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Middle school informational text webquests for GATE
Westward Expansion Wagon Project for Oregon Trail Unit
Westward Expansion Wagon Project for Oregon Trail Unit – This creative and hands-on project is a wonderful opportunity for students to show their understanding of pioneers moving west. Learners will create a covered wagon out of construction paper, cardboard, and a shoebox. The bonnet of the wagon will include: • A map of the Oregon or California Trail • A model of a labeled wagon • A list of chores on the trail • A list of entertainment on the trail • Pictures and captions of 4 maj
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Westward Expansion Project Bundle
Planet Earth and Earth Day WebQuest Digital Activity Compatible w Google Slides
This web quest is perfect for Earth Day or ANY day! Students will learn all about our planet, the Earth Day holiday, environmental awareness, recycling, and more! Throughout the quest, students will visit three different websites to read, research, and share the information they learn. The product contains a twelve page web quest along with an accompanying answer key. Quest tasks include exploration, research, literal comprehension, identification, description, inference, application, connection
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Also included in: Holiday WebQuests Internet Activities Compatible with Google Slides™
Lunar New Year 2024 | Year of the DRAGON Reading Comprehension | Spring Festival
Chinese New Year in 2024 starts on Saturday, February 10th!It’s the Year of the DRAGON!Did you know that the Chinese believe that people born in the Year of the DRAGON are strong, tenacious, and ambitious? Do you know what the lucky colors and numbers are for people born during the Year of the DRAGON?Find out more by close-reading interesting text all about the Year of the DRAGON.Create a Cool DRAGON Collage, perfect for a 2024 Year of the DRAGON Bulletin Board!*** This resource has been updated
Grades:
4th - 7th
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GENIUS HOUR Unit Plans {Google Slides + Docs}
INCLUDES:Teacher Guide PDFGoogle Slideshow Introduction with links, videos, student examplesExample Project Timeline/Planning GuideGoogle Docs Student Proposal FormGoogle Docs Student Accountability LogPrintable Note Taker OptionsGoogle Docs Student Notes Taker - 2 ColumnGoogle Docs Student Notes Taker - 3 ColumnGoogle Docs Notes Taker ExampleGoogle Docs Notes Taker Heading IdeasGoogle Docs Student Format TrackerGoogle Slides Progress TrackerGoogle Docs Student ReflectionGoogle Docs Rubric+ You
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Enrichment Activity Growing Bundle
Infographic Project: Summative Assessment Projects
Infographic Project: Communicating Non-Fiction Information
This infographic project contains a two page teacher information sheet and five pages of student worksheets! Student worksheets include: a two page step by step "how to" on making a digital infographic, a project introduction page, a planning sheet and a project grading rubric.
About the Product
Infographics are a wonderful tool for analyzing and communicating information. This product contains materials for guiding students in usi
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Creating Global Thinkers with Depth and Complexity Icons
Do you want your students learning globally, using higher level thinking, and learning geography... all in twenty minutes a day? I did too so I created this easy way to challenge your students from the moment they walk in the door.This product is easy to print and can be seamlessly implemented into your morning routine. It is recommended that you use the icons of depth and complexity (included) to push and extend student thinking.Included in this product:-Explanation, sample lesson plan, real
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3rd - 6th
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Veterans Day Webquest - Digital Activity for Google Slides
VETERANS WEBQUESTIn this engaging mini-research project, students will explore the lives and sacrifices of 7 veterans through different scavenger-hunt type prompts. For example, students will find and read about a veteran who was captured as a Prisoner of War. Throughout the exercise, students will be challenged to consider the many sacrifices veterans make for our country.!!! 11/11/2020 Note: This webquest utilizes the Library of Congress Veterans History Project for research. Today the main
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Music Album Soundtrack & Cover Design Project
Summative Assessment Project: Music Album Soundtrack Project
This end of the unit project is great as a summative assessment for any content area! Students will pick "soundtrack" of songs and make a connection between the songs and the main idea of the unit! They will then design a CD album cover based on the big ideas of the unit. Students will utilize the planning sheets to identify the key themes and big ideas/essential understandings to include in their project. This project provides opti
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Differentiated Current Events Menu with Depth and Complexity Icons
This Differentiated Current Events Choice Menu with Depth and Complexity Icons can be used with lessons on Current events in the classroom and for use in Interactive Student Notebooks. Students can also read current events at home and complete the activities as evidence of understanding in their ISN. The Depth and Complexity Icons help promote higher level thinking. This year I made Current Events Scrapbooks(basically a different type of ISN) for my students by binding 15 pieces of 12 x 18 in.
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Seven Natural Wonders of the World Virtual Field Trip (Google Earth)
Take your students on a virtual field trip to the 7 Natural Wonders of the World! Students will use Google Earth™ and multiple print and digital sources to quickly draw information to answer questions pertaining to the different geographic locations.Students will complete this activity digitally using Google Slides, but a print version is also included. A link to access the field trip is included in the PDF download. This activity is low prep to save time!Students will learn about and virtually
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Grades:
5th - 7th
California Missions Overview Informational Reading & Activities
Most information on the California Missions is too detailed, difficult or overwhelming for 4th graders. Our Mission Overview Text is engaging for kids and works as a companion for individual mission projects. This flexible but comprehensive unit works for shorter time frames and includes all necessary background information, a writing assignment based on the text, and a visual arts component suitable for classroom display.Topics covered: Purpose of California missions, construction and locations
Grades:
3rd - 7th
WebQuest Evaluating Argument Claims, Evidence, Reasoning: Captive Orcas Debate
Updated in 2020 as a distance learning WebQuest in Google Slides (and still in PDF) while the debate continues (killer whales continue to be sold worldwide in worse-than-ever conditions, plus think about the other marine mammals). Authentic, relevant, in-depth argument examination! Truly delves into both sides of this hotly debated issue by examining and analyzing multiple primary sources.Step-by-Step guided activity leads students to read and analyze claims, counterclaims, and evidence presente
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Winter Holidays Around the World: A WebQuest
The Winter WebQuest will take students around the world to research winter holidays celebrated by a variety of cultures! Students will be exposed to:
* Christmas
* Hogmanay
* Chahar Sanbeh Suri (Festival of Fire)
* Kwanzaa
* Hanukkah
* Pancha Ganapati
A worksheet is provided for students to record their findings. Students are then asked to write a short newspaper article about one of the holidays they researched and draw a picture to go along with it. This is an exciting way for students to ex
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Inventors Inventions STEM STEAM WebQuest classroom and distance learning
*Updated version* This web quest guides students in discovering information about inventors, inventions, engineering, and the design process. It is a great resource for classroom or distance learning. Throughout the quest, students will visit six different websites to read, research, and share the information they learn. This is a twelve-page web quest along with an accompanying answer key. Access to a Google Slides™ compatible version of the web quest is also included. Quest tasks follow the en
Grades:
3rd - 6th
The One and Only Ivan Digital Activity
Allow your students to gain background knowledge of endangered species, gorillas, and the novel, The One and Only Ivan, while infusing technology into your classroom with this engaging digital web hunt - perfect for home school or remote distance learning classroom. This digital lesson can be used as a prereading activity or as a way to gain more knowledge. Students will have a better understanding of the basis of this novel, gorillas, and their habitats. Like this activity? Click to check out t
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: The One and Only Ivan Novel Study BUNDLE
Westward Expansion Project Bundle
Westward Expansion Project Bundle - This bundle includes three fun and engaging projects about Westward Expansion. Students will gain valuable researching skills while also developing their presentation, writing, reading comprehension, and interpersonal skills. ABC’s of Moving West– This creative project asks students to work in groups to create an ABC book about the Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion. Learners will identify several important and meaningful words associated with their assi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
California Gold Rush Informational Reading Series #1-6 Discounted Bundle
No prep! Teach the Gold Rush using these six age-appropriate and engaging texts and activities. Bonus file included. We created our own California Gold Rush curriculum that covers everything important but is flexible enough to use in a variety of ways. We wanted each section to be able to stand alone, so we decided related activities should be included.Our comprehensive Gold Rush Series of informational original articles each focus on a specific aspect of the California Gold Rush. The first in t
Grades:
4th - 6th
Project Based Learning | Architecture | Frank Lloyd Wright
Get to know one of America’s best-known and influential architects!Students will develop an appreciation for the architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. They will learn about his architecture and design theories. Frank grew up in Wisconsin with a love of nature, shapes, and patterns. That love can be found in his buildings today. Several events impacted his career. Find out what they were in this fun Frank workshop!Looking for a DIGITAL version? Click the link below...Frank Lloyd Wright in Digital Format
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Wacky Christmas Facts Webquest Worksheets Internet Scavenger Hunt Activity
Wacky Christmas Facts Webquest Worksheets Internet Scavenger Hunt ActivityYour students will have fun learning many interesting facts about Christmas as they reinforce their reading and research skills. Some of the fun facts they will learn are:Did you know that the U.S. received a huge Christmas gift in 1886? Do you know what Christmas song was the first one to be played in outer space? There are 15 items for students to answer. The format includes multiple choice, extended response items, and
Grades:
2nd - 7th
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Also included in: Christmas Language Arts Activities Webquests, Fact or Fiction, and More
California Ranchos Unit Informational Reading Activities Writing Art Project
This California Ranchos Era no-prep unit will give your students an excellent overview of the Mexican Rancho period. Written in a student-friendly and entertaining manner, history will come alive! Student text is included along with 28 text-dependent questions, a writing project and a fun directed drawing art project anyone can do!Topics covered: land grantsdisenos, vaqueroshaciendasfiestas reatas Native Americans during this time periodCalifornia Bank Notesfandangosthe end of the era and more!N
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: California Ranchos Informational Reading and Activities & 2 Games Bundle
Chocolate Web Quest - History of Chocolate - Cocoa - DIGITAL
Who doesn't love chocolate? This mouth-watering chocolate activity is a CHOCOLATE WEB QUEST that your students will enjoy! Put those research skills to the test. All of the questions have a QR code and a link that takes the students directly to different websites where they learn interesting FACTS about the history of chocolate, its ingredients, and how it is made into the chocolate that we love today!WHAT IS INCLUDED?1. Web Quest: The web quest is in the form of a PDF. It has students directi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Chocolate Bundle - Novel Studies - Web Quest - Opinion Writing
Ancient Greek Philosophers of Ancient Greece Activities Middle School 6th grade
Interactive? Check! Engaging? Check! Deep thinking? Check! Your students will love learning about Classical Greek philosophers with this set of three activities that focus on six philosophers of Ancient Greece. They'll learn about Hypatia, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, and Thucydides in original one-page biographies, and then they'll create trading cards about the philosophers. In the third activity, they will select three of the philosophers and create an imaginary conversation they would
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Space : Astronaut Training Webquest / Internet (NASA / STEM / Planets / Sub)
ASTRONAUT WEBQUESTSUBJECT: SCIENCE, STEM, COMPUTERSGRADES: 7-12This purchase is for a webquest that uses two websites (links provided) that have informational articles on the requirements needed to be accepted as an astronaut candidate by NASA. The website reviews physical and educational requirements as well as detailing the training that NASA will provide their astronauts before sending them to work in space.The webquest is 29 questions and will work great in school, as homework, or as extra
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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Native American Project Based Choice Board for 4th and 5th grades!
NATIVE AMERICAN PROJECT BASED LEARNING CHOICE BOARD! Students will differentiate on their own and demonstrate active learning when they utilize this engaging choice board to compliment any Native American unit of study! Each project is given a point value and students will select activities that will help them reach this goal while at the same time showcasing their knowledge on this social studies topic in a variety of creative ways. All 9 activities are high interest, multi-modality projects
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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