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12th grade science resources for GATE
Partner Pairing Cards and Grouping Cards Pick a Partner
Pick a partner or do small group pairing with these fun cards!With a variety of fun ways to pair or group students, students each choose (or receive) one card and then seek out their pair or group. Forming groups for projects or STEM challenges can elicit groans from students, but by making it fun and engaging for students, this will become your go-to way for no-argue partnerships.Pick a Partner Cards may be printed at full size or at 2 pages per sheet to save paper.✅ What You'll Get ✅✅ Partneri
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K - 12th
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Also included in: STEM Teacher ❤️ Favorites ❤️ Bundle Best Sellers in One Place
STEM Activity Pi Day ➡️ Packaging Engineer Career Exploration Math Challenge ⭕
A STEM activity with a career focus that is great for Pi Day or any time! In this hands-on math challenge, students will be packaging engineers for the day as they determine the best arrangement for a set of circles in the various packages! This 2D STEM challenge is a scaled-down, paper version of what real packaging engineers must accomplish with 3D objects and products. This activity ties in well to Pi Day because the objects are all circles! In a 3D version, these objects could be something l
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2nd - 12th
An Introduction to 3D Printing!
Discover the wonders of 3D printing! This unit includes 58 pages of lesson plan outlines, lesson extensions with suggested activities, step-by-step walk-through on how to create a personalized keychain, vocabulary enrichment, task cards, graphic organizers, informational texts, comprehension activities with text-dependent questions, design brainstorming activities, games, sketch center, and a lot more! This is a great way to introduce 3D printing technology to your students!Total pages (includin
Mini-Golf Vector Activity - Adding Multiple Vectors
This fun 50 minute activity is designed to simplify resolving vectors into components and determining the magnitude and direction of the resultant when multiple vectors are added. It is appropriate for on-level up to AP Physics and for a pre-calculus class.Presented as a 9 hole round of mini-golf, students use colored pencils to resolve vectors into x and y components using a grid, add those components to create a resultant and then calculate the magnitude and direction of the resulting vector.
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10th - 12th
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Depth and Complexity Frames - Digital - for use with Google Slides™/Classroom™
Editable, digital Depth & Complexity frames are here! Now it's simple for you to create Depth & Complexity frames digitally! This Google Slide file has everything you need to be able to create digital Depth & Complexity frames (or have your students create them!).You will find it incredibly easy to create terrific frames for your students and share them with students, either through Google Classroom™ or even in print (the slides are optimized for letter-sized paper). If you've been t
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3rd - 12th
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STEM Bell Ringers Discussion Questions Warm-Ups Middle School High School
Science bell ringer discussion questions, technology bell ringers, as well as some engineering and math topics. This resource includes 70 editable slides with questions to get your students thinking about STEM topics. Display these at the start of class one day a week so that as students walk into your classroom they can begin forming opinions and ideas about these thought-provoking questions! CONTENTS70 Slides (each with a main question and some with a follow-up question) Questions range in top
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5th - 12th
Sphero Mini Golf: Design, Build, and Code Your Own Course!
**Updated 05/03/23 with larger card size variation as well as full-sized slides for projection.This card set guides students through the process of creating a mini golf hole, with specific criteria and constraints to follow. Students will then use the Sphero Edu app to program their robot ball to navigate the course they've created. Along the way, they'll learn valuable coding and problem-solving skills.To complete this challenge, students will need butcher paper, construction paper or markers,
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3rd - 12th, Staff
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Also included in: Sphero Bundle 2
A to Z STEM Posters or Back to School Bulletin Board
Create a stunning STEM visual display appropriate for any grade! Use one letter from the alphabet, or create a crossword-style display with your favorite inspirational words. There are multiple posters included for most letters. Many of the words also tie nicely into growth mindset - failure in STEM is not only okay, it's expected and it's how we learn.Blank templates are also provided if you would like to create additional posters. Words IncludedA – analyze, askB – brainstorm, budget, buildC –
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Also included in: NEW STEM Teacher Bundle
STEM Activities - 10 Low Prep STEM Challenges Careers Engineering Design Process
STEM activities and challenges your students will ❤️ love ❤️! This resource has 10 easy to implement STEM challenges that follow the engineering design process, and you can do with very little prep (not quite no prep but that's pretty much impossible with STEM)! Not only can these be used with a wide grade range, these were created to get students working in small teams, collaborating, and explore various STEM careers. I like to call these "10 STEM Challenges You Can Do TODAY!"✅ STEM Career Conn
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2nd - 12th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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STEM Activity Challenge - Geodesic Sports Dome Hands-On Math
Design and create a sports dome for your favorite sports team with this math influenced STEM challenge! Students can either create a dome of their own design or use one of the two provided sets of instructions to create multiple designs and compare their strengths and weaknesses.What You'll GetWarm-Up Activity: Complete the drawing (optional)STEM Challenge Tips: General tips for any STEM challenge.Challenge IncludesTeacher NotesSample PicturesPrintable Challenge Poster: Hang at your STEM center
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3rd - 12th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Sphero Basics: Movement Card Set
This card set describes the basic movement commands to program the sphero. This card set is designed for use with the SpheroEDU app.Great as a reference when doing any coding challenges with the sphero! Includes cards for the students and full pages for projection.
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2nd - 12th
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Also included in: Sphero Card Set Bundle 1
Science Personality Type Quiz | Get to Know You Inventory Test | Back to School
Boost student relationships with this no-prep, easy-to-use Science Personality Inventory! This personality survey, based on the long-standing four temperaments, turns this abstract concept into a lesson that is high-interest, easy to understand, and memorable! TWO LEVELS of the personality test are included, making it applicable for 3rd-12th grade students...and beyond! This personality quiz theme can be used in any school subject as a Get to Know You Activity at Back to School Time, or any othe
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: PERSONALITY TYPES MEGA BUNDLE | 45 Themed Personality Inventories
What's the Verdict: Sharks vs. Lightning? Modes of Center, Spread, and More!
Put it to the test! Use the age-old expression: "You are more likely to get struck by lightning than to be bitten by a shark!" to learn and practice Measures of Center, Measures of Spread, Measures of Shape, and Statistical Graphing including:MEANMEDIANMODERANGEOUTLIERS [Using IQR +/- 1.5(IQR)]QUARTILES [lower quartile (IQ-1) and upper quartile (IQ-3)]INTERQUARTILE RANGE (IQR)MEAN ABSOLUTE DEVIATION/ M.A.D. ft. ABSOLUTE VALUESYMMETRY/ASYMMETRY OF DISTRIBUTIONCLUSTERS AND GAPSBELL SHAPED CURVE AN
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Basic and Advanced TinkerCAD Handouts
3D printing is coming to your classroom! TinkerCAD is a free CAD resource that you can quickly use as a class or individual to produce simple objects for 3D printing!Teachers can set up a class in TinkerCAD to quickly import files, and students can export files to 3D print on the schools 3D printer or at a local library. This set of handouts covers the basic controls of TinkerCAD, as well as the advanced features and design methods for your advanced students. This set of handouts includes dual e
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
NGSS:
HS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, HS-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
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Also included in: TinkerCAD 3D Printing Lesson Bundle
Creative Wheel Enrichment Activity
:: How to Use ::Creative Wheels can be used in ANY subject! You can have students complete a book character study, biography, book study, Social Studies topic, Science topic… the possibilities are endless!RESOURCE INCLUDES:+ Creative Wheel PDF+ Creative Wheel Google Slide+ Creative Wheel Digital or Printout options+ Editable Rubric + Sample pictures from my class projects and a list of ideas on how to use!
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Enrichment Activity Growing Bundle
Arduino Lessons - Student Guidebook with 23 Lessons and 7 Maker Projects
Arduino lessons with easy to follow diagrams, code, and directions meant for beginners and student learners!If you have been wanting to bring Arduino microcontrollers and circuits to your classroom but felt like the learning curve was too steep, this guide will make it possible. Lessons start from the very beginning using clear diagrams and directions. Complete code is included for each new idea, and students are challenged to apply their learning at regular intervals. Interspersed in the les
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7th - 12th
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Robotics Contract for All Types of LEGO Robotics
This is a contract that I have made to give to my students before starting the LEGO Robotics portion of our class. This sets the ground rules for students to follow and to help them to understand not only how to treat the LEGO Robotics, but to also work with their partner to program the robot.
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3rd - 12th
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End of Year STEM Challenges BUNDLE
These 3 STEM challenges are perfect for the end of the year. Save by purchasing these resources as a bundle. Use on your field day, for an end of year STEM celebration, or a school wide competition. These have been grouped together because they are all great challenges to do outside on a nice day.
This bundle includes:
Egg Drop STEM
Bubble Maker STEM
Float a Boat STEM
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2nd - 12th
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ACT Science Practice Chromosomes and Inheritability Worksheet
I wrote this practice passage as like the ACT practice passages are for Science Section. I catered it towards my current unit in Biology on Genetics- specifically chromosomes, inheritability and meiosis. The answer key and some ACT Science tricks are included on the last pages. The blue star is only on the preview file. The original download file you get with purchase is simply the document without any stars on it.
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8th - 12th
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The Clubhouse - Deep Creativity, Design, STEAM, Critical Thinking, and GATE
Because we are evil teachers with evil, cackling laughs, we will entice and engage students like the witch in Hansel and Gretel with a metaphorical candy house. Oh, this looks like all fun and games, but that’s not how we evil teachers do things!You know that STEM activity going around where you have a certain amount of time to build a tower out of notecards? This activity takes the notecard tower activity to about level 44. At Portable Gifted and Talented, we love to build stuff, and we love pl
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1st - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: 2019-2020 Gifted and Talented GATE Program for the Year - Elementary
Sphero Twister Challenge Robotics
*Updated to include the small or medium cards (9 on a page and 4 on a page) as well as full-page cards to be used for projecting!*Great resource for creating a STEM challenge kit for your classroom! To set up this challenge, you will need a Twister mat or a DIY version, along with a spinner featuring red, yellow, blue, and green colors. Alternatively, you can tape off two faces of a die and assign the remaining four numbers to each of the four colors.This card set comes with detailed instruction
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3rd - 12th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Sphero Bundle 2
One-pager POWERPAGES
A one-pager is the ULTIMATE higher order thinking tool and is great in conjunction with Bloom's Taxonomy. Created by AVID, it is a one-page response to an idea. Using color, words, pictures, patterns, etc. – a one-pager allows expression of thoughts using both critical and creative thinking. It typically follows common guidelines, including titles, quotes, questions, responses, and comments about the idea. The best thing about one-pagers is that it requires students to synthesize and evaluate
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2nd - 12th
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ARCHITECTURE PROJECT BUNDLE Choice Board Independent Project PBL Genius Hour
30% OFF WITH THE BUNDLE...This easy-to-follow, NO PREP, FULLY-EDITABLE resource gives you everything you need to provide your students with an ARCHITECTURE INDEPENDENT PROJECT CHOICE BOARD! Students can complete projects using the provided Choice Board, or you can separate the activities so that you have 4 architecture/engineering units with this resource! Simply print out or post the Student Directions, Student Answer Sheets, and Student Tracker and GO! Students will follow the Design Process/C
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4th - 12th
8 Amazing Female Inventors
Bet you didn't know that windshield wipers were invented by a WOMAN! Mary Anderson came up with the idea in the early 1900s -- a time when women were often not viewed as capable of scientific ideas. Let's hear it for those women who were pioneers in their fields!!! Read more about women inventors in this packet that contains 8 high-interest passages with coordinating activity sheets. The activity sheets address analytical thinking, vocabulary, language formulation and text-dependent comprehensio
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6th - 12th
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