8th grade Halloween resources for GATE

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Halloween STEM Activity - Bone Bridge® - Halloween STEM Challenge

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The Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM activity is collaborative, brain-busting work disguised as fun! This STEM challenge goes beyond Halloween. Connect it to your science lessons on skeletal system, bridges/transportation, and/or forces (specific ideas provided in the resource). The basic idea: Students work in partners or groups against a list of criteria and constraints to build a bridge for length, strength, or capacity using simple materials. This is the first resource from Bone Bridge® STEM Ch

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

Halloween STEM Activity - Bat Wings Wanted Halloween STEM Challenge

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This Halloween STEM activity will keep your kids engaged & learning! Not doing Halloween activities this year? No problem! Just add this to a science unit on bats, life science, the physics of flight, or as a supplement to Stellaluna.Basic Premise:In this Halloween STEM challenge activity, students design and engineer a new set of bat wings, with the goal being to achieve maximum flight distance and/or accuracy. You can even throw in style points, if you like! It's a paper airplane challenge

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

Halloween STEM Activity - Creature Catcher Spider Web Halloween STEM Challenge

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In this Halloween STEM activity students work in partners or groups against a criteria and constraints list to design a device to catch as many “creatures” as possible. While spider web STEM designs definitely come to mind, there are many ways to catch a creature! Let your students' imagination and creativity shine by leaving the challenge open-ended.Not doing Halloween STEM activities this year?If Halloween activities are a no-go in your classroom, no problem! You can use this to start off a un

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

Create-ure Spring STEM Challenge Activity with Life Science Extensions

Created by

General Science, Halloween, Spring

If you’re looking to apply learning in adaptations, habitats, food chains and food webs, life cycles, genetics & heredity, evolution, and/or human body systems, this STEM or STEAM challenge is a perfectly engaging way to get the job done joyfully! It’s the perfect Halloween or spring STEM activity, but it works any time of the year to connect to your life science standards! The basic idea: Students work in individually or in partners or groups against a list of criteria and constraints to c

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 4-LS1-1

...

Also included in: EASY MATERIALS STEM ACTIVITIES Bundle with End of Year Summer STEM Activities

Halloween STEM Activity - Treat Toss Catapult - Halloween STEM Challenge

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In this Halloween STEM challenge activity, students build a Treat Toss candy catapult.The basic idea: In partners or groups, students work against a criteria and constraints list to build a low-energy machine to toss treats. The teacher chooses from one of two challenge goals: maximum launch distance and/or target-accuracy. This challenge is a great introduction to simple machines, particularly levers!⭐️A candy-only, non-Halloween version of the handouts is included for those not doing Hallowe

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Halloween

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

Listening and Following Directions Halloween Edition + Reading Comprehension

Created by

teachforteach

Listening and Following Directions – Halloween EditionAn activity that challenges students to listen and pay attention to detail.Save over 20% when your purchase the Listening and Following Directions Growing Bundle Pack!This activity is designed to challenge students to follow oral and/or written directions and complete tasks in the correct locations on a map. During the activity the directions can be read to the students by the teacher or the students can read the directions to themselves. Thi

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

GATE, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.SL.2

Also included in: Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension

Halloween STEM Activities and Challenges Easy Low Prep and Fun

Created by

Meredith Anderson - Momgineer STEM Activities

What is better than a Halloween STEM challenge? How about 12 of them?! These STEM and STEAM activities are low prep, easy to differentiate, and explore a number of science and math concepts.The challenges are color-coded based on level of difficulty, so that you can choose the best activities for your students. There are also suggestions on how to make some of the tasks even more challenging. That means these activities are appropriate for a wide level of grades. With 12 challenges to choose fro

Subjects:

Engineering, Gifted and Talented, Halloween

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Projects, Activities, GATE

NGSS:

MS-ETS1-2

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, MS-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities and Challenges for October Mega BUNDLE

Halloween STEM Activity - Ghosts in the Graveyard - Halloween STEM Challenge

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In this Halloween STEM challenge activity, students build ghost pulleys.The basic idea: Students work in partners or groups against a criteria & constraints list to create a ghost transporter that lifts cotton ball “ghosts” from the ground to the top of a pulley. (For younger students, the teacher will set up the pulley; for older students, the teacher will provide materials and students will include the pulley and attachment as part of their designs.)Not doing Halloween STEM Activities? No

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Drama, Halloween, Other (ELA)

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

Radio Drama Play Script Edgar Allen Poe Cask of Amontillado Revenge

Created by

Dramamommaspeaks

Part of a Bundle Here's a fifteen minute dramatic radio play adapted from Edgar Allen Poe's classic, gothic story, The Cask of Amontillado. This script has 15 + roles (plus crew) and was written especially for the classroom! Strengthen your students' listening, speaking, and reading skills all at once. It's a one stop shop!BONUS: I've included a sample of my new book, "We're Live! Radio Theater #101"! This teacher's guidebook gives you all the advice, tips and guidance you'd need to teach with

Subjects:

Grades:

8th - 10th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, GATE, Scripts

Also included in: Halloween Drama Class Units, Scripts and Lessons Bundle!

Thanksgiving Math and Autumn Logic Puzzles

Created by

Education with DocRunning

Fall math fun with this set of 6 Fall themed logic problems great for bell-ringers, time-fillers, and challenge. This set includes 1 Halloween themed and 1 Thanksgiving themed problem Great for your middle school math, pre-Algebra and Algebra students. Keep even your brightest students challenged. Included in this resource:- 6 Fall themed logic problems of medium level- Answer Key-Teacher's guide with suggested usesThis resource also part of the Logic for the Seasons Bundle Love Logic Puzzles

Subjects:

Halloween, Thanksgiving, Word Problems

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Also included in: Logic Puzzles Bundle of seasonal logic puzzles for middle school math

October Brain Teasers and Critical Thinking Challenges- Enrichment Folder

Created by

Miss Challenge

Miss Challenge's OCTOBER Enrichment Folder- This set of brain teasers, puzzles, and critical-thinking challenges is perfect for your classroom enrichment folders. These printables are perfect for your early finishers, high-ability students, creative thinkers, or spread out as morning work. This 66-page set has a puzzle for each day of the month. Themed around a unique holiday for that date, the sheet lists the holiday to celebrate, a challenge, and an interesting fact to share. There is also a

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Lisa Van Gemert - Gifted Guru

Fall Activities Depth and Complexity Print and Go Autumn BUNDLE

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This Fall Holliday Depth and Complexity Activity Pack Bundle is chock-full of print-and-go activities to help you celebrate Mexican Independence Day, Halloween, and Thanksgiving while addressing loads and loads of English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies standards. If you're looking for a way to celebrate fall holidays while still learning, this activity pack is perfect!If you like celebrating holidays with quality activities and not filler fluff, you're going to love this. Stude

Subjects:

Autumn, Halloween, Thanksgiving

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Lesson

WE WEAR THE MASK POEM & ART | Inside Outside Poem Dunbar BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Created by

Black History Month, Halloween, Poetry

In this no-prep, easy-to-use unit inspired by Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask” poem, students will use art and poetry to deeply analyze the masks we wear, distinguish between their inside vs. outside character and personality traits, and represent these findings through a self-created mask. This engaging activity turns this abstract concept into an activity that is high-interest, easy to understand, and memorable!This The Mask I Wear Product Includes 12 NO PREP, easy-to-use pages:•Pages

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, GATE

CCSS:

RL.4.3

, RL.4.5

, RL.5.3

, RL.5.5

, RL.6.3

...

Also included in: BLACK HISTORY MONTH ART POETRY PERSONALITY | We Wear the Mask Dunbar

November Brain Teasers and Critical Thinking Challenges- Enrichment Folder

Created by

Miss Challenge

Miss Challenge's NOVEMBER Enrichment Folder- This set of brain teasers, puzzles, and critical-thinking challenges is perfect for your classroom enrichment folders. These printables are perfect for your early finishers, high-ability students, creative thinkers, or spread out as morning work.This 64-page set has a puzzle for each day of the month. Themed around a unique holiday for that date, the sheet lists the holiday to celebrate, a challenge, and an interesting fact to share. There is also a c

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

HALLOWEEN & DAY OF THE DEAD BUNDLE | Read Write STEM Art Games Research Activity

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Halloween, Hispanic Heritage Month, Holidays/Seasonal

SAVE OVER 50%!...Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, 137-page (+4 PowerPoints) Halloween Megan Kit for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit! It includes everything you need to celebrate Halloween and Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) with your students! 2 reading passages, CCSS-aligned questions with Answer Key, 6 writing prompts (2 narrative, 2 informative, 2 opinion) with 10 writing papers, Revising & editing checklists, Online res

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, GATE, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

...

Morse Code Crack the Code with Halloween Riddles and Jokes Activity Worksheets

Created by

Kiwiland

These Halloween Morse Secret Codes activity help students learn how to encrypt and decrypt Morse Code messages. They are great at engaging your students with problem solving worksheets and help support your STEM teaching for back to school activities after summer break in September, October, and November.Included in this STEM resource areWriting your name in Morse CodeMorse code conversion sheetFive secret messages with jokes and riddlesAnswers have been includedEnjoy and please remember to foll

Subjects:

Halloween, Math, Other (World Language)

Grades:

4th - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, GATE

Frankenstein Logic Puzzles - Movie Activity - Fall Activities for Fast Finishers

Created by

Prickly Pear Puzzles

Just in time for Halloween! Your unit on Mary Shelley and your fall will include more critical thinking fun with these challenging logic puzzles! This NO prep three pack includes unique critical thinking puzzles. Your students will love these brain busters, and beg for more! Perfect for early finishers, challenge board, after testing, and more! Have a look! Set includes 3 Logic Puzzles. Funky, Frank! is a personalized puzzle. The student and their friends are the stars of this fun pers

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

BLACK HISTORY ART & POETRY BUNDLE |We Wear the Mask & Two Voice Poem | About Me

Created by

Black History Month, Halloween, Poetry

Save 25%...includes We Wear the Mask poetry and art unit & Inside/Outside Two Voice Poem Activity! Boost student relationships and remember your students’ personality types all year with this no-prep, easy-to-use We Wear the Mask & Inside/Outside Traits Two Voice Poem BUNDLE!! First, students embark on a unit inspired by Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask” poem. In it, students will use art and poetry to deeply analyze the masks we wear, distinguish between their inside vs. outside

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, GATE

Integers Bundle Digital Math Zombie Escape Room - Google

Created by

Adventures in Math

Integers Digital Math Escape Room - 5 Escape Rooms!Engage your students in the classroom or at home with this FUN Operations with Integers Zombie Escape Rooms through Google Forms. Each Google Form contains 9 escape rooms and 27 integers problems. This product includes:Adding Integers Digital Escape RoomSubtracting Integers Digital Escape RoomAdding & Subtracting Integers Digital Escape RoomMultiplying &Dividing Integers Digital Escape RoomOperations with Integers Digital Escape RoomThis

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Halloween, Math

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Halloween, Holidays/Seasonal, Spelling

CCSS:

7.NS.A.1

, 7.NS.A.1a

Halloween Activities

Created by

Margaret Whisnant

Halloween Activities Halloween with Double Double Letters begins with a two-page activity that focuses on words whose spellings include two sets, or even three sets, of double letters. HALLOWEEN, an obvious member of this group, starts the ball rolling as the first on the list. All fifty terms can be identified by their scrambled spellings, definitions, and/or association clues. The double-letter activity is followed by a graphic organizer for writing entitled SEEING DOUBLE. A lis

Subjects:

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

Creative Writing, Gifted and Talented, Halloween

Halloween Depth and Complexity Frames, Games, and Activities

Created by

Kimberly Smith

Make learning about Halloween engaging, educational, and meaningful by incorporating the prompts of Depth and Complexity and Content Imperatives! This 50 page bundle offers Depth and Complexity frames, engaging games, and lots of activities to get your kids communicating, writing, creating, brainstorming, illustrating, and thinking! Get your students to hold collaborative conversations regarding Halloween traditions, rules, ethics, and more! Your students will also write their own spooky stor

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Goin’ Batty! Research Activity Menu for Gifted or Enrichment

Created by

Enrichment with Class

FLY into critical and creative thinking in your science curriculum! Your students' higher-order thinking skills will SOAR as they "Go Batty" researching various bat information to complete their choice of 8 motivating research activities. Science and Language Arts integrated, including research websites and categories. Perfect for Halloween! This 13 page menu packet includes 3 levels of difficulty (coded), diverse multiple intelligences/learning styles, and 5 forms. Want differentiation made ea

Subjects:

Research, Activities, GATE

Grades:

1st - 8th

Types:

Also included in: Halloween 4-in-1 Critical and Creative Thinking Bundle for Gifted and Enrichment

HALLOWEEN WHO AM I UNIT About Me Mask Art, Poetry, & Personality Types BUNDLE

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