:
5th - 8th
PROBLEM SOLVING ACTIVITIES BOOKS (#1,#2,#3,#4) (1 - 100)
Problem solving activities for teachers, students and parents. Purchase PROBLEM SOLVING ACTIVITIES BOOKS #1, #2, #3 and #4 at a DISCOUNTED PRICE. "One hundred pages" of problems that are designed to support your schools objectives and curriculum. Use these for that special time in the classroom or at home when you need a little change of pace. Great when you need something a little different to challenge and motivate your students. Good for math resource centers, math clubs, problem of the day
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5th - 11th, Staff
Think Outside The Box - Drawing Prompts to Promote Creative Thinking
Think Outside the Box Drawing PromptsThe 'Think Outside The Box' booklet includes 30 drawing prompts to promote student's creative thinking skills. This super engaging activity is perfect for morning work, early finishers, problem solving tasks and more! Through these printable prompts, students are able to strengthen their creative thinking skills, develop flexible thinking, strengthen their ability to see and understand from different perspectives, celebrate their ideas and appreciate the idea
Grades:
K - 8th
CURRENT EVENTS Writing Activities for Any Newspaper Article | NEWSELA News
This set of 21 no-prep newspaper activities are perfect for your writing and social studies centers. Use with any current newspaper article or NEWSELA story. These print and go graphic organizers make for great early finisher work and quick substitute teacher activities, too! Add into your weekly rotation for variety and real-world relevance in your writing lessons. CLICK HERE to save 30% on this resource in the GENERIC Resource Bundle!YOU'LL FIND THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS IN THIS RESOURCE:Common
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Inquiry Based Learning Project: ANXIETY
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Anxiety is a growing issue in high schools everywhere, and our students need to know the warning signs, its affects, how to cope, and who they can talk to if they're going to be able to tackle it! In this project, 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
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
Solar & Lunar Eclipses 2024 Science Sub Plan or Independent Work Middle School 6
Solar & Lunar Eclipses 2024 Science Sub Plan or Independent Work Packet for Middle School & High School 6th 7th 8th Grades: The Great North American Solar Eclipse Day 2024 Activities Reading Comprehension This comprehensive 22-page PDF resource provides a complete solution for substitute teachers, pre-holiday days, district testing days, or teacher catch-up days.Key Features:Print-and-Go Convenience: Easily implement these activities without any prior preparation.Engaging Content: Captur
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Grades:
5th - 8th
New Years SMART Goal Setting Mini-Unit for 3rd - 8th grade - Digital & Print
This New Years SMART Goal mini-unit will encourage student goal setting and promote a growth mindset in your classroom! Kick off the New Year by guiding your students through the SMART goal setting sheets and activities in this resource. This 5-lesson mini-unit is available in a print or a Easel version. Teach your students how to:Reflect on the previous yearUnderstand what SMART goals includeWork through goal setting activities that will allow them to develop, measure, and ACHIEVE their own ind
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4th - 7th
Toothpick Problem-solving
33 printable pages for students to improve their problem solving. Each page has three toothpick problems in which students either add, remove or move toothpicks to create a new shape. Students have been solving these brain teasers for hundreds of years (in the old form of "matchstick" problems) and now you have 99 puzzles (and their solutions) to challenge your eager learners. Use at a math center, for homework, for the beginning of year, end of year, summer, or anytime. Take a look at the P
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: September Back to School BUNDLE
Rebus Puzzles 2 Brain Teasers Printable and Digital Easel Activity
Rebus Puzzles - Set 2. Brain Teasers are a fun critical thinking activity. Students problem solve to figure out the word puzzles. Great logical reasoning puzzles for partners or use as a warm-up or bell ringer. These are also known as Plexers, Netbats, Wordies, Brainbats, Frame Games, and Punzzels. Print and go. Works well for gifted and talented and regular ed classes. Includes five 2-page worksheets with 20 puzzles each, so you get 100 brain teasers in total! Has a blank page for students to
Grades:
6th - 9th
Inquiry Based Learning Project: CLIMATE CHANGE
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Climate change has been a topic of discussion and debate, under various titles, for many decades. With an increase in droughts and flooding, ecologically forced human migration, and the melting of ice sheets globally, climate change is obviously a major issue. But if we know it's a problem, why is so hard to solve?! With the ability to look at climate change scientifically, politically, socially, economically, or any combination o
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
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