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Presidents' Day vocational education resources for GATE
SCAMPER Creative Thinking & Problem Solving Packet
SCAMPER is a technique used by successful companies and individuals to create new products and to improve their services. Teach your students SCAMPER to improve their creative thinking and problem solving abilities! The activities in this packet provide scenarios for students to apply SCAMPER in order to create and invent new ideas! It will challenge them and help them utilize their imagination in the classroom.
This packet includes the following:
SCAMPER anchor chart
Instructions for teaching
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3rd - 8th
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February STEM Activities Challenges Valentines Day Party STEM and Close Reading
February STEM and Valentine's Day STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The February STEM Design Challenge COLLECTION is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It gives you FOUR OF MY BEST SELLING STEM CHALLENGES 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
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3rd - 6th
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February STEM STEAM Challenge: President's Day Edition
President's Day is a great time to honor our founding fathers. And what better way to honor our first president than by building a new monument? Using the listed materials, students will create a presidential pillar so that Washington's portrait (a quarter) can balance on top.
Included in this pack are:
-- Printable student challenge card
-- Teacher materials list
-- Pre-Activity guide
-- Engineering Design Process flow-chart for student record keeping
-- Self-assessment/Reflection page (diffe
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K - 5th
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Abraham Lincoln Log Cabin STEM
Abraham Lincoln - President's Day STEM - In this STEM challenge your students will learn some facts about Abraham Lincoln and will complete the challenge of building a one room log cabin similar to his childhood home. Students must stick to a budget and use the available supplies. This STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards and encourages critical thinking, budgeting, and engineering skills.
Suggested Plan of Implementation:
Prior Week: Send home the parent letter requesting supplies.
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K - 6th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Presidents' Day STEM Activities Abraham Lincoln's Cabin February STEM Challenge
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The Presidents Day Lincoln's Cabin 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! Watch your kids faces LIGHT UP as they put their thinking caps on and let
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3rd - 6th
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LEGO Robotics Starter BUNDLE
LEGO Robotics is a wonderful way to implement Computer Science at your school! Studies show that nationwide, we are experiencing a shortage of Computer Science graduates to fill the large number of today’s jobs that require a CS degree. Included in this product is my LEGO Robotics is the Family Letter and Application, LEGO Robotics Student and Family Contract, and Welcome Letter.Introduce students to this quickly growing field, starting with the Welcome Letter and Application. Send this letter o
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Grades:
4th - 8th
February Brain Teasers & Challenge Puzzles | Boom Cards | Digital & Print
Do you struggle to engage and differentiate for your:early finishers?gifted and talented students?smart 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 February-th
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Presidents With Pizzazz! A Research Choice Menu for Gifted/Enrichment
Want differentiation for your gifted or advanced learners made easy? Try an activity menu! Great for President's Day! This 30 page Presidents With Pizzazz Research menu packet includes 3 levels of difficulty and multiple intelligences/learning styles.
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All the forms you need are included for all 8 activities! Ready-to
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1st - 9th
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Also included in: Holiday Menu Bundle for Critical & Creative Thinking!
Charts and Graphs - Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
15 charts and graphs about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Students analyze and describe:Resources of the Union and Confederacy,1860 Election - popular vote and electoral college, Deaths in Civil War battles (Gettysburg, Shiloh, etc),Deaths in US wars (WWI, WWII, Korean, etc),Causes of discharge in Civil War,Retaking of the South by year (1862, 1863…),Most Popular Presidents,Age of Presidents, Height of Presidents,Cost of Presidential Campaigns,Vote of Succession by counties,and more...Take a
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7th - 12th
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President Election Day Logic Puzzles
Get your kids thinking a little deeper with five (5) US Presidential history - Election Day trivia themed table logic puzzles. These logic puzzles are designed for 4th - 7th grade students, but can be used with younger gifted students or as whole-class enrichment activities.When you use Everyday Learning with Hand In Hand logic puzzles, you help students develop deductive reasoning skills. You also get to explore little-known fun facts about American presidents, like which president walked their
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4th - 8th
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Patriotic Math File Folder Games
9 Patriotic themed math file folders including: make ten, size sort, match number to quantity, match quantity to number, missing number, number/quantity/word puzzle, ABAB patterns, AABB patterns, shape match, and shape puzzle. Perfect for a preschool or kindergarten classroom in math centers, or for use at home with children with autism and other developmental disabilities. Good for President's Day, Fourth of July, Veteran's Day, Flag Day, or Memorial Day.
Partially fulfills Common Core Standar
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Jobs and Career Counseling Sorting Out Options
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s the perennial question adults ask kids. When they’re younger, you often hear fire fighter, movie star, and football player as answers. But, as kids get older, they begin to consider the question more seriously. Still, it’s not unusual for 8th and 9th grade students to have no idea about a future career.
Unfortunately, career counseling does not get high priority in secondary schools. We push kids to do their best, take challenging classes, and app
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8th - 12th
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CRITICAL THINKING SQUARE PUZZLES Presidents Brain Teasers GATE Problem Solving
PRESIDENTS SQUARE PUZZLERS are fun, yet challenging brain teasers. They exercise critical thinking & problem solving, build perseverance & stamina, and stimulate the brain while disguising it all as fun. Similar to Scrambled Squares, these differentiated, logic puzzles must be reconstructed so that the images match on every interior side. Use them for centers, stations, rotations, fast finishers, enrichment, GATE (gifted & talented education), and/or a class reward. Adored by all age
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Not Grade Specific
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LEGO Robotics Letter and Application
LEGO Robotics is a wonderful way to implement Computer Science at your school!
Introduce students to this quickly growing field, starting with this welcome letter and application. Studies show that nationwide, we are experiencing a shortage of Computer Science graduates to fill the large number of today’s jobs that require a CS degree.
Send this letter out to students and families to explain what LEGO Robotics is, why it is important, and what it will look like at your school.
The bottom
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Presidents' Day STEM Center for Building Bricks
STEM Mats are SO easy to set up in your classroom! If you were thinking of trying STEM Fridays or Maker Mondays, or you need something more engaging for your early finishers than worksheets or reading, this is the resource for you. Not only will your students be working creatively to solve problems, they will be reading, writing, and using math skills. CONTENTSInstructions and sample imagesLetter you can send home to parents, caregivers, and friends to ask for donations6 Presidents' Day related
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Grades:
K - 4th
Also included in: STEM Activities and Makerspace Tasks for the Whole Year
LATIN SQUARES MATH LOGIC PUZZLE Patriotic Sudoku GATE Differentiated Enrichment
These Latin Squares math puzzles will challenge children's deductive reasoning skills and help them acquire the critical thinking needed to solve Sudoku puzzles. PATRIOTIC SQUARES begin with an easy, 3x3 grid appropriate for young learners. The tasks progress gradually, increasing in difficulty up to a 7x7 grid. Create a critical thinking center with these brain teasers. PATRIOTIC SQUARES are available in print and digitally on TPT Easel. #kindergarten #1stGrade #2ndGrade #3rdGrade #4thGrade #5t
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Presidents' Day Math
Presidents' Day Math Task Cards
2nd- 4th grade
Engage students in math skills as they learn some American history. Students will gain knowledge on 2 pivotal American Presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln while they practice math one-step word problems. In addition, two mini posters and a depth and complexity activity is included for your use.
Included:
~ 10 task cards (20 questions)
~ 1 "Show What You Know" (Depth and Complexity activity)
~ Student answer document
~ Answer Key
~ 2
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2nd - 4th
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Presidents Bio-Box Research Project for Gifted/Enrichment
Study Presidents with pizzazz...just in time for Presidents' Day! The Presidents Bio-Box is perfect for your Gifted or advanced students, fast finishers, enrichment or differentiation!
(NOTE BEFORE BUYING: This product is part of my larger Presidents with Pizzazz research menu packet with 8 activities....please check out that menu product with this link below before purchasing!)
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Presidents-With-Pizzazz-A-Research-Choice-Menu-for-GiftedEnrichment
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Grades:
1st - 7th
World Changers - Influential People Biographies, Google Slides
A Google Slide with 10 video read aloud biographies including:Martin Luther King Jr.Sally RideAlbert EinsteinMarie CurieJackie RobinsonAbraham LincolnJane GoodallGeorge WashingtonAlexander Graham BellGeorge Washington CarverEach read aloud has a paired note sheet using Depth and Complexity Icons/Gate Icons (Details, Impact, Motive, and Language of the Discipline). 2nd Grade Social Studies Standard:2.5 Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes fr
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1st - 3rd
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Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey (Rhyming STEM Nonfiction Story, NGSS, Tools, Safety)
A STEM book that will teach kids life lessons when it comes to building or fixing things. Tips that everyone of all ages should know explained in a fun way through rhyme and colorful characters that will keep kids entertained while learning important lessons like "righty tighty, lefty loosey" when it comes to most screws and bolts, "safety first," and "measure twice, cut once." This subject matter will appeal to both academic students, and the students that find school to be challenging who coul
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PreK - 3rd
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Patriotic Literacy File Folder Games
Patriotic themed literacy file folders including: uppercase and lowercase letter match, missing letter, missing letter (group of 3), color match, opposites, go together, and beginning letter match. Perfect for a preschool or kindergarten classroom in literacy centers, or for use at home with children with autism and other developmental disabilities. Can be used for President's Day, Flag Day, Fourth of July, Memorial Day, or Veteran's Day!
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Presidents' Day Research Low Prep
Informative Research and Writing: Presidents' Day
Students research and write an informative composition on George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.! Biographies, note taking outlines, and blank writing pages are included in this purchase. Multiple Common Core Standards and TEKS for 5th Grade Writing are supported.
Included:
* 2 Biographies
* 4 Outlines / Graphic Organizers for Note-taking (Topics Provided)
* 2 Composition Pages (Blackline)
* 1 Product List (for teacher flexibility)
Suggested I
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Grades:
4th - 8th
President Time Machine
Just in time for President's Day! Study Presidents with pizzazz...What if a President from the past stepped into a Time Machine...and it is set to travel to your year? Your students get to greet him in modern times! This packet helps them plan their adventures with the President through research and creativity. The President Time Machine project is ready-to-go for your Gifted or advanced students, fast finishers, enrichment or differentiation!
(NOTE BEFORE BUYING: This product is part of my la
Grades:
1st - 8th
Art STEAM: Making a Monument
STEAM Challenge: Making a MonumentLearn and use key techniques sculptures use to build and create monuments! In addition, learn about scaling and technique while making your own modeling clay scale model of a monument you design.What is STEAM?STEAM is about Community, Collaboration, and Confidence! STEAM programming is essential for communities. STEAM is so much more than just fun science, technology, engineering, art and math activities. When STEAM is done right, it challenges kids to solve pr
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