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Middle school Martin Luther King Day environment resources for GATE
January STEM Winter STEAM Activities Project with Reading New Year Science
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The January STEM Design Challenge COLLECTION is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It gives you FOUR OF MY BEST SELLING STEM CHALLENGES AT that will seamlessly allow you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passages IN ADDITION to the fun STEM activities! Watch your ki
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â STEM Activities Projects Bundle with April Spring and Easter STEM Challenges
Black History STEM Activities Civil Rights and February Stem Design Challenge
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The Civil Rights Monument Design Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passage in addition to the fun STEM activity! Use your creativity to honor our civil rights heroes and let the STEM adventure be
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3rd - 6th
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Ecosystems & Environmental Concerns PBL | Science Project Based Learning
Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach about different ecosystems and their environmental concerns? Interested in student driven learning?This Project Based Learning unit allows students to learn about ecosystems by examining an environmental issue within an ecosystem. Students act as environmentalists as they research the causes and effects as well as problems and solutions of an environmental issue by examining the different factors that make up an ecosystem. This is a student-centered wa
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4th - 8th
Also included in:Â Science PBL | Project and Problem Based Learning Bundle
January Brain Teasers & Challenge Puzzles | Boom Cards | Digital &Print
Are you looking to engage and differentiate for your:early finishers?gifted and talented students?students who just love a challenge?Then this product is perfect for you! It includes 20 fun and challenging brain teaser puzzles of all types. My students have LOVED solving these puzzles as a reward for completing their other work. I LOVE that they are self-checking which frees me up to help the students who need it.★★★★ Preview this deck in action here ★★★★It includes 20 varied January-themed Bo
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3rd - 8th
Science PBL | Project and Problem Based Learning Bundle
Project/problem based learning is a great way to teach science and have your students learn through discovery. This bundle includes PBLs that teach force and motion, ecosystems, and meteorology. In the force and motion PBL, students design a roller coaster to illustrate different key content vocabulary. While doing the meteorology PBL, students research different locations in the world and create a weather report script. In the ecosystem project they will research the causes and effects as well
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4th - 6th
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NGSS:
5-ESS2-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-ESS2-1
, 3-LS4-3
, 5-ESS3-1
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Earth Day STEM Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Earth Day Activity - This STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards and encourages critical thinking, budgeting, and engineering skills. Oh no! People are throwing away too much trash! Your students need to reuse some things from the trash to make something new and useful. What will they come up with? This Earth Day STEM will get your students using their critical thinking skills to solve this challenge! Students must stick to a budget and use the available supplies.
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in:Â STEM Activities Bundle
Human Impact on the Environment: Learn about Dams and Human Adaptation
Human adaptation of the environment is a critical standard, but it's not always the most exciting. Learning about dams and their impact on the environment can be fun and engaging! If you're looking for a powerful geography activity your students will remember all year, this is the one. This resource will guide your students through an understanding of how dams work, and also the effects of human adaptation of the environment. Using the GATE creativity tool of SCAMPER, task cards, and an explorat
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4th - 7th
Also included in:Â Geography Lessons and Activities | Critical and Creative Thinking BUNDLE
Zombie Apocalypse STEM
This Ultimate Zombie Apocalypse Survival Pack includes everything your students need to engineer survival tools for a zombie apocalypse.
Students use the engineering design process to create a fence/gate, water filter, solar oven, mobile greenhouse and a mobile cooler.
Most materials are everyday repurposed items. Perfect for after school clubs or enrichment activities,
Happy Engineering!
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4th - 8th
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Black History Leap Year Valentines Groundhog Day Chinese New Year Logic Puzzle
Celebrate Black History Month, Leap Year 2024, Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, and Groundhog Day with this Logic Puzzle Bundle for February! This bundle includes logic puzzles and solutions for all of February's holidays. Combine the excitement of the February celebrations with the challenge of critical thinking and logical reasoning! Perfect for students in upper elementary or middle school, these puzzles are designed to enhance critical thinking skills while celebrating the traditions of V
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4th - 8th
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Wetlands Ecosystem Simulation
Welcome, young ecologists, to an immersive exploration into the intricate web of life within various ecosystems! In this engaging activity, students will assume the roles of key organisms within diverse habitats, unraveling the complexities of their interactions and dependencies. Through hands-on simulations and critical thinking scenarios, participants will not only play the part of different ecosystem inhabitants but also ponder the profound impacts that the absence of each species could have
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3rd - 6th
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Oceanography Unit-Exploration, Pollution, Technology,Benefits/Disadvantage,Floor
This complete 5 lesson unit covers the basics of oceanography. Included are handouts, photos of final products, QR codes, and foldable. Students will create a large booklet using a folder or large construction paper. After each lesson, they will place their product in the folder. At the end of the unit, students will have a folder full of information about oceanography. Students will use technology and QR codes to research information and perform experiments.
Lesson 1- The Benefits and Disadvant
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3rd - 6th
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Global Warming and Wind Power - Analyzing Charts and Graphs
17 printable or digital pages for students to analyze charts and graphs on global warming and wind power: Wind farms, Residential wind turbines, Which states are investing money into this renewable resource, How the cost has gone down, The top nations of the world in this industry, Noise pollution from turbines, Injuries to birds, Reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, Offshore wind farms, and more... PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students
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4th - 10th
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MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-5
Also included in:Â Wind Power BUNDLE (Global Warming and Climate Change)
Martin Luther King Jr Middle School Logic Puzzles MLK Activities January, GATE
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School Logic Puzzles - the perfect MLK January Activities for Upper Elementary or GATE! Engage your students with two sets of thought-provoking puzzles that not only entertain but also educate about the inspiring lives of civil rights leaders such as Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Kennedy, and John Lewis.Designed with both excitement and learning in mind, these logic puzzles are a fantastic addition to your classroom resourc
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5th - 8th
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Human Impact of Ecosystem - Ecosystem Project - Earth Day - Middle School
Do you teach students about the human impact of ecosystem and are looking for an engaging and low-prep ecosystem project? The Protecting Ecosystems Project is an engaging way to get kids researching, writing, and creating a project about an ecosystem, how humans impact it, and the benefits of protecting the ecosystem!Scenario: Your student is the director of the EOE (Ecosystems of Earth Committee) and will present their argument to the Earth Day Board of Directors to protect their ecosystem. S
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6th - 8th
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MS-LS2-4
STEM Engineering for Elementary GATE - Wind Power, Windmills, and Wind
Two challenging but age-appropriate engineering projects highlight this unit. If you’ve taught my other STEM units, however, you know they’re not simply building projects. We’re thinking, learning science concepts, developing explanations, applying math and non-fiction reading skills, and bringing a wide variety of areas into a unit. But let’s not take lightly how cool it is to build and experiment with a cool mini glider and a working windmill!
As usual, we have ready-to-print activity shee
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3rd - 6th
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Turtle Logic Puzzle
Turtles in Trouble is a Matrix Grid Logic Puzzle. In this fun brain teaser students use critical reading and deduction to discover which of the 8 students did or is doing which of the 8 acts to help save the turtles. It's a deal at only $1.50. Great for early finishers or centers. Critical reading, elimination and problem solving are the heart of this activity which can be used for early finishers or as a support resource for your environmental lessons, perfect for Earth Day activities! Ans
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5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Earth Day Activities - Logic Puzzles
Art Social Change & Advocacy Project
Art Social Change & Advocacy Project:
Students read short explanations and facts about eight different world issues. They may research these (and others of their choice) more extensively, if desired. Students choose an issue they care about, and create an art poster that persuades others to create social change. Their artwork will creatively advocate for their cause, as well as inspire and educate others.
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5th - 10th
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Black History Month Middle School Logic Puzzles, Martin Luther King, 4 Puzzles
Celebrate Black History Month with this Middle School Logic Puzzle Bundle for January! This Logic Puzzle Activity Bundle is great for the 2024 New Year and celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King with fun and brain-teasing activities that align with middle school interests.Gear up for the post-winter break excitement with our specially curated bundle designed to challenge and engage your middle school students in the world of logic and critical thinking. This Zero-Prep Logic Puzzle Bundle is the perfe
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5th - 8th
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TRASH TO TREASURE Trash & Recycling STEAM Unit
This 16-page, 6-hour (more or less...easily adjustable) STEAM unit includes lesson plans, hand outs, parent notes, criteria sheets, and examples for 4 hands-on activities related to trash and recycling!Activities include:Collect trash from outside or around the school to create a Trash Ball. Hypothesize how big the ball will be. Then compare/contrast the balls from different classrooms, grades, areas, etc.Make paper from paper scraps!Design Recycling Posters to put around the schoolCreate Tras
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2nd - 6th
Black History Month ,Cursive Handwriting Practice, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Celebrate Black History Month with this Cursive Handwriting Practice Pages with our Martin Luther King Activity-Themed Practice Pack! Perfect for January-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. activity bundled with Cursive Handwriting Practice Pages featuring a Martin Luther King theme. This resource is designed to captivate students' attention while refining their cursive skills. Elevate your teaching experience and immerse your students in the timeless wisdom of Dr. King. What's Inside:5 Handwriting Page
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4th - 8th
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Black History Month Martin Luther King Jr. Activities, Reading, MLK Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Activity for Close Reading instantly makes your lesson engaging and rigorous! Martin Luther King Jr. CLOSE Reading includes four different quotes from Dr. King tailor-made to invigorate your students' learning experience, fostering cooperation and critical thinking. Overview: Our Martin Luther King Jr. Close Reading Activity is a ready-to-use, print-and-go solution that brings history to life in your classroom. Immerse your students in the profound words of Dr. Martin Lut
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5th - 12th
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Black History Month Middle School Martin Luther King Jr Activities CLOSE Reading
Celebrate Black History Month with this Middle School Martin Luther King Jr. Activity for Close Reading instantly makes your lesson engaging and rigorous! Martin Luther King Jr. CLOSE Reading includes four different quotes from Dr. Kingtailor-made to invigorate your students' learning experience, fostering cooperation and critical thinking. Overview: Our Martin Luther King Jr. Close Reading Activity is a ready-to-use, print-and-go solution that brings history to life in your classroom. Immerse
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5th - 12th
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Man-Made Environmental Disaster "HOT" Thinking Cards
Introducing a set of 15 higher-order thinking cards designed to engage and challenge the minds of intermediate gifted students. Each card delves into the realm of man-made environmental disasters, covering a diverse range of incidents that have left a lasting impact on our planet. The cards serve as catalysts for critical thinking and research, prompting students to explore the causes, consequences, and intricacies of each disaster. From oil spills to deforestation, each card presents a unique s
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3rd - 6th
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Adjectives PowerPoint - Describing Nature Photos
Students describe wildlife photos by inserting ADJECTIVES into compound and complex sentences: wading mallards, dangling butterflies, soaking frogs, gorgeous flowers, silhouetted birds, pollinating bees, submerged rocks, floating feathers, chewed leaves, dangling seed pods, ants herding aphids, katydids standing motionless, hiding spiders, web-encrusted fruit, blue-eyed birds, pink spiders, and so much more... This PowerPoint slideshow can be used for whole-class interactive participation (for
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2nd - 6th
Also included in:Â Science and Nature PowerPoint BUNDLE
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